The game of football as a high school sport began in Tyrone in 1921, when a group of clamoring students, together with an ambitious coach
Category: Sports history
A Contractual Agreement
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the opening to what will be a much longer story on the 1999 Tyrone Golden Eagles’ state championship season. Tyrone’s state
BACK-TO-BACK
The 1948 Golden Eagles surprised many with their unbeaten season, except themselves. The character of the Tyrone Area High School football team in 1948 began
ALL-TIME TEAM: defensive backs
Matt Sharer is one of the special players to come out of Tyrone. It’s not just because he could transition from one position to another
ALL-TIME TEAM: defensive ends
As much as critics complain about the direction of the game of football – that it’s becoming too soft, that hitting is being regulated out,
THE DRIVE FOR 35
It was a Friday evening in September of 2008, and Matt Murray, then a senior lineman on the Tyrone football team, did what most young
