BARNESVILLE, PA (August 6) — Elected to the 2014 Schuylkill County Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame class are Tom Bonner of Panther Valley, the late Barry Hackenberg of North Schuylkill and Kevin Keating of Pottsville as the inductees from current schools and the late Pat Droskinis of Cass Township as the at-large inductee.
This year’s SCFCA HOF class was announced at Wednesday’s preseason media conference at Mountain Valley Golf Course and will be inducted during halftime ceremonies of the organization’s annual all-star game, Thursday, Nov. 26, at Rotary Field, Schuylkill Haven.
Bonner compiled a 43-18 record in five seasons at Panther Valley and a 26-19 record in four seasons at Tamaqua for a career total of 69-37. With the Panthers he won one District 11 Class A title, had two Eastern Conference runners-up and one EC semifinalist; with the Blue Raiders he had one EC runner-up.
Hackenberg compiled a 27-25-2 record in five seasons at North Schuylkill and an 18-22-4 record in five seasons at Jim Thorpe for a career record of 45-47-2. He later became a key member of the staff at Marian, where he helped coach his sons Eric and J.D., who is now an assistant for the Colts.
Keating coached a total of 24 seasons at Pottsville in two terms, becoming the all-time winningest coach for the Crimson Tide with a 166-110-7 and is a past president of the SCFCA. He coached the Tide to a pair of PIAA Class AAA Eastern championships, three District 11 championships and one Eastern Conference championships.
Droskinis is best known as head coach of the legendary “undefeated, untied and un-scored upon” 1957 Cass Township team. That year the Condors finished 10-0 and were Eastern Conference co-champions when the title game was cancelled because of a flu epidemic.
In 1958, the Condors had a 7-1 record, allowing just one touchdown that season in a 6-0 loss to Mahoney Township. Droskinis went on to coach at Schuylkill Haven, Pottsville and Minersville.
