VALLEY SPORTS HISTORY
2013
2013
• The Monessen Greyhounds failed to hold their own against their Class 4A rival Norwin in the annual Mike Rettger Memorial Basketball Tournament at Franklin Regional. Norwin outscored Monessen, 10-3, over the final four minutes to pull out a 6863 victory. Although the Greyhounds have fallen to 0-3, Coach Joe Salvino saw some positives from his team’s efforts. “I was proud that we never quit. We had a chance to win but we let it go. We made a couple of mistakes and missed a couple of shots down the stretch. It was a better effort, in fact, it was our best effort so far this season.”
• For three quarters the Charleroi boys basketball team looked like a team with five senior starters and a 6-7 star on its bench, but unfortunately for the Cougars, there are four quarters in a basketball game. In the final eight minutes of their game against Burgettstown, the Cougars were outscored 28-11 turning an 11-point deficit into a 7266 victory for the Blue Devils. Charleroi coach Bill Wiltz said, “I don’t know what their percentage from the 3-point line was but it had to be amazingly high.”
2004
• In a couple of months Donora’s Charles “Yogi” Jones will be returning to Europe. Jones won’t be returning to play for the Scottish Claymores. The Claymores were disbanded and will be replaced with the Hamburg Sea Devils, where Jones will serve as the team’s linebackers coach. Hamburg is the second-largest city in Germany and the team will play in the 55,000seat AOL Stadium. Jones is no stranger to Germany after playing 4 seasons for the Frankfurt Galaxy. Jones has had a career in Europe after starring at Ringgold and the University of Pittsburgh.
• With the Ringgold boys basketball team clinging to a two-point lead in the game’s final minute, “ Bean” Heller was trying to kill the clock when he lost his dribble and gave away possession. Heller recovered and stole the ball back from Seneca Valley’s Kevin Mayberry to prevent the Raiders from tying the game. Rams coach Mark Gaither said, “We’re preaching when you make a mistake you’ve got to bust your butt and make it up on the next play. That was a perfect example, Bean turned it over but he made up for it because he high-tailed it back and made a play.”
1994
• Sunday – no paper.
