Melberger, strong sophomore class to lead Warriors
Senior point guard Evan Melberger and a strong sopohomore class lead Wyoming Area into the boys basketball season. Melberger will be in his third season as a starter. “He’s obviously a huge part of our...
View ArticleJaneski, Kranson return for Wyoming Area girls basketball
Wyoming Area returns its two all-star players from the ultimate .500 team a year ago. The Lady Warriors went 6-6 in Division 2 of the Wyoming Valley Conference, 7-7 overall in the regular season to...
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Patrick Bennie is providing rebounding and accurate shooting as a freshman member of the King’s College men’s basketball team. King’s took a 4-3 record, 0-1 in Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom, into...
View ArticleHIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING PREVIEW
Wyoming Area has the rare opportunity of building a team around a defending state champion. The Warriors return Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association Class 2A state 113-pound wrestling...
View ArticlePITTSTON AREA SWIMMING PREVIEW
Seniors Kacie Fisk, Ella Hoban and Emily Dunn will serve as captains of the Pittston Area girls swimming team after making significant contributions to last season’s 5-5 finish in the Wyoming Valley...
View ArticleVARSITY ATHLETIC SCHEDULES, Dec. 19-25
MONDAY, Dec. 20 Boys and girls swimming: Holy Redeemer at Pittston Area, 4:30 p.m. Girls basketball: Wyoming Area at Mountain View (NL), 6:45 p.m. Wrestling: Pittston Area at Wallenpaupack (NL), 6:45...
View ArticleWYOMING AREA GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP
Morgan Janeski scored 22 points and grabbed 10 rebounds Thursday night while leading Wyoming Area past visiting Susquehanna, 50-43, in a non-league girls basketball game. The win evened the Lady...
View ArticleHIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING ROUNDUP
Wrestling season is off to a successful start for Pittston Area and Wyoming Area. Both teams took 5-1 records into Saturday after going 4-1 at the Gary Woodruff Memorial Duals at Wyalusing Valley Dec....
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Patrick Bennie shot 75 percent from the floor and 100 percent from the line for the King’s College men’s basketball team in a pair of Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom games Wednesday and Friday....
View ArticlePITTSTON AREA SWIMMING ROUNDUP
Ella Hoban won two individual events and was part of a winning relay Wednesday when Pittston Area opened the Wyoming Valley Conference swimming season with a 97-61 victory at Nanticoke. Hoban won the...
View ArticleWYOMING AREA BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP
Ian Gilmartin had no problem maintaining the course Anthony Macario is trying to set for the Wyoming Area boys basketball team. With Macario, the head coach, in quarantine, Gilmartin guided the...
View ArticleWalsh, Cencetti, Jannuzzi help Patriots close out win
SCRANTON — The way Pittston Area coach Al Semenza sees it, J.J. Walsh could miss a dozen shots and Semenza would still want him taking the 13th. So when the rest of the Patriots shook off a collective...
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YATESVILLE – Pittston Area used the minimum number of games to match last season’s win total. The Lady Patriots, coming off a 4-13 record in Jeff Gregory’s first season as head coach, have not only won...
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Pittston Area and Wyoming Area took the early Wyoming Valley Conference wrestling leads by becoming the only teams to get to 2-0 in either division prior to Christmas. The Patriots lead Division 1...
View ArticleWalsh served as playmaker in rivalry game
YATESVILLE — Every Pittston Area starter took more shots Wednesday night than J.J. Walsh, an all-star guard and the team’s scoring leader last season. Walsh showed he could help the team in different...
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Cassie Hintze had wins in both meets for Pittston Area, which lost twice during the week in Wyoming Valley Conference girls swimming. The Pittston Area boys team also lost twice. Holy Redeemer 93,...
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Pittston Area stopped West Scranton’s early-season momentum with a 66-38, home-court, non-league boys basketball victory Dec. 18. The surprising Invaders, who have won twice since to improve to 5-1,...
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Wyoming Area allowed just 37 points while winning two non-league games in three days prior to facing rival Pittston Area in the Tigue-Denisco Game. The Lady Warriors hosted North Pocono for an...
View ArticleBooth, Ranieli form winning combination in Pittston Area backcourt
YATESVILLE — Kallie Booth was still the Thomas Tigue Award recipient as Pittston Area’s Most Valuable Player in the game, but the winner changed, emphasizing the difference in the Lady Patriots from...
View ArticleBY THE NUMBERS
YATESVILLE — Pittston Area’s proficiency from beyond the arc and its ability to track down missed shots around the basket combined to make the difference Tuesday night in a 38-26 victory over Wyoming...
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