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Twice as nice

There is no doubt Notorious Grooms made an impact as a four-year starter on Uniontown’s boys basketball program. Grooms helped lead the Red Raiders to a state and WPIAL semifinal game and scored 1,684 points in his high school career under the direction of Rob Kezmarsky. Grooms is the ...

Jack of all trades

Deakyn DeHoet wasn’t sure how he would do competing in track & field, but as the WPIAL individual championships approach, the Jefferson-Morgan junior is glad he gave the sport a try. DeHoet, who also plays third base for the Rockets in baseball, didn’t have the opportunity to ...

Steelers pass on Sanders to select DT Harmon

PITTSBURGH — As the Pittsburgh Steelers prepared for the NFL draft, head coach Mike Tomlin and general manager Omar Khan's minds kept drifting back to that ugly night in Baltimore three months ago when Lamar Jackson, Derrick Henry and the rest of the Ravens ran Pittsburgh's overmatched ...

Humbert steps down as Belle Vernon football coach

Matt Humbert did about as good as any head football coach could do in his 11 years at Belle Vernon, but the 2003 Laurel Highlands graduate has decided to let someone else lead the Leopards, at least on the gridiron. Humbert’s decision was posted on his X (formerly Twitter) account on ...

Gridiron greats: California’s Qualk tops H-S All Area Football Team

Lee Qualk exploded onto the local high school football scene with 383 yards and six touchdowns in California’s 62-26 season-opening win over Serra Catholic. That was just the beginning for the Trojan senior. Qualk went on to run for 2,145 yards, was the WPIAL regular-season rushing ...

H-S Athlete of the Week: Calvin Winfrey III, Uniontown

Name: Calvin Winfrey III School: Uniontown Class: Senior Sport: Basketball Winfrey’s week: The senior guard scored a game-high 26 points in Uniontown’s 81-53 victory at Latrobe last Tuesday to surpass 1,000 points in his career. Winfrey entered the game needing 13, and he went ...