WYOMING AREA FIELD HOCKEYLady Warriors protect lead in state tournament opener
LEHMAN TWP. — Every opponent’s opportunity can be scary when protecting a one-goal lead with the continuation of the season on the line. Fortunately for Wyoming Area, the Lady Warriors have a formula...
View ArticleKeating earns state medal, makes college choice
EXETER — The season was over for all but the best of Pennsylvania’s cross country runners, but it was a busy time for Wyoming Area senior Madelyn Keating. In a five-day stretch, Keating earned her...
View ArticleSabatini chooses Winthrop for lacrosse
EXETER — Sofia Sabatini took an aggressive approach to seeking out college lacrosse opportunities. “I was e-mailing a lot of coaches trying to get interest,” said Sabatini, a Wyoming Area senior who...
View ArticleMoore, Pizano make commitments official with signings
EXETER — Alexys Moore and Bianca Pizano took time out from their high school state title pursuits to secure their futures as college field hockey players. One day after Moore scored the only goal in...
View ArticleKranson leads all-star victory
Wyoming Area’s Halle Kranson was the only player to score twice Thursday night when the Wyoming Valley Conference held a senior all-star soccer doubleheader at Wyoming Seminary’s Nesbitt Stadium....
View ArticleMatthews misses another cut
Brandon Matthews shot 2-under-par, 69 Friday, but missed the cut by three strokes at the PGA Tour’s RSM Classic in St. Simons Island, Ga. Matthews shot 72 in the first round and reached the midway...
View ArticleNEXT LEVELProciak piling up points early at Misericordia
Nick Prociak was named as the first Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom Player of the Week in men’s basketball this season after posting the two highest-scoring games of his Misericordia University...
View ArticleWinter sports preparations begin
One day before the Wyoming Area fall sports season wrapped up with Saturday’s state field hockey championship game appearance, preparations for the winter sports season began at Pittston Area and...
View ArticleWyoming Area falls just short
MECHANICSBURG – The longer Wyoming Area and Boiling Springs went not only keeping each other off the scoreboard, but also allowing very few combined threats, the more likely it became that the first...
View ArticlePizano’s consistent stroke put WA in final
WHITEHALL — Ignore the goalie. She doesn’t matter. As Bianco Pizano sees it, when she steps to the line to take a penalty stroke, there is no guessing game being played. There is no deception needed....
View ArticleBrace’s Orchard visits WA 10th Street School
WYOMING – Brace’s Orchard made a return to Wyoming Area’s 10th Street Elementary School for the fall market. Faculty member Renee DeAngelo and former teacher Karen Switzer organized the annual event...
View ArticleNo. 2 Michigan’s begins title quest against Boilermakers
INDIANAPOLIS — Michigan needed a decade to reach its first Big Ten championship game. On Saturday, the Wolverines return to Indianapolis with even bigger aspirations. They can win back-to-back...
View ArticleFlagler, No. 6 Baylor rally late, top No. 14 Gonzaga 64-63
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Adam Flagler hit a pair of 3s as No. 6 Baylor scored the final eight points of the game to rally past No. 14 Gonzaga 64-63 Friday night. Gonzaga’s Rasir Bolton missed a wild,...
View ArticleNEXT LEVELBagnall lands conference soccer honors
Annie Bagnall led Siena College in scoring and earned third-team Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference women’s soccer all-star honors this fall at the Loudonville, N.Y. school. The Holy Redeemer graduate...
View ArticleVarsity athletic schedules, Dec. 4-10
Varsity athletic schedules, Dec. 4-10 MONDAY, 12/5 Boys basketball: Wyoming Area at Riverside (NL), 7:15 p.m. Girls basketball: Pittston Area at Nanticoke (NL), 7:15 p.m. TUESDAY, 12/6 Boys basketball:...
View ArticleLady Warriors fall in Casper’s debut
Emmie Rowe scored 18 points Friday night as host Central Columbia spoiled Mark Casper’s debut as head coach by defeating Wyoming Area, 56-37, in the opener of the Lady Jays Tip-Off Classic. Caitlyn...
View ArticleMacciocco back to lead Blue Devils
Joey Macciocco went from minimal playing time as a sophomore to second-team Class 2A all-state recognition from Pennsylvania Sports Writers as a junior. Now, the 6-foot-2 senior combo guard is back to...
View ArticlePITTSTON AREA BOYS BASKETBALLCencetti only returning starter from...
SCRANTON — Anthony Cencetti is the lone returning starter from the Pittston Area boys baskeball team, which won the second district title in school history when it routed North Pocono, 59-26, at...
View ArticleWYOMING AREA BOYS BASKETBALL PREVIEWSchutter, deeper team provide encouraging...
WILKES-BARRE — Anthony Macario has many reasons to be optimistic going into the Wyoming Area boys basketball season. The Warriors return first-team, all-star Dane Schutter, a 6-foot-4 forward who...
View ArticlePITTSTON AREA GIRLS BASKETBALLLady Patriots no longer a secret to WVC
WILKES-BARRE — There will be no sneaking up on Wyoming Valley Conference Division 1 girls basketball opponents. Pittston Area’s worst-to-first season within the division landed coach Jeff Gregory...
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