Marc Vassar was a great natural athlete who had plenty of help from his family tree when it came to honing his skills. 鈥淚 come from a big family. At one time before a few of my cousins passed away I had counted 41 first cousins just on my mom蘑菇视频 side,鈥� said the 1988 Uniontown ...
James Hairston received a phone call from a number he didn鈥檛 recognize and was skeptical. 鈥淚 didn鈥檛 really know the number that was calling me,鈥� said Hairston, who decided not to answer. The number was from Fayette County Hall of Fame co-founder George Von Benko informing him he had ...
Doug Dascenzo was like most youth baseball players when he was growing up in Fayette County. 鈥淛ust like all the other kids in the area, you watch games on TV, you always dream you want to play on TV,鈥� Dascenzo said. 鈥淏ut it's hard, a very difficult thing to accomplish.鈥� Dascenzo ...
Stephanie Smith will be a ground-breaking member of the Fayette County Sports Hall of Fame when she enters it on June 20. The 1994 Laurel Highlands graduate will be the first equestrian to be inducted. Smith is happy to carry the torch for her sport after she received the news that she ...
Candace John helped the Laurel Highlands girls basketball team reach heights it had never achieved before and wound up as the Fillies鈥� all-time leading scorer with 1,734 points. The 1999 LH graduate is a member of the Fayette County Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2025 and isn鈥檛 shy when ...
Rick Hauger is likely best known for guiding Laurel Highlands to a pair of WPIAL boys basketball championships. There was another championship the now-retired coach won that he also holds dear to his heart. Hauger led Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus to the 1983 Penn State University ...
