Fayette County has always had a rich baseball history. Forgotten over the years is a great ballplayer from a bygone era, Jasper 鈥淛ap鈥� Washington, who was born September 13, 1896 and was a native of Dunbar. Washington was a graduate of Connellsville High School and shortly after ...
Shrouded by the mists of time former Uniontown High School and University of Pittsburgh basketball standout Lester Cohen is slated to be inducted posthumously into the Jewish 缅北禁地 Hall of Fame of Western Pennsylvania on May 5. The Cohen family is thrilled with the honor. 鈥淲e were very ...
Connellsville has always had a rich baseball heritage. Former Geibel Catholic High School two-sport standout Keith Smith is just one of the many players produced by the city along the Youghiogheny River. Smith, like many athletes, got his start in sports at an early age. 鈥淚 got a start in ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� The Penguins showed what an exhilarating hockey team they are to watch in their last two games. They also showed why this isn鈥檛 a playoff worthy team. The Pens do have fight in them and deserve credit for battling back from being almost out of the playoff picture to ...
Veteran Belle Vernon Area softball coach Tom Rodriquez has forged a Hall of Fame career by building his program on three core principles: 1. Pitching. 2. Defense. And 3. Timely Hitting. Rodriquez was a baseball player during his high school days at Mon Valley Catholic High School and ...
Zack Dillow is a prime example of perseverance and hard work paying off in athletics. Dillow was a standout on the Albert Gallatin football team during the 1990s. Like many athletes Dillow got an early start in athletics, but it wasn't football. 鈥淚 started in wrestling,鈥� Dillow ...
