The Jim Thorpe Area

Sports Hall of FameVolume 16, Issue 1 May 29, 2013

Shane Bleicher OttoAmanda Nicole Petrin

The Jim Thorpe Area Sports Hall of Fame awarded the Sixteenth Annual Scholarships in the amount of $500 to two Jim Thorpe Area High School graduates, Amanda Nicole Petrin and Shane Bleicher Otto.

Jim Thorpe Hall of Fame Membership Reaches

Our membership continues to grow. At the present time 1,000 members make the Hall of Fame the largest organization in Jim Thorpe. The $5.00 annual dues (year from June to May) are necessary for us to support the activities of the organization including the Annual Scholarship and Banquet. If you have not yet paid your 2014 dues, we request you send your dues in as soon as possible. An application is enclosed with the Newsletter. Thank you for your continued support.

BANQUET INFORMATIONThe 24th Annual Banquet will be held at the Jim Thorpe Memorial Hall on the 17th of Aug. 2013. The cost will be $30.00 per person and includes dinner and “selected” drinks. At the conclusion of the Award Ceremony, musical entertainment will be provided. In order to streamline the awards portion of the evening, all the Inductees will be presented by the Master of Ceremonies (Each Induction will be 3 minutes) and acceptance speeches limited to five minutes. This will allow much more time to “socialize.” Cocktail hour will begin at 5 PM, Dinner at 6 PM, the Induction at 7:15 PM, and the entertainment should commence at 8:30 PM.

BANQUET TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE

Call:Ron Sheehan 570-325-4244Wil Redline 570-325-3073Jack Kmetz 570-325-4923Craig Zurn 570-325-3631or 570-325-3855

Personalized advertisements for our Banquet Program can be purchased for $25, $50,and $100. Call any officer for more details

Jim Thorpe Area Sports Hall of Fame 2013 Scholarship Winners

During the past five years, our “Football Mania" fund-raising ticket has been a huge success for our organization. During those years our membership has purchased 1100 tickets and we thank each of you for the support. This is a fund-raiser that our organization truly needed to assist us with our financial needs to continue donating to the many athletic organizations we help on a annual basis. The “Football Mania” tickets will be mailed out later in July, as we are hopeful that more of our mem-bership will participate with the NFL season starting in September. Previously, we have mailed these tickets out with our membership mailing, and we feel many of our members let this slide because of the early mail-ing date and as time goes by, the ticket is forgotten about. If you are a sports minded person, and enjoy football, this ticket will hold your interest for the 17 week season. Look for the “Football Mania” ticket in the mail later this summer!!!!! Last year, 2012, was our fifth year for this fundrais-ing ticket for our organization. We sent one ticket to all of our membership, and you purchased 210 tickets which was a very good return for us. We thank you! For us to continue what we have done (support our annual scholarship funds, donate to numerous youth athletic programs, pay for Hall of Fame plaques, and finance the annual induction banquet). We needed an annual fundraiser that is going to assist us with our financial needs. This year we pur-chased 500 FOOTBALL MANIA TICKETS, if you pur-chased a ticket from us in 2012, we will send you one in late July. Because we are a sports organization, the enclosed ticket should be something our members would have an interest in. It’s self explanatory and rather simple to follow. Once you return your ticket stub to us, we record all the ticket numbers into the computer and you can follow your progress weekly just by going online and using the website: (www.charity mania.com) at the bottom of your ticket. During the 2012 football season, we did have some winners: 1-$200 winner and 4-$50 winners. It’s all luck but keeps you very interested during the NFL SEASON. Football Mania is an exciting sweepstakes based on pro football with 6 prizes each week and 2 grand prizes at the end of the season. There are numerous organizations on a national level, and one locally, that use this fundraising ticket. Because of the other local organization that uses this

ticket, and because some of our members have previously purchased this ticket from them, we will not enclose a ticket for those members as we do not want to deter them from that organization. You are in no way obligated to purchase this ticket, however, we truly encourage it. Without our 1,000 members, this organization would struggle financially. Our $5.00 membership dues only can take us so far, and with inflation the way it is, we are asking for your support with this fundraiser. Sweepstakes ticket holders can win thousands of dollars based on the performance of the ran-domly assigned professional football teams written on the tickets. Football Mania sweepstakes are exciting and engaging for participants because ev-eryone has an equal chance of winning. Winning tickets are based on the points scored and yards gained by the football teams randomly assigned to it. Each week during the Football Mania season, the holder of the winning ticket wins prize money - it’s that easy! Each Football Mania sweepstakes ticket con-tains 3 random teams (called a ‘team combination) in each week of the Football Mania season you have a different set of teams each week. No two tickets have the same 3 teams in any given week. The total number of points scored by the three teams determines the value of the ticket. If two tickets have the same score, the total yards gained by the 3 teams is used as a tiebreaker. The more yards gained by the teams, the higher the score. The fewer the yards gained by the teams, the lower the score. The tickets with the four highest scoring

team combinations and the two lowest scoring team combinations each week win prizes. Throughout the 17-week season, participants check their tickets to see if they’ve won prizes. “Foot-ball Mania” sweepstakes ticket holders have 6 chanc-es to win a prize in each of the 17 weeks of the pro-fessional football season. They also have a chance to win two grand prized at the end of the season.

How winning tickets are calculated.Each week Charity Mania determines the winning tickets. They then send us the prize money so that we can send it to the winners with a personalized letter thanking them for their support. Charity Mania also posts the winning ticket number on the web site each week so that ticket holders can see if they’ve won.

