H.S. FOOTBALL: Montoursville rolls over Shamokin
MONTOURSVILLE - Shamokin's recent penchant for come-from-behind victories hit a wall Friday.The Indians allowed Montoursville to take a 20-0 lead to open the game and then had no answer for the...
View ArticleBloomsburg offense leads team to win over Kutztown
KUTZTOWN - Talk about a sense of timing. On the day Kutztown University named its stadium in honor of 2014 National Football League Hall of Fame inductee and former Golden Bears wide receiver Andree...
View ArticleShuffled lineup leads to strange things in WWE
With less than two weeks to go until Hell In A Cell, WWE re-shuffled the deck yet again last Monday night and changed the top matches for the upcoming pay-per-view. After announcing the previous week...
View ArticleMount Carmel Area boys win cross country invitational
SUNBURY - Mount Carmel's boys cross country team won its final tuneup before defending its District Four AA championship later this week by nipping the team it's likely going to have to beat Thursday,...
View ArticleH.S.Field Hockey: Line Mountain wins last game of regular season
LANCASTER - Natalie Scheib had two goals to lead Line Mountain field hockey to a 6-1 win over Lancaster County Day.Four other players scored for the Eagles and Annie Klinger and Lauren Scheib had a...
View ArticleH.S. SPORTS: District playoff matchups released
CATAWISSA RR - No. 1 seed Southern Columbia will open the District 4 Class A boys soccer playoffs Wednesday at 7 p.m. against No. 16 seed Muncy at Loyalsock Township High School.The game will follow a...
View ArticleH.S. FOOTBALL NOTES: Tigers' quarterback adds element to ground attack
A turnaround in the second half led Southern Columbia to a 31-14 win over Lewisburg Friday night, and while the Tigers probably don't want to remember much of the first half, there was one bright...
View ArticleLOCAL AUTO RACING: Haas closes Williams Grove season with victory
Cory Haas of Dallastown has had a miserable sprint car season in the Mike Barshinger No. 11C.Haas was able to end the season on a positive note, however, when he captured the sprint car feature portion...
View ArticleH.S. GIRLS BASKETBALL: Jordan Rickert hired as Shamokin Area head coach
COAL TOWNSHIP - Jordan Rickert was hired Tuesday to become head coach of the Shamokin Area Indians girls varsity basketball team.The school board voted 8-0 during its monthly meeting to give Rickert...
View ArticleH.S. GIRLS SOCCER: Central Columbia eliminates Mount Carmel
HEPBURNVILLE - At the finish of Mount Carmel's 1-0 loss to Central Columbia in Wednesday's District 4 Class A first round game at the Balls Mills Soccer Complex, there wasn't much Red Tornadoes' coach...
View ArticleH.S. GIRLS SOCCER: Line Mountain advances in D-4 playoffs
HUGHESVILLE - Deidre Long scored two goals and Breanna Ebright added another as Line Mountain, the 13th seed, stunned fourth seed Sayre, 3-2, in District Four Class A girls soccer Tuesday.The Eagles...
View ArticleH.S. CROSS COUNTRY: District 4 meet Thursday at Bloomsburg University
Mount Carmel Area's boys cross country team posted its first undefeated season in decades this season, and the Red Tornadoes will try to win a second straight District 4 AA title at the district...
View ArticleFootball contest winners announced
Of the 175 entries in Week 8 of The News-Item's football contest, five entrants guessed all 12 games correctly.Jim Williams Jr., of 1020 W. Pine St. in Coal Township, won first place by guessing...
View ArticleChange won't come easily for dead-last finishing Phils
The Phillies wrapped up the 2014 season by matching their record from last year at 73-89. They finished last in the division for the first time since 2000.Attendance fell below three million after...
View ArticleH.S. BOYS SOCCER: Southern Columbia holds off Muncy
WILLIAMSPORT - Southern Columbia entered the District 4 playoffs as the No. 1 seed.And by the slimmest of margins, the Tigers stayed alive.After decisively beating Muncy in two previous regular season...
View ArticleH.S. GIRLS SOCCER: Southern Columbia defeats Benton in District 4 opener
WILLIAMSPORT - There were times Southern Columbia dominated play in Wednesday's District 4 Class A playoff opener against Benton.There were other times when Benton could claim domination.Southern,...
View ArticleMCA boys win 'cross' title
Thursday was a busy day for local teams in the District 4 playoffs. The Mount Carmel cross country team won its second consecutive District Four AA Championship. The team was led by Nate Bartos, who...
View ArticleFOOTBALL FRIDAY: Southern to take on Central Mountain
Coming off its toughest game of the season and with a regular season closer against Selinsgrove next week, unbeaten Southern Columbia (8-0) faces Central Mountain, which has lost seven straight games...
View ArticleH.S. FOOTBALL: Indians look to bounce back from loss
COAL TOWNSHIP - Shamokin coach Pat DiRienzo believes his team took Montoursville for granted, leading to the 55-15 beating the Indians took last week at the hands of the Warriors.Tonight, Shamokin...
View ArticleHand finds success as crew chief
Following in the footsteps of your father can be difficult.Striking out and creating your own casts can be even more daunting.Ryan Hand, of Tower City, always had a passion for racing, and hung around...
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