OUTDOORS: Friday kickoff gets sojourn off to festive start
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — Not everyone is able to experience in the annual Schuylkill River Sojourn as a participant, but everyone can experience the excitement of the seven-day adventure by attending the...
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Memorial set at Big Diamond FORESTVILLE — A memorial billboard noting past members of the Big Diamond Speedway racing community will be erected at the track. The 4-foot-by-8-foot billboard, sponsored...
View ArticleHoward returns to victory lane at Big Diamond
FORESTVILLE — It had been a long time since Oley’s Duane Howard had stood in victory lane at Big Diamond Speedway. “I’ll tell you what, we really need to get on the stick here,” Howard said after...
View ArticleOUTDOORS: Upswing of women muzzleloader shooters at Blue Ridge Rifles...
SUMMIT STATION — Earlier this year at the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show, National Shooting Sports Foundation president and CEO Steve Sanetti discussed the findings in the organization’s new...
View ArticleHS BASEBALL: District 11 playoff preview
To be successful in the District 11 baseball playoffs, you have to have good pitching. A dominating, sure-fire No. 1 who you can give the baseball to and say “Here you go, do your thing.” Good-hitting...
View ArticleHS BASEBALL: Area statistical leaders
Area Baseball Statistical Leaders (Through games played Saturday, May 16) HITTING (Minimum 20 at-bats) Name, School AB R H RBI Avg. Jeff Yordy, Nativity 72 29 38 27 .528 Dante Salerno, Marian 64 31 31...
View ArticleCOLLEGE NOTEBOOK: Track stars gain lofty honors
Thought for the Day — It was baseball utility man Rocky Bridges who once said: “There are three things the average man thinks he can do better than anybody else: build a fire, run a hotel and manage a...
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Name: Carly Gregas High school: North Schuylkill Grade: Senior Sport: Track and field Accomplishments: Won her third consecutive Class AA title in the high jump at the District 11 Track and Field...
View ArticleLocal wrestlers shine at PAWF states
CHAMBERSBURG — For the third straight season, New Ringgold’s Jake Hendricks is a Freestyle and Greco-Roman state champion at the Pennsylvania Amateur Wrestling Federation Tournament. Competing in the...
View ArticleHS BASEBALL: Upper Dauphin ends D-3 playoff drought
ELIZABETHVILLE — Matt Deitrich admitted Upper Dauphin didn’t live up to its preseason expectations during the regular season. The senior first baseman then leaned back and smiled from ear to ear. The...
View ArticleDISTRICT 3 SOFTBALL: Weaver pitches Trojans to second round
ELIZABETHVILLE — Fairfield kept trying to open the door to a lead, but Upper Dauphin’s Lexi Weaver kept slamming it shut. Stranding runners in scoring position in two of the final three innings,...
View ArticleLocal softball roundup for May 19, 2015
EASTON — Without Samantha Curcio’s participation for Notre Dame-Green Pond, Schuylkill Haven’s softball team might have advanced to the quarterfinals of the District 11 Class AA Tournament. With...
View ArticleDISTRICT 11 SOFTBALL: Marian holds off Mahanoy Area in Class A quarterfinals
HOMETOWN — When clubs reach the survive-and-advance District 11 softball playoffs, it usually helps to have a senior in the circle. Take Marian’s Bethany Shaud, for example. The senior right-hander...
View ArticleDISTRICT 11 SOFTBALL: Blue Mountain falls in Class AAA quarterfinals
NEW TRIPOLI — Solid pitching can often make hitters feel like they are running into a brick wall. Blue Mountain’s lineup must have felt that way Tuesday, as the Eagles’ sluggish start came back to...
View ArticleD-11 BASEBALL: Spehrley, Daubert lead Tide past Palmerton in Class AAA...
J.J. Spehrley worked himself into a rhythm, zipping fastballs across the outside corner of the plate. The Pottsville right-hander stuck to his routine, working quickly and efficiently. Palmerton’s...
View ArticleD-11 BASEBALL: Tri-Valley blows past Devils
HEGINS — Tri-Valley’s game plan worked to perfection. Thanks to big days by a couple of the Dawgs’ “young pups.” Freshmen Dawson Schwalm and Logan Yoder combined for six hits and four runs as...
View ArticleH.S. GIRLS' HOOPS: Ziegmont hired as Pottsville head coach
When Curt Ziegmont would drop his kids off for swimming lessons at Ned Hampford Natatorium this spring, he couldn’t resist showing them Martz Hall. “I was taking my daughter and son walking into the...
View ArticleD-11 BASEBALL: Stramara, Blue Mtn. shut out Palisades
ORWIGSBURG — Dean Stramara wasn’t going to let one hit ruin his evening. After losing his bid for a no-hitter in the seventh inning, the Blue Mountain ace got the next two outs to give the Eagles a 4-0...
View ArticleDISTRICT 11 BASEBALL: Zahodnick, Murray pace Spartans past Catasauqua in...
FOUNTAIN SPRINGS — North Schuylkill had already lost one prime opportunity to score a run. Richie Zahodnick was not about to let another chance pass. Zahodnick’s two-out, RBI single in the fifth...
View ArticleD-11 BASEBALL: Tamaqua blanks NW Lehigh
NEW TRIPOLI — With a heavy heart and his team’s season on the line, Brett Kosciolek threw a one-hit gem. Tamaqua’s senior right-hander struck out eight and walked two in a complete-game shutout to lead...
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