Mattes follows in father's NFL footsteps
PHILADELPHIA - R.J. Mattes grew up watching his dad play in the NFL.Now, it's the son's turn to don the shoulder pads and play in the trenches on Sundays.Mattes is the son of Ringtown native and former...
View ArticleThree new head coaches highlight year of change in PSAC
KUTZTOWN - There are new sheriffs in town for three Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Eastern Division football teams this season.Paul Darragh (Bloomsburg), Drew Folmar (Kutztown) and Greg...
View ArticleShippensburg tops PSAC East preseason poll
KUTZTOWN - First-year interim head football coach Paul Darragh will not say if Bloomsburg will have any tricks in store for defending Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Eastern Division champion...
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2013 Haven League Sunday, August 188 a.m. shotgunAt Mountain Valley Golf Course(Captains listed first)Gary Keller, Hummel, Berk, Pishock; Tom Gordon, Farr, Andrews, Wisner; Ray Blankenhorn, Kerrigan,...
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White Birch Ladies Golf LeagueMonday's resultsFlight A - Joan LoganFlight B - Molly Fanelli, Marie GerberFlight C - Sally EganFlight D - Pat PapinchakLow net score - Carol FieldChip in (No. 6) - Joan...
View ArticleTamaqua's Butkus competes in YMCA nationals
The sport of swimming brings with it the opportunity to travel and meet new people.Schuylkill YMCA swimmer Joann Butkus got to experience that earlier this month.Butkus, 17, traveled to Atlanta to...
View ArticleArea athletes shine at State Games
Several local athletes had outstanding performances at the State Games of America held July 29 through Aug. 4 in the Harrisburg/Hershey area.The State Games of America are held every other year, and it...
View ArticleHidden Valley Men's Twilight League
Hidden Valley Men's Twilight League Wednesday's results Format: Low net Closest to the Pin No. 2 - Mike Tutko, 13 feet, 4 inches; No. 5 (2nd shot) - Bob Mashack 18-10; No. 8 - Gene Huegel, 21-7 Low...
View ArticleCounty native wins club crown at Glen Mills G.C.
GLEN MILLS - Rich Linkchorst, formerly of Barnesville, won the club championship held last weekend at Glen Mills Golf Course.The son of Dave and Mary Lou Linkchorst, Rich defeated Graham Desmond in the...
View Article1st scrimmage arrives for varsity grid teams
Schuylkill County's high school football teams will put a week worth of two-a-days to test today when all 19 area teams participate in their first preseason scrimmages.Teams will hold their second...
View ArticleVon Dohren captures 79th career win at Big Diamond
FORESTVILLE - Craig Von Dohren won Friday night's 25-lap 358 modified feature at Big Diamond Speedway and the first-place money that went with his track career-leading 79th victory. He could have...
View ArticleRacing reunion brings former drivers, fans to Big Diamond
FORESTVILLE - Dolly Hendricks handed the picture to Russ Smith, who took a few moments to look intensely at his own image nearly 60 years ago."That was when I had teeth yet," said the Reading driver,...
View ArticleTop Dog Challenge
KEMPTON - If it really is a dog's world, then each summer the world gets bigger when the annual Lehigh Valley Hunting and Fishing Extravaganza is held at the Kempton Fairgrounds.One of the highlights...
View ArticleGood bats fight extinction
Night in and night out, bats go about their business with little fanfare, providing important benefits to our environment by eating thousands of mosquitoes, crop-damaging insects and even helping to...
View ArticleEagle on the mend
ORWIGSBURG - Blue Mountain's Aubrey Abel never saw it coming. What started out as a few shin splints during track season last spring turned into a stress fracture that required her to be off her leg...
View ArticleEagle on the mend
ORWIGSBURG - Blue Mountain's Aubrey Abel never saw it coming. What started out as a few shin splints during track season last spring turned into a stress fracture that required her to be off her leg...
View ArticleAUTO RACING: Yuengling to sponsor NASCAR Nationwide Series car in 2014
Lou Romano grew up in the shadows of Pocono Raceway, just down the road in Effort, Monroe County.The director of marketing and wholesaler development at D.G. Yuengling & Son Inc., Romano worked for...
View ArticleArea golfers aiming higher
North Schuylkill's Justine Paul and Tamaqua's Mike Weinert reached new heights in 2012.The season was also a learning experience for both.For the first time in their high school golf careers, Paul and...
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Mattes among Patriots' 3 roster cutsFOXBOROUGH, Mass. - The New England Patriots released rookie offensive tackle R.J. Mattes on Monday.The 6-foot-6, 315-pounder is the son of former North Schuylkill...
View ArticlePottsville game to be shown Sat. at Maroons bar North Schuylkill to hold...
The Pottsville Area High School football team departs today for Orlando, Fla., where the Crimson Tide will take on Jonesboro (Ga.) in a preseason scrimmage Thursday at the Disney Wide World of Sports...
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