Every summer for the past seven years some of the greatest coaches in WPIAL football history, past and present, have gathered at the Grand View Golf Club in North Braddock for a unique luncheon.The event is the brainchild of my good friend, Bill Priatko. It celebrates sportsmanship and ...
The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference board of directors voted to suspend all mandated conference athletic events and championships through the fall semester due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The PSAC is reviewing the ability to shift fall sports and championships to the spring semester and ...
Jawan Turner has been hired as a defensive assistant coach for the California University of Pa. football program.Turner was a three-year starter on the defensive line for the Vulcans from 2014-16. He spent two seasons as a graduate assistant at Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) and last year was the ...
Dick Witt and his deceased twin brother Bill were known as “Twin Terrors” when they played football for Connellsville High School in the late 1950s and early 1960s.“Brother Bill and I were very competitive growing up,” Witt said. “We started playing football in the fourth grade. We ...
Mapletown football coach George Messich was discussing a gut-wrenching 47-42 loss to Bentworth last season when his mood brightened up a bit in the post-game interview.The discussion turned to MessichĢƵ former college football coach Johnny Majors, who was to be inducted into the Pitt ...
Mapletown football coach George Messich was discussing a gut-wrenching 47-42 loss to Bentworth last season when his mood brightened up a bit in the post-game interview.The discussion turned to MessichĢƵ former college football coach Johnny Majors, who was to be inducted into the Pitt ...