Red Tornadoes Stay Hot In The Cold. Dominate Eagles 42-6
On Friday night, the cold weather couldn’t affect one of the hottest teams in District 4, as Mount Carmel Area (8-4) defeated Line Mountain (7-5) 42-6 in the class “AA” semi-finals at the Silver Bowl. The victory advances the Red Tornadoes into the district championship game for the first time since 2012. The Big Red […]
Red Tornadoes dominate on the ground. “White-Out” South Williamsport 28-14
As John Darrah’s Red Tornadoes prepared to make the drive through Lycoming County, as they did for last season’s District IV “AA” Quarter-Finals, feelings of deja-vu had to be present. Mount Carmel Area would be facing the same opponent, the South Williamsport Mounties, who defeated MCA in the same round one year ago. Once this […]
Mount Carmel over Lewisburg
Building off of last week’s 70-28 victory at Milton, Mount Carmel Area stayed hot and fired on all cylinders in an impressive 58-20 win over Lewisburg in a PHAC Division II game at the Silver Bowl. The Red Tornadoes wasted no time getting on the score board as senior CJ Reichard scored on the second […]
Ironmen Edge Red Tornadoes in Defensive Duel 13-9
After suffering close losses last Friday, both Jim Keiser’s Danville Ironmen and John Darrah’s Mount Carmel Red Tornadoes were each looking for a rebound victory at the Silver Bowl on Friday night. This coupled with the fact that the last two games in this series were not decided until late in the game had fans […]
South Side Shuts out MCA 40-0
Coming off of an emotional win over arch-rival Shamokin last week, Mount Carmel Area was excited to make a return to the District IV “AA” playoffs. As the #6 seed Red Tornadoes made the hour plus drive north on Interstate 180, they also knew near perfect execution was needed to upset the #3 seed South […]
Coming of Age: Tornadoes Keep Bucket in 42-14 Win.
“The Bucket Stays Here” was the mantra all week in Mount Carmel. It is the only thing that matters in Week 10 of the scholastic football season in Tornado Country and the way John Darrah’s squad played in their 42-14 victory against arch-rival Shamokin (1-9), you can tell they were not about to let the […]
Leiby & Co. Laser Sharp as Seals Lance Tornadoes 42-21
As the rain was pummeling the Silver Bowl on Dan Ficca night during early pre-game, non-uniformed walk throughs, both teams decided to cut it short and head back to their locker rooms. Except for one group of players that stayed on the field as the rain was intensifying. There was no doubt who the leader […]
Taking Care of Business; Tornadoes Down Dragons 28-14
Coming off of Amos Alonzo Stagg Field in the crisp autumn air Mount Carmel Area defensive coordinator Pete Cheddar put up his hand and signaled, “(4-4)!” The gesture was a perfect way to symbolize the Red Tornadoes’ workmanlike 28-14 victory over the Lewisburg Green Dragons at Susquehanna University. The win puts the Tornadoes back at […]
MCA Celebrates Seniors; Shuts Out Milton 48-0
Coming off of last week’s season changing win at Danville John Darrah’s Red Tornadoes returned to the Silver Bowl to host winless Milton on Senior Night. Many would look at this scenario and would call it a classic trap game, but Mount Carmel Area dispelled any notion of that early and often in a 48-0 […]
Homecomings of Many Kinds as North Schuylkill downs MCA 28-14
Jordan, Zahodnic lead Spartans As defensive coordinator at North Schuylkill in 2013 and 2014, Mount Carmel Area head coach John Darrah knew what types of athletes he had in linebacker Major Jordan and defensive back Richie Zahodnic. Two years later, Darrah and the Red Tornadoes are probably glad this was the last time they had […]
Montoursville Hangs-On; Defeats MCA 31-29
Warriors and Tornadoes give fans a heart-racing Division II Heartland Battle As the harvest moon shone brightly above the field, Heartland Conference Division II foes Mount Carmel and Montoursville battled to the final minute of play on it. The Warriors would need one final first down on a 3rd and 4, with under a minute […]
Speedy Shikellamy Runs Past MCA 35-0
Braves’ Trio of Tilford, Folk, and Mitchell shine in shutout victory As longtime Mount Carmel Area statistician Jose Gonzalo was rattling off his all-time favorite games this week while being honored for attending 600 consecutive Red Tornado games, the Big Red’s win over Loyalsock last Friday ranked among the most memorable. The one the […]
The Shot Heard Round Mount Carmel
