Cambria County Sports Hall of Fame Announces Class of 2014

Cambria County Sports Hall of Fame Announces Class of 2014

Five Inductees, state champion teams, AAABA Tournament to be honored on July 12

     The Cambria County Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2014 includes:

Richland High graduate Leah Hollis, a former NCAA Division I women’s volleyball player at Rutgers University; Ed Johnston, the former Johnstown Jets champion goaltender who went on to a Stanley Cup career as a NHL player and GM-coach; John Kasay Sr., a Greater Johnstown High graduate who played football at the University of Georgia and spent decades on the Bulldogs’ coaching staff, winning a national championship; Randy Mazey, a United High graduate who played baseball at Clemson University before embarking on a 20-plus-year career as a coach at the NCAA Division I level including his current position as West Virginia University head coach; and Tom McGough, a Greater Johnstown High graduate selected by the Cleveland Indians in the Major League Baseball draft as a 17-year-old en route to a successful career in the minor leagues and two call ups to the majors.

The five new members officially will be inducted during a July 12 banquet at the Pasquerilla Conference Center.
The Cambria County Sports Hall of Fame also will recognize several teams:

• The 30th anniversary of Richland High School’s 1984 state volleyball championship and the Rams’ successful defense of that PIAA crown in 1985.

• The 20th anniversary of Bishop McCort High School hockey team’s 1994 state championship as well as four other state titles the Crushers won in the 1990s.

• The 20th anniversary of the state runner-up 1994 Forest Hills football team.

• The Hall will honor the All American Amateur Baseball Association Tournament, which will hold its 70th tournament in August at Point Stadium and surrounding fields.

• Class of 1990 inductee Carlton Haselrig officially will have football added to his hall of fame title. Haselrig had been inducted as a six-time national champion wrestler at UPJ. He later attained All Pro status as an NFL offensive lineman with the Pittsburgh Steelers.