Cameron County Echo

    The 7th Annual Lady Raider Hoop Club 3 on 3 Tournament will be held May 17th at the Cameron County High School Cost is $40 per team of 3 – 4 players.

The Baguba Wrestling Club will be hosting the 2nd Annual ‘Brutally Aggressive” BAGUBA Golf Scramble on Saturday, May 17th.  Please come out for a great day at the beautiful Emporium Country Club.  It will be a 4-person scramble with a shotgun start at 1 p.m.  

  with Rich Summers   I was sitting with Al Lyon at the Red Raider baseball game against Smethport last Wednesday and we were discussing the play of his grandson, David with the Myrtle Beach Pelicans and our performance at the Pennsylvania State Bowling Championships last weekend when my back began to stiffen up. I […]

by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County High School Red Raider track and field team traveled to Duke Center last Tuesday to take on Coudersport and host Otto- Eldred in a tri-meet. Both the boys’ and girls’ squad unfortunately fell to both the Falcons and the Terrors. The boys were beaten by Coudy […]

    by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County High School Red Raider varsity baseball team had four games last week and picked up a pair of victories. On Monday, CCHS lost at Oswayo Valley and on Thursday they lost a home game to Otto-Eldred, but on Friday rebounded to sweep a doubleheader […]

    by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County High School Lady Red Raider softball team had three games last week but were unable to come up with a win. On Thursday they fell at home to Otto-Eldred and on Friday they lost a doubleheader at Northern Potter.  

    The Cameron County Baguba Wrestling Club was pleased to sponsor the First Annual Baguba Wrestling Awards Banquet on April 13th at the Emporium V.F.W.  Thirty-two coaches and wrestlers, spanning the J.O., Jr. High and Varsity wrestling programs, attended the event with their families.  

    The Baguba Wrestling Club will be hosting the 2nd Annual ‘Brutally Aggressive” Baguba Golf Scramble on Saturday, May 17th.  

    by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County High School Red Raider varsity track and field team had two tri-meets last week. On Tuesday they battled Port Allegany and Northern Potter and on Thursday they hosted Smethport and Oswayo Valley.

  with Rich Summers   I’m not one to panic, especially this early in the major league baseball season, but the Pirate pitching staff is causing me angst. Only stud Garrett Cole has been of any use this year and reclamation projects Francisco Liriano, Edinson Volquez and Wandy Rodriguez look like they need to be […]

by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County High School Red Raider track and field team had a dual meet last week, traveling to Johnsonburg to battle the Rams and the Eisenhower Knights. The boys’ team defeated Johnsonburg 84 ½ – 65 ½ and lost to Eisenhower 84-66, while the girls’ team dropped both […]

    by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County High School Red Raider varsity baseball team suffered through a winless week last week as they were defeated three times. On Monday they were beaten by Elk County Catholic, on Wednesday they fell to Coudersport and on Thursday were victims of a comeback win […]

  with RichSummers   At the end of the 1978 baseball season Russell Earl “Bucky” Dent, a light-hitting shortstop of the New York Yankees, hit a three run homerun against the Boston Red Sox in a tie breaking game added to the end of the season because the Sox and Yankees were tied for the […]

by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo After several postponements due to weather, the Cameron County High School Red Raider baseball team hosted the Oswayo Valley Green Wave. The game, which was swapped from Shinglehouse to Emporium due to unplayable conditions at Oswayo Valley, featured solid pitching and defense but very little offense as the visiting […]

by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County High School Lady Red Raider softball team opened their season with a pair of home games last week but were beaten in both by the three inning mercy rule. On Monday they were defeated by Smethport 30-0 and on Wednesday they fell to Oswayo Valley 16-1. […]

  by Rich Summers   Is this a great time of year or what? Saturday night I had my choice of a Penguins game at Minnesota, the Pirate game against St. Louis at PNC Park or the NCAA Basketball Championship semi-finals on television. Throw in NASCAR races and golf and there almost isn’t time to […]

    Chris Summers has woven quite a career path as an assistant football coach, yet it is a route any who are interested in ultimately landing a head coach position often are forced to take. Summers’ circuitous journey finally ended on (Thursday), and as fate would have it, that long road led Summers right […]

    by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County Junior High School Red Raider basketball team had four games last week and claimed victory in all of the contests. On Monday they won at Austin, on Wednesday they topped Smethport, on Friday they won at Galeton and on Saturday they topped Oswayo Valley. […]

