Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League

 
As a senior at Gateway High School, Terry Smith was selected to play in the prestigious Dapper Dan Roundball Classic and the Big 33 all-star football game. Terry Smith was a stellar athlete, and in football in 1986, he was a quarterback-defensive back on a WPIAL championship team that finished ranked No. 3 in the country by USA Today. He averaged 17 points a game as a senior in basketball. Smith signed with Penn State for football and he went on to set a Nittany Lion single-season record for receptions with 55. He eventually became head coach of Gateway football, where was 101-30 in 11 seasons with seven conference titles and four appearances in WPIAL title games. He left to become a college coach and is now an assistant at Penn State.