After losing its first two league games by a total of five points, Belle Vernon earned its first Class 4A Big Six Conference game in a decisive 48-6 triumph over Laurel Highlands on Friday night at Mustang Field. The Leopards suffered a 14-10 setback to Thomas Jefferson (2-1, 6-2) on Sept. 26 ...
Way back in January first-year Laurel Highlands football coach Aaron Raffle talked with his players about handling adversity. “We’ve always focused on what we do when we face adversity and how we get over that,” said Raffle, who gave a tip of his hat to his father who recently passed ...
Aaron Raffle is glad to be back at his alma mater, which will be a challenge, as Laurel Highlands competes in Class 4A’s Big Six Conference with the likes of defending WPIAL champion Thomas Jefferson, Belle Vernon, Trinity, Ringgold and Chartiers Valley. Raffle, who played for the Mustangs ...
There were many “special” instances in Laurel Highlands’ 27-0 non-conference victory over Uniontown on Friday night in Week Zero play at Bill Power Stadium. For starters, any win over their cross-town rivals is special for the Mustangs. In addition, the triumph was the first, in what ...
Aaron Raffle has coached, played for or been associated with a wide variety of football teams since his graduation from Laurel Highlands in 1991, including youth, high school, semipro, college and even flag football and women’s professional football. He’s now circled back to where he ...
