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Leopards open season with 69-56 win

Belle Vernon carried the play in the first and fourth quarters Friday night as the Lady Leopards defeated Jeannette, 69-56, in the Hempfield Tip-Off Tournament.The Leopards (1-0) outscored the Jayhawks in the first and fourth quarters, 40-19. Jeannette carried the middle two quarters, ...

Lady Leps down Quigley Catholic, 69-52

<strong>Belle Vernon 69, Quigley Catholic 52 —</strong> The Belle Vernon girls carried the scoring advantage in all but the second quarter Friday night as the Lady Leopards opened the season at the Ambridge Tip-Off Tournament with a 69-52 win over Quigley ...

DeGregorio pleased with Leopards’ progress

For the past three seasons, Belle Vernon Area boys basketball coach Kyle DeGregorio has implemented his high-tempo and full court style.Now as he prepares his fourth squad, he is happy with how things are going.“Practice is going really well,” he said. “When I got to Belle Vernon, I had ...

Call to the Hall: BVA grad Fayak reflects on stellar football career

When Craig Fayak was in grade school he took a curious interest in something his brother was doing.“When he was learning to kick a football as a sophomore in high school, I was probably in fifth or sixth grade at the time,” Fayak said. “I just wanted to be like him, to emulate him, and I ...

Fayak recalls the kick that sank the Irish

Perhaps Craig Fayak would’ve still been elected to the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame even if he had missed his legendary game-winning field goal for Penn State than brought down No. 1-ranked Notre Dame back in 1990.After all, he did go on to become the all-time scoring leader in Nittany ...

Leopards cruise to 62-0 win over Ambridge

Belle Vernon had a easy time with visiting Ambridge, breezing to a 62-0 non-conference home victory.Belle Vernon's Nick Hall carried the six times for 148 yards, scoring on runs of 33, 52 and 9 yards. Mike Fine completed all three of his passes for 81 yards, including a 33-yard touchdown pass ...