Mount Carmel Area opens with tough Loyalsock Township squad
MOUNT CARMEL - Loyalsock Township's top six receivers from last season are gone, either graduated or not returning to the team this season.Three of the Lancers' top four rushers from 2013 are graduated...
View ArticleMCA tops Loyalsock
MOUNT CARMEL - You might have correctly predicted that Mount Carmel would knock off Loyalsock in the teams' season opener Friday.Bet you didn't correctly pick who the hero was.Tom Belski, a first-year...
View ArticleSpartans romp to win over Tamaqua
FOUNTAIN SPRINGS - Workmanlike. Impressive. Scary.Yes, all those adjectives can be used to describe North Schuylkill's 35-6 victory over visiting Tamaqua in Friday's opening night victory in Anthracite...
View ArticleYost's big game gets Indians off to quick start
COAL TOWNSHIP - For Tucker Yost, the 2013 season was one to forget.His junior campaign began with him as the starting quarterback, but by the end of the season, he lost his job as signal-caller and was...
View ArticleIndians win
COAL TOWNSHIP - Tucker Yost did something Friday night no Shamokin Area quarterback has had the opportunity to do in quite a while.On the final play of the game, Yost, the Indians' senior quarterback,...
View ArticleTigers dominate in opening win over Mifflinburg
MIFFLINBURG - Southern Columbia's first game as a Class AA school looked a lot like so many of the Tigers' games in Class A.The Tigers' offense set the tone, the defense came away with key turnovers...
View ArticleLesnar-Cena match still a hot topic
There is lots of media-based news this week in the pro wrestling world with television recaps from WWE and TNA, some fascinating Internet podcasts and the demise of the last of the significant pro...
View ArticleIndians impress in win over Spartans
COAL TOWNSHIP - Shamokin girls soccer team proved in its first game of the season that there would be no offseason rust.The Indians burst out of the gate against North Schuylkill, racking up four goals...
View ArticleN.Y. man takes Shootout
SELINSGROVE - Tim McCreadie, of Watertown, N.Y., made a late-race pass of Shane Clanton to win the Showdown on Sand Hill Saturday night at Selinsgrove Speedway in an event sanctioned by the World of...
View ArticleSCA boys play to scoreless tie
MILLVILLE - Southern Columbia and Millville played each other to a double overtime scoreless tie in the Millard Ludwig Tournament consolation game in boys soccer on Saturday.Southern (0-1-1) travels to...
View ArticleTigers defeat Shamokin
Southern Columbia's boys and girls cross country teams each went 1-2, and Shamokin's were 0-3 in a quadrangular meet at Southern Tuesday. In girls, Southern beat Shamokin 17-46, but lost to Central...
View ArticlePitchers, Revere playing well
In early August, the Phillies traded starting pitcher Roberto Hernandez to the Dodgers. He was signed in the off-season to a one-year contract for $4.5 million. Hernandez was having an average season...
View ArticleFootball contest winners listed
George E. Long, of 201 W. Mulburry St., Shamokin, was the first-place winner for week one of The News-Item's football contest. Long wins a $50 gift certificate to any any of the participating...
View ArticleSCA, LM aiming for playoffs
Southern Columbia's field hockey team was dealt a harsh blow during the first week of preseason practice when veteran head coach Tricia Hoffman suffered a stroke. Hoffman is presently recovering and...
View ArticleH.S. SPORTS: Mount Carmel scores girls soccer win over South Williamsport
MOUNT CARMEL - Jen Bolick and Anna Zeluskey scored two goals each, leading Mount Carmel to a 5-2 Heartland Conference girls soccer victory over South Williamsport Wednesday.Goals by Marissa Kleman,...
View ArticleUpbeat Indians prep for CM
COAL TOWNSHIP - There are still some kinks to work out. ... Too many costly penalties and a little more diversity on offense come to mind.But, heading into a matchup with Central Mountain, Shamokin...
View ArticleTornadoes fall to Griffins
MOUNT CARMEL - Mount Carmel lost to Sullivan County, 4-1, Thursday, in Heartland Conference boys soccer action.Collin Bettleyon scored the lone Red Tornado goal, while goalkeeper Josh Ashbaugh made 26...
View ArticleCoal Cracker takes green tonight at Big D
Big Diamond Speedway's Jack Rich Memorial Coalcracker 72 for the 358 modifieds, postponed last week due to rain, will get the green flag tonight with a $10,000 slated for the winner.The roadrunners...
View ArticleConcussion testing a priority for athletes
Since I only ever played football one year, my chances of suffering a concussion were limited. In fact, I only remember about three occasions in my life where I probably, or likely, suffered what the...
View ArticleEagles look for more 'O' in Week 2
Last Friday, Line Mountain's defense had a strong game against Shamokin. After all, it only allowed one score from the Indians.Unfortunately for the Eagles, that was all Shamokin needed to win the...
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