H.S. CROSS COUNTRY: Mount Carmel Area claims second straight District 4 title
BLOOMSBURG - Mount Carmel Area's boys won their second straight District 4 Class AA cross country championship Thursday with a dominating performance at Bloomsburg University.The Red Tornadoes had four...
View ArticleH.S. FIELD HOCKEY: Line Mountain defeats Danville to reach D-4 semifinals
MANDATA - After No. 3 Line Mountain controlled most of play, but couldn't score against No. 6 Danville in the first half of their District 4 AA playoff matchup Thursday, the oppurtunity was still there...
View ArticleFOOTBALL FRIDAY: Line Mountain in must-win game with Williams Valley
MANDATA - Line Mountain suffered losses in four of its first five games.It was a 1-4 hole the Eagles could ill afford to fall into.Ever since, head coach Rodney Knock has delivered the same message to...
View ArticleH.S. CROSS COUNTRY: Dudanowicz, Skavery earn PIAA state berths
BLOOMSBURG - Southern Columbia senior Colin Dudanowicz openly admitted that getting to the PIAA Class A state championships last year was surprising, because he hadn't really run that much during the...
View ArticleH.S. FOOTBALL: Playoff time is just around the corner
With two weeks left in the regular season, the upcoming district playoff pairings are starting to take shape.Starting is the key word, especially in District 4 Class AA. Even in that class, it appears...
View ArticleFOOTBALL FRIDAY: Mount Carmel set for trip to Central Columbia
MOUNT CARMEL - After two weeks of disappointment for Mount Carmel, the Red Tornadoes' playoff hopes were bolstered with a 47-21 win over Warrior Run last week.Currently fourth in the District 4 Class...
View ArticleFOOTBALL FRIDAY: North Schuylkil looks to keep record perfect at Schuylkill...
FOUNTAIN SPRINGS - Schuylkill Haven, coming off a 10-4 season in which the Hurricanes won the District II Class A title and had their entire starting backfield returning, was hoping to win back to back...
View ArticleH.S. FOOTBALL: Mount Carmel Area wins in overtime
ALMEDIA - In a game played as evenly as Friday night's contest between Mount Carmel and Central Columbia, it's no surprise overtime was on the docket.What is a little surprising is that the Red...
View ArticleEagles' playoff hopes take hit in loss to WV
MANDATA - Line Mountain's road to the postseason became a bit more difficult Friday night.The Eagles, who entered the night riding the crest of a three-game winning streak, put up some impressive...
View ArticleH.S. FOOTBALL: North Schuylkill remains unbeaten
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - North Schuylkill steamrolled another opponent Friday evening. This one had a little more meaning to it. Bobby Grigas threw for 172 yards and three touchdowns, while Pat Gownley had...
View ArticleH.S. FOOTBALL: Southern Columbia defeats Central Mountain
CATAWISSA RR - It hasn't taken long for Billy Barnes to feel at home at Southern Columbia. The surprising thing is that it's not even wrestling season yet.Barnes, a state runnerup wrestler at...
View ArticleH.S. FOOTBALL: Shamokin Area holds off Mifflinburg
MIFFLINBURG - Shamokin coach Pat DiRienzo said the goal for his team was finishing the season above .500.Devin Pietkiewicz made sure that goal was still possible when he recoverd a Mifflinburg squib...
View ArticleBloomsburg gets big win over West Chester
BLOOMSBURG - In the never-ending quest for excellence, football players and coaches will never look at a performance - no matter how dominating - and say it was the "perfect" game. Until that happens,...
View ArticleWWE brings back past for big event
It is hard to believe it has been over 16 years since the infamous Hell In A Cell match between the Undertaker and Mankind. In case anybody who was a wrestling fan around that time could possibly have...
View ArticleH.S. Girls Soccer: Line Mountain bounced from District 4 playoffs
MIDDLEBURG - It's not very often that you talk about size advantage in soccer the way you normally do in sports like football or basketball. But South Williamsport's size advantage, and depth, were...
View ArticleH.S. Boys Soccer: Southern Columbia earns gritty win over Benton
ALMEDIA - Southern Columbia expected to be locked in a physical battle with Benton. Southern, the No. 1 seed, also expected to win. Both of those predictions turned out to be true in a 1-0 Southern...
View ArticleH.S. Girls Soccer: Christina Podpora lifts Southern Columbia over Millville
ALMEDIA - It took Millville's Maci Bower all of four minutes to score against Southern Columbia in their District 4 girls soccer quarterfinal Saturday. And then the Tigers silenced the state's...
View ArticleLOCAL AUTO RACING: Smith defeats Outlaws at Port Royal
PORT ROYAL - Ryan Smith put everything he's learned over the past three seasons racing sprint cars to use Saturday night at Port Royal Speedway to hold off newly crowned World of Outlaws champion Donny...
View ArticleReturn to basics works for Indians
After taking a 55-15 beating from Montoursville, Shamokin coach Pat DiRiezo said Shamokin had to work on two things - tackling and blocking - before taking on Mifflinburg.Despite giving up two...
View ArticleContest winners listed
Of the 179 entrants in Week Nine of the News-Item's Football Contest, six people guessed 11 games correctly.Jim Weissinger, of 500 S. Hickory St., in Mount Carmel, won first place with the closest...
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