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Sports & UCS Director for Special Olympics Pennsylvania - Northeast Region. Freelance sports journalist/author. Loyal Little, Chuck & Roxy Episode 256

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8 years
Ellie Bartoli, a senior with Downs Syndrome, scored Pittston Area's last 10 points in her first appearance in a varsity game.
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When Moriah Murray was done playing every second of an overtime game, scoring 35 points (9 in OT) and grabbing 11 defensive rebounds, she still had the energy to run up the steps at Easton Middle School to share some special hugs.
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Through @JBHoopsAAU and @BackcourtHoops , life’s work for John Bucci was increasing opportunities for young NEPA players. His foresight put me in position to increase the coverage of those athletes at home and as they continued pursuits elsewhere. He will be missed in so many ways
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7 years
Abington Heights wins state title, 67-55, over Mars. First state basketball title in school history. First team state title for school since 2009 baseball team. First Lackawanna League basketball team to win state title since 2002 Bishop Hannan team.
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2 years
FINAL PIAA Class 5A state softball championship Pittston Area 4 Armstrong 0 Gianna Adams two-hitter, 10 strikeouts
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7 years
Here’s the game-winning play for Dallas.
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6 years
Tunkhannock is headed to Little League Softball World Series in Portland, Oregon after winning East Regional in Bristol, Conn. today
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7 years
Aaron Zezza for lead with 3.2 left.
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8 years
Taryn Ashby scores her 1,000th point on foul shot for 58-44 lead with 55.4 seconds left. Timeout Pittston Area. North Pocono empties bench.
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3 years
Nick Nocito reaches 1,000 points at Dallas.
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2 years
Tori Para leaves no doubt. Clearly positioned in the batter's box, she rips game-winning double to end Lampeter-Strasburg state championship reign and lift Pittston Area to 3-2 victory.
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5 years
Wyoming Area holds with 12 seconds left. The Warriors will win state title with 21-point fourth-quarter comeback. FINAL Wyoming Area 21 Central Valley 14
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4 years
Drew Lojewski, Dallas senior basketball player and son of Wyoming Area girls coach Chad Lojewski, was named today as National President of the Future Business Leaders of America.
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3 years
Austin Finarelli with 27 points in three quarters to reach 1,000 for career in Dallas rout of Crestwood.
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4 years
Pittston Area has hired Jeff Gregory, an assistant coach on Scranton Prep's unbeaten 2019-20 team, as its next head girls basketball coach during tonight's school board meeting.
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6 years
Second baseman Hannah James gets to middle and makes quick throw to first for final out. Tunkhannock will play for Little League Softball World Series title after beating Lake Oswego, Ore., 6-4, in semifinal.
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3 years
There were several years when I covered all eight PIAA state basketball championship games in Hershey and there were multiple times when it was a sellout crowd. The largest crowd in four games today was 1,452. Things are not like they once were.
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2 years
BREAKING NEWS Unofficially, Susquehanna girls track and field team has captured the first state team title for the school in any sport. Tatum Norris provided all 28 points with two wins and a second.
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2 years
Wyoming Area javelin thrower Drew Mruk gives District 2 its first gold medalist of this year’s state championships, winning in Class 2A with a career-best throw of 211-9.
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4 years
As my 10-month-old granddaughter demonstrates, you’re never too young to start developing both hands.
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3 years
ENCORE PERFORMANCE The ⁦ @Nepa_Elite ⁩ Clark 17U girls won the first ⁦ @hgsl_girls ⁩ Showcase League title. Today, they win the second.
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6 years
Tunkhannock reaches the semifinal of Little League Softball World Series with 2-1 victory in seven innings over Asia Pacific champion Bacolod City West, Philippines. Kaya Hannon win. Sydney Huff save. Catcher Cali Wisnosky two hits and handles foul pop-up for game's final out.
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8 years
Holy Redeemer's Nicole Cavanaugh and Lake-Lehman's Amanda Ayers red carded (ejected) after altercation at midfield. 11:23 left. Tied, 1-1.
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2 years
Bianca Pizano penalty stroke with no time on the clock lifts Wyoming Area into its first state championship game appearance with 3-2 win over Oley Valley in PIAA Class A field hockey semifinal.
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5 years
Jimmie Dillon’s clutch single through left side scores two runs and knocks defending state champions out of Class 5A tournament. Pittston Area over Marple-Newtown, 2-1.
