INDUCTEE Alex is another of those unselfish guys whose devotion and commitment to kids sports has contributed to the community and the kids whose life he touched. He was a four sport star at Conyngham Township until 1941. Like so many others at the time, he left school to enlist in the Army. From 1943 […]

INDUCTEE All over the country people are beginning to question the value of kid sports. Measuring the obvious benefits against the excesses and the overemphasis on winning at all costs leaves some people wondering. Not to worry where “Bronx” is concerned. For 26 years he has coached the same simple philosophy: “Try your hardest. Fun […]

INDUCTEE Fred Hynoski was a super high school football player, teaming with Jimmy Darrup to give Mount Carmel one of the best running back combinations ever to play for the Red and White. However, it was as a college player that Fred really hit his stride. At the University of Cincinnati, Fred found the perfect […]

OUTSTANDING SCHOLAR ATHLETE Ed Romance loved athletes. He considered athletics the highest form of expression for a Coal Region Kid…The Hall of Fame was his idea of how our great athletes could serve as ideals for the rest of us. And when a great athlete was also a great student, or was able to equal […]

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Mike Garcia, Jr. is flat out the finest wrestler ever produced in our area. No one, ever has produced at such a high level of performance for as long a period of time. And Mike has done it not only on a state-wide basis, but nationally and internationally as well. When the […]

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Jake Cole is a member of that very exclusive fraternity comprised of terrific high school athletes who become even better as college players. Former Tornado assistant coach, Carm DeFrancesco, remembers Jake as “The consummate team player and leader” a kid who even then outworked everybody else. He was a dedicated weight trainer, […]

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Joel Gonzalo, a junior at Mount Carmel Area High School, recently became only the 5th underclassman in MCA history to be named an all-state football player. He was named to the second team Big School All-State team chosen by the Associated Press as a wide receiver. During the 1993 season, Gonzalo established […]

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD In the words of his coach, John McKay, John Christian is a “Gym Rat”. But the way McKay says it, you know he means it in its most positive sense. Christian is a kid who loves being in the gym, loves practicing, loves being there…even when he’s mostly there alone. Christian is only […]

INDUCTEE Steve Jepko was of a rare breed. He was a dreamer. A visionary who could look at things and figure out how they were going to turn out in the future. But more importantly, he was also a doer. Being able to stamp your dreams onto a blueprint and make them a reality makes […]

INDUCTEE Betty Katona has spent a good part of her life in the water. She comes from a family which loved swimming and water sports, and as a result became very good at it at a very early age. Her brother, John Marcinek, built a solid reputation as a diver on a national basis…and together […]