Sign-up dates for Football ManiaFootball Mania officially begins September 7 2013 (the first week of the professional football season). We need you to return your ticket stub before Sep-tember 1st so we can enter all the ticket stub num-bers into the computer so they are all on file for the first game of the season. Thank you for your consideration, this fundraiser is very important to our organization and we hope you will take the time to participate and return your stubs ASAP. We are excited that this will become a annual fundraising event. Each ticket cost $20.00 - please make checks payable to: The Jim Thorpe Are Sports Hall of Fame.

Winning Tickets Prize Money per Week

Ticket with the Highest Combined Score .......................................................... $400Second Highest Score ........................................................................................ $200Third Highest Score ........................................................................................... $100Fourth Highest Score ........................................................................................... $25Ticket with the Lowest Total Score ..................................................................... $50Second Lowest Total Score .................................................................................. $25Total Prize Money Paid per Week ...................................................................... $800

Grand Prize WinnersTicket with the Highest 17 Week Total Score ................................................. $1,000Ticket with the Lowest 17 Week Total Score ..................................................... $275Total Grand Prize Money ............................................................................. $1,275

Amanda will attend Susquehanna University, and major in Biology. Shane will attend Wilkes University, and major in Electrical Engineering.

SIXTEENTH ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED

FAMILY STYLE RAFTING TRIPOur "Family Style Rafting Trip On The Lehigh" last June was attended by 343 people and was a huge success for our fourth trip with the new Rafting Company, POCONO WHITEWATER ADVENTURES is one of the largest rafting centers in the area. They are located 8 miles north on State Route 903. We are hopeful that the many people who supported our rafting trip in 2012, will consider coming down the river with us again. The date of the "Rafting Trip" is Sunday, June 30th. A copy of the "Rafting Trip Flier" is enclosed for your convenience. Currently we are contacting all the people who were on our previous mailing list from years past. If this date is accommodating to your day trips during this summer, we would appreciate your attendance. Just a reminder, due to the great response in 2012, the "Rafting Trip" is limited to the first 360 people who sign up. All the previous trips down the "Lehigh" were very special fundraising events to our organization. Most of the profits from this event is set aside for our two scholarships that we present to two Jim Thorpe Area High School graduating seniors for the past 16 years. We are grateful for all your participation in the past, and we look forward to seeing all of you on Sunday, June 30th. Remember, the first 360 people who sign up, are on the river "with us". Don't wait, sign up today!

JIM THORPE SPORTS HALL OF FAME WEBSITE !!!!!

We are online. During the summer of 2009 we contracted Keystone Networking Consultants, LLC to create our web-site. You can find us under jtsportshof.org. We are currently working to place 24 years of information on the site, regarding all our inductees pictures and bios from each of the banquet programs over the past 24 years.

There is information on the site at this time, so we suggest you check it out and if you have any feedback, we are open for suggestion. Take into consideration, 20 years of information is a lot to get online, so be patient with us and we will eventually get all the needed information up for your convenience.

Calendar of EventsJune 30th, 2013 .. Lehigh Rafting TripAug. 17, 2013 .... Annual Banquet

FOOTBALL MANIA COMING LATE JULY!!!

I F Y O U C H A N G E Y O U R ADDRESS, LET US KNOW SO WE CAN KEEP YOU CURRENT WITH OUR EVENTS AND PROJECTS!!!

JTASHF OFFICERS& COMMITTEE

President:JACK KMETZVice-President:

JIM ZURNTreasurer:

CRAIG ZURNSecretary:

RON SHEEHANAdministrative Secretary:

AMY BEHRENS

CommitteeDon Herman, Wilmer

Redline, Dave Zurn, Charles Getz, Randy Rabenold,

Angelo KonstasOur membership drive is an on-going project and remains open to anyone who would want to be part of this organization. For an application contact one of the above members.

Jim Thorpe AreaSports Hall of Fame

P.O. Box 4044 Jim Thorpe, PA 18229-4044

ALL INDUCTEES MUST CONTACT US BY AUG. 10th IN ORDER TO GUARANTEE RESERVATIONS.

Joe Rader 3495 Ocean Bluff Circle Naples, FL 34120. Graduated from JTASD in 1993. Received 3 Varsity Letters in Basketball. Was a 2 time MVP. Captain his Senior Year, averaged 20 points a game during his Junior & Senior years. Became a 1,000 point scorer, and as of today, is the All-Time leading boys basketball scorer in Jim Thorpe High School basketball history with 1,348 points!!! In 1993 he was named 5th team All-State in Double A by the Associated Press.Represented the Pocono Region (12 counties) in the Keystone State games. A two-time Times News Area First Team selection. Junior Year Times News Area Co-Underclassman of the year. Christmas Tournament (pocono Record Holiday) All Tournament Team (Junior Season). Christmas Tournament (Interstate Holiday Classic) MVP (Senior Season). Sesquicentennial 1993 Boys Basketball First Team.Went on to Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pa. and received one varsity letter. Earned a Bachelor’s Degree (B.A.) in Psychology. Went to Widener University, Chester, Pa. and received a Master of Education, M.ED., Special Education. Specialist in Education. ED. S., Educational Leadership (Barry University, Miami Shores, FL)Joe is a Special Education Teacher, Collier County Public Schools from 2000 to present. Varsity Boys Basketball Head Coach, Palmetto Ridge High School, Naples, FL 20042011. Varsity Boys Basketball Head Coach, Barron Collier High School, Naples, FL 2012 to present. Lives in Naples, FL with wife, Jen and two sons: Mason & Quinn.

Eric Schrantz 222 Broadview Dr., Jim Thorpe, PA. 18229Graduated from JTAHS in 1994, was MVP in football, team captain, a Mid Penn Conference 1st team All-Star at QB & DB. Played in Kiwanis Classic All-Star Game and was voted MVP of game. In Basketball he lettered 2 years at JTAHS and was Captain his senior year. In Baseball, he lettered 4 years and was a member of the 1992 District XI Championship Team. In 1994 he was voted MVP of baseball team.In 1994 he entered Kutztown University, played football for 2 years. He then played quarterback for Kutztown University Intramural Flag Football Team, playing in the Northeast Regionals; the team was 3 -1 at University of Massachusetts-Amherst regional tournament, they were ranked 21st Nationally. In 1997 played in National Championships in New Orleans, before losing in quarter final.Schrantz lives in Jim Thorpe with his wife and has one child. He is a Jim Thorpe Police Officer.

