SOFTBALL/TENNIS

Pitcher for the 2000 WAHS softball team that was Western Pa. champion and state silver medalist, and claimed back-to-back District 10 titles (1999, 2000) and four straight conference titles (1997-2000). First-team all-state (2000), conference MVP (1998-2000) and four-year starting player and letter winner for the Dragon softball team. The Dragons had an 80-8 record over the four years she played for Warren. In the 2000 season, compiled 145 strikeouts, a perfect game and 10 shutouts, including five in the playoffs. In the 1999 undefeated regular season, she hit .354 and, as a pitcher, had an ERA of 0.61.

1998 District 10 doubles champion and state quarterfinalist with Erin Bartsch in girls tennis. 1999 District 10 singles and doubles runnerup. Four-year starter and letter winner for WAHS girls tennis. 112-24 career record in singles and doubles

Four-year starting point guard and letter winner for WAHS girls basketball. Named all-conference all four years. District 10 runnerup two years.

Jeff Berdine

Grove City College Hall of Fame Class of 2018 for softball and tennis. Earned Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference All-Star and CoSIDA Academic All-District honors.

As a pitcher, owns the single season and career records for strikeouts per seven innings. Holds the first and fourth spots for GCCs women’s softball all-time single season ERA (1.08 in 2004 and 1.40 in 2001) and is second in all-time career ERA at 1.90. Earned conference Pitcher of the Year in 2004.

Hit .473 for the GCC in 2004 (second all-time single-season batting average for GCC) and led the team in hits, total bases and RBIs. Career batting average of .367 ranks seventh all-time at Grove City. Earned all-conference recognition all four years, including first team three times and was named Freshman of the Year in 2001. Started for the softball team and lettered all four years.

In tennis at Grove City, won conference titles in both singles and doubles, as well as first-team all-conference, all four years. Earned conference Player of the Year award in both 2002 and 2003. Compiled a 47-9 career singles record and 42-12 doubles record, going 36-0 in conference matches. Helped lead the Wolverines to four straight league titles. Started and lettered all four years in tennis at GCC.

JEFF BERDINE

Matt Burlingame

COACHING

Head coach of the Warren Area High School boys’ basketball team for 25 years (2001-26), where he has won 338 games for the Dragons

2024 District 10 champion where they defeated Hickory, and earned the second district title in WAHS history (first since 1983)

Won the 2025 region title, the first in more than 40 years

Coached three of Warren’s six 1,000-point scorers in Ben Maljovec (’04), Jeff Eaton (’08) and Preston McMeans (’12)

Mike Cradduck

Led the Dragons to four PIAA appearances, including two victories in 2007: the first against St. Marys, as well as an upset versus West Allegheny

Assistant coach of the Eisenhower Knights for four years prior to being hired at Warren

MATT BURLINGAME

WRESTLING

84-19 record (81.6%) at Eisenhower High School over three years (did not wrestle sophomore year due to surgery)

Pat Damore

1990 PIAA third-place finisher at 152 pounds

Division I wrestler at Virginia Tech (1991-95), was a four-year starter, and a three-time co-captain for the Hokies

72-39-1 record at Virginia Tech that ranked No. 10 on the all-time wins list

Four-time Colonial Athletic Association place winner

One-time Virginia Intercollegiate League state champion, and a three-time place-winner

Mike Decker

1987 PJW state champion at 130 pounds

Assistant and head wrestling coach at Manchester University (DIII) in Indiana for eight years where he had four NCAA national qualifiers, and one All-American.

MIKE CRADDUCK

FOOTBALL/TRACK

2,942 career rushing yards for Warren High School, averaging 105.93 yards per game

Current 4×800-meter relay record holder, set in 2001, at WAHS at 8:03.62 with teammates Justin Norris, Gunnar Nelson and Jim Frye

Held the 400-meter record at Warren Area High School at 50.54 seconds for more than 10 years

Finished 12th at the 2001 PIAA track state championships in the 4×800-meter relay as a sophomore

Division II football player at Edinboro University where he earned second-team all-conference honors as a sophomore, and an honorable-mention choice as an outside linebacker as a senior

Part of the winningest dynasty in Edinboro history as he helped the Fighting Scots win three consecutive PSAC Championships in 2003, 2004 and 2005

