Megan Backstrom had an outstanding basketball career at Belle Vernon Area High School. She graduated in 1998 and remains the Lady Leopards鈥� all-time leading scorer. Backstrom recalls that she got an early start in athletics. 鈥淚 think I started in the fifth grade, my dad Thomas played a ...
Zach Keefer got the effort he was expecting from his Frazier boys basketball team but Greensburg Central Catholic proved to be far more powerful and showed why it鈥檚 the No. 2 seed in Class AA. Tyree Turner scored a game-high 18 points as the host Centurions rolled to a 26-8 lead in the ...
Michael Michalski led a balanced attack with 22 points as South Allegheny put an end to Belle Vernon鈥檚 season with a 71-62 victory over the visiting Leopards in a WPIAL Class AAAA boys basketball first-round playoff game Friday night. The seventh-seeded Gladiators led 16-12, 28-26 and 44-36 ...
Belle Vernon dominated the local football scene during the 2023 season, completing successful defenses of their WPIAL and PIAA championships, and added a couple more honors recently. The Pennsylvania Football Writers All-State Team named Belle Vernon head coach Matt Humbert as the Coach of ...
There was a boisterous sellout crowd on hand at Uniontown鈥檚 A.J. Everhart Memorial Gymnasium on Friday night. While the fans were looking forward to a key Section 3-AAAA boys basketball clash between the Red Raiders and Belle Vernon, there was also an intriguing subplot to the ...
The Belle Vernon Public Library is changing its hours with the addition of Friday service. As of Tuesday, hours for the library at 505 Speer St. hours are Monday and Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday from noon until 6 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. ...
