'Knock some heads'
ROANOKE, Va. — Football gave Seneca Valley High graduate Mike Adamczyk a heavy dose of camaraderie and a chance to, as he put it, “Knock some heads”.
Both attracted the 1969 graduate to the sport and he responded with a lengthy career. Adamczyk played five years on scholarship at North Carolina State after lettering his entire varsity career at SV. He also played basketball and was a star on the track and field team for the Raiders for four years.
Adamczyk will be one of five people inducted into the Seneca Valley Sports Hall of Fame Sept. 15.
“My dad was a physical education teacher at Evans City High School and he coached football,” said Adamczyk. “My older brother David played and I got into it after him.”
Adamczyk starred on both sides of the ball for the Raiders under the school's first football head coach, Tom Heckendorn.
“I don't recall any stats, either individually or for the team, but I remember Tom being a good coach. He was enthusiastic.”
Adamczyk was one of the fastest players on the roster. He earned All-Midwestern Conference honors as an offensive end his junior year and played flanker/running back on offense and safety on defense his senior season.
Read the full story in Tuesday's Butler Eagle.
