Week Four of the high school football season features one of the top match-ups in the WPIAL and a local team finally playing its home opener.Both of those highlight contests will take place in the Big Eight Conference. The top two ranked teams in Class 4A, No. 1 Thomas Jefferson (1-0, 3-0) and ...
A year ago, Belle Vernon’s girls soccer team had a 13-3 record with a pair of its losses being by one goal.One of those one-goal losses ended the Lady Leopards’ season in devastating fashion as it dropped a 3-2 decision to Oakland Catholic, a match that ended on penalty kicks after two ...
Defenses fear them, offenses are wary of them and special teams cringe when they kick to them.They are those special high school football players who, no matter what position they're playing or where they're at on a football field, can make a game-changing play at any time.There are two area ...
There are moments in time that shape the future for each of us.For 2001 Belle Vernon Area graduate Eric McElvenny, three moments that stand out have led him to qualifying for the U.S. Paralympic Triathlon team that will take part in the Tokyo Paralympics starting in August.“What makes the ...
Uniontown played an almost flawless first half against visiting Belle Vernon on Wednesday night.To beat the WPIAL's No. 1 ranked Class 4A team, though, the Red Raiders needed a repeat performance in the second half.The Leopards didn't allow that to happen and rallied from an eight-point deficit ...
Uniontown played an almost flawless first half against visiting Belle Vernon on Wednesday night.To beat the WPIAL’s No. 1 ranked Class 4A team, though, the Red Raiders needed a repeat performance in the second half.The Leopards didn’t allow that to happen and rallied from an eight-point ...