BEYOND THE WHISTLE: St. Marys Football Coach Chris Dworek
(WorldNews Sport)

If you`re someone who has followed District 9 football the last two and half decades, Chris Dworek should be a familiar name to you. That`s because the Brookville resident has been a varsity head coach for the vast majority of that time period. Dworek, who is entering his second year as the head coach at St. Marys, is now in charge of his third D-9 program overall. Dworek, a Southmoreland High School graduate, played football at Clarion University and started his head coaching career at Keystone in 1995 — the Panthers went 4-5 a year after going winless. He then moved on and replaced Mike Donghia at Brookville in 1996. In 1998, he took the 4-5 Raiders into the District 9 Class AA playoffs...