Sporting Life

Local 9 Pennsylvania

Alphonse Terry, retired member of BAC Local 9 Pennsylvania, was inducted into the Western Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame on October 30, 2021. A bricklayer by trade, Brother Terry joined BAC in 1977 and oversaw masonry projects in many states as a superintendent.

Brother Terry has always loved football, so when he learned that anyone can take a class to become a football official, he went to pursue it and started officiating Midget Football and Catholic School football Leagues in the Pittsburgh area in 1976. Over the years, he officiated high school games, Division 2 and 3 colleges in the state’s PSAC, ECAC, and PAC conferences, Divisions 1AA and 1 for the Ivy League games, Atlantic 10 and the prestigious Big 10 conference.

“My officiating assignments took me to all 4 corners of the country. Some of the venues included Rose Bowl, Orange Bowl, Yale, Harvard, Princeton, University of Michigan (the Big House), Ohio State University (the Shoe), and Notre Dame,” Brother Terry says. “After 41 years of weekends, some weekdays, Championship games for the PIAA, Division 2 College Championships, the Big Ten Championship game in 2014, and numerous Bowl Games, I retired from my second avocation.”

The 2021 Western Chapter Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame inductees’ information can be found at http://westernpasportshof.org/inductees-for-2021/

Mountain West Administrative District Council

BAC Local 7 Colorado/Wyoming member Drew Anderson fished big at various lakes in Colorado.

Local 1 Pennsylvania/Delaware

Robert Hamilton, a third-generation bricklayer and member of BAC Local 1 PA/DE, with his prize buck.

Local 3 California

BAC 70-year member Frank Bachofer of Local 3 California caught this sturgeon on the Snake River in Washington.

Local 8 New Brunswick/Prince Edward Island

Fred Richard caught this 41-inch striped bass on the Kennebecasis River in southern New Brunswick, Canada.