Cameron County was well represented recently at the Middle Atlantic Wrestling Association (MAWA) West Region District Tournament held at Lock Haven University on Sunday, March 16th. Six out of seven Baguba wrestlers, including one coach qualified for the West Region Tournament to be held at Shippensburg University on March 29th and 30th. (Full story in […]

by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County Junior High Lady Red Raider basketball team had three games last week. On Monday they lost at Northern Potter, on Wednesday they fell to Smethport, on Friday they were beaten at Galeton but on Saturday rebounded to defeat Oswayo Valley. (Full story in the Cameron County […]

  by Rich Summers   I have once again proved that watching a lot of sports does nothing to help me predict results. My brackets for the NCAA tournament are awful and I am not even in the top million of entries submitted to the CBS.com Bracket Challenge. The best of my three entries places […]

    Cameron County’s Eric Spehalski has been chosen to play in the Don Raabe Big 30 Charities Classic. Spehalski, 5’ 11”, 170 pounds, was a wide receiver/linebacker for the Red Raiders. Eric hopes to attend a four- year college with an Air Force R.O.T.C. program. (Full story in the Cameron County Echo on the […]

    Local wrestler, Nick Crisp traveled to Harrisburg to wrestle at the PA Junior Olympic State Championships.  Crisp wrestled age 9&10 at 90 pounds. Of 26 Area qualifiers, from all across the Commonwealth in this age group and weight, Crisp came away with a fourth place medal. (Full story in the Cameron County Echo […]

    by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo Three Cameron County High School Red Raider Baguba wrestlers were named to the Allegheny Mountain Wrestling League all-star team for the 2013-14 season. (Full story in the Cameron County Echo on the news stand)

    by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo Three Cameron County High School Red Raider Baguba wrestlers were named to the Allegheny Mountain Wrestling League all-star team for the 2013-14 season.  

    by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County Junior High School Red Raider basketball team travelled to Ulysses last Monday and defeated the Northern Potter Panthers by a score of 45-23. A second game on Wednesday with Oswayo Valley was postponed due to inclement weather. (Full story in the Cameron County Echo […]

    The Cameron County J.O. Baguba wrestlers brought their regular season to a close on Saturday, March 15th as they competed in the Area V Championship Tournament at Clarion University’s Tippen Gym. The Bagubas had five wrestlers qualify for the Area V Tournament this year, but unfortunately, none were able to place in the […]

  by Rich Summers   ESPN had an interesting piece in their “Outside the Lines” program concerning the sideline behavior of college basketball coaches this season. I agree with the premise by former player and current analyst Jay Bilas that coaches at the college level have become more and more outlandish in their antics and […]

    Local wrestler, Nick Crisp won the 90#, 9&10-year-old division of the Area V tournament on Saturday, March 15th to advance to States this coming weekend. (Full story in the Cameron County Echo on the news stand)

by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County High School Lady Red Raider Hoop Club held its annual awards banquet at the CCHS cafeteria. The event was catered by Jenn Abriatis and as usual, everything was outstanding. After a highlight movie and season summary, awards were given to JV and varsity players. (Full story […]

Several Cameron County J.O. Baguba wrestlers traveled to Port Allegany on Saturday, March 8th to participate in the Section IV qualifier for the Area V championships. This tournament brings out the best wrestlers from Port Allegany, Smethport, Coudersport, Kane, Oswayo Valley, Bradford and Cameron County with only the top two advancing to the Pennsylania Junior […]

    by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County Junior High School Lady Red Raider basketball team had three games last week but were unable to come up with a win. On Monday they were beaten at Otto-Eldred, on Wednesday they dropped a home game to Port Allegany and on Friday they fell […]

by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County Junior High School Red Raider basketball team had three North Tier League games last week and came away with two wins. On Monday they won at Otto-Eldred, on Tuesday they beat Port Allegany, but on Friday they lost to the Coudersport Falcons.

    Cameron County Lady Raider Hoop Club is sponsoring the 7th Annual 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament, for boys and girls, on Saturday, April 5th.  

