DISTRICT 11 BOYS' BASKETBALL: Class AA semifinal capsules
No. 4 Williams Valley (11-11) vs. No. 1 Minersville (18-4) Tonight, Martz Hall, 7:30 p.m. About the Vikings Head coach: Denny Kasper (20th season) Team stats: Offense (45.3 points per game), defense...
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District 11 Girls’ Basketball Semifinal Capsules CLASS A No. 1 Shenandoah Valley (19-4) vs. No. 5 Mahanoy Area (13-10) Tonight, Blue Mountain High School, 6 p.m. About the Blue Devils Head coach: Chris...
View ArticleD-11 GIRLS' BB: Williams Valley stomps Salem Christian
It’s been quite a while since the Williams Valley girls’ basketball program has reached the PIAA Class A state tournament. Brian Unger was on the bench coaching the Vikings in 1999 when his club fell...
View ArticleD-11 GIRLS' BB: Demalis spurs Shenandoah by Mahanoy, into Class A final
ORWIGSBURG — Alaina Demalis might be the smallest player on the court most games, but the 5-foot-3 junior makes up for it in tenacity. The Shenandoah Valley guard cares little for her own statistics,...
View ArticleDISTRICT 11 BOYS' BASKETBALL: Golden Bears head to Class AA final with OT win...
ORWIGSBURG — Brian Miller is one of the few players remaining from Mahanoy Area’s championship run during the past couple of years. Miller, now a senior, helped the Golden Bears earn another title...
View ArticleD-11 BOYS' BB: Minersville rolls past Williams Valley
A large, loud Minersville student section filled a side of the upper deck at Martz Hall for Wednesday’s District 11 Class AA boys’ basketball semifinal. All clad in blue T-shirts, the students cheered...
View ArticleHS WRESTLING: Wrestlers take next step at regionals
Almost nobody ever says: “Man, I really want to win a regional championship!’’ District champion, yes. State champion, of course. Regionals, though, are that in-between portion of the postseason...
View ArticleD-11 GIRLS' BB: Class AA championship capsule
District 11 Girls’ Basketball Class AA Championship No. 1 North Schuylkill (24-2) vs. No. 3 Minersville (24-2) 6 p.m. today, Blue Mountain High School About the Spartans Head coach: John Rizzo How got...
View ArticleD-11 SWIMMING: Tide, Eagles vie for boys' team title
Ned Hampford’s coaching career contains a truckload of accolades. From the Crimson Tide’s 21 Schuylkill League boys’ swimming team titles, to the individual league, district and state medals garnered...
View ArticleDISTRICT 11 BOYS' BASKETBALL: Class AAA, A championship capsules
District 11 Boys’ Basketball Class AAA Championship No. 3 Allentown Central Catholic (17-9) vs. No. 1 Pottsville (26-0) 8 p.m., today, Blue Mountain High School About the Vikings Head coach: Dennis...
View ArticleD-11 BOYS' BB: Tamaqua boys advance to state tourney
BETHLEHEM — For the first time in 20 years, Tamaqua will be playing in the PIAA Boys’ Basketball Tournament. Using a tough man-to-man defense and a big second-quarter run, the Blue Raiders held on for...
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BRODHEADSVILLE — Nativity has advanced a round deeper into the District 11 Class A boys’ basketball playoffs each of the past three seasons. And although the Hilltoppers fell short of a district title,...
View ArticleD-11 GIRLS' BB: Minersville tops North Schuylkill in OT, repeats as Class AA...
ORWIGSBURG — Hundreds of hearts came unglued from the throats of Minersville fans all at once Friday night. A last-second, defensive-end turnover in overtime gave North Schuylkill a shot to steal the...
View ArticleD-11 GIRLS' BB: Class A championship capsule
Class A Championship No. 1 Shenandoah Valley (20-4) vs. No. 2 Williams Valley (16-7), 1 p.m. today, Martz Hall About the Blue Devils Head coach: Chris Conrroy How got here: Earned bye to semifinals,...
View ArticleHS WRESTLING: Tri-Valley's Schaeffer notches 100th win
WEST LAWN — When last we saw Tri-Valley junior Chase Schaeffer, he limped around the mat, grimaced in pain and seemed to ache with every movement. Schaeffer fell to Northern Lehigh’s Ryan Farber in...
View ArticleD-11 SWIMMING: Tamaqua's Kanaskie, Haven's Adams grab silver
SOUTH WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP — A finger … maybe the length of her hand. That’s all that separated Tamaqua’s Rebecca Kanaskie from winning a District 11 gold medal Friday afternoon. The Tamaqua sophomore...
View ArticleHS BOYS' BASKETBALL: Fast stats leads Crimson Tide to Class AAA title
ORWIGSBURG — With 16 seconds left in the game, the Pottsville fans rose to their and filled Blue Mountain High School gymnasium with a thunderous roar. Then when the final buzzer went off, the Crimson...
View ArticleD-11 SWIM: Eagles live up to lofty expectations
SOUTH WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP — It’s one thing to be expected to win. It’s another to actually do it. The Blue Mountain boys’ quartet of Mark Boran, Nathanael Marino, Stephen Johnson and Joey McLaughlin...
View ArticleH.S. BOYS' BASKETBALL: District 11 Class AA championship capsule
Class A Championship No. 2 Mahanoy Area (19-5) vs. No. 1 Minersville (19-4), 2:30 p.m. today, Martz Hall About the Golden Bears Head coach: Scott Hudson (1st season) How got here: Beat No. 3 Marian...
View ArticleTalking turkey helps Kotchey walk the walk hunting spring gobblers
CORSICA — Listening to the enthusiastic, relaxed delivery used by Shawn Kotchey in presenting his seminar on hunting spring gobblers at last year’s Lehigh Valley Sportsman Show conveyed the confidence...
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