Schuylkill women edge PSU Scranton
SCRANTON — Penn State Schuylkill placed four players in double figures and held off Penn State Worthington Scranton in the second half for a 66-63 victory Monday in a Penn State University Athletic...
View ArticlePSU: Hull earns Big Ten's top linebacker honors
STATE COLLEGE — Mike Hull doesn’t think Penn State’s defense got the respect it deserved this season. On Monday, the Nittany Lions’ senior middle linebacker got plenty of it, though. Hull was named the...
View ArticleOlympians' Condly to run at Temple
JIM THORPE — Senior Johnathan Condly has gotten stronger and faster every season of his high school career. Now he’s eager to see if he can do the same at the next level — the NCAA Division I level, to...
View ArticlePSU Schuylkill gets first win
PSU-Schuylkill gets first win DUNMORE — After five losses to open the season, the Penn State Schuylkill men’s basketball team earned its first victory by scoring 14 points in overtime to take an 82-72...
View ArticleCOLLINS: Latest loss microcosm of season
STATE COLLEGE He completed less than half of his pass attempts, again. He threw for less than 200 yards, again. Some of his best throws were flat-out dropped. He got sacked three times Saturday, which...
View ArticleTwo named to all-district team
2 locals make all-district team LEHIGHTON — Two Schuylkill League Division I players were named recently to the District 11 Class AA girls’ volleyball all-star team. Blue Mountain senior outside hitter...
View ArticleHS Volleyball: 6 named to All-State volleyball teams
HOMETOWN — In 2013, the Marian girls’ volleyball team won the PIAA Class A championship and placed four players on the Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association Class A All-State team. This fall, the...
View ArticleLOCAL BRIEF: NS announces parking changes
North Schuylkill announces event parking changes FOUNTAIN SPRINGS — Due to the ongoing renovation project at North Schuylkill Junior/Senior High School, there will be limited parking available in the...
View ArticleBOYS' BB: High-scoring trio
Nativity’s Jeff Yordy was mentored by his father Mike, a star at Saint Clair in the late 1980s. Tamaqua’s Brett Kosciolek has fond memories of playing HORSE with his aunt Anne Marie Kosciolek, one of...
View ArticleH.S. Boys' Basketball roundup for Friday, Dec. 5
LANSFORD — Matt Yedsena scored 15 points as Mahanoy Area gave Scott Hudson his first win as the Golden Bears’ coach following a 44-38 victory over Marian in the opening round of the Panther Valley...
View ArticleH.S. BOYS' BB: Defense keys Spartans' win over Blue Devils
SHENANDOAH — The North Schuylkill boys’ basketball team is looking to establish a new identity for itself this season with a host of new faces, including three new starters. Friday wasn’t perfect, but...
View ArticleGIRLS' BB: Brutto notches 500th win at Marian
COAL TOWNSHIP — Paul Brutto is the perfect picture of composure on the bench. But the 24th-year Marian Fillies basketball coach allowed himself to flash a few smiles after his team’s 44-29 win over...
View ArticlePottsville wrestlers lead Darren Klingerman Invitational
BLOOMSBURG — Moving eight into the semifinals, Pottsville climbed into first place Friday night after the opening rounds of the Darren Klingerman Invitational Wrestling Tournament at Bloomsburg High...
View ArticleFriday's high school girls' hoops roundup
HAMBURG — Reagan Newswanger scored nine points to lift Tri-Valley over Annville-Cleona 37-28 in the Hamburg Tip-Off Tournament on Friday. The win was Clark Romberger’s first as head coach of the...
View ArticleOD: Trophy room accepting photos
Online ‘Trophy Room’ accepting photos Successful hunters may submit their digital photos of bear, deer and wild turkey to the online “Trophy Room” of the Republican-Herald and News-Item by visiting...
View ArticleGIRLS' BB: Marian tops Lourdes for Tip-Off title
COAL TOWNSHIP — Abbey Whildin and Ashley Fannick know how to win basketball games. With their team battling injuries and missing key players from the lineup, the two Marian senior guards came through...
View ArticleH.S. BOYS BASKETBALL:
LANSFORD — Mahanoy Area’s dominating performance during last year’s Panther Valley Tip-Off Tournament set the tone for the Golden Bears’ season. The hope is this weekend’s showing can do the same, and...
View ArticleOutdoors briefs
Outdoors-related clubs and organizations can submit items to be considered for publication in “Outdoors Briefs” by emailing to outdoors@republicanherald.com. Reports indicate successful bear hunt...
View ArticleSaturday's Boys' BB roundup
ELIZABETHVILLE — Matt Miller scored 11 points, including four free throws in the final minutes, as Upper Dauphin held off Schuylkill Haven 47-44 in the boys’ championship game of the Upper Dauphin...
View ArticleGroundhogs have system to survive winter
Editor’s Note: In addition to being an outdoors writer and author, Bud Cole is a retired elementary school teacher, an adjunct community college professor and the owner and director of Three B’s Mobil...
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