SPORTS
Adams strikes out 14 to lead Pittston Area softball to win
Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. Gianna Adams continued her excellent 2024 season with a one-hit, 14-strikeout performance in the Pittston Area softball team’s 10-0 win over rival Wyoming Area on Saturday. Adams also had three hits and scored twice from the leadoff spot for the...
Phil Jones Memorial Youth Bowling Tournament announces scholarship winners
Carbondale, Lackawanna Co. — Sunday the winners of the 2nd Annual Phil Jones Memorial Youth Scholarship Bowling Tournament were announced at Valley Bowling in Carbondale. The first place winners of the two age divisions received scholarship money raised by the Friends of Phil Memorial Committee. The Phil Jones Memorial...
The Wright Center to hold second annual charity golf tournament May 13
SCRANTON — The Wright Center for Patient & Community Engagement (PCE) will hold its second annual charity golf tournament on Monday, May 13 at the Glenmaura National Golf Club in Moosic to support patients throughout Northeast Pennsylvania. The captain-and-crew Dr. William Waters Golf Tournament will feature a shotgun start...
Whassup Hanover, Reggie The Fourth win Weiss finales
Wilkes-Barre, PA — The stretch drive of the $50,000 Bobby Weiss Series Championship for three-year-old pacing fillies on Saturday (April 27) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania came down to two battlers unbeaten in the prelims, with Whassup Hanover edging Beautiful Roz by a nose in 1:53. In the companion event for males, 14-1 shot Reggie The Fourth kicked home 2-1/2 lengths to the good in 1:50.4, joining the distaff champ in taking a new lifetime mark.
Local roundup: Crestwood girls lacrosse hands Scranton Prep first loss
Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. Crestwood handed Scranton Prep its first loss of the year, and the Comets remained unbeaten themselves in Wyoming Valley Conference girls lacrosse with a 12-7 win over the Classics on Saturday. Jackie Gallagher had a standout performance for Crestwood, scoring six...
Back Mountain Triathlon adds sprint distance to competition
Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. The Back Mountain Triathlon returns for its second year on Sunday, Aug. 25. And that might have some area runners, swimmers and cyclists wondering if they could become a three-sport star. Race organizers have one little bit of news for those...
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