Ranieli helps AAU team to season title game
MANHEIM — Daniella Ranieli was the youngest play on a young NEPA Elite Clark 17U AAU girls basketball team that came within one win of its third straight Hoop Group Showcase League title. The rising...
View ArticleWYOMING VALLEY AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL ROUNDUP
All three Greater Pittston teams finished the Wyoming Valley American Legion Baseball regular season in either first or second place. Greater Pittston won the Prep title, placed second in both the...
View ArticleGreater Pittston opens Region 5 Legion tourney with win
The Pittston Area Primary Center replaced Misericordia University as host site less than 24 hours before the start of the Region 5 Senior American Legion Baseball Tournament and Greater Pittston took...
View ArticleDeLuca part of Penn State event in Scranton
Wyoming Area graduate Dominic DeLuca is one of seven players who will take part in the Penn State Summer Impact free camp from 1-3 p.m. July 23 at Riverfront Sports in Scranton. DeLuca will be joined...
View ArticleLittle League: Mountain Top holds off GPA to win District 9-11 championship
PITTSTON — Mountain Top swept two District 16 Little League baseball titles in a doubleheader at the Pittston City Little League field July 9, including topping Greater Pittston Area, 5-3, for the...
View ArticleLittle League: GWA squanders lead, rallies to win Section 5 junior baseball...
HANOVER TWP. — Down six runs after two innings Friday, the Hanover players were reminded there was plenty of baseball left. Oh boy, was there plenty of baseball left. Even some extra baseball. And...
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Brandon Matthews’ road to the PGA Tour hit a speed bump in the past week. Matthews, who has already earned his tour card for the 2023 season and is in contention for this season’s Korn Ferry Tour...
View ArticleAMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL ROUNDUP
Greater Pittston was the top team in the Wyoming Valley Prep American Legion Baseball League regular season, but following a playoff loss, it found itself in a Friday game for the second of the...
View ArticleSENIOR AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL GROUP PLAY
HUGHESTOWN — Greater Pittston picked up an edge going into the Region 5 Senior American Legion Baseball tournament and went right to work making the most of it. Greater Pittston set up its championship...
View ArticleSENIOR AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
HUGHESTOWN — Evan Melberger’s bat and legs led Greater Pittston into the Region 5 Senior American Legion Baseball Tournament championship game. His arm and glove locked up the title. Melberger came on...
View ArticleTallo, Rasmus other Blue Devils help County to Dream victory
PECKVILLE — Nick Rasmus made the game’s biggest defensive play and Ethan Tallo converted it into a touchdown – all in the last 25 seconds of the first half – Wednesday night as Old Forge players helped...
View ArticleLittle League: Back Mountain National wins Section 5 title by defeating Old...
PLAINS TWP. — Back Mountain National found itself in an unusual situation Friday evening. Then just like that, normalcy returned. National answered Old Forge’s four-run second inning with four runs in...
View ArticleGWA Junior Little League Baseball team eliminated
Greater Wyoming Area was eliminated from the state Junior Little League Baseball Tournament in DuBois with a pair of shutout losses. West Side defeated GWA, 20-0, Tuesday in the quarterfinals. Host...
View ArticleSENIOR AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL ROUNDUP
The Greater Pittston Senior American Legion Baseball team was eliminated from the state tournament in Boyertown with losses in the first two rounds July 23 and 24. Philipsburg defeated Greater...
View ArticleFall high school sports starting early
Fall sports in the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association will get off to their earliest start ever this year, beginning with the first day of practice in two sports Aug. 8. Golf begins...
View ArticlePittston Area team ready for 8-10 Eastern Regional softball
The Pittston Area 8-10-year-old Little League softball players are hoping to turn two years of playing against older competition locally into success against the best players their age from multiple...
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Brandon Matthews shot consecutive under-par rounds in his latest venture on the PGA Tour, but missed the cut by one stroke at the end of Friday’s second round of the Rocket Mortgage Classic at the...
View ArticleState javelin champion Mruk commits to Princeton
Drew Mruk liked what he saw on his first official recruiting visit so much that he canceled all others. The rising Wyoming Area senior and reigning Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association...
View ArticleLittle League: Pittston Area wins Eastern Regional softball opener
WRIGHT TWP. — The Pittston Area 8-10 softball all-stars hadn’t played a game in nearly a month. The wait was worth it Monday. After seeing a four-run lead evaporate, Pittston Area made sure its next...
View ArticleLittle League: Pittston Area 8-10 softball knocks off Delaware champ at...
WRIGHT TWP. — As the only team without a state championship banner, District 16 champion Pittston Area all-stars entered the Little League Softball 8-10 Eastern Regionals as a longshot in most eyes....
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