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PIAA track: Hazleton Area’s Cusatis wins second straight state silver in Class 3A triple jump
SHIPPENSBURG Matthew Cusatis needed just one, well-timed, good triple jump Friday.
PIAA track: Holy Redeemer’s Hunter wins heat in 400, qualifies 3rd for finals
SHIPPENSBURG Holy Redeemer senior Jacob Hunter won his heat in the 400-meter dash on an otherwise difficult day of qualifying on the track for Wyoming Valley Conference athletes Friday at the PIAA T
H.S Baseball: Rischawy’s walk-off single sends Dallas to D2-4A championship game
DALLAS TWP. Get the ball in the air and deep to the outfield. That s what Dallas JJ Rischawy was thinking as he batted with the bases loaded and one out in the seventh inning Friday.
D2 baseball: Holy Redeemer falls, Lehman advances in 3A semifinals
WILKES-BARRE Almost from the jump, Riverside found itself playing from behind in Friday s District 2 Class 3A baseball semifinal.
Misericordia baseball wins Super Regional opener, eyes World Series berth
Misericordia baseball is one win away from the World Series.
Ganassi vs. McLaren headlines Indianapolis 500 title fight with some 300,00 fans expected
INDIANAPOLIS Four custom McLaren GTs lined the curb in front of St. Elmo s Steak House, the see-and-be-seen spot in downtown Indianapolis, in a massive flex by the race team trying to win the Indian
RailRiders continue home run barrage to beat Worcester
The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders topped the Worcester Red Sox 5-2 on Friday night at PNC Field. The RailRiders hit another three homers to bring their season total to 85, the most in Minor League
D2 softball: Holy Redeemer edges Lake-Lehman in Class 3A semifinals
LEHMAN TWP. Casting aside those demoralizing demons of the past, Holy Redeemer s hard-hitting Payton Parker played the percentages.
WVC contingent ready for PIAA Track and Field Championships
Wyoming Area s Drew Mruk already has a state Class 2A javelin gold medal to his credit.
Local roundup: Hazleton Area baseball, Tunkhannock softball reach finals
Brett Antolick hit two home runs and drove in all five runs as Hazleton Area defeated Delaware Valley 5-1 Thursday in a District 2/4 Class 6A baseball semifinal game.
MU sophomore wins NCAA silver in javelin; Cougars baseball off to Super Regional
A big week for Misericordia sports has some hardware coming home to campus.
Florial’s grand slam powers RailRiders to win over Worcester
The Scranton Wilkes-Barre RailRiders stayed hot at the dish, toppling the Worcester Red Sox 10-1 on Thursday at PNC Field. Estevan Florial smoked a grand slam to right field, the team s second of the
H.S. Softball: Pittston Area powers past Shikellamy to return to district title game
HUGHESTOWN With the regular season and a special division playoff behind them, along with a breather for the first-round bye that they earned, the Pittston Area Patriots arrived at Thursday s game r
H.S. Baseball: Dallas routs Tunkhannock to head to D2-4A semifinals
DALLAS TWP. Just when Tunkhannock felt it was getting something going, Dallas changed the entire direction of Wednesday s District 2 Class 4A baseball quarterfinal game.
H.S. Baseball: Nanticoke Area bows out in D2 quarters to Valley View
ARCHBALD Nanticoke Area s recent hitting slump continued Wednesday.
RailRiders rebound with 15-run outburst in matinee win over Worcester
The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders smashed the Worcester Red Sox 15-2 on Wednesday afternoon. Five batters had a multi-hit contest, including three from Franchy Cordero. The team hit three more home
Still down 3-1 to Heat, Celtics cling to hope as East finals shift back to Boston
BOSTON The Boston Celtics season didn t end in Game 4 of their Eastern Conference finals matchup with the Miami Heat, and now there is a flicker of hope.
District 2 playoff roundup: Pittston Area baseball defeats Wallenpaupack in 5A semis
After going down by a run in the second inning, the Pittston Area answered with eight straight runs to take control and beat Wallenpaupack 8-3 Wednesday in the District 2/4 Class 5A subregional semifi
D2 Baseball: Wyoming Valley West walks off Wilkes-Barre Area
KINGSTON Wyoming Valley West s Max Lopuhovsky thought he had something more dramatic Tuesday afternoon. Like a walk-off home run.
D2 Boys Volleyball: Holy Redeemer stops Tunkhannock’s streak in 2A semis
NEW MILFORD Holy Redeemer spent more than a decade expertly avoiding upsets as District 2 s premier boys volleyball program.