MCA 1998 PIAA AA State Championship Football Team

  • January 3, 2024
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INDUCTEES In being recognized today, the 1998 edition of the MCA’s football elite joins the long list of great football teams who have played under the colors of red and white. This year’s team went on to win 14 games, losing only to AAA Champion Allentown Central Catholic. Their performance in the state championship game […]

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Steve Sinkovich

  • January 3, 2024
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INDUCTEE Steve has been recognized as the leader of the Tornado Red Death defense which many believe to be the best front seven in MCA history. Sinkovich led the team in tackles the past 2 seasons and finished his career with 347 – 3rd best in school history. Steve also played nose guard, tight end, […]

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Jason Malakoski

  • January 3, 2024
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INDUCTEE Jason has been a three year starter at defensive tackle for the Big Red and has been named to an all-state team for 3 consecutive years and first team in 1998 and 1997. Jason has been in on 292 tackles during his career, the 6th best total in MCA history and the most for […]

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Jonathan Else

  • January 3, 2024
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INDUCTEE Big Jon has been the anchor of the Tornado offensive line for the past three years where he has started at center for 42 consecutive games. During Jon’s tenure, the Tornadoes have won 39 games and lost 3 while winning 2 State Championships in 1996 and 1998. With Jon at center, both the 96 […]

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Peter Dray

  • January 3, 2024
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SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT Pete Dray has established himself as one of the best long distance runners to ever come out of Mount Carmel Area High School. During the 1998 cross country season, Dray went undefeated and established new course records on 10 different courses. Pete won the Schuylkill League Championship for the 3rd time and set […]

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1969 Football Squad

  • January 3, 2024
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INDUCTEES 30 years after they walked off the football field following their 47-6 thrashing of the Valley View Cougars in the Eastern Conference Championship game at the Silver Bowl, the 1969 football team remains the measuring stick by which all Tornado teams are compared. The Mount Carmel Area squad blew through the 69 season with […]

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Frank Pecaitis

  • January 3, 2024
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INDUCTEE Frank has coached wrestling for 30 years, including 25 years at Mount Carmel Area. He began when he introduced the sport at Susquenita in 1959 and produced 6 Sectional champions and coached the school’s first District champion. In 1964, Frank became Mount Carmel’s head coach and went on to compile the best winning percentage […]

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Robert Parker II

  • January 3, 2024
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INDUCTEE Bob Parker was an athlete whose greatness was not appreciated or recognized until he had gone on to other things. He was an athlete at Kulpmont High School immediately before the Golden Era of Kulpmont sports from 1938 thru 1945. He was an outstanding track athlete for then Coach Glenn Menges and lettered for […]

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John F.(Jake) Patrick, Jr.

  • January 3, 2024
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INDUCTEE Today, Jake joins his father John F. Patrick, Sr. and his uncle, Clem Patrick as a member of the Ed Romance Lower Anthracite Chapter of the PA Sports Hall of Fame. A graduate of the class of 1946, Jake’s athletic career included three years of high school football under Coach Joe Ambrose. He was […]

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Robert “Bob” Muolo

  • January 3, 2024
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INDUCTEE Bob Muolo exemplifies what it means to be a Red Tornado. When Bob couldn’t break into a very talented offensive and defensive backfield, he told Coach Diminick that he would do whatever had to be done to get on the field. He won a position as a starting guard on a team that went […]

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