Umpire Joe Volpe began presenting a pair of sportsmanship awards in 2021, choosing one player in the Fayette County Baseball League and one in the Fayette American Legion Baseball League. "I just always thought good sportsmanship shouldn't go unnoticed and when my colleague Paul Lancaster ...
Umpires take their fair share of abuse and Joe Volpe has been involved in plenty of disagreements over the years. Despite that, there鈥檚 no more respected umpire in the Fayette American Legion Baseball League or the Fayette County Baseball League than Volpe. That respect extends far beyond ...
Uniontown鈥檚 Rich Franks and Connellsville鈥檚 Brian Sankovich were so eager to get their teams on the field, the two coaches agreed to have a 鈥済ame鈥� on Tuesday night at Thomas E. Sankovich Field on the campus of Connellsville Area High School. The contest resembled a scrimmage, as both ...
