by Jake DeLuca
Last week the Armstrong County Sports Hall of Fame Board of Governors selected their 2017 inductees, in total there will be ten new members to the Hall of Fame.
Ford City will have two inductees, Casandra Pinson for women’s basketball and Paul Lhote for baseball will represent Ford City this year.
Representing Freeport will be two new inductees, Vicki Keasey who will be inducted for her work as a softball coach along with Fred Hamilton for football will represent Freeport’s inductees this year.
For Kittanning Dave Sysyn will be inducted for his work as a boys basketball coach. Also representing Kittanning this year will be Jerry Sybert who will also be inducted for basketball, but as a player.
Leechburg will have the most inductees this year (3). Leechburgh’s inductees include, Robb Smith (football coach), Charles Bonello (football), and Dennis Wolfe (special award builder).
Finally, Robert Walker of Parks Township rounds out the list of inductees this year and he was awarded a special military award.
The 45th annual Banquet will take place on April 30th at the Laube Hall in Freeport and will start at 4:00 PM. The board and guests will also celebrate 12 High School seniors, awarding scholarships throughout the banquet.