Defensive specialist and special teams player at Edinboro and played in all 11 games for the 2006 season

PATRICK DAMORE

GOLF

Current director of golf/head golf coach at St. Bonaventure University for both men’s and women’s teams

1988 District 10 individual golf champion, finished 13th in the state of Pennsylvania

Played Division I golf on a scholarship at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Elected to the PGA of America in 2004

Head golf professional at Conewango Valley Country Club for 13 years

Played competitive golf for 47 years and professional competitive golf for 27 years

Founded “Patrick Damore Golf Instruction, PGA Teaching Service,” which has helped him teach more than 2,000 lessons since 1998

YouTube Channel “Patrick Damore Golf Instruction” has reached more than 1.5 million views

MIKE DECKER

COACHING

First-ever head boys soccer coach of the Eisenhower High School Knights from 1999-2012, where he amassed a career record of 178-75-8 including 12 consecutive winning seasons and two state tournament appearances

Two District 10 titles in 2005 and 2006; the first-ever District 10 soccer title in Warren County soccer history

Three region titles in 2006, 2007 and 2010

In 2013, the Eisenhower soccer field was named “Mike Decker Field” in honor of the contributions he made to the Eisenhower Knights soccer program

Played men’s varsity soccer for Edinboro State College from 1979-81, where he worked his way to be a starter at left back for the Fighting Scots

MIKE DOLAN

COACHING

Head coach of the Warren Area High School girls volleyball team since 2007 (19 seasons). Won the PIAA silver medal as AAA runnerup in 2018

Coached the Dragons to three District 10 championships, six region titles, three undefeated regular seasons (2014, 2018, 2025), with an official win-loss record of 223-103 (68.4%)

Posted a final season ranking as a top-10 team in Pennsylvania four times (PVCA)

Coached 34 players who have been selected All-District 10, four region Players of the Year, 11 players to have earned all-state honors, and dozens of players who have gone on to play college volleyball in all divisions, including two playing at the Division I level

Three PIAA state tournament appearances, with a career playoff record of 21-17

Played college volleyball at Villanova University, and helped the Wildcats win the 1989 EIVA title

LIZ DUNN

WHEELCHAIR RUGBY

Made the 2020 USAWR (United States of America Wheelchair Rugby) team and is the first woman on the USA wheelchair rugby training team during a paralympic year (Tokyo 2020). She did not travel to Tokyo, but was the second woman to ever make the USAWR National Team

Member of the 2021 USAWR National training squad

Competed in, and won, the gold medal in the 2022 Americas Wheelchair Rugby Championship in Columbia

Member of the 2022 U.S. National Team that won the silver medal at the Wheelchair Rugby World Championships in Denmark. Became the first of two women to compete for the United States at a major championship

Won a national championship in the USWRA league. Dunn plays for the Texas Stampede where she has helped win one first-place, two second-place, and one third-place finish at Division I Nationals. They also qualified for nationals in April 2026.

Competed at the 2024 Women’s Cup in Paris where they came in sixth place

Has also played low point wheelchair rugby (variation of the sport for the lower classifications) where she won a national championship in 2023, and represented USA in Switzerland in October 2025

RICK EATON

MODIFIED SOFTBALL/COACHING

Famous for his trademark knuckleball pitch. Led Betts to Amateur Softball Association A Major Division state titles in 1996 and 2002

Pitched Betts Industries to an ASA A Major National Championship in 2000 and a second-place finish in 2002

Named an ASA National All-American pitcher four times

Led Betts Industries to 14 straight Richard T. Betts Rec Modified Softball League titles and 20 of 21 through 2009

First-ever varsity baseball coach at Eisenhower High School where he coached the 2003 Knights to the District 10 title

Won two District 10 titles as a head coach (2019) and assistant coach (2012) for the Warren Dragons. In nine seasons as head coach of Warren, Eaton had more than 100 wins.

