Published May 29. 2019 12:30PM
The 26th Annual Carbon County Hall of Fame induction ceremony and banquet was held Sunday at the Franklin Township Fire Company social hall.
There were 22 individual inductions of those who attained athletic accomplishments.
This year’s inductees included:
Coaldale – Cindy Hassler, John “Ronnie” Drosdak and Jake Flyzik.
Jim Thorpe - Geoff Kelowitz, Chuck McGowan and David Mueller.
Palmerton – Jason Balliet, Frank Zelinsky and Manny Guedes.
Lehighton – Gregory Ebbert, George Ebbert, Tom Mullen and Bob Capasso.
Nesquehoning – William Sluck, Joseph Blazosky and Daniel Blazosky.
Lansford – Ron Swider, Cory Sheridan and Edmund Gargula.
Summit Hill – Nadia Gauronsky, Bruce Frassinelli and Eugene DeGiosio.
Carbon County - Blue Ridge TV-13 sports reporter Bob Capasso.
Carbon Sports Hall of Fame inducts 22 new membersThe Carbon County Sports Hall of Fame inducted 22 persons into the Class of 2019 during a dinner program held Sunday at the Franklin Township Fire Company hall. Among the inductees are, front, from left, Bruce Frassinelli, Summit Hill, Edmund Gargula, Lansford, Nadia Gauronsky, Summit Hill, Cindy Hassler, Coaldale, and Jake Flyzik, Coaldale; and back, same order, Ronald Swider, Lansford, Eugene DeGiosio, Summit Hill, Cory Sheridan, Lansford, John “Ronnie” Drosdak, Coaldale, and Bob Capasso, Carbon County. TIMES NEWS STAFF
Carbon HOF members hail from seven townsTwenty-two persons from seven towns were inducted into the Carbon County Sports Hall of Fame on Sunday during a dinner program held at the Franklin Township Fire Company hall. Among them are, front, from left, Tom Mullen, Lehighton, Chuck McGowan, Jim Thorpe, Melissa Wagner, on behalf of late husband Gregory Ebbert, Lehighton, and Frank Zelinsky, Jason Balliet and Manny Guedes, all of Palmerton; and back, same order, George Ebbert, Lehighton, Danny Blazosky, Joseph Blazosky and William Sluck, all of Nesquehoning, and David Mueller and Geoff Kelowitz, both of Jim Thorpe. TIMES NEWS STAFF