INDUCTEE “Hook’s Goal Beats Coal!”…That was the headline on the sports page of the Mt. Carmel Item, celebrating the upset win that gave the Tornadoes the championship over previously unbeaten Coal Township High. That was a first-ever championship for the Big Red. Never known as a basketball power, the Tornadoes had always played second fiddle […]

INDUCTEE Tom Revak was a big, strong, fun loving kid who also happened to be a heckuva football player and an excellent student. If you figure that combination should add up to All-Ivy medical school you are right. From 1953 through 1956 he was a fixture at tackle at Mt. Carmel High School. During that […]

INDUCTEE Tony Dondero was a four year starter at offensive tackle for the Lourdes Red Raiders from 1971 through 1974. He also participated in basketball and golf, lettering twice in each sport. He was named to the All Coal Region Team, and the All Anthracite team as a senior. He was an important part of […]

INDUCTEE George Bach graduated from Mount Carmel Catholic High School in 1950. Bach played both ways for the “RAMS” as a tackle and sometimes nose guard. He served as captain his senior year. During his four years as a varsity player, the “RAMS” posted highly successful seasons competing against the larger public and catholic schools […]

INDUCTEE Henry Duran earned 10 letters as a three-sport athlete at Kulpmont High School from 1941 through 1945. As starting left half back for Coach Mike Terry, Henry did most of the passing and all of the team’s punting. He was an excellent blocker who led the 44 team to an undefeated season. After graduation, […]

INDUCTEE Dennis Lentini was a tremendous athlete, whose career was not given proper credit because he played on teams with other terrific athletes who got more headlines. But when you look at the record of his accomplishments, what emerges is the realization that he had one of the finest careers of any Mt. Carmel football […]

INDUCTEE Billy Shannon was one of the all-time great athletes at Mt. Carmel Township. As an all League guard he led the Golden Bears to the Anthracite League Championship as a senior in 1943. But like so many other great athletes of that era, college just was not an option available to him. He went […]

INDUCTEE A list of Mike’s accomplishments would extend beyond our allotted space; therefore we will mention only a few. No one locally, probably very few people nationally, ever combined athletic and scholastic achievement to such a significant degree. In 1985 as class Valedictorian he scored in the top 5% nationally in the SAT. Meanwhile, he […]

INDUCTEE If you were going to make a list of the top 5 athletes ever to play at Mt. Carmel High School you would have to include the name of Tom Vernon. He won 12 letters as a Tornado athlete, and was outstanding in every sport. He is the only athlete in the school’s history […]

SCHOLAR ATHLETE Jen continues the proud tradition of Mt. Carmel Area athletes who combine success on the athletic field with outstanding accomplishments in the classroom. As a scholar she is first rate; she has received the Distinguished Honor Roll all four years of High School; and is Secretary of the National Honor Society. She recently […]