HS SOFTBALL: Pottsville raises level, routs Blue Mountain
ORWIGSBURG — Pottsville goes out of its way to schedule the best competition it can find. “If you want to be the best, you’ve got to play the best,’’ Crimson Tide coach Chuck Rinaldo said. Six games...
View ArticleHS BASEBALL ROUNDUP: UDA rallies past Line Mountain
MANDATA — For five innings, Upper Dauphin’s offense was silent. With one swing of the bat, Kyle Glouner woke up the Trojans. Glouner’s two-run homer triggered a seven-run sixth inning that lifted Upper...
View ArticleHigh school track and field roundup for April 7
LEHIGHTON — Monika Shimko (800, 1,600) and Paige Demetriades (javelin, pole vault) won two individual events apiece to lead Tamaqua to a 79-71 victory over Lehighton in a Schuylkill League Division I...
View ArticleRotation keys prospect-laden Reading
READING — Minor league clubs of all levels and sports often promote themselves as the launch pad for future stars to the big leagues, but the Reading Fightin Phils may have a better claim to that than...
View ArticleH.S. GIRLS' BB: Wojociechowsky steps down as Pottsville coach
It’s been a wild ride back to the top of the Schuylkill League standings for the Pottsville Crimson Tide girls’ basketball program. But for Rick Wojciechowsky, that ride is over. The Crimson Tide coach...
View ArticleHigh school track and field roundup for April 8
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — Josh Rodriguez (110 hurdles, 300 hurdles) won a pair of events as Panther Valley edged Schuylkill Haven 69-68 in the Schuylkill League Division II boys’ track and field opener for...
View ArticleH.S. TRACK AND FIELD: Miners run by Nativity
MINERSVILLE — Minersville’s Ben Hinkel is one of the top returning mid-distance runners in the Schuylkill League. The Miners’ Cassidy Mason could be in the mix for gold in the distance events come the...
View ArticleLehighton stops Pocono Mountain West
LEHIGHTON — Frank Bokan went 2-for-2 as Lehighton scored all its runs in the sixth inning for a 4-1 non-league baseball victory over win over Pocono Mountain West on Wednesday. Damian Mele scattered...
View ArticleHS BASEBALL: Haven tops Dawgs to stay unbeaten
HEGINS — When Bob Felty Sr. looks at his Tri-Valley baseball team, he sees a lot of parallels to Schuylkill Haven’s squads from 2012 and 2013. The veteran coach can only hope his youthful Dawgs blossom...
View ArticleHS SOFTBALL: Unbeaten Tamaqua rallies past Blue Mountain
TAMAQUA — The wind blew in from center field. Temperatures hovered in the low 40s. A persistent, misty drizzle fell. Not exactly a day for the long ball. Yet none of that mattered when Tamaqua’s Carly...
View ArticleHS BASEBALL: Sean Greenawalt powers Eagles past Tamaqua
TAMAQUA — Sean Greenawalt delivered at the plate and on the mound Thursday for the Blue Mountain Eagles. The senior tossed a complete-game four-hitter and slugged the game-winning homer as the Eagles...
View ArticleHigh school softball roundup for April 9, 2015
PINE GROVE — Hayley Wolff’s two-run triple keyed an eight-run second inning that propelled Pine Grove past Lourdes 16-1 on Thursday in a Schuylkill League Division I game. Wolff finished with three...
View ArticleRUNNING: Local races abound in April
During the month of April, local runners do not have to travel far in order to run excellent races featuring great competition for worthy causes. The spring racing season kicks off with the largest...
View ArticleConigliaro to make pro debut Saturday at Lakeside
BARNESVILLE — Saint Clair boxer Antonio Conigliaro will make his professional debut Saturday as part of a pro-am boxing card sponsored by A&D Promotions at the Lakeside Ballroom. Conigliaro will...
View ArticleQuinn, Charles hope to lift Reading offense
READING — Amidst all the talk of the Reading Fightin Phils’ talented pitching rotation, Roman Quinn reminded everyone of something important about baseball. “If you don’t score runs, you don’t win...
View ArticleLocal sports briefs for Saturday, April 11
Big Diamond postpones races FORESTVILLE — Big Diamond Speedway postponed Friday’s third annual Money in the Mountains racing program. The program of open modifieds, sportsmen and roadrunners has been...
View ArticleHS TRACK: Green leads local winners at Olympian Invite
JIM THORPE — Jim Thorpe’s Rayan Green entered this track and field campaign as the top returning high jumper in the Schuylkill League. It is still early, but so far this season Green is developing into...
View ArticleOUTDOORS: PGC reduces Mentored Youth program
HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Game Commission board of directors voted Friday to eliminate antlered deer tags and spring gobbler tags from those participating in the Mentored Youth Hunting Program...
View ArticleNorth sweeps South in Senior Charity Bowl
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — Fun and excitement is what the Schuylkill County Senior Charity Bowl is meant to bring, and that’s exactly what this year’s doubleheader served up. The area’s senior girls’ and boys’...
View ArticleLocal sports roundup for April 10, 2015
ELVERSON — Emily Webster delivered a game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning Friday to lift Twin Valley over Hamburg 5-4 in a Berks League Section II softball game. Devin Haddow...
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