After season-opening disaster, Lions look for direction
PHILADELPHIA — In the quiet of the tunnel that leads to the locker rooms at Lincoln Financial Field, a lot could be told about what was going on just a few feet away inside the stadium. Penn State...
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Blue Mtn. teacher to work as official at world tourney Sam Julian, a teacher at Blue Mountain and an assistant wrestling coach at Pottsville, was selected as one of three United States officials to...
View ArticleGodown takes 3d Coal Cracker victory
FORESTVILLE — On Aug. 25, Ryan Godown was racing his No. 747 small-block modified at New Egypt Speedway in New Jersey. That didn’t last long. In his heat race, the car slammed the backstretch wall and...
View ArticleDifferent season, same mistakes for Penn State
PHILADELPHIA James Franklin stood at the podium and tried be the no-nonsense coach ready to absorb the uppercuts he knew were coming. Words ring hollow, though, when you hear them over and over and...
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FOUNTAIN SPRINGS — North Schuylkill’s girls’ volleyball team ended the 2014 season with a four-match winning streak. It’s a new season, but the Spartans still have momentum. Leanna Gregas had six aces...
View ArticleH.S. GIRLS' SOCCER: Felty scores twice in Hurricanes' win over Tri-Valley
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — Schuylkill Haven’s Taylor Felty knows her role has changed this season from distributing the ball to goal scorers to scoring more herself. So far, so good for the junior forward....
View ArticleHS VOLLEYBALL: Eagles halt Tide in Division I opener
ORWIGSBURG — Maya Throne’s serving was the spark Blue Mountain needed. Throne triggered a second-set comeback that gave the Eagles the momentum as Blue Mountain captured a 25-17, 24-26, 25-5, 25-17...
View ArticleH.S. Soccer Round-up for Sept. 8
ORWIGSBURG — Sydney Riegel registered a hat trick as Blue Mountain rolled past Lehighton 9-1 in a Schuylkill League Division I girls’ soccer contest Tuesday at the Eagles’ Nest. Kelley Mayberry,...
View ArticleHigh School Cross Country Roundup
FOUNTAIN SPRINGS — Austin Roseberry placed first with a time of 18 minutes, 21 seconds, as North Schuylkill’s boys’ cross country team began its dual-meet season Wednesday with a 15-50 victory over...
View ArticleWednesday's H.S. volleyball roundup
JIM THORPE — Jim Thorpe’s girls’ volleyball team earned the first career win for head coach Victoria Nichols with a 25-11, 25-15, 25-17 non-league victory over Williams Valley (0-2) on Wednesday in the...
View ArticleBRIEFS: SV to induct 4 into sports hall
SV to induct 4 into sports hall SHENANDOAH — The Shenandoah Valley Athletic Department will induct four individuals and one team into the school’s Sports Hall of Fame during Friday’s Anthracite...
View ArticleWednesday's area soccer roundup
PINE GROVE — Michael Elo wasted little time starting the Schuylkill League boys’ soccer season. The Pine Grove forward scored 19 seconds into Wednesday’s Division I game against Tamaqua, helping the...
View ArticleBOYS' SOCCER: Greenawalt scores 4, leads Blue Mtn. past Lehighton
ORWIGSBURG — Cam Greenawalt knew the easiest way to take pressure off a young defense was to give his team plenty of goal support. The Blue Mountain senior forward delivered with his best game in an...
View ArticleLocal Sports Brief for Friday, Sept. 11
Riedlinger shoots Schuylkill CC ace ORWIGSBURG — Chris Riedlinger shot his first-ever hole-in-one recently at Schuylkill Country Club. Riedlinger used a 7-wood to ace the 189-yard, par-3 sixth hole....
View ArticleFB FRIDAY: Coaches weigh in on proposed 6-class system
This year marks the 25th anniversary of Marian’s 1990 PIAA Class A state championship team. The Colts rolled through their regular-season schedule unscathed, a slate that included games with...
View ArticleNativity sweeps Battlin' Miners
Thursday’s Schuylkill League Division IV girls’ volleyball match atop Lawton’s Hill featured two of the division’s leading players. Both Minersville’s Meg Schwalm and Nativity’s Jocelyn Holobetz...
View ArticleFB FRIDAY: Conference standings, schedule
Anthracite Football League (Overall) W L Blue Mountain (1-0) 1 0 Jim Thorpe (1-0) 1 0 Lehighton (1-0) 1 0 North Schuylkill (1-0) 1 0 Schuylkill Haven (1-0) 1 0 Marian (1-0) 0 0 Mahanoy Area (0-1) 0 1...
View ArticleFB FRIDAY: Weekly profile, Jeremy Witman, Pottsville
Name: Michael Wronski Age: 18 Nickname: Lucy the Goat Twitter handle: @mwronski22 Parents’ names: Kim and Jim Wronski Hometown: New Boston High school: Mahanoy Area High School Years played: 8...
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SCHUYLKILL HAVEN —The scoring started early between Schuylkill Haven and Jim Thorpe, but despite two overtime periods, neither team left Rotary Field with a victory. Owen Pothering scored both of...
View ArticleFB FRIDAY: Week 1 preview
In their first season in the Anthracite Football League, Blue Mountain used early-season games with North Schuylkill and Lehighton as measuring sticks. The Eagles were basically dominated by the...
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