Steeler Nation was set for a big celebration.December 23 is the 50th anniversary of The Immaculate Reception and the NFL had scheduled the Las Vegas Raiders to play the Steelers in Pittsburgh on Christmas Eve and the central figure in the play that was voted the greatest in NFL history, Franco ...
The 1950s through the early 1970s were the Golden Age of Uniontown High School athletics. Chuck Haines was part of that era, playing football, basketball and participating in track and field for the Red Raiders.Haines got an early start in athletics.鈥淲e played on the playgrounds,鈥� Haines ...
Sometimes dynamite comes in small packages. Case in point: former Belle Vernon football and baseball standout Dave Bashada.The diminutive Bashada cast a big shadow for the Leopards in the late 1970s. He got an early start in athletics.鈥淚 played baseball and football in the Midget Leagues in ...
The 2004 baseball season for Penn State Fayette Campus was a magical one resulting in a championship.The program was established in 1999.鈥淥ur first season would have been 2000,鈥� said Ray Smitley, who was an assistant coach on the team under head coach Joe Gessner. 鈥淲e finished above .500 ...
In athletics, playing when your father is the coach can be a difficult proposition.Case in point, former Belle Vernon Leopard Don Asmonga Jr., who played baseball and basketball for his dad.鈥淢y dad encouraged all of us to play sports,鈥� Asmonga Jr. stated. 鈥淗e encouraged us to get out and ...
In his fourth season as head coach of the Uniontown Area High School football team the late Bill Power guided the Red Raiders to the first undefeated season in school history.The Red Raiders posted a 10-0 record, but were denied and opportunity to compete for a WPIAL title because they didn鈥檛 ...
