At MMI, Jake lettered in basketball and baseball, and in his senior year, 1955-56, was named to the all-regional, all-anthracite and all-north side basketball teams. He played baseball while in the Army, leading to a tryout with the Philadelphia Phillies. MMI won the anthracite title...
Al Kaporch, a three-sports standout at Pittston High School before his graduation in 1931, overcame the effects of a near-crippling leg injury received in a rock fall in a mining accident, and went on to excel in football at St. Bonaventure's College in Olean, N.Y.,...
Jack began as an assistant coach in 1952 at West Pittston High School, under head coach Tom Dean. In 1953, he was appointed as head coach and coached there for five more years. His record at West Pittston was 44-5-0, winning four championships and producing...
Ernest J. Holdredge was born in Forty-Fort, Pennsylvania, February 6, 1920. His family moved to Trucksville, Pennsylvania, where Ernest attended and graduated from the Kingston Township School District. In his high school years at this school, Ernest was a member and received athletic letters for...
Jack was born in 1936 to John and Helen Shevinsky Henzes in Peckville, PA. Jack graduated from Blakely High School in 1954 and received a BS in Physical Education from George Washington University in 1958 and MA in Secondary Education from Catholic University of America....
Denny Douds has completed twenty years as head football coach at East Stroudsburg University and thirty-one years as a coach. Still, he approaches each season, each practice, and each game with the enthusiasm and excitement of a first-year coach. To put it succinctly, Douds loves...
Mike Denoia played quarterback on the Hazleton High School football team and guard on the basketball team. In 1994 they won the Eastern Regional State Title and lost to Duquesne High School in the state championship game. They won All-Eastern League 1st Team honors. Mike...
Start talking about outstanding high school quarterbacks produced in Northeastern Pennsylvania and, soon or later, someone is going to mention Ron DeLucca. A 1965 graduate of West Pittston High school, DeLucca passed the Rams to an 8 and 1 record in his senior season. Fans...
Frank Castrignano was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. on December 13, 1959. The youngest son of Frank and Louise Castrignano, he had to be born tough to survive in a household with two older brothers. He proved this when he started his wrestling career at Meyers...
Joe Barkocy made All-Regional first team as an offensive and defensive end at Hazleton High in 1948. The Mountaineers finished 10-2 that season and Barkocy was able to play all eleven positions when needed for Coach George Kavel. He also lettered in football in his...