LOCAL BRIEFS: Saint Clair man shoots 11th hole in one
Saint Clair man shoots 11th ace BARNESVILLE — Bob Kuzio, Saint Clair, recorded his 11th career hole-in-one while golfing Tuesday at White Birch Golf Course. Kuzio, 67, aced No. 2 with a 9-iron. He was...
View ArticleLITTLE LEAGUE: SPN keeps playoff hopes alive
Riley Stanton, John Holobetz, R.J. Quinn and Matt Garland hit home runs as Saint Clair/Port Carbon/New Philadelphia kept its District 24 Little League 11-12-year-old playoff hopes alive with a...
View ArticleLOCAL BRIEFS: Legion POW, Hole in One
Falcons’ McCole selected Legion Player of Week Schuylkill Valley’s Ian McCole was one of three players honored Wednesday by the Schuylkill-Berks Legion League as its Player of the Week. McCole, who...
View ArticleLITTLE LEAGUE: Minersville girls stay alive in Section 3 tourney
TURBOTVILLE — Winning pitcher Kali Woodford hit a two-run single in the first inning as Minersville eliminated Roosevelt Trail 4-2 on Wednesday in the Section 3 11-12-year-old Little League Softball...
View ArticleLEGION: Southern Area holds off Valley View for first-round win
ORWIGSBURG — Southern Area manager Jerry Freiwald told his players they “dodged a bullet” Wednesday. The A’s watched a four-run lead shrink from errors but got timely strikeouts from ace Nick Behm to...
View ArticleTEENER LEAGUE PLAYOFFS: Branch rallies past Schuylkill Haven
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — Branch couldn’t come up with a clutch hit during the first five innings Wednesday against Schuylkill Haven. That wasn’t a problem in the sixth. Matt Leiby was 3-for-3, including a...
View ArticleLITTLE LEAGUE: Kuperavage, Rupert power SPN past Frackville
NEW PHILADELPHIA — Jake Kuperavage was a little nervous starting Wednesday’s District 24 Little League 11-12 all-star game. It didn’t take long for the right-hander to settle into a groove. The Saint...
View ArticleKost makes steady progress
FORESTVILLE — Compared with some of the competitors weekly at Big Diamond Speedway, Jim Kost is a relative newcomer. But the 48-year-old roadrunner driver from Jonestown in the Minersville area has...
View ArticleLocal roundup for July 9, 2015
HEGINS — Despite threatening skies, Pine Grove Red and Hegins started their Schuylkill County Teener League Senior Division winner’s bracket game at 5:40 p.m. Thursday. About 15 minutes later, the...
View ArticleSchuylkill Match-Play Tournament set
FRIEDENSBURG — Sometimes the more things change, the more they stay the same. The 40 amateur golfers who qualified for this weekend’s two-day 2015 Schuylkill County Amateur Golf Match-Play Championship...
View ArticleLocal Sports Brief for Friday, July 10
Blankenhorn selected to MaxPreps team Pottsville High graduate Travis Blankenhorn has been named to the CBS MaxPreps Medium Schools All-American Baseball Team. Blankenhorn, a 6-foot-1, 195-pound third...
View ArticleLocal roundup for July 10, 2015
TURBOTVILLE — Minersville’s Ashley Roberts and Bella Kuehn scored on passed balls and Minersville made the runs stand for a 2-1 victory over Berwick on Friday in a Section 3 Little League softball...
View ArticleDISTRICT 24 LITTLE LEAGUE: Cressona tops Orwigsburg to win Pool 1
ORWIGSBURG — The Fourth of July may have come and gone, but Ryan Caulfield still brought fireworks to Cressona’s winner-take-all matchup Friday against Orwigsburg. Caulfield’s third-inning, three-run...
View ArticleTEENER LEAGUE PLAYOFFS: Hegins rallies for comeback victory over Pine Grove Red
HEGINS — Colby Harner knew nothing about Pine Grove Red reliever Jason Soper when the two faced off Friday evening. Harner was looking for a fastball, and on a 1-2 pitch, he got one waist high. “I just...
View ArticleLEGION BALL: Valley View pounds Wyomissing in 5 innings
HEGINS — For Valley View, it was a win well worth the 24-hour wait. The West Enders’ Ben Rautzahn doubled twice in a nine-run first inning, Andrew Belding pitched five shutout innings with an...
View ArticleLITTLE LEAGUE: UDC wraps up 10-11 pool title
ORWIGSBURG — Nick Joseph collected three hits as Upper Dauphin County clinched the Pool 1 title of the District 24 Little League 10-11-year-old Tournament with a 17-3, four-inning win over Orwigsburg...
View ArticleD-24 LL: Haven rallies past Minersville
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — Overcoming a six-run deficit in a baseball playoff game most of the time is too big of a mountain to climb. It hasn’t been for Schuylkill Haven so far in this year’s District 24...
View ArticleLEGION BALL: Pine Grove beats Valley View in wild 9 innings
KUTZTOWN — Dilan Smith had seen enough. Saturday’s Schuylkill-Berks Legion League Tournament third-round game between Pine Grove and Valley View yielded some unusual plays and calls. By the ninth...
View ArticleDISTRICT 24 LL: UDC's bats overpower Rotary
TOWER CITY — Upper Dauphin came out swinging in Saturday’s District 24 Little League 11-12-year-old quarterfinals. UDC collected 19 hits, including three home runs, in a 12-3 victory over Pottsville...
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SELINSGROVE — Fortunately those annoying television commercials about the guy who claimed to be not just a client but the president of a hair replacement company are now just a memory. After spending a...
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