Marian clinches Div. III crown
HOMETOWN - Gabby Green had a team-high 13 points as the Marian girls' basketball team clinched the Schuylkill League Division III title with a 47-30 victory over Shenandoah Valley on Tuesday. Savanna...
View ArticlePSU-Schuylkill women earn 1st win of season
MONT ALTO - It took nearly two months, but Mike Donley finally has his first victory as the Penn State Schuylkill women's basketball coach.Donley's club ended its 11-game losing streak Tuesday with a...
View ArticleHegins-Gratz WPRA to gain wild pheasants
HARRISBURG - There was good, albeit surprising, news for area hunters during Tuesday's Pennsylvania Game Commission board of game commissioners first quarterly meeting at agency headquarters.Moments...
View ArticleSwimming round-up, Jand. 30, 2014
Boys' swimming Southern Lehigh 91, Blue Mountain 89 ORWIGSBURG - Nathanael Marino (50 free, 100 breaststroke) was a double-winner for the Blue Mountain boys' swimming team on Wednesday. However,...
View ArticleH.S. WRESTLIJNG: Hamburg wins twice, qualifies for state team tournament
HAMBURG - Senior Cody Miller has been on good wrestling teams throughout his time at Hamburg.Now he's on a great one.Miller and his fellow Hawks made history Wednesday night, winning twice to reach the...
View ArticleWrestiling wrap-up, Jan. 30, 2014
North Schuylkill 42, Panther Valley 20 FOUNTAIN SPRINGS - North Schuylkill's wrestlers took a one-half game lead over Blue Mountain in the Schuylkill League's Division I standings with a 42-20 triumph...
View ArticleGaffney named to All-America team
ANNVILLE - Blue Mountain graduate Frank Gaffney, a junior linebacker at Lebanon Valley College, recently was named an All-American at his position by USA College Football.Earning a first-team...
View ArticleBasketball round-up, Jan. 30, 2014
Girls' basketball Blue Mountain 39, Pottsville 36 ORWIGSBURG - The top of the division standings - particularly the wild-card chase - became a bit more muddled Wednesday night. Abby Fanelli hit both...
View ArticleH.S. WRESTLING: North Schuylkill advances to District 11 Duals semifinals
ORWIGSBURG - North Schuylkill lasted about an hour and a half in the 2013 District 11 Class AA Team Wrestling Championships, falling to Catasauqua in the preliminaries as the No. 10 seed.A year later,...
View ArticleEagles outlast Bears
ORWIGSBURG - Maddie Bartush scored her 1,000th career point for Blue Mountain's girls' swimming team on Thursday as the Eagles rolled to a 110-66 Schuylkill League win over Mahanoy Area.En route to the...
View ArticleLourdes earns 1,000th victory
COAL TOWNSHIP - Freshman Larry Czeponis had a team-high 12 points as Lourdes won its 1,000th game in school history, downing Schuylkill Haven 48-22 on Thursday night."Absolutely, this is a great...
View ArticleD-11 WRESTLING: Pine Grove goes 1-1 at District Duals
ORWIGSBURG - Pine Grove's goal was to wrestle hard and advance to Saturday.Ryan Martin and Guy Zimmerman punctuated that goal with a pair of impressive victories.Martin, Zimmerman and Danny Diaz-Walton...
View ArticleState champion teams honored 'Red out' game set at Pine Grove Mount Carmel...
MAHANOY CITY - Three Mahanoy Area girls' basketball teams that won PIAA championships will be recognized during the school's girls' basketball game today.The state title teams from 1988-89 and 1998...
View ArticleSpartans stun Bears Mahanoy Area honors state championship squads
FOUNTAIN SPRINGS - While the North Schuylkill girls were celebrating a division title a few miles away, the Spartans boys were savoring a key victory of their own. Sophomore Tevin Murray hit two foul...
View ArticleBig Diamond adds to race awards Pocono offers ticket packages
FORESTVILLE - Big Diamond Speedway has added two awards to its Money in the Mountains modifieds program Sunday, April 6. In addition to a 40-lap feature paying $7,500 to the winner, the track will...
View ArticleHS WRESTLING: Pine Grove's solid effort results in 4th-place finish at Duals
BETHLEHEM - Pine Grove can take a lot of positives out of this weekend's District 11 Class AA Team Wrestling Championships.Especially what happened during the Cardinals' final dual meet Saturday...
View ArticleHS WRESTLING: Hamburg falls in District 3 Class AA finals
HERSHEY - Chris Kummerer wanted nothing more than to be the spark plug."I was hoping I was like the start of something, and I could pump up the team somehow, but it didn't happen as I was thinking,"...
View ArticleTargeting more shooters
HARRISBURG - From a popularity standpoint, interest in archery is enjoying an unprecedented surge among youngsters.Locally, participation in the sport is high among pre-teens at youth field days...
View ArticleVikings down EJ, qualify for playoffs
MCALISTERVILLE - Cassidy Pinchorski scored 13 points and Kate Whelski added 11 as Williams Valley qualified for the District 11 Class A playoffs with a 42-28 victory over East Juniata in a non-league...
View ArticleSafety always 1st when ice fishing
It began with the arctic-like blast of sub-freezing temperatures in early January, and, following a brief stretch normal winter weather for area, the cold returned, providing excellent conditions for...
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