The name Russell carries a lot of weight in baseball circles in the Mid Mon Valley. The patriarch Jim Russell from Fayette City played in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Braves, and Brooklyn Dodgers between 1942 and 1951. The family followed in his footsteps. ...
Belle Vernon鈥檚 hopes to repeat as WPIAL Class AAAA softball champions ended with a 7-5 first-round loss to Blackhawk at Peterswood Park on Monday. The sixth-seeded Lady Leopards, who battled through injuries to two top players at key positions in pitcher Talia Ross and shortstop Ava ...
Belle Vernon knew the task at hand as it entered its two-game Section 2-AAAA series with first-place Latrobe this week. The Leopards sat in second place, one game behind, and needed a sweep of the Wildcats to claim the section title. A gutsy, marathon 4-3 win at Latrobe in a tense ...
Belle Vernon knew the task at hand as it entered its two-game Section 2-AAAA series with first-place Latrobe this week. The Leopards sat in second place, one game behind, and needed a sweep of the Wildcats to claim the section title. A gutsy, marathon 4-3 win at Latrobe in a tense ...
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 ...
A Belle Vernon man was killed in a three-vehicle crash in Rostraver Township Monday night. According to Washington County Coroner Timothy Warco, Camden Ellin, 24, was pronounced dead at 9:48 p.m. at Penn Highlands Mon Valley Hospital, where he was taken following the crash. Ellin was one of ...
