Outdoor briefs for Sept. 20
Outdoors-related clubs and organizations can submit items to be considered for publication in “Outdoors Briefs” by emailing to outdoors@republicanherald.com. PGC seeks instructors for hunter-education...
View ArticleHigh School Girls' Soccer Roundup for Sept. 19
WILLIAMSTOWN — Junior Autumn Calnon scored the go-ahead goal and then assisted on another as Williams Valley took over first place in Division II with a 3-1 Schuylkill League girls’ soccer victory...
View ArticleUnion spoil Horst homecoming
Union shut out Dynamo, Horst CHESTER — The Philadelphia Union shut out the Houston Dynamo 2-0 on Sunday at PPL Park despite two good first-half scoring chances for Pine Grove graduate David Horst. The...
View ArticlePenn State Report Card
Penn StateReport Player of the Game RB Akeel Lynch, Penn State He went untouched for a 75-yard TD run that put Penn State up 21-0, but the junior was pretty solid outside of that one run. Lynch gained...
View ArticleCollege Notebook: Patrick, Bowman earn collegiate honors
Thought for the Day — Autumn begins Wednesday. Recall the words of Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt, who wrote: “It is the summer’s great last heat, it is the fall’s first chill: they meet.” Higher Education...
View ArticleFor Penn State, the best way to protect Hackenberg is to run like Barkley
STATE COLLEGE In many ways, he’s the most loquacious coach Penn State has ever had. A promoter who is able to provide the quote that will make everything in Happy Valley seem like it is not only the...
View ArticlePSU-Schuylkill volleyball sweeps tri-meet
Schuylkill sweeps PSUAC volleyball tri-meet at Lehigh ALLENTOWN — Marla Stoner collected 48 assists in two matches as Penn State Schuylkill swept PSU-Hazleton and Penn State Lehigh Valley in college...
View ArticleLocal Sports Brief for Tuesday, September 22
Linksters golfer posts hole-in-one BARNESVILLE — A member of the Linksters Golf Group recorded a hole-in-one during Monday’s round at Mountain Valley Golf Course. Bill Butkey, of Shamokin, used an 8...
View ArticleJim Thorpe upsets Pottsville
JIM THORPE — Jim Thorpe’s girls’ volleyball team scored its biggest win so far under first-year Victoria Nichols on Monday. Erin Shigo posted 14 kills and 11 digs as the Olympians surprised Pottsville...
View ArticleHS VOLLEYBALL: Marian cruises past Panther Valley
HOMETOWN — Despite her injury, Marian’s Abby Stankiewitch wasn’t going to miss Monday’s Schuylkill League Division II girls’ volleyball showdown against Panther Valley. “I just kind of pushed through...
View ArticleMonday's boys' soccer roundup
PINE GROVE — There are no more unbeaten teams in the Schuylkill League. Cameron Shollenberger netted the game winner in the 74th minute to lift Pine Grove to a 2-1 victory over Jim Thorpe in a...
View ArticleHS GIRLS' SOCCER: Pottsville blanks Haven
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — Carly Hoak and Catie Coyle tallied second-half goals to lift Pottsville to a 2-0 victory over Schuylkill Haven in a non-league girls’ soccer match Monday. After the Tide and...
View ArticleHorst a fan favorite at home and abroad
CHESTER — Nia Bronson and Chase Morgan eagerly awaited their chance to talk to their favorite Major League Soccer player. They traveled to PPL Park on Sunday with a group of supporters from Pine Grove...
View ArticleBOYS' SOCCER: Reloaded Blue Mtn. midfield aids win over Pottsville
When Blue Mountain graduated its entire midfield from last season’s Division I championship team, many in the Schuylkill League thought the Eagles would endure some growing pains this year. Not Mitch...
View ArticleH.S. GIRLS' SOCCER: 2nd half lifts Cardinals past Blue Mountain
PINE GROVE — Pine Grove’s Steph Aungst was better known for her passing skills the first two seasons of her high school soccer career. This season, things have changed. The junior midfielder has been...
View ArticleBlue Mountain stays undefeated
ORWIGSBURG — Jordan Skoff recorded 10 kills, seven digs and one block as the Blue Mountain girls’ volleyball team remained unbeaten Tuesday with a 25-15, 25-9, 25-22 win over Panther Valley in a...
View ArticleLOCAL BRIEF: SCC hosts Art Wall tourney
Cutrell, Beck, DeNezza claim Art Wall titles ORWIGSBURG — Arnie Cutrell, Greensburg Country Club, overcame a three-shot deficit to successfully defend his crown Tuesday at the 11th Art Wall Jr....
View ArticleHS VOLLEYBALL: Holobetz, Nativity sweep Tri-Valley
Nearly every time Tri-Valley tried to make a run at Nativity, the Green Wave’s Jocelyn Holobetz had a loud answer. “We’ve been working hard and it’s great to see our outcome be a win so far,” Holobetz...
View ArticleHigh School Soccer roundup for Sept. 21
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — Williams Valley and Minersville are headed for a first-place showdown. Megan Schadle and Rayanne Hawk scored first-half goals as the Vikings beat Schuylkill Haven 3-1 in a Schuylkill...
View ArticleFranklin bills tension with compliance staff as "healthy dialogue"
STATE COLLEGE — There is tension. To James Franklin, that’s not necessarily a bad thing. A day after Penn State’s athletics integrity monitor wrote of a “mutual lack of trust” between the university’s...
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