D-11 GIRLS' BB: Emmaus holds off Pottsville
EMMAUS - Pottsville was in the middle of a big fourth-quarter run against Emmaus in Tuesday's opening round of the District 11 Class AAAA playoffs when something unusual happened.The Tide had cut an...
View ArticleMen's Basketball PSU-York 87 PSU-Schuylkill 68
Men's Basketball PSU-York 87 PSU-Schuylkill 68 SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - Kenford Lynch capped his season with 25 points as Penn State Schuylkill dropped a Penn State University Athletic Conference contest to...
View Article2 Dawgs gain No. 1 district seeds
BETHLEHEM - A pair of Tri-Valley wrestlers - freshman Sammy Hepler and junior Caleb Bordner - earned No. 1 seeds for the District 11 Class AA Wrestling Tournament. In pairings released Wednesday,...
View ArticleDISTRICT 11 BOYS' BASKETBALL: Hot-shooting Lehighton tops Tamaqua
LEHIGHTON - Lehighton coach Rich Oertner calls Jordan Knappenberger a "streaky shooter." Wednesday, Knappenberger got on a red-hot shooting streak that led to Tamaqua's quick exit from the District 11...
View ArticleD-11 BOYS: Pius X runs past Marian
ORWIGSBURG - Marian learned what Eric Marbury is capable of doing in its first meeting with Pius X this season.The junior guard scored 31 points against the Colts on Jan. 30 and was the focal point of...
View ArticleD-11 BOYS: Big 2nd half lifts Eagles past Southern Lehigh
Blue Mountain has had some breakthrough moments this season.The first was beating Pottsville on Jan. 28, the Eagles' first victory over the Crimson Tide since 2008.Blue Mountain snapped an even longer...
View ArticleD-11 BOYS: Nativity outlasts Lincoln Leadership
As the Schuylkill League's leading scorer, Jeff Yordy gets a lot of attention for his offensive abilities.The Nativity junior can play some defense, too.Yordy sparked a key third-quarter run with a...
View ArticleD-11 BOYS: Crimson Tide throttle Lehighton
ORWIGSBURG - Pottsville has earned a reputation as one of the best defensive teams in the Schuylkill League during Dave Mullaney's seven-year tenure.As usual, the Crimson Tide defense was clicking on...
View ArticleD-11 WRESTLING: Tri-Valley advances 5 to Class AA semis
BETHLEHEM - Tri-Valley's Sammy Hepler paced back and forth, occasionally chomping on his blue mouthpiece.Headgear firmly in place, the freshman 106-pounder wore his camo-style T-shirt with "Bulldogs''...
View ArticleD-11 GIRLS: Southern Lehigh ousts North Schuylkill
Just about everyone knows the phrase, "Defense wins championships." Southern Lehigh takes that statement to heart. "Defense has been our focus all year," Southern Lehigh coach Megan Dellegrotti said...
View ArticleD-11 GIRLS: Williams Valley downs Notre Dame-ES
ORWIGSBURG - During Saturday's District 11 Class A girls' basketball quarterfinal, Williams Valley head coach Christina Thompson kept reminding her team about teamwork."I know what they're capable of...
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Boys' basketball Hanover 69 Upper Dauphin 35HANOVER - Matthew Miller scored 11 points and Joe Trently added seven points and 11 rebounds, but Upper Dauphin fell to Hanover in a District 3 Class AA...
View ArticleOn the recovery road
ALLENTOWNTalk about taking a hit.A lot of business and organizations can talk about the hit they took last year with the cancellation of the Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show. For the Pennsylvania...
View ArticlePlenty to see, do at Lehigh Valley Sportsman Show
ALLENTOWN - Of all the outdoors-related seminars and demonstrations at the Lehigh Valley Sportsman Show on Friday-Sunday, Feb. 28-March 2, at the Allentown Fairgrounds Agri-Plex, the one that seems...
View ArticleDawgs rout No. 2 Salem
SLATINGTON - Tri-Valley coach Bob Felty thought his team would fare well against second-seeded Salem Christian in the District 11 Class A quarterfinals.Well, maybe not this well.Brianna Wiscount scored...
View ArticleD-11 GIRLS: Marian blows out Lehigh Valley Christian
Marian coach Paul Brutto considers his Fillies a defense-first team.Saturday, his squad proved it.Behind a stifling defensive effort that produced 34 turnovers, Marian cruised past Lehigh Valley...
View ArticleD-11 AAA WRESTLING: Pottsville's Gardner takes silver
BETHLEHEM - It took Bethlehem Liberty's K.J. Fenstermacher 12 seconds to put Pottsville sophomore Luke Gardner on his heels during Saturday night's District 11 Class AAA Wrestling Tournament finals at...
View ArticleTrojan claims crown
HERSHEY - Coy Campbell is a District 3 champion.The Upper Dauphin junior captured the 113-pound championship Saturday with a 7-2 decision over Trinity's Chase Drawbaugh in the finals at the Hersheypark...
View ArticleD-11 GIRLS: Shenandoah Valley upsets Nativity
Erin Buchanan may have been rubbing the Blarney Stone for luck early Saturday evening.The Shenandoah Valley senior forward said she needed some good luck to sink a game-winning field goal against an...
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