    The Cameron County Red Raider Quarterback Club will meet on Tuesday, March 18 at 6 p.m. at Memorial Hall (upstairs). Election of officers will take place with all positions needing to be filled.  

  by Rich Summers   After just one round, District 9 teams have not fared too well in the PIAA playoffs. In Class A boys, only district champion Ridgway was able to advance past the opening weekend. Johnsonburg had the unfortunate draw of Lincoln Park Performing Arts, the top ranked Class A team in the […]

by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo Cameron County High School juniors Jack Karsten and Brandon Saline traveled to Sharon High School last weekend to compete in the PIAA North West Regional Class AA wrestling championships. Karsten entered the tournament as the third place finisher from District 9 in the 285 pound weight class, while Saline […]

Cameron Horning has been chosen to play in the 41st Annual Don Raabe Football Classic in August. Cameron, a Cameron County High School senior, plays offensive guard/fullback and defensive cornerback. (Full story in the Cameron County Echo on the news stand)    

by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County Junior High School Red Raider basketball team had three North Tier League games last week and collected all three wins. On Monday they defeated Austin, on Wednesday they won at Smethport and on Thursday they topped Galeton. (Full story in the Cameron County Echo on the […]

  by Rich Summers   I didn’t get to the junior high basketball game last Thursday, as it was rescheduled from Friday, but later in the evening I received a call from Tom Hayden. Tom said that he had to relay to me that since his secretary has a son on the team he thought […]

Several Cameron County Baguba wrestlers recently competed at the Area V Pennsylvania Junior Wrestling Jr. High Championships held at St. Marys High School.  The top two place winners at the tournament would move on to the PJW Jr. High State Championship. (Full story in the Cameron County Echo on the news stand)  

    Cameron County Storm Football sign-ups will be held March 21st from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. and March 22nd from noon to 2 p.m. at the Cameron County Rec Center for all children who will be 7 to 12 years old by July 1st.   (Full story in the Cameron County Echo on […]

Ridgway Eliminates Raiders From District 9 Tournament   by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County High School Red Raider varsity basketball team traveled to St. Marys Area High School to take on Ridgway in the second round of the District 9 Class A Championships and were soundly beaten by the Elkers, 47-21. The […]

    by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo After a one-day weather delay the Cameron County High School Lady Red Raider varsity basketball team traveled to Keystone High School in Knox for the first round of the PIAA District 9 Class A championships but were convincingly beaten by the Lady Panthers 75-22. Seventh seeded Keystone […]

    by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The PIAA District 9 Class AA wrestling championships were held at Clarion University of Pennsylvania’s Tippin Gymnasium last weekend and the Cameron County Red Raider Bagubas had two wrestlers advance to the Northwest Regional Tournament to be held in Sharon next weekend. Junior Brandon Saline finished fourth […]

    On Saturday, February 22nd, the Cameron County J.O. Bagubas held their 7th annual 6-man Round Robin Wrestling Tournament at Cameron County High School. The event drew approximately 200 wrestlers from all over Pennsylvania, New York and Maryland.  This was the last tournament held in our area before the post-season tournaments begin, so the […]

  by Rich Summers   Not a good week for my teams as the Lady Red Raiders, Red Raiders and USA Olympic Hockey team all took it on the chin. The USA hockey team was especially disappointing as they failed to show up in the bronze medal game in losing 5-0 to Finland. The semifinal […]

    by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County Junior High School Lady Red Raider basketball team opened its 2014 season last week with a pair of North Tier League games. On Monday they were beaten at home by Northern Potter but rebounded to win at Oswayo Valley on Thursday. (Full story in […]

    The Cameron County Junior High School Red Raider basketball teams won two North Tier League games last week. On Monday they won at the Woodland Elementary gymnasium over Northern Potter and on Thursday they traveled to Shinglehouse and defeated Oswayo Valley. (Full story in the Cameron County Echo on the news stand)

    by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County High School Red Raider varsity basketball team entered the final week of the season with the North Tier League Championship in the balance but left no question of who was the best team in the circuit with a resounding win at Port Allegany on […]

by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County High School Lady Red Raider varsity basketball team played their last two regular season basketball games but lost both to the top two teams in the North Tier League, Port Allegany and Coudersport. The Lady Gators are unbeaten at 21-0 and are the top seed in […]

    The Cameron County JO Baguba wrestlers traveled to the Port Allegany Tournament on Saturday, February 15th.  Congratulations to Wendell O’Brien, who took first place in the age 12, 100 lb. group.  Other participants for the BAGUBAs were Logan Steinberg, Devin Priest, Paul Claydon, Dylan Bainey and Sean Lathrop. (Full story in the Cameron […]

  by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County High School Red Raider Baguba varsity wrestling team traveled to Kane last Tuesday in their final Allegheny Mountain Wrestling League match of the season but were beaten by the Wolves, 53-24. “It was a tough loss to swallow,” said CCHS Coach Seth Fragale. (Full story […]

  with Rich Summers   The only thing that has kept me sane through all this snow and cold is the great amount of sports viewing both on television and at the high school. I’ll start with the Winter Olympic Games which have become a staple of my television viewing the last week or so. […]

