The name Pepe is revered in Connellsville High School sports circles. Janelle was a record-breaking softball hurler and older brother Jerry was an outstanding baseball player.Janelle was profiled in a Memory Lane in 2014. We are focusing on brother Jerry in this Memory Lane.Pepe got started in ...
Former Belle Vernon Leopard Brad Hoffman is one of the premiere swimmers ever produced in the Western Pennsylvania.Hoffman started in athletics at an early age.“I started out swimming at Crystal Pool in Fayette City,” Hoffman stated. “My sisters had both joined the Belle Vernon Swim Club ...
Gil Floyd came from an athletic family and he used those bloodlines and hard work to fashion an outstanding athletic career.“Athletics was a big part of my life at an early age,” Floyd stated. “I was involved in baseball, football, wrestling and swimming. That was all part of my childhood ...
Former Laurel Highlands football standout Matt Humbert is one of the rising stars in coaching in the WPIAL as head coach of the Belle Vernon Leopards.HumbertĢƵ football journey began at a young age.“Like most average kids I played a little T-Ball,” Humbert stated. “I really didn’t ...
Connellsville won all 27 points in the throwing events Thursday afternoon as the Falcons returned home from Laurel Highlands with a 94-56 victory in Section 2-AAA boys track & field action.The Falcons improve to 4-1 in the section and keep hopes alive for a playoff ...
Laurel Highlands’ baseball team ran through a gauntlet of emotions last year.The Mustangs had another successful season with a 15-6 overall record, a 9-3 mark in finishing second in Section 3-AAAA, and two playoff wins in reaching the WPIAL final four.All the while LH coach Scott DeBerry ...