Chris Pierce has been able to travel the world because of wrestling, and the Laurel Highlands graduate will make another trip overseas in October when he travels to Amman, Jordan, for the Veteran World Championships. The 48-year-old will compete in freestyle and Greco-Roman from Oct. 6-11, ...
While most of Uniontown was sleeping comfortably in their beds, Laurel Highlands had the stadium lights on at Mustang Field, the music blasting from the PA system and fans in the stadium as head coach Ian Edenfield had his players hitting when the clock struck midnight on early Monday morning ...
When Josh Fremd retires as a professional fighter, the 2012 graduate of Connellsville Area High School may want to invest in being a soothsayer. Fremd returned to the cage Friday night in the Professional Fighters League (PFL) event at Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, N.C., and delivered a ...
Jason King began his wrestling career in the middle school program at Uniontown Area School District when he was in seventh grade. King continued with the sport in high school under the direction of Jerry Simon prior to competing collegiately at Waynesburg University. Winning a state ...
It was nice to see Connellsville’s 2005 state wrestling championship team receive their long overdue induction into the Fayette County Sports Hall of Fame last month. As exciting as that was, the Falcons have many deserving candidates that need to be enshrined. Granted, two-time state ...
Connellsville has plenty of experience in the WPIAL dual meet championship on the boys side, as the Falcons have qualified for the District 7 tournament all 47 years it has been contested. Connellsville coach Bill Swink hopes the girls team can begin a streak of success this upcoming season, ...
