SPORTS
District II Track & Field Championships
SCRANTON, Pa. — Some final events taking place on Day 1 of the District 2 track and field championship from Scranton Memorial stadium. The boys AAA 3200 meter race, Scranton's Aidan Graff leading the pack out of the gate. He finished the race in first at 9 minutes 31 seconds to punch his ticket to states.
Hanover Area students team up for an inclusive annual softball game
LUZERNE COUNTY(WOLF) — Students at the Hanover Area School District and the life skills classes held a softball game during the school day on Monday. The school tries to get all the kids with different abilities out on the field. It’s a fun event they look forward to, and...
Trotters put in speedy miles Monday at Pocono
Wilkes-Barre, PA – Trotters were in the Monday (May 13) afternoon spotlight at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, with two $15,000 divisions of a trot for developing horses the features. The faster winner of the highlight events was the E L Titan sophomore gelding Super Duper Cooper, undefeated in...
Sizing up the District 2 track and field championships
Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. Dallas and Lackawanna Track Conference powerhouse Abington Heights are headed for a clash in Class 3A girls while Pittston Area’s Aria Messner and Holy Redeemer’s Isabella Granteed lead the Wyoming Valley Conference’s individual representatives for the District 2 Track and Field Championships at Scranton Memorial Stadium Monday and Tuesday.
NEPA Cricket Club holds community event in Luzerne County
FORTY FORT, Pa. — Members of the NEPA Cricket Club and their families were invited to play cricket and join in on the fun in Luzerne County on Sunday. There was a bounce house, games for kids, and food. The club recently got its own cricket field in Forty...
Scranton Prep baseball defeats Wallenpaupack
SCRANTON, Pa. — Prep leading 1-0... Wallenpaupack's Jake Holbert hits one just high enough to get over the infielders... Gannon Decker coming from second... makes the turn and third and heads home to score... game tied at 1 a piece. Then Jordan Santiago with a hit to short stop......
Making friends on the field
LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. — It was time to step up and play ball on Monday at a field in Hanover Township where sixth graders faced off against the high school's life skills class in a friendly game of Wiffle ball. "Combining all the students together and not excluding anyone....
H.S. Tennis: Five Wyoming Valley Conference teams advance in District 2 doubles
Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. Four Wyoming Valley Conference doubles teams in Class 2A and one in Class 3A advanced Monday to the District 2 Tennis Doubles semifinal round. The semifinals and finals will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at Kirby Park. In the event of inclement...
Softball Recap: Old Forge's loss ends three-game winning streak at home
After a string of seven wins, Old Forge's good fortune finally ran out on Saturday. They fell just short of the Riverside Vikings by a score of 2-1. Old Forge was given a dose of their own medicine in this game as Riverside apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in April.
Girls D2 Track and Field: McKernan among 5 WVC athletes to win gold
SCRANTON – The speed-endurance combination of a high-level, 800-meter runner made Wyoming Area junior Ella McKernan a candidate for a transition into the 300-meter hurdles. McKernan dabbled in learning the event as a sophomore, running it in competition just once. With her junior season winding down, McKernan showed that...
Boys Track and Field: Lake-Lehman surges to early lead in District 2 Championships
SCRANTON — It’s shaping up to be a fight to the finish in Class 2A, but the Lake-Lehman boys have to like where they’re at with the first day of the District 2 championship meet in the books. The Black Knights won three of the seven 2A...
Higher Ed First Stakes Winner for Sporting Chance
A & A Ranch's grade 1 winner and second-crop sire Sporting Chance sired his first black-type winner May 11 when his son Higher Ed captured the Kendrick Stakes by 4 1/2 lengths at Sunray Park. Higher Ed is a homebred for J. Kirk and Judy Robison. Trained by Todd Fincher,...
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