The annual Fayette County Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony is as popular as ever with the Class of 2025 being enshrined Friday at Pleasant Valley Golf Club. Headlining the new group were Brownsville graduate and former major leaguer Doug Dascenzo and Fayette County蘑菇视频 all-time ...
Dick LeBeau spent a combined 59 years in the NFL as a player and a coach and was voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2010 based on his stellar playing career with the Detroit Lions. Pittsburgh Steelers fans would argue LeBeau should be enshrined as a coach as well after he helped ...
When the Fayette County Sports Hall of Fame is mentioned a wealth of outstanding area athletes likely comes to mind. There is another name that will always be intertwined with the Hall of Fame. That name is George Von Benko. After helping to make his dream of a local hall of fame ...
Over the past two basketball seasons the Uniontown Red Raiders have faced the formidable Lincoln Park Leopards three times in the PIAA and WPIAL playoffs. Last season the Raiders were downed by the Leopards in the PIAA tournament, 85-64, on their way to a Class 4A state championship. This ...
Megan Backstrom had an outstanding basketball career at Belle Vernon Area High School. She graduated in 1998 and remains the Lady Leopards鈥� all-time leading scorer. Backstrom recalls that she got an early start in athletics. 鈥淚 think I started in the fifth grade, my dad Thomas played a ...
Western Pennsylvania sports fans were saddened by the passing of a legend from a bygone era when Lou 鈥淏imbo鈥� Cecconi died on Feb. 24 at Paramount Senior Living Care in Bethel Park at the age of 95. In an era before SportsCenter and the internet Cecconi was a full-fledged star going back ...
