I am grateful for the opportunity to honor our 1976 Track and Field W.P.I.A.L Champions. I have vivid memories of my experience with them and what a positive group of young men they were.In the pre-season booklet given to each team member, we, the coaching staff comprised of myself, TomLa Buff and the late Ralph [more…]
1976 GATEWAY BOYS VARSITY HOCKEY CLUB
The success of the 1976 Gateway Gator Hockey Club, and journey to the State Championship game, began with a group of boys four years earlier who witnessed the 1967 birth of hockey in Pittsburgh and shortly thereafter thought “we could do that” – or at least thought “wouldn’t it be fun to try to do [more…]
1966 BOYS VARSITY WRESTLING TEAM
The Gateway Wrestling program had it’s infancy in 1963 – 64 beginning with nothing except an enthusiastic inexperienced coach and a group of young participants willing to work hard and learn a new sport. How do you begin to build a program and achieve success in a sport that requires individual skills, dedication, experience, facilities, [more…]
1983 BOYS VARSITY BASEBALL TEAM
It is with great pride and humility that the Gateway High School 1983 Varsity Baseball Team becomes the first Baseball Team to be inducted into the Gateway Sports Hall Of Fame. Needless to say there have been a number of great Baseball Players and teams that have represented the Gators on the Baseball Diamond. One [more…]
1985 GATEWAY VARSITY BOYS WRESTLING TEAM
The 1984-85 Wrestling Team was part of the Golden Age of Gateway Athletics, a period where seemingly every sport fielded a championship caliber team. The Gator Wrestlers were undefeated in their section posting an 8 win 0 loss record winning their first ever section championship. The Gator Wrestling Team accumulated 14 wins as opposed to [more…]
1958 GATEWAY VARSITY FOOTBALL TEAM
Gateway Tradition!! It all began in 1958. The creation of a new school district and the opening of Gateway High School brought together students who had previously attended several neighboring schools as well as two entire communities. The adjustment to this new setting was aided greatly through athletics. The first edition of Gateway football went [more…]
1982 GIRLS VARSITY SECTION CHAMPIONSHIP BASKETBALL TEAM
The 1982 team had speed, skill and size. What set them apart was a certain maturity and toughness that got the team through many difficult games. These qualities made them easily coachable and enabled them to handle game pressure without losing their poise. This team was successful because they were truly a TEAM. Each and [more…]
1988 GIRLS PIAA CHAMPIONSHIP SWIM TEAM
PIAA STATE CHAMPION WPIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS…SECOND PLACE SECTION V CHAMPIONS WESTMINSTER RELAY CHAMPIONS The 1988 Girls’ Swim Team had much to prove after the previous year’s team missed winning the State Championship by tenths of second. The graduation of Michelle Chow and Celeste Makiel left a void in leadership and many events. But the girls responded [more…]
1985 WPIAL AAAA FOOTBALL CO-CHAMPIONS TEAM
“Togetherness” The mid-1980s were a great time to be a Gateway Gator. The accomplishments of so many teams and individual athletes defined an era that many would consider the “Golden Age” of Gateway Athletics. From football, to basketball, to wrestling, to swimming, the Gators of the 1980s competed at the highest level of WPIAL and [more…]
1970 WPIAL & PIAA CHAMPION BOYS SWIMMING 200 YARD MEDLEY TEAM
MEL NASH, CRAIG SIMPSON, CORKY SEMLER, ROB CREAGAN The story of the 1970 Gateway boys 200 yard medley relay team actually began the previous year in 1969 when Gateway’s medley relay team of Mel Nash, Rick Marshall, Rob Creagan and Craig Simpson were WPIAL champions, set a new Gateway school record, and finished third at [more…]