Senior club champion at Blueberry Hill Golf Club

RANDY ENT

MARKSMAN SHOOTING

Captured 17 state titles in various marksman shooting competitions, classes and disciplines over a 35-year career

2012 national champion (match No. 2) of the Cowboy Lever Action Silhouette Rifle in Raton, New Mexico

Helped introduce the sport of shooting and the many types of it, particularly NRA Silhouette and the Civilian Marksmanship Program to many locals

Widely recognized in America’s shooting community, and competitors often seek him out for advice

Self-taught offhand shooter who has traveled more than 100,000 miles to compete and demonstrate his skills in 17 different states

JIM HUFF

ARCHERY

Two-time national individual champion (2000 and 2011), where he secured both victories on the final arrow. For the 2000 title, Huff hit a target the size of a coat button from 45 yards away.

Three-time national team champion in 2008, 2009, 2010 for the Male Bowhunter Open

Two-time world finalist

Two-time bronze medal winner in the Individual Triple Crown where he won Leg No. 1 in the International Bowhunters Organization

Finished 11th in the world in the MBO out of 207 competitors in Anderson, Indiana.

COLTER JOHNSON

FOOTBALL

Division I punter at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Listed on the 2013 Ray Guy Award Watch List, which featured the nation’s top collegiate punters

No. 25 on the NFL Draft Punter rankings list

Named All Mid-American Conference third team in 2012

2012 Week 12 MAC Special Teams Player of the Week

At Alfred State College, named the Freshman Male Athlete of the Year in 2011, and awarded the Alfred State College’s Male Sportsmanship Award in 2012

Had 133 total college punts for the Minutemen for a total of 5,375 yards, at an average of 40.4 yards per punt, and a career long of 66 yards

TIM JULIANO

BROADCASTING

Began sports commentating for Warren High School sports in 1988 when Jim Gibson (WCSHOF ’95) asked him to fill in as color commentator for a Dragon football game

Has been calling Warren football and basketball games for more than 35 years, and has called between 700-800 games for the Dragons

Has a true passion for calling and broadcasting Warren High School sports where he brings energy and insight to every broadcast, and has no plans to slow down

Among his most memorable calls are Warren girls basketball defeating Cathedral Prep as Margo Loutzenhiser became the program’s all-time leading scorer; Emma Ruhlman sinking three free throws with no time remaining to win a District 10 title; and Warren football’s dramatic comeback victory over Oil City after trailing by 18 points during Mark Morelli’s tenure. Those are moments that highlight both his longevity and connection to some of the program’s most iconic achievements.

KIT KISER

WRESTLING

109-33 high school record for Youngsville High School (77% winning percentage)

1989 District 10 champion at 140 pounds

Two-time PIAA state qualifier in 1988 and 1989

Wrestled Division I collegiately at California University of Pennsylvania where he was the team captain and leader of the Vulcans

1994 NCAA Division I national championship qualifier at 150 pounds for Cal U after winning a must-win Eastern Regional qualifier

Collegiate Division I record at Cal U of 23-10

Earned the 1993-94 Rookie of the Year award at Cal U as well as the Most Courageous Award for coming back after a four-year layoff from competition and coming back from the in-season injury that sidelined him for a month

RICHARD ‘FUZZY’ MERENICK

COACHING/GOLF

Brought back the Warren Area High School golf team in 1980 after a nine-year hiatus and helped get the golf programs established at Youngsville and Eisenhower a few years later

Coached six players who qualified for the PIAA state tournament

Coached the Dragon golf team to five TCAC section titles in 1986, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1994

Assistant coach of the 2023 WAHS golf team that won the first-ever District 10 team title in school history

Winner of five member-guest titles, one club Championship and three senior club championships at Blueberry Hill Golf Club

Helped young golfers for many years learn the game through the junior golf program at Blueberry for more than 15 years

Coached as part of three basketball programs for Warren — assistant varsity coach for Warren High, ninth-grade coach at Beaty, and intramural coach for the seventh- and eighth-grade teams at Beaty

PETE MOLINARO

COACHING/PROMOTER

Head coach of the first-ever District 10 champion Warren Dragon baseball team in 1977, where they finished fourth in the state of Pennsylvania, and had a regular season record of 16-1

First athletic director at Beaty Junior Middle School, and helped to start the club soccer program in Warren

One of the founders of the annual Special Olympics Golf Tournament, which still exists today

Played baseball for Clarion University, and initiated the wrestling program there

Played against Eddie Feigner in the “King and His Court” fast-pitch softball tour

Assistant coach for the Warren Area High School Dragon football team for two years

THOMAS PELLEGRINO

COACHING/TENNIS

2012 District 10 doubles champion with Matt Sandberg, where they were PIAA state quarterfinalists

Captain of the first-ever District 10 team championship in Warren tennis history in 2012 where they finished as PIAA state quarterfinalists

Three-year starter for Warren, accumulating more than 70 varsity wins, mostly at the second-singles position.

