When Belle Vernon Area graduated five starters from last season and then-head coach Lisa Fairman resigned to take over the Thomas Jefferson program, it appeared that the Lady Leopards may be in for a reclamation project.Who better to take over the team than Ronnie Drennan, a former Belle Vernon ...
On Nov. 17, Fred Gaggiani and his wife Jennifer made the trip to Piscataway, New Jersey, for the Penn State at Rutgers football game, and it was a trip down Memory Lane for the former Scarlet Knight.Gaggiani played football at Rutgers and was a member of the 1988 team that upset the 15th-ranked ...
Gary DongilliĢƵ name is synonymous with Belle Vernon football as both a player and a coach.“It was fun,” Dongrilli offered. “As a kid playing we had some success and then being fortunate enough to be back there coaching. I had a great coaching staff and I was at Sough coaching against ...
Hunter Perry had done plenty of scoring from the H-back position this season.The Charleroi senior was back at his old running back spot Friday night.He had no problem scoring from there either.Perry, who rushed for over 1,000 yards as junior, stepped into the running back position after a leg ...
MONONGAHELA — Playing at Joe Montana Stadium, South Fayette quarterback Jamie Diven had a performance that would make the pro football Hall of Famer proud in the Lions’ 28-10 victory over Belle Vernon on Friday in the semifinals of the WPIAL Class AAAA football playoffs on the campus of ...
Belle Vernon will play on a familiar field on Friday night when it takes on South Fayette in the WPIAL Class AAAA football semifinals.The third-seeded Leopards (9-1) and second-seeded Lions (10-1) will meet at Ringgold High SchoolĢƵ Joe Montana Stadium at 7:30.Fourth-seeded Charleroi (9-1) ...