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5 years
Delaware Valley ends Holy Redeemer's five-year run as WVC boys volleyball champion, handing Royals their first local loss since North Pocono in 2013 by scores of 25-22, 25-20, 25-21. Blake Gearhart and Jackson Shafer led the way.
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5 years
Hunter Ralston receives the Ashby Award as Most Valuable Player of the Andy Ashby Game for his 10-strikeout, 2-hitter.
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6 years
Lake-Lehman knocks off unbeaten defending champion Wyoming Seminary, 14-13, in WVC girls lacrosse. Black Knights end Sem's 36-game conference winning streak.
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5 years
Not sure, but typing in all the Pittston Area names in the boxscore might take longer than the Patriots first possession tonight against Archbishop Wood. Kudos to coach Al Semenza for getting so many players in the program a taste of the state tournament.
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6 years
Lake-Lehman’s Abby Paczewski 43rd of 214 in Class 2A girls. Valley View was seventh of 18 teams.
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2 years
The last of 10 Gianna Adams strikeouts wraps up a state title AND a perfect season for Pittston Area.
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3 years
Practically the way it HAD to end. Wild pitch never made the frame. Luke Spencer slides home. Lake-Lehman 13, Loyalsock Township 12
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6 years
Tunkhannock wins Little League Softball World Series opener, 2-0, over Victoria, B.C. (Canada). After tying runs moved into scoring position, Kaya Hannon finished off 2-hitter with her 14th strikeout.
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6 years
FINAL in District 2-11 Class 5A Subregional softball championship game: Pittston Area 13 Abington Heights 2
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3 years
FINAL Wyoming Area wins its first District 2 baseball title, taking Class 4A championship game from Honesdale, 11-0, in five innings.
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6 years
State qualifying individuals from WVC at District 2 cross country in Class 2A girls: Molly DeMarzo, Crestwood Abby Paczewski, Lake-Lehman Kaitlyn Hodakowski, Dallas Madison Brdaric, Lake-Lehman Cameron Marcinkowski, Holy Redeemer Madison Dewees, Holy Redeemer
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2 years
FINAL PIAA Class 5A state softball semifinals Pittston Area 8 Oxford 4 Pittston Area heads to first state final Thursday at Penn State against Armstrong.
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5 years
Lauren Charlton game-winning layup with 25 seconds left in overtime to send Dallas girls to arena with 41-40 overtime victory over Berwick.
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7 years
Ollie meets Felix. Today’s most important stats: Second grandson Felix Arrived 1:28 p.m. 19 1/2 inches, 7 lbs. 1 oz.
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3 years
For the second time in less than 24 hours, Dallas has a new 1,000-point scorer. Nick Nocito gets there late in first quarter of afternoon game against Lake-Lehman, joining Austin Finarelli, who hit the mark last night.
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8 years
Collin Cook blocks last shot, retrieves rebound, starts Holy Redeemer celebration ... This time, with the video.
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4 years
It has been both a pleasure and a challenge to cover every second of every @piaad2 game at @MoSunArenaPA for the sixth straight year. 10 games in 3 days this time around. On to the state tournament. Keep checking out for more coverage.
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5 years
Cameron Marcinkowski's win in the 3200-meter run in 11:47.44 clinches team championship for Holy Redeemer. Elk Lake's Krista Jones second; Lake-Lehman's Abby Paczewski third; Montrose's Hannah Perkins fourth; Elk Lake's Shyanne Bennett.
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3 years
The ⁦ @Nepa_Elite ⁩ Clark 17 girls team with championship banner it won today by finishing 5-0 in three-day Hoop Group event.
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7 years
Maddie Kelley's playoff pitching line for Dallas: 7 IP 0 H 0 R 1 BB 11 K 1 HBP
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8 years
Wyoming Area fans celebrating with 5-1 lead.
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4 years
Pittston Area game-winning shot.
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5 years
Friday afternoon, Abby Paczewski and Madison Brdaric were on their home soccer field at Lake-Lehman helping their teammates claim a District 2 Class 2A girls soccer title. They made an early morning ride to Hershey where Paczewski was 19th and Brdaric 62nd (of 208) in state CC.
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5 years
Pittston Area shuts out Wyoming Area, 5-0, in 16th annual Andy Ashby Game at PNC Field. Hunter Ralston threw a two-hitter with 10 strikeouts and no walks. Only four Warriors reached base. One hit batter and one error.
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5 years
Pittston Area has defeated Abington Heights, 5-0, for the District 2-4 Class 5A Subregional baseball title. Alexa McHugh 11 strikeouts, plus 3-for-4 with double, homer and two RBI.