Played collegiate tennis at Edinboro University from 2012-15, starting in the ’14 and ’15 seasons, helping the Scots capture their first PSAC championship since 1978 in the 2014 season and again in 2015.

Won key matches in the conference championships and NCAA regional tournament to help advance Edinboro to its first ever national bid where they made it to the Sweet 16

Head coach, Warren girls (2020-present) and boys (2019-present) where he transformed the girls program into a consistent District 10 contender, making multiple finals runs, producing its best results since the 1990s, while guiding the boys program to multiple region championships, District 10 finals appearances, and sustained winning seasons.

More than 100 career wins across both programs and has sent 15-plus student athletes to play collegiate tennis at the DII and DIII level.

Started a YMCA youth tennis program in 2019 and has run it yearly with 40-plus kids each summer.

Developed a first-sixth grade tennis club through St. Joe’s to kick off the spring of 2026

B.J. SALERNO

BASEBALL/COACHING

Played catcher for Warren Area High School, and hit over .400 for his career and over .500 in his senior season. In 2005, he helped lead the Dragons to an 18-2 record and a league championship

Standout on the gridiron for the Warren Dragon football team where he was a multi-year two-way starter at middle linebacker and running back, serving as a team captain his senior year.

Current St. Bonaventure University associate head coach, and has been on the Bonnies staff for 13 years

Played Division I baseball for St. Bonaventure where he helped lead the Bonnies to the A-10 Tournament three consecutive years (2006-08). He was also a part of the 2006 Atlantic 10 Tournament runnerup team

Started 152 consecutive games behind the plate for the Bonnies and was a senior co-captain

Helped recruit and oversee multiple All-Americans, and was on the pitching staff in 2016 when the Bonnies led the A-10 in team ERA with a 2.79

MIKE SULLIVAN

WRESTLING

143-26 high school career record at Youngsville High School (2003-06), and Titusville High School (2002-03)

At Youngsville, won 122 total matches, and had an 88.4% winning percentage

Two-time PIAA state medalist at 275 pounds (third in 2006 and fifth in 2005)

2005 District 10 champion at 275 pounds

2004 Fargo All-American in both freestyle (eighth) and Greco (eighth)

Wrestled collegiately at Mercyhurst University, and compiled a 26-14 record

Three-time PJW place winner (first in 2003, fourth in 2002, third in 2001)

TYLER SWEET

TRACK & FIELD

Warren Area High School javelin record with a throw of 197-10, good for seventh in the nation

Three-time District 10 champion in the javelin, two-time finalist performance at the Penn Relays, and a three-time PIAA state qualifier in the javelin

Attended Division I University of Akron on an athletic scholarship, where he won the Mid-American Conference javelin championship as a freshman with a throw of 221-11, the fourth-best throw in Akron history

Three-time individual MAC outdoor champion (’08, ’09, ’11)/All-MAC first team, and placed ninth in the NCAA Mideast Regional

Paul Werner Newcomer of the Year Award winner at Akron.

Won the Jesse Owens Classic, Campbell/Wright Invitational (’08, ’09, ’10), the LSU Tiger Relays (’10, ’11), All-Ohio champion, and the Northeast Ohio Quad Javelin titles (’08, ’10)

As a senior, was a first-team All-MAC honoree, advanced to the NCAA preliminaries, and placed 18th

Four-year letterman at the University of Akron and an NCAA regional qualifier all four years

LAUREN TIMCO

BRAILIAN JIU JITSU

First female Brazilian Jiu Jitsu blackbelt in Western New York. Earned the black belt from Kinetix Combat in Jamestown, New York

One of less than 15,000 registered BJJ blackbelts in the United States, where females make up about 2% of this number

Mastered the goal of BJJ — to defeat an opponent by using throws and control positions to set up joint locks, chokeholds, and other submissions to get an opponent to tap out

Has trained Jiu Jitsu for 13 years.

