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.“My dad encouraged all of us to play sports,” Asmonga Jr. stated. “He encouraged us to get out and ...
Week 1 of the high school football season features another clash of Fayette County teams, two superstars facing off and a celebration of one teamĢƵ 100th year.Following Laurel Highlands’ 50-6 win over Uniontown in Week 0, the Mustangs and West Virginia recruit Rodney Gallagher travel to ...
The honors continue to pile up this month for Bailey Parshall, the ace southpaw on Penn StateĢƵ softball team.Wednesday morning, the 2018 Belle Vernon Area graduate was named the Penn State University Female Athlete of the Year.“I am pretty honored because there are a lot of great female ...
Former Belle Vernon Area baseball standout Eric Lind had pro baseball aspirations, but unfortunately those dreams were derailed because of injury.“I got started when I was seven or eight years old like most kids,” Lind stated. “It was mainly baseball at that time. I really didn’t play ...
The name Pepe is revered in Connellsville High School sports circles. Janelle was a record-breaking softball hurler and older brother Jerry was an outstanding baseball player.Janelle was profiled in a Memory Lane in 2014. We are focusing on brother Jerry in this Memory Lane.Pepe got started in ...
Penn StateĢƵ softball team made tremendous strides from a year ago and much of that success can be attributed to blazing left-handed pitcher Bailey Parshall.The Belle Vernon graduateĢƵ numbers were eye-popping in her senior season.Parshall went 22-9 with a 1.68 ERA and a minuscule 0.87 WHIP ...