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Softball Recap: Elia Tito can't quite lead Hazleton Area over Pittston
Thursday just wasn't the day for Hazleton Area's offense. They lost 10-0 to the Pittston Patriots on Thursday. The defeat continues a trend for Hazleton Area in their matchups with Pittston: they've now lost eight in a row. Hazleton Area saw two different players step up and record at least...
Baseball Recap: Mid Valley extends road winning streak to three
It may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Mid Valley ultimately got the result they hoped for on Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Old Forge Blue Devils 9-8. The win made it back-to-back victories for Mid Valley. Nick Mills...
Baseball Game Preview: Honesdale on Home-Turf
Honesdale is 3-0 against Holy Cross since April of 2023, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Honesdale Hornets will look to defend their home field against the Holy Cross Crusaders at 5:00 p.m. Honesdale's pitching crew has only allowed 3.7 runs per game this season, so Holy Cross' hitters will have their work cut out for them.
H.S. Softball/Baseball roundup: Pittston Area softball clinches WVC Division 1 title
Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. Gianna Adams threw six hitless innings with 13 strikeouts as Pittston Area locked up a Division 1 championship with a 14-1 win over Crestwood in Wyoming Valley Conference softball Tuesday. Sam Herbert launched a homer and drove in four runs, while...
Scranton Prep’s Borick wins District 2 Class 2A boys tennis singles title
WILKES-BARRE — A warrior-like effort from Wyoming Area tennis standout Luca Argenio to play through some severe cramping in his legs brought his quest for a District 2 singles gold medal to a premature end on a hot day inside Kirby Park. Argenio, just about an hour removed from...
Times' high school sports notebook: Blackhawk's Piocquidio continues dominance
Just one month ago, Blackhawk girl’s lacrosse senior Mia Piocquidio achieved a goal that she set out to reach when she started playing lacrosse at the high school level as she reached the 200-goal plateau in her career against Aquinas Academy back on April 10. When Piocquidio reached the...
2024 Landmark Baseball Conference Tournament Preview
The Landmark Conference's push for first place in the regular season came down to the wire. One game separated Landmark Baseball Conference Tournament top seed Elizabethtown from No. 2 seed Catholic, Catholic from No. 3 seed Scranton, and Scranton from No. 4 Susquehanna. The quartet continues their heated showdown for...
SWB Railriders Score Three in the 9th Inning to Beat the Rochester Red Wings, 5-3
The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Railriders scored three runs in the bottom of the 9th to beat the Rochester Red Wings, 5-3, and improve to 24-10 on the season. Caleb Durbin tied the game with an RBI double, scoring Brandon Lockridge. Then, Everson Periera hit a two-run home run to win the game for SWB. First pitch tomorrow […]
Pereira’s ninth-inning homer lifts RailRiders to walk-off win over Rochester
Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders walked-off the Rochester Red Wings 5-3 on Wednesday in a STEM school day matinee at PNC Field. Down a run in the ninth, the RailRiders tied things up and then Everson Pereira launched a home run for the win.
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