Sports Calendar: Thursday, April 4, 2013
Kulpmont Football/Baseball AssociationMeetings, first Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m.Coal RunningsRunning club, meets at 5:30 p.m. each Monday at Shamokin Area's Kemp Memorial Stadium parking lot....
View ArticleHIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Shamokin outlasts Mount Carmel
COAL TOWNSHIP - Billy Clark called Paul Gurba his player of the game.He had good reason.Gurba, Shamokin Area's regular shortstop, was the third pitcher to toe the rubber for the Indians in a rough...
View ArticleSports Calendar: Friday, April 5, 2013
Kulpmont Football/Baseball AssociationMeetings, first Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m.Coal RunningsRunning club, meets at 5:30 p.m. each Monday at Shamokin Area's Kemp Memorial Stadium parking lot....
View ArticleHIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL: Southern Columbia defeats Lewisburg
CATAWISSA R.R. - That stench in the air above Southern Columbia's softball field was not the Tigers' offense.As tough as that is to believe after the Tigers were held scoreless in the first two...
View ArticleSpeedways set special shows for this weekend
Both Big Diamond and Selinsgrove speedways will be presenting special shows this weekend.Big Diamond will present a small block/big block modified special dubbed "Money in the Mountains." The event...
View ArticleWhat happened at Rutgers, the whole world saw
This week's firing of Rutgers men's basketball coach Mike Rice for physically and verbally abusing his players speaks to a number of issues. How you feel about them may depend on your age, your gender...
View ArticleRed Raiders fall to Bulldogs
HEGINS - Taylor Troutman hit home run and Katie Rabuck struck out 11 batters to lead Tri-Valley to a Schuylkill League Division II win over the Red Raiders.Troutman tied the game at 1-1 with her solo...
View ArticleMount Carmel baseball picked off by Central Columbia
KULPMONT - A day after being blown out by Loyalsock by 14 runs, Mount Carmel's young team came back to face another of the Pennsylvania Heartland Conference's toughest programs, Central Columbia, and...
View ArticleSports Calendar: Saturday, April 6, 2013
Kulpmont Football/Baseball AssociationMeetings, first Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m.Coal RunningsRunning club, meets at 5:30 p.m. each Monday at Shamokin Area's Kemp Memorial Stadium parking lot....
View ArticleSouthern Columbia beats Montgomery in high school baseball
CATAWISSA R.R. - John Wilson pitched five inning, striking out five, for Southern Columbia as the Tigers beat Montgomery 8-7.Mason Peters had three hits, scored two runs and drove in two runs for...
View ArticleGirls softball: Danville rips Line Mountan
MANDATA - Alyssa Shaw homered and drove in four runs, and Lesley Fritz homered and drove in three to lead Danville to a 15-2 win over Line Mountain Saturday in the Eagles' first girls softball game of...
View ArticleLine Mountain's Lansberry tops News-Item All-Area wrestling team
Seth Lansberry won only one postseason title this year, and that was the Southern Sectional, but that didn't stop him from being a a repeat pick as Wrestler of the Year on The News-Item's 2012-13...
View ArticleBig week in Big Apple for mat fans
The annual phenomenon that is WrestleMania, which has seemingly taken over the New Jersey/New York metropolitan area this week with World Wrestling Entertainment superstars and personalities turning up...
View ArticleResults: Tamaqua Invitational
3rd annual Tamaqua Invitational At Tamaqua All-Sports Stadium Friday's results Key: Bloomsburg (Bl), Blue Mountain (BM), Cocalico (Co), Jim Thorpe (JT), Kutztown (Ku), Mahanoy Area (Mah), Marian...
View ArticleSports Calendar: Sunday, April 7, 2013
Kulpmont Football/Baseball AssociationMeetings, first Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m.Coal RunningsRunning club, meets at 5:30 p.m. each Monday at Shamokin Area's Kemp Memorial Stadium parking lot....
View ArticleShamokin baseball survives North Schuylkill
COAL TOWNSHIP - Shamokin didn't panic when North Schuylkill opened with a 2-0 lead.The Indians didn't even fret when the Spartans scored another five in the third inning for a 7-1 advantage.And that...
View ArticleLOCAL AUTO RACING: Tony Stewart wins at Selinsgrove Speedway
Three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Tony 'Smoke' Stewart has been doing a lot more sprint car racing over the past two seasons.He's made a habit of showing up at local dirt tracks around the country;...
View ArticleSports Calendar: Monday, April 8, 2013
Kulpmont Football/Baseball AssociationMeetings, first Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m.Coal RunningsRunning club, meets at 5:30 p.m. each Monday at Shamokin Area's Kemp Memorial Stadium parking lot....
View ArticleSouthern Columbia's Ryan Cherwinski decided to play football at Wilkes...
SCA's Cherwinski picks WilkesWILKES-BARRE - Southern Columbia senior Ryan Cherwinski has committed to Wilkes University to play football for head coach Frank Sheptock.Cherwinski, a 6-foot, 1-inch,...
View ArticleLine Mountain softball gets first win of year
MANDATA - Line Mountain earned its first victory of the year, 8-7 in Tri-Valley League action over Juniata, Monday.The Eagles got the job done with a five-run outburst in the seventh inning.Savannah...
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