San Juan Worm ideal for winter anglers
Editor’s note: Outdoors writer Bruce Schneck, a longtime member of the Schuylkill County Chapter of Trout Unlimited, is presenting a new series entitled “Fly of the Month” that will focus on favorites...
View ArticleHS Swimming: Marino, Eagles have record-setting day
Nathanael Marino’s Saturday began before the sun came up. By the time that sun had set, the Blue Mountain senior had etched his name several times in the Schuylkill League, Blue Mountain and Ned...
View ArticleFishing board gets it right with expanded youth opportunities
HARRISBURG The headquarters of the Pennsylvania Game Commission and Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission are approximately 1,500 feet apart along Elmerton Avenue in Harrisburg. As close in proximity...
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Outdoors-related clubs and organizations can submit items to be considered for publication in “Outdoors Briefs” by emailing to outdoors@republicanherald.com. Local group to hold wild foods dinner...
View ArticleH.S. GIRLS' BASKETBALL: Defense keys Marian's D-III tiebreaker win over Blue...
MINERSVILLE — The Marian girls’ basketball team left its defense in Hometown on Thursday. But the Fillies’ defense definitely came to play Saturday night in Minersville. Abbey Whildin had a game-high...
View ArticleH.S. Basketball Roundup for Feb. 7
MILLERSBURG — Jessica Hoffman had 11 points as Upper Dauphin overcame a slow first quarter to down Line Mountain 39-25 in the Tri-Valley League East Division runner-up tiebreaker game Saturday night....
View ArticleLOCAL ROUNDUP: Panthers win team title at Coal Cracker
LANSFORD — Darren Goida and Rian Shubeck captured individual championships to lead Panther Valley to the team title in Saturday’s Coal Cracker Wrestling Tournament. The Panthers finished with 245...
View ArticleCOLLEGE COLUMN: Local grads earn LVC honors
Thought for the Day — With fears of mortality lurking these bleak winter days, remember the words of actress and bon vivant Mae West, who said, “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is...
View ArticleH.S. GIRLS' BASKETBALL: Rematch set for Schuylkill League playoffs
It’s a rematch. Marian’s win over Shenandoah Valley in Saturday’s Division III tiebreaker set the Schuylkill League playoff stage with the same pieces as last season. North Schuylkill-Marian and...
View ArticleAthlete of the Week: Mary Zimmerman, Schuylkill Haven
Name: Mary Zimmerman High school: Schuylkill Haven Area High School Grade: Sophomore Sport: Girls’ swimming Accomplishments: Zimmerman captured four gold medals at Saturday’s Schuylkill League Swimming...
View ArticleH.S. GIRLS' BB: Minersville outlasts Pottsville in final seconds, advances to...
Time never melted so slowly off a clock for Minersville. For Pottsville, it evaporated too quickly. A late turnover in the waning moments of Tuesday night’s Schuylkill League semifinal at Martz Hall...
View ArticleSchuylkill League Boys' Basketball Semifinal Capsules
Schuylkill League Boys’ Basketball Semifinals Tonight, at Martz Hall Tamaqua (18-4, Division I wild card) vs. Minersville (18-3, Division II champ), 6 p.m. About Tamaqua Head coach: Caszy Kosciolek...
View ArticleH.S. GIRLS' BB: North Schuylkill hangs on to beat Marian in league semis
Carly Gregas and her senior teammates remember the feeling of walking off the Martz Hall floor disappointed after last year’s Schuylkill League semifinals. That disappointment provided a great deal of...
View ArticleH.S. BOYS' BASKETBALL: Big 3rd quarter leads Trojans reach Tri-Valley League...
ELIZABETHVILLE — Upper Dauphin’s hopes for a trip to the Tri-Valley League final were in jeopardy at halftime Tuesday. Then the Trojans’ offense, as well as their defense, came to life in the third...
View ArticleTuesday's H.S. sports roundup
MIFFLINTOWN — Victoria Varner unloaded 22 points to propel Juniata into the Tri-Valley League girls’ basketball championship with a 53-37 victory over Upper Dauphin in the league semifinals on Tuesday....
View ArticleSchuylkill League Boys' BB: Tamaqua outlasts Minersville
Bo Rottet and Brett Kosciolek are no strangers to playing for championships. In baseball, that is. Their goal entering Wednesday’s Schuylkill League boys’ basketball semifinal against Minersville was...
View ArticleLocal sports briefs for Feb. 12, 2015
Hamburg hires new head field hockey coach HAMBURG — The Hamburg Area School District directors hired Justine Reading as the school’s head field hockey coach Wednesday. Reading, an elementary teacher...
View ArticleSchuylkill League Boys' BB: Pottsville overwhelms Mahanoy Area
Pottsville’s defense has overwhelmed the opposition at times this season. That was the case Wednesday night. The Crimson Tide’s intensity on defense allowed Pottsville to overcome an early deficit and...
View ArticleWednesday's high school sports roundup
ORWIGSBURG — Lucas Forbes (152), Hunter Blankenhorn (113) and Chase Sincavage (126) posted pins as Blue Mountain defeated North Schuylkill 44-24 on Wednesday in a Schuylkill League Division I dual...
View ArticleHS WRESTLING: Aggressive Tri-Valley rolls past Pottsville
HEGINS — Before Wednesday’s match, Tri-Valley’s Caleb Bordner poured his heart out in an impassioned Senior Night speech to his teammates. “I try to talk to them before every match,’’ Bordner said,...
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