The Mid Mon Valley All Sports Hall of Fame held their annual awards banquet on Friday, June 21, 2019, at The Georgetown Centre in Pleasant Hills.

The event recognized the 2019 Hall of Fame Inductees, and also honored area high school senior scholar athletes for their academic and athletic accomplishments.

The 2019 Mid Mon Valley All Sports Hall of Fame Inductees, pictured at right (L to R) Front row: Lew Rawls, Dena Colditz for deceased father Patsy DeBerardinis, Ron Bertovich. Back row: Lenny Smith, Rod Fedorchak, Charel Allen.

The 2019 Scholar Athletes of the Mid Monongahela Valley Schools, pictured at right (L to R) Front Row: Ringgold’s Eli Schoedel and Anna Vogt; Belle Vernon Area’s Jake Sepesky; Elizabeth Forward’s Nancy Beinlich and Joram Stith. Middle Row: Monessen’s Tyler Swann; Charleroi’s Cole Hunter Perry and Anna Kuenzel; Brownsville’s Evan Olesko. Back row: Yough’s Rebecca Ghion and Dustin Shoaf; California’s Dajah Gudel; Bentworth’s Colin Heinrich and Leah Lindley

The 2019 individual WPIAL competition winners from the Mid Monongahela Valley Schools, pictured at right from (L to R) Front Row: Brownsville’s Gionna Quarzo, Ringgold’s Anna Vogt, Elizabeth Forward’s Kaelyn McClain. Back Row: BVA’s Ian Shahan, Charleroi’s John Vargo, BVA’s Robby Spekis

California High School Baseball team won its sixth WPIAL championship in 2019 (1983, 2001, 2006, 2014, 2017). Coach Lou Pasquale and senior captains Jacob Swartz and Nathan Zemany accept their Mon Valley Sports Hall of Fame Achievement award from general chairman Steve Russell.