The MLB First-Year Player Draft took place on July 11-13 and Travis Sankovich was watching.The Laurel Highlands graduate can’t help but ponder about what it would be like to get the call from a major league baseball team.“I think about that everyday,” Sankovich admitted. “Hopefully, ...
When one thinks of trailblazers in Fayette County sports one of the first names that should come to mind is Fran Lemansky.The 1960 Uniontown graduate almost singlehandedly put the sport of soccer on the map in his hometown area.Laurel Highlands’ first boys soccer head coach, Lemansky is part ...
Jason Bodnar has collected many medals and trophies over the years thanks to his outstanding running career.Despite garnering all those shiny objects, one of his most prized possessions is a used shirt he collected from a friend for winning a race back when he was in grade school.Bodnar, a 1988 ...
The Fayette County sports community received a double dose of bad news recently with the passing of Jim “Happy” Ford and Jim Weaver.Thanks to former German Township High School teammate Bob Rutland I was informed of the passing of Fayette County Sports Hall of Famer Ford, who died in St. ...
Seton LaSalle will vie for a spot in the WPIAL Class AA baseball championship game on Monday when it sends ace pitcher Sam Georgiana to the mound against fourth-seeded Serra Catholic.There will be a trio of local graduates watching the top-seeded Rebels, and especially the 17-year-old junior ...
WASHINGTON — Laurel Highlands needed a spark during the tense early part of WednesdayĢƵ WPIAL baseball playoff game against Beaver.Nick Kumor was more than happy to provide that.Kumor blasted a long double to center field to bring in the first run in the bottom of the third inning and the ...