Scores - Week 2

[EaglealumsGhost]

But hovering close to .500 is possible still, their schedule is insanely tough . Not poo pooing them, I think they’re better than that, but there are 4-5 really tough ones left on their schedule, and really only 1 or 2 “breaks “ in the meat grinder

[Goldeneagles12]

I think defensively Tyrone will be in every game. Just got to cut back on all the mental errors on offense.

[crfball]

For a AAAA school, I’m not sure Johnstown had 40 kids on the team. Maybe 15 people in the stands as well.

[Colonel Mustard]

Chestnut Ridge 22 Johnstown 0.  Looks like Johnstown accepted a loss in a rain shortened game.

Somerset 19 Bishop McCort 16

So Johnstown decided to give-up with a whole half of football left? Not a great message to send to your kids.  22-0 is not exactly an insurmountable deficit.

[El-Moldo]

As Johnstown found out LAST week vs CC

[youngbuck]

Rumor is that administration is not happy with Penna, and it has nothing to do with wins and losses.  He will be done at the end of the year.  This was big part of Rich Price leaving to take the program at Blacklick.  If he is on the way out and knows it, going to be interesting year.  I understand that the big scene at the season opener sealed his fate.

[Lionjacket]

Rumor is that administration is not happy with Penna, and it has nothing to do with wins and losses.  He will be done at the end of the year.  This was big part of Rich Price leaving to take the program at Blacklick.  If he is on the way out and knows it, going to be interesting year.  I understand that the big scene at the season opener sealed his fate.

What big scene in week 1??

[youngbuck]

A breakdown in communication” is being blamed for a reported altercation at Greater Johnstown High School’s football game last week.

According to accounts, family members of late school board President Richard Unger were invited to Friday night’s season-opener at Trojan Stadium, where players were wearing “Tex” stickers on their helmets to honor Unger. Family members said football coach and Athletic Director Tony Penna Jr. was involved in organizing the tribute.

Unger family members said that after they arrived, they were met by school board President Cynthia Ahlborn, who they said used profanity and tried to force them to leave the event. District officials maintained the Unger family was not asked to leave the stadium.

This amounts to a they said-they said situation.

And while we agree with the assessment that a communication breakdown was a key factor, we must question how a tribute to a somewhat controversial former official could be appropriate at this time – and how such a public recognition could be rolled out without all key school district leaders signing off on the plan.

The Unger family told our David Hurst that school officials tried to have the group “evicted” from the event, but the family refused to leave.

“They were honoring my dad by putting ‘Tex’ on their helmets, because that was his nickname,” Dennis Unger said.

“My dad attended every single football game – snow, rain – because he loved those kids.”

Unger’s colleagues remember him as an ardent supporter of the Trojans’ sports teams.

“The football games were most enjoyable with him,” Vince Arcurio, who served with Unger on the board for 12 years, said after Unger’s death in January.

Added Edwin Mikesic, who has served on Greater Johnstown’s school board for

16 years, “He did many good things for the district – for the students, for the staff and community. He cared a lot about the students and the sports programs.”

Whichever side is telling the truth in last week’s incident, we can all agree that it was handled poorly, and inadequate planning led to this embarrassing situation.

Unger, who served as school board president from 2003 until 2017, resigned from the position last year following several months of scrutiny for his role in the hiring of his daughter.

An audit by state Auditor General Eugene DePasquale in December 2016 flagged the hiring process as “troubling” and it sparked an ethics investigation in April 2017.

Ahlborn replaced Unger as board chairwoman last summer.

Even though no legal action has been taken against the district as a result of the audit’s findings, should the football team publicly honor a former board chairman who was investigated for potential ethics misdeeds? And what message do kids get from wearing a nickname on their helmets when the individual is at a minimum controversial?

Perhaps having the family attend would have been more appropriate if a low-key approach had been used.

“There are obviously raw emotions and former friendships that have deteriorated over the years and healing has not occurred,” district officials said in a news release. “However, we regret that individuals left feeling upset.

“The district will ensure all appropriate members are involved in (the) planning and execution of tributes and memorials in the future,” the statement added.

We hope some lessons were learned so a similar uncomfortable situation doesn’t happen again in the future.

The district should review its protocols with all staff to ensure that everyone understands the necessary chain of command for such public tributes.

[jayjay6218]

A breakdown in communication” is being blamed for a reported altercation at Greater Johnstown High School’s football game last week.

According to accounts, family members of late school board President Richard Unger were invited to Friday night’s season-opener at Trojan Stadium, where players were wearing “Tex” stickers on their helmets to honor Unger. Family members said football coach and Athletic Director Tony Penna Jr. was involved in organizing the tribute.

Unger family members said that after they arrived, they were met by school board President Cynthia Ahlborn, who they said used profanity and tried to force them to leave the event. District officials maintained the Unger family was not asked to leave the stadium.

This amounts to a they said-they said situation.

And while we agree with the assessment that a communication breakdown was a key factor, we must question how a tribute to a somewhat controversial former official could be appropriate at this time – and how such a public recognition could be rolled out without all key school district leaders signing off on the plan.

The Unger family told our David Hurst that school officials tried to have the group “evicted” from the event, but the family refused to leave.

“They were honoring my dad by putting ‘Tex’ on their helmets, because that was his nickname,” Dennis Unger said.

“My dad attended every single football game – snow, rain – because he loved those kids.”

Unger’s colleagues remember him as an ardent supporter of the Trojans’ sports teams.

“The football games were most enjoyable with him,” Vince Arcurio, who served with Unger on the board for 12 years, said after Unger’s death in January.

Added Edwin Mikesic, who has served on Greater Johnstown’s school board for

16 years, “He did many good things for the district – for the students, for the staff and community. He cared a lot about the students and the sports programs.”

Whichever side is telling the truth in last week’s incident, we can all agree that it was handled poorly, and inadequate planning led to this embarrassing situation.

Unger, who served as school board president from 2003 until 2017, resigned from the position last year following several months of scrutiny for his role in the hiring of his daughter.

An audit by state Auditor General Eugene DePasquale in December 2016 flagged the hiring process as “troubling” and it sparked an ethics investigation in April 2017.

Ahlborn replaced Unger as board chairwoman last summer.

Even though no legal action has been taken against the district as a result of the audit’s findings, should the football team publicly honor a former board chairman who was investigated for potential ethics misdeeds? And what message do kids get from wearing a nickname on their helmets when the individual is at a minimum controversial?

Perhaps having the family attend would have been more appropriate if a low-key approach had been used.

“There are obviously raw emotions and former friendships that have deteriorated over the years and healing has not occurred,” district officials said in a news release. “However, we regret that individuals left feeling upset.

“The district will ensure all appropriate members are involved in (the) planning and execution of tributes and memorials in the future,” the statement added.

We hope some lessons were learned so a similar uncomfortable situation doesn’t happen again in the future.

The district should review its protocols with all staff to ensure that everyone understands the necessary chain of command for such public tributes.

Sounds like a bunch of political tit slapping to me.

For a schools district with so many problems it’s nice to see them focusing on what is important... being good role models for these young adults and putting their education and growth as individuals first... oh wait.... never mind

And then we wonder why the city of Johnstown has soooooo many problems!.....


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[Lionjacket]

That’s what happens when the school district lets everybody just do whatever they want. There is basically no accountability in GJSD, from what I hear anyway.