By Kevin Gorman Monday, Aug. 17, 2015, 10:57 p.m. Tom Loughran is a creature of habit, one who completes The New York Times crossword puzzle every Sunday, carries a rule book in his back pocket on Friday nights and wears a whistle around his neck. But he retired his famous Spot-Bilt coaching shoes, the pair he...Read More
By Joe Koch / Tri-State Sports & News Service Renny LaRue-Holloman was unaccustomed to losing during his first three years of high school when he was a member of the Schenley High School football team. But when that school closed, LaRue-Holloman finished out his high school career at Fox Chapel where the 2011 team finished...Read More
By Marty Stewart Sunday, Aug. 2, 2015, 12:06 a.m. After 32 years as football coach at South Park, which included a pair of state championships, Tom Loughran is hoping for some of the same success at Fox Chapel. Loughran, a 61-year-old Oakmont resident, made the playoffs 14 times during his South Park tenure and won 186...Read More
By Marty Stewart Tuesday, July 28, 2015, 1:06 p.m. After 32 years as head football coach at South Park High School, which included a pair of state championships, Tom Loughran is hoping for some of the same success at Fox Chapel. Loughran, a 61-year-old Oakmont resident, made the playoffs 14 times during his tenure and won...Read More
By Joe Bendel / Tri-State Sports & News Service July 24, 2015 The big and burly Pitt offensive lineman – the one with the prolific beard and shoulder-length hair – morphs into a gentle giant when he enters Children’s Hospital to visit ailing youngsters. Junior Adam Bisnowaty — all 6 feet 6, 300 pounds of...Read More