Thanks to Everyone Who Made This Year's Banquet a Great Success!!!!
Congratulations to the 2017 Inductees
Lewis “Jumbo” Johnson Award
Tara Higgins • Christopher Mills
Hall of Fame
Mary Durnell Benn . . . . . . . . . Basketball
Steven Nichols . . . . . . . . . . Track & Field
Cortez Townsend . . . . . . . . Football
Scott Thompson . . . . . . . . . . Soccer
Warren B. Humes Sportsperson of the Year
Sharon Pettit
Team of the Year
1976 Penncrest Boys Soccer
MASTER OF CEREMONY MEDIA AREA SPORTS HALL OF FAME
TIME TO PASS THE MICROPHONE
IT WAS NOT A ROLE I WAS SEEKING. WHEN OUR LONGTIME MASTER OF CEREMONY AND ORGANIZATION VICE PRESIDENT LOUIS SCOTT PASSED AWAY IN 2000, IT LEFT A HUGE HOLE IN OUR MEDIA AREA SPORTS HALL OF FAME. AS PRESIDENT, I STEPPED IN TRYING TO DO MY FORMER PENNCREST HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, MENTOR, TENNIS PARTNER AND DEAR FRIEND PROUD.
LOU SCOTT WAS THE MASTER OF STUDYING AND KNOWING HIS AUDIENCE. HE ALSO WAS FAST ON HIS FEET AND QUICK WITH THE AD LIB. HE HAD 30 PLUS YEARS OF PRACTICE, MANAGING STUDENT ASSEMBLIES AND CONDUCTING FLAWLESS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS. THE BAR WAS ALWAYS SET HIGH AND I NEVER WANTED TO LET LOU SCOTT DOWN.
I HAVE ATTENDED A GREAT MANY SPORTS BANQUETS OVER THE YEARS AND I ALWAYS STUDY THE MASTER OF CEREMONY TO GET TIPS. I HAVE BEEN WITNESS TO MANY EXCELLENT MCS AND A FEW WHO WERE, TO SAY THE LEAST, NOT WORTH EMULATING. USUALLY, THOSE FEW DID NOT RESPECT THE AUDIENCE’S TIME AND FAILED TO REALIZE THE BANQUET WAS ABOUT HONORING DESERVING INDIVIDUALS AND NOT ABOUT THEM.
IT IS ONLY FITTING THAT I “PASS THE BATON” TO STEVE HEFFERAN, OUR TRACK HALL OF FAMER AND DEDICATED MEMBER OF OUR COMMITTEE. A FELLOW PENNCREST GRAD, “HEF” AS MOST KNOW HIM, IS A CROWD FAVORITE AND 19 YEARS MY JUNIOR! THERE IS ONE DRAWBACK HOWEVER THAT I CANNOT CHANGE. HEF IS A ST. JOE’S HAWK AND I AM A VILLANOVA WILDCAT. THIS SURELY WILL BRING A SMILE TO LONGTIME HAWK AND REGULAR BANQUET ATTENDEE, HARRY CHAYKUN.
LOU SCOTT WAS THE MASTER OF STUDYING AND KNOWING HIS AUDIENCE. HE ALSO WAS FAST ON HIS FEET AND QUICK WITH THE AD LIB. HE HAD 30 PLUS YEARS OF PRACTICE, MANAGING STUDENT ASSEMBLIES AND CONDUCTING FLAWLESS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS. THE BAR WAS ALWAYS SET HIGH AND I NEVER WANTED TO LET LOU SCOTT DOWN.
I HAVE ATTENDED A GREAT MANY SPORTS BANQUETS OVER THE YEARS AND I ALWAYS STUDY THE MASTER OF CEREMONY TO GET TIPS. I HAVE BEEN WITNESS TO MANY EXCELLENT MCS AND A FEW WHO WERE, TO SAY THE LEAST, NOT WORTH EMULATING. USUALLY, THOSE FEW DID NOT RESPECT THE AUDIENCE’S TIME AND FAILED TO REALIZE THE BANQUET WAS ABOUT HONORING DESERVING INDIVIDUALS AND NOT ABOUT THEM.
IT IS ONLY FITTING THAT I “PASS THE BATON” TO STEVE HEFFERAN, OUR TRACK HALL OF FAMER AND DEDICATED MEMBER OF OUR COMMITTEE. A FELLOW PENNCREST GRAD, “HEF” AS MOST KNOW HIM, IS A CROWD FAVORITE AND 19 YEARS MY JUNIOR! THERE IS ONE DRAWBACK HOWEVER THAT I CANNOT CHANGE. HEF IS A ST. JOE’S HAWK AND I AM A VILLANOVA WILDCAT. THIS SURELY WILL BRING A SMILE TO LONGTIME HAWK AND REGULAR BANQUET ATTENDEE, HARRY CHAYKUN.
We have hats available. They are $15 each and will be available for as long as supplies last. Get one while you can. Email Steve Mescanti - stevemescanti@gmail.com to get one.
To Contact the Media Area Sports Hall of Fame - email us at mediasportshall@gmail.com
