Southmoreland football fans may still cringe at the thought of Dustin Shoaf playing for the Yough Cougars. It was Oct. 20, 2017 at Russ Grimm Field when Shoaf shredded the Scotties defense for a school-record 428 yards and five touchdowns on runs of 15, 8, 8, 2 and 56 yards. As if that ...
Throughout my life of more than eight decades, the Youghiogheny River has been a constant companion. In my youth, I fished the mostly brackish water with my friends for catfish and suckers and skated on the frozen backwaters in winter. Some folks swam in the river, but several local pools ...
HERMINIE – Yough’s Terek Crosby and Ellwood City’s Joe Roth both stepped up in the fourth quarter for their respective boys basketball teams Wednesday night. You would expect that from a pair of players who’ve combined to score over 4,000 points. Both seniors scored 21 points on ...
GIBSONIA – Yough had second-seeded Mohawk on the ropes for almost three full quarters on Thursday night. When the situation looked most dire for the Warriors, they rose up and stormed from behind to derail the seventh-seeded Cougars’ upset bid, 54-48, in a WPIAL Class AAA boys ...
HERMINIE – Yough had an extended stay in the boys basketball playoffs a year ago and it called on that experience Monday night in its WPIAL Class AAA first round game against South Park. The Cougars grabbed the early advantage and held a six-point lead two minutes into the second quarter ...
CONNELLSVILLE – Connellsville coach Joe Soltis hopes the school’s first bowling team will keep the ball rolling to keep the sport a fixture in the school. The Falcons found success Wednesday afternoon with a 7-0 victory against visiting Yough in a Southeast Division match at Yough ...