Twenty-Fourth Annual Hall of Fame Inductees Class of 2013

Erin Kennedy 4600 17th St. Unit 201 Boulder, CO. 80304Graduated from JTAHS in 2003, received (4) varsity letters in Cross Country, (3) varsity letters in Basketball, and (4) varsity letters in softball. In 2003 (Senior Year) received the Most Valuable Runner Award for Cross Country. In 2002 (Junior Year) she received Coaches Award --MVP. In 2003 (Senior Year), she received Coaches Award --MVP.She was Senior Class President for Student Council, and in 2003, was the girls recipient of the Jim Thorpe Area Sports Hall of Fame Scholarship Award.In 2003 entered Marywood University, received a BA. Clinical Psychology and Secondary Study --Spanish in 2007. University of Denver 2008 -2009, received a Masters in Sports Psychology.U. S. Olympic Committee --2009 --Special

Projects Manager --Coaching Education.USA Rugby --2009 to present --Youth

Development Manager.Youth Olympic Games --2010 --Youth

Ambassador.Boulder Woman’s Rugby --2009 to present

--Team Member.Boulder High School Girl’s Rugby --2011 to

present --Head coach.Level 1 Certified Coach --USA Rugby --2010 to

present.Level 1 Certified Referee --USA Rugby --2011

to present.Rookie Rugby Instructor --USA Rugby --2009 to

present.

Shawn Bradley50 Rumblewood Dr. Apt. 1, Etters, Pa. 17319Four Varsity Letters in Football as a four year starter at nose guard, center, and guard.Member of 10 -1 team in 2006 that played for teams flrst District XI championship in school history.In 2006 named to Anthracite 8 League 1 st Team defensive line, 2nd team offensive guard, and Times news 1st team defensive line.In 2005 named to 1st team defensive line Times News and Anthracite 8 League.In 2006 set States record for Power Lifting in the Dead Lift for age & weight brackets of 5181bs.Four Varsity Letters in Wrestling as a four year starter in multiple weight classifications.Won 15 matches as a Freshman, Won 30 matches as a Sophomore, and got 35 wins as a Junior, and won 25 matches as a Senior. During his Senior Year of 2006, he won the Jim Thorpe Christmas tournament at 170 lbs. His 105 wins rank him in the top four on the All-Time win list at Jim Thorpe High School Attended Wilkes University, during the 2007 season and compiled an 11 -5 record. He later transferred to Kutztown University.

1987 Jim Thorpe Area High School Baseball TeamSchuylkill League Division II North Champions: Record 11 wins 3 losses.First Jim Thorpe Baseball Team in school history to win a District XI playoff game.First Jim Thorpe Baseball Team to qualify for P.I.A.A. State AA tournament.Team Batting Average of .315 with 42 extra base hits.The pitching staff compiled a team ERA of 3.60 through 20 games. Pat Large was 6 -1, Dennis Bincarosky was 4-1, and John Searfoss was 5-3.This team was only shutout once all year; that happening in the last game of the year during the State Playoffs.This team’s record in the Schuylkill League in a two year period was 24 wins and 4 losses for a winning percentage of .875.The seniors compiled a record of43 win and 13 losses in the Schuylkill League during their four year career for a winning percentage of.768; including winning 3 Division II North Championships.Pat Large was selected to the All Schuylkill League First Team as a pitcher and John Searfoss was selected to the Division II North First Team as a shortstop.Team’s overall record for the 1987 season was: 15 wins 5 losses.

Team had five outstanding hitters in: Dennis Bincarosky-batting average .344Pat Large-batting average .324John Searfoss-batting average .468Dave Rimsky-batting average .348Tim Benyo-batting average .345

During 1987 District XI playoffs, team defeated: Freeland 3-2, Marian 8-4, Tri-Valley 20, and losing the District XI Championship to Salisbury 8-3.

Head Coach: Dave MalkinAsst. Coach: Sid LleraTeam Managers: Kelly Kmetz, Leann BrunerTeam Members: Dennis Bincarosky, Dave Brown, Pat Large, Mike Pope, Dave Rimsky, John Searfoss, Calvin Ulshafer, John Valick, Tim Benyo, John Cooper, Craig Armbruster, Chris Bott, Tony Wolfe, John Dennis, Rob Kovac, Joe Doll, Mark Rimsky.

You can Help! We often hear from the public or members, ‘”Why isn’t this person in the Hall of Fame?” Well, the simple answer is, that a nominee resume form has not been submitted for review by the nomination committee. Research into the accomplishments of a particular athlete is a very time consuming endeavor. It’s impossible for the Committee members to be aware of all the deserving candidates, and therefore, we depend on the membership and the public to submit names. One stipulation in our By-Laws is a candidate must be out of school 5 years before they are eligible for induction. We will keep a resume on file until they reach eligibility as long as we have it. We encourage any of you to submit a resume on them. The following is a listing of people who we consider future candidates. If you have the time please do a resume on any of them and submit it to us on or before April 1st of any given year for the candidate to be eligible for that year’s class. Back up material (newspaper clippings, etc.) are very helpful for proof of accomplishments. A nominee resume form can be obtained off of our website: jtsportshof.org. Please help us? We need your assistance to keep our resume file filled with potential candidates for future years. Thank You!!!

