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Head Boys Basketball Coach at Mechanicsburg High School/Director of the PAMD Basketball Camp/Assistant Director of the Big 60 Event #gocats

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Mike Gaffey
2 years
Extremely excited to get to work with the Mechanicsburg Wildcats! Thank you to McDevitt for a great 8 last years. Let’s get to work! #wildcatpride @MBURGBASKETBALL
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Mike Gaffey
6 months
Tough way to lose last night! Terrific group of guys and 3 classy seniors who just spent 5 months together! Thanks for the memories!
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Mike Gaffey
1 year
Great group of guys in 2022-23! “Mechanicsburg in March” will be the theme in 2023-24! Congrats on making the PIAA “Sweet 16”
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Mike Gaffey
2 years
This is the result!
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Mike Gaffey
4 months
One year Anniversary of Dad’s passing. Since Covid he never missed a game of mine or Scott’s and if we were both playing he had two computers going. I still enjoy every story new and old!
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Mike Gaffey
2 years
When you have 5 great seniors who work extremely hard everyday in practice …
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6 months
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Mike Gaffey
2 years
Great scrimmage today with CD East and Head Coach Ryan Hill! Ryan is a former PA Maryland camper! Ryan is also a former 5th grade student! Both teams got after it today!!
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Mike Gaffey
2 years
Our main guy Chuckie! He is our good luck charm always!
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Mike Gaffey
2 years
Congratulations to my daughter Tori today on graduating from Long Island University c/o 2022!
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Mike Gaffey
9 months
Time for the 2023-24 season!
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Mike Gaffey
10 months
I spent the morning talking NBA info with Woj from ESPN before attending the St. Bonaventure walk thru!
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Mike Gaffey
1 year
I was very blessed and honored to receive the First Annual William “Bill” Gaffey Legendary Coach Award at the Mr. and Ms. PA Basketball Award Ceremony yesterday!
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Mike Gaffey
6 months
The best point guard in the state all 6 classifications! End of discussion.
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Josh Smith
6 months
Appreciation post for the best Coach in the Mid Penn‼️Thank you for everything you’ve done for this program Coach Gaffey. We accomplished so much this year and we couldn’t have done it without you. Can’t wait for next year‼️ @gaffeymike1
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Mike Gaffey
2 years
I’m celebrating my 32nd Wedding Anniversary today! I have an amazing wife that has endured coaching for 32 years at the HS and College levels! That takes a special person! Happy Anniversary Stephanie!
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Mike Gaffey
6 months
We were able to get a student bus for tomorrow night! Best student section in the state on way to Altoona!
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Mike Gaffey
2 years
Ball goes up at 7:30 Friday night! Play Hard Play Smart Play Together
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Mike Gaffey
1 year
Former player and Palmyra and Carnegie Mellon standout Chris Butsko came to the game with his sons tonight to watch our Cats advance to the Sweet 16!
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Mike Gaffey
6 months
Moving on to the “Sweet 16” for the second year in a row! Great job guys!!
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PA Preps
6 months
Chance Yanoski scores career-high 33, sends Mechanicsburg over Gateway in PIAA 5A opener
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Mike Gaffey
2 years
PSU safety Mehki Flowers stopped by to talk Tampa 2 coverage at school! I also told him to tell Manny Diaz to keep taking early timeouts. @MehkiFlowers
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Mike Gaffey
2 years
Best student section in the Mid Penn!!
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Mike Gaffey
1 year
Thank you to Pitt Greensburg Jeremy Yetter the Athletic Director and Head Coach Chris Klimchock for allowing us to to our walk thru on their college campus today!
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Mike Gaffey
3 months
Congrats to Josh Smith for being named the Mr. PA Basketball most promising underclassman! He can play Division 1 Football and Basketball!!
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Mike Gaffey
2 years
Special thank you to the best student section in the state for coming down to Manheim to support us tonight. Proud of our team and our student section! It’s been a crazy last 8 days! Looking forward to the Hershey game Wednesday!
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Mike Gaffey
2 years
First night with the Mechanicsburg Wildcats at open gym! I was impressed with what I saw! #GoCats
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Mike Gaffey
11 months
33 years today! Being the wife of a coach that long is not easy. Happy Anniversary Stephanie, there is no practice scheduled today!! Here’s to 33 more years!