Mangiapane delivers 6th XP in overtime as Mount Carmel Area outduels Loyalsock 42-41. Shortly after ten-o’clock Friday evening, Mount Carmel Area heard a boom that ranks up there with any that have been heard throughout the history of this coal region community. Now this boom was not dynamite blasting its way through a mountain of […]
EASTERN CONFERENCE AA SEMI- FINAL
Green leads Riverside to 39-19 victory over Mount Carmel By: Aaron Domanski (Twitter: @AaronDomanski) With the advent of the PIAA playoffs, the Eastern Conference is no longer viewed as the premiere post- season event in eastern Pennsylvania but do not try telling that to the Riverside Vikings or the Mount Carmel Area Red Tornadoes. Both […]
Big Red Keeps Bucket:Mount Carmel 35 Shamokin 6
In any rivalry series both sides are prepped and primed to play their best and leading into Friday Night’s annual Coal Bucket Game matchup both head coaches in this game, Mount Carmel’s John Darrah and Shamokin’s Pat DiRenzo, stated this game was “the biggest of the year”. Taking that factor into consideration, it makes the […]
Karycki, Tornadoes Trick-Or-Treat The Record Book
Big Red Bags the Blue Jays 60-30. If Kyle Karycki decides to go trick-or-treating this Halloween he is going to be hard pressed to have a better night than the one he gave us at the Silver Bowl on Friday. In the 123 year history of the Mount Carmel Area football program no player has […]
Big Red Back in Business
Tornadoes Dispatch Defenders 41-13 It was very fitting for Mount Carmel Area that week 8 of the high school football season contained “Back to the Future” day. On Friday night, the Red Tornadoes looked like a team that climbed into Doc Brown’s DeLorean time machine, erased all memories of the past two weeks, and cruised […]
Spartans Make Statement: Defeat Red Tornadoes 41-0
Friday night marked the 50th meeting on the gridiron between the storied coal region programs of Mount Carmel Area and North Schuylkill. Coming into this game both squads had identical records of (3-3) and were looking to make a statement heading toward the post-season. On the golden anniversary of this game it was the Spartans […]
Mount Carmel outduels Danville 20-10
Karycki sets school rushing record As the season of fall sunk its teeth into the football season Friday night in the form of rain and wind, it was very fitting that two heavyweight running backs dueled it out on the Joe “Jazz” Diminick Field at the Silver Bowl. Both Danville’s Trent Hilkert and Mount Carmel […]
BIG RED ROLLING… Mount Carmel Area 41, Central Mountain 21
The Mount Carmel Area Red Tornadoes took their longest road trip of the season Friday night playing Central Mountain at the Wildcats’ Don Malinak stadium, which sits roughly 75 miles from the Silver Bowl. As the Tornado team bus traveled up Interstate 80 to Mill Hall, players had plenty of time to reflect on this […]
Get Your Popcorn Ready…Mount Carmel Area 21, Lewisburg 7
Friday night was a big evening at the Silver Bowl in Mount Carmel. It was the Tornadoes home opener, facing an undefeated opponent in Lewisburg. Aside from their 2-0 record, the Green Dragons were also coming into town with Mount Carmel Area’s former starting quarterback, Dominic Farronato and his brother Dylan Farronato, on their team […]
Heartland Conference Slugfest: Selinsgrove 14, Mount Carmel Area 7
If asked to pick the best matchup in the Heartland Conference for Week 2, many fearless forecasters would not have selected Friday night’s matchup between the Seals and Red Tornadoes. However, what unfolded under the lights at Harold L. Bolig Memorial Stadium in Selinsgrive was a game that became an instant classic and wasn’t decided […]
Lancers outlast Tornadoes
Two glaring truths can be taken from Friday night’s season opener. Justin Van Fleets’s Lancers have enough depth to be a major player in District IV “AA” and John Darrah’s young Red Tornadoes, although undermanned, will surprise many as we move through the 2015 campaign. At the end of a picturesque evening in Loyalsock Township, […]
2015 Team Preview – Mount Carmel Area (4)
Head Coach: John Darrah (1st Year, 1st Year Overall) Assistant Coaches: Pete Cheddar (Defensive Coordinator) , Shawn Sheptock, Carl Stine, Marc Persing, John Skinner, John Karyicki, Matt Mankiewicz, Rob Varano, Curt Everet, Mike Higgins, Al Robbins, Vic Kornaski, Marshall Mirarchi Team Name: Mount Carmel Area Red Tornadoes 2014 Record: 7-4 (Lost in District IV quarterfinals to […]
