May 29, 2016 7 min read

Fred Pagac has played and coached in the National Football League following a standout career at Ohio State University.

He is one of the most noteworthy athletes to emerge from Beth-Center High School and will be honored next month with a hall of fame induction.

Pagac will be recognized with 14 others at the induction ceremonies for the 30th anniversary of the Washington-Greene Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame. The ceremony will be held June 10 at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Meadow Lands.

Tickets are $45 apiece and can be purchased by calling B.J. at 724-678-4320.

Others inductees include Mark Angle (wrestling), Chris Sidick (baseball) and Henry Armstrong (track and field) of Canon-McMillan; Jamey Bennett (football) of Fort Cherry; Frank Bernadowski (football) of California University; Michael Bonus (baseball), the late Jerry Lattimore (wrestling), Kory Sensky (soccer) and Kevin Holley (football) of Trinity; Kaitlyn Orstein-Fife (swimming) of Washington & Jefferson; the late John Guzik (football) of Cecil High School; Kristin Polosky-Puskas (basketball) of Mapletown; Tom Trettel (Meritorious Service) of Charleroi and Mel Blount (Youth Service Award).

The following are biographies from a portion of the inductees. The other bios were previously published.

Pagac was a three-year starter at tight end for Ohio State and part of a Buckeyes’ team that compiled a 25-6-2 overall record and a 19-2 Big Ten Conference record. He signed as a free agent with the Chicago Bears in 1974, winning the prestigious Brian Piccolo Award and appeared in 28 NFL games with Chicago and Tampa Bay.

Pagac began his coaching career at Ohio State, serving as linebackers coach, defensive coordinator and assistant head coach. As defensive coordinator, he won two Big Ten titles and coached seven first team All-American linebackers. He was a finalist for the Frank Broyles Assistant Coach of the Year Award in 1998.

From 2001-03, Pagac was linebackers coach for AFC West Champion and Super Bowl team Oakland Raiders. He was linebackers coach for the Kansas City Chiefs (2004-05), linebackers coach and defensive coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings, who finished first against the run in three consecutive seasons, the first team to accomplish that since the 1970 NFL merger. In 2015, he helped coach Denver to the Super Bowl 50 championship over Carolina.

At Beth-Center, he was a three-year starter who received more than 100 college scholarship offers. He was named all-state and became the first Beth-Center player to participate in the Big 33 Football Classic.

Holley was a multisport star for Trinity. He was a two-year letterman and football team captain in 1982. He received honorable mention all-state in 1982 and played in the Washington-Greene County All-Star Game. He was named all-conference and Big 33 starter in that same season.

In wrestling, Holley was a WPIAL and PIAA runner-up at heavyweight in 1983. He was a three-year letterman, a two-time section champion and two-time WPIAL qualifier.

He was named Outstanding Wrestler in the Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic as a senior and was named to the Observer-Reporter All-District Team. He was named Amateur Wrestling News Honorable Mention All-American in 1983.

Holley earned a scholarship to Purdue University, where he was a four-year starter and letterman on the defensive line. He was named Purdue’s Defensive Player of the Game 11 times and left the school ranked 17th in all-time tackles for loss.

Holley was a starter in the 1984 Peach Bowl and tied for most blocked field goals in a season in 1986. He was named Associate Press Honorable Mention All-American and Associate Press Second Team All-Big Ten in 1986. He was named team captain in 1986 and Black and Gold Illustrated ranked him the fourth-best player to wear No. 99 for Purdue University.

Jerry Lattimore was a two-time PIAA champion for the Hillers, winning the first in 1961 and the second in 1963. He was a four-year letterman, three-time section champion (1960-63) and two-time WPIAL champion (1962, ’63). His career record was 70-5-1.

Lattimore attended Lamar Junior College, where he was a two-time National Junior College champion (1965, ’66). He was undefeated in both seasons and was voted Top Athlete in the Empire Conference in 1965. Lattimore was inducted into the Pennsylvania Wrestling Association Hall of Fame in 2015.