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2 years
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Mike Gaffey
2 years
Very heartwarming night at Mechanicsburg to have the old PSU Harrisburg back to back conference champs gang back together again! Thank you so much for supporting our Wildcats!!
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Mike Gaffey
1 year
Hanging out with former 5th grade students and State Champions.
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Mike Gaffey
2 years
Shout out to the best student section in the Mid Penn! See you Tuesday against Red Lion!!
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Mike Gaffey
9 months
Hey Coach Harbaugh! Get these 2 on speed dial! Blake Corum if you see this post forward to the boss.
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Mike Gaffey
1 year
Congrats to Chance Yanoski on getting named MVP in his first game at the Big 60 event! He is now automatically invited to the Cream of the Crop Oct. 29th!
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Mike Gaffey
7 months
Thankful for the opportunity to celebrate with the Palmyra 96 team and clinch the Conference title with the Mechanicsburg 24 team in the same gym Friday!
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Mike Gaffey
5 months
The Last Dance tonight for Calvin and Jeramiah tonight! I could watch these guys play forever!
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Mike Gaffey
2 years
Gabe Vellios was a fantastic faceguarding defender! Great student and a classy guy! Good luck at LVC! Shout out to Rocky Parise at My Jersey Designs!
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Mike Gaffey
1 year
Great job by all the Wildcat teams this weekend grades 7-12! The 10th grade won the Championship today and the 9th grade made it to the finals today vs Bishop McDevitt 55-53 in a great fast paced game!
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Mike Gaffey
2 years
Congrats to Coach Risser on his new position. He is a fantastic coach and has always been a loyal assistant who is ready for this position!
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Mid Penn Sports Central
2 years
Mark Risser Expected to be hired as McDevitt Basketball Head Coach
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Mike Gaffey
2 years
Great to see two local friends/legends last night in our game for first place! Dr. Andy Panko the best golfer in the area and his son Andy Panko a D-3 All American and MVP of the professional Spanish ACB League!
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Mike Gaffey
2 years
Special thanks to our Mechanicsburg HS players for giving back to the community and helping at the rec elementary night!
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Mike Gaffey
1 year
Congrats to our JV team winning the JV League Championship tonight 48-47 on a Alex Pida 3 at the buzzer! Two great teams Mechanicsburg and Carlisle going at it!
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Mike Gaffey
1 year
Our Dad’s Jack McCloskey and Bill Gaffey are smiling today! 23 years ago Coach McCloskey helped me get started with the PA/Maryland Camp at Alvernia! We now have record numbers!
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Mike Gaffey
1 year
830am workouts before camp! The road to success is always under construction!
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Mike Gaffey
2 years
7-0 Waynesboro comes to Mechanicsburg tomorrow night!
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Mike Gaffey
10 months
Shout out to a former 5th grade student!
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Evan Wheaton
10 months
Alex Erby has chosen Navy. Navy is getting: -3x first team All-State QB -Pa. Football Writers’ Class 1A Player of the Year -MaxPreps All-American -Pennsylvania’s all-time leader in passing yards and passing TDs Erby’s full announcement below 👇
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Mike Gaffey
2 years
Congrats to Chris “Shaq” Sattele on his PHD! He is now Dr. Sattele. The only other Dr. I know from Philly is Julius Erving!
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Mike Gaffey
1 year
Elite 8 and Coach has the best dance moves in the nation!
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Mike Gaffey
2 years
Caught up with University of Miami Coach Jim Larranaga today in Wilmington DE!
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Mike Gaffey
1 year
Great banquet with great people tonight! We have our next game vs North Hills Friday at 6pm at North Hills in the PIAA State Tournament!
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Mike Gaffey
2 years
I decided to take a week off from basketball and eat healthy! DM me if you need this recipe.
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Mike Gaffey
1 year
Welcome to Pittsburgh! Smooth ride on Wolf’s Coach Bus!
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Mike Gaffey
2 years
Coach Gaffey Sr.’s birthday party with former Susquehanna Twp. Players! Can you name them? @chrishandles @PSH_AD
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Mike Gaffey
1 year
Great day of Basketball History with Scott today in Springfield Mass!
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Mike Gaffey
2 years
PA Maryland Camp Dates for 2023 are official! July 23-27 will once again be the best week of the summer!
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Mike Gaffey
2 years
I had the chance to speak at Ephrata HS yesterday on defense. It’s easy to see how they had 4 different quarters this year where the opponent went scoreless! Their players were locked in yesterday! The Mounts have something special brewing!
