INDUCTEE Ray “Herky” Savage graduated from Mount Carmel High School in 1953 and considered himself to be one of Mike Terry’s boys – and proud of it! Ray was a three sport letterman while at Mount Carmel, earning monograms in football, baseball, and track. Although he only participated in track when he wasn’t playing baseball, […]
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INDUCTEE Mike Revenis got a late start on his athletic career at Mount Carmel Area, but boy was it worth the wait! Revenis didn’t even go out for football until his junior season and became an instant contributor on special teams and off the bench. Mike’s combination of size, strength and speed made him a […]
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INDUCTEE Ron Miller’s football playing career took off half way through the 1986 season when, because of injuries, he got an opportunity to step into the starting line up and never left it again. That Tornado eleven went 9 and 2 during the regular season and won a spot in the Eastern Conference playoffs as […]
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INDUCTEE They called him Gene Mauch! They called him Sparky Anderson! These coaches were known for their fiery approach to the game of baseball. They also were enthusiastic, energetic, and ultimate strategists and would fight for their players until the last out. The same can be said for this year’s inductee, Ed Kaczmarek. “Kaz” took […]
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INDUCTEE Tom Katona, today, adds his name to those of 8 classmates from 1971 and to those of 12 teammates from the 1970 championship team to the list of honorees in the Ed Romance Lower Anthracite Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame. He also joins brother Tim and mother Betty as members of […]
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INDUCTEE “Halco” graduated from Mount Carmel Area High School in 1971, where he was a three- year letter winner in both track and football. In track, he was a district runner-up in both the high and low hurdles to local and state hall of fame inductee Henry Hynoski. But it was in football where he […]
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INDUCTEE Prior to the start of the 1967 season, discussion at the local taverns and at the barber shop centered around who the new quarterback would be? After all, the Tornadoes had lost 2 all state, Big 33 quarterbacks in Joe Buchinski and Greg Doviak and only had a 5’7″-135lb kid back with any experience. […]
Read MoreINDUCTEE When someone mentions the Triple Crown, your mind immediately goes to horse racing or baseball. For John Davis, it meant winning football, basketball, and baseball championships during the same school year. That is exactly what John accomplished during his senior year at Mount Carmel Catholic High School in 1964. The trifecta began when John, […]
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INDUCTEE The year was 1963 and Sunbury had only to defeat Mount Carmel to claim the Southern Division Crown and go on to the Eastern Conference Championship. Due to a driving rainstorm, the game had been postponed from Friday night. After a slow start, the Braves had just scored a touchdown to bring the score […]
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SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT Making all state as a linebacker at Mount Carmel Area has become an annual expectation since 1994 where seven of the 9 starters at the position during that time have been named to some sort of all state team. Vince Yasenchak has moved the bar one step higher by becoming the all-time tackle […]
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