Former Bishop Carroll Coach and A.D. Chuck Sponsky passes away from coronavirus in Florida
A long-time coach and administrator at Bishop Carroll High School in Ebensburg has passed away in Florida as a result of the coronavirus.
According to the Altoona Mirror, Chuck Sponsky, a former Ebensburg resident who was 80, passed away on Sept. 6 in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Sponsky first served as head coach at Forest Hills High School for eight seasons, compiling a record of 35-34-2. He retired as a teacher from Forest Hills.
A graduate of John Carroll High School in Carrolltown, he coached the Huskies of Bishop Carroll for 13 seasons, finishing with a record of 90-45-6, according to the Mirror.
Sponsky also served as athletic director at Bishop Carroll for 26 years.
Chuck was also very active in the Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association, and for that service, he was inducted into the PSFCA hall of fame.
Chuck as his wife, Carole, moved to Florida in 2012 after his son, Craig, had been named as athletic director at a school in Palm Beach.
Craig told the Mirror’s Neil Rudel that his father had contracted the coronavirus and had been hospitalized for about seven weeks despite having been careful and wearing a mask.
A funeral mass is scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 19 at Holy Name in Ebensburg.
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