Local Sports Roundup for Thursday, Feb. 12
WEATHERLY — Marian is in. Jarod Paisley scored 10 points, including five in the fourth quarter, as Colts earned a 41-36 Schuylkill League Division III victory over Weatherly on Thursday. With the...
View ArticleHS BOYS' BB: Upper Dauphin claims TVL title
COVE — The large crowd at Susquenita High School and the pressure of the Tri-Valley League’s first championship game appeared to wear on Upper Dauphin’s boys’ basketball team at the outset of...
View ArticleLocal sports briefs for Feb. 13, 2015
Big Diamond plans car show FORESTVILLE — The Big Diamond Speedway Mall Show will be held Monday through Friday, March 2-6, at the Schuylkill Mall near Frackville. The mall will be open from 10 a.m. to...
View ArticleH.S. GIRLS' BB: Minersville, North Schuylkill bring similar styles to league...
Minersville and North Schuylkill each possess something the other desires. The Battlin’ Miners are the defending Schuylkill League champions, and the Spartans will have to go through them in tonight’s...
View ArticleH.S. BOYS BASKETBALL: Raiders get another shot at Crimson Tide in Schuylkill...
Schuylkill League Boys’ Basketball Championship Tonight, at Martz Hall Tamaqua (19-4, Division I wild card) vs. Pottsville (23-0, Division I champion), 8 p.m. About the Blue Raiders Head coach: Caszy...
View ArticleFriday's high school sports roundup
LEHIGHTON — Consecutive falls by Kyle Stephen (113), Caleb Bordner (120) and Sammy Hepler (126) put Tri-Valley ahead to stay in a 40-25 Schuylkill League Division I win over Lehighton on Friday night....
View ArticleMount Carmel hires Darrah as football coach
MOUNT CARMEL — The Mount Carmel Area School Board chose another alum Thursday night to lead the winningest high school football program in the state. The unanimous approval of a five-year contract for...
View ArticleH.S. BOYS BASKETBALL: Crimson Tide win Schuylkill League title in thriller...
After a year’s absence, Pottsville is back on top of the Schuylkill League in boys’ basketball. The way the Crimson Tide had to do it made it all the more memorable. Eli Nabholz scored five of his nine...
View ArticleH.S. GIRLS' BB: North Schuylkill rides defense to Schuylkill league crown
When Minersville’s Adrienne Kroznuskie scored the last of her five 3-point buckets with 3:17 remaining in Friday’s Schuylkill League girls’ basketball championship game, the Battlin’ Miners held a...
View ArticleH.S. GIRLS' BB: North Schuylkill adds to Schuylkill League legacy
Carly Gregas practiced under North Schuylkill’s girls’ basketball championship banners for four years, longing to add one of her own to the gymnasium wall. That desire was fulfilled in Friday night’s...
View ArticleWrestlers, teams take step forward
Every offseason, several struggling wrestlers and a few teams dedicate themselves to becoming better. That hard work tends to show up over the winter. This year was no exception. Traditionally, this...
View ArticleH.S. BOYS' BASKETBALL: Tamaqua's slow-down stategy nearly produces upset
Caszy Kosciolek calls it his “4 to score” offense. A spread-the-floor, patient, slow-down offensive set that makes for boring basketball, but one that can help an underdog hang with a heavy favorite....
View ArticleHS WRESTLING: Mount Carmel has 3 sectional runners-up
CATAWISSA — Mount Carmel and Shamokin each advanced five wrestlers to next week’s District 4 Class AA Tournament in Williamsport at the District 4 Southern Sectional Tournament on Saturday at Southern...
View ArticlePenn State recruits dominate Big 33 roster
Seven Penn State University football recruits are members of the Pennsylvania Big 33 football team that will oppose Maryland in the Big 33 Football Classic on Saturday, June 20, at Hersheypark...
View ArticleTide, Haven shine at relay invitational
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — Pottsville’s Michael Logothetides and Michael Smerlick and Schuylkill Haven’s Taylor Felty each swam in four winning relays in the Schuylkill Haven Relay Invite on Saturday. In the...
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. DCNR improves state park booking...
View ArticleO’Donnell named to national all-star volleyball team
HOMETOWN — High school girls’ volleyball fans across Pennsylvania have known for the past two years that Marian’s Abby O’Donnell is one of the best setters in the state. Now The Republican-Herald’s...
View ArticleHS WRESTLING: 12 Hawks qualify for districts
HAMBURG — It’s been a season of transition for the Hamburg wrestling program. A state team tournament semifinalist in 2013-14, the Hawks lost nine starters to graduation and other factors. A lot of...
View ArticleWLA accepts field school applications
Since its founding in 2002, the Pennsylvania Institute for Conservation Education, a non-profit educational organization for advancing awareness, knowledge and skills in natural history and...
View Article4 Schuylkill League teams top district fields
Four Schuylkill League teams top District 11 basketball brackets released Saturday. League boys’ champion Pottsville and girls’ titlist North Schuylkill come in as top seeds in their Class AAA and...
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