HIGH SCHOOL GOLF ROUNDUP
Wyoming Area’s successful transition from Class 2A to Class 3A in boys golf this season continued Friday morning when the Warriors defeated rival Pittston Area in a Wyoming Valley Conference match,...
View ArticleGIRLS TENNIS ROUNDUP
A promising season for the Wyoming Area girls tennis team got off to an encouraging start with wins on consecutive days. The Lady Warriors opened the Wyoming Valley Conference season Wednesday with a...
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Brandon Matthews shaved 12 strokes off his score between the first and second round Thursday and Friday in the PGA Korn Ferry Tour’s Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championships. The Pittston Area...
View ArticleH.S. Football: Hazleton Area takes control in the second half for win
YATESVILLE — Hazleton Area scored the game’s last 32 points Friday night to turn back host Pittston Area, 47-15, in a high school football opener. Similar to last season’s bout between the two teams,...
View ArticleH.S. Football: Aaron Crossley rushes for 352 yards, four TDs in Wyoming Area win
WEST PITTSTON — Every time Tunkhannock would get within striking distance Friday night, Wyoming Area running back Aaron Crossley would strike back. Crossley’s final of three long touchdown runs — a...
View ArticleH.S. Football: Wyoming Area’s offense bottled up in shutout loss to Honesdale
WEST PITTSTON — Honesdale came out with a perfect game plan Friday night to stifle the Wyoming Area running game and take home a 21-0 victory over the perennial powerhouse in a non-conference game. The...
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Brandon Matthews arrived at the 18th hole Friday needing the improbable eagle on a par-4 to continue into the weekend. Matthews took his best shot, flying the ball over water to hit the green off the...
View ArticleHonesdale shuts out Wyoming Area
WEST PITTSTON — Honesdale came out with a perfect game plan to stifle the Wyoming Area running game Friday night and take home a 21-0 victory over the perennial powerhouse in a non-conference game. The...
View ArticleWilliamsport rallies past Pittston Area
Mike Pearson picked up his first win as Williamsport head coach when the Millionaires overcame a 12-point, halftime deficit on their home field to defeat Pittston Area, 29-12. Nasir Hennigan’s 57-yard...
View ArticleHIGH SCHOOL SPORTS ROUNDUP
Wyoming Area and Pittston Area ended the first week of the girls soccer season with a combined 5-0 record, all in non-league play. The Lady Warriors won three times in six days, including a pair of...
View ArticleFIELD HOCKEY NOTEBOOK
Bree Bednarski was one of the nation’s most prolific high school field hockey scorers, setting numerous records during her playing days at Wyoming Area. Now, Bednarski’s task is to help a Lady Warriors...
View ArticleBOYS SOCCER ROUNDUP
Kendall Heck and Nicholas Ciampi scored two goals each Monday when Wyoming Area shut out host Pittston Area, 6-0, in a non-league meeting of boys soccer rivals. Ciampi scored the first and last goals,...
View ArticleH.S. Football: Pittston Area ends second-half drought, blanks Wyoming Valley...
YATESVILLE — For the second week Pittston Area took a lead into the halftime break. It was this time, though, that the Patriots would not only score in the second half, but their defense would maintain...
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For Dominic DeLuca, it was three months shy of three years between tackles in a live game. The last one had come in the first week of December in 2019. Playing quarterback and safety despite a torn...
View ArticleCrestwood rushes past Wyoming Area
WRIGHT TWP. — From the time Noah Schultz took off on a lightning-strike touchdown run barely two minutes into the game, the Crestwood Comets knew they had a formula for success. Why change? Well,...
View ArticleVarsity Athletic Schedules, Sept. 11-17
MONDAY, 9/12 Golf: Wilkes-Barre Area at Pittston Area, Fox Hill Country Club, 4 p.m. Golf: Wyoming Area at Crestwood, Blue Ridge Trail, 4 p.m. Girls tennis: Pittston Area at Hanover Area, 4 p.m. Girls...
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Pittston Area graduate Brandon Matthews will make his debut as a rookie member of the PGA Tour Thursday in the $8 million Fortinet Championship at the Silverado Resort and Spa North Course in...
View ArticleDistrict 2 setting championship plans for fall sports
District 2 of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association has set plans for five of its fall sports championships. Pittston Area and Wyoming Area are among the members of District 2, which is...
View ArticleCROSS COUNTRY NOTEBOOK
Wyoming Area’s Madelyn Keating opened her senior season with a second-place finish and Pittston Area was the only boys team to place three runners in the top 22 finishers Sept. 3 when the 47th annual...
View ArticleGIRLS VOLLEYBALL NOTEBOOK
Pittston Area continued its strong start in girls volleyball with back-to-back wins Wednesday and Thursday. The Lady Patriots swept rival Wyoming Area, then pulled out a five-set victory over...
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