SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT Expectations entering the 1994 football season at MCA were obviously high. The Tornadoes, under second year head coach Whitey Williams, were returning 20 lettermen, no less than 12 starters at 17 positions, record-breaking pass-catch combo Mike Higgins and Joel Gonzalo, and an attitude and mindset to succeed. They had lost the District XI […]

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT The Ed Romance Chapter is conferring special achievement honors to The Anthracite Steam Fire Company No 1 of Mount Carmel. The Anthracite was one of the original sponsors when the Mount Carmel Area Junior Baseball League played its first baseball game in 1948. Since that time, Anthracite is the only organization to sponsor […]

MICHAEL FRANCIS MYCHAK TORNADO HERITAGE AWARD The first-ever recipient of the Michael Francis Mychak Tornado Heritage Award is Lauren Hause of Den Mar Gardens. Lauren is currently a senior student at Mount Carmel Area High School and is positioned in the top ten of her class of 2014. Lauren, not surprisingly, used athletics as a […]

JAMES M. BACH SCHOLAR ATHLETE The 2014 recipient of the James M. Bach Scholar Athlete Award is Rachel Schultz. Rachael is a senior at Our Lady Of Lourdes Regional School, where she has been a member and captain of both the soccer and basketball teams. She has also been an integral member of the track […]

SAINT PAULINE VISINTAINER SCHOLAR The Saint Pauline Visintainer Scholar for 2014 is Bryce Fiamoncini, son of James and Justine Fiamoncini of Mount Carmel. Bryce is currently a senior at Mount Carmel Area and plans to attend Bloomsburg University and enroll in its’ nursing program and eventually becoming a nurse anesthetist. Bryce currently ranks second in […]

JOSEPH D. WASILEWSKI FEMALE SCHOLAR ATHLETE In what may have been the most lopsided vote since Tom Seaver received 98.84% of the baseball writer’s Hall of Fame votes, Alison Varano has been chosen MCA’s Joseph Wasilewski Female Scholar Athlete. Ali has excelled at everything she has attempted, both on the athletic playing fields and in […]

JOSEPH JAZZ DIMINICK MALE SCHOLAR ATHLETE Zach Wasilewski has earned the distinction of being 2014’s Joseph Jazz Diminick Male Scholar Athlete for the Ed Romance Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame. Zach has been a three-sport athlete for four years at Mount Carmel Area, starring in football, basketball, and track. Zach’s greatest successes […]