AFTER 2 DECADES OF TALKING ABOUT IT TO LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE NOW
ACTUALLY MERGING.
>>ALLEGHENY COUNTY AND
COVINGTON SCHOOLS WILL BECOME
ONE
NEXT SUMMER, 10 SPORTS DIRECTOR
JOHN APPICELLO JOINS US
NOW AND HAPPY YOU SPOKE WITH
THE MAN WHO IS TAKING ON THIS
ATHLETIC CHALLENGE I WOULD
ARGUE AND SAY THIS IS THE MORE
DIFFICULT OF
THE 2.
ANY TIME YOU PUT 2 SCHOOLS
TOGETHER RESOURCE WISE IS GOING
TO HELP THE KIDS
ACADEMICALLY, BUT IT’S ALL THAT
OTHER EMOTIONAL STUFF THAT I
LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THAT REALLY
IS THE ISSUE HERE
I THINK ALRIGHT, ALMOST EVERY
TIME YOU HAVE HIGH SCHOOLS,
MERGING FOLKS.
THERE’S USUALLY A A BENEFIT
ACADEMICALLY WITH
EXTRA RESOURCES AND AN
IMMEDIATE ISSUE ATHLETICALLY
BECAUSE OF ALL THE HISTORY THAT
SAID HERE IS THE MAN THEY’VE
TASK WITH HANDLING THE ATHLETIC
SOCK.
THE HOKIE FANS
WILL KNOW HIM FOR HIS 26 YEARS
ON FRANK
BEAMER STAFF.
>>INCLUDING 11 AS
OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR, 32
COLLEGE SEASONS IN ALL AT 5
DIFFERENT UNIVERSITIES.
BUT THIS SPRING, THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY PRODUCT WAS CALLED HOME TASKED WITH THE JOB
THAT HE’S PROBABLY BEEN
QUALIFIED FOR HIS ENTIRE
CAREER.
I ATTRIBUTE A GREAT DEAL O
2 RIGHT HERE.
>>THIS PLACE IT TAUGHT ME A LOT
GROWING UP
ACCOUNTABILITY RESPONSIBILITY
FAMILY,
HARD WORK.
THE SUPPORT NETWORK OF A
COMMUNITY
LIKE THIS.
THIS COMMUNITY HAS BEEN SO
SUPPORTIVE OF ME THROUGHOUT THE
YEARS AND THIS IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO
HOPEFULLY COME BACK IN THIS IN
THIS
MOMENT IN INHOFE WE HAVE A
POSITIVE INFLUENCE IN
THIS SITUATION.
>>BRIAN STEIN SPRING IS THE MAN
CHARGED WITH BRINGING THE
COMBATANTS FOR THE BRACHMAN
COP TOGETHER HE’S THE NEW
ATHLETIC AN ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR
AS THE COVINGTON COUGARS AND
THE ALLEGHENY MOUNTAIN EARS
WILL BECOME THE
ALLEGHENY COUGARS IN THE SUMMER
OF 2023 CERTAINLY DON’T
WANT ANYBODY THINK THIS IS JUST
A DIFFICULT OUT TO SOME
EXCITING CHALLENGE EXCITING FOR
THIS.
>>FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IN FOR
THIS
AREA IN THERE’S CONCERNS HERE
AND THERE’S ALWAYS GOING TO BE
THE BEGINNING OF THEY WERE
GOING TO ALL ALL
BE DONE.
WE’RE ALL GOING TO GO ALL IN ON
THIS AND KNOW AND
MOVE FORWARD THAT SPRING GREW
UP IN CLIFTON FORGE
GRADUATING 82.
>>THEN AFTER JMU STARTED HIS
COACHING CAREER AT NEARBY
LEXINGTON HIGH AS AN ASSISTANT,
A CAREER BALL COACH FOR SURE
WHAT AN ACCOMPLISHED RECRUITER
AND A MASTER COMMUNICATOR.
A PEOPLE PERSON THROUGH AND
THROUGH IT’S NOT A YEAH THIS.
WE GET THEM PAID YOU BACK AS WE STARTED THIS PROCESS WEEK. >>KIND OF
LAYERED WHAT WHAT CAN WHAT
WOULD HOPE WE CANNOT BRING INTO
A DOOR COACHES TO BE SUPPORTIVE
OVER COACHES.
I’M NOT GOING TO BE HERE TO
MICROMANAGE THEM THERE’S GOOD
COACHES HEARS GOOD PEOPLE
HERE BUT DO FOR LIKE
OH THERE’S HOPEFULLY AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO
ASSIST IN FOR OPINION
ON HOW I THINK SEEN SOME THINGS
GO WITH GARBUS OF THE LEVEL TO
SCHOOLS.
>>RIVALS BECOMING ONE DECISIONS
ON STAFFING, COACHING
AND FACILITIES
ALL CARRYING THE WEIGHT AND THE
EMOTION OF COMMUNITY HISTORY
AND TRY.
>>SO I
>>SO I UNDERSTAND ALL THAT I’VE FELT THAT A BEEN A PART OF IT AND IT
HASN’T CHANGED.
THIS IS THERE’S A LOT OF PRIDE
TOO WEAK.
WE DON’T HAVE TO SAY WE’RE
GOING
TO DROP COOKING FOR A LITTLE
DROP OUT OF THE WILL DROP COVER
THAT WE’RE BRINGING THE BEST OF
IN TOW.
IN TOW. ALL THAT PROD ALL THAT THESE ADS AND HOPEFULLY MERGE IT ALL
TOGETHER AND IN BLUE
AND IT.
>>HE’S HOME AND HE KNOWS THE
GOAL, WHAT’S BEST FOR THESE
STUDENTS.
HE WAS ONE
OF THEM AND EVEN AFTER ALL HIS
ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
HE HASN’T FORGOTTEN.
AND LOTS
OF ATHLETIC ISSUES TO SORT
THROUGH AS THEY APPROACH THIS
MERGE, COACHING STAFF AND
FACILITIES BEING THE
2 BIG ONES.