H.S. softball: Amidst rainy week, Pittston Area knocks off defending District...
Pittston Area coach Vito Quaglia has been waiting for this moment all season — for his Patriots to play a full seven innings of softball. They did on Monday. Pittston Area knocked off defending...
View ArticleH.S. girls lacrosse: Dana Zalewski, Patriots pick up first win on Senior Day...
HUGHESTOWN — It may have taken nine games, but the Pittston Area girls lacrosse team now has something to hang its hat on. The Patriots, after losing their first eight conference games of the season,...
View ArticleLaflin native Marissa Durako, a King’s College senior, broke MAC meet record...
READING — Laflin native and Holy Redeemer graduate Marissa Durako, a King’s College senior, broke the meet record in the women’s 10,000-meter run to highlight the first night of the Middle Atlantic...
View ArticleH.S. Baseball: Wyoming Area, Pittston Area earn shutout wins during schedule...
Rain shortened the schedule for the week, limiting both Wyoming Area and Pittston Area to a single game from Saturday through Friday. Both teams came up with shutout wins Thursday with the Warriors...
View ArticleH.S. track and field: Pittston Area’s streak at the Jordan Relays ends,...
SCRANTON – Even before the regular season is complete, track and field teams have begun the transition into the postseason with special multi-teammates. For Pittston Area, that meant a chance to...
View ArticlePittston’s native Paige Semenza heading to CrossFit regional event
DICKSON CITY — The road leading to CrossFit Vertex has holes, ruts and bumps. Perhaps that’s fitting because there’s no easy way to what Paige Semenza wants to accomplish. The 24-year-old Pittston...
View ArticleLindsey Williams goes the distance as Holy Redeemer girls, Coughlin boys...
PLAINS TWP. — Somewhere along the route of her long-distance runs, something kicked in for Lindsey Williams. She’s been in high gear ever since. Williams dominated the 1,600 and 3,200 Saturday, easily...
View ArticleTony Korch, Melissa Delfino win Jen Stec Memorial Spring Trail Run
KINGSTON TWP. — Tony Korch ran to his fifth win in the Spring Trail Run “Jen Stec Memorial” at Frances Slocum State Park on Sunday. The 56-year-old from Nanticoke finished the 5.3 miler, which was run...
View ArticlePittston Area’s junior high track and field team sweeps Berwick
YATESVILLE — On Thursday, May 5, the Pittston Area junior high track and field team hosted Berwick at Charley Trippi Stadium. Pittston Area swept the meet, with the boys winning 94-51, while the girls...
View ArticleNew Wyoming Area baseball scoreboard dedicated to the late John ‘Beno’ Borzell
EXETER — The Wyoming Area baseball team recently held Meet the Warriors at the high school cafeteria following a mass at St. Barbara’s Parish. After the event, the Wyoming Area Diamond Club hosted a...
View ArticleWyoming Area softball still in WVC title hunt
LEHMAN TWP. — Before Wyoming Area worries about the dominoes falling precisely elsewhere, it has to take care of the ones right in front of them. The first of three dominoes the Warriors needed to...
View ArticleThe Next Level: Laflin native Marissa Durako wins 2 MAC titles in King’s...
She’s not a rookie by any sense of the word. She’s already a veteran on the King’s College cross country team. Marissa Durako, however, participated this year on King’s College’s very first track and...
View ArticleUpon Further Review: Pittston Area’s Jake Buczynski delivered win against...
May 2006 Jake Buczynski pitched a complete game, six-hitter as the Pittston Area baseball team took down Crestwood, 4-1, on Senior Day. Buczynski walked two, struck out five and didn’t allow an earned...
View ArticleShawn Casey, D.M.D., named chairperson for annual Miles for Michael Golf...
Local dentist, Shawn M. J. Casey, D.M.D., has been named the honorary chairperson of the 2016 Miles for Michael Golf Tournament, which will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, July 29 at Blue Ridge Trail Golf...
View ArticleWyoming Area Catholic School holding Second Annual Golf Tournament May 28 at...
MOUNTAIN TOP — The Second Annual Wyoming Area Catholic Golf Tournament will be held on Saturday, May 28 at the Blue Ridge Golf Course in Mountain Top. The tournament begins at 11:30 a.m. with...
View ArticlePittston Area’s Neare, Goodlavage and Singleton set to continue athletic...
YATESVILLE — Three Pittston Area athletes announced they will be continuing their athletic and academic careers close to home at a ceremony held Thursday at the Cefalo Center. Brandon Goodlavage...
View ArticlePatriots honored prior to perfect game
HUGHESTOWN — The Pittston Area softball seniors were honored prior to a 13-0 win over Coughlin on Thursday, May 12 at the Pittston Area Primary Center. Patriot senior pitcher Taylor Baloga threw a...
View ArticleFive Wyoming Area softball seniors honored
The Wyoming Area softball team recently honored its seniors prior to a game at the field in West Pittston. From left, Bree Bednarski with parents Joe and Lyn Bednarski, Sarah Coolbaugh with parents...
View ArticleH.S. softball: Wyoming Area won’t defend WVC crown, while Taylor Baloga...
TUNKHANNOCK — Wyoming Area still had a shot to defend its Wyoming Valley Conference softball title heading into Wednesday’s game with Tunkhannock. The Tigers, however, keep finding ways to win this...
View ArticleH.S. tennis: Pittston Area’s Jason Homschek makes run past first round at...
KINGSTON — Pittston Area junior Jason Homschek was the only Greater Pittston athlete to earn a win at the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association District 2 Championships held at Wilkes...
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