Sports Calendar: Friday, February 8, 2013
Kulpmont Football/Baseball AssociationMeetings, first Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. Baseball, softball, t-ball and teener registrations will be held Monday, Feb. 11 and Wednesday, Feb. 13 from 6...
View ArticleCriticism of Shamokin recruiting off mark
In case you missed it, The News-Item published on Thursday, in conjunction with national signing day, a long story by Philadelphia Inquirer writer Frank Fitzpatrick (page 16) which looked at the...
View ArticleSports Calendar: Saturday, February 9, 2013
Kulpmont Football/Baseball AssociationMeetings, first Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. Baseball, softball, t-ball and teener registrations will be held Monday, Feb. 11 and Wednesday, Feb. 13 from 6...
View ArticleWeather forces changes
Friday night's entire slate of local high school sports was wiped out by the winter storm that began dropping snow on the area in the afternoon hours.While three games will be made up today, several...
View ArticleMt. Carmel clinches HAC-II title
MOUNT CARMEL - On a night that Mount Carmel unveiled a banner celebrating all of the accomplishments of the 2011-12 team, this year's squad started filling out its own resume.The Red Tornadoes clinched...
View ArticleSammartino to be inducted into HOF
Hell officially froze over last week in the world of pro wrestling when WWE announced that living legend Bruno Sammartino would be inducted into the company's Hall of Fame on April 6 at Madison Square...
View ArticleTornadoes top Jays to earn D-4 berth
MOUNT CARMEL - They're in.Mount Carmel, by winning its fourth straight game and eighth out of 10, qualified for the District 4 AA playoffs with a 46-34 Heartland Conference Division II win over Central...
View ArticleTigers' Lavella scores 1,000th
ALMEDIA - Mackenzie Clark scored 17 points, Mallory Tomaschik 13 and Kayla Lavella 10 to lead Southern Columbia's girls basketball team to a 50-34 Heartland Conference Division II win over Central...
View ArticleSports Calendar: Sunday, February 10, 2013
Kulpmont Football/Baseball AssociationMeetings, first Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. Baseball, softball, t-ball and teener registrations will be held Monday, Feb. 11 and Wednesday, Feb. 13 from 6...
View ArticleTigers need to close with a flourish
Southern Columbia has three games left to do what both Mount Carmel and Line Mountain have already done. ... Get hot at the right time.The Tigers sit at 8-11. Saturday's victory over Montoursville was...
View ArticleSports Calendar: Monday, February 11, 2013
Kulpmont Football/Baseball AssociationMeetings, first Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. Baseball, softball, t-ball and teener registrations will be held Monday, Feb. 11 and Wednesday, Feb. 13 from 6...
View ArticleSeniors lead Red Raiders to win
COAL TOWNSHIP - It was fitting that on Lourdes' Senior Night, the Red Raiders' seniors came through.In a basketball game which at times looked more like demolition derby, Lourdes held Mount Carmel to...
View ArticleTigers bounced from playoff consideration
CATAWISSA R.R. - Danville made 13 3-point shots on the way to beating Southern Columbia, 87-60, in boys basketball Monday, eliminating the Tigers (8-12) from the district playoff field.Matt McConnell...
View ArticleSports Calendar: Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Kulpmont Football/Baseball AssociationMeetings, first Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. Baseball, softball, t-ball and teener registrations will be held Wednesday, Feb. 13 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the...
View ArticleFilling field for first HAC tourney could be smoother
Shamokin will most likely play in the Heartland Conference tournament.The Indians did enough work and benefited from a scheduling snafu to force the conference's hand and include a team which may not...
View ArticleLocal coaches shocked by cancellation of wrestling from Olympic program
Like most of their brethren worldwide, area wrestling coaches and officials were dumbfounded at Tuesday's news that the International Olympic Committee had decided to drop the sport after the 2016...
View ArticleShamokin does belong in HAC tournament
Since it's golden statuette season: the award for foot deepest in one's mouth goes to - this guy.And so, apologies to Shamokin's girls basketball team.Apparently, the Indians, by way of a better...
View ArticleTigers rolling into playoffs
CATAWISSA R.R. - Southern Columbia may have missed out on playing in the Heartland Conference tournament, but the Tigers had a lot to play for. Senior night, District 4 seeding and beating the only...
View ArticleTri-Valley pulls away from North Schuylkill
POTTSVILLE - Juli Weber called North Schuylkill's defense the best her Dawgs had seen so far this season.The Spartans' defense and high shooting percentage kept them right in the game through the first...
View ArticleVarano leads MCA
HUGHESVILLE - Ali Varano scored 22 points and Christina Perles 18 as Mount Carmel's girls basketball team prepped for its Heartland Conference playoff game with Danville tonight with a 66-39 win over...
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