Sports

Last Updated on Monday, 02 May 2022 04:06

Among the many items that the Donora Historical Society has in its collection are 125 football and basketball games of Mon Valley teams from 1955 to 1979. They are original 16mm game films that are in the process of being converted to DVD. There is no sound. We launched a project in 2015 to start to transfer the films to DVD to not only get them in a usable format to be added to our artifact collection and our presentation offerings, but to get these games in the hands of the players that played in them some 40 to 75 years ago.

Six of the 125 game films that we have feature Mon Valley Catholic High School, have all been converted from 16mm to DVD and are available at an affordable price. All games cost $25/game plus S&H.

Last Updated on Monday, 02 May 2022 03:29

A final score of 6-5 was the title tally to highlight a historic winter sports season for several Thomas Jefferson High School teams and individuals.

Last Updated on Monday, 02 May 2022 03:25

By Matthew Peaslee

Three days of great fun and good hockey happened in early April at the Spencer Family YMCA in Bethel Park.

Last Updated on Sunday, 01 May 2022 03:22

The Mid Mon Valley All Sports Hall of Fame will hold its 27th annual banquet returning to St Spyridon Hellenic Center, 1205 Grand Blvd Monessen, PA on Friday, June 17 at 5:30 p.m. After a two-year absence, due to the pandemic, chairman Dennis Stitch stated, “we are ready to proceed with our induction banquet as we have in the past decades.”

The Mid Mon Valley Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame is pleased to welcome these 2022 Mon Valley inductees:

Coach Billy Connors: A Brownsville High School All Big Six quarterback and 1954 graduate, Connors went on to Salem College where he garnered Little All-American accolades. He transferred his football knowledge to the coaching ranks accumulating an overall record of 174 wins, 92 losses and 12 ties. At Beth Center High School for 14 years, he capped his coaching there with a WPIAL crown in 1975. At Ringgold from 1979 to 1984 he won the WPIAL championship in 1982. Connors concluded his career at Belle Vernon Area and in 1989 made it to the semifinals losing to Aliquippa 14-7. Coach Connors was also inducted into the Washington Greene County Sports Hall of Fame in 1996.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 12 April 2022 00:06

Dedicated High School Basketball Coach Now Third All-Time in WPIAL History.