John YonKondy was a football innovator with an outstanding football coaching career record. John is regarded as an astute coach who really put Swoyersville High School on the map. A product of the public school system of his community; he played varsity football as an...
"Nothing comes easy! Have faith! Success is the end result of hard work and determination!" This is a motto that Peter Victor Turonis not only used many times but was the motto by which he and his family lived, worked, and played. Peter Turonis was...
Carl attended Freeland High School and played both basketball and baseball for the school. In his high school basketball career he was named Player of the Year in 1962 and 1963 in the Freeland Conference. He was First-Team Selection All-Anthracite League for 1962 and 1963....
Karl Schnure graduated from Watsontown High School in Watsontown, Pennsylvania in 1952. He was very active in the sports programs at the high school where he lettered three years in football at the position of quarterback ,four years varsity baseball, playing centerfield position, and two...
Dr. Charles Rushefski, Assistant Superintendent of the Elk Lake School District excelled in both academic and athletics at Old Forge High School. After graduating from Old Forge High School, he attended Lackawanna Junior College and graduated from the University of Scranton with a B.S. in...
Mark Anthony Popple graduated from Coughlin High School in 1979 and Wilkes University, formerly Wilkes College, in 1983, where lie competed in the sport of wrestling, and earned an Bachelor of Science degree in Business. While, at Coughlin High School, Mark won a District II...
Daniel C. Parrell was a football standout at Hazleton High School and Bloomsburg State College (now university). He lettered for three years in football as a fullback-linebacker at Hazleton High and he also lettered in basketball. In football, he scored 24 points on the 8-1...
Jimmy Mulligan was born in Old Forge in 1906 where he attended school through the eighth grade prior to moving to Taylor in 1921. Jimmy played basketball for Taylor from 1922 to 1925. During his senior year in 1925, Taylor High School won the Pennsylvania...
James is a 1964 graduate of Central Catholic High School in Allentown, Pennsylvania. While at Central Catholic, he played football from 1960 to 1963. While at Cisco Junior College in Cisco, Texas (1964-65), he was captain of the football team for two years and made...
Joseph Moran is a 1950 graduate of Coughlin High School where he lettered in football, wrestling, and track. He received the Outstanding Athlete Award as a senior at Coughlin in 1950. Joseph attended Scranton University on a full athletic scholarship where he lettered in track...
Joe McGlynn played three sports at St. John the Evangelist High School in Pittston during the 1946-1950 era when St. John's fielded some of its finest teams. During this time, they had all winning seasons. He played left halfback on the football team, and the...
Dr. Finan graduated from St. Rose (Sacred Heart) High School in Carbondale, Pennsylvania in 1967. He received a B.S. in Health Sciences and Physical Education from East Stroudsburg University in 1971, and a M.Ed., in Health Sciences and Physical Education from East Stroudsburg in 1973....