When Shelley Bortz was inducted into the Fayette County Sports Hall of Fame in 2021 she became part of the first father-daughter duo to be enshrined into that organization. The 1992 Geibel Catholic graduate joined her father George Bortz, who was part of the Class of 2016. The two will ...
Bill Buehner was born into a family of athletes and eventually made a name for himself in sports. The 1987 Laurel Highlands graduate was a three-sport star in high school who went on to be a four-year starter in football at Tulsa. Now he is regarded as one of Western Pennsylvania's top high ...
Megan Joyce will have a bevy of golf courses to choose from when she moves to Florida in August. The graduate of Laurel Highlands and Washington & Jefferson College will probably not be playing as much down south, as she will be attending the University of Florida in Gainesville to pursue ...
In what she hopes is a recurring trend, Duquesne University junior Mia Pierce bested her own program record in the discus throw at the Widener University Final Qualifier in her final competition of the season. The 2023 graduate of Laurel Highlands High School released a throw of 50.60 meters ...
George Link rubbed elbows with some legendary coaches when he was a highly regarded football recruit after an impressive high school career at Laurel Highlands. Notre Dame’s Ara Parseghian, Ohio State’s Woody Hayes, West Virginia’s Bobby Bowden, North Carolina State’s Lou Holtz and ...
Kayla Swaney beamed with pride last season when the Laurel Highlands girls soccer team made the playoffs. The Lady Mustangs’ assistant coach was happy with the team’s success on the field, but when she was approached by several members of the team to help out in the community, Swaney ...
