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ELIZABETH -- The loss stung. The season was over.The Frazier Commodores had just fallen to the mighty Clairton Bears in the WPIAL Class A semifinals, 56-15, on Friday night and coach Mike Steeber had one last huddle with his squad before letting them leave the field for the final time this ...

Frazier victory was extra ‘special’

There are three phases to football: offense, defense and special teams.You usually need to excel in all three to win a close game, especially in the playoffs.Frazier did just that on Friday night in its 14-13 WPIAL Class A quarterfinal victory over Shenango at Chartiers-Houston.After surviving ...

If you looked at the South Side Beaver at Frazier football sum from Friday night's game, you'll see this last entry in the scoring sum: "(run failed)."But there was so much more to it than those two simple words when the WPIAL Class A first-round playoff battle between the Rams and Commodores ...

Finally getting to Fenway

<em>(Rob Burchianti would like to hear from you, baseball fans. If you have a great ballpark experience you'd like to share, email him at rburchianti@heraldstandard.com and he may reprint your account.)</em>Traveling to different baseball parks around the country has ...

Time to forgive Deuce, Red Raider fans

If you’re a longtime Uniontown basketball fan odds are you recognize the name “Deuce” Skurcenski.And not in a good way.For those of you who don’t know the story, the Red Raiders were playing Farrell in a PIAA state basketball playoff game in 1988 when Deuce, serving as the official ...

Report results accurately and fairly

First, let me say we in the ĢƵ sports department appreciate when you call in results to us.With 16 high schools and a three-man staff we depend heavily on phone calls to help us write up stories. Obviously, we can't cover every game ourselves.Having said that, please, all you ...