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H.S. Boys Basketball: Two-time champion Wyoming Seminary upset by Riverside
EXETER The shots came from just about anywhere and everywhere. There were 13 in all and 10 found the mark.
WBS Penguins knock off Bears
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins opened a crucial weekend stretch of games with a 2-1 victory over the Atlantic division-leading Hershey Bears.
Player reps not voting on NFL labor deal; more talks Tuesday
NEW YORK NFL player representatives decided Friday to not vote on a new labor deal approved by team owners, and the union instead will meet with league negotiators at the scouting combine in Indiana
District 2 Boys Basketball: Dallas knocks off Abington Heights
COVINGTON TWP. District 2 boys basketball teams its size have collectively been chasing Abington Heights for nine years.
District 2 Boys Basketball: Holy Redeemer too much for Lakeland
COVINGTON TWP. Alex Rymer threw in 3-pointers, Jared Piontkowski threw down dunks and Justice Shoats threw Lakeland shots back at the Chiefs.
District 2 Girls Basketball: Felix free throws lift Williamsport over Wilkes-Barre in girls basketball
SALEM TWP. Reaching over the waving arms trying to stop her, Allycia Harris just couldn t get her last-second shot at a tie to fall.
District 2 Class 3A Wrestling: Plenty of surprises in first day of competition
HAZLE TWP. It s a rare occurrence for an unseeded wrestler to reach the semifinals of a tournament.
D2 Class 2A Wrestling: Tunkhannock in good spot after Day One
HAZLE TWP. The District 2 Class 2A Wrestling Championships tournament is unique this season.
District 2 Girls Basketball: Hazleton Area comes out smoking, scorches Scranton in girls basketball
SALEM TWP. It seems losing the league championship on a last-minute shot did more than fire up the Hazleton Area Cougars.
Wyoming Seminary wrestlers look to dethrone Blair at National Prep Championships
Two times this season national rivals Wyoming Seminary and Blair Academy have met on the mat. At the Ironman Tournament in December, the Blue Knights finished in first ahead the Bucs to take over the
D2-3A wrestling preview: Valley West’s JJ White has a shot at history
Since he busted onto the wrestling scene as a freshman, J.J. White showed he was destined to have a historic career. He started as a ninth-grader being one just a handful of freshmen to win the Wyomin
D2-2A wrestling preview: Tunkhannock gunning for a big weekend
So many things have occurred in District 2 wrestling over the last 35 years. More than a dozen different teams have won a district team title. Hundreds of different wrestlers have won an individual ch
Vezendy opens door for Seminary’s trip to girls basketball semifinals
YATESVILLE There really was no magic or special move that put Ally Vezendy in position to extend Wyoming Seminary s season.
Yencha plays big as Holy Redeemer girls basketball advances in districts
YATESVILLE Unstoppable at time, unselfish at others, fearless all the time.
College Corner: Valley West’s Ruff leads Eastern basketball into postseason
The Eastern University men s basketball team battled Stevens for the top spot in the MAC Freedom Conference last Saturday in Hoboken, N.J., and sophomore Draig Ruff had his first double-double of the
Boys basketball: Nanticoke Area clamps down on Tunkhannock to move to semifinals
EXETER Colby Butzczynski took care of the offense. JJ Bielecki took care of the defense. And Nanticoke Area took care of Tunkhannock 46-38 in a District 2 Class 4A boys basketball quarterfinal game
Girls basketball: Wyoming Valley West wins on buzzer-beater in overtime
EXETER Wyoming Valley West freshman Kalia Saunders admitted her fundamentals were flawed on her only basket Wednesday night. No one probably even noticed.
Baird’s two free throws lead Nanticoke Area girls over Lake-Lehman in D2 tournament
EXETER The first attempt Riley Baird took from the foul line in the final seconds kicked off the side of the rim, bounced high, then curled around and dropped straight through the net.
Boys basketball: Dallas shakes off slow start to rout West Scranton in D2-5A quarters
LEHMAN TWP. As West Scranton s Londell Wright drilled a 3-pointer to end the first half to pull his team within one, and upset appeared brewing Tuesday night.
King’s women’s basketball knocks off Misericordia for third straight win
WILKES-BARRE King s joined DeSales on Tuesday as the only women s teams in the MAC Freedom this season to have at least one win against every team.