**** FUTURE CANDIDATES **** COACHESJack Steber -J.T.A.H.S. Mark Rosenburger -J.T.A.H.S.

SpORTS WRITER Bernard Matyascik

BASKETBALLJim Brogan - J.T. (All-State 1962)Celeste Robingson - J.T. * (All-State 1st Team 2012) -

(1,699 pts.) Leading scorer in school history!!!***Jeff Hydro - J.T. *2nd Leading Boys scorer in school

history =1,342 pts.) Randy Hydro - J.T *(1,182 pts.)Kasheem Lynch - J.T.* (***)

FEMALE ATHLETES - Genia Cooper

Track & FIELD JaAshia Page - J.T. DISTRICT 11 Champion 100

Meters-2009 Qualified for States in 100 Meters & 400 Meter Relay. ***

JaAshia Page - J.T. 2010 -Qualified for States in Four Events. 100 Meters = 2nd Districts =Silver Medal, Triple Jump = 2nd place =Silver Medal, 400 Meter Relay -1st place = Gold Medal, and qualified in Long Long Jump. ***

JaAshia Page, Amelia Herman, Hilary Reis, and Ashley Nicola, District 11 Champion 4x100 Meter Relay. Qualified for States. ***

MALE ATHLETES Track & FieldCarl St. Hill - J.T. 2010 -3 time District 11 Champion

= 100 Meters, 200 Meters, 4x400 Relay Team. Qualified for States in all Four Events. ***

Kareem Mickens - J.T. 2010 -District 11 Champion AA 400 Meters. Qualified for States.***

Alex Garcia -J.T. 2010 -District 11 Champion AA Triple Jump. Qualified for States.***

Carl St. Hill, Kareem Mickens, Alex Garcia, and Scott Lignore -J.T. 2010 -District 11 4x400 Relay Relay Team. Qualified for States. ***

P.J. Johnson - District 11 Champion, Long Jump-2012***

BASEBALLEd Bellhorn - M.C. Fritz Watto - E.M.C.Randy Hydro - J.T. Matt Long - J.T.

CALL FOR RESUMESATHLETESBrian Rehrig - J.T.Matt Long - J.T.Claire Hoherchak Burns

WRESTLINGBrad Sibbach - J.T. 65 WinsMatt King, Jr. - J.T.Ted Williams - J.T. 112 WinsRyan Bennick - J.T. 105 WinsDillon Smith - J.T. 133 Wins ***Ethan Smith - J.T. 100 Wins ***

FOOTBALLJohn Turnbach C.H.Paul Turnbach C.H.Bill Walker - J.T.-All-State 1962Ed Jordon - J.T.- Leading scoring in County 1965 (103 pts.)Jack Dever, Sr. -C.H.Jack Dever, Jr. -J. T.Duane Billig - J.T.Sam Bonner - J.T.Gary Storer - J.T. *Mike Gruber - J.T. - Only 2 time All-State Football player

in History!Matt Long - J. T. - At one time held many passing RecordsCraig Zurn - J.T. (3 Letters @ Lehigh University Football)Ben Flizack - J.T. (2 Letters @ Lehigh University Football)

All-Patriot Team League 1st

Josh Hontz - J.T. *** 2nd Team All-State (Receiver)Cory Cinicolla - J.T. *** -5,116 yds. passing (school record)Philip Redline - A leading rusher at J.T. (played at

Moravian College)Patrick Duvigneud - 1st Team All State-2012***

SOCCERSteve Watto - E.M.C. John Watto - E.M.C.

Gymnastics & SoccerJohn ‘Biff Romig -E.M.C. 1940

LivingJohn (Buckles) McGinleyClyde BeersK. Dude Dugan (White Haven)Bill ButlerSkip HunterJack Steber - J.T. Wrestling Coach

Deceased Edith Huffmier -E.M.C. Basketball Ed Sharkey -M.C.C.H. (Football) Jack Dever -M.C.C.H. (Football) Olivia Herman Joe Eichorn - BaseballPete Watto -E.M.C. (BASEBALL)Joe Do-Do Lauer -Sports PromoterClyde ShoopCorkillJohn Lennon (Baseball)John Watto - E.M.C. (Soccer)Steve Watto - E.M.C. (Soccer)T. Snich McTague -(Blue Stars)John Kuhla·Joe Kuhla - Founder (Blue Stars)Chris MorrellDennis Pat DolanPaul Turn Bach - M.C.C.H. (Football)John Turn Bach - M.C.C.H. (Football)E. CuasbrookChet Ohl -Little League CoachFritz Watto -E.M.C. (Baseball)

* Indicates 1,000 Points Basketball scores and 1,000 yards Football Rushers

*** Not yet eligible for induction.

Something NewWe have adde a new line item on our membership applications. With all the technology that the Country has available to us, as consumers, and there are many times we need to reach out and touch one of our members. The easiest way and most convenient way to contact someone to ge an answer, especially those a great distance away is by Email! The Jim Thorpe Area Sports Hall of Fame is requesting you add your email address to the enclosed application. Being we have members linving in 43 different states in the Country, it's certainly easier trying to contact you with the press of a button, than writing a letter and putting it in the mail, taking days to get to our member who we may want an answer from ASAP! If your email is too personal for us to have on file, then don't include it...

WE NEED YOUR HELPThe sports hall of fame is in the process of having all our inductees from the past twenty-four years placed on our website (jtsportshof.org). We have all the pictures and short resumes from 1993 to 2012. We are in need of a Jim Thorpe Sports Hall of Fame Banquet Souvenir Program from the year 1990, 1991 and 1992! If someone has a copy, or knows someone who might have a copy, would you please contact us? We need to scan the inductees pictures and short resumes, so we can have our webmaster include them with all the other inductees that we currently have on the site. Please call Jack at 570-325-4923 with information. THANK YOU!!!!!!!

