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A senior at Bishop McCort who is a multi-time World medalist and champ, a two-time Pennsylvania state wrestling champion, and is ranked #2 in the country.
Who is Bo Bassett?
A juice, smoothie and acai-bowl eatery that started as a lemonade stand and grew to have 2 storefronts - Johnstown and Ebensburg - along with a traveling food truck that can often be found at musical festivals.
What is Roots Kitchen & Juicery?
An annual, well-known motorcycle rally that ran for 25 years in downtown Johnstown.
What is Thunder in the Valley?
A Tier II junior ice hockey team in the North American Hockey League's East Division.
Who are the Johnstown Tomahawks?
A camping, river tubing, white water rafting, and inflatable kayaking business that focuses on adventures along the Stonycreek River, including an Electric River Music Festival and annual Tubapalooza.
What is Coal Tubin?
A famous actor who once starred in the 1983 coming-of-age sports drama, All the Right Moves, which filmed in Johnstown.
Who is Tom Cruise?
First opening in Johnstown in 1934, during the depths of the Great Depression, this candy shop has grown into a regional-favorite with its chocolate-dipped peanut butter meltaways and old-fashioned Pennsylvania Cordial Cherries.
What is O'Shea's Candies?
A yearly festival, held in Cambria City on Labor Day weekend, that showcases ethnic foods, music, and vendors within a ten block radius.
What is the Cambria City Ethnic Festival?
Won the 2025 Little League Softball World Series, defeating Indiana with a 1-0 victory. This marked Pennsylvania's first LLWS softball championship since 1978.
Who is the West Suburban Little League?
An annual 5k, 8-mile, and 14-mile event that begins at the South Fork Dam and traces the 1889 floodwaters, ending at the historic Stone Bridge.
What is the Path of the Flood Race?
An American comic book artist best known for being the co-creator of Marvel superheroes Spider-Man and Doctor Strange.
An engineering and defense manufacturing company, located in Richland, that currently makes and assembles robot dogs.
What is Compass Systems?
An annual event in Ebensburg that celebrates Cambria County potatoes and its growers - showcasing vendors that offer a variety of potato-themed items like loaded french fries, perogies, and specialty baked potatoes.
What is PotatoFest?
A prestigious tournament hailing legendary alumni such as Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, and Ben Crenshaw.
What is the Sunnehanna Amateur?
Constructed in the 1830's as America's first railroad tunnel, this historic landmark is now a popular hiking and biking trail.
What is the Staple Bend Tunnel?
A graduate of Bishop McCort and a legendary linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1971 to 1982. He is considered one of the greatest outside linebackers in the history of the NFL.
Who is Jack Ham?
A company that provides a fully integrated platform for managing Esports teams, leagues, and tournaments at both the K-12 and Collegiate levels.
What is The Esport Company?
A two-day musical festival at PNG Park in downtown Johnstown that featured a myriad of famous bands and continues to grow.
What is the AmeriServ Flood City Music Fest?
A premier outdoor recreational venue that hosts the Johnstown AAABA League, the Annual AAABA National Tournament, UPJ baseball, and the Johnstown Mill Rats prospect league.
What is Sargent's at Point Stadium?
An annual three-day whitewater festival at Greenhouse Park (PA's first man-made whitewater park).
What is the Stonycreek Rendezvous?
This Marine veteran and PA's longest-serving member of congress (serving 36 years) is known for their profound impact on Johnstown through economic development, post-flood rebuilding, and cultural preservation following the collapse of the steel industry after the 1977 flood.
Who is John "Jack" Murtha, Jr.?
What is JWF Industries?
An family-friendly Cryptid Festival and Folklore Event celebrating the legendary Squonk - Pennsylvania's mythical creature.
What is the Squonkapalooza?
A 1977 sports comedy filmed in Johnstown, starring Paul Newman, that follows a town's minor hockey league team.
What is Slap Shot?
A unique downhill biking system for medium to expert mountain bikers.
What is the Inclined Plane Trails?