Katie Kelly may be one of the most underrated girls basketball players in Fayette County history.
The 2000 Albert Gallatin graduate is the only county player to score over 1,600 points in both high school and at the NCAA Division-I level. Kelly rang up 1,687 points as a four-year starter ...
Tara Cochrane Warrington scored over 1,000 points while playing for Geibel CatholicĢƵ girls basketball team and led the Lady Gators in scoring (13.1 points per game) and rebounding (9.2 rebounds per game) during her senior season.
Those numbers don’t mean as much to her as what her team ...
Marc Vassar was a great natural athlete who had plenty of help from his family tree when it came to honing his skills.
“I 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 momĢƵ side,” said the 1988 Uniontown ...
James Hairston received a phone call from a number he didn’t recognize and was skeptical.
“I didn’t really know the number that was calling me,” 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.
“Just like all the other kids in the area, you watch games on TV, you always dream you want to play on TV,” Dascenzo said. “But it's hard, a very difficult thing to accomplish.”
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 ...