High profile games
High Profile GamesMarch 28 Lourdes at Mount CarmelMarch 31 Selinsgrove at ShamokinApril 4 Central Columbia at Southern ColumbiaApril 6 Line Mountain at North SchuylkillApril 11 Williams Valley at...
View ArticleSwimmers compete in Lebanon County meet
ANNVILLE - Special Olympics Pennsylvania Northumberland Snyder swimmers competed at the Lebanon County meet at Lebanon Valley College, Saturday, March 19.Competing were: Jacob Carey, Jennifer Angeli,...
View ArticleWeather forces track to change
Following last Friday's spring-like conditions and favorable weather on Saturday, all scheduled Central Pennsylvania racing action went off as planned.The same can't be said for this weekend.Wisely,...
View ArticleRosters listed for star games
COAL TOWNSHIP - Rosters for the 11th annual Northumberland County senior all-star basketball games were announced Thursday. The games will be played Sunday at Lourdes Regional High School, with the...
View ArticleVeteran Indians look to improve their fortunes on the diamond
For Shamokin Area, it's time.The Indians are all grown up.Labeled a young team - and rightly so - with a roster dominated by freshman and sophomores the past two seasons, the Indians struggled, winning...
View Article3 to receive special Hall recognition
The Ed Romance Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame is holding its induction ceremonies Saturday. Every day this week, biographies of those being honored are appearing in The...
View Article1991 MCA boys hoops team to be inducted into Hall
The Ed Romance Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame is holding induction ceremonies today. Every day this week, The News-Item ran biographies of those being honored.Special Achievement1991...
View ArticleSCA wrestlers to states
SCA wrestlers to statesELYSBURG - Four Southern Columbia Area wrestlers are competing this week in the Pennsylvania Junior Wrestling State Championship Tournament at Mohegan Sun Arena in...
View ArticleLocal sports events calendar
Salvation Army Basketball Tournament Adult teams may sign up for the annual Salvation Army benefit basketball tournament set for Friday through Sunday, April 15 to 17, at the Shamokin Area High School...
View ArticleLocal sports schedule for March 28-April 1
Monday, March 28 Baseball Southern Columbia at Columbia Montour Vo Tech, 4:30 p.m. Shamokin at North Schuylkill, 3:30 p.m. Line Mountain at Greenwood, 4:30 p.m. Softball Lourdes at Mount Carmel, 4:30...
View ArticleWrestling world loses another legend
The pro wrestling fraternity is mourning the recent passing of John "Sir Oliver Humperdink" Sutton, one of the sport's most colorful managers of the 1970s, 80s and 90s. Sutton passed away March 19 at...
View ArticleArea senior hoopsters take one last shot
COAL TOWNSHIP - On average, postseason high school all-star basketball games tend to show how quickly rust can accumulate on the talents of many of the players, who unless they were fortunate enough to...
View ArticleMarks wins at Lincoln
Brent Marks won the 410 sprint car feature at Lincoln Speedway on Saturday night. Lincoln was the only local speedway to complete a program this weekend thanks to the unseasonably cold...
View ArticleRaiders rally in 8th
COAL TOWNSHIP - In extra innings, the microscope is always a little larger, the margin for error smaller.Just ask Mount Carmel.With the bases loaded in the bottom of the eighth inning, Mount Carmel got...
View ArticleEagles record victory
MILLERSTOWN - Line Mountain opened the 2011 season with a 8-6 Tri-Valley League win over Greenwood.The Eagles' Jordan Welker went 3 for 4 at the plate, with two doubles and two RBIs, and picked up the...
View ArticleSouthern opens with rout
CATAWISSA R.R. - It would be stretching it some to say that Southern Columbia opened the season by looking like it was in midseason form, but the Tigers were nonetheless pretty impressive in a 15-0,...
View ArticleTigers hurdle Central
ALMEDIA - Matt Moore was a triple winner, and Andrew Steely, Tom Schetroma and Jake Townsend each double winners to lead Southern Columbia to a 76-74 non-division win over Central Columbia in boys...
View ArticlePanthers drop Shamokin
COAL TOWNSHIP - Shamokin Area coach Billy Clark came into the season knowing if his Indians struggled, it would be at the plate.To have success, even with a solid group of veterans, they'd have to hit...
View ArticleRosini homers in Red Raiders' win
MILLVILLE - Lourdes stayed unbeaten on the young softball season with a 15-3 non-league win over Millville on Wednesday.CharLee Rosini again did double duty for the Red Raiders, leading them in hitting...
View ArticleLeagues reach cooperative agreement
SHAMOKIN - Plans have been finalized for a cooperative agreement between the Shamokin-Coal Township and Shikellamy youth football leagues, starting with the 2011 season.Officers of the leagues met and...
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