Area sports fans were deeply saddened by the news that one of the great athletes to come out of Fayette County Robert M. 鈥淏o鈥� Scott passed away on Aug. 4 at the age of 78.His given name was Robert and he had a twin sister, Roberta. 鈥淩oberta couldn鈥檛 say 鈥榖rother鈥� so she would call ...
High School football season is looming on the horizon with heat acclimation drills underway, practice starting on Monday, and Week Zero games set for Aug. 27.A group of the greatest coaches in WPIAL held their annual luncheon on July 21 at Asti鈥檚 Steakhouse at Grand View Golf Club in North ...
Aaron Krepps was an outstanding two-sport athlete at Belle Vernon Area High School and later had an outstanding football career at Washington & Jefferson. He was so versatile that you could describe him as a Swiss army knife.鈥淭hat鈥檚 a very good description,鈥� Krepps opined. ...
At age 89, Roy Barli is a living link to western Pennsylvania鈥檚 glorious baseball history.Barli was a two-sport athlete at California Community High School in the late 1940s where he excelled in baseball and basketball.鈥淚 was in eighth grade at California and I was on the baseball team, but ...
Eddie Weightman was a rough and tumble blue-collar athlete who excelled at football and baseball at Belle Vernon Area High School in the mid 1990s.Weightman鈥檚 tough demeanor was evident at an early age in his athletic development.鈥淚 got into sports probably when I was five or six years ...
The Fayette County sports community received a double dose of bad news recently with the passing of Jim 鈥淗appy鈥� Ford and Jim Weaver.Thanks to former German Township High School teammate Bob Rutland I was informed of the passing of Fayette County 缅北禁地 Hall of Famer Ford, who died in St. ...
