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Football Local Jackets shine
Waynesburg College kicker Ben Popson and Wayne Roebuck were recognized by the Eastern College Athletic Conference as Division III Southwest Honorable Mention.
Popson, a Connellsville graduate and Yellow Jacket senior, earned ECAC honorable mention and first-team all-Presidents’ Athletic Conference honors for a second straight season.
Popson led all PAC kickers with 81 points and ranked fourth overall in the conference in points. He made a conference-high 96 percent of his extra point attempts and ranked second in the conference with a field goal percentage of 55 percent among kickers with five or more attempts.
Roebuck, a Mount Pleasant grad, received ECAC honorable mention after earning a first-team all-PAC selection this season. He led the conference with a punting average of 36.0 yards with a long of 61 yards. His punting average was over a yard better than any other punter in the PAC.
Basketball
Uniontown boys tickets
The Uniontown Area High School will only be selling boys basketball tickets for the following games due to the Christmas break: today’s game against Penn Trafford, Gateway on Monday, Dec. 27 and Laurel Highlands on Thursday, Dec. 30. Tickets may be purchased for any of these games today and Wednesday from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. There will be no phone calls accepted to hold tickets. These tickets will be sold on a first-come, first-serve basis to Uniontown Area School District residents.