When Jenna Waring was in the circle for Montgomery, Loyalsock's offense couldn't seem to get the spark it wanted. Waring had limited Loyalsock to just four hits through four innings of work, but when Montgomery put in a new pitcher, it was the opportunity Loyalsock was hoping for. The ...
STATE COLLEGE — The Big Ten announced a 10-game conference-only football schedule and medical protocols for all sports Wednesday morning. Penn State opens the 2020 football season Sept. 5 at Beaver Stadium against Northwestern. The Nittany Lions open preseason practice Friday. The ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a series looking back at the Top 10 girls basketball teams, coaches, games and players from the last decade. Ali Hillson was a consummate winner while playing at North Penn-Mansfield. A four-year starter and two-time Class A all-state selection, Hillson helped the ...
The Clinton County version of Ironman — Lock Haven’s Jeffrey Weaver — was victorious in two classes Friday night, winning his first RaceSaver 305 sprint car feature and the 270 micro sprint feature at Clinton County Speedway. He also finished second in the 600 micro sprint ...
Hughesville captured the Independent Summer League championship Saturday, beating Warrior Run, 9-6, and Loyalsock, 11-3. Hughesville finished 13-1 and won its last eight games. Really, though, all four league participants were winners this summer. Having the league, period, after COVID-19 ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a series looking back at the Top 10 girls basketball teams, coaches, games and players from the last decade. Two years earlier, Warrior Run had endured a winless season, but freshman Steph Shamburg helped it reach the 2011 District 4 Class AA playoffs. A year later, ...
American Legion Post 251 battled Tiadaghton Embroidery in a Little League junior division baseball game at Montgomery on Monday night.
After Ian Gagliano went 3 for 3 in a semifinal win against Warrior Run, his friend asked him to repeat that achievement against Loyalsock. Baseball is a humbling game. If a Major Leaguer produces a hit in 30% of his at-bats he might become a Hall of Famer. But Gagliano never doubted his ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a series looking back at the Top 10 girls basketball teams, coaches, games and players from the last decade. Only those who knew her understood the pain Kirsten O’Malley was enduring. She played her entire junior year with a stress fracture in her lower back, making ...
HUGHESVILLE — It took quite a long and winding road there and the climax came two months after it was originally scheduled. Still, Hughesville’s baseball players finally created the dog pile they so coveted. This was not the championship Hughesville thought it would be celebrating, but ...
HUGHESVILLE — His spring high school season taken away, Devin Swank continued doing what he had done since the 2019 campaign ended. He kept working and preparing. So when Hughesville coach Chris Kish called on Swank to put out a sixth-inning fire against Warrior Run on Saturday, he was ...
A year which offered so much promise turned so dark this past spring. Hughesville baseball felt like it was building something special and Chance Webb was a key reason why. But then the COVID-19 pandemic spread and the high school baseball season was over before it started, costing Webb his ...
HUGHESVILLE-It took quite a long and winding road there and the climax came two months after it was originally scheduled. Still, Hughesville's baseball players finally created the dog pile they so coveted. And yes, this was not the championship Hughesville thought it would be celebrating, but ...
Suffering through the coronavirus pandemic has been the worst thing most of us have experienced in our lifetime. If you and your family are healthy and working, count yourselves fortunate. Even so, every aspect of life has been affected — closing of schools, adjustments at work, the awful ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a series looking back at the Top 10 girls basketball teams, coaches, games and players from the last decade. Her father believed more than she did. Sami Lane kept growing better each year, but for her, all-state was for other players. She just kept working and ...
Perfectionists have a difficult time playing golf. Golf is one of those games that requires patience and a long-time commitment. Many golfers quit before they groove a proper swing. They expect to play well in the first year and usually give up. You must be mentally tough and willing to ...
TURBOTVILLE-Chance Webb modestly described his fastball following Thursday's 7-0 win against the Mill Hall Magic. "My fastball sometimes reaches the speed limit," the recent Hughesville graduate said. That fastball exceeded the speed limit all night at the Moser Complex and Webb looked like ...
They played in front of a nationwide audience last summer, finishing a remarkable run as the United States’ third-place finisher at the Little League Softball World Series. They became local celebrities and lived a dream. Then they went back to work. The South Williamsport Little League ...
Lycoming College never got to the point of finding how much it would cost to test its fall athletes for COVID-19 for a full season. Doing that much testing was never a reality. Before the Middle Atlantic Conference suspended all sports for the remainder of the 2020 calendar year, officials at ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a series looking back at the Top 10 girls basketball teams, coaches, games and players from the last decade. Several adjectives can describe Grace Kelleher, the basketball player. The DeSales sophomore guard is talented, well-rounded and tenacious. But what best ...