H.S. GIRLS' SOCCER: Degrassi leads Crimson Tide past Tamaqua
TAMAQUA — It would have been easy for Pottsville to look past Tamaqua with two of its biggest games of the regular season coming up. That would have been a mistake, too. A loss could have crippled the...
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LEHIGHTON — Pine Grove’s biggest games of the regular season are over the next six days. But the first, the Cardinals had to get past Lehighton. It was no problem for Pine Grove’s high-powered offense....
View ArticleHigh School Girls' Volleyball Roundup
HOMETOWN — In a head coaching matchup pitting father against son, Marian’s girls’ volleyball team defeated Mahanoy Area 25-10, 25-11, 25-18 in a non-league match on Wednesday. Marian, coached by John...
View ArticleFB FRIDAY: MCA, Tigers set to clash
MOUNT CARMEL — Mount Carmel’s 44-13 win over Danville last Friday looked impressive enough on paper, and to be sure, the Red Tornadoes did some good things. But coach Carmen DeFrancesco has been around...
View ArticleBOYS' SOCCER: Miller, Blue Mountain clinch league playoff spot with win over...
A rogue firework exploded in the Pottsville sky behind the east end of Alumni Field during the fifth minute of Thursday night’s Schuylkill League Division I game between Pottsville and Blue Mountain....
View ArticleFB FRIDAY: Debating artificial turf fields
The question caught me off guard. As I sat down to talk with Southern Columbia coach Jim Roth at the District 4 Football Coaches Association Media Day in August in Williamsport, Roth asked me, “Hey,...
View ArticleVolleyball match moved up
Schools move up volleyball match HOMETOWN — Marian will host Panther Valley in a Schuylkill League Division II match Wednesday, Oct. 8, instead of Thursday, Oct. 9, the league’s usual night of division...
View ArticleMillersburg takes command of Division III
HEGINS — Junior middle hitter Taryn Herb said head coach Richard Berg did not have to say much to his Millersburg girls’ volleyball team before Thursday’s Schuylkill League Division III showdown with...
View ArticleFB FRIDAY: Player Profile
Name: Evan Haberman Age: 17 Nickname: Big E Twitter handle: None Parents’ names: Terry and Jennifer Haberman Hometown: Lehighton High School: Lehighton Years played: 11 Positions you play: Center,...
View ArticleThursday's high school soccer roundup
WILLIAMSTOWN — Owen Pothering scored a pair of goals, leading Schuylkill Haven to a 4-2 victory over Williams Valley in a Schuylkill League Division II match Thursday and clinching a league playoff...
View ArticleFB FRIDAY: Grading the area teams at the midway point
Five weeks of the 2014 regular season are in the books. Five weeks are left. For some teams, how they fare over the next five weeks will determine if they play in Week 11. For others, there will be no...
View ArticleBlue Mountain, Marian clinch division crowns
ORWIGSBURG — Two more members of the Schuylkill League girls’ volleyball playoff party have reserved their spots. Blue Mountain continued its nearly perfect run through league play Thursday night,...
View ArticleFB FRIDAY: What 2 Watch 4
What 2Watch 4 Games of the Week Southern Columbia at Mount Carmel, Marian at Lehighton, Pine Grove at Upper Dauphin, Juniata at Tri-Valley Eastern Conference championship teams to be honored at half...
View ArticleH.S. FOOTBALL: Tamaqua runs past Minersville
TAMAQUA — At 5-foot-10, 206 pounds, Tamaqua’s Tyler Skripko is an imposing figure on the football field. The senior fullback is a bulldozer when he’s the first guy through the hole. When he’s carrying...
View ArticleH.S. FOOTBALL: Mustangs stampede over Tide
Governor Mifflin sent the message early in its Berks League Section I football clash with Pottsville on Friday night at Veterans Memorial Stadium. The Mustangs scored two plays into the game on an...
View ArticleFB: North Schuylkill stays unbeaten
FOUNTAIN SPRINGS — Fancy is not in the North Schuylkill football playbook. You will not see any reverses. You will not see any halfback-option passes. What you will see is down-and-dirty, hard-nosed...
View ArticleFriday's High School Football Roundup
JIM THORPE — Robert Heller ran for 173 yards and two touchdowns as Jim Thorpe scored all of its points in the second half during a 27-6 Anthracite Football League victory over Panther Valley on Friday....
View ArticleTri-Valley knocks off Juniata
HEGINS — In football, upsets are usually close. This was not the case when an underdog Tri-Valley team met an undefeated Juniata squad. Hunter Harner rushed for 180 yards and scored three touchdowns...
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