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Familiar faces grab gold at WVC Wrestling Tournament
LEHMAN TWP. — For the better part of an hour, Meyers’ Colin Pasone and Hazleton Area’s Chris Lasecki paced back and forth on opposite sides of the gym at Lake-Lehman High School. The 126-pounders never...
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Freshman Leah Hodick’s 24 points push Pittston Area past Wyoming Valley West
PLYMOUTH — They tried coming at her with one, two, sometimes three defenders. They tried fronting her, boxing her, and closing down passing lanes in an effort to keep her from getting the ball. Leah...
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Pittston Area vs. Wyoming Area Blue/Gold Hockey Game is Feb. 3 at Revolution...
PITTSTON — The annual Blue/Gold game between Pittston Area and Wyoming Area will be played at 8:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3 at the Revolution Ice Centre, 12 Old Boston Rd. The winning team will take home...
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Greater Pittston Sports Briefs: Avoca Basketball League registrations begins...
Avoca Basketball League registrations are Jan. 15 and 22 AVOCA — Registrations for the 2017 Avoca Basketball League will be held from noon to 1 p.m. on Sundays Jan. 15 and Jan. 22 in the Avoca...
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Wyoming Area wrestler Adam Buczynski working at continuing progress on mat
EXETER — Adam Buczynski’s progress has been steady throughout his four-year career on the Wyoming Area wrestling team. As the only senior to wrestle for the Warriors this year, he is making the most of...
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Wyoming Valley West gets up early, holds off Pittston Area
YATESVILLE — Pittston Area had a breakout offensively Friday night, scoring the most points in a game all season. One problem — Wyoming Valley West did the same thing. The Spartans jumped to a 17-point...
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TL’s Athletes of the Week: Pittston Area’s Leah Hodick, Wyoming Seminary’s...
LEAH HODICK School: Pittston Area Year: Freshman Sport, position: Basketball, center Family: Annette, mom; Ken, dad; Corey, brother Last week: Hodick scored 16 points in Pittston Area’s 70-59 overtime...
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H.S. Wrestling: Berwick dominates Pittston Area
George Brown (120) and Stone Force (220) each recorded pins in the Berwick wrestling team’s 50-12 win over Pittston Area. Nicholas Yule (106), Preston Robbinson (113), Oscar Perla (132), Travis Dent...
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Boys Basketball: Crestwood rallies past Wyoming Area
WRIGHT TWP. — The basketball bounced from a battle underneath to the perimeter as the final seconds ticked off in the third quarter Tuesday night. The way things were going for Crestwood at that point,...
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PGC set to vote on allowing semi-automatic rifles for hunting
The Pennsylvania Game Commission is expected to vote on a measure to allow semi-automatic rifles to be used in several hunting seasons, including deer and bear, later this month, and the prospect has...
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Nanticoke Area girls basketball improves to 13-0
YATESVILLE — That badgering, bothersome defense playing four quarters at breakneck speed did it again for the undefeated Nanticoke Area Trojanettes. And it left one more opponent frustrated and...
View ArticleMarty Ort of Old Forge will umpire Little League World Series tournaments
OLD FORGE — Marty Ort, of Old Forge, is among 92 volunteers selected to work Little League World Series tournaments in 2017. Ort has been selected to work the Junior Little League Baseball World Series...
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WYOMING AREA GIRLS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP
EXETER – There were many years in the recent past that being forced to play all the Wyoming Valley Conference Division 1 opponents could have been devastating to the Wyoming Area team. When the WVC...
View ArticleKirsten Durling leads Pittaton Area girls basketball team to huge victory
BERWICK – One way or another, Kirsten Durling kept making big plays. And those plays pushed Pittston Area to one of its biggest victories in the young Wyoming Valley Conference girls basketball season....
View ArticleHIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING ROUNDUP
Robin Wrobelski had a first-period pin at 126 pounds to tie the match early, but Wyoming Area fell, 54-18, in a Wyoming Valley Conference Division 2 match at Berwick Wednesday. Corey Mruk pulled out an...
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Hot shooting fuels Nanticoke’s 49-31 win over Pittston Area
NANTICOKE — It was something you had to see to believe. A little bit of David Blaine hocus pocus, but only with a basketball instead of a magic hat or a deck of cards. Cody Piestrak fired up a...
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Wyoming Area ice hockey team celebrates Casey Classic win at Moose Lodge in...
The Moose Lodge #1207 recently hosted a pizza and wing party for the Wyoming Area ice hockey team to celebrate winning the Annual Casey Classic Tournament held during the holiday season. From left,...
View ArticleWyoming Area cheerleaders finish 15th at state competition
The Wyoming Area cheerleaders finished 15th in the state among large squads at the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association Competitive Spirit Competition Jan. 20-21 at the Giant Center in...
View ArticleAndy Ashby will assist with RailRiders coaches clinic
Two-time Major League Baseball all-star and Jenkins Twp. resident Andy Ashby will join two other instructors for a free coaches clinic presented by the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders Feb. 11 at PNC...
View ArticleWrestling Roundup: Warriors post first conference victory
NANTICOKE — Damon Barhight’s 43-second pin provided the exclamation point as Wyoming Area won five of the seven bouts wrestled Jan. 21 to pick up its first Wyoming Valley Conference Division 2 victory...
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