WYOMING AREA WRESTLING: Warriors halt losing streak
Caden Reynolds won a decision at 215 pounds and Wyoming Area took advantage of eight forfeits by visiting Tunkhannock to post a 51-24 Wyoming Valley Conference Division 2 wrestling victory Wednesday...
View ArticleVarsity athletic schedules, Jan. 19-25
SUNDAY, 1/19 Boys and girls swimming: Pittston Area, Wyoming Area in Ernie Shartle Invitational, diving competition, at Tunkhannock, noon MONDAY, 1/20 Girls basketball: Wyoming Area at Tunkhannock,...
View ArticleSWIMMING ROUNDUP: Patriots, Lady Warriors post wins in meeting of rivals
Pittston Area and Wyoming Area split when the schools met in Wyoming Valley Conference swimming meets Thursday. Host Wyoming Area won the girls meet, 114-72. The Pittston Area boys won, 80-40. The...
View ArticleH.S. Boys Basketball: Pittston Area edges Wilkes-Barre Area for second time
YATESVILLE — The difference was the little things. Pittston Area didn’t always do them in the first half Tuesday night. The Patriots did so over the final two quarters, resulting in a 67-65 victory...
View ArticleWRESTLING ROUNDUP: Patriots clinch at least tie for first, home playoff match
Tibor Toth, Chase Baron and Brody Spindler posted first-period pins Wednesday night when Pittston Area celebrated Senior Night by defeating visiting Wyoming Valley West 45-29 in a match that clinched...
View ArticlePITTSTON AREA BOYS BASKETBALL: Patriots edge Wolfpack, rout Trojans
YATESVILLE — The difference was the little things. Pittston Area didn’t always do them in the first half Tuesday night. The Patriots did so over the final two quarters, resulting in a 67-65 victory...
View ArticleGIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Lady Warriors win three straight
Wyoming Area and Pittston Area combined to go 5-0 in Wyoming Valley Conference girls basketball between Monday and Thursday. The Lady Warriors solved their offensive woes after winning just three times...
View ArticleSWIMMING ROUNDUP: Wyoming Area teams sweep Berwick; Girls improve to 6-1
Ameriana Walker and Ella McKernan each won four events Tuesday to lead the Wyoming Area girls to a 130-53 victory over Berwick in a Wyoming Valley Conference girls swimming meet. Wyoming Area improved...
View ArticleVarsity athletic schedules, Jan. 26-Feb. 1
MONDAY, 1/27 Boys and girls swimming: Wyoming Area at Wilkes-Barre Area, 4:30 p.m. Girls basketball: Pittston Area at Wyoming Valley West, 7:15 p.m. Girls basketball: Wyoming Area at Lake-Lehman, 7:15...
View ArticleNEXT LEVEL: Pepe splits in first two dual meet matches at Harvard
Jaden Pepe moved into the dual meet lineup at Harvard University Jan. 17 and pulled out a win in the closing seconds. Pepe used a late takedown to beat American University’s Gage Owen 6-4. The teams...
View ArticleWYOMING AREA BOYS BASKETBALL: Warriors rebuild lead after suffering first loss
Wyoming Area’s Wyoming Valley Conference Division 2 lead was threatened with the team’s first division loss, but the Warriors quickly expanded it with two wins. Berwick, which closed within a half-game...
View ArticleDistrict 2 Class 3A team wrestling: Del Val, ‘Paupack advance to finals
YATESVILLE — Delaware Valley joined three Wyoming Valley Conference teams – all seeded higher – at Pittston Area for two rounds of the District 2 Class 3A Dual Meet Wrestling Championships on Wednesday...
View ArticleH.S. Boys Basketball: Pittston Area avenges earlier loss with win vs....
YATESVILLE — Pittston Area showed that projecting the past into the present can be dangerous. Hammered by Hazleton Area three weeks ago, Pittston Area exacted revenge on Friday night by surviving an...
View ArticleDISTRICT 2 DUAL MEET WRESTLING: Patriots finish fourth in Class 3A
Pittston Area won two straight matches in the District 2 Class 3A Dual Meet Wrestling Championships, but the second-seeded Patriots began and ended the event with losses and settled for fourth place in...
View ArticleDISTRICT 2 BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: Local teams take aim at arena appearances
District 2 has set plans for its basketball tournaments, which will begin Feb. 17 and culminate in a three-day, 11-game series of championships to once again be held at Mohegan Arena at Casey Plaza...
View ArticleWYOMING AREA BOYS BASKETBALL: Warriors clinch tie for first, on brink of...
Wyoming Area posted two more wins, extending its winning streak to at least four games for the third time this season and clinching no worse than a tie for first in Division 2 of Wyoming Valley...
View ArticleSWIMMING ROUNDUP: Wyoming Area girls win twice, hold down second place
Emma Kratz won three events and Wyoming Area used its depth to defeat host Tunkhannock Wednesday in a Wyoming Valley Conference girls swimming meet. The Lady Warriors won just three of 12 events, but...
View ArticleNEXT LEVEL: Janeski hits season high for points
Morgan Janeski scored a season-high 17 points for the Misericordia University women’s basketball team Jan. 18 in a 66-51 loss to FDU-Florham. The 6-foot sophomore from Wyoming Area is the team’s...
View ArticleVarsity athletic schedules, Feb. 2-8
MONDAY, Feb. 3 Girls basketball: Wyoming Area at Holy Redeemer (varsity only), 6 p.m. Girls basketball: Wyoming Valley West at Pittston Area, 7:15 p.m. TUESDAY, Feb. 4 Boys and girls swimming:...
View ArticleWYOMING AREA WRESTLING: Obrzut places third in Coal Cracker Tournament
Nate Obrzut placed third at 285 pounds to lead Wyoming Area’s efforts Jan. 24-25 in the Coal Cracker Wrestling Tournament at Lehighton. Obrzut was the only Warrior to finish in the top eight in any...
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