Fayette County has always had a rich baseball history. Forgotten over the years is a great ballplayer from a bygone era, Jasper “Jap” Washington, who was born September 13, 1896 and was a native of Dunbar. Washington was a graduate of Connellsville High School and shortly after ...
Connellsville has always had a rich baseball heritage. Former Geibel Catholic High School two-sport standout Keith Smith is just one of the many players produced by the city along the Youghiogheny River. Smith, like many athletes, got his start in sports at an early age. “I got a start in ...
Veteran Belle Vernon Area softball coach Tom Rodriquez has forged a Hall of Fame career by building his program on three core principles: 1. Pitching. 2. Defense. And 3. Timely Hitting. Rodriquez was a baseball player during his high school days at Mon Valley Catholic High School and ...
Zack Dillow is a prime example of perseverance and hard work paying off in athletics. Dillow was a standout on the Albert Gallatin football team during the 1990s. Like many athletes Dillow got an early start in athletics, but it wasn't football. “I started in wrestling,” Dillow ...
The Uniontown Red Raiders have a glorious basketball history with 19 players with 1,000 points in their career. Jordan Pratt who was a standout for the Red Raiders is on that list. Pratt got an early start playing basketball. “I started playing when I was a kid,” Pratt reported. “I ...
Over the past two basketball seasons the Uniontown Red Raiders have faced the formidable Lincoln Park Leopards three times in the PIAA and WPIAL playoffs. Last season the Raiders were downed by the Leopards in the PIAA tournament, 85-64, on their way to a Class 4A state championship. This ...
