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1999 TYRONE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM WAS INDUCTED INTO BLAIR COUNTY HALL OF FAME! 

Tyrone Golden Eagles

COACH OF THE YEAR !       

Congratulations to John Franco, Coach of the Tyrone  

    Golden Eagles for the recognition as PIAA AA Coach of the Year!

PLAYER OF THE YEAR!

Congratulations to Stevie Franco, Quarterback of 

   the 2011 Tyrone Golden Eagles as PIAA AA Player of the Year!

Coach John Franco Goes out in a blaze of glory.

After 18 years and 3 trips to the State Championships ,as Coach of the Tyrone Golden Eagles,  John Franco is returning home to Altoona, and everyone wishes him the very best!.  This past season, Franco was named  Coach Of The Year for AA Schools for the entire state of Pennsylvania.  Best wishes as he goes up from AA  into the AAAA and WPIAL.!

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Instead of throwing a pass, Stevie Franco receives one for a TD against the Quips

Thanking the Fans for their support.  These players and coaches will remember these moments the rest of their lives....

  Thanks to Virgie Werner for these great photos!

The Golden Eagles will always be #1!

WTRN Proudly Salutes Chuck Banas, who has retired after having been an Assistant Coach of the Tyrone Golden Eagles Football Team since the year they were State Champions. Chuck wrote the book, "Team, Toughness, Tyrone- a Championship Season" that is a prized  possession of hundreds of fans in the Tyrone Area.  And, he served faithfully over the years,  as Assistant to Coach John Franco.   Chuck is not retiring from Public Service to the area;  Every Spring, he is busy arranging the annual Spring Concert for the Tyrone Library, which always brings noted Rock Stars to Tyrone in a great fund-raiser.  He continues as an active member of the Kiwanis Club of Northern Blair County, of which he's a Past President. Congratulations, Chuck!