ALL INDUCTEES MUST CONTACT US BY AUG. 10th IN ORDER TO GUARANTEE RESERVATIONS.

Joe Rader 3495 Ocean Bluff Circle Naples, FL 34120. Graduated from JTASD in 1993. Received 3 Varsity Letters in Basketball. Was a 2 time MVP. Captain his Senior Year, averaged 20 points a game during his Junior & Senior years. Became a 1,000 point scorer, and as of today, is the All-Time leading boys basketball scorer in Jim Thorpe High School basketball history with 1,348 points!!! In 1993 he was named 5th team All-State in Double A by the Associated Press.Represented the Pocono Region (12 counties) in the Keystone State games. A two-time Times News Area First Team selection. Junior Year Times News Area Co-Underclassman of the year. Christmas Tournament (pocono Record Holiday) All Tournament Team (Junior Season). Christmas Tournament (Interstate Holiday Classic) MVP (Senior Season). Sesquicentennial 1993 Boys Basketball First Team.Went on to Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pa. and received one varsity letter. Earned a Bachelor’s Degree (B.A.) in Psychology. Went to Widener University, Chester, Pa. and received a Master of Education, M.ED., Special Education. Specialist in Education. ED. S., Educational Leadership (Barry University, Miami Shores, FL)Joe is a Special Education Teacher, Collier County Public Schools from 2000 to present. Varsity Boys Basketball Head Coach, Palmetto Ridge High School, Naples, FL 20042011. Varsity Boys Basketball Head Coach, Barron Collier High School, Naples, FL 2012 to present. Lives in Naples, FL with wife, Jen and two sons: Mason & Quinn.

Eric Schrantz 222 Broadview Dr., Jim Thorpe, PA. 18229Graduated from JTAHS in 1994, was MVP in football, team captain, a Mid Penn Conference 1st team All-Star at QB & DB. Played in Kiwanis Classic All-Star Game and was voted MVP of game. In Basketball he lettered 2 years at JTAHS and was Captain his senior year. In Baseball, he lettered 4 years and was a member of the 1992 District XI Championship Team. In 1994 he was voted MVP of baseball team.In 1994 he entered Kutztown University, played football for 2 years. He then played quarterback for Kutztown University Intramural Flag Football Team, playing in the Northeast Regionals; the team was 3 -1 at University of Massachusetts-Amherst regional tournament, they were ranked 21st Nationally. In 1997 played in National Championships in New Orleans, before losing in quarter final.Schrantz lives in Jim Thorpe with his wife and has one child. He is a Jim Thorpe Police Officer.

Twenty-Fourth Annual Hall of Fame Inductees Class of 2013

Erin Kennedy 4600 17th St. Unit 201 Boulder, CO. 80304Graduated from JTAHS in 2003, received (4) varsity letters in Cross Country, (3) varsity letters in Basketball, and (4) varsity letters in softball. In 2003 (Senior Year) received the Most Valuable Runner Award for Cross Country. In 2002 (Junior Year) she received Coaches Award --MVP. In 2003 (Senior Year), she received Coaches Award --MVP.She was Senior Class President for Student Council, and in 2003, was the girls recipient of the Jim Thorpe Area Sports Hall of Fame Scholarship Award.In 2003 entered Marywood University, received a BA. Clinical Psychology and Secondary Study --Spanish in 2007. University of Denver 2008 -2009, received a Masters in Sports Psychology.U. S. Olympic Committee --2009 --Special

Projects Manager --Coaching Education.USA Rugby --2009 to present --Youth

Development Manager.Youth Olympic Games --2010 --Youth

Ambassador.Boulder Woman’s Rugby --2009 to present

--Team Member.Boulder High School Girl’s Rugby --2011 to

present --Head coach.Level 1 Certified Coach --USA Rugby --2010 to

present.Level 1 Certified Referee --USA Rugby --2011

to present.Rookie Rugby Instructor --USA Rugby --2009 to

present.

Shawn Bradley50 Rumblewood Dr. Apt. 1, Etters, Pa. 17319Four Varsity Letters in Football as a four year starter at nose guard, center, and guard.Member of 10 -1 team in 2006 that played for teams flrst District XI championship in school history.In 2006 named to Anthracite 8 League 1 st Team defensive line, 2nd team offensive guard, and Times news 1st team defensive line.In 2005 named to 1st team defensive line Times News and Anthracite 8 League.In 2006 set States record for Power Lifting in the Dead Lift for age & weight brackets of 5181bs.Four Varsity Letters in Wrestling as a four year starter in multiple weight classifications.Won 15 matches as a Freshman, Won 30 matches as a Sophomore, and got 35 wins as a Junior, and won 25 matches as a Senior. During his Senior Year of 2006, he won the Jim Thorpe Christmas tournament at 170 lbs. His 105 wins rank him in the top four on the All-Time win list at Jim Thorpe High School Attended Wilkes University, during the 2007 season and compiled an 11 -5 record. He later transferred to Kutztown University.

1987 Jim Thorpe Area High School Baseball TeamSchuylkill League Division II North Champions: Record 11 wins 3 losses.First Jim Thorpe Baseball Team in school history to win a District XI playoff game.First Jim Thorpe Baseball Team to qualify for P.I.A.A. State AA tournament.Team Batting Average of .315 with 42 extra base hits.The pitching staff compiled a team ERA of 3.60 through 20 games. Pat Large was 6 -1, Dennis Bincarosky was 4-1, and John Searfoss was 5-3.This team was only shutout once all year; that happening in the last game of the year during the State Playoffs.This team’s record in the Schuylkill League in a two year period was 24 wins and 4 losses for a winning percentage of .875.The seniors compiled a record of43 win and 13 losses in the Schuylkill League during their four year career for a winning percentage of.768; including winning 3 Division II North Championships.Pat Large was selected to the All Schuylkill League First Team as a pitcher and John Searfoss was selected to the Division II North First Team as a shortstop.Team’s overall record for the 1987 season was: 15 wins 5 losses.

