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What separates good players from great ones is what they do in big games.Can they thrive under the pressure of the big stage?Can they deliver in the clutch?Are they winners?When Pottsville and Williams...
View ArticleLegion co-leaders upset
It's safe to say there isn't a dominant team in the North Division of the Schuylkill-Berks Legion League.And with the postseason just a week away, it could make for an interesting playoff...
View ArticleDownsizing the craft
MALLORYTOWN, Ontario - Serious anglers and waterfowl hunters have long known the advantages of downsizing from boats powered by outboard motors to kayaks designed specifically for outdoorsmen.Using a...
View ArticleTable scraps no holiday for dogs
Hi fans, Dingus here, and I sure do enjoy those emails and Facebook comments sent to the sports editor and outdoors editor by those who read my all-too-infrequent columns.Although I'm busy this time of...
View ArticleLegion Baseball roundup, June 29, 2014
PINE GROVE - Saturday was a turbulent day atop the Schuylkill-Berks Legion League North Division standings. With three teams entering the day tied for first place, there was hope that by the end of...
View ArticleOrwigsburg, UDC advance
ORWIGSBURG - Blake Lipko and Billy Gerlott combined on a five-hit shutout as Orwigsburg clinched a quarterfinal playoff berth with a 5-0 victory over Line Mountain in a District 24 Little League...
View ArticleLions top PG
PINE GROVE - Andrew Belding tossed 6.1 shutout innings and scored the game's only run as Pottsville blanked Pine Grove 1-0 in a Schuylkill-Berks Legion League game Sunday afternoon at Stump...
View ArticleMinersville downs Haven
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - Minersville's District 24 Little League playoff hopes are slim.Thanks to Cal Schoffstall and Scott Schwalm, the Miners still entertain those hopes.Schoffstall tossed a complete-game...
View ArticleRotary wins Pottsville duel
Darren Yost and Cooper Chiplonia each had two hits and Raeff DiCello tripled to lead a balanced Pottsville Rotary attack in a 9-5 win over Railway Park in a District 24 Little League 9-10-Year-Old Pool...
View ArticleMount Carmel to stay course
MOUNT CARMEL - Mount Carmel Area sports teams will remain members of the Pennsylvania Heartland Athletic Conference, according to an announcement made by Thomas Ditchey, president of the Mount Carmel...
View ArticleTamaqua claims win
PINE GROVE - Tamaqua piled on six runs in the seventh inning to issue an 11-0 blowout win over Pine Grove in a Schuylkill-Berks Legion League North Division game Monday evening at Stump Stadium.Matt...
View ArticleNo. 9: Work in progress
Minersville's softball team always looks a whole lot different in May - and June - than it does in March.That's because head coach Dave Homa and his assistants aren't afraid to make changes. In fact,...
View ArticleMurray, Miller to represent Pa. in Big 26 Baseball Classic
North Schuylkill's Tevin Murray had a breakout season on the mound this spring. In addition to playing for the Spartans and the Frackville Teener League team, the left-handed pitcher has attended...
View ArticleKrammes places 6th in javelin at U.S. track meet Area wrestlers named to Top...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Pottsville native Barry Krammes placed sixth in the javelin at the U.S. Track and Field Championships on Sunday.Krammes recorded a top throw of 247 feet, 9 inches, just off his...
View ArticleMillersburg edges Cressona
CRESSONA - Ryley Novinger had three hits and scored the winning run on a wild pitch in the sixth inning as Millersburg edged Cressona 6-5 in a wild, back-and-forth District 24 Little League...
View ArticleHS FOOTBALL: Legendary Mount Carmel coach Joe "Jazz" Diminick passes
MOUNT CARMEL - It's as simple as this: Go anywhere in the state of Pennsylvania, mention Mount Carmel, and a likely response will be, "Oh, yeah, Jazz Diminick."That's the kind of influence Diminick,...
View ArticleHS FOOTBALL: Legendary Mount Carmel coach Joe "Jazz" Diminick passes
MOUNT CARMEL - It's as simple as this: Go anywhere in the state of Pennsylvania, mention Mount Carmel, and a likely response will be, "Oh, yeah, Jazz Diminick."That's the kind of influence Diminick,...
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Area baseball statistical leaders(Final 2014 season statistics)BATTING(Minimum 20 at-bats)Player/School Avg. AB R H RBIMatt Roberts, Tamaqua .489 90 5 44 36Ben Rautzahn, Wms. Valley .467 60 28 28...
View ArticleLaubach takes checkers in 34th Stevenson race
FORESTVILLE - Rick Laubach, of Quakertown, captured the victory in Friday's 34th Georgie Stevenson Memorial race at Big Diamond Speedway.Laubach won the 34-lap feature for the 358 modifieds at the...
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Baseball is not a sport for the passive.To be an elite player, one must be aggressive, play every game to win, make every pitch count, work hard, put in extra work and take advantage of every...
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