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HERSHEY - Pine Grove's Ryan Martin carried his warm-up clothes in a basketball-sized bundle, he and his singlet soaked in sweat. Minutes earlier, the senior 220-pounder struggled to get off the bottom...
View ArticlePIAA WRESTLING: 5 area wrestlers to earn state medals
HERSHEY - They won't be gold, silver or bronze, but five area grapplers will collect medals today at the PIAA Class AA Wrestling Championships.Tri-Valley's Sammy Hepler (106 pounds) and Caleb Bordner...
View ArticlePSU-Schuylkill player receives academic honor 4 cheerleaders selected for Big...
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - Penn State Schuylkill women's basketball player Molly Carduff was recently named an Academic All-American by the United States Collegiate Athletic Association.Carduff, a Shenandoah...
View ArticlePIAA HOOPS: Marian knocks out Northeast Bradford
Northeast Bradford coach Paul Bergert worked all week on preparing his girls for the full-court press and team speed they would see from Marian in the first round of the PIAA Class A playoffs.But it...
View ArticlePIAA WRESTLING: North Schuylkill's Hummel goes out in style
HERSHEY - North Schuylkill's Auston Hummel glanced at the clock.Twenty seconds to go in the third period.Trailing Bethlehem Catholic's Nick Cortopassi by one point.Hummel still stuck on the bottom."I...
View ArticlePIAA WRESTLING: Tri-Valley standouts cap seasons with wins
HERSHEY - Sammy Hepler looks forward to training at Bucknell and Benton.Caleb Bordner looks forward to wrestling at Disney World and maybe Fargo, N.D.Happy but not satisfied, the Tri-Valley...
View ArticleLate winter marks perfect time for hunting shed antlers
Taking a buck is a great feeling.No doubt about it, the sense of pride and accomplishment one feels after successfully ending a hunt with antlers hitting the ground is unmatched. In Pennsylvania,...
View ArticleVoluntary youth fishing license has much to offer
HARRISBURGIt's easy to figure the price of getting a youngster started out in fishing with their own - rather than hand-me-down - gear.For approximately $30 or less, a youngster can be outfitted with...
View ArticleFather to push son's wheelchair in their final Boston Marathon together
The 118th running of the Boston Marathon, the world's oldest continuously-held 26.2-mile footrace, will take place on Patriot's Day, Monday, April 21.This year's race will feature the second largest...
View ArticleFormer Eagles to go to nationals Speed shop to serve pit area
Two former PIAA state champion wrestlers from Blue Mountain, Corey Keener and Josh Kindig, have qualified for the NCAA Division I Wrestling ChampionshipsThe second seed in the Big 12 Championships at...
View ArticlePIAA schedules times, sites for basketball quarterfinals
Four area high school basketball teams survived the first round of PIAA playoffs this past weekend.Now they know where they will be headed for their second-round contests after the PIAA released sites...
View ArticlePIAA Boys' Basketball Capsules
PIAA Boys' Basketball Capsules CLASS AAA 3-1 Susquehanna Twp. (20-7) vs. 11-2 Pottsville (24-4) When/where: Today, 7:30 p.m., Geigle Compex, Reading About the Crimson Tide Head coach: Dave Mullaney...
View ArticlePIAA Girls' Basketball Capsule
PIAA Girls' Basketball Capsule CLASS AA 11-1 Minersville (26-1) vs. 12-1 Neumann-Goretti (26-0) When/where: Today, 6 p.m. Bethlehem Freedom High School About the Battlin' Miners Head coach: Jared Homa...
View ArticleMiners' senior Melochick nears 2,000-point mark
MINERSVILLE Reighly Melochick looked up at the banners on the wall of the Thomas Fitzpatrick Gymnasium during a recreational basketball practice the summer before her freshman year at Minersville....
View ArticleLocal Lions drop pair
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - Penn State Schuylkill showed a little rust Tuesday, stepping onto a diamond for the first time all spring.The Lions lost to Penn College 6-1 and Genessee Community College 11-0,...
View ArticlePIAA HOOPS: Susquehanna Township eliminates Pottsville
READING - Trailing by 10 early in the third quarter and with its season beginning to slip away, Pottsville stuck with its game plan.In just two minutes, the Crimson Tide nearly completely erased...
View ArticlePIAA HOOPS: Church Farm nips Mahanoy Area in Holland's final game
HARRISBURG - The expressions on the faces of the Mahanoy Area players said it all.When the buzzer went off, the Golden Bears had looks of disbelief.For the second year in a row, District 1 champ Church...
View ArticlePIAA HOOPS: Melochick reaches milestone in Miners' loss to N-G
BETHLEHEM - Minersville senior Reighly Melochick sank the first of two free throws with 2:15 remaining in the Battlin' Miners' PIAA Class AA second-round game Tuesday against Neumann-Goretti.During the...
View ArticleSchuylkill falls to 0-3
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - Chris Kreider went 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs in a losing effort as Penn State Schuylkill suffered an 11-4 loss to Lancaster Bible in non-conference college baseball...
View ArticleEagles look to continue Cinderella story
ORWIGSBURG - Their pairing was a shot-in-the-dark, let's-see-what-happens kind of thing.A football player turned swimmer matched with two talented freshmen and a two-time state qualifier.Blue...
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