When Tony Mercadante helped formulate the idea for a Uniontown high school hall of fame, he wanted it to be with a different twist. “I checked around and most who had one had a sports hall of fame,” Mercadante said. “When we started this at Uniontown, I wanted to bring in other ...
The Belle Vernon girls basketball team is coming off a season in which it won a state playoff game for the first time in 28 years and college coaches are taking notice. Three Leopards, Aubrey Brown, Isis Almyty and Lyla McConnell have each received at least one NCAA Division I offer. Brown ...
Shawn Clemmer loves history, particularly local basketball history. “I've always been a historian and a stat person,” said the 1992 Albert Gallatin graduate. “Ever since I was young I've always kept notes of interesting facts and stats and things like that on basketball. “I played ...
Evan Strimel has finally made his decision on where to continue his basketball career and it will be at Tiffin University in Ohio. Strimel played basketball at Geibel Catholic this year but transferred back to his original school, Albert Gallatin, after the season and is officially an AG ...
When Shelley Bortz was inducted into the Fayette County Sports Hall of Fame in 2021 she became part of the first father-daughter duo to be enshrined into that organization. The 1992 Geibel Catholic graduate joined her father George Bortz, who was part of the Class of 2016. The two will ...
BULLSKIN TWP. — The Fayette County Sports Hall of Fame officially welcomed 10 new individual members and two teams into its ranks on Friday at Pleasant Valley Golf Club. Hall of Fame co-founder and Executive Chair George Von Benko introduced each new inductee and presented each with a Hall ...
