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FORESTVILLE - Lap after lap, the chase continued - until Rick Laubach ran out of laps."I knew he wasn't going to get off the bottom, so I just committed myself to the outside and tried to get better...
View ArticleLions fall to Kutztown in 7th
KUTZTOWN - Hunter Mease scored in the bottom of the seventh inning after singling and advancing to third base on an error to lift Kutztown over Pottsville 5-4 in a Schuylkill-Berks Legion League...
View ArticleSports briefs, June 2, 2014
Horst nominated for MLS all-star game in August HOUSTON - Pine Grove graduate David Horst has been nominated for the Major League Soccer All-Star Game, which will be played in August. Horst, a...
View ArticlePIAA Class AAA Baseball Capsule
PIAA Class AAA Baseball Capsule Class AAA First Round Franklin Towne Charter (18-5-1) vs. Tamaqua (18-6) When/Where: Today, 4 p.m., Stump Stadium, Pine Grove Tickets: $6 adults, $3 students How they...
View ArticlePIAA Class A Softball Capsule
PIAA Class A Softball Capsule Bloomsburg (16-7) vs. Minersville (20-3) When/Where: Today, 4 p.m., Tamaqua Area High School Tickets: $6 adults, $3 students How they got here: Bloomsburg defeated Benton...
View ArticleLocal grapplers win titles
CHAMBERSBURG - Five area wrestlers captured titles Sunday at the Pennsylvania Amateur Wrestling Federation Freestyle/Greco State Championships. Pottsville's Luke Gardner, Ryan Green and Terrell...
View ArticlePIAA Class A Baseball Capsule
PIAA Class A Baseball Capsule Class A First Round Schuylkill Haven (18-6) vs. Jules Masterman (5-10) When/Where: Today, 1 p.m., Ashburn Field at FDR Park, Philadelphia Tickets: $6 adults, $3 students...
View ArticlePIAA BASEBALL: Tamaqua pounds Franklin Towne Charter
PINE GROVE - A familiar state playoff opponent, a familiar field and a familiar result.Tamaqua was feeling déjà vu after its 12-2, six-inning victory over Franklin Towne Charter in the first round of...
View ArticlePIAA BASEBALL: Hurricanes blow past Masterman
PHILADELPHIA - The hardest thing the Schuylkill Haven baseball team had to conquer Monday in its PIAA Class A baseball opener against District 12 champion Masterman?Getting to Ashburn Field at FDR Park...
View ArticlePIAA SOFTBALL: Big inning powers Minersville past Bloomsburg
TAMAQUA - Morgen Woodford had seen enough.Minersville's senior catcher and her teammates had just endured their worst defensive inning of the season.A botched pickoff play and a routine popup that fell...
View ArticleJune brings races for county runners
The winter of 2014 seemed relentless, but spring finally arrived.Now, as we approach the beginning of summer, the county is sizzling with a plethora of local foot races.After a track and field season...
View ArticleBig Diamond adds division to show Blue Mtn. coach Ernst resigns
FORESTVILLE - Big Diamond Speedway officials have added the Savage 61 roadrunners to the lineup for the June 13 racing program.The division will conduct a non-points program while joining the 358...
View ArticleDistrict 12 offers few clues about squads
As he sat in the bus on the way home Thursday from Coca-Cola Park in Allentown, Schuylkill Haven assistant coach Dennis Siket pulled out his phone and started searching."Who do we play next?" everyone...
View ArticleHaulers to go north on I-81 PSU season tickets on sale
LONG POND - The first Pennsylvania Hauler Parade, a procession of NASCAR Sprint Cup haulers, will travel north on Interstate 81 on Thursday as part of the celebration of Sunday's Pocono 400 at Pocono...
View ArticleAustin Dillon to pilot Yuengling-sponsored No. 3 truck at Pocono
NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Austin Dillon spent Wednesday evening making a guest appearance at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, North Carolina, for his Sprint Cup sponsor, Dow. That is part of his...
View ArticlePIAA Softball Capsule
Class A Quarterfinal Minersville (21-3) vs. Halifax (15-8) When/Where: Today, 2 p.m., Bloomsburg University Tickets: $6 adults, $3 students How they got here: District 11 champ Minersville beat...
View ArticlePIAA Class A Baseball Capsule
Class A Quarterfinal Schuylkill Haven (19-6) vs. Juniata Valley (15-7) When/Where: Today, 3:30 p.m., Greene Township Park, Scotland Tickets: $6 adults, $3 students How they got here: District 11...
View ArticlePIAA Class AAA Baseball Capsule
Class AAA Quarterfinal Jersey Shore (21-2) vs. Tamaqua (19-6) When/Where: Today, 2 p.m., King's College, Wilkes-Barre Tickets: $6 adults, $3 students How they got here: District 11 champion Tamaqua...
View ArticleDrivers warm to new format
LONG POND - Brad Keselowski seems to have a handle on NASCAR's new knockout qualifying format.Through the first 13 races, Keselowski has started on the front row in his No. 2 Ford eight times. He has...
View ArticlePIAA BASEBALL: Tamaqua advances to PIAA semis on Kosciolek's walk-off
WILKES-BARRE - Both the Tamaqua and Jersey Shore dugouts emptied at the end of Thursday's PIAA Class AAA quarterfinal game at King's College.Players from both teams were tossing gloves, batting helmets...
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