As Ally Chilson began playing her best offensive basketball, Williamsport started surging. As Cierra Rainier began setting a ferocious defensive tone, Williamsport started surging. Both skillfully again played those roles Tuesday night against Delaware Valley and all their teammates ...
MILLVILLE—Northwest cannot simulate game action when it practices. Having no JV team and just eight players make that impossible. But these determined Rangers have some Hickory Huskers in them. Like the fictional champions from the classic movie “Hoosiers,” Northwest continues showing that its quality far surpasses any quantity it could ask for. And those eight players have banded together to become champions. Charleigh Miner scored 24 points and dominated the fourth quarter, Ashlyn Hermanofski banked in a go-ahead 3-pointer and Northwest erased a nine-point third-quarter ...
By CHRIS MASSE cmasse@sungazette.com MILLVILLE—All season long, St. John Neumann freshman Daiton Thompson and sophomore Chase Wright have made it apparent they have bright basketball futures. Turns out the future is now. Making their first playoff starts memorable ones Friday night, Thompson and Wright flourished while helping Neumann repeat as Mid-Penn Conference champions. Thompson scored 10 points, Wright five and both played strong defense as Neumann defeated East Division champion Northwest, 64-49 in front of a standing room only crowd at Millville. The Knights (19-4) led ...
SUNBURY--Whenever the calendar hits mid-February, there is a strong chance the Mount Carmel girls' basketball team is surging. A program which has made 13 straight state tournament appearances, won 10 district titles since 2011 and captured the 2021 Class AA state championship, often is at ...
SUNBURY--Just when it seemed like everything was falling apart, Central Mountain forward Hayden Pardoe remembered all the work he and his teammates produced last offseason. That grind was exactly for these moments. And when those moments came Wednesday in the Heartland Conference Tournament ...
MILL HALL--Allen Taylor provided his players quite a pregame spark Tuesday night. And the Williamsport coach need not even open his mouth. All Taylor had to do was point. He simply showed his team the Sun-Gazette and WNEP boys basketball rankings which had Central Mountain at No. 1 and ...