Team had five outstanding hitters in: Dennis Bincarosky-batting average .344Pat Large-batting average .324John Searfoss-batting average .468Dave Rimsky-batting average .348Tim Benyo-batting average .345

During 1987 District XI playoffs, team defeated: Freeland 3-2, Marian 8-4, Tri-Valley 20, and losing the District XI Championship to Salisbury 8-3.

Head Coach: Dave MalkinAsst. Coach: Sid LleraTeam Managers: Kelly Kmetz, Leann BrunerTeam Members: Dennis Bincarosky, Dave Brown, Pat Large, Mike Pope, Dave Rimsky, John Searfoss, Calvin Ulshafer, John Valick, Tim Benyo, John Cooper, Craig Armbruster, Chris Bott, Tony Wolfe, John Dennis, Rob Kovac, Joe Doll, Mark Rimsky.

You can Help! We often hear from the public or members, ‘”Why isn’t this person in the Hall of Fame?” Well, the simple answer is, that a nominee resume form has not been submitted for review by the nomination committee. Research into the accomplishments of a particular athlete is a very time consuming endeavor. It’s impossible for the Committee members to be aware of all the deserving candidates, and therefore, we depend on the membership and the public to submit names. One stipulation in our By-Laws is a candidate must be out of school 5 years before they are eligible for induction. We will keep a resume on file until they reach eligibility as long as we have it. We encourage any of you to submit a resume on them. The following is a listing of people who we consider future candidates. If you have the time please do a resume on any of them and submit it to us on or before April 1st of any given year for the candidate to be eligible for that year’s class. Back up material (newspaper clippings, etc.) are very helpful for proof of accomplishments. A nominee resume form can be obtained off of our website: jtsportshof.org. Please help us? We need your assistance to keep our resume file filled with potential candidates for future years. Thank You!!!

**** FUTURE CANDIDATES **** COACHESJack Steber -J.T.A.H.S. Mark Rosenburger -J.T.A.H.S.

SpORTS WRITER Bernard Matyascik

BASKETBALLJim Brogan - J.T. (All-State 1962)Celeste Robingson - J.T. * (All-State 1st Team 2012) -

(1,699 pts.) Leading scorer in school history!!!***Jeff Hydro - J.T. *2nd Leading Boys scorer in school

history =1,342 pts.) Randy Hydro - J.T *(1,182 pts.)Kasheem Lynch - J.T.* (***)

FEMALE ATHLETES - Genia Cooper

Track & FIELD JaAshia Page - J.T. DISTRICT 11 Champion 100

Meters-2009 Qualified for States in 100 Meters & 400 Meter Relay. ***

JaAshia Page - J.T. 2010 -Qualified for States in Four Events. 100 Meters = 2nd Districts =Silver Medal, Triple Jump = 2nd place =Silver Medal, 400 Meter Relay -1st place = Gold Medal, and qualified in Long Long Jump. ***

JaAshia Page, Amelia Herman, Hilary Reis, and Ashley Nicola, District 11 Champion 4x100 Meter Relay. Qualified for States. ***

MALE ATHLETES Track & FieldCarl St. Hill - J.T. 2010 -3 time District 11 Champion

= 100 Meters, 200 Meters, 4x400 Relay Team. Qualified for States in all Four Events. ***

Kareem Mickens - J.T. 2010 -District 11 Champion AA 400 Meters. Qualified for States.***

Alex Garcia -J.T. 2010 -District 11 Champion AA Triple Jump. Qualified for States.***

Carl St. Hill, Kareem Mickens, Alex Garcia, and Scott Lignore -J.T. 2010 -District 11 4x400 Relay Relay Team. Qualified for States. ***

P.J. Johnson - District 11 Champion, Long Jump-2012***

BASEBALLEd Bellhorn - M.C. Fritz Watto - E.M.C.Randy Hydro - J.T. Matt Long - J.T.

CALL FOR RESUMESATHLETESBrian Rehrig - J.T.Matt Long - J.T.Claire Hoherchak Burns

WRESTLINGBrad Sibbach - J.T. 65 WinsMatt King, Jr. - J.T.Ted Williams - J.T. 112 WinsRyan Bennick - J.T. 105 WinsDillon Smith - J.T. 133 Wins ***Ethan Smith - J.T. 100 Wins ***

FOOTBALLJohn Turnbach C.H.Paul Turnbach C.H.Bill Walker - J.T.-All-State 1962Ed Jordon - J.T.- Leading scoring in County 1965 (103 pts.)Jack Dever, Sr. -C.H.Jack Dever, Jr. -J. T.Duane Billig - J.T.Sam Bonner - J.T.Gary Storer - J.T. *Mike Gruber - J.T. - Only 2 time All-State Football player

in History!Matt Long - J. T. - At one time held many passing RecordsCraig Zurn - J.T. (3 Letters @ Lehigh University Football)Ben Flizack - J.T. (2 Letters @ Lehigh University Football)

All-Patriot Team League 1st

Josh Hontz - J.T. *** 2nd Team All-State (Receiver)Cory Cinicolla - J.T. *** -5,116 yds. passing (school record)Philip Redline - A leading rusher at J.T. (played at

Moravian College)Patrick Duvigneud - 1st Team All State-2012***

SOCCERSteve Watto - E.M.C. John Watto - E.M.C.

