Thursday's high school soccer roundup
LEHIGHTON — The Lehighton boys’ soccer program finished its inaugural season in the Schuylkill League last year with a league championship. The encore so far has been pretty good as well. The Indians...
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LEHIGHTON — Nick Chambers didn’t play football last season. In fact, prior to this season, the only football game in which the 6-foot-3, 185-pound senior had played for Lehighton was a junior varsity...
View ArticleFB FRIDAY: Lehighton's new stadium to be crown jewel
LEHIGHTON Joe Houser has been employed by the Lehighton Area School District for 25 years. Lehighton’s supervisor of plant operations, Houser has seen the district transform the former Carbon County...
View ArticleFB FRIDAY: Weekly profile, Geoffrey Kaufman, Pine Grove
Name: Geoffrey Kaufman Age: 18 Nickname: Wizard Twitter handle: @KaufmanChaucer Parents’ names: George and Cherie Kaufman Hometown: Pine Grove High school: Pine Grove Area High School Years played: 10...
View ArticleFB FRIDAY: Haven, Marian clash a playoff game of sorts
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — The calendar might read mid-October, and it’s only Week 7 of the high school football season. But for Marian and Schuylkill Haven, the postseason begins tonight. The Colts and...
View ArticleTide stall Olympians' district bid
Jim Thorpe’s girls’ volleyball team could have qualified for the District 11 Class AA Tournament on Thursday night, but Pottsville had other ideas. Rallying from a 3-2 loss to Lehighton in which...
View ArticleFB FRIDAY: Conference standings, schedule
Anthracite Football League (Overall) W L Jim Thorpe (6-0) 5 0 Lehighton (6-0) 5 0 Blue Mountain (5-1) 4 1 Mahanoy Area (4-2) 4 2 Schuylkill Haven (4-2) 3 2 North Schuylkill (3-3) 3 3 Marian (3-3) 2 3...
View ArticleMahanoy preps for districts with sweep of Blue Devils
MAHANOY CITY — Thursday was the night for Mahanoy Area’s girls’ volleyball team to recognize its seniors. That also meant some extra playing time for seniors who usually aren’t a part of the Golden...
View ArticleBerks Catholic routs Hamburg
HAMBURG — There’s a paving project under way on the main drag of Hamburg, but the steamroller found its way to Hawk Hill on Friday night, where undefeated Berks Catholic flattened Hamburg 42-14 in what...
View ArticleHSFB: Jim Thorpe shuts out Mahanoy Area
JIM THORPE — With a stable of explosive players to carry the football like unbeaten Jim Thorpe has, it can sometimes be difficult to have enough footballs to go around. So head coach Mark Rosenberger...
View ArticleScouts outscore revived Pottsville attack
Pottsville unveiled new wrinkles to its struggling offense Friday night, but the Crimson Tide fell victim to a big play. Surrendering a 72-yard kickoff return for six points moments after pulling...
View ArticleHSFB: Dakosty wins No. 300 as Marian routs Haven
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — Stan Dakosty never expected it. As the 63-year-old Marian coach watched the final seconds tick off the clock, he got hit ... not once, but twice, and from both sides. The...
View ArticleHSFB: Tri-Valley routs Halifax
HEGINS — The first play of Tri-Valley’s first drive Friday was hardly indicative of how the Dawgs would finish the night against Halifax. Tri-Valley only possessed the ball for 5 seconds and fumbled on...
View ArticleLine Mountain rallies past Upper Dauphin
MANDATA — Aaron Cleveland was trying to spoil what would be a remarkable comeback victory by Line Mountain. After the Upper Dauphin senior quarterback led the Trojans to a halftime advantage, the...
View ArticleHSFB: Fast start lifts Eagles over Miners
ORWIGSBURG — If there was any thought of a letdown by Blue Mountain during Friday’s Anthracite Football League contest with Minersville, the Eagles put that thought away early and often. Blue Mountain...
View ArticleHSFB: Moyer, Tamaqua race by Devils
TAMAQUA — Three consecutive victories can do a lot for the confidence of a football team. Having a go-to running back like Tamaqua has in Bud Moyer can do even more. As the senior tailback goes, so too...
View ArticleHSFB: Williams Valley hammers Pine Grove
WILLIAMSTOWN — Williams Valley’s high-powered offense and stingy defense were on full display against Pine Grove on Friday night. The Vikings racked up four touchdowns on the ground and two through the...
View ArticleHSFB: Spartans run past Red Tornadoes
MOUNT CARMEL — Quarterback Richie Zahodnick ran for 108 yards and four touchdowns, but the major pains for Mount Carmel in North Schuylkill’s 41-0 shutout were running back Major Jordan and the...
View ArticleHigh school sports roundup for Oct. 17, 2015
NEW BLOOMFIELD — Nativity beat Carson Long 59-6 in a non-league football game Saturday afternoon for the Green Wave’s first win of the season. With the win, Nativity improved to 1-6. Carson Long fell...
View ArticleLocal Sports Brief for Sunday, October 18
Pirates hold off Bears for victory PORTLAND, Maine —Logan Shaw scored two of the Portland Pirates’ three second-period goals as the Pirates held off the Hershey Bears 3-2 Saturday night in an American...
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