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South Union’s Varnak was four-sport athlete

In todayÎÞëÊÓƵ™s world of specialization in high school sports most athletes concentrate on one sport, some maybe two. Former South Union High School standout Phil Varnak would be considered an oddity today, Varnak played four sports in high school.Varnak was a standout on the Blue Devil football ...

Hunters required to report deer kills, and should want to anyway

Hunters who killed, field-dressed, and dragged a deer last week have one other task to complete. Law requires that hunters report all deer killed to the Game Commission within 10 days of the harvest. Not only is reporting a legal requirement, the simple act of reporting a deer kill enables ...

Surlas credits athletic gene pool with success

The athletic gene pool in the Surlas family is off the charts.The patriarch, Tom, has already been profile with a Memory Lane. He played football at Southmoreland High School and Alabama. Sons John and Jason played at Mt. Pleasant and played college football. His daughter, Jen, played ...

For the meat: The drive to hunt is shifting from sport to high-quality food

If youÎÞëÊÓƵ™re a non-hunter you may have wondered what drives so many acquaintances and co-workers to don an orange coat every December and head out into cold, snow or rain in the hope of bringing home a deer. DonÎÞëÊÓƵ™t be surprised if you canÎÞëÊÓƵ™t solve that riddle. Why people hunt in a modern ...

Turkey Trot across two continents

Every so often I have a stroke of genius. At least, that's what I believe it to be, so that's my story and I'm sticking to it.I walked in my first Turkey Trot in 2012 at the suggestion of then co-worker Cecelia Jo Record. That first "Trot" had a near-disastrous start when we were about a mile ...

Masontown’s Smith carried on family tradition of football

If you dig into Allen SmithÎÞëÊÓƵ™s football bio you will discover an interesting fact; he was a former teammate of actor Burt Reynolds at Florida State.Smith was a crackerjack running back for Masontown High School in the 1950ÎÞëÊÓƵ™s and he also played some basketball for the Gunners.Masontown posted ...