Umpire Joe Volpe began presenting a pair of sportsmanship awards in 2021, choosing one player in the Fayette County Baseball League and one in the Fayette American Legion Baseball League. "I just always thought good sportsmanship shouldn't go unnoticed and when my colleague Paul Lancaster ...
Umpires take their fair share of abuse and Joe Volpe has been involved in plenty of disagreements over the years. Despite that, there’s no more respected umpire in the Fayette American Legion Baseball League or the Fayette County Baseball League than Volpe. That respect extends far beyond ...
Uniontown’s Rich Franks and Connellsville’s Brian Sankovich were so eager to get their teams on the field, the two coaches agreed to have a “game” on Tuesday night at Thomas E. Sankovich Field on the campus of Connellsville Area High School. The contest resembled a scrimmage, as both ...
