LEGION BASEBALL: Pine Grove ousted from Region 2 Tournament
LAURELDALE - Jared McCabe seemed to strengthen on the mound as the humidity crept higher and Monday's elimination game moved along.McCabe's breaking pitches looked sharper, and Pine Grove manager Frank...
View ArticleArea wrestlers have busy summer Warehouse Mat Club excels at KSG
Work now, succeed later.That's the way it goes these days in scholastic wrestling. Gone are the days when a talented athlete could step on the mat in November and expect to do big things in March.Like...
View ArticlePGTC earns 29 gold medals at Keystone Games
Winning the team title in both divisions entered, the Pottsville Gymnastics & Theatrical Center, Inc., excelled at the recent Keystone State Games in Lansdale by taking 29 gold, 13 silver and six...
View ArticleMinersville boy makes nationals Softball players head to nationals
Brendan Lonergan of Minersville qualified for the AAU Junior Olympic National Track and Field Championships, which will be held in Des Moines, Iowa.Lonergan qualified by earning the bronze medal in the...
View ArticleFather's love leads to resumption of racing career
FORESTVILLE — Even though Marc Berzowski has been racing for more than a decade, he had put his passion for the sport aside after one of the best seasons of his career. He was an angry man as he left...
View ArticleTaking the checkers at Big Diamond
ANDY MATSKO/STAFF PHOTO Chris Holland, front right, wins the second heat in the roadrunner division Friday night at Big Diamond Speedway. Tim Fitzpatrick Jr., front left, finished second. The races...
View ArticlePigga captures 1st City Cycle 17 title
In bike racing, strength, stamina and mental toughness are required attributes. All three attributes were put to the test as Joe Pigga conquered the 18th Street climb and raced his way to a first-place...
View ArticleDiamond Head dazzles
HONOLULU, Hawaii - Learning to have an appreciation of the outdoors at an early age just seems to naturally gravitate to such activities and pursuits no matter where the long and winding road ends...
View ArticleUpper Dauphin advances in states
Upper Dauphin stays in tourney DILLSBURG — Upper Dauphin will play the opening game in a losers’ bracket matchup today at the Pennsylvania 10-11-year-old Little League Tournament. Upper Dauphin will...
View ArticleSportsmen have strong presence at fair
SUMMIT STATIONRecognizing in today's political climate the importance of presenting hunting and shooting sports in a positive manner, the Pennsylvania Game Commission began a campaign this year that...
View ArticleCounty residents grab feature wins at Big D
FORESTVILLE — Securing his first 358 modified feature victory at Big Diamond Speedway since August 2012, Valley View’s Colt Harris was one excited driver Friday night. Driving into Victory Lane,...
View ArticleUDC stays alive
DILLSBURG — Upper Dauphin County was down to its last out. Facing elimination from the Pennsylvania State 10- and 11-year-old Little League Tournament, UDC didn’t give up. Six straight hits later,...
View ArticleSCYSA swim championship results
Saturday’s results At Blue Mountain Middle School Teams participating: Blue Mountain Sharks (BM), Mahanoy Area Bears (MA), Mount Carmel (MC), Pottsville Crimson Tide (P), Schuylkill Haven (SH),...
View ArticleUDC stays alive at states
DILLSBURG — With its back against the wall, Upper Dauphin County’s offense shined. UDC slugged four home runs en route to a 13-3 victory over Kennett Square on Monday in a Pennsylvania State 10- and...
View ArticleLITTLE LEAGUE: UDC ousted from 10-11 states
DILLSBURG — The road is over for Upper Dauphin County, but the District 24 champion went down swinging. UDC suffered a 21-10 defeat to Red Land, giving up six home runs in a four-inning Pennsylvania...
View ArticlePOCONO: Toyota puts winning streak on line at Long Pond
David Wilson admits it. Had he been in Las Vegas last week, Wilson, the president of Toyota Racing Development, probably would have bet the mortgage that Kyle Larson would win at Eldora Speedway,...
View ArticleDillon more familiar with Pocono track
LONG POND — Austin Dillon should almost feel right at home this weekend at Pocono Raceway. For one thing, Dillon is making his return to the 2.5-mile, triangular-shaped race track after his first...
View ArticlePromoter: Big Diamond to remain in business
FORESTVILLE — Jake Smulley says he keeps hearing the rumors. “I don’t know where it started or how it started. ‘The track is closing down. The track is for sale’,” the promoter of Big Diamond Speedway...
View ArticlePOCONO: Schrader prepares to take on ARCA race
LONG POND — Veteran driver Ken Schrader is listed among the entries for today’s ARCA Series ModSpace 125 at Pocono Raceway. Schrader, who will be in the No. 52 Chevrolet, last raced at Pocono in July...
View ArticlePOCONO: Keselowski, team out for redemption at Pocono
To paraphrase a sports cliché, races are not won on paper. Yet it was paper that cost Brad Keselowski a victory the last time the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series was at Pocono Raceway. Keselowski appeared to...
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