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Americans load up on candy, trick or treat - or not
Americans may not know if trick or treating will happen this year because of the pandemic, but they re buying a lot of Halloween candy while they wait to find out.
Dallas defense comes up big in victory over Wilkes-Barre Area
DALLAS TWP. After losing a talented senior class which played for the Class 4A state championship, the new-look Dallas Mountaineers are trying to find their own identity.
Adams, Lake-Lehman turn in huge first half in rout of Nanticoke Area
HANOVER TWP. It was the Ethan Adams show on Friday night, as Lake-Lehman s senior signal-caller threw for five touchdowns and ran for one more as the Black Knights remained unbeaten with a 42-6 rout
Determined Rhodes helps Wyoming Valley West edge Pittston Area
KINGSTON Donte Rhodes knew something was wrong when none of his teammates followed him into the end zone in celebration.
Shattenkirk’s OT goal puts Lightning one win away from the Cup
EDMONTON, Alberta Kevin Shattenkirk scored in overtime on a controversial power play, Brayden Point had two goals and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Dallas Stars 5-4 Friday night to take a 3-1 ser
Crestwood stays unbeaten with win over Nanticoke Area
NANTICOKE It was only natural that Noah Schultz would have first-quarter jitters.
Big first quarter lifts Wyoming Area past Holy Redeemer
WEST PITTSTON Wyoming Area bounced back from a loss to Williamsport in a big way, scoring a 55-20 win over visiting Holy Redeemer on Friday.
H.S. FOOTBALLMeluskey, Warner lead Hazleton Area to first win of the season
HAZLETON A career game from Kevin Meluskey helped lead Hazleton Area to an explosive second half for its first win of the season, 34-7 over Tunkhannock in a Wyoming Valley Conference interdivisional
Williamsport moves to 3-0 with win over Berwick
Once again, Nassir Jones came up big to keep Williamsport undefeated.
H.S. Football: Dallas seeks to keep momentum going against Wilkes-Barre Area
First, Dallas had the plug pulled. Then the plug hung loosely from the outlet.
Pac-12 football season to kick off seven-game season in November
The Pac-12 set a Nov. 6 start date Thursday for a seven-game football season, following the Big Ten in overturning an August decision to postpone until spring because of concerns about playing through
Magnotta, Barbacci lead Sem to OT field hockey win over Wyoming Area
WEST PITTSTON Mia Magnotta made the plays in regulation that allowed Ella Barbacci to shine in overtime.
PIAA says individual schools can set spectator limits for sporting events
The PIAA Board of Directors decided Wednesday to allow individual schools to determine how many spectators are allowed at sporting events.
Gale Sayers, Bears Hall of Fame running back, dies at 77
CHICAGO Gale Sayers, the dazzling and elusive running back who entered the Pro Football Hall of Fame despite the briefest of careers and whose fame extended far beyond the field for decades thanks t
Saturday’s Notre Dame-Wake Forest game postponed after Irish positive tests
Notre Dame s game at Wake Forest on Saturday has been postponed after positive COVID-19 tests landed 13 Fighting Irish players in isolation and another 10 in quarantine.
Belmont champTiz the Law won’trun in Preakness
Belmont Stakes winner Tiz the Law won t run in next month s Preakness, spoiling what would have been a highly anticipated rematch with Kentucky Derby winner Authentic.
Lightning hold off rally, beat Stars 3-2 to even Stanley Cup Final
EDMONTON, Alberta Nikita Kucherov and the Tampa Bay Lightning got themselves up off the ice to get even in the Stanley Cup Final.
Giants star Saquon Barkley will miss rest of season with torn right ACL
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. A major knee injury has ended Saquon Barkley s season.
Eagles coach Pederson not shy about putting blame on Carson Wentz
PHILADELPHIA Carson Wentz is struggling and his coach says he s trying to do too much.