Banquet to honor female scholar-athletes
The Schuylkill County Women’s Athletic Association will hold its 31st annual Schuylkill County Female Scholar-Athlete Banquet at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 26, at Pine View Acres, Mill Creek. The banquet...
View ArticleHS BASEBALL NOTES: Surprising Spartans to face adversity
It’s a big week for North Schuylkill. In more ways than one. The Spartans have been the surprise team in the Schuylkill League Division I race so far, using impressive wins over Pine Grove, Tamaqua and...
View ArticleTrack, drivers pay tribute to Stevenson
FORESTVILLE — It was a single sentence in the obituary of George Stevenson that said so much more. “He was founder of Georgie Stevenson Memorial at Big Diamond Raceway, which has been running for 36...
View ArticleHS SOFTBALL: Schuylkill League races start to take shape
Hard to believe, but we’ve nearly reached the halfway point of the regular season in Schuylkill League softball. Teams have done a great job over the past 10 days getting caught up after the snowy,...
View ArticleAthlete of the Week
Name: Mackenzie Hasenauer High school: Pine Grove Grade: Sophomore Sport: Softball Position: First base Bats/throws: Left/Left Accomplishments: Hasenauer has been on a tear all season, going 10-for-16...
View ArticleLocal Sports Briefs for Tuesday, April 21
Orwigsburg man has hole-in-one ORWIGSBURG — An Orwigsburg man recorded a hole-in-one recently at Schuylkill Country Club. Jim Burkhardt used a 7-iron to ace the par-3, 126-yard 16th hole. His playing...
View ArticleHS BASEBALL: Pottsville pounds Pine Grove
As his team prepared to hit in the bottom of the second inning while trailing Pine Grove by three runs, Pottsville coach Mike Welsh tried to preach patience with his team. “We don’t need to get these...
View ArticleHS SOFTBALL: Joseph's 3-run homer powers Tamaqua over North Schuylkill
TAMAQUA — On the second pitch of the game, North Schuylkill’s Tiffany Lapotsky launched a towering home run over the left-field fence. Just like that, Tamaqua fell behind during Tuesday’s key...
View ArticleLocal sports roundup for April 21, 2015
It only took one big mistake for Pottsville to pounce. Tied 1-1, an error on Kendra Boris’ ball to the outfield opened the floodgates as the Crimson Tide followed the two-run miscue with three straight...
View ArticleHigh school sport roundup for April 22
Jake DiCello (800, 1,600) led a big day for Pottsville on the track with two individual wins as the Crimson Tide rolled past Lehighton 92-58 on Wednesday in a Schuylkill League Division I boys’ track...
View ArticleHS BASEBALL: Blankenhorn, Nabholz drawing tons of MLB interest
The two gentlemen slowly walked onto Steidle Field from the third-base line. The game was over. But for them, the show was just about to start. One clad in a Florida Gators coat and Titlist hat, the...
View ArticleH.S. BASEBALL:
PINE GROVE — A big question surrounding the North Schuylkill baseball team is how will the Spartans replace injured center fielder Bobby Grigas in their lineup. Sophomore Bobby Wagner made a great...
View ArticleLocal softball roundup for April 23, 2015
MINERSVILLE — Adrienne Kroznuskie has played just a season and a half, and she’s already Minersville’s home run queen. Kroznuskie homered twice, including a second-inning grand slam, to power the...
View ArticleHS BASEBALL: Stramara, Eagles stifle Lehighton
ORWIGSBURG — The temperature dipped below 40 degrees. A bone-chilling wind blew in from right field at Allen Greenawalt Field, and a snow shower sprinkled the fans in the fifth inning. None of that...
View ArticleHS SOFTBALL: Wilson hurls Tri-Valley past Mahanoy Area
HEGINS — On one hand, Taryn Wilson did something new Thursday afternoon. “It was definitely a cold game, probably the first game I’ve ever played in the snow,’’ the Tri-Valley senior said with a laugh....
View ArticleH.S. GIRLS' BB: Lapotsky, Kovac, Scheeler grab top honors on All-Area team
A team doesn’t win basketball games just by scoring a lot of points. It takes defense. It takes fearlessness. It takes an ability to overcome the setbacks of the past. Most importantly, it takes...
View ArticleTRACK:
PINE GROVE — Pine Grove’s McKayla Lally wanted badly to break a record Friday. The sophomore was shocked when she ended up breaking two. Lally finished the night with three victories, including meet...
View ArticleH.S. SOFTBALL: Deegan's hit lifts Pottsville over North Schuylkill
Batting with the bases loaded of a tie game in the bottom of the seventh inning, Pottsville senior Katie Deegan blocked out the bedlam around her. She focused on two things: Try to hit a single. Get a...
View ArticleArticle 2
Big Diamond cancels program FORESTVILLE — Big Diamond Speedway canceled Friday’s scheduled racing program because of projected freezing weather. “It’s unfair to expect the race teams to put their...
View ArticleH.S. BASEBALL:
Marian collected only three hits in Friday’s Schuylkill League Division II-III crossover game with Nativity. The Colts made each of them count. Angelo Maskornick and Josh Inama had run-scoring hits in...
View Article