Schuylkill Trout Unlimited back pushing right buttons
Call it the "magic" button.Last year Schuylkill County Trout Unlimited came up with a unique idea as a fund raiser to begin a trout-stocking program in the county. Rather than sell chances or do any of...
View ArticlePinchorski leads Vikes to season-opening win
MILLERSBURG - Cassidy Pinchorski fired a one-hitter and hit a solo, inside-the-park homer for the only run as Williams Valley opened the season with a thrilling 1-0 non-league softball victory over...
View ArticleKindig settles for silver
OKLAHOMA CITY - It came down to which wrestler scored the first takedown.Unfortunately for Josh Kindig, it wasn't him.The Blue Mountain graduate and Oklahoma State junior was defeated 3-1 in sudden...
View Article2 Pine Grove H.S. coaches resign
PINE GROVE - Pine Grove Area High School is looking for a head cross country coach and head volleyball coach after the Pine Grove Area School Board of Directors accepted the resignations of cross...
View ArticleOpen practice session helps drivers prepare
FORESTVILLE - Even one of the best needs some practice.Hamburg's Scott Haus has won more than 200 features in more than three decades of racing, but Haus was one of the drivers who took advantage of...
View ArticleOpen practice session helps drivers prepare
FORESTVILLE - Even one of the best needs some practice.Hamburg's Scott Haus has won more than 200 features in more than three decades of racing, but Haus was one of the drivers who took advantage of...
View ArticleLions drop pair
ANNVILLE - The Penn State Schuylkill baseball team dropped to 2-7 on the season with a pair of losses to Lebanon Valley College on Sunday.In the opener, Jim Thorpe graduate Corey Cinicola ended a wild,...
View ArticleTide shut out Comets
Morgan Alisauckas, who recently announced she will continue her softball career next season at NCAA Division I's Mount St. Mary's University, went 2-for-2 with a walk, two runs, one RBI and four stolen...
View ArticleRice picks Rhoades
It has always been about timing when former Mahanoy Area basketball standout Mike Rhoades was asked about his possible move to becoming an NCAA Division I head basketball coach.That time, it seems, has...
View ArticleSports round-up, March 26, 2014
ORWIGSBURG - Three Blue Mountain athletes won three events each as the Eagles boys' track and field team defeated Minersville 131-19 in a Schuylkill League Division I meet Monday. Collin Richards...
View ArticleRhoades' family excited for new Rice head coach
MAHANOY CITY - Mike Rhoades' dream has finally come true - he's an NCAA Division I men's basketball head coach after accepting the job at Rice University earlier this week.Wednesday, Rhoades took a...
View ArticleCollege Signings, March 27, 2014
Shelby Trumbo, Wilkes Name: Shelby Trumbo High School: Schuylkill Haven Area High School College Attending: Wilkes University Sport athlete will be playing in college: Soccer Parents' names: Keith and...
View ArticleExeter spikes Tide volleyball
Pottsville's Shawn Johnson had five kills and one block, but Exeter topped the Crimson Tide 25-6, 25-6, 25-22 on Wednesday in a Berks League boys' volleyball match.Matt Trout added three kills and one...
View ArticleNever too late
FORESTVILLE By all appearances, Big Diamond Speedway's practice session Sunday had a team visiting from western Pennsylvania. The 358 modified, sporting number 97, had a Mercer-based sponsor on the...
View ArticleRaiders rally by Lehighton
LEHIGHTON - Taylor Fritz scored on a throwing error to third base in the bottom of the seventh inning, allowing Tamaqua to beat Lehighton 8-7 in its season-opener Thursday.The Blue Raiders trailed 7-6...
View ArticleMinersville rips Dawgs
HEGINS - Minersville qualified for the Schuylkill League baseball playoffs last season thanks to a pair of Division II victories over Tri-Valley. It's a year later, but it seems the Miners still have...
View ArticleRhoades gets right to work as Rice men's coach
HOUSTON - By 6:30 a.m. Thursday, Mike Rhoades was with his team in the weight room at Tudor Fieldhouse."I'm going to sweat with my guys," Rhoades said several hours later during his introductory press...
View ArticleLocal swimmers shine at Y states
STATE COLLEGE - A pair of local swimmers each grabbed a pair of gold medals at the Pennsylvania YMCA State Swimming Championships held Saturday-Sunday, March 22-23, at Penn State University's McCoy...
View ArticleRaiders sweep Cards in season opener
TAMAQUA - Zach Oliveria (100, 200, 300 hurdles) won three individual events to pace Tamaqua to a 80-70 non-league victory over Pine Grove in a non-league boys' track and field meet Thursday at the...
View ArticleGolden Gloves boxing event tonight at mall Hamburg elects trio into sports...
FRACKVILLE - Frank Cariello's Pennsylvania Golden Gloves Tournament Central District Championships will be held tonight at Wild Card Crossfit in the Schuylkill Mall.The event features 14 championship...
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