Wllliams Valley plans 'Pink-Out'
TOWER CITY - The Williams Valley boys' and girls' basketball teams will hold their annual Pink-Out games within the next two weeks to benefit the PA Breast Cancer Coalition in memory of Nadine...
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HARRISBURG - A fishing trip on the Susquehanna River with Rod Bates or any of the guides from his Carlisle-based Koinonia Guide Service is many things - not the least of which are them being productive...
View ArticleTwo for big blue
JIM THORPE - Blue Mountain did it with depth. Again. Though the Eagles crowned just one champion Saturday night at Jim Thorpe High School, they captured their second straight team title at the...
View ArticleEagles clinch district playoff berth
HAMBURG - Will Bornstein remained hot offensively by scoring a game-high 22 points to pace Blue Mountain to a 75-25 rout of Hamburg in a non-league boys' basketball contest Saturday. Bornstein has now...
View ArticleLate rally lifts Eagles
ORWIGSBURG - Olivia Shpakovsky scored eight points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead Blue Mountain to a 43-36 non-league victory over Conrad Weiser. Corinne Foster and Abby Fanelli each had eight points...
View ArticleMarian rallies, defeats NDGP
EASTON - Savanna Krusinsky scored 10 of her game-high 13 points in the fourth quarter to lead Marian to a 39-30, comeback win over Notre Dame-Green Pond in a non-league girls' basketball game...
View ArticleSchuylkill County players earn multitude of honors
Local college athletes are excelling all over the region, so let's get to the Higher Education Yahoo Awards right away.HEY FootballSay HEY to Williams Valley graduate Logan Fetterhoff, now a junior...
View ArticleHS BOYS' HOOPS: Blue Mountain rolls past Tamaqua
ORWIGSBURG - In an opening three minutes that saw both teams start a combined 0-for-8 from the field, high percentage baskets in the paint served as the remedy for Blue Mountain on Monday night.Skyler...
View ArticleHS BOYS' HOOPS: North Schuylkill downs Panther Valley
FOUNTAIN SPRINGS - North Schuylkill had a halftime lead against Panther Valley on Monday, but Spartans coach Curt Ziegmont didn't feel the intensity was there.That wasn't a problem in the second...
View ArticleNativity knocks off Vikes
TOWER CITY - In danger of dropping three games off the division pace, the Nativity boys' basketball team needed a spark.Like he's done so often for the Hilltoppers during the past three seasons, Jeff...
View ArticleFamily first for area racer
OAKSKyle Weiss is busy Friday nights during the summers with his family's Italian ice and ice cream business, Burnie's.Located in Wayne Township, however, the business is close enough that the tug of a...
View ArticleAttention turns to District Duals
With the Berks League and Schuylkill League wrestling tournaments in the books, area teams will turn their attention back to dual meets.While the Schuylkill League division championships won't be...
View ArticleH.S. WRESTLING: North Schuylkill rallies past Pottsville
FOUNTAIN SPRINGS - North Schuylkill senior Garet Grove took a poor shot and got caught underneath Pottsville's Kolby Kleckner.Trailing by one point during the third period of their 160-pound bout...
View ArticleMiners hold off Devils
SHENANDOAH - Reighly Melochick scored 15 of her game-high 21 points in the second half as Minersville overcame an early deficit and held on for a 58-53 Schuylkill League Division II-III girls'...
View ArticleParity carries over to crossovers
When this boys' basketball season started, I felt there were going to be four "certain" solid teams in the Schuylkill League - Blue Mountain, Mahanoy Area, Pottsville and Tamaqua. The rest had...
View ArticlePostponed events
Here are Wednesday high school sports events postponed because of snow: Schuylkill Girls' Basketball North Schuylkill at Panther Valley - Wednesday, Jan. 29, 7:30 p.m. Non-League Girls' Basketball...
View ArticleHS SWIMMING: Blue Mountain edges Pottsville with thrilling finish
ORWIGSBURG - It couldn't get any more dramatic than this.Tie score.Final race. Winner takes the Schuylkill League boys' swimming title.In front of a standing-room-only crowd that screamed and shouted...
View ArticleHS SWIMMING: Tamaqua girls capture Schuylkill League title
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - A pair of important individual wins, a celebratory jump in the pool and a Schuylkill League championship.Thursday turned out to be a heck of an 18th birthday for Miranda Amey.The...
View ArticleTrojans roll by Mahanoy
MAHANOY CITY - Upper Dauphin moved one step closer to defending its Schuylkill League Division II championship.But it wasn't easy.Mahanoy Area won the first three bouts before the Trojans stormed back...
View ArticleBlue Mountain cops boys' championship
MOUNT CARMEL - For the second straight year, Blue Mountain is the Schuylkill League boys' swimming champion.The Eagles officially clinched the league crown Thursday with an easy 127-18 victory over...
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