Polosky Puskas left Mapletown High School as the school’s all-time leader in points (1,570), blocks (364) and scoring average (16.5 points). She set single-season records for points (614), steals (175), blocks (122) and scoring (25.6 points). She also had 1,020 rebounds, 235 assists and 387 steals in her career.

Polosky Puskas was named all-state by the Associated Press and named to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Fab Five. She was the Observer-Reporter Player of the Year. She played in the Dapper Dan Roundball Classic.

She accepted a full basketball scholarship to Northern Kentucky University and helped the Norse win the NCAA Division II national championship in 2000 with a 32-2 record. The team reached the Elite Eight in 2002 and was national runner-up in 2003.

Polosky played in 129 games for Northern Kentucky, scored 948 points, gabbed 501 rebounds and had 307 assists. Her 105 blocks rank fifth in school history.

Polosky Puskas was named honorable mention All-Great Lakes Valley Conference in 2003; given the Margery Rouse Athlete of Distinction Award in 2003 and was a four-time academic All-Great Lakes Valley Conference.

Sensky was part of the 1983 Trinity soccer team that was PIAA co-champion. The title match went 16 overtimes before being halted. It was the longest match in PIAA soccer history. Sensky was team captain in 1984 and finished with 88 goals and 84 assists in his varsity career (1981-1984). His 84 assists were sixth all-time in PIAA soccer.

He was named all-state two times (1982-83) and All-WPIAL three times (1982-84). He was an NSCAA All-American and an NSCAA Regional All American. He was on the Dapper Dan Soccer Classic team, the Army Soccer Classic East teams and played on the Beadling Soccer Club.

At the University of Akron, Sensky was a four-year letterman and member of the 1987 NCAA Division I runner-up team.

Sidick played seven seasons for the Washington Wild Things and was inducted into the Frontier League Hall of Fame in 2015. He finished his Wild Things’ career with a lifetime .285 batting average, and team records that include 588 games played, 2,667 plate appearances, 434 runs, 635 hits, 56 triples, 257 RBI, 328 walks and 166 stolen bases.

He holds the Frontier League’s career record for games played, at-bats (2,225), hits (635), runs (434) and the single-season record for triples (16 in 2006). He was inducted into the Frontier League Hall of Fame last July and is the only Wild Things player to have his uniform number retired.

A graduate of Canon-McMillan, Sidick was all-conference in football and played in an all-star game.

He attended Marietta College, where he was All-Ohio Athletic Conference, All-Region and All-American in football and baseball. He was inducted into the Marietta College Athletic Hall of Fame in 2015.

Sidick was a three-time Frontier League All-Star (2006, 2008, 2010) and was selected to the postseason All-Star team in 2006. He started C-Side Sports Academy in Washington in 2007.

Trettel has had an illustrious running career and served as president and co-director of Washington County Road Runners Club since the early 1980s. He served as co-publisher of the monthly WCRRC newsletter for the past 35 years and serves as race director of more than 50 road races over the last 20 years, including 5-Dam Miles, Conservation 10K and Whiskey Rebellion 5K. Those races and other club charitable fund raisers resulted in more than $40,000 in donations to local charities, including Children’s Hospital and the Washington County Food Bank.

Trettel has been a race official-timer for more than 100 local events and was a running columnist for Observer-Reporter for eight years. He completed more than 50 marathons with a personal best time of 3:11, and qualified for the Boston Marathon.

Trettel was an assistant track coach for three years at Trinity High School in the 1980s and started the Trinity Middle School track program, serving as head coach for three seasons. He logged more than 75,000 running miles in more than 30 years.

Trettel was an English teacher in Trinity School District for 38 years, retiring in June 2015, and was named Trinity Teacher of the Year in 2002. His awards include: Walmart Trinity Teacher of the Year: 2003; Teacher of Excellence finalist for Teacher Excellence Center of Western PA: 2007; and Howard Jack Teaching Award, Washington County Community Foundation: 2015.