Looking back at 10 years, 100 games of D2 basketball championships at Mohegan...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Freelance sports writer Tom Robinson, a frequent contributor for the Times Leader Media Group, has covered every second of every District 2 championship basketball game at Mohegan Arena....
View ArticleH.S. Boys Basketball: Rally sends Wyoming Area to Class 4A state playoffs
DALLAS TWP. — Wyoming Area relived a nightmare from two weeks ago in the first quarter against Dallas on Tuesday night. Then the Warriors awoke and everything changed. Second-quarter defense led to...
View ArticleD2 hoops history at Mohegan Arena: Top performances at a tough venue
EDITOR’S NOTE: Freelance sports writer Tom Robinson, a frequent contributor for the Times Leader Media Group, has covered every District 2 championship basketball game at Mohegan Arena. With the 100th...
View ArticleH.S. Boys Basketball: Pittston Area edged in fourth quarter of D2-5A finals
WILKES-BARRE TWP. — The situation was tense, but Pittston Area had the basketball in the hands of Silivo Giardina, the Patriots’ best player. Fate, though, played out differently than hoped Friday...
View ArticleWRESTLING ROUNDUP: Obrzut, Spindler claim district titles
Wyoming Area and Pittston Area each had two finalists and one champion Feb. 22 when the two-day District 2 Individual Wrestling Championships concluded at Wilkes-Barre Area. Nate Obrzut won his second...
View ArticleDISTRICT 2 CLASS 5A BOYS BASKETBALL: Comets turn away Patriots in closing...
WILKES-BARRE TWP. — Abington Heights rallied from 13 points down, then turned away Pittston Area in the closing seconds Friday night to capture the District 2 Class 5A boys basketball championship...
View ArticlePIAA BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: Patriots, Warriors hit road for state tournament
The Pittston Area, Wyoming Area and Old Forge boys basketball teams are all headed for the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association state tournament beginning next week. Pittston Area is in...
View ArticleDISTRICT 2 CLASS 4A BOYS BASKETBALL: Valley View halts Preppers’ historic...
WILKES-BARRE TWP. – Beyon McLean scored 26 points and Valley View withstood a 15-point run spanning the two halves to defeat Scranton Prep 66-53 Saturday afternoon in the District 2 Class 4A boys...
View ArticleWYOMING AREA BOYS BASKETBALL: Warriors rally into state tournament
DALLAS TWP. — Wyoming Area relived a nightmare from two weeks ago in the first quarter against Dallas Tuesday night. Then the Warriors awoke and everything changed. Second-quarter defense led to some...
View ArticleNEXT LEVEL: Wilkes baseball team has strong Greater Pittston presence
The Wilkes University baseball team opened the season with four Wyoming Area and two Pittston Area graduates on the roster. The Colonels coaching staff also includes the head coaches of the two high...
View ArticleJenkins provides spark as Scranton Prep girls pull away
WILKES-BARRE TWP. — Scranton Prep continued its run of playoff girls basketball success and once again Maya Jenkins was right in the middle of it. Jenna Hillebrand and Jenkins, an Old Forge resident,...
View ArticleDISTRICT 2 SWIMMING: Lady Patriots take fifth in freestyle relay
Pittston Area finished fifth in the 200-yard freestyle relay Friday afternoon at Wilkes-Barre Area High School, helping the Lady Patriots reach the midway point in District 2-4 Class 3A Subregional...
View ArticleOLD FORGE BOYS BASKETBALL: Blue Devils dominate in first state game
OLD FORGE — Cameron Parker led the way as Old Forge shot a torrid 85.7 percent from the floor in the second quarter Saturday afternoon while pummeling visiting Sayre 63-31 in a Pennsylvania...
View ArticleJenkins reaches 1,000 points in Scranton Prep victory
Bella Dennebaum hit four 3-pointers and Maya Jenkins scored her 1,000th career point Saturday when Scranton Prep opened the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association Class 4A girls basketball...
View ArticleBASKETBALL NOTEBOOK: Kopetchny, Macario, Ranieli honored by coaches
Luke Kopetchny and coach Anthony Macario received top honors in Division 2 when Wyoming Valley Conference boys basketball coaches selected their all-star teams. Macario was named Coach of the Year...
View ArticleNEXT LEVEL: Adams picks up first college victory
Gianna Adams was the starting pitcher in Carnegie Mellon’s first victory of the season and the winning pitcher in its other victory during a season-opening trip to Texas. The Tartans went 2-8 on the...
View ArticleSPRING SPORTS: Boys tennis scheduled to begin WVC play March 17
Spring sports athletes across Pennsylvania officially began their season Monday with the first legal practices. Teams in all spring sports were allowed to begin scrimmaging against other schools as...
View ArticleWYOMING AREA BOYS BASKETBALL: High-scoring Shamokin ousts Wyoming Area
Shamokin scored at least 24 points in each of the first three quarters Friday night as the District 4 runner-up ruined Wyoming Area’s first Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association boys...
View ArticlePITTSTON AREA BOYS BASKETBALL: Pottsgrove eliminates Patriots
Pottsgrove used a balanced attack Friday night to run past visiting Pittston Area 83-39 and post its first Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association boys basketball state tournament victory...
View ArticleDISTRICT 2 SWIMMING: Lady Patriots finish sixth
Pittston Area’s Brooke Hintze scored points in a relay and individually March 1 when the two-day District 2 Swimming Championships concluded at Wilkes-Barre Area. Hintze anchored the seventh-place team...
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