The most successful high school baseball coach in the history of Fayette County has passed away. Thomas “Tom” Sankovich, who led Connellsville to four WPIAL championships and a state title in 1989, died Thursday evening. He was 85. Sankovich is known for establishing the Falcons’ ...

Tom Sankovich is quite familiar with the Fayette County Sports Hall of Fame. Sankovich, who starred in baseball and football at North Union Township High School and played football at Maryland, was inducted in 2015. Thanks to his outstanding career as Connellsville baseball coach, he was ...

Upon further review … Apparently, Beth Swink is the fifth individual with ties to Connellsville to be inducted into the WPIAL Hall of Fame. I must’ve had a fan’s perceived accuracy of NFL officiating these days when searching the list. (More on this later). As I scanned the ...