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5 years
Colette Mulderig with 1,000th career point to bring Scranton within 34-33 in a game West Scranton led by 11. 1:37 to go
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7 years
Absolute classic District 2 basketball playoff game before we even get to Arena. Crestwood with incredible effort against team it lost to by 36 last time. Jay Bittner with incredible clutch performances at point guard under playoff pressure. He finished with 29 points.
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1 year
Oliver’s first Major League game and the Nationals are up 3-0 after one.
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5 years
Northwest's Matt Saxe surpassed 200 feet in the javelin for the first time in his career winning title by more than 30 feet with 200-9. Hanover Area's Aaron Hummer second.
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6 years
Tunkhannock is back into lead in Pool A and a favorable draw in quarterfinals of Little League Softball World Series after bouncing back with a 12-2 win over previously unbeaten Kirkland, Wash. Tunkhannock finishes pool play with a 3-1 record and will have Sunday off.
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4 years
Riverside players, joining their Old Forge counterparts in wearing “We Back Stack” T-shirts in support of Old Forge coach Ron Stacchiotti, currently away from his team while undergoing cancer treatments.
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5 years
From where he released the shot in the left corner, Jeremy Callahan watched his 999th, 1000th and 1001st career points go through.
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6 years
Marc Anthony Minichello from Wyoming Area broke a 16-year-old District 2 Class 3A record in the javelin on his second attempt, then went 2-7 farther in his fourth try for a winning throw of 204-1.
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9 years
FINAL: Pittston Area 54, Wyoming Area 42.
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5 years
Up next for Pittston Area, a Red Land team that features seven NCAA Division I recruits and some players from the 2015 U.S. champion at the Little League World Series. Sophomore pitcher/power hitter Cole Wagner, the biggest of the Little League stars, is committed to Georgia.
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6 years
George Tinsley, a @JBHoopsAAU Callahan standout who is going into his senior year at Abington Heights, has accepted a full basketball scholarship to Binghamton University. Tinsley made his commitment to the school in the last hour.
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7 years
FINAL in WVC softball: Pittston Area 10, Wyoming Area 5. Alexa McHugh, Jess Parente named MVPs for their teams.
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3 years
James Pettinato with NEPA Elite Cooper 17U game-winner under overtime rules where first team to score five wins.
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7 years
Jess Parente's first-inning, three-run, state-tournament homer was first ball Wyoming Area junior sent over fence in game EVER on any level.
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3 years
Rocco Pizano goes 65 yards for touchdown, invoking Mercy Rule. Wyoming Area ahead, 35-0, at Dunmore with 2:45 left in third quarter. Big night for Pizano. 4 carries, 166 yards, with TDs of 30, 70, 65 yards. Also two interceptions and catch.
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5 years
Pittston Area first baseman's Hunter Ralston makes running catch of a looping liner in foul territory to end the game and give Patriots their first District 2 title since 2007, 5-4 over North Pocono in Class 5A baseball final at PNC Field.
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8 years
Taryn Ashby had 40 points for Pittston Area in a 67-33 victory over Coughlin.
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6 years
Justin Finarelli is only Dallas senior playing final home game tonight.
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8 years
Wyoming Area's Bree Bednarski is a three-event gold medalist and a four-event state qualifier.
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7 years
... Refs can't begin technical fouls for Hershey's kisses celebrations, not just because 100s of such celebrations have been ignored through the years (they don't all start after the buzzer), but because there is nothing to prevent "losing" team fans from trying to dupe officials
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4 years
Pittston Area football is returning for one more game and will host rival Wyoming Area Saturday, Nov. 7 at 7 p.m.
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5 years
Taking a break from covering Hugh schools and college to take Oliver to his first ⁦ @NBA ⁩ game. ⁦ @WashWizards ⁩ vs. Magic.
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3 years
Merry Christmas
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5 years
Hunter Ralston, who has committed to play baseball at the University of Scranton, enjoyed his future home field. He got the win for Pittston Area with a two-hitter and had a single during the game-winning rally in the bottom of the seventh inning.
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Wyoming Area's Tyler Dougherty MVP of West's 10-5 win in WVC baseball Senior All-Star Game. Went 2-for-2, double, 2 RBI, run scored.
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3 years
Pittston Area coaches Joe Struckus (girls) and Jason Mills (boys) accept the 3A James Fisher Sportsmanship Award. The award is presented by the Wyoming Valley Conference Chapter of Track and Field Officials.
