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Sep 5, 20232 min read

Edmond, Thomas, & Patrick Coady - 2023 Hall of Fame Inductee

Edmond “Ed” Hoffman Coady was an American football player and a starting quarterback for the University of Notre Dame, holding the...

Sep 5, 20231 min read

Wayne E Siegert (Class of 1947) - Hall of Fame Inductee

Wayne Siegert was an all-around athlete who graduated with the Class of 1947. He played all four years of football, basketball, track and...

Sep 5, 20232 min read

Larry Gene Spinner (Class of 1953) - 2023 Hall of Fame Inductee

Larry Spinner was a four-sport athlete who graduated from Pana Township High School in 1953, earning eleven varsity letters during his...

Sep 5, 20231 min read

Stanley Bockewitz (Class of 1971) - 2023 Hall of Fame Inductee

Stan “The Man” Bockewitz was an all-around athlete who graduated with the Class of 1971. He played all three years of football,...

Sep 5, 20233 min read

Kay Metzger Groll (Class of 1975) - 2023 Hall of Fame Inductee

Kay was one of the first female athletes to benefit from the passage of Title IX in 1972. Kay, along with many other aspiring female...

Sep 5, 20232 min read

Ken “Moose” Bland (Class of 1979) - 2023 Hall of Fame Inductee

Ken “Moose” Bland was voted Most Popular, Best Build, and Most Handsome by his 1979 classmates. However, he excelled the most on the...

Sep 5, 20232 min read

Kent Holthaus (Class of 1991) - 2023 Hall of Fame Inductee

Kent Holthaus was a three-sport athlete who ran away with the awards in 1991. Every coach will tell you, “Offense gets the glory, but...

Sep 5, 20233 min read

Julianne McMillen Green (Class of 2003) - 2023 Hall of Fame Inductee

Julianne McMillen Green was a premier athlete during the first three years of the new millennium. She was an all-around athlete who...

Sep 5, 20233 min read

Rachelle Harbert Senese (Class of 2008) - 2023 Hall of Fame Inductee

Rachelle Harbert Senese was one of the most prolific student athletes to ever walk the halls of Pana High School. As a student, she was...

Sep 5, 20232 min read

Kevin Duez (Class of 1968) - 2023 Hall of Fame Inductee

A good coach is positive, enthusiastic, supportive, trusting, focused, knowledgeable, goal-oriented, observant, respectful, patient and a...

Sep 5, 20232 min read

Arthur G. Kronshagen (Class of 1940) - 2023 Hall of Fame Inductee

It has been said that those who can do, and those who can’t…. do something else. In Arthur “Art” Kronshagen’s situation – because he...

Sep 5, 20232 min read

Charles “Charlie” Downs (Class of 1948) - 2023 Hall of Fame Inductee

Charlie Downs knows a little something about fundraising. In 1967, he served on the committee that raised funds to purchase Huber...

Sep 5, 20232 min read

2001 Boys Basketball Team - 2023 Hall of Fame Inductee

The 2000-2001 Pana Panthers boys’ basketball team came into the season with high expectations. The team returned many key players from...

Sep 5, 20232 min read

2003 Girls Basketball Team - 2023 Hall of Fame Inductee

The Lady Panthers’ season began with a new coach at the helm – Carey McVickers. He inherited a varsity team who went 24-6 the previous...

Sep 5, 20231 min read

1965 Football Team - 2023 Hall of Fame Inductee

In 1965, the Pana Panthers surprised many skeptics. The Panthers, backed by the enthusiasm of the entire city, rolled on to their first...

Dec 21, 20221 min read

1988 Pana High School Boys Class “A” State Basketball Champions - 2022 Hall of Fame Inductee

1988 Pana High School Boys Class “A” State Basketball Champions 1st Row, Head Coach Charles Strasburger, Assistant Coach Mike Bender,...

Dec 21, 20221 min read

1955 Undefeated, Untied Pana High School Football Team - 2022 Hall of Fame Inductee

1955 Undefeated, Untied Pana High School Football Team Row 1: Larry Fehrenbacher, Roger Metzger, Jerry Bland, Jim Willson, Bill Palmer,...

Dec 21, 20222 min read

Ronald "Ron" Sims - 2022 Hall of Fame Inductee

Ronald “Ron” Sims Graduated from Pana High School - 1964 Supporting Athletics in Pana for 53 Years Ron is without a doubt one of the most...

Dec 21, 20222 min read

Carol Schramm - 2022 Hall of Fame Inductee

Carol Schramm Pana Girls Athletics Coach and Pana High School Athletic Director You cannot start a conversation about Pana Girls...

Dec 21, 20222 min read

Martin Stupek - 2022 Hall of Fame Inductee

Martin Stupek (Graduated from Pana High School - 1979) Martin is arguably one of Pana’s best all around athletes having excelled in...