Pittston Area, Wyoming Area varsity athletic schedules
Wyoming Area’s home boys basketball game against Dallas Tuesday night will be the school’s game for Coaches vs. Cancer’s Suits and Sneakers Week, the annual series of fundraising games involving...
View ArticleField hockey division gets tougher on WA, PA
One of the toughest divisions of high school field hockey in the entire nation appears to have become even more difficult after last week’s realignment of the Wyoming Valley Conference. Wyoming Area...
View ArticleWyoming Area girls battle before relinquishing perfect record
WRIGHT TWP. – Wyoming Area arrived at an important transition in its Wyoming Valley Conference schedule at less than full strength. By the time the Lady Warriors left Crestwood Monday night, the...
View ArticleHS SPORTS ROUNDUP: Sam Greenfield leads Warriors past Spartans
Sam Greenfield scored 34 points Friday night when Wyoming Area defeated Wyoming Valley West, 71-61, in a Wyoming Valley Conference boys basketball crossover game to remain within a half-game of the...
View ArticleBrandon Matthews protecting back to help golf career
Brandon Matthews may not be thinking about his golf swing when he gets out of bed in the morning, when he is walking down the street or when he takes a seat. Matthews is however, constantly aware of...
View ArticleAnnual Blue/Gold hockey game between Wyoming Area and Pittston Area is Feb. 2
JENKINS TWP. — The 19th Annual Blue/Gold Hockey game between Wyoming Area and Pittston Area will be held at 9:15 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2 at Revolution Ice Centre, 12 Old Boston Road. The combined Pittston...
View ArticleBrandon Matthews makes cut for second straight week
Dupont’s Brandon Matthews made the cut in the first two events of the Web.com Tour season, making him 4-for-5 for his career on the professional golf tour. Matthews, who has his Web.com card this...
View ArticleSports Briefs: Duryea Little League registration ongoing
Duryea LL registration is open DURYEA — Registration for the 2018 Duryea Little League season is now open. All registrations must be completed online. Information of returning members has been saved...
View ArticleBasketball rivalry games honor Tigue, Denisco, DeMinico
Rivalry basketball games between Pittston Area and Wyoming Area are on the schedule for Monday and Tuesday. Wyoming Area will be trying to repeat a sweep from a year ago when both teams ended long runs...
View ArticlePittston Area post players battle in Wilkes-King’s game
WILKES-BARRE – Former Pittston Area post players went head-to-head Jan. 20 when the Wilkes University and King’s College men’s basketball teams battled for Wilkes-Barre bragging rights. Pat Mitchell, a...
View ArticleOpponents set for football, track and field
Wyoming Area and Pittston Area learned their football opponents and track and field divisional alignments for the next two school years during Wyoming Valley Conference meetings on consecutive days...
View ArticleLady Patriots suffer another frustrating basketball loss
YATESVILLE – The potential of the Pittston Area girls basketball team has been evident in seven wins, three by at least 33 points, three more by double-figures margins and another against a...
View ArticleDivision 1 teams damage Warriors’ Division 2 title hopes
EXETER – Wyoming Area was able to overcome an early nine-point deficit Tuesday night in its home Wyoming Valley Conference boys basketball game against Dallas. The Warriors were not, however, able to...
View ArticlePatriots bear down, stop Tigers, losing streak
YATESVILLE – What is a team supposed to do? Pittston Area was mired in a six-game losing streak, it had coughed up a 15-point lead, two starters were watching from the third row with injuries and the...
View ArticleAmerican Legion volunteer replace flags at West Pittston Cemetery
Members of the West Pittston American Legion and volunteers pose for a group picture at the West Pittston Cemetery May 26. The group replaced American flags on the graves of veterans for the Memorial...
View ArticleD2 softball: Walsh delivers lone run as Tunkhannock moves into 4A final
TUNKHANNOCK — As a freshman entering a team with a loaded lineup, Gina Walsh didn’t have much of a role last year in Tunkhannock’s run to the state softball championship game. She may be the biggest...
View ArticlePittston Kiwanis Golf Tournament benefits Greater Pittston YMCA
FALLS — The Pittston Kiwanis Club’s annual golf tournament will be held Friday, June 15 at Emanon Country Club and will benefit the Greater Pittston YMCA’s summer camp, which begins Monday, June 18....
View ArticleSports Briefs: Avoca/Dupont Little League meeting June 10
Avoca/Dupont Little League meeting June 10 AVOCA — The Avoca/Dupont Little League will meet at 6 p.m. Sunday, June 10 at the little league field. Items for discussion will be the spring season,...
View ArticleH.S. football: Top area seniors close things out at Friday’s UNICO Game
The UNICO All-State Charity Football Classic tried to revive on tradition with middling success. Now, it tries to revive another — hot weather football. The Wyoming Valley Conference’s top seniors will...
View ArticleShelby Stackhouse misses out on state track medal in tiebreaker
SHIPPENSBURG — Separating an elite group of high jumpers can be a difficult task. Of the 29 Class 3A girls competing in the event at the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association Track and...
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