REPUBLIC 鈥� Laurel Highlands is off the a record-breaking start during the first three weeks of the high school football season.The Mustangs accomplished a pair of feats that had never been done before in their program鈥檚 history with their 65-0 non-conference victory over Brownsville in ...
Through the years Fayette County has been blessed with many athletic families. Right at the top of the list is the Brain clan, a football family headed by its patriarch, Gary Brain, who played high school and college football and had three sons follow in his footsteps.Brain, 75, was part of the ...
Vince Ficara has always been a fighter, which served him well in his athletic career at Laurel Highlands and James Madison.That fighting spirit and a never-give-up attitude is serving him well in his life-and-death struggle with Stage 4 cancer.鈥淭his November will be five years since I was ...
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 ...
The MLB First-Year Player Draft took place on July 11-13 and Travis Sankovich was watching.The Laurel Highlands graduate can鈥檛 help but ponder about what it would be like to get the call from a major league baseball team.鈥淚 think about that everyday,鈥� Sankovich admitted. 鈥淗opefully, ...
When one thinks of trailblazers in Fayette County sports one of the first names that should come to mind is Fran Lemansky.The 1960 Uniontown graduate almost singlehandedly put the sport of soccer on the map in his hometown area.Laurel Highlands鈥� first boys soccer head coach, Lemansky is part ...
