SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD Frank Sheptock went on from establishing All-Time Defensive records as a linebacker at Mount Carmel Area High School to doing the same thing on the College level at Bloomsburg State College. In his freshman year, Sheppy made the ECAC Honor Roll 3 times enroute to becoming First team All PSAC Linebacker. As […]

SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD About three quarters of the way through the current season, Marie Fantanarosa sprained her ankle and was forced to miss several games. At the time, with the Lady Tornadoes needing to win practically every game to qualify for post-season play, their prospects seemed dim. But instead of collapsing, the Team discovered it […]

SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD On November 23, 1981, Maria Fantanarosa, a very nervous freshman with an already considerable reputation as a basketball player, began her record breaking career. That first night she scored 28 points in a game against Minersville. A little more than 4 years later she broke Tom McMillen’s All-Time Pennsylvania High School Coring […]

SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD In describing Eric Miller, you must go beyond the record, evcen though the statistics he compiled are very impressive. But when you talk to people who are involved with him, a common thread winds through the conversation; Hard Work, Discipline, Dedication, Top Physical Condition, Role Model. His coach, Bucky McCollum called him […]

SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD When Dan Glowatski left Mount Carmel for Delaware Valley College four years ago, he had compiled a solid, if not spectacular, career as a Tornado wideout. He was really getting started, though. Gaining additional size and strength, as well as maturity, in that extra year; he went from very, very good to […]

INDUCTEE George “Nubber” Delcamp was an all around athlete who was one of the Mount Carmel Area’s best. But his greatest contributions were not as a player; they came as a result of his interest in sports and the way he communicated that interest to young people. He played baseball and football for Mount Carmel […]

INDUCTEE Dr. Jim McHale was a mainstay of one of the finest teams ever to represent Mount Carrmel Catholic High School. The 1946 squad, which he captained, lost only one game…a 6-0 loss to McSherrystown Catholic in which the winning touchdown was scored on a trick play. He letteed for four years with the Rams […]

INDUCTEE Back in the days when educators would frown on pool shooting as a sign o “of a misspent youth”…and shooters themselves were not recognized as the great athletes they are, Paul Kotch was head and shoulders above everybody else. But as if to prove that a good pool shooter could also be interested in […]

INDUCTEE Felix “Soldier King” Zahar of Atlas was the son of a soft coal miner, born in Wheeling, West Virginia. His family moved to Atlas while he was a young boy and he grew up there. AS soon as he was old enough, he enlisted in the U.S. Army. His natural size and strength did […]

INDUCTEE A “shooting star” is a star that for a brief period shines so brightly that is lights up the whole heavens. For two years, Frank Niglio, was that kind of star as a receiver for the Red Tornadoes. Dabby, played 21 games as a Tornado wideout, and caught at least one pass in every […]