TEENER LEAGUE PLAYOFFS: Frackville Red wins Senior Division title
FRACKVILLE — Brandon Rockwell was already a part of a Schuylkill County Teener League championship team from Frackville this season. Thanks to his strong relief pitching Tuesday, the 14-year-old lefty...
View ArticleLEGION BASEBALL: Pine Grove captures Schuylkill-Berks Legion title
KUTZTOWN — Pine Grove celebrated on Kutztown’s Breidegam Field on Tuesday night, passing around the Schuylkill-Berks Legion League trophy. This time, the Grovers had it all to themselves. Zach Boltz...
View ArticleD-24 LITTLE LEAGUE: Cressona captures District 24 title
NEW PHILADELPHIA — To be a champion, a baseball team must exhibit stellar pitching, timely hitting and a solid defense. Cressona’s 11-12 year-old all-stars displayed all three of those facets when it...
View ArticleLITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL: Upper Dauphin wins District 24 9-10 championship
ELIZABETHVILLE — Left-handed batter Landon Mace leaned into his swing and launched a towering fly ball to right-center field. He and the rest of his nine Upper Dauphin County teammates then had to wait...
View ArticleD-24 LITTLE LEAGUE: UDC edges Ashland in 10-11 semifinal
TOWER CITY — Every baseball player’s dream is to come to the plate with two outs and the game tied in the bottom of the final inning. In Wednesday’s semifinal against Ashland, Upper Dauphin County’s...
View ArticleD-24 LITTLE LEAGUE: Cressona rallies past Railway Park in 10-11 semifinal
CRESSONA — Years from now, a player or coach on the Cressona 10-11-year-old all-star team — or fans who witnessed it — will bring up the Railway Park game. They’ll have lots of fun reminiscing about...
View ArticleTEENER LEAGUE: North opens 13-14 VFW All-Star Tourney with win
LLEWELLYN — Mike Little was 3-for-4, including two doubles, to pace Schuylkill North to a 6-4 victory over Schuylkill South in an opening-round game of the VFW 13-14-Year-Old Teener League All-Star...
View ArticleMurray, Nahas to compete in Big 26 Classic
Tevin Murray and Joe Nahas were teammates the past two summers for the Frackville Teener League team. This weekend, the Frackville residents will get to be teammates again at a much bigger level....
View ArticleLocal brief for July 17
Blankenhorn off to slow start for Elizabethton DANVILLE, Va. — Pottsville graduate Travis Blankenhorn was 0-for-4 as the Elizabethton Twins lost 3-1 on Thursday to the Danville Braves. Blankenhorn, who...
View ArticlePenn State to remove names from football jerseys
STATE COLLEGE — Penn State is going to look a lot more like, well, Penn State this season. The university announced Thursday it will be removing the last names from the football team’s jerseys to “pay...
View ArticleBASKETBALL: Pottsville grad Schlitzer signs 1st pro contract
PHILADELPHIA — When Nick Schlitzer finished up his stellar, four-year career at Philadelphia University this past spring, he didn’t want it to be the end of his basketball playing days. Schlitzer had...
View ArticleLEGION BASEBALL: Young guns key to Pine Grove run
KUTZTOWN — Dilan Smith, Dylan Brown and Tanner Levan were no longer playing like rookies when the Schuylkill-Berks Legion League Tournament arrived in Kutztown last Saturday. It’s a good thing, too,...
View ArticleTEENER LEAGUE BASEBALL: North rolls past West in 13-14 tourney
MIDDLEPORT — Reggie Crawford was 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles as Schuylkill North scored eight runs over its final two at-bats in a 12-4 victory over Schuylkill West in the VFW Area 2 13-14-year-old...
View ArticleOutdoor briefs for July 19
Outdoors-related clubs and organizations can submit items to be considered for publication in “Outdoors Briefs” by emailing to outdoors@republicanherald.com. Shoot to benefit Lykens Valley NWTF An...
View ArticleLITTLE LEAGUE: Cressona wins District 24 10-11 championship
CRESSONA — What a difference a year makes. In 2014, Cressona’s 9-10-year-old team managed just one win in the District 24 Little League Tournament. Twelve months later, many of those same boys led...
View ArticleTEENER LEAGUE: South claims 2 victories in all-star tournament
LLEWELLYN — The Schuylkill South Junior Teener All-Stars greatly improved their chances of qualifying for the VFW State Tournament with two wins Saturday. The South rallied past the West 10-5 in its...
View ArticleKramer's car lasts to get victory
FORESTVILLE — Phoenix Park’s Terry Kramer Jr. could hear the gremlins in his roadrunner. Then again, everyone in the Big Diamond Speedway grandstand Friday night could hear the sour engine. “Something...
View ArticleWomen have strong presence at at Dixon's Gunmaker's Fair
From the mythical Molly Pitcher of the American Revolutionary War to the heroine Susana Dickinson, who survived the Battle of the Alamo, women have played a prominent role in our nation’s history. With...
View ArticleLEGION BASEBALL: West Lawn topples Pine Grove in Region 2 Tourney
FREEMANSBURG — West Lawn leadoff batter Ryan Post popped a fly ball into foul territory during the first at-bat Saturday as Pine Grove players in the field shouted, “Up!” and “Room!” The ball, however,...
View ArticleDutch angler rocks Caiger's with catches of monster carp
MALLORYTOWN, Ontario — He’s just a singer in a rock ’n’ roll band, but man oh man he sure has a passion for fishing. In the nearly 30 years we have been making annual trips with friends to Caiger’s...
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