Medals show bright future Eagles' Marino reaches 1,000 points
It was a very successful weekend for Schuylkill League swimmers at the District 11 Class AA Swimming Championships at Parkland High School.It might be the start of bigger things to come.Schuylkill...
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Nathanael Marino is going to be pretty busy at the PIAA Swimming Championships.The Blue Mountain junior qualified for four events in the Class AA competition, which will be held Friday-Saturday, March...
View ArticleArea schools begin spring sports practices
TOWER CITY - Williams Valley's softball team began working to defend its 2013 PIAA Class A championship Monday on the first day of PIAA spring sports practices.Unveiling a new batting cage in the...
View ArticleLebanon Valley women earn NCAA D-III berth Schuylkill League soccer scholars...
ANNVILLE - The Lebanon Valley College women's basketball team earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Division III Tournament it was announced during the NCAA Selection Show on Monday...
View ArticleTrack to give hard luck awards
FORESTVILLE - Big Diamond Speedway has announced two businesses have signed to sponsor hard luck awards for the speedway's regular divisions in 2014.Red, White and Blue Auto Sales, Ashland, will...
View ArticleCollege Signings, March 5, 2014
Steve Zimmerman, East Stroudsburg Name: Steve Zimmerman High School: Pine Grove Area High School College Attending: East Stroudsburg University Sport athlete will be playing in college: Baseball...
View ArticleWrestlers pay price, reap rewards
Everybody still wrestling in March has some bumps and bruises.Mat burns, black eyes, cut lips and bloody noses are common. Wrestlers simply don't get through districts and regionals without paying a...
View ArticlePSU caravan set for May PSU Schuylkill's Lynch honored
STATE COLLEGE - The Penn State Coaches Caravan will make 17 stops in May, including 13 in Pennsylvania, Penn State University officials announced Wednesday.The bus tour, featuring new head football...
View ArticlePIAA Girls' Basketball Capsule
PIAA Girls' Basketball Capsule First Round CLASS AA 4-2 Central Columbia (15-10) vs. 11-1 Minersville (25-1) When/Where: Today, 6 p.m., Martz Hall About Central Columbia Head coach: Jim Murtin (2nd...
View ArticlePIAA Boys' Basketball Capsules
PIAA Boys' Basketball Capsules CLASS AAA 11-2 Pottsville (23-4) vs. 1-2 Lower Moreland (16-9) When/where: Tonight, 7 p.m., Blue Mountain H.S. About the Crimson Tide Head coach: Dave Mullaney (7th...
View ArticlePIAA WRESTLING: Nase's PIAA victory a reward for winning life-or-death battle
HERSHEY - Two years and nearly two months ago, Richard Nase lay in a hospital bed fighting for his life.Blisters covered 89 percent of his body. No one knew what would happen next."Seriously, I was...
View Article4 girls' squads aiming to win opener
The final segment of the road to Hershey begins today.Four area girls' teams will be aiming to extend their seasons in the PIAA Basketball Tournament's first round this weekend.In Class AA, Minersville...
View ArticlePIAA WRESTLING: 7 area wrestlers stay alive in consolations
HERSHEY - If Tri-Valley's Caleb Bordner and Hunter Harner are to make it back onto the podium at the PIAA Class AA Wrestling Championships, they'll have to do it the hard way.That means coming through...
View ArticlePIAA WRESTLING: Hepler, Hummel, Miller, Nase advance to AA quarters
HERSHEY - Tri-Valley's Sammy Hepler has been coming to the PIAA Class AA Wrestling Championships for years.As a fan.At 9 Thursday morning, Hepler stepped onto Mat 2 at the Giant Center - this time as a...
View ArticleBears eye big prize
MAHANOY CITYMahanoy Area is coming off a nearly flawless performance in its 62-42 rout of Pius X in the District 11 Class A title game last Friday. That followed the Golden Bears' 45-44 victory over...
View ArticlePIAA HOOPS: Philadelphia Electric eliminates Blue Mountain
RADNOR - The last thing Blue Mountain wanted to do in its PIAA playoff opener with Philadelphia Electric and Technology Charter is start slow.But that's what happened.The Eagles played hard all game...
View ArticlePIAA HOOPS: Mahanoy Area routs Galeton in Class A opener
With two buses full of fans, Galeton traveled 3½ hours Friday for its first PIAA boys' basketball playoff game in 11 years.Mahanoy Area's defense made the ride home a long and sad one.The Golden Bears...
View ArticlePIAA HOOPS: Pottsville tames Lions to advance to 2nd round of state playoffs
ORWIGSBURG - Eli Nabholz doesn't really concern himself with making matchups in the post "personal."Sure, Pottsville's 6-foot-5 big man embraces the challenge of playing better around the rim than his...
View ArticlePIAA HOOPS: Melochick leads Miners past Central Columbia
Minersville faced an unfamiliar situation just 6 minutes, 47 seconds into Friday night's PIAA Class AA first-round game against Central Columbia at Martz Hall.The Battlin' Miners had only recorded four...
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PIAA Girls' Basketball PlayoffsFirst RoundCLASS A11-2 Shenandoah Valley (15-10) vs. 1-1 Phil-Mont Christian (21-4)When/Where: Today, 4:30 p.m., Plymouth Whitemarsh High School, Plymouth MeetingAbout...
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