Dec 5, 2002 4 min read

The Pittsburgh Hoops Classic, a high school basketball all-star game attracting the best in local and national talent to the area, needs rosters from local coaches. The rosters should include all players from 9th through 12th grades for the 2002-2003 season. Statistics from last year and any other pertinent information and accomplishments should be included. The rosters will also be used in the selection process for the 2003 Pittsburgh Hoops Classic and future games. Please send this information to Robert Davis, P.O. Box 545, Uniontown, PA, 15401, or contact Davis at 724-557-8177 after 9 p.m. or by e-mail at rdavis@lcsys.net.

In April 2003, the preliminary game leading to the all-star game will be coming back to Uniontown Area High School. Information on both the preliminary game and all-star game will be coming soon.

Kelly scores 18 in win EKU win

Albert Gallatin graduate Katie Kelly scored a game-high 18 points as the Eastern Kentucky women’s basketball team (4-2) defeated Lipscomb 78-73 on Tuesday.

Kelly leads the Lady Colonels through six games averaging 16.7 points and 5.2 assists per game. Kelly is also shooting 93.3 percent from the free throw line and has made her last 18 attempts.

Eastern Kentucky will open its 2002-03 home schedule today against nationally ranked Cincinnati Bearcats.

Kezmarsky sees playing time

Brownsville graduate Penny Kezmarsky played 19 minutes in Point Park’s 80-47 loss at Bethany on Tuesday.

Kezmarsky, a true freshman, totaled four points, four rebounds, one assist and one steal as Point Park fell to 1-4.

Bethany improved to 4-1.

UPG looks to local players

Following an 8-18 season a year ago, the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg men’s basketball team is looking for significant improvement under first-year coach Marcus Kahn.

Uniontown graduate Scott Winfrey returns as a two-year starter for the Bobcats, averaged 6.5 points per game last season, while leading the team in minutes played with 667.

Southmoreland graduate Adam Bowser is the lone senior who pulled down 35 rebounds last season.

The Bobcats also look for big things from freshman guard and Uniontown graduate David Winfrey and Laurel Highlands graduate A.J. Swintosky. UPG will host Penn State Altoona on Dec. 7 at 8 p.m.

Football

Rooker named to All-NCAC Team

Laurel Highlands graduate Kevin Rooker was one of seven College of Wooster players named to second-team All-North Coast Athletic Conference team, announced on Monday after it compiled votes from the NCAC’s 10 head coaches.

Rooker led Wooster in solo tackles with 59, had 27 assists, 1.5 sacks and one interception.

Wrestling

Ferens at Iowa Central

Years ago, a man in an old advertising slogan claimed he would walk a mile to get this product.

John Ferens did that man a whole lot better, although he used an airline instead of hoofing it. He went halfway across the United States to wrestle.

Ferens, son of John M. Ferens, and the grandson of Mrs. Joseph Ferens, all of Connellsville, is a graduate of Connellsville High School where he wrestled four years for now retired coach Tom Dolde.

As a senior, Ferens finished second in Section 2-AAA competition at 152, advancing from there to the WPIAL, where he was 3-2 overall. He won his opening bout, lost the second and dropped to the consolation round, where he was 2-1. This qualified him for a trip to the state (PIAA) finals at Hershey, where he was 2-2, concluding the season with an overall 31-11 mark and 121 wins for his career.

Ferens then enrolled at the University of Nebraska, which has one of the nation’s top wrestling programs.

This year he is wrestling for Iowa Central Junior College, which has been rated the number one national JC wrestling program. He competes at 149 against collegiate varsity teams from across the nation. After one year at Iowa Central, John will return to Nebraska.

General

O’Brien signing Saturday

Jim O’Brien, who is writing a series of books on the Steelers, Pirates, and western Pennsylvania sports, has published another book entitled “Steelers Forever.”

With the book hitting the stores just in time for Christmas, O’Brien will be in Uniontown from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday at Waldenbooks in Uniontown Mall, to sign copies of his book.

This will be his only pre-holiday visit to Uniontown.

Along with his current book, there will be previous O’Brien publications available on the Walden shelves.