Think about all the area girls basketball games played last decade. The total is somewhere around 4,400. And yet two of the best occurred on the same night at the same gym. The Montoursville District 4 Class AAAA championship win against Mifflinburg ranked No. 8, but it was that night’s ...
Change is coming to professional baseball in Williamsport, that much is sure. But what changes are coming remain to be seen, according to Crosscutters vice president of marketing and public relations Gabe Sinicropi. But the biggest of those changes could cost the team its affiliation with the ...
Every year in mid-July since 1930, the Williamsport Country Club has hosted its annual WCC Invitational tournament. For the past 90 years, it’s gone off without a problem and the club has never canceled it during those nine decades. This year has been an unlikely one and the coronavirus ...
The NCAA Division I Council voted to lift a moratorium Wednesday afternoon on voluntary workouts by football and basketball players effective June 1. According to The Associated Press, this decision clears the way for individual workouts by athletes, mostly on their own, subject to ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a series looking back at the Top 10 girls basketball teams, coaches, games and players from the last decade. Most players had not yet been born when Montoursville won its last District 4 championship. Led by Kelly Mazzante, Montoursville had blitzed Milton in the 2000 ...
Some golfers have the opinion that the baseball-style grip is unorthodox or not in style. For many years I had recommended against the baseball grip, but as I got older, I found the baseball grip to be very beneficial for one-fourth of my students, including myself. If you have arthritis or ...
Williamsport's long-time track and field coach Sam Belle had a surprise car parade Thursday in his honor. The following photos are a photographic look at the parade and Belle.
Youth sports is the perfect place to restart organized athletics, according to Stanford University School of Medicine professor Dr. Jay Bhattacharya. Speaking on a virtual roundtable hosted by U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Zionsville, on Thursday morning, Bhattacharya said as long as proper ...
Some honked feverishly. Others hung out car windows holding signs. One person popped streamers as they passed. Williamsport track and field coach Sam Belle sat on his porch the whole time surrounded by his family with that picturesque smile which has never changed painted across his face. He ...
Lock Haven University has had a great string of excellent pitchers in recent years. Bekah Slattery, Rachel Mouillesseaux, Loyalsock graduate Kayla Gee, Milton graduate Nicole Smith, Brianna Jennings, not to mention arguably the greatest pitcher in Bald Eagles history in ...
In a surprise move Wednesday, the PIAA Board of Directors chose to pass on a first reading of the proposed change to 13 wrestling weight classes. Instead, the board voted unanimously to have the PIAA’s Sports Medicine Advisory Committee (SMAC) review the proposed weight class changes for ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a series looking back at the Top 10 girls basketball teams, coaches, games and players from the last decade. Mount Carmel has built one of the greatest District 4 girls basketball dynasties over the last 10 years. During that time the Tornadoes have captured nine ...
MANSFIELD — The Mansfield women’s soccer program is continuing their rebuild under third-year coach John Shaffer as the program announced an incoming-class of 15 newcomers and one walk-on from across the state of Pennsylvania for 2020. Of those 15 newcomers, three are from District ...
Gabe Sinicropi would love to give an update on whether or not the Williamsport Crosscutters will be playing baseball this summer. But neither he, nor the rest of Minor League Baseball, knows if there will be games played this summer amid the COVID-19 pandemic. All the Vice President of ...
Lycoming College has two former athletes set for induction in the Middle Atlantic Conference Hall of Fame in former football standout Darrin Kenney (1992) and former NCAA wrestling champion Ron “Buddy” Knoebel (1965). Kenney joins former longtime coach Frank Girardi ...
Look at most top 10 lists which feature games and one will see mostly playoff contests listed. It makes sense. The higher the stakes, the more the excitement. A season hanging in the balance on top of a great game makes for a classic. Still, there are some regular season games which are so ...
MANSFIELD — After making a four-win increase in conference competition last year, the Mansfield men’s basketball team is continuing their youth movement by bringing in an explosive recruiting class of seven, third-year coach John Szentesy announced. The class, featuring three guards and ...
The unknown makes sports great. Once someone thinks he or she has seen everything, something else comes along and tops it. After watching Southern Columbia edge Montoursville, 56-50, in the 2015 District 4 Class AA championship, this reporter was convinced he would never see a more ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a series looking back at the Top 10 high school football teams, coaches, games and players from the last decade. Southern Columbia was steamrolling its way toward another state championship. The Tigers were 12-0 and had mercy-ruled all but one opponent, including ...
A common perception for many in considering the role of an athletic director is of someone who makes up team schedules and watches games. That perception does nothing more than to scratch the surface of a role of an athletic director in today’s sports world. At most educational institutions, ...