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Mike Gaffey
2 years
Best competitor I’ve coached against in 30 years! And an even better person! Good luck at Bridgewater @tateleach2
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Mike Gaffey
2 years
I am so proud of these 25 young men for their hard work at camp! Many of them attended the extra sessions after lunch and dinner all week! Great job guys!! #roadtosuccessalwaysunderconstruction
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Mike Gaffey
2 years
Bill Self of Kansas with the Gaffey’s!
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Mike Gaffey
1 year
Great to see Tori back on the stage again last night! The next two weekends at Hershey Playhouse will be awesome! Anyone who needs ticket information…let me know!
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Mike Gaffey
6 months
Just got home from the Mechanicsburg Musical “Mamma Mia” and there was some serious talent on stage! I’m requesting them to sing the Dancing Queen at halftime this Friday!!!
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Mike Gaffey
2 years
Week 3 at Spooky Nook and the Father vs Son match up goes to the son as Ephrata and Scott Gaffey defeated Mechanicsburg! Both teams played a hard physical game! Congrats to Ephrata and their players and staff! Hopefully both Mechanicsburg and Ephrata have much success this year!
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Mike Gaffey
3 months
I had a chance to catch up with three former point guards today at the Mr. PA Basketball Banquet! Scott, Josh and Handles!
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Mike Gaffey
1 year
The Wildcats just finished a very successful Spooky Nook Summer League at 7-1! Next up is PA vs Maryland Camp.
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Mike Gaffey
2 years
Big week for Mechanicsburg Basketball! The team went 3-0 this week against CD East, Gettysburg and Camp Hill. I thought we played hard, smart and together! #gocats
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Mike Gaffey
2 years
Big 60 event at Spooky Nook yesterday had some AMAZING talent under one roof! Can’t wait until the next Big 60 October 30th!
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Mike Gaffey
11 months
Great day of hoops at Spooky Nook yesterday with Varsity and JV playing 3 games…Varsity went 2-1 with only loss to Strath Haven 37-36. I liked the intensity!
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Mike Gaffey
1 year
What a great week of camp for these young men! Today the Varsity and JV are off to Allentown for the ATOWN Throwdown Tournament!
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Mike Gaffey
1 year
Practice tonight is 4-5pm then on to the Mechanicsburg Musical “Mary Poppins”! I’m looking forward to celebrating the Arts at MASH!
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Mike Gaffey
1 year
Nathan Bardo Seth Brubaker Gabe Pinsker Members of the PA East All stars were 115-111 winners in the 6pm All Star Game at Steel High! Fun high scoring game!
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Mike Gaffey
1 year
The 4 coaches in the NBA involved in trade talks today at camp. Negotiations have been tense at times for each organization!
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Mike Gaffey
6 months
First of many! Princeton is known for being smart and making informed decisions.
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Josh Smith
6 months
After a great phone call with @Coach_Flinn I am blessed and honored to receive my first Division 1 offer to The University of Princeton for Football! @CoachBobSurace @PrincetonFTBL @SportsByBLinder @GoMechanicsburg #GoTigers #AGTG
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Mike Gaffey
1 year
It was an honor and a pleasure to speak at my son Scott’s Ephrata HS Camp! The guys paid attention to detail and worked hard!!
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Mike Gaffey
10 months
Best sports family in Central PA History!
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Perry Owens
10 months
Back in the day
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Mike Gaffey
4 months
Guys brought home the Championship at the PA/Maryland AAU tournament today with a 2nd win over Mid Penn Motion National this weekend!
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Mike Gaffey
5 months
Happy Birthday Coach Gaffey! Time sure does fly from the first bball camp at age 6! @CoachGaffey
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Mike Gaffey
2 months
Mechanicsburg goes 2-0 at Philly Live with 76-72 win over Moorestown NJ and 73-59 over Mastery Charter North! Next up is Pa/Maryland Camp July 21-25.
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Mike Gaffey
2 years
Caught up with University of Miami Coach Jim Larranaga today in Wilmington DE!
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Mike Gaffey
1 month
This guy started out as a 5th grade camper and now he’s serving as the Asst. Director at PA/Maryland Camp! He’s now the Head Coach at Littlestown High School. It was great to have him help coach our Mechanicsburg guys this week! @CoachGaffey
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Mike Gaffey
1 year
Spencer Nolan represented the Mechanicsburg Wildcats in the Mid State Roundball All Star Games at Steel High as the Central PA All Stars lost to the state of Pennsylvania 103-93.
