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Hall of Honor
Inductees
2007 |
On Friday evening September 21, 2007, four new members were added to the Hall of
Honor at Lancaster Catholic High School. The evening began with a small reception
for the guests and their families and friends prior to the induction ceremony held
at the high school, in Berger Gymnasium. The inductees were
Tom Bennett, Class of ’68, Leslie Diehl-Ziemer, Class of ’75, Bob Krimmel, Class
of ’43 and Tom Vargo, Coach from 1972 until 2005.
Tom Bennett, ’68 received his varsity letters in football and track.
He was a three year letter winner and two year starter in football, playing offensive
tackle and linebacker. He was named co-captain his senior year. He was named Tri-County
Football League All Star both his junior and senior year. His senior year he received
the Harry Buckius Award from the LCHS coaching staff as the most valuable lineman
on the team. At the conclusion of his senior season, he was chosen to play in the
Lancaster County All Star Football Game where he started on both offense and defense
and was named the games MVP.
A three year letter winner in track, he threw the shot and discus. His senior year
he set a school record in the shot put. He helped lead LCHS to the 1967 and 1968
Class B Pennsylvania Catholic School Track Championships.
Tom received a football scholarship to Villanova University where he was a three
year letter winner and starter at offensive guard. Currently he is both a Lancaster-Lebanon
League as well as NCAA collegiate soccer official. He lives in Lancaster.
Leslie Diehl Ziemer lettered in basketball and track. This four
year letter winner in girls’ basketball was a three year starter for the team, playing
point guard and forward. As a sophomore, she was the starting point guard for the
LCHS PIAA District III Girls Championship Basketball Team. As a junior starter,
she helped lead LCHS to an undefeated 27-0 record in route to a PIAA District III
Championship as well as the 1974 PIAA Girls State Basketball Championship (the first
state championship title for any team sport in school history). As a senior, she
was a team co-captain and helped lead LCHS to the L-L League Championship and the
PIAA District III Runner-up. The loss in the district final ended a 53 game unbeaten
streak for the LCHS Girls Basketball Program, a streak in which she started every
game. At the conclusion of her senior season, she was named L-L League All League
All Star, as well as L-L League Section II All Star. She was also named team MVP.
A four year letter winner in track, she participated in the sprints and relays.
Her senior year she received the Lawrence Berger Award as the top student/athlete
at LCHS. She attended the University of Pittsburgh where she was a one year letter
winner and starter in basketball as a freshman. She lives in New Holland.
Bob Krimmel, ’43, was a letter winner in football and basketball.
As a two year letter winner and starter in football, he played offensive tackle
and halfback. As a junior, he was a starting offensive tackle but was moved to halfback
his senior year due to his exceptional speed. His senior year, he helped lead LCHS
to a 6-2 record and was the teams’ leading scorer. He was also named a co-captain
of the team. At the end of his senior season, he was one of four county players
considered for the prestigious All Lancaster County Football Award which was awarded
to his teammate John Ritchey.
As a two year letter winner and starter in basketball, he played guard. His senior
year he led the team in scoring and therefore had the rare distinction of being
the leading scorer in both football and basketball that year.
He was recruited by Franklin & Marshall College to continue his football career
but was drafted into the Navy and served during World War II. After the war he returned
to Lancaster where he remained active at LCHS serving ten years on the board of
the LCHS Athletic Association including two years as president. He currently resides
in Lancaster.
A long-time head coach at Catholic, Tom Vargo was associated with
wrestling and tennis during his 33 year tenure. Tom was the head wrestling coach
at LCHS from 1972-1987 where he compiled an overall record of 184-61-3. He coached
fifteen consecutive winning seasons in his fifteen year tenure including one Central
Penn Catholic League Championship in 1974 and L-L League Section II Championships
in 1980 and 1981 and an L-L League Section I Co-Championship in 1983. In addition,
his teams won PIAA District III AAA Championships in 1982 and 1983 and a PIAA District
III AA Championship in 1985. He was voted L-L League Section II Coach of the Year
in 1980 and 1981 and L-L League Section I Coach of the Year in 1983. Overall he
produced 23 Section Champions, 4 District Champions and 1 State Runner-up and all
without the benefit of a junior high feeder program.
He was the head boys’ tennis coach from 2001-2005 and compiled an overall Section
record of 43-2. His teams advanced to the L-L League playoffs all five of his seasons
as head coach and won three L-L League Section III Titles. In 2005, his team compiled
an overall record of 21-1 which included capturing the PIAA District III AA Championship.
That same team advanced to the State Semifinals before losing to Sewickely Academy
3-2.
He also served as an assistant football coach at LCHS for twelve years, coaching
the running backs on the freshman football team. In his twenty years of head coaching
two different sports at Lancaster Catholic he never had a losing season. In addition
to his coaching service to the school, he was a Physical Education teacher at LCHS
for over 33 years. Tom lives in Lititz.
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Hall of Honor
Inductees 2006
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JAMES BENNETT
1965-69
Lettered in football and track.
A three year letter winner in football, he played offensive and defensive tackle.
He was named Tri-County League Football All Star both his junior and senior year
and as a senior was named Honorable Mention All State. He was also named the Harry
A. Buckius Award winner by the LCHS coaching staff as Outstanding Senior Lineman.
A three year letter winner in track, he competed in the discus and shot put. He
was a key member of both the 1967 and 1968 LCHS teams that won Pennsylvania Catholic
Interscholastic Athletic Association (PCIAA) State Championships. His senior year
he set a school record in the discus.
He received a football scholarship to the University of Delaware where he was a
three year letter winner, playing center. He was a starter on the 1971 and 1972
College Division National Championship Football Teams at Delaware, coached by the
legendary Tubby Raymond.
