H.S. Boys Basketball: Pittston Area remains hot, rolls to win against Wyoming...
PLYMOUTH – Pittston Area entered Tuesday night’s game with plenty of incentive. The Patriots were trying to keep their Wyoming Valley Conference Division 1 boys basketball title hopes — albeit no...
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EXETER — Perhaps it was fitting what Pittston Area’s Ava Callahan said while outside the basement locker room at Wyoming Area High School on Wednesday night. “It’s crazy,” Callahan said. “It’s a...
View ArticleDallas downs Wyoming Area boys in regular-season finale
Wyoming Area took on a significant challenge for its final regular-season boys basketball game. Austin Finarelli scored 26 points to lead Wyoming Valley Conference Division 1 champion and District 2...
View ArticleDefense gets Pittston Area through semifinal struggle
YATESVILLE – Pittston Area held Holy Redeemer to just six field goals, none in the last 9:34, to get through Friday night’s semifinals of the Wyoming Valley Conference Tournament with a 40-29,...
View ArticleWalsh joins Pittston Area’s 1,000-Point Club
Walsh became the 10th boys basketball player in Pittston Area history to reach the 1,000-point mark for his career and the first to do it in 13 years when he arrived at the milestone during a Feb. 12...
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BOGOTA, Colombia — Brandon Matthew played the final three holes in 4-under par, making eagle on the final hole Feb. 13 for a one-shot victory in the PGA Korn Ferry Tour’s Astara Golf Championship....
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Ella Hoban won four events Wednesday when Pittston Area defeated Lake-Lehman, 110-53, in a Wyoming Valley Conference girls swimming meet. Hoban won the 200-yard individual medley and the 100 freestyle....
View ArticlePITTSTON AREA DIVISION 1 GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP
Pittston Area became a contender when it turned around its record from a year ago. The Lady Patriots became Wyoming Valley Conference Division 1 champions when they reversed the outlook of their...
View ArticleDISTRICT 2 WINTER CHAMPIONSHIPS
Both Pittston Area basketball teams landed top seeds in Class 5A for the District 2 basketball tournaments, which begin this week. Ratings were not finalized until after the last games Saturday and...
View ArticleH.S. Girls Basketball: Freshman helps Lake-Lehman romp Pittston Area for WVC...
PLAINS TWP. — Ella Wilson did not need long to put Friday’s 0-for-10 shooting performance behind her. Wilson buried a 3-pointer from the right wing on the opening possession, just 18 seconds into the...
View ArticleH.S. Boys Basketball: Pittston Area defeats Abington Heights, heads to D2-5A...
YATESVILLE — A big key to Pittston Area’s success this season has been finding the hot hand each game. Usually it’s been 1,000-point scorer JJ Walsh, although the other four starters have taken their...
View ArticleH.S. Girls Basketball: Pittston Area defeats Wyoming Valley West in D2-5A...
YATESVILLE — A magical season looked like it had a chance to disappear at halftime Saturday afternoon. Pittston Area had given up 12 consecutive points to end the second quarter, replacing what was a...
View ArticleH.S. Football: Wyoming Area long snapper Blaise Sokach-Minnick selected to...
The way Wyoming Area’s Blaise Sokach-Minnick made his presence known on the football field were noticeable. He was one of the top quarterbacks in the Wyoming Valley Conference as well as one of the...
View ArticleDefending champions knock out Wyoming Area
Wyoming Area remained within striking distance into the second half Wednesday night before seven-time defending District 2 boys basketball champion Scranton Prep pulled away for a 66-49 victory in the...
View ArticleLake-Lehman girls continue streak with playoff win over Wyoming Area
Lake-Lehman took control early on the way to a 51-22 victory over visiting Wyoming Area Tuesday night in a District 2 Class 4A girls basketball quarterfinal. The Wyoming Valley Conference Division 2...
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Patrick Bennie finished his freshman season as the most accurate shooter on the King’s College men’s basketball team. Bennie shot 56 percent from the floor for the Monarchs, hitting 51 of his 91 shots....
View ArticleBooth, Gregory honored for role in championship
Pittston Area junior guard Kallie Booth was named Most Valuable Player and Jeff Gregory was named Coach of the Year for Division 1 when Wyoming Valley Conference girls basketball coaches selected their...
View ArticleGIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP
The Pittston Area girls basketball team recovered quickly. In their first outing since absorbing a Mercy Rule beating in the Wyoming Valley Conference Tournament championship game, the Lady Patriots...
View ArticleLady Patriots relay swimmers fifth in two events
The Pittston Area girls team finished fifth in two relay events Feb. 19 in the Les Richards Swimming Invitational at Scranton High School. The team of Emily Dunn, Cassie Hintze, Ella Hoban and Kacie...
View ArticleH.S. Boys Basketball: Pittston Area defeats Abington Heights, heads to D2-5A...
YATESVILLE — A big key to Pittston Area’s success this season has been finding the hot hand each game. Usually, it has been 1,000-point scorer J.J. Walsh, although the other four starters have taken...
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