The Sunday morning edition of “The Philadelphia Inquirer” on December 4, 1938 carried the headline: “KULPMONT SMEARS FERNDALE”. Underneath, smaller headlines said: ‘Temple Victor, Notre Dame Beats Army” The Wildcats had indeed “smeared” Ferndale 50-19. Led by the running of Joe Pezelski (Pell), they had added one more convincing chapter to the growing legend of […]

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Dave Daya is representative of the kinds of men to have elevated pool from the smoke-filled rooms of pool halls to the ballrooms of the large hotels in Las Vegas. Dave got his start in pool at what is now called Academy Sports Center. At that itme, it was clled the “Greek’s”, […]

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT Tony Dunkelberger is co-captain of the 1987-1988 Lourdes Basketball Team, which won the Susquehanna Inter-Scholastic Athletic League Championship for the first time in the school’s history. He has scored more than 1,000 career points and is Lourdes fifth highest all-time scorer. He is also second in career rebounds with 778, and fourth in […]

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT A four year Varsity player, earning playing time and her letter in each of the four years as a “Lady Tornado”. She was a Freshman member of the 1984-1985 Varsity team that won the District IV AA Basketball Championship. She made the All-Star Holiday Tournament Team in her sophomore, junior and senior years. […]

INDUCTEE Coach Charlie Karlow looked like a prizefighter, but his interests were much deeper and much more varied than just sports. Apparently, this was noticeable at an early age because his 1929 yearbook says, “None, by himself, is his parallel”. He was a man who coached, played, ran tournaments, and then was able to go […]

INDUCTEE Bill was born in Locust Gap, one of seven children of William and Mary Beierschmitt. At Bradely High School in Locust Gap, he was a starter on the football, basketball and track teams for three years. He played halfback in football and forward in basketball. AS a sophomore, he led Mount Carmel Township to […]

INDUCTEE John “Day Day” Gredzinski was a real gentle giant. You’ve heard the story a hundred times; but he was another one of those guys whose potentially great athletic career had to sacrificed because of war intervened. “Day Day” finished up at Mount Carmel Catholic as a defensive end and linebacker, then immediately left to […]

INDUCTEE Gary Howanec was a three-year starter and one of the primary factors in the “Golden age” era of Mount Carmel football during the late 60’s. During a period as a three-year starter as offensive tackle from 1967 through 1970, Mount Carmel High School’s football team won 44 games. Additionally, he was a big scorer […]

INDUCTEE Al is one of the great little men who dominated athletics in the late 20’s at Mount Carmel High School. In football, he was at his best when the going was toughest as in the famous game against Shenandoah at Lost Creek/. This is the game which made the Tornadoes the champions of the […]

INDUCTEE Ray Green was an unusual high school athlete. Even though he was short and strong, which made him a natural lineman, he was versatile enough to run the mile on some very good track teams. He was an outstanding high school athlete, who received a football scholarship to attend Bucknell University. He was a […]