In 1975 he returned to Lancaster Catholic where for the next eight years he taught
social studies and was an assistant football and baseball coach. He lives in Leola.
JAMES DAECHER
1937-41
Lettered in football and basketball.
A two year letter winner in football, he played end and was a formidable offensive
weapon at the position. A three year letter winner and two year starter in basketball,
he played center. He was one of LCHS’s early basketball stars leading the team in
scoring both his junior and senior year. He helped lead LCHS to two of its finest
basketball seasons ever, 16-4 his junior year and 17-3 his senior year. He was one
of the truly outstanding local high school players of his time.
He received offers to continue his basketball career in college however he was drafted
into the Navy and served during World War II. Mr. Daecher passed away earlier this
year.
PAULA KAMBIC-KEMP
1971-75
Lettered in basketball.
She had the rare distinction of being a four year letter winner and starter playing
the forward position. Her sophomore year she played a key role on the LCHS 1973
PIAA District III Basketball Championship Team. Her junior year she helped lead
LCHS to the 1974 PIAA District III Basketball Championship and the 1974 PIAA Girls
State Basketball Championship, the first state championship in school history. As
a senior she led the team in scoring and to the Lancaster-Lebanon League Girls Basketball
Championship, the first in school history. That same year she was named Lancaster-Lebanon
League 1st Team Basketball All Star. She concluded her basketball career at LCHS
as the second player in school history to score over a thousand points in a career
having scored 1,340. During her career, her teams played over sixty regular season
games without a defeat. She is truly one of the best players to ever have played
for the purple and gold. She lives in Gordonville.
EDWARD MALEY
1955-59
Lettered in football and basketball.
A three year letter winner in football, he played end and linebacker. He was a letter
winner on the LCHS team that won the 1956 Central Penn Catholic Football League
Championship and compiled a 10-0 record. His senior year he was named team captain.
That same year he received the Harry A. Buckius Award given by the LCHS coaches
as the Outstanding Senior Lineman. He was also awarded the Knights of Columbus Outstanding
Player Award.
He lettered three years and was a two year starter in basketball. His senior year
he was named team captain. As a senior he set a school record for most points scored
in a game (35) and in one game went 17 for 17 in free throws. He was also the Central
Penn Catholic Basketball League scoring leader that year averaging over 21 points
a game. He was named Central Penn Catholic Basketball League All Star his senior
year. He received the Lawrence Berger Award as the top senior student/athlete at
LCHS. After graduation he attended Brown University where he lettered in football
and crew. He lives in Lancaster.
JAMES PAUL
1961-65
Lettered in football, basketball and track.
A three year letter winner and two year starter in football, he played offensive
and defensive end. His senior year he was named Honorable Mention Tri-County League
Football All Star and was awarded the Harry A. Buckius Award by the LCHS coaching
staff as the Outstanding Senior Lineman on the team. He lettered one year in basketball
and played forward.
He was a three year letter winner in track. He competed in the 440, one mile and
two mile races.
He went on to play football at Garden City Junior College in Kansas where he was
named Junior College All American at split end. He was then awarded a football scholarship
to Adams State College (Rocky Mountain Conference) in Colorado. He was named All
Conference as well as All American split end in both his junior and senior year.
In 1969 he signed a free agent contract with the Denver Broncos and was a member
of the team in 1969 and 1970.
He went on to have a successful high school coaching career in football, basketball
and track having coached in Erie, Pennsylvania, Pueblo, Colorado, and in Nagoles,
Arizona where he currently coaches all three sports. His coaching career also included
two years as head coach in the European Professional Football League in Bergamo,
Italy. He currently resides in Rio Rico, Arizona.
MATTHEW SENKOWSKI
1990-94
Lettered in soccer and track.
A four year letter winner in soccer, he played forward/midfielder. He was named
a team captain both his junior and senior year. During his four years playing for
the Crusaders he helped lead Catholic to the Lancaster-Lebanon League Soccer Playoffs
three of those four years and the PIAA District III Soccer Playoffs two of those
four years. As a sophomore he led the Lancaster-Lebanon League in goals scored with
22 and finished third his senior year with 16 goals scored. His senior year he set
a school record scoring 6 goals in one game. He has the distinction of being the
only soccer player in school history to be named Lancaster-Lebanon League 1st Team
Soccer All Star for three consecutive years. At the conclusion of his senior year
he was chosen to play and start in the Lancaster-Lebanon League Soccer All Stars
vs. York County Soccer All Stars Game and scored 2 goals in the game. He concluded
his high school career as the all time leading scorer in LCHS boys soccer history
having scored 57 goals. He also tallied 39 assists during his all star career.
A one year letter winner in track, he competed in the 400 and various relays. He
received a soccer scholarship to Lehigh University where he was a four year letter
winner playing forward/midfielder. His soccer career also included playing for the
Lancaster Spartans Amateur Soccer Team on two different occasions, 1993-94 and again
in 1998-99. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.
ROBERT TREES
1947-51
Lettered in football, basketball and track.
A three year letter winner and two year starter in football he played end. He was
one of the outstanding players on the LCHS team that won the 1950 Central Penn Catholic
Football League Championship. That same year he was named 1st Team Central Penn
Catholic Football League All Star and 2nd Team All Lancaster County Football All
Star.
A two year letter winner and starter in basketball he played forward. He was a key
member of the LCHS team that won the 1951 Central Penn Catholic Basketball League
Championship compiling a 17-5 record.
A two year letter winner in track he competed in the 440 and the 880.
He received a football scholarship to Syracuse University where he was a three year
member of the team and played end. He lives in Lancaster.
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