Hall of Fame Stories | Pana Sports Foundation

2022 HALL OF FAME LEGENDS

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...

Dec 21, 20222 min read

Albert "Butch" Nowack - 2022 Hall of Fame Inductee

Albert “Butch” Nowack (Graduated from Pana High School - 1925) A native of Pana, Illinois, he played college football as a tackle at the...

Dec 21, 20222 min read

Olivia Lett - 2022 Hall of Fame Inductee

Olivia Lett (Graduated from Pana High School - 2008) Olivia is a part of a growing list of exceptional female basketball players who have...

Dec 21, 20221 min read

Paul "PD" Lees - 2022 Hall of Fame Inductee

Paul “PD” Lees (Graduated from Pana High School - 1956) PD Lees was a 3-sport standout at Pana High School excelling in the sports of...

Dec 21, 20222 min read

Michael "Mike" Cvengros - 2022 Hall of Fame Inductee

Michael “Mike” Cvengros (School History Unknown) Young Michael labored for a time in the coal mines. A newspaper described him as a...

Dec 21, 20221 min read

Ronald Crawford - 2022 Hall of Fame Inductee

Ronald Crawford (Graduated from Pana High School – 1959) Ron was a three-sport athlete in football, basketball, and track & field. Ron...

Dec 21, 20221 min read

Mary Stupek Cothern - 2022 Hall of Fame Inductee

Mary Stupek-Cothern (Graduated from Pana High School -1974) Mary was a senior in high school when girls athletics started at PHS. Mary is...

Dec 21, 20221 min read

Michael “Mike” Bland - 2022 Hall of Fame Inductee

Michael “Mike” Bland (Graduated from Pana High School - 1967) Mike Bland was another all-around athlete at Pana High School who could...

Dec 21, 20222 min read

Dr. Warren Eugene Amling - 2022 Hall of Fame Inductee

Dr. Warren Eugene Amling (December 29, 1924 – November 1, 2001) was a football and basketball player, playing for the Ohio State Buckeyes...

Dec 21, 20221 min read

Martin Amling - 2022 Hall of Fame Inductee

Martin Paul Amling, 92, of Pana, was born on February 7, 1923, the second of five sons of Martin C. F. and Tillie Eitzman Amling. He was...

Dec 21, 20221 min read

Herb Siegert - 2022 Hall of Fame Inductee

Herb Siegert - Graduated from Pana High School -1941) Herbert Frank Siegert (January 10, 1924 – September 26, 2008) was a football guard...