Yesteryear-Keith football
Keith Junior High School won the Inter-County Football League championship with a 9-0 record in November 1994. The last time a team won the league with an undefeated and untied record was 1936. Team members in this photo include (from left): first row — Todd Etters, Teddy Moran, Rob Veloz, Matt Durbin, Mike Dionis, Sean Gority and Josh Buchanan; second row — Brandon Nicodemus, Eric Kessinger, Brandon Jones, Vince Nedimyer, Matt Muccitelli, Mark McCalpin, Bill Wales and Chris Johnson; third row — Jon Dickson, Matt Boyles, Josh Strayer, Matt Petry, Rich Butler, Jeremy Detwiler, Rob Kenner, Ladale Green and Jeremy Blazer; fourth row — Greg Gebhardt, Joe Alianello, Ryan Everhart, Jeremy Montgomery, Ryan Murphy, Brett Earnest, Brad Tippett, Mike Laird, George Moyer and Bobby Walters; fifth row — Jason Brode, Matt Lutz, Shawn Consalvo, Scott Mitchell, Mike McGuire, Ken Beck, Matt Singer, T.J. Miller and Jim Carrieri; sixth row — Dave Churchill, Joe Bonsell, Jesse Milliron and Mike Zlupko. Missing were Julius Colabove, Rob Skinner and Shante Kemp. Keith was coached by Dick Smith, John Robertson and John Chestney. Tim Miller of Altoona submitted this photo, along with the photo below of the 1936 team from Keith Junior High School, which was undefeated and left all of its opponents scoreless. Team members were (from left): front row — Randall, seventh grade; Weidel, ninth grade; abd Weight, eighth grade; second row — Stambaugh, Johnson, Carroll, Allen, Arseniu, Beard, Koelle, Long, L. Ermin, Doyle, Creamer and Keith; third row — Coach Moatz, Twardon, Cole, Appleman, Boyles, P. Smith, G. Butler, McDowell, Hrzic, Martin, Joe Sopato, Irwin, Mays and Coach Davis; fourth row — Wagner, John Sopato, Garris, D. Thompson, Fuoss, Jasimas, Grove, T. Benjamin, Porta, D. Miller, Hamilton, R. Smith, R. Miller and Marschak.
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