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D-11 BOYS' SOCCER: Pothering's OT goal lifts Haven over Nativity

TAMAQUA — It’s the goal that lives in every soccer player’s dreams. It’s the playoffs. It’s overtime. It’s do or die. The boot wraps perfectly around the ball, which curls past a defender and the...

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Athlete of the Week: Kelsey Sisko, Schuylkill Haven

Name: Kelsey Sisko High School: Schuylkill Haven Grade: Senior Age: 17 Hometown: Lake Wynonah Family: Father, Tony; Mother, Melissa; sister, Amanda Sport: Girls’ soccer Accomplishments: Scored two...

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D-11 GIRLS' SOCCER: Pine Grove blanks Minersville

SLATINGTON — Pine Grove’s Adrianna Tennis isn’t known for scoring goals. “I don’t normally score,” the sophomore midfielder said. “I am normally the one who assists goals.” Tennis surprised herself by...

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PSU's Keiser remains in hospital

STATE COLLEGE — Penn State safety Ryan Keiser was hospitalized in Hershey on Monday, recovering from the freak rib injury that ended his season during a practice last week. Speaking at his weekly...

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HS VOLLEYBALL: Nativity outlasts Salem Christian in District 11 Class A...

MINERSVILLE — No one could have blamed Nativity junior Ashley Strausser if she were the most frustrated girls’ volleyball player in the Thomas Fitzpatrick Gymnasium at Minersville Area High School....

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D-11 BOYS' SOCCER: NW Lehigh pounds Lehighton in Class AA semis

SLATINGTON — The Lehighton Indians found themselves in an unfamiliar position in Tuesday night’s District 11 Class AA semifinal game against Northwestern Lehigh at Northern Lehigh’s Bulldog Stadium....

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HS VOLLEYBALL: Marian cruises in District 11 Class A semifinals

MINERSVILLE — In addition to watching Marian’s girls’ volleyball team qualify for the District 11 Class A championship match, fans also got a look at the future. Led by freshman outside hitter Jasmine...

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D-11 BOYS' SOCCER: Saucon Valley ousts Eagles

WHITEHALL — For as well as the Blue Mountain defense played, the ending seemed unfair. The Eagles survived a flurry of offensive rushes in the first half of Tuesday’s District 11 Class AA boys’ soccer...

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D-11 GIRLS' VOLLEYBALL: Blue Mountain falls in AA semifinals

HELLERTOWN — Notre Dame-Green Pond showed off its explosiveness about 15 minutes before Tuesday’s District 11 Class AA volleyball semifinal, slamming attack after attack down to the floor. That...

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D-11 GIRLS SOCCER: Pine Grove captures 1st district title with win over...

SLATINGTON — It wasn’t always pretty. The goals were scored in unconventional ways. The game’s biggest save came not from the keeper, but from a defender who happened to be in the right place at the...

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Ali's connections to Mahanoy City stir memories

Gene “Bucko’’ Kilroy never forgot where he came from — Jackson, Schuylkill County — a cue ball shot from Mahanoy City, a small patch town that was in the shadows of what was once considered the largest...

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D-11 BOYS' SOCCER: Moravian dethrones Haven in Class A title game

SLATINGTON — If Tyler Yeakel could’ve put down his crutches, he would’ve joined his fellow Schuylkill Haven seniors on the pitch. In the closing moments of Wednesday night’s 8-0 loss to Moravian...

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Marian, Nativity battle for District 11 volleyball crown

MINERSVILLE — Talking about today’s District 11 Class A girls’ volleyball championship match against Nativity, Marian head coach John Fallabel was invoking the name of late Pittsburgh Pirates...

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Marian tops Nativity, repeats district crown

MINERSVILLE — Marian senior Alex Stroia kept striking the ball, even though Nativity sent two girls at her to block her attempts. By the finish of Thursday’s District 11 Class A championship girls’...

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PIAA Cross Country Championships

When: Saturday Where: Parkview Cross Country Course, Hershey Race times: Class A girls, 9:30 a.m.; Class AA girls, 10:15 a.m.; Class AAA girls, 11 a.m.; Class A boys, 11:45 p.m.; Class AA boys, 12:30...

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Football Friday photo gallery

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FB FRIDAY: Rivalry Week

They are the games in which life-long memories are made. They are the games circled on the schedule before a down is even played. They are the reasons schools hold bonfires, pep rallies, special...

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FB FRIDAY: Williams Valley takes aim at Tri-Valley League title

The task is simple for Williams Valley tonight. If the Vikings can beat Juniata, Williams Valley will capture a share of its second Tri-Valley League title in three years. Williams Valley (6-3) hosts...

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FB FRIDAY: What 2 Watch 4

What 2Watch 4 Games of the Week Tamaqua at Marian, Schuylkill Haven at Blue Mountain, Lehighton at Jim Thorpe, Juniata at Williams Valley, Mount Carmel at Shamokin, Shenandoah Valley at Mahanoy Area...

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Pocono Raceway gets August date for IndyCar race

LONG POND — From the time the checkered flag fell in July and Juan Pablo Montoya won the Pocono IndyCar 500 Fueled by Sunoco, there was speculation as to whether the IndyCar Series would be return to...

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