NEXT LEVELMinichello continuing javelin career at Georgia
Marc Minichello won a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I title in the javelin last season for the University of Pennsylvania. Now, Minichello is winning meets at the University of...
View ArticlePITTSTON AREA BASEBALL ROUNDUPPatriots halt Cougars’ streak, tighten WVC...
In a little more than 48 hours, Pittston Area avenged its only two losses, ended a Hazleton Area dominance that had stretched back to 2019 and restarted a Wyoming Valley Conference Division 1 title...
View ArticleSOFTBALL ROUNDUPGiardina helps Lady Patriots tie up division race with...
HUGHESTOWN – As Pittston Area’s Bella Giardina walked to the plate in the fifth inning, some armchair coaches in the crowd offered up their opinion. The consensus — Tunkhannock shouldn’t pitch to the...
View ArticleBOYS LACROSSEWyoming Area drops three games
Wyoming Area enters its final regular-season game likely to survive a ratings battle and make the field for the District 2 Class 2A boys lacrosse playoffs. Once there, however, the Warriors are most...
View ArticleWYOMING AREA BASEBALL ROUNDUPPlayoff hopes slipping away from Warriors
Wyoming Area’s hopes of having a chance to defend the District 2 Class 4A baseball title that it won the past two seasons continued to fade when the Warriors dropped three games this week as their...
View ArticleWYOMING AREA GIRLS TRACK AND FIELDLady Warriors top Lake-Lehman with WVC...
WEST PITTSTON – Just in case, Wyoming Area coach Joe Pizano adjusted his lineup, seeking out every possible point Wednesday when the Lady Warriors hosted Lake-Lehman in a meet between unbeatens with...
View ArticleWYOMING AREA GIRLS LACROSSESabatini, Kranson celebrate Senior Night with...
April 29 already shaped up as a meaningful night for the Wyoming Area girls lacrosse team. Playing at Jake “Sobeski” Stadium. Senior Night to honor the team’s three captains and four-year starters....
View ArticleDallas holds off Wyoming Area challenge, defends boys tennis title
KINGSTON – Wyoming Area won at the No. 1 positions in both singles and doubles, but Dallas had the depth necessary to complete a second straight unbeaten, championship season in a Tuesday showdown for...
View ArticleTRACK AND FIELD NOTEBOOKWVC Championship Meet debuts Thursday
WEST PITTSTON – The Wyoming Valley Conference will debut a new event Thursday with its first Track and Field Championship Meet, beginning at 2 p.m. at Hazleton Area. With Division 2 championships...
View ArticleNEXT LEVELYochem reached milestone, led King’s in hitting
Chase Yochem produced his 100th career hit late in the season while leading the King’s College baseball teams in many offensive categories. The junior outfielder/pitcher from Wyoming Area batted .410...
View ArticleLACROSSE ROUNDUPWyoming Area teams ready to start playoffs
District 2 has established the pairings and schedules for the lacrosse playoffs, which start for girls Monday and the boys Tuesday. Both Wyoming Area teams qualified for the playoffs. The Pittston Area...
View ArticleVarsity Athletic Schedules, 5/14-20
MONDAY, May 15 Boys and girls track and field: Pittston Area and Wyoming Area in District 2 Championships, Scranton Memorial Stadium, 3 p.m. Girls lacrosse: Wyoming Area at Dallas, District 2 Class 2A...
View ArticlePITTSTON AREA SOFTBALL ROUNDUPAdams, Lady Patriots post two more shutouts
Pitching and defense ruled as Pittston Area kept pace with Tunkhannock at the top of the Wyoming Valley Conference Division 1 softball standings. Gianna Adams struck out 27 while allowing just three...
View ArticleBASEBALL ROUNDUPStreaks halted; Patriots clinging to title hopes
Pittston Area had one of its two winning streaks ended while Wyoming Area broke a losing streak in the past week. The two teams met Saturday in their annual rivalry game, which was the finale to the...
View ArticleGIRLS TRACK AND FIELD NOTEBOOKMessner, Keating multi-event district contenders
With Pittston Area’s Aria Messner and Wyoming Area’s Madelyn Keating leading the way, Greater Pittston athletes account for the top seeds for seven of 18 events in Class 3A for the District 2 Track and...
View ArticleBOYS TRACK AND FIELD NOTEBOOKMruk take two golds at first WVC Championships
HAZLE TWP. – Defending state champion Drew Mruk kicked off his track and field postseason with two gold medals Thursday at the first Wyoming Valley Conference Track and Field Championships. After...
View ArticleH.S. Softball: Valley View knocks off Pittston Area in battle of state title...
HUGHESTOWN — Seeing value was certainly difficult immediately. After all, Pittston Area softball isn’t used to losing. The defending PIAA Class 5A champion has been on the wrong end of a final score...
View ArticleDISTRICT 2 BOYS TENNISWyoming Area’s only losses came to district finalists
WILKES-BARRE – Wyoming Area won a quarterfinal match before having the team portion of the boys tennis season end in a hard-fought, 3-2 loss to Holy Cross in the District 2 Class 2A team semifinals....
View ArticleWYOMING AREA SOFTBALL ROUNDUPLady Warriors clinch Class 4A playoff berth
Wyoming Area split four softball games in five days, winning the last of those games to make official what was already very likely. The Lady Warriors clinched a spot in the District 2 Class 4A playoffs...
View ArticleNEXT LEVELMinichello wins SEC championship in javelin
Defending national champion Marc Minichello is now the Southeastern Conference champion in the javelin. The Wyoming Area and University of Pennsylvania graduate is competing for the University of...
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