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No backing down: Red Raiders throw scare into top-seeded Montour, fall 3-2

WASHINGTON — Uniontown got little respect from the WPIAL baseball pairings committee as was evident by the No. 16 seed it was saddled with for Class AAAA playoffs.The Red Raiders thus had to face top-seeded Montour, the defending PIAA champion, in their first-round game on Wednesday.Perhaps ...

Into the Hall: Rich Giachetti

Richie Giachetti grew up in a close-knit Italian family in Uniontown before becoming one of the most well-known names in the boxing world who trained a heavyweight champion.Giachetti, who died in 2016, was a 1958 North Union graduate who played football and baseball in high school but ...

LETTER: Libraries are essential to their communities

As National Library Week came to an end last week, it reminded me of what public libraries have meant to me in the years before I ever even thought about working in a library.From my earliest school years, when I was taken to the Carnegie Free Library in Connellsville, all I could say when I ...

Hidden figures: Tennis, basketball star Jenkins broke down many barriers

<em>Fayette County has a rich sports history and unfortunately the stories and exploits of many great players and coaches have been lost and forgotten by the sands of time. This is the fifth in a series of articles that will explore some of these hidden figures. This article ...

About face: Leopards bounce back with key win over Uniontown

BELLE VERNON — The second of a two-game set between Section 2-AAAA baseball rivals Uniontown and Belle Vernon was nothing like the first.That was better news for the Leopards than the Red Raiders.One day after suffering an 11-1 loss to Uniontown at Bailey Park, Belle Vernon bounced back with ...

Taking advantage: Red Raiders jump on top early, beat AG in section opener

Uniontown made the most of five hits, plus six Albert Gallatin errors, to open Section 2-AAAA baseball play Monday night with a 6-2 victory over the Colonials at Bailey Park.The Red Raiders took advantage of Albert GallatinÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ first miscue when Austin Grego kept the inning alive by reaching on ...