Mike Metikosh fashioned an outstanding athletic career during his days at Belle Vernon Area High School in the late 1980s and early 1990s.Metikosh started on his athletic journey at an early age.“I got started young, just playing in the backyard with friends,” Metikosh recalled, “up in ...
An annual get-together of some of the greatest coaches in WPIAL football history has once again become sort of the unofficial kickoff to the high school football season in Western Pennsylvania.The event is organized each year by my good friend Bill Priatko. It is a chance to gather and break ...
An annual get-together of some of the greatest coaches in WPIAL football history has once again become sort of the unofficial kickoff to the high school football season in Western Pennsylvania.The event is organized each year by my good friend Bill Priatko. It is a chance to gather and break ...
Jeremy Dongilli will be part of this yearĢƵ Belle Vernon Area Football Hall of Fame class to be inducted at halftime during the Leopards versus McKeesport game on Friday, Sept. 8 with a 7 p.m. kickoff.Dongilli follows in the footsteps of his dad Gary Dongilli who was an outstanding player and ...
Former Belle Vernon football standout Spencer Lynn has set a shining example both on and off the field.Lynn got an early start with football.“I started playing football when I was four years old,” Lynn recalled. “I started playing flag football in the Rostraver Township Youth Football ...
Ray Ciferno Jr. was a key cog in the turn around of two football programs, first at Frazier High School and then at Washington & Jefferson College.Ciferno came from a solid athletic background and started playing sports early.“I was around the game of football for quite a long ...