Past winners
The Carbon County Senior Games has been helping seniors feel young for 30 years. Here’s a recap of who won the games since its inception.
The only year winners could not be found either through the Area Agency on Aging or Times News records was 1998. It is marked with an asterisk.
1988: No group competition. Just men competing against men and women against women.
1989: No group competition. Just men competing against men and women against women.
1990: Competition as the town you resided in. Final scores were: Palmerton, 61; Penn Forest-Kidder Township, 50; Summit Hill, 31; Lansford, 28; Nesquehoning, 21; Lehighton, 15; Jim Thorpe, 11; Mahoning Township, 6; Tresckow, 4; and Weatherly, 3.
1991: Palmerton
1992: Palmerton
1993: Panther Valley
1994: Palmerton
1995: Palmerton
1996: Panther Valley
1997: Panther Valley
1998: *
1999: Lehighton
2000: Panther Valley
2001: Jim Thorpe
2002: Lehighton
2003: Lehighton
2004: Lehighton
2005: Lehighton
2006: Lehighton
2007: Lehighton
2008: Lehighton
2009: Lehighton
2010: Lehighton
2011: Lehighton
2012: Southern Carbon County (Palmerton/Lehighton)
2013: Southern Carbon County (Palmerton/Lehighton)
2014: Northern Carbon County (Panther Valley, Jim Thorpe, Weatherly)
2015: Northern Carbon County (Panther Valley, Jim Thorpe, Weatherly)
2016: Southern Carbon County (Palmerton/Lehighton)
2017: Southern Carbon County (Palmerton/Lehighton)