SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT Michael Fantanarosa is being honored by the Hall for some Special Achievements to date. But his athletic career is really only beginning and it’s only a matter of time until Mike joins the Hall as a full-time member. Mike has already won two State Championship Medals in the shot put – A Silver […]

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT Ron Miller was an outstanding high school football player who continued to improve as he got older. An All Anthracite and All State Honorable Mention selection for the Tornadoes when he co-captained the 1989 squad, he utilized hard work and determination to become an All American selection as tri-captain of the Susquehanna University […]

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT Rocco has won 11 letters as a Tornado athlete: 4 in football, 4 in track, and 3 in baseball. He was co-captain of this year’s football squad and made both the Reading Eagle and Press Enterprise First Teams. But the big honor came in January when Rocco was named to the Associated Press […]

INDUCTEE Ever notice how kids are right on the mark when they choose childhood nicknames? Carl Bugler was the “Baron” to his friends as a kid, and obviously they had an inkling of the kind of life he would lead. He was an organizer and leader right from the start. He was one of the […]

INDUCTEE So many of our honorees were hugely successful in their business careers. Obviously, the same characteristics necessary for sports success – Character, Determination, Strength and Persistence, are requisite in the business world, too. Throw in brains and you get a combination tough to top. Russ Cesari has them all. You could see the pattern […]

INDUCTEE Joe Witowsky has to be considered among the finest all around athletes EVER in our area. He was a center and linebacker on Kulpmont’s Undefeated 1951 team, which spawned other Hall of Fame Inductees, and in basketball he just dominated. As a four-year starter for the Wildcats, he averaged 24.9 points per game. In […]

INDUCTEE People who saw Joe Ambrose compete in three sports as a Mt. Carmel High School athlete rave about his combination of speed, strength, and toughness. They wonder what he might have accomplished with the opportunity to go on in college. A big rawboned kid, Ambrose was a Fullback who averaged 71 yards per carry […]

INDUCTEE Tom Nolan spent his early youth in Connorsville and attended St. Peter’s Schools until 1953. His family then moved and as a result his great high school sports career flourished at St. James High School in Chester and at PMC (Penna. Military College), now Widener University. He played three years of football at St. […]

INDUCTEE The more you get to know about a guy like John Zenyuh, the more impressive he becomes. You know, one of those guys who wears well…who just keeps piling one quiet accomplishment on top of the other. And that goes for his career off the field as well as on the field. You also […]

INDUCTEE Adam Williams was the only Mount Carmel Trackman, ever, to win two gold medals at the State Championship meet. In 1945, he anchored the victorious mile relay team to victory, then returned to win an individual gold in the 440-yard run. According to this coach, Jerry Breslin, Williams redefined the way the event was […]