Megan Backstrom had an outstanding basketball career at Belle Vernon Area High School. She graduated in 1998 and remains the Lady Leopards鈥� all-time leading scorer. Backstrom recalls that she got an early start in athletics. 鈥淚 think I started in the fifth grade, my dad Thomas played a ...
Western Pennsylvania sports fans were saddened by the passing of a legend from a bygone era when Lou 鈥淏imbo鈥� Cecconi died on Feb. 24 at Paramount Senior Living Care in Bethel Park at the age of 95. In an era before SportsCenter and the internet Cecconi was a full-fledged star going back ...
Geibel Catholic High School has a rich basketball history and one of the best to suit up for the Gators was big man Dave Timko who was a stalwart during the early 1980s. Timko got an early start in basketball. 鈥淚 started early. My first recollection was shooting through a tire rim screwed ...
James 鈥淛unior鈥� Mays forged an outstanding athletic career at Uniontown, but looking back he wishes he had done things differently off the court and off the football field. Mays got an early start in athletics and benefited from Uniontown's great playground culture. 鈥淚 was playing ...
The late Crystal Fields Gallagher was a tremendous athlete and mother who died unexpectedly in 2011, but her legacy and spirit live on through her three children. Fields Gallagher was a standout forward/guard at Albert Gallatin, then known as Tri Valley High School, in the late 1980s and ...
The McLee family is a storied name in Fayette County athletics. Darrin McLee is another member of the clan who made his mark on the hardwood for the Uniontown Red Raiders. 鈥淚 started playing sports at an early age,鈥� McLee reported. 鈥淚 went to Lafayette Junior High School and I'm from ...
