By Mike White / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Mt. Lebanon football team had to cancel its junior-varsity game against North Allegheny last Saturday because it was short-handed. Due to some injuries and a much smaller-than-usual roster, Mt. Lebanon didn’t have enough linemen to play the game. This from Mt. Lebanon, which has a winning tradition and is the seventh-largest school in the 125-team Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League.
But Mt. Lebanon’s player situation isn’t unique. Mt. Lebanon simply is an example of a sports fact of life these days.