Eagles stay in wild-card chase
TAMAQUA - Blue Mountain stayed alive in the Schuylkill League wild-card playoff race with a 48-27 Division I victory over Tamaqua on Thursday.Abby Fanelli led the Eagles with 11 points while Corinne...
View ArticleHS FOOTBALL: Marian's Damian signs with Duquesne
HOMETOWN - When Stan Dakosty talks football, people listen.When Marian's veteran coach calls Lukas Damian one of the best players to ever wear a Colts uniform, it speaks volumes."We've had a lot of...
View ArticleHS FOOTBALL: Mahanoy Area's Cavenas to attend Lehigh
MAHANOY CITY - Mahanoy Area's Tyler Cavenas always felt he had a lot to prove on the football field during his high school career.His three uncles, John, Ray and Chris, along with his father, Terry,...
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SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - Reighly Melochick became second on the Minersville girls' basketball all-time scoring list in Friday's 60-21, Schuylkill League Division II win over Schuylkill Haven.Melochick scored...
View ArticleLuckenbill, Hammer capture diving titles Down to the final dive
TAMAQUA - A balanced boys' competition came down to the final dive.Lyle Luckenbill nailed it.The Blue Mountain junior captured his first Schuylkill League Diving Championships crown Friday night,...
View ArticleLocal schools to sell advance playoff tickets Fightins dinner slated for...
Mahanoy Area and Pottsville will be selling advance tickets for next week's Schuylkill League basketball playoffs.Tickets for Pottsville's boys' and girls' playoff games will be sold during school...
View ArticleHS FOOTBALL: Panther Valley introduces Davis as new football coach
LANSFORD - Decked in a yellow dress shirt and tie, Matt Davis exuded confidence as he strode into the Panther Valley Board Room.The 30-year-old shared his dreams of being the head football coach at...
View ArticleBlue Mtn. takes down Panthers
LANSFORD - Blue Mountain took another step toward a Schuylkill League sweep Saturday night.Winning 10 bouts, the Eagles rolled past Panther Valley 47-18 in a Schuylkill League Division I dual meet.Now...
View ArticlePIAA WRESTLING: Hamburg ousted from state duals
HERSHEY - The PIAA Class AA Team Wrestling Championships took their toll on Hamburg.Wrestling for the eighth time in 11 days, some of the Hawks didn't have the energy or fight they displayed during...
View ArticlePSU-Schuylkill women win
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - Schuylkill Haven graduate Sarah Celani scored all 13 of her points in the second half and Molly Carduff posted 31 points as Penn State Schuylkill pulled away for a 68-45, non-league...
View ArticlePIAA WRESTLING: Hamburg ousted from state duals
HERSHEY - The PIAA Class AA Team Wrestling Championships took their toll on Hamburg.Wrestling for the eighth time in 11 days, some of the Hawks didn't have the energy or fight they displayed during...
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OAKS - Although the Greater Philadelphia Outdoor Sportshow is sponsored by the World Fishing Network, promoters of the show have made it clear it is a mistake to think of it as a "fishing" show.In...
View ArticleHS SWIMMING: Butkus, Marino dominate Schuylkill League meet
Tamaqua's Joann Butkus and Blue Mountain's Nathanael Marino have been the Schuylkill League's postseason stars the past two years.Those two stars shined brightly Saturday as the 2014 postseason kicked...
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HARRISBURG - Mark Ternent knows black bears.More specifically, as a bear biologist for the Pennsylvania Game Commission, Ternent knows the bears that roam Penn's Woods - and sometimes Penn's city...
View ArticleHS SWIMMING: Freshmen phenoms leave mark at league meet
Competing in high-level YMCA meets prepared Mary Zimmerman for days like Saturday.In her first trip to the Schuylkill League Swimming Championships, the Schuylkill Haven freshman thrived in the...
View ArticleTreadmill sometimes necessary evil
Last Sunday, Punxsutawney Phil did, indeed, see his shadow, foretelling another six weeks of winter.It seems as though it is ridiculous to place our weather hopes in the claws of this rodent, who has...
View ArticleH.S. BOYS BASKETBALL: Shamokin defeats Blue Mountain in OT
COAL TOWNSHIP - It was, for all practical purposes, a meaningless game on a regular-season-ending Sunday afternoon.Former Schuylkill League Division I rivals, both Blue Mountain and Shamokin Area had...
View ArticleLourdes earns D-4 berth
COAL TOWNSHIP - Larry Czeponis scored a game high 11 points and had five rebounds as Lourdes clinched a berth in the District 4 Class A playoffs with a 72-28 rout of Gillingham Charter in a non-league...
View ArticleHS HOOPS: Zone defense key to Vikings' success
TOWER CITY - Winning basketball is nothing new at Williams Valley under Denny Kasper, who is currently in his 19th year as the Vikings' head coach.This season has been more of the same.Williams Valley...
View ArticleHS HOOPS: Miners rekindle memories of glory days
MINERSVILLE - The late 1980s were a golden age for Minersville girls' basketball.Kim Homa, Brenda Ryan, Traci Poppert, Chrissy Bassininsky, Missy Hammond and Lisa Ciotti were just parts of a...
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