Gymnastics & SoccerJohn ‘Biff Romig -E.M.C. 1940

LivingJohn (Buckles) McGinleyClyde BeersK. Dude Dugan (White Haven)Bill ButlerSkip HunterJack Steber - J.T. Wrestling Coach

Deceased Edith Huffmier -E.M.C. Basketball Ed Sharkey -M.C.C.H. (Football) Jack Dever -M.C.C.H. (Football) Olivia Herman Joe Eichorn - BaseballPete Watto -E.M.C. (BASEBALL)Joe Do-Do Lauer -Sports PromoterClyde ShoopCorkillJohn Lennon (Baseball)John Watto - E.M.C. (Soccer)Steve Watto - E.M.C. (Soccer)T. Snich McTague -(Blue Stars)John Kuhla·Joe Kuhla - Founder (Blue Stars)Chris MorrellDennis Pat DolanPaul Turn Bach - M.C.C.H. (Football)John Turn Bach - M.C.C.H. (Football)E. CuasbrookChet Ohl -Little League CoachFritz Watto -E.M.C. (Baseball)

* Indicates 1,000 Points Basketball scores and 1,000 yards Football Rushers

*** Not yet eligible for induction.

Something NewWe have adde a new line item on our membership applications. With all the technology that the Country has available to us, as consumers, and there are many times we need to reach out and touch one of our members. The easiest way and most convenient way to contact someone to ge an answer, especially those a great distance away is by Email! The Jim Thorpe Area Sports Hall of Fame is requesting you add your email address to the enclosed application. Being we have members linving in 43 different states in the Country, it's certainly easier trying to contact you with the press of a button, than writing a letter and putting it in the mail, taking days to get to our member who we may want an answer from ASAP! If your email is too personal for us to have on file, then don't include it...

WE NEED YOUR HELPThe sports hall of fame is in the process of having all our inductees from the past twenty-four years placed on our website (jtsportshof.org). We have all the pictures and short resumes from 1993 to 2012. We are in need of a Jim Thorpe Sports Hall of Fame Banquet Souvenir Program from the year 1990, 1991 and 1992! If someone has a copy, or knows someone who might have a copy, would you please contact us? We need to scan the inductees pictures and short resumes, so we can have our webmaster include them with all the other inductees that we currently have on the site. Please call Jack at 570-325-4923 with information. THANK YOU!!!!!!!

The Jim Thorpe Area

Sports Hall of FameVolume 16, Issue 1 May 29, 2013

Shane Bleicher OttoAmanda Nicole Petrin

The Jim Thorpe Area Sports Hall of Fame awarded the Sixteenth Annual Scholarships in the amount of $500 to two Jim Thorpe Area High School graduates, Amanda Nicole Petrin and Shane Bleicher Otto.

Jim Thorpe Hall of Fame Membership Reaches

Our membership continues to grow. At the present time 1,000 members make the Hall of Fame the largest organization in Jim Thorpe. The $5.00 annual dues (year from June to May) are necessary for us to support the activities of the organization including the Annual Scholarship and Banquet. If you have not yet paid your 2014 dues, we request you send your dues in as soon as possible. An application is enclosed with the Newsletter. Thank you for your continued support.

BANQUET INFORMATIONThe 24th Annual Banquet will be held at the Jim Thorpe Memorial Hall on the 17th of Aug. 2013. The cost will be $30.00 per person and includes dinner and “selected” drinks. At the conclusion of the Award Ceremony, musical entertainment will be provided. In order to streamline the awards portion of the evening, all the Inductees will be presented by the Master of Ceremonies (Each Induction will be 3 minutes) and acceptance speeches limited to five minutes. This will allow much more time to “socialize.” Cocktail hour will begin at 5 PM, Dinner at 6 PM, the Induction at 7:15 PM, and the entertainment should commence at 8:30 PM.

BANQUET TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE

Call:Ron Sheehan 570-325-4244Wil Redline 570-325-3073Jack Kmetz 570-325-4923Craig Zurn 570-325-3631or 570-325-3855

Personalized advertisements for our Banquet Program can be purchased for $25, $50,and $100. Call any officer for more details

Jim Thorpe Area Sports Hall of Fame 2013 Scholarship Winners

During the past five years, our “Football Mania" fund-raising ticket has been a huge success for our organization. During those years our membership has purchased 1100 tickets and we thank each of you for the support. This is a fund-raiser that our organization truly needed to assist us with our financial needs to continue donating to the many athletic organizations we help on a annual basis. The “Football Mania” tickets will be mailed out later in July, as we are hopeful that more of our mem-bership will participate with the NFL season starting in September. Previously, we have mailed these tickets out with our membership mailing, and we feel many of our members let this slide because of the early mail-ing date and as time goes by, the ticket is forgotten about. If you are a sports minded person, and enjoy football, this ticket will hold your interest for the 17 week season. Look for the “Football Mania” ticket in the mail later this summer!!!!! Last year, 2012, was our fifth year for this fundrais-ing ticket for our organization. We sent one ticket to all of our membership, and you purchased 210 tickets which was a very good return for us. We thank you! For us to continue what we have done (support our annual scholarship funds, donate to numerous youth athletic programs, pay for Hall of Fame plaques, and finance the annual induction banquet). We needed an annual fundraiser that is going to assist us with our financial needs. This year we pur-chased 500 FOOTBALL MANIA TICKETS, if you pur-chased a ticket from us in 2012, we will send you one in late July. Because we are a sports organization, the enclosed ticket should be something our members would have an interest in. It’s self explanatory and rather simple to follow. Once you return your ticket stub to us, we record all the ticket numbers into the computer and you can follow your progress weekly just by going online and using the website: (www.charity mania.com) at the bottom of your ticket. During the 2012 football season, we did have some winners: 1-$200 winner and 4-$50 winners. It’s all luck but keeps you very interested during the NFL SEASON. Football Mania is an exciting sweepstakes based on pro football with 6 prizes each week and 2 grand prizes at the end of the season. There are numerous organizations on a national level, and one locally, that use this fundraising ticket. Because of the other local organization that uses this

