The name Pepe is revered in Connellsville High School sports circles. Janelle was a record-breaking softball hurler and older brother Jerry was an outstanding baseball player.Janelle was profiled in a Memory Lane in 2014. We are focusing on brother Jerry in this Memory Lane.Pepe got started in ...
Penn State鈥檚 softball team made tremendous strides from a year ago and much of that success can be attributed to blazing left-handed pitcher Bailey Parshall.The Belle Vernon graduate鈥檚 numbers were eye-popping in her senior season.Parshall went 22-9 with a 1.68 ERA and a minuscule 0.87 WHIP ...
Former Belle Vernon Leopard Brad Hoffman is one of the premiere swimmers ever produced in the Western Pennsylvania.Hoffman started in athletics at an early age.鈥淚 started out swimming at Crystal Pool in Fayette City,鈥� Hoffman stated. 鈥淢y sisters had both joined the Belle Vernon Swim Club ...
Gil Floyd came from an athletic family and he used those bloodlines and hard work to fashion an outstanding athletic career.鈥淎thletics was a big part of my life at an early age,鈥� Floyd stated. 鈥淚 was involved in baseball, football, wrestling and swimming. That was all part of my childhood ...
Former Laurel Highlands football standout Matt Humbert is one of the rising stars in coaching in the WPIAL as head coach of the Belle Vernon Leopards.Humbert鈥檚 football journey began at a young age.鈥淟ike most average kids I played a little T-Ball,鈥� Humbert stated. 鈥淚 really didn鈥檛 ...
WEXFORD 鈥� Quaker Valley鈥檚 6-foot-5 seniors Markus Frank and Adou Thiero form the most dangerous scoring duo in the WPIAL.The pair averaged a combined 52.6 points per game (Frank 27.5, Thiero 25.1) during the regular season and helped the Quakers win the WPIAL Class 4A championship.Belle ...
