INDUCTEE Mertz Kornaski has been a part of Mount Carmel Catholic High School History right from the start. He was a four year letterman and offensive and defensive end for the Rams, and the team’s captain in 1934 and 1935. Mertz was too little to give college football a serious try; but he was able […]

INDUCTEE Bob Hertzog was a late starter as a basketball player. Actually he never played any sort of organized basketball until his senior year at Our Lady of Lourdes High School. He had the one most important ingredient: height; and his natural talent combined with his height helped him establish himself as a “Diamond in […]

INDUCTEE Nickie Bruno was an outstanding student and athlete at Kulpmont High School. He and fellow Honoree Mike Lashendock co-captained the 1951 Kulpmont High School Football Team which won the Eastern Conference Championship. Nickie was a terrific two way tackle under coaches Bob Balent and Ed Stavenski at Kulpmont. He was good enough to make […]

INDUCTEE Pete Lentini was a solid high school athlete at Mount Carmel High School. He was a four-year letterman in Track and a three-year letterman and Offensive tackle on the 1970 Southern Division Championship Team. When Pete got to College, he began to flower By the time he began his junior year at Juniata College, […]

INDUCTEE Millie Balon has been an active sportswoman all her life, but as a Female Golfer he has been in a class by herself. From 1958 through the present, she’s been the outstanding female Golfer in our area. As a matter of fact, from 1958 through 1983, a 25-year period, she won the Woman’s Championship […]

INDUCTEE “Jabbin” Johnny Jadick was born in Diamondtown and went from there to become a World Boxing Champion. In January 1932, Jadick won the Junior Welterweight Championship of the world by pounding out a 10-round decision over Tony Canzomeri. Canzomeri also held the Lightweight Championship currently, but that title was not effected. It was a […]

INDUCTEE Len Guarna was one of Mount Carmel High School’s outstanding three sport athletes. He lettered in Football, Baseball and Track as a sophomore and junior; but a school policy preventing participation in track and baseball at the same time limited his participation to football and track only as a senior. He co-captained both the […]

INDUCTEE They say good things come in threes, except in the case of the Kostos Family where it comes in fives. The five Kostos Brothers: Casimir (Charles), Joseph, Martin, Anthony and Frank were outstanding successes both as athletes and people. The oldest son, Casimir was an outstanding Football and Baseball player at Mount Carmel High […]

INDUCTEE “Greb” Grabuski was a terrific three sport athlete at Mount Carmel High School in the late 1930’s. He was a catcher in the first organized High School Baseball Team at Mount Carmel High. He also played two years of varsity Basketball for the “Big Red”. He was a four year starter on the Football […]

INDUCTEE Bob Pollock was an outstanding high school athlete whose athletic ability enabled him to excel at three sports. In addition to his national ranking as one of the outstanding college prospects in the country as a football player, he also received statewide recognition as a Discus Thrower in track and a tough rebounder and […]