RAY SWANSON | Keystoner Scarvel named coach at Reynolds

It's nice to see a son follow in his father's footsteps. Mention Farrell High football and the first name that pops into your head is Lou Falconi. The second name that brings back a lot of fond memories is Don Scarvel, long-time defensive coordinator during Farrell's back-to-back state championship run in 1995-96.
Well, it's Don's son, Tim, who is now in the limelight, having been named football coach recently at Reynolds High. Tim succeeds Roger Shoaff, who resigned following a 2-7 campaign in 2003.
The new coach, a history teacher at Reynolds High, had been an assistant on Shoaff's staff for the past six years. He was elevated by a 7-1 vote of the Reynolds Area school board.
When he needs help, he won't have far to go. Don has been a member of the Raider staff for several years, as has been Tim's brother, Frank. John Tofani, a former Reynolds standout, will also remain on as an assistant coach. Other assistant coaches will be named at a later date.
The new Raider coach, age 30, could be taking over at the right time since the program should be well fortified at most positions since only four seniors were starters last year. That means the Raiders will be experienced this season.
Scarvel graduated from Farrell in 1991 and attended Slippery Rock University. He received a degree in history and secondary education from Westminster College in 1995. He has taught at Reynolds for the past seven years.
Reynolds has had a number of outstanding coaches down through the years, including Frank Amato and Denny Driscoll. The Raiders at one time were one of the most powerful around.
Bowling Hall of Fame
The Mercer County Bowling Hall of Fame will honor its Class of 2004 on Feb. 28 at the Radisson in West Middlesex.
Five members will be inducted including Richie Antol, formerly of Hermitage and now residing in Traverse City, Mich.; Robert E. Kolbrich, long-time bowler from Hermitage; Ronda Reichart and Gary L. Henry, both of Greenville, and Jacque Leppert, Grove City.
The evening will begin with a cocktail hour at 5 p.m. The banquet will be held at 6 p.m.
The featured speaker of the evening will be Lindsey Coulles of Centerhill, Ohio.
All of the inductees will be honored for Outstanding Bowling Achievement. A large crowd is expected to pay tribute to these outstanding bowlers.
King James show
Want to see the Cleveland Cavaliers' rookie sensation, LeBron James, in action?
The city of Hermitage is planning a bus trip to Cleveland's Gund Arena Wednesday to see LeBron and the Cavs play the Dallas Mavericks. Game time is 7 p.m. and the bus will leave the city building at 4:30 p.m. Tickets, which include a lower level game seat and the bus trip, are priced at $49 each.
LeBron had been on the injury list with a sprained ankle but is healthy and playing once again. Tickets can be purchased at the Hermitage City Building.
If your bag is skiing, the city also has you covered.
The city also offers discounted lift tickets for Seven Springs, Peek'n Peek and Hidden Valley.
PAC's top athletes
Capturing Presidents' Athletic Conference Athletes of the Week honors recently were Thiel College's Kyle Brown (wrestler) and Westminster's Brittany Jardin (swimming).
Brown, 285-pounder from Meadville, was a perfect 4-0 on the week for the Tomcats as he recorded a fall in 4 minutes, 29 seconds, in Thiel's 35-12 PAC win over W & amp;J before going 3-0 at the Case Western Reserve Quad in Cleveland.
Jardine, a senior women's swimming standout from North Allegheny High, won five events during the week, sweeping three events in a win over Allegheny while winning twice against Carnegie Mellon. She won the 50 freestyle (25.99) and 100 butterfly (1:01.23) while swimming anchor for the 200 freestyle relay (1:47.97) against the Gators and then won the 400 IM (4:51.76) and the butterfly (2:14.22) at CMU.