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Muncy girls not focused on stats, just winning

Muncy players are not checking their stat lines following their games. They simply look at the scoreboard. If their team has more points, they are happy. And they have been happy a lot these past three years. Muncy captured its third straight District 4 Class AA championship last week, ...

Hughesville girls thump Columbia and advance in state playoffs

As the clock struck zero, Maddie Smith raced toward Hughesville guard Kendall Hamm, delivered a bear hug and lifted her skyward. Moments like those are ones to savor but also are incredibly hard to achieve. Hughesville just made it look easy Friday against Columbia, while winning its first ...

Central Mountain’s Kunes lands semifinal pin, advances to first state final

HERSHEY – It’s been a good couple years since Central Mountain last entered Day 3 of states without a state finalist. With Dalton Perry graduating and without a returning state medalist on its roster, some might’ve assumed this would be the year the streak was broken. They’d be dead ...

A look at all of the area’s state playoff games in basketball

A year ago, the Loyalsock girls’ basketball team captured a 3A state championship. They lived the dream and, starting this weekend, the Lancers and nine other area teams begin chasing those Hershey dreams again. The following is a look at the 10 games involving area teams which will be ...

Wentzel advances to 172 championship semifinals tonight

HERSHEY — Montoursville’s Gage Wentzel continued his dominant run through the PIAA Wrestling Tournament with a fall in the quarters to set up a match-up with Bishop McCort’s Emory Gunby in the semifinals tonight. Wentzel (172) pinned Johnsonburg’s Rocco Allegretto in 2:34 as he ...

Area underclassmen have left their mark at state tourney

HERSHEY – Upon falling in the blood round of last year’s state tournament, Montoursville’s Branden Eisenhour – then a freshman – felt like he had lost his step. Though he still had time to improve so early into his high school career, his confidence was diminished following the loss ...