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Mike Gaffey
2 years
Thx to the Coach Scott Gaffey and the Ephrata Mounts for sharing a set play we used last night! It’s nice to have a quality resource in the same family in addition to HOF Coach Bill Gaffey Senior! @CoachGaffey
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Mike Gaffey
10 months
Hanging with the Cats at the 3 on 3 Tournament today! T minus 2 weeks!
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Mike Gaffey
7 months
Team birthday dinner with Chuck tonight! He’s our number one fan and we are his! Happy birthday!!
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Mike Gaffey
1 year
Coach Bardo and Coach Yanoski in their first League game at Basketball Camp!
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Mike Gaffey
9 months
This guy was the best point guard in the state last season! He’s the smartest point guard I’ve ever coached in 36 years!
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Mechanicsburg Basketball Booster Club
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Mike Gaffey
2 months
Working Elementary Camp together with Scott and Tori at Mechanicsburg. #priceless
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Mike Gaffey
9 months
Our Wildcats were observed by the GOAT tonight! Hall of Fame Coach Emery Cook was in the house for our game at Spring Grove.
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Mike Gaffey
2 years
A Great group of campers and a great group of HS players as coaches! These HS players have been great role models!
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Mike Gaffey
2 months
The Cats finish 8-0 in Nook League with an intense physical 82-68 win over McDevitt and a 60-49 win over Ephrata!
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Mike Gaffey
3 months
Congrats Tori on obtaining your Masters Degree from Adelphi today! Can’t wait to see your next chapter!!
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Mike Gaffey
7 months
Andrew Simpkins nailed 39 Free Throws in a row today at the Foul Shot a Thon!
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Mike Gaffey
1 month
Chase Smucker leads a talented group of players from the LL League to attend PA/Maryland Camp this Sunday at Alvernia. Still some spots available. You can register at:
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Mike Gaffey
11 months
Great night of Basketball at Spooky Nook. Our group remains undefeated by playing extremely hard and smart! Last year we went winless in this league!
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Mike Gaffey
2 years
JV squad moved to 2-0 tonight and Coach Ross and the 9th grade won their home opener! It’s a great night to be a Wildcat!
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Mike Gaffey
3 months
Happy Father’s Day! I know you will enjoy viewing 2 games at a time again this upcoming season on Tuesday’s and Friday’s! I can only hope to be half as good mentoring young men!
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Mike Gaffey
4 months
One year Anniversary of Dad’s passing. Since Covid he never missed a game of mine or Scott’s and if we were both playing he had two computers going. I still enjoy every story new and old!
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Mike Gaffey
10 months
Thank you to our dedicated Wildcat players for giving 2 hours of their time tonight with third grade!
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Mike Gaffey
2 years
Congratulations to our undefeated 9th grade team who won games over Bishop McDevitt today at Cumberland Valley today to go 6-0
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Mike Gaffey
4 months
Happy Mother’s Day to my wife Stephanie! Our family MVP!
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Mike Gaffey
1 year
Proud of my 2 former players at PSU Harrisburg directing their teams in an overtime thriller tonight. Kenton Alston and Kenny Stone! Very proud of these guys!
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Mike Gaffey
11 months
Justin Bardo is the toughest multi sport athlete in the Mid Penn! College Football and Basketball coaches … take notice!
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Anthony Rose
1 year
A big shoutout to our defensive leaders @justinbardo1 and @dhutch7733 for leading the charge in our big win against Red Land on Friday night!! Way to set the tone guys!!
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Mike Gaffey
1 year
Special thank you to Father Weaver for the beautiful memorial service yesterday! His sermon was informative, inspirational and uplifting! Thank you Father Weaver!
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Mike Gaffey
1 month
Ran into 2 District 3 Gold Medalists from my years at Bishop McDevitt! Alex Marsico 2016 and Ben Marsico 2019! It’s only fitting that  Mechanicsburg plays McDevitt in the final 4 of JV Summer League!
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Mike Gaffey
2 years
Great night of basketball at the Fab 50: Mechanicsburg had 3 teams that played at Spooky Nook last night. The Varsity team went 3-0 on the night and all 3 teams played hard, smart and together!
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