Eagles eye double-double
The 2012-13 campaign was a banner season for the Blue Mountain swimming program.As in two banners.The Eagles swept the boys' and girls' Schuylkill League championships, with the boys winning the first...
View ArticleHS GIRLS' BASKETBALL: Minersville edges Pine Grove
MINERSVILLE - Someone knew what Reighly Melochick was going to do in the final seconds of Wednesday night's non-league game between Minersville and Pine Grove.But it wasn't Melochick.Her pull-up jumper...
View ArticleCan Bears unseat Tide?
MAHANOY CITY - Four days before the start of the regular season, Mahanoy Area coach Mickey Holland was quite concerned.Due to a scheduling quirk, the Golden Bears had scrimmages on back-to-back days -...
View ArticleHS GIRLS' BASKETBALL: Minersville edges Pine Grove
MINERSVILLE - Someone knew what Reighly Melochick was going to do in the final seconds of Wednesday night's non-league game between Minersville and Pine Grove.But it wasn't Melochick.Her pull-up jumper...
View ArticleU. Dauphin wins last 2 bouts to rally past Newport
ELIZABETHVILLE - With two bouts left in their season opener Wednesday night, Upper Dauphin trailed Newport by nine points.Joe Becker (182) and Trey Campbell (195) changed that - in a hurry. Becker...
View ArticleTime to 'pass the torch'?
The old adage, "passing the torch," couldn't be more appropriate for the 2013-14 Schuylkill League girls' basketball season.Two of the three teams that won their divisions in the league last year lost...
View Article2012-13 Schuylkill League Boys' Standings
2012-13 Schuylkill League Boys' Standings Leag. Over. *Pottsville 12-0 21-6 %Blue Mtn. 10-2 18-6 N. Schuylkill 7-5 15-8 Tamaqua 6-6 14-10 Pan. Valley 3-9 6-16 Pine Grove 3-9 6-16 Jim Thorpe 1-11 3-19...
View ArticleShenandoah Valley tops Tamaqua
TAMAQUA - Abigail Snitzer pumped in a game-high 27 points, leading Shenandoah Valley to a 53-39 non-league girls' basketball victory Tamaqua on Wednesday night.Kristina Nieddu added 19 points as the...
View ArticleDivision titles up for grabs
After nearly a decade of dual-meet dominance by Blue Mountain, a degree of parity has come to Division I of the Schuylkill League.It gets a little complicated, so let's explain:- Last December,...
View ArticleHS SWIMMING: Freshmen lead Blue Mountain boys, Tamaqua girls to key victories
TAMAQUA - The names Boran and Kanaskie are pretty familiar to Schuylkill League swimming fans.Wednesday, the two youngest saplings in those storied family trees stood as tall as sequoias in their...
View ArticlePottsville boys swim to win over Exeter
Josh Marx took two firsts and Pottsville captured the 200 medley relay as the Crimson Tide defeated Exeter 100-81 on Thursday in a non-league boys' swim meet at the Ned Hampford Natatorium.Marx won the...
View ArticleYouth leads Miners over Vikings
TOWER CITY - Emily Mealey scored eight of her game-high 22 points in the third quarter as Minersville dominated Williams Valley 56-32 on Thursday night in the Schuylkill League Division II girls'...
View ArticleBOYS' BASKETBALL: Yordy leads Nativity past Marian
Nursing a two-point halftime lead, Nativity wanted to change the tempo in the second half Friday night against Marian.So the Hilltoppers came out with a half-court, zone trap.It had its desired...
View ArticleWilliams Valley outlasts Miners
MINERSVILLE - Cody Miller had a game-high 19 points, including four 3-pointers, as Williams Valley opened the season with a 46-41 victory over Minersville in a Schuylkill League Division II contest...
View ArticleOld Forge falls in Class A final
HERSHEY - On one final push, P.J. Fulmore earned Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic a state championship.And Old Forge, its exhausted players laying stunned at the goal line, had its dreams crushed by the...
View Article'Flintlocks' book tops Christmas gift ideas
Even if Pennsylvania was not the only state with a special flintlock muzzleloader deer season - and even if that season didn't open Thursday, Dec. 26 - the new book "Flintlocks: A Practical Guide for...
View ArticleFillies' Boyle tops D-11 'A' all-star squad
The postseason honors keep rolling in for the Marian girls' volleyball team.The PIAA Class A state champion Fillies placed four players on the District 11 Class A all-star team, including Player of the...
View ArticleTamaqua looks to form athletic alumni group
TAMAQUA - The Tamaqua Area School District Athletic Department is attempting to form a Tamaqua Area Athletic Alumni Association. An organizational meeting will be held Tuesday, Dec. 17, in Room 108 of...
View ArticleBackground checks allow firearms to be given as gifts during holidays
TAMAQUA - For generations of young hunters, the first firearms they could truly call their own came in a long, narrow box under the tree Christmas morning with their name on the tag.No matter if the...
View ArticleThe Hegins Valley way
VALLEY VIEWRick Kline thought he was going to play cards with some friends.His daughter, Kate, the rest of the Kline family and the entire Tri-Valley softball family had something else planned.The...
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