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McCauley, Corley, Dumm headline Mon Valley Hall of Fame class

Paul Schofield
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Former Yough basketball player Ben McCauley is a member of the class of 2020 at the Mon Valley Hall of Fame.
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Former Monessen girls basketball coach Major Corley is a member of the class of 2020 at the Mon Valley Hall of Fame.
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Longtime football coach Bill Connors is a member of the class of 2020 at the Mon Valley Hall of Fame.
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Longtime football coach Jim Dumm is a member of the class of 2020 at the Mon Valley Hall of Fame.

Yough graduate Ben McCauley is one of six inductees in the the 2020 Mon Valley Sports Hall of Fame class.

The class will be inducted at the 27th annual banquet June 19 at St. Spyridon Hellenic Center in Monessen. The banquet begins at 5:30 p.m.

Others inducted are Mon Valley running back Jon Green and coaches Jim Dumm, Major Corley, Bill Connors and Bob Rosborough.

McCauley is a 2005 Yough graduate who played college basketball at North Carolina State and professionally in Europe. McCauley helped the Cougars reach the WPIAL Class AAA finals in 2005.

Green was a 1982 grad of Mon Valley Catholic and was the first running back in the WPIAL to rush for more than 4,000 yards. He averaged 165 yards per game and 11.3 yards per carry. He played in the Big 33 game and collegiately at Miami (Fla.), Slippery Rock and Waynesburg.

Jim Dumm was a 1965 Norwin graduate who coached football at Elizabeth Forward, California, Ringgold, Clairton and was the head coach of Charleroi from 1998-2002. He was a starting defensive tackle at Waynesburg.

Corley graduated from and coached at Monessen. He was a 1985 grad who coached the Greyhound girls to three WPIAL Class A titles and a PIAA title in 2004. His coaching record was 457-149.

Connors coached at Beth-Center, Ringgold and Belle Vernon, where he compiled a 174-92-12 record. He coached the Bulldogs for 14 seasons and to a 1975 Class AA title. He then coached at Ringgold (1979-84), where the Rams were Class AAAA, Division 2 champions in 1982. At Belle Vernon, the Leopards were WPIAL Class AAA semifinalists in 1989.

Rosborough was a 1953 graduate of Donora, where he captured All Big 6 honors in football. He played and graduated from Pitt and then had various positions at Pitt which included assistant athletic director, recruiting compliance officer and director of alumni affairs.

Paul Schofield is a TribLive reporter covering high school and college sports and local golf. He joined the Trib in 1995 after spending 15 years at the Daily Courier in Connellsville, where he served as sports editor for 14 years. He can be reached at pschofield@triblive.com.

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