PIAA HOOPS: Old Forge eliminates Marian
HAZLETON - Marian senior Gabby Green appeared to earn a chance for 3-point play with just 38 seconds remaining in Wednesday's PIAA Class A second-round game with Old Forge.The Fillies were mounting a...
View ArticleMahanoy Area's Cavenas to play in East/West Team PA adds 6 to Big 33 roster...
Mahanoy Area senior lineman Tyler Cavenas was selected to play in the Pennsylvania State Football Coaches Association East/West All-Star Game, it was announced Wednesday.Cavenas, a 6-foot-5,...
View ArticleLions notch 1st victory
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - Penn State Schuylkill's baseball team scored its first victory of the season Thursday as an eight-run rally helped the Lions to a 10-2 victory over West Virginia Wesleyan.After...
View ArticlePIAA SWIMMING: Schuylkill League underclassmen to learn from experience
LEWISBURG - Hours and hours of practice, training and tapering get swimmers physically prepared to compete at the PIAA Swimming Championships.Once they get there, however, it's a whole different...
View ArticlePIAA SWIMMING: Tamaqua's Butkus, Millersburg pair excel
LEWISBURG - Joann Butkus headed off the bulkhead and looked up into the crowd at the group of Tamaqua fans cheering for her.A broad smile appeared across the Tamaqua senior's face as she gave them a...
View ArticleLocal Lions defeat Ursinus
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - Penn State Schuylkill's baseball team claimed its second victory in two days by holding off Ursinus College 4-3 in a game which closes Penn State Schuylkill's spring break trip...
View ArticlePIAA SWIMMING: Blue Mountain's Marino places 17th in 100 breaststroke
LEWISBURG - St. Patrick's Day green shirts and green hats couldn't bring the luck of the Irish to the Blue Mountain boys' swim team this weekend.Seventeen turned out to be the Eagles' unlucky...
View ArticlePIAA SWIMMING: Tamaqua's Butkus places 13th in girls' 100 breaststroke
LEWISBURG - There is plenty of swimming on the horizon for Joann Butkus.Saturday, the Tamaqua senior ended one chapter with an eye toward the next one.The 17-year-old Tuscarora resident capped her...
View ArticleTime to think trout
It almost goes without saying that one needs to put his line in the water in order to fish.And, for the majority of Pennsylvania's anglers, it is almost time to get out there and go fishing. At least...
View ArticleDrivers win Best of Show
Two drivers won Best of Show in their divisions during the Big Diamond Speedway Car Show on Friday at the Fairlane Village mall.Tim Fitzpatrick's sportsman claimed the award in the modified division,...
View ArticleSportsmen promote everything Schuylkill
HARRISBURGNothing ventured, nothing gained.For the outdoors recreation, tourism and business interests throughout Schuylkill County, this year's inaugural Great American Outdoor Show at the...
View ArticleFormer Tri-Valley standout Artz to enter Lycoming Hall of Fame
Thought for the day: You're apparently intent on reading today's column (or you wouldn't have gotten this far), and you've made a wise choice.As Sir Richard Steele said, "Reading is to the mind what...
View ArticleDiving into technology
LEWISBURG - You often see on television college and professional athletes talking about their work in the film room, or how they've used video to improve their swing, refine their stroke, run better...
View ArticleYMCA swimmers excel
YORK - Four local swimmers captured gold medals and several others qualified for states at the YMCA Central District Swimming Championships held March 8-9 at the Graham Aquatic Center. Schuylkill...
View ArticleKindig records 2 wins
OKLAHOMA CITY - Josh Kindig has always been good on his feet.Thursday, the former Blue Mountain standout worked his magic from the neutral position to perfection to advance to the quarterfinals at the...
View ArticleNCAA WRESTLING: Blue Mtn.'s Kindig reaches NCAA finals
OKLAHOMA CITY - Twice before, Blue Mountain graduate Josh Kindig had qualified for the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships.And twice before, Oklahoma State's Kindig had left the arena disappointed...
View ArticleTide split with Hazleton Spring sports season gets under way Eagles down Tigers
A.J. Stevens (long and triple jumps) and Patrick McDonald (high jump, pole vault) won two individual events apiece as Pottsville opened the season with a 97-52 victory over Hazleton in a non-league...
View ArticleHawks' ace picks Pitt
HAMBURG - Joey Cominsky was in a bind.The Hamburg senior had verbally committed to play baseball at NCAA Division I Binghamton University, but that offer was pulled from the table during football...
View ArticleHawks' ace picks Pitt
HAMBURG - Joey Cominsky was in a bind.The Hamburg senior had verbally committed to play baseball at NCAA Division I Binghamton University, but that offer was pulled from the table during football...
View ArticleSweet Arrow targets trout
PINE GROVE - A good argument can be made that Sweet Arrow Lake is the No. 1 trout destination in Schuylkill County.Support for that argument is two of the area's most successful inaugural fund-raising...
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