BOYS' BB: Tide remain unbeaten with rout of Williamsport
There must be something about facing Williamsport that brings out the best in Pottsville’s Travis Blankenhorn. The senior guard was almost perfect against the Millionaires on Saturday afternoon. So...
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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 ArticleStars shine at Schuylkill Sprint Meet
Allison Adams, Rebecca Kanaskie, Nathanael Marino and Mark Boran know what it takes to excel in the postseason. Returning state qualifiers, the four Schuylkill League swimming standouts got a perfect...
View ArticleFlintlock longrifles take their place among Pa.’s symbols
HARRISBURG — For those deer hunters still with the dreams of tagging a big buck and/or filling their freezer with venison as they head into Penn’s Woods for the final week of the flintlock muzzleloader...
View ArticleHS WRESTLING: North Schuylkill repeats as Anthracite Duals champs
LANSFORD — North Schuylkill has had some great heavyweights over the years. State champion Rick Bolinsky, Glenn Geist, Howie Smith, Sean Foley and Mike Pahira are just a few. At Saturday’s Anthracite...
View ArticleSaturday's High School Basketball Roundup
STEELTON — Paige Doyle, Reagan Newswanger and Brianne Pacenta led Tri-Valley to a come-from-behind, 52-48 win over Steel-High in a non-league girls’ basketball contest Saturday afternoon. The Bulldogs...
View ArticleHunting ideal way to battle ‘cabin fever’
Craig Morgan said he is unable to remember the last time he had what some would call a case of “cabin fever.” That malady hits far too many sportsmen who consider the upcoming final week of the...
View ArticlePenn State Report Card
Offense The Penn State season started with an offensive explosion in Dublin, Ireland, ended with another in New York City, and in between, was consistently the biggest reason this team didn’t do more....
View ArticleBecome a better runner in 2015
Want to become a better runner in 2015? Then just write it down. I’ve been doing so since the last century. In 1976, the United States celebrated its Bicentennial. Two hundred years prior, the 13...
View ArticleBlue Mtn. wrestlers go 5-0 at Gauntlet
ORWIGSBURG — Christian Gosch entered Sunday’s AM Wrestling Gauntlet one win away from a milestone. The Blue Mountain senior not only reached the 100-win mark, but he went undefeated to raise his career...
View ArticleLocal briefs, Jan. 5, 2015
Big Diamond to host 11 classes FORESTVILLE — Big Diamond Speedway will host 11 divisions of race cars in the 2015 schedule announced Saturday. The 358 modifieds, sportsmen, roadrunners and street...
View ArticleMonday's H.S. girls' hoops roundup
PINE GROVE — It was beginning to look like another old-fashioned Minersville-Pine Grove girls’ basketball game at halftime Monday night. The Cardinals trailed the Battlin’ Miners by only one point...
View ArticleH.S. BOYS' BASKETBALL: Blankenhorn, 4th-qarter run lift Tide past Tamaqua
TAMAQUA — Pottsville faced a fourth-quarter challenge for one of the few times this season Monday. The Crimson Tide answered the challenge and turned it into another double-digit victory. Travis...
View ArticleAthlete of the Week: Michael Logothetides, Pottsville
Name: Michael Logothetides High school: Pottsville Area Grade: Senior Sport: Swimming Accomplishments: Won the 100 IM, helped Pottsville’s 400 freestyle relay to victory and placed second in two other...
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Blue Mountain swimmer breaks Sprint Meet mark Blue Mountain sophomore Mark Boran set a record in the boys’ 200 freestyle during Saturday’s Schuylkill Sprint Meet at the Ned Hampford Natatorium. Boran...
View ArticleH.S. boys' basketball roundup for Monday, Jan. 5
SHENANDOAH — Brian Miller started the Golden Bears off on the right foot, scoring 10 of his 23 points in the opening quarter, while Matt Yedsena helped deliver the knock-out punch with 18 of his...
View ArticleLocal Briefs: Shamokin-Tide game to be televised
WQMY to televise Shamokin-Tide boys’ contest WQMY, My Network TV, will televise tonight’s non-league boys’ basketball game between Shamokin and Pottsville live. The Crimson Tide are undefeated at 9-0,...
View ArticleGIRLS' BB: North Schuylkill hammers Lehighton in first league meeting
FOUNTAIN SPRINGS — The first three teams on Lehighton’s Schuylkill League Division I schedule were no strangers to the Indians. Tamaqua, Panther Valley and Jim Thorpe frequented Lehighton’s non-league...
View ArticleHigh School Sports Roundup
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — Ian McGowan had a hand in four victories as Schuylkill Haven defeated Tamaqua 105-42 in a Schuylkill League boys’ swim meet Tuesday. McGowan won the 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle...
View ArticleH.S. Basketball Roundup: Pottsville boys crush Shamokin
Travis Blankenhorn has had quite a week. The Pottsville senior tallied 20 or more points for the third time in five days Wednesday, scoring a game-high 23 as the Crimson Tide decked Shamokin 65-43 in...
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