Racers put wrap on 2014
With the local race season all but over, many teams have retired their racing operations to the garage to regroup in the offseason.Some 410 sprint car, late model and modified teams will be heading to...
View ArticleH.S. CROSS COUNTRY: Mount Carmel fifth in PIAA meet
HERSHEY - Mount Carmel Area didn't have an individual medal winner this year - barely - but the Red Tornadoes improved on their eighth-place finish of a year ago at the PIAA Class AA state...
View ArticleLOCAL COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Bloomsburg clinches PSAC East crown
BLOOMSBURG - Improbable and impressive.Both equality describe what the Bloomsburg University football team has accomplished through the first nine weeks of the season.Projected to finish third in the...
View ArticlePPV misses the mark
Results from last Sunday's Hell-In-A-Cell pay per view in Texas, some interesting news about the WWE Network and the death of a prominent figure from the fading days of the National Wrestling Alliance...
View ArticleH.S. FOOTBALL: District 4 playoff pairings announced
Southern Columbia earned the top seed in the District 4 Class AA football playoffs and will open postseason play Friday at 7 p.m. at home against No. 8 seed Hughesville.Mount Carmel Area is the No. 3...
View ArticleH.S. FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: Coal Bucket controversy discussed
A lot has been said and written by Shamokin fans since Friday's Coal Bucket overtime loss to Mount Carmel about a fifth down the Red Tornadoes supposedly got on their overtime possession.Here's what we...
View ArticleFootball contest winners listed
Blair J. Faust, of 1424 W. Pine St. in Coal Township, was The News-Item's Football Contest Week 10 winner. Faust tied with The McElwees, of 101 W. Arch St. in Coal Township, but Faust won the...
View ArticleH.S. GIRLS SOCCER: Southern Columbia eliminated from state playoffs
HERSHEY - For 38 minutes, Southern Columbia hung with Trinity in their Class A state playoff first-round game Tuesday at Hersheypark Stadium.The Tigers did that, despite playing in their own end for...
View ArticleTabs on 45: Hyno, Giants play defending Super Bowl champs
Up next: The New York Giants (3-5) and Henry Hynoski travel to take on the defending champions, the Seattle Seahawks (5-3) Sunday at 4:25 p.m. Last week: The Giants suffered their third loss in a row...
View ArticleEagles, Dawgs to meet
The Eastern Conference Class A tournament may as well be the Tri-Valley League playoffs, with all four teams league teams, and that probably means there will be three great football games.Tri-Valley...
View ArticleH.S. FOOTBALL: Shamokin's Campbell having standout season
COAL TOWNSHIP - There are plenty of reasons for Shamokin Area's success this season.Tucker Yost's play at quarterback, an improved offensive line and timely defensive plays are a few examples of how...
View ArticleH.S. FOOTBALL: Unbeaten Southern Columbia opens with Hughesville
A month or so ago, unbeaten Southern Columbia was a consensus favorite to win the District 4-AA title.Now, as the playoffs open, the Tigers are still unbeaten (10-0) and are still a favorite for the...
View ArticleH.S. FOOTBALL: Shamokin Area to take on Jersey Shore
COAL TOWNSHIP - Shamokin Area coach Pat DiRienzo is proud of how his team played last week in a 33-32 overtime loss to Mount Carmel in the Coal Bucket game, but he had different words for the Indians...
View ArticleH.S. FOOTBALL: Mount Carmel has big rematch with Loyalsock
MOUNT CARMEL - Maybe the biggest thing Mount Carmel coach Carm DeFrancesco had to do this week was to get his team to forget last week.The Red Tornadoes (7-3) host another 7-3 team, Loyalsock, in the...
View ArticleH.S. FOOTBALL: Shamokin falls to Jersey Shore
JERSEY SHORE - Shamokin's game plan coming into Jersey Shore was to stop Levi Lorson.In the first matchup between the two teams, Lorson scored three touchdowns and rushed for 246 yards.So, in their...
View ArticleH.S. FOOTBALL: Southern Columbia advances in Class AA
CATAWISSA RR - With another injury in the backfield, Southern Columbia knew it would have to find a player or two to make up for the missing running game. The Tigers successfully did that with Steve...
View ArticleH.S. FOOTBALL: Loyalsock eliminated Mount Carmel in D-4 AA
MOUNT CARMEL - In a season in which Mount Carmel's defense was much maligned, it was a bad performance by the offense that ended it.The Red Tornadoes, seeded third in the District 4 AA playoffs, lost...
View ArticleBloomsburg U. defeats Lock Haven
LOCK HAVEN - Bloomsburg University's football team made good of its last chance to tune up for next weekend's Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) championship game, rushing for 303 yards in...
View ArticleHigh School Football Scores
PREP FOOTBALL Germantown Academy 40, Penn Charter 29 Haverford School 40, Episcopal Academy 12 Lawrenceville, N.J. 49, The Hill School 26 Malvern Prep 41, Chestnut Hill 33 Methacton 37, Norristown 10...
View ArticleThanksgiving tradition offers plenty for WWE fans
WWE's relatively slow build for Survivor Series, which accelerated considerably this past Monday with the return of Chairman Vince McMahon, the Brock Lesnar issue and an official announcement for...
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