BVA’s Macheska developing into one of WPIAL’s top linemen
November 25, 2022

BVA’s Macheska developing into one of WPIAL’s top linemen

By Mon Valley Independent

By Bill Beckner Jr.

Trib Total Media

First, there was curiosity. Then came eagerness. Before long, though, bewilderment set in. Did this experiment backfire? “There’s no way,” Belle Vernon football coach Matt Humbert said as he watched then-sophomore Steve Macheska pull up lame two years ago on the first day of training camp. “That’s just my luck. I tell this big kid to come out (for the team), and this happens.”

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