Eight individuals who made their marks in baseball, basketball, boxing football, track and field and administration were inducted into the Indiana County Sports Hall of Fame Sunday night at Rustic Lodge.
The Class of 2017 consists of Frank Berzansky and Ed Kozar, who were longtime assistant football coaches at Blairsville; J.T. Yard, who was a baseball All-American and Indiana County League standout; Mike Hilliard, a record-setting running back in high school and college; John Riggle, an all-conference linebacker at the Division I level; Kathy Sherry Newquist , who was a standout basketball player at Indiana High and IUP; Jim Klyap, who was a longtime teacher, coach and administrator at Purchase Line; and William Buggey, who was a world-class boxer in the early 20th century. Buggey was inducted posthumously.
Indiana County Sports Hall of Fame Induction Banquet at Rustic Lodge: Back row, left to right, John Riggle, Kathy Sherry Newquist, J.T. Yard and Fred Buggey (accepting for the late William Buggey); front row, Ed Kozar, Mike Hilliard, Frank Berzansky and Jim Klyapp. (Indiana Gazette photo)
