WYOMING AREA GIRLS BASKETBALLSame lineup, new coach for Lady Warriors
WILKES-BARRE — The coach may be new, but the players are all the same. Wyoming Area returns five starters for Mark Casper’s first season as girls basketball head coach. “I’m the new old guy or the old...
View ArticleTIGUE-DENISCO GAMEBooth leads Pittston Area to Cup victory
EXETER – On a night when points were at a premium, Kallie Booth scored more than half of those her team managed and more than one-third of the total produced by both teams in the seventh annual...
View ArticleTigue-Denisco Game By The Numbers: Defenses dominated when rivals squared off
EXETER – The Pittston Area and Wyoming Area girls will come out of the seventh annual Tigue/Denisco Cup Game proud of the difficulties their defenses caused the opponent. But, each will also be...
View ArticleNext Level: Wrobleski places for King’s wrestlers at Messiah
Connor Wrobleski took third place at 184 points, the second-best finish by a King’s College wrestler Dec. 2-3 in the Petrofes Invitational at Messah College. Wrobleski’s effort helped the Monarchs...
View ArticleWyoming Area Wrestling: Five Warriors perfect in opening dual meet event
Wyoming Area had five wrestlers make it through the Dec. 3 season-opening Gary Woodruff Duals at Wyalusing Valley with 5-0 records, but that did not translate to the same success on the team level. The...
View ArticlePittston Area Wrestling: Patriots wrestle for tourney title; open WVC with...
Brody Spindler, Dave Sudo and Oscar Ciriaco strung together three straight first-period pins to get Wednesday’s Wyoming Valley Conference Division 1 wrestling opener started, sending Pittston Area on...
View ArticleBoys Basketball Roundup: Wyoming Area downs Susquehanna
Dane Schutter finished with 18 points and Matt Rusinchak led a second-quarter surge that allowed Wyoming Area to pull away from visiting Susquehanna for a 72-42 victory Wednesday night. Rusinchak hit...
View ArticleGirls Basketball Roundup: Warriors pick up first two wins under Casper
EXETER – Wyoming Area put together back-to-back wins and completed the first week of Mark Casper’s head coaching career with a 2-2 record and some positive signs. “I love this team,” Casper said after...
View ArticleDeMinico Game: Cencetti’s MVP performance leads Patriots to win
YATESVILLE – Anthony Cencetti provided the points and rebounds by the dozens for Pittston Area Dec. 3 when the host Patriots and rival Wyoming Area opened their boys basketball seasons. Cencetti scored...
View ArticleHeisman 2023: Maye? Harrison Jr.? Who challenges Williams?
NEW YORK — After Caleb Williams won the Heisman Trophy, becoming the eighth player to do so for Southern California, he talked about how cool it will be to have his jersey retired at the school one day...
View Article‘I want to talk’: Griner opened up during her long trip home
WASHINGTON — WNBA star Brittney Griner didn’t want any alone time as soon as she boarded a U.S. government plane that would bring her home. “I have been in prison for 10 months now, listening to...
View ArticleFNCB employees help local families this holiday season
Employees from FNCB Bank, locally based since 1910, recently donated $1,100 in grocery gift cards and 200 gifts to 11 local families as part of the Bank’s annual “Adopt-A-Family” holiday project. More...
View ArticleNEXT LEVELMcNulty swimming at Vermont
Peyton McNulty finished 14th of 24 entries in the 200-yard backstroke when the University of Vermont was placing first out of seven teams at the Harold Anderson Invitational in Rhode Island in...
View ArticleWRESTLING ROUNDUPWyoming Area falls in opener of title defense
Wyoming Area’s hopes of repeating as Wyoming Valley Conference Division 2 wrestling champion took a serious hit when the Warriors fell to Berwick at home, 51-23, Wednesday night in their WVC opener....
View ArticleBOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUPSchutter leads Warriors to win; Patriots fall at Holy...
Wyoming Area combined a big second quarter and a 25-point effort by Dane Schutter into a 66-30, road rout of winless Lackawanna Trail Wednesday night in a non-league boys basketball game. The Warriors...
View ArticleGIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUPLady Patriots enjoy best start in District 2
Wins on consecutive days improved Pittston Area to 5-0, matching Wyoming Valley Conference Division 1 rival Hazleton Area for the best start in District 2. Both teams had 5-0 records through Friday...
View ArticleVarsity athletic schedules for Dec. 18 to Dec. 24.
Varsity athletic schedules, Dec. 18 to Dec. 24. MONDAY, Dec. 19 Boys basketball: Wyoming Area at Mountain View (NL), 6:45 p.m. Girls basketball: Berwick at Pittston Area, 7:15 p.m. Girls basketball:...
View ArticleSWIMMING ROUNDUPPittston Area teams sweep openers
The Pittston Area boys and girls swimming teams got their season off to a successful start by both beating visiting Nanticoke in Wednesday’s Wyoming Valley Conference opener. Wyoming Area started its...
View ArticleWA’s Angeli commits to Michigan State for field hockey
Nina Angeli began contacting college field hockey coaches in eighth grade letting them know of her aspirations. Angeli’s goals came to fruition this week when she gave her verbal commitment to a field...
View ArticleWRESTLING NOTEBOOKPittston Area tops Wyoming Area, 45-30
The wrestling teams became the latest from Pittston Area and Wyoming Area to compete for a trophy in their rivalry meeting. Pittston Area defeated host Wyoming Area, 45-30, Tuesday night for the first...
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