Bruce Dal Canton was a California guy. He played his high school baseball at California. He played his college baseball at California State and, as its ace pitcher, helped lead the Vulcans’ 1962 team to the NAIA District 30 title.Not bad for a walk-on.Dal Canton didn’t get a offer from the ...
Before Pete Rose made his appearances at a recent Wild Things game and the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, I had a chance to talk with the all-time hits leader.I recalled, and did Pete, his first major-league hit.“It was against the Pirates and Bob Friend, who was a good pitcher during ...
Many outstanding players from Washington County made it into professional baseball and had much success. The Mon Valley produced two of the best in Stan Musial and Ken Griffey Sr., both Donora natives.Musial, a Hall of Famer, had 3,630 career hits – 1,815 at home and 1,815 on the road. ...
<span class="Text Normal">When it comes to sports in this area, there have been a number of families who have dominated the scene at Washington High School. Among the family names are Vactor, Barnes, Miller and Bryant.</span><span class="Text ...
Perhaps no Class AA school in the area has produced as many brother combinations who participated in wrestling than West Greene.Here are the Pioneers’ brother acts:Gary and Shawn Whyte – Gary was a two-time PIAA placewinner (fourth-place and runner-up). Shawn’s 148 wins is the school ...
Completing the McGuffey brotherhood of wrestling we have the Hunters, Seth, Evan and Garrett, who are cousins of Jeremy Hunter, a four-time state champion at McGuffey and former NCAA champ at Penn State.There are the Breese brothers, Keith whose sons, Steve, Brad and Philip, wrestled at ...