ticket, and because some of our members have previously purchased this ticket from them, we will not enclose a ticket for those members as we do not want to deter them from that organization. You are in no way obligated to purchase this ticket, however, we truly encourage it. Without our 1,000 members, this organization would struggle financially. Our $5.00 membership dues only can take us so far, and with inflation the way it is, we are asking for your support with this fundraiser. Sweepstakes ticket holders can win thousands of dollars based on the performance of the ran-domly assigned professional football teams written on the tickets. Football Mania sweepstakes are exciting and engaging for participants because ev-eryone has an equal chance of winning. Winning tickets are based on the points scored and yards gained by the football teams randomly assigned to it. Each week during the Football Mania season, the holder of the winning ticket wins prize money - it’s that easy! Each Football Mania sweepstakes ticket con-tains 3 random teams (called a ‘team combination) in each week of the Football Mania season you have a different set of teams each week. No two tickets have the same 3 teams in any given week. The total number of points scored by the three teams determines the value of the ticket. If two tickets have the same score, the total yards gained by the 3 teams is used as a tiebreaker. The more yards gained by the teams, the higher the score. The fewer the yards gained by the teams, the lower the score. The tickets with the four highest scoring

team combinations and the two lowest scoring team combinations each week win prizes. Throughout the 17-week season, participants check their tickets to see if they’ve won prizes. “Foot-ball Mania” sweepstakes ticket holders have 6 chanc-es to win a prize in each of the 17 weeks of the pro-fessional football season. They also have a chance to win two grand prized at the end of the season.

How winning tickets are calculated.Each week Charity Mania determines the winning tickets. They then send us the prize money so that we can send it to the winners with a personalized letter thanking them for their support. Charity Mania also posts the winning ticket number on the web site each week so that ticket holders can see if they’ve won.

Sign-up dates for Football ManiaFootball Mania officially begins September 7 2013 (the first week of the professional football season). We need you to return your ticket stub before Sep-tember 1st so we can enter all the ticket stub num-bers into the computer so they are all on file for the first game of the season. Thank you for your consideration, this fundraiser is very important to our organization and we hope you will take the time to participate and return your stubs ASAP. We are excited that this will become a annual fundraising event. Each ticket cost $20.00 - please make checks payable to: The Jim Thorpe Are Sports Hall of Fame.

Winning Tickets Prize Money per Week

Ticket with the Highest Combined Score .......................................................... $400Second Highest Score ........................................................................................ $200Third Highest Score ........................................................................................... $100Fourth Highest Score ........................................................................................... $25Ticket with the Lowest Total Score ..................................................................... $50Second Lowest Total Score .................................................................................. $25Total Prize Money Paid per Week ...................................................................... $800

Grand Prize WinnersTicket with the Highest 17 Week Total Score ................................................. $1,000Ticket with the Lowest 17 Week Total Score ..................................................... $275Total Grand Prize Money ............................................................................. $1,275

Amanda will attend Susquehanna University, and major in Biology. Shane will attend Wilkes University, and major in Electrical Engineering.

SIXTEENTH ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED

FAMILY STYLE RAFTING TRIPOur "Family Style Rafting Trip On The Lehigh" last June was attended by 343 people and was a huge success for our fourth trip with the new Rafting Company, POCONO WHITEWATER ADVENTURES is one of the largest rafting centers in the area. They are located 8 miles north on State Route 903. We are hopeful that the many people who supported our rafting trip in 2012, will consider coming down the river with us again. The date of the "Rafting Trip" is Sunday, June 30th. A copy of the "Rafting Trip Flier" is enclosed for your convenience. Currently we are contacting all the people who were on our previous mailing list from years past. If this date is accommodating to your day trips during this summer, we would appreciate your attendance. Just a reminder, due to the great response in 2012, the "Rafting Trip" is limited to the first 360 people who sign up. All the previous trips down the "Lehigh" were very special fundraising events to our organization. Most of the profits from this event is set aside for our two scholarships that we present to two Jim Thorpe Area High School graduating seniors for the past 16 years. We are grateful for all your participation in the past, and we look forward to seeing all of you on Sunday, June 30th. Remember, the first 360 people who sign up, are on the river "with us". Don't wait, sign up today!

JIM THORPE SPORTS HALL OF FAME WEBSITE !!!!!

We are online. During the summer of 2009 we contracted Keystone Networking Consultants, LLC to create our web-site. You can find us under jtsportshof.org. We are currently working to place 24 years of information on the site, regarding all our inductees pictures and bios from each of the banquet programs over the past 24 years.

There is information on the site at this time, so we suggest you check it out and if you have any feedback, we are open for suggestion. Take into consideration, 20 years of information is a lot to get online, so be patient with us and we will eventually get all the needed information up for your convenience.

Calendar of EventsJune 30th, 2013 .. Lehigh Rafting TripAug. 17, 2013 .... Annual Banquet

FOOTBALL MANIA COMING LATE JULY!!!

I F Y O U C H A N G E Y O U R ADDRESS, LET US KNOW SO WE CAN KEEP YOU CURRENT WITH OUR EVENTS AND PROJECTS!!!

JTASHF OFFICERS& COMMITTEE

President:JACK KMETZVice-President:

JIM ZURNTreasurer:

CRAIG ZURNSecretary:

RON SHEEHANAdministrative Secretary:

AMY BEHRENS

CommitteeDon Herman, Wilmer

Redline, Dave Zurn, Charles Getz, Randy Rabenold,

Angelo KonstasOur membership drive is an on-going project and remains open to anyone who would want to be part of this organization. For an application contact one of the above members.

Jim Thorpe AreaSports Hall of Fame

P.O. Box 4044 Jim Thorpe, PA 18229-4044