BVA’s Macheska developing into one of WPIAL’s top linemen

Lineman Steve Macheska will help lead Belle Vernon Area into today’s WPIAL Class 3A championship game against Avonworth at Acrisure Stadium. Macheska

By Bill Beckner Jr.

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First, there was curiosity. Then came eagerness. Before long, though, bewilderment set in. Did this experiment backfire? “There’s no way,” Belle Vernon football coach Matt Humbert said as he watched then-sophomore Steve Macheska pull up lame two years ago on the first day of training camp. “That’s just my luck. I tell this big kid to come out (for the team), and this happens.”

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