INDUCTEE Paul Bartko was a four-year varsity performer at Mount Carmel Catholic High and Lourdes Regional. During his freshman year he was first line reserve on the team which won the Anthracite Catholic League Championship. The following year he became a starter and led the team to a repeat of the Catholic League Championship. Catholic […]

INDUCTEE From the Mid-20’s to the beginning of World War II in 1941 there was a “Golden Era” in sports which may never take place again. Ruth, Gehrig, Jack Dempsey, Bill Tilden, Joe Louis, Connie Mack…all names that captured the imaginations of the nation’s sports fans in a country crazy over sports. Little town had […]

INDUCTEE John Zukowski was only the second Mount Carmel wreslter to win a State Championship. He was coached by Alfred Morse, who had also developed the Tornadoes’ previous state champion, Ed Rakocy. He was certainly no one year flash. He dominated District IV for three consecutive years, winning the Championship easily all three times. In […]

INDUCTEE Ken led the Tornadoes during its most successful two-year term. In his senior year he led the Tornadoes in rushing, pass receiving, scoring, punt and kickoff returns and pass interceptions. The team went undefeated for two consecutive seasons and won the Eastern Conference Championship both years. During his career he had 3048 All-Purpose yards. […]

SCHOLAR ATHLETE AWARD Jazz and Ann Louise Diminick had 5 terrific boys who turned out to be great athletes, excellent students and model citizens. They were achievement oriented kids who were a credit to their family and the community. Gary, the oldest, became a Civil Engineer; Kenny, a dentist now specializing in Orthodontics; Joe, a […]