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5 years
Pittston Area has two teams in the state quarterfinals after pitcher Alexa McHugh an Hunter Ralston combined to allow just two hits.
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6 years
Gavin Baker receiving the award in my father’s memory for outstanding play, in the Susquehanna-Montrose game.
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Brennan Higgins from Pittston Area and Dan Wiedl from Wyoming Area are the team Most Valuable Player winners in the 14th annual Eugene R. DeMinico II Memorial Basketball Game.
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7 years
Wyoming Area girls basketball senior standout Sarah Holweg has committed to play on the NCAA Division II level at West Chester University.
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4 years
Justice Shoats was named MVP of The Origin 17U Gold Division after ⁦ @Nepa_Elite ⁩ Coyle 17U boys defeated Team Final Red, 54-51, in overtime for title. Christian Fermin made all-tournament team.
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8 months
New set of duties this high school sports year, but still active covering District 2 teams. After being quieter on Twitter throughout regular season, I plan to be more active with live updates during District 2 playoffs, similar to the past and as, I hope, I showed tonight.
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8 years
FINAL: Wyoming Area 13, Dallas 12
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7 months
FINAL PIAA Class A girls basketball semifinal Mountain View 46 Greenwood 23 First Susquehanna County girls basketball team to ever reach state final
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6 years
Nolan Genasevich, a 6-foot-8 sophomore forward/center from Hazleton Area, was the first player off Scranton bench tonight. Genasevich 32 minutes in first 3 games with 15 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 blocks and a steal.
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J.J. Hood pitched a complete game and hit a two-run homer in Wyoming Area’s 5-2 victory over Pittston Area. Hood received the Joe Agolino Sr. award as game Most Valuable Player.
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2 years
FINAL FIELD HOCKEY District 2 Class A Championship Game Wyoming Area 1 Wyoming Seminary 0
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6 years
Pittston Area defeated Wyoming Area girls, 54-42, in the Tigue-Denisco Cup game. Lily Savoy (PA) and Aleah Kranson (WA) were their team's Most Valuable Players in the rivalry game with 15 points each.
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5 years
Just enough time between rounds of state tournament to introduce another player to the game.
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3 years
Perhaps it's just an old reporter's eyesight deteriorating, but it seems more and more like modern uniform designers thinks it's their job to use outlines, shadows and other tricks to make numbers as difficult as possible to see. The assignment is to help all identify players.
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2 years
The ⁦ @Nepa_Elite ⁩ Macciocco 16U team joins the program’s Clark 17U team in winning the two highest-level titles in the ⁦ @SelectEventsBB ⁩ The Main Event at Atlantic City Convention Center. More to come.
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3 years
FINAL PIAA Class 5A boys basketball first-round game Pittston Area 53 Lower Dauphin 51 Braden Landis attempt to tip in own miss came just after final buzzer.
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10 years
Teams and fans had to be separated after an altercation following the Pittston Area-Valley View game.
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8 years
Pittston Area defeats Lake-Lehman, 6-1, will play at top-seed Valley View in District 2 Class AAA baseball quarterfinals.
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3 years
FINAL PIAA Class A field hockey Wyoming Area 5 Dock Mennonite 0 Wyoming Area on to Tuesday's state semifinal. Oley Valley likely opponent
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3 years
Pittston Area graduate Brandon Matthews is headed back to the Korn Ferry Tour as a fully exempt member after finishing first in the 2020-21 PGA Tour Latinoamericas, which concluded today. He was the only player to win twice. @B_Matthews12
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Awesome season👏🏼 Finished #1 on the @PGATOURLA 🏆 Promoted to @KornFerryTour ⛳️ Congrats @B_Matthews12 #TeamB
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6 years
Tunkhannock pounds Prague, Czech Republic, 17-0, in 2 1/2 innings. Two days into Little League Softball World Series, Tunkhannock is one of just two 2-0 teams in 10-team field. Kaya Hannon 1-hitter with 7 strikeouts. Ella McNeff (3-for-3) and Paige Marabell 3 RBI each.
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5 years
Scoreboard shows Alexa McHugh’s no-hitter for Pittston Area in Class 5A state softball win over Upper Perkiomen.
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6 years
Taylor Huyck, a junior, reached 1,000 points for Susquehanna tonight. file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/b5/05/3B7F1A8F-F02E-4F7C-A18A-CFE989D3E81B/IMG_1336.JPG
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