BRIEFS: NS to hold bon fire/pep rally
State champions misidentified in Hall of Fame story The 1991-92 North Schuylkill High School girls’ basketball team will be inducted into the Jerry Wolman-Northern Anthracite Chapter of the...
View ArticleH.S. GIRLS' SOCCER: Cards clinch D-I title with shutout of Blue Mountain
PINE GROVE — Pine Grove clinched its first Schuylkill League girls’ soccer playoff berth Saturday. The Cardinals reached another program milestone Tuesday. Freshman Rachel Edge scored the game’s only...
View ArticleMillersburg notches Division III title
TOWER CITY — Millersburg has punched the final ticket into the Schuylkill League volleyball semifinals. The Indians claimed the Division III championship with a 3-1 victory Tuesday night over Williams...
View ArticleHigh school soccer roundup
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — The road to the Schuylkill League Division II girls’ soccer championship took another major turn Tuesday night. Kyrsten Miller scored a goal during the 4th minute, while Alyssa...
View ArticleTide girls earn second place in Division I
Including a ceremony for Senior Night, Tuesday had already been a long day for the Pottsville girls’ volleyball team. So the team’s four seniors, in particular Mariah Curry, weren’t about to let it get...
View ArticleGrouping greatness
Blue Mountain’s girls walked down the track at Veterans Memorial Stadium — maybe six across side-by-side, arms around each other, wearing big smiles — as a few fans took photos. The snapshot served as...
View ArticleBOYS' SOCCER: Pine Grove shuts down Pottsville
Pine Grove’s mission was simple. A win over Pottsville in Wednesday’s night’s Schuylkill League Division I game at Alumni Field kept the Cardinals’ District 11 Class A playoff hopes alive. Two goals by...
View ArticleWednesday's high school soccer roundup
Cullen Hoppel scored on a 30-yard direct kick in the first half of extra time to boost Nativity to a 2-1 Schuylkill League Division II victory over Tri-Valley atop Lawton’s Hill on Wednesday. Hoppel’s...
View ArticleHigh School Cross Country Roundup
Wednesday was a good day for the Mahanoy Area cross country program. Jim Thorpe’s boys also enjoyed themselves on a sunny, breezy day. With victories, all three clinched their respective division...
View ArticleMarian finishes unbeaten regular season
HOMETOWN — Led by the second girl this week to produce 500 career kills, Marian’s girls’ volleyball team completed an undefeated regular season Wednesday with a three-game sweep of Panther Valley in a...
View ArticleCoach's perseverance leads Haven to volleyball districts
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — The best therapy Nan Addvensky could ever get was watching the product of her coaching handiwork perform Thursday on the volleyball court. And even though Schuylkill Haven fell,...
View ArticleThursday's high school soccer roundup
Schuylkill Haven needed to take care of business Thursday afternoon, then get some help in the evening The Hurricanes are division champs once again. Kelsey Sisko had a natural hat trick and an assist...
View ArticleH.S. GIRLS' SOCCER: Miners blank Williams Valley
WILLIAMSTOWN — Minersville was looking to build some momentum and confidence heading into the district playoffs. Denying one of their biggest rivals a division title didn’t hurt the Miners, either....
View ArticleFB FRIDAY: Tornadoes next test for Spartans
FOUNTAIN SPRINGS — For most of the Anthracite Football League schools, rivalry week is reserved for the final week of the regular season. That’s not the case at North Schuylkill. If it’s Week 7, it...
View ArticleFB FRIDAY: Player Profile
Name: Antonio Madera Age: 15 Nickname: Tony or Madera Twitter handle: @A_Madera22 Parents’ names: Hipolito and Candy Madera Hometown: Jim Thorpe High School: Jim Thorpe High School Years played: 10...
View ArticlePine Grove qualifies for districts
PINE GROVE — Pine Grove’s girls’ volleyball team found the victory it needed to qualify for the District 11 Class AA playoffs in its final dual match of the season. The Cardinals, who had lost four of...
View ArticleFB FRIDAY: The Topsy-Turvy TVL
Imagine walking down the midway at the Gratz or Bloomsburg fair, the avenue lined with vendors touting various games of chance and skill. “Step right up, young man,” one vendor barks, “place your bet...
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