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Into the Hall: Stephanie Smith

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 ...

Into the Hall: Candace John

Candace John helped the Laurel Highlands girls basketball team reach heights it had never achieved before and wound up as the Fillies’ 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’t shy when ...

Into the Hall

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 ...

Into the Hall: Mike Revak

Mike Revak was a multi-sport star at Laurel Highlands who batted .363 during his senior baseball season and was good enough in basketball to make Washington & JeffersonĢƵ team. It was swinging a golf club that Revak was best at, however. Revak eventually focused on that sport at W&J ...

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Doug Dascenzo, who spent seven seasons in the major leagues, and James Hairston, Fayette CountyĢƵ all-time leading scorer in basketball, headline the Fayette County Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2025. Brownsville graduate Dascenzo, the top vote-getter, and Connellsville graduate Hairston ...

Into the Hall: PS Fayette baseball 2004

Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus didn’t have a baseball team when the 20th century was nearing its end. The Roaring Lions established the program in 1999 and fielded its first team in 2000. “In the first season we were two games above .500,” said Ray Smitley, who was an ...