    Three Bagubas placed at Junior High Districts, which were held in Brockway. Zach Becker (31-3) was crowned champion at 145 pounds; Devan Palumbo (17-2) was the heavyweight champ; and Ethan Vislay (28-9) was a runner-up in the 110 pound weight class.   (Full story in the Cameron County Echo on the news stand)

    by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County Junior High School Red Raider basketball team began its 2014 season last Friday afternoon and defeated the Bucktail Bucks 44-9. “I felt we passed well and took good shots,” said Red Raider Coach Chris Horning. “Our defensive positioning also got better as the game […]

    by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County High School Red Raider varsity basketball team had a pair of North Tier League games last week and suffered their first league loss of the season. On Tuesday, CCHS was defeated by the Galeton Tigers but on Thursday rebounded to defeat Otto-Eldred. (Full story […]

by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County High School Lady Red Raider varsity basketball team had three North Tier League games this week and came away with a pair of victories. On Monday, CCHS lost at Smethport but rebounded to win at Otto-Eldred on Thursday and beat Galeton in Emporium on Saturday in […]

    by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County High School Red Raider Baguba varsity wrestling team traveled to West Shamokin High School on February 1st to compete in the dual meet tournament. CCHS recorded a 3-2 record with wins over Highlands, Mapletown and West Shamokin while falling to Cranberry and Marion Center. […]

by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County High School Red Raider Baguba varsity wrestling team picked up two more home victories last week in dual matches. On Tuesday, the Bagubas defeated Curwensville 43-21 behind pins by Austin Smoker, Jack Karsten, and Paul Etchepare. (Full story in the Cameron County Echo on the news […]

    On Saturday, February 8th, the Cameron County JO Bagubas traveled to the Johnsonburg Junior Wrestling Open/Novice Tournament to compete in their Under Armor competition, which prompted a good turnout. (Full story in the Cameron County Echo on the news stand)

  by Rich Summers   It was an eventful week in Cameron County High School athletics, to say the least. First, we will begin with the good stuff. Red Raider junior forward Nate Sestina hit the one thousand point mark for his career in the Raiders’ loss at Galeton on Tuesday, something I will address […]

    by Rich Summers The Cameron County High School Red Raider varsity basketball team remained unbeaten in North Tier League play with two home victories last week. On Wednesday they defeated Austin,  and on Friday they downed Smethport. (Full story in the Cameron County Echo on the news stand)  

by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County High School Lady Red Raider varsity basketball team had two home games this week and were able to win both contests. On Thursday the Lady Raiders won a thrilling overtime game against Austin and on Saturday they won a non-league game with Union. (Full story in […]

by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County High School Red Raider Baguba varsity wrestling team had a pair of Allegheny Mountain League matches and were victorious in both. On Tuesday CCHS won at Coudersport and on Thursday they won at Port Allegany. At Coudersport, the Bagubas scored a 50-18 win over the Falcons. […]

  by Rich Summers   The Red Raider basketball team is entering the final two weeks of the season and has four very important North Tier League games remaining. CCHS is unbeaten in the circuit, but Coudersport is close behind with only a loss to the Raiders, and Galeton is third at 10-3. The Raiders […]

The Cameron County J.O. Bagubas continued on their winning ways, placing several wrestlers in the top three over the past two weekends. On Saturday, January 25th, the team traveled to the Smethport J.O. Wrestling Tournament.  Luke Songer (40 lbs, age 5) placed 2nd and Peyton Stiles (65 lbs, age 8) also finished in 2nd place.  […]

by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County High School Red Raider varsity basketball team had three games last week, two in the North Tier League. On Tuesday they won at Northern Potter and on Thursday they took care of Oswayo Valley at home, but on Saturday the Raiders suffered their first loss of […]

    by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County High School Lady Red Raider varsity basketball team had a busy week last week with three North Tier League contests. On Monday they were beaten at home by Coudersport but they rebounded to capture a home win over Northern Potter on Wednesday and a […]

by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County High School Red Raider Baguba varsity wrestling team traveled to Sheffield Area High School last Wednesday and came away with a 45-33 win over the Wolverines in an Allegheny Mountain League dual match. “It was an exciting match all the way till the end,” said CCHS […]