Jeff Berkey's Athletic Excellence Continues at Juniata
March/04/2009
Jeff Berkey’s outstanding achievements as a high school basketball player have been reported here since 2006. He’s now an all conference junior guard at Juniata College in Huntington, PA.
Michael Cascio on Winning Team in Childrens Aid Society Golf Tournament
May/17/2007
Michael Cascio was on the winning team of the A Division on May 12, 2007 at Somerset Country Club, with teammates Skeets Ellis, Derek Ellis and Nick Sanner. Click here for the news article and here for a photo of Michael sinking a birdie putt on the difficult par 4 first hole.
Emma Berkey Earns First Team All County Recognition
March/29/2007
Emma Berkey's high school basketball season highlights included the 1,000 point milestone. Now, she has been chosen for the Somerset County First Team All County team. A hard earned and well deserved honor for a fine young lady. Click here for details.
Emma Berkey Breaks 1,000 Point Barrier
January/24/2007
Emma Berkey broke the 1,000 point barrier Tuesday night. Click here for details. That puts her 200 past her dad's career total. 
Scott Bittner On Target Again
December/03/2006
Scott Bittner shot the biggest buck of his hunting career on Pennsylvania's opening day of big game season, November 27, 2006.
We hear that he decided to sit where his brother Mike was hunting all morning when Mike went to grab a bite of lunch. That's when this big deer with a 13 point "rack" and an 18 inch spread came along. The Bittner family will be kidding them both about this for a while.
Scott's an avid outdoorsman. Like most successful hunters, he won't say more about his hunting spot than it was in Jenner Township, Somerset County. Check out some other expolits by clicking on the "November 2005" link to the right.
Congratulations to a real straight shooter!
We hear that he decided to sit where his brother Mike was hunting all morning when Mike went to grab a bite of lunch. That's when this big deer with a 13 point "rack" and an 18 inch spread came along. The Bittner family will be kidding them both about this for a while.
Scott's an avid outdoorsman. Like most successful hunters, he won't say more about his hunting spot than it was in Jenner Township, Somerset County. Check out some other expolits by clicking on the "November 2005" link to the right.
Congratulations to a real straight shooter!
Michael Cascio's Team Places in Golf Tournament
October/12/2006
Michael Cascio's team placed second in a fund raising tournament at Indian Lake Golf Club. Click here for details.
Post Season Honor for Jeff Berkey
April/06/2006
Another Basketball Honor for Berkey - But This Time It's Emma Berkey
March/23/2006
Shanksville Junior Emma Berkey was named to the All County Girls Basketball team for 2006.
"Little" Jeff Berkey Lights it Up
February/19/2006
The Shanksville Stonycreek Vikings repeated as the Westpac boys basketball champions on Saturday with a 71-70 overtime win against Conemaugh Valley. Playing in front of a big crowd that included his mom and dad at UPJ's Sports Center, Jeff achieved a major personal milestone in the championship game, breaking the 2000 point barrier in his outstanding high school career, moving into fifth place among all time scorers in Somerset County's history. Jeff's coach, Wayne Long, praised his work ethic.
Considering his dad's 800 plus points as a Windber Rambler in the 1970s and the outstanding play of Jeff's sisters (Emma, a sophomore for the lady Vikings, is averaging over 16 points a game), the Berkey family has been wowing Somerset County hoops fans for generations.
We guess we'll have to quit calling him "Little" Jeff Berkey around here.
We guess we'll have to quit calling him "Little" Jeff Berkey around here.
Bittner Bags Bear; Gets "Triple Crown"
November/23/2005
Scott Bittner's annual Elk County bear hunt with his friends and family resulted in the first bear of his hunting career on November 21. Here's a picture of Tony Retassie and Scott (right) that ran in the Somerset Daily American.
Scott had already shot a turkey earlier in the season, so the buck he got on the last day of the season made for
the rare "triple crown" for a Pennsylvania hunter, a turkey, a buck and a bear in the same hunting season.
Scott had already shot a turkey earlier in the season, so the buck he got on the last day of the season made for
the rare "triple crown" for a Pennsylvania hunter, a turkey, a buck and a bear in the same hunting season.Remembering Robert I. Boose
October/14/2005
Bob Boose was remembered at a Somerset County court session held on October 14, 2005. Jim Cascio's remarks on behalf of the Somerset County Bar Association can be found here.
Joseph Cascio Memorial
February/01/1999
Remarks made by Jim Cascio on behalf of the Cascio family at the Somerset County Court and Bar Association Memorial for Joe Cascio held on February 1, 1999.