Competed at tournaments in Austin and Houston, Texas, Las Vegas, Toronto, Buffalo and Pittsburgh

Heavily involved in other recreational sports that include being a high and low ropes course instructor, kayak instructor, lifeguard instructor and whitewater rafting guide.

LOU VIZZA

OFFICIATING

38-year registered PIAA football and basketball official from 1987-2025

Member of the Buffalo Bills chain crew from 1990-2005

Earned the Gold Watch Award for 30 consecutive years of PIAA service

Officiated three PIAA state championship playoff games –1997 Class 2A, 2005 Class 2A, and 2019 Class 4A

Participated in well over 100 PIAA playoff assignments

Selected as a back judge for the Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches All-Star Game in Altoona

Jamestown Community College assistant women’s basketball coach from 2004-10

Warren Area High School assistant football coach from 1977-82

JEFF WHITE

ADMINISTRATOR/COACH

Warren Area High School athletic director from 2005-25

President of District 10 Athletic Directors from 2017-19

2019-present: Sergeant of Arms of the District 10 Committee

PIAA referee since 2023

Current PIAA District 10 volleyball tournament director

Sheffield girls head basketball coach (1996-99) where they qualified for the PIAA state tournament twice. Warren High girls head basketball coach from 1999-2003 where they were the 2000 District 10 runnerup and a PIAA state qualifier

Coached three 1,000-point scorers (Amanda Duell- Sheffield, Jessica Moldovan, Warren; and Angela Pellegrino, Warren) and has more than 100 career wins during his tenure

MATT WHITE

BOWLING

10-year member of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA), where he took part in 14 events, and cashed seven times

Two regional PBA doubles titles with partner Jeff Zaffino (WCSHOF ’21)

Bowled 80 300-games in his career and 41 800 series

Bowled in weekly leagues at Riverside Lanes where he held the record for high league average of 245

First bowler in the Jamestown Bowling Company Nitro Series history to throw a 300 game (January 2026)

Two second-place runnerup finishes in regional singles tournaments, and has qualified for nationals four times

KRISTI (ZAVINSKI) HANKS

SOFTBALL/GOLF

29-3 career record for the Warren girls softball team with a 1.09 ERA and a batting average of .331.

Named to the TCAC All-Conference team as a junior, and was the TCAC All-Conference MVP as a senior

Pitt-Bradford Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2012 for golf and softball

As a golfer for the Panthers, she finished third at the AMCC tournament in 2005. As a senior, she ranked second on the team in scoring average and was the medalist in a match against Ursuline College

As a freshman in softball, she went 12-3 with a league-low 1.81 earned run average to lead the Panthers to their second consecutive AMCC championship and the ECAC South Regional Final Four, the first postseason appearance in school history.

Led the Panthers in wins for the second straight season as a sophomore as Pitt-Bradford won its third-consecutive AMCC title and advanced to the NCAA tournament for the first time ever in school history

Won 18 games in 2006, posted a 1.43 ERA, (school records), ranking among the top 10 seasons all-time in AMCC history as well as a school-best 35 games. As a senior, led the Panthers to their fourth AMCC title in five years and third consecutive NCAA tournament appearance.

Ended her college career as the program’s all-time leader in wins (54), appearances (89), compete games (74), shutouts (13), and innings pitched (526.2). Her teams went 103-50-1 during her career and amassed 51 AMCC wins, the most by any school over that span. She also has season records for fewest walks allowed per game (0.42), shutouts (7) and ranks in top 10 all-time in hits (107) and runs batted in (66).

Four-time All-AMCC selection and five-time AMCC Pitcher of the Week. She was also named the Pitt-Bradford Female Athlete of the Year in both 2005-06 and 2006-07.

Mike Dolan

Liz Dunn

Rick Eaton

Randy Ent

Jim Huff

Colter Johnson

Tim Juliano

Kit Kiser

Richard "Fuzzy" Merenick

Pete Molinaro

Thomas Pellegrino

B.J. Salerno

Mike Sullivan

Tyler Sweet

Lauren Timco

Lou Vizza

Jeff White

Matt White

Kristy (Zavinski) Hanks