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Softball Game Preview: Honesdale Hits the Road
The Honesdale Hornets will head out on the road to challenge the Mid Valley Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Honesdale has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with four straight losses, while Mid Valley will come in with 13 straight wins. Honesdale lost 12-1 to Holy Cross...
Rumfield helping Railriders
It has been quite a ride for Scranton Wilkes barre Railriders TJ Rumfield. Growing up around the game with his father who played in the minor leagues and coached him in high school to being promoted to AAA for the first time this season. The 6’5 first man hit 321 with 10 hits at Somerset and has continued to hit over 300 with the Railriders.
Penn State to Paris: Cheickna Traore's track record
Penn State sprinter Cheickna Traore is in a position to race in this summer's Olympic Games. However, his path to Paris wasn't a walk in the park. Riley Holsinger follows his journey from migrating to the U.S. to going to a Division III school to becoming an Olympic hopeful.
West Scranton & Mid Valley Boys, Abington Heights & Lakeland Girls Win Spagna Championships
GIRLS RESULTS Class 3A Team Standings: Abington Heights 164½; Wallenpaupack 72; North Pocono 56; Valley View 47; Delaware Valley 45; Honesdale 33½; West Scranton 24; Scranton 24; Scranton Prep 14. Class 2A Team Standings: Lakeland 49; Mid Valley 46; Montrose 34; Elk Lake 24; Carbondale Area 20; Western Wayne 16; Dunmore 12; Mountain View 10; Riverside 9; […]
Honesdale baseball team makes late season playoff push led by Jack Eisele
HONESDALE — The 2024 regular season is heading down the home stretch and Honesdale’s varsity baseball team is battling for a top seed at the district tournament. And if the Hornets succeed in overtaking Dallas for first place in the Class 4A rankings, the stellar play of Jack Eisele will be one of...
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...
Barnburner: RailRiders Reach 25 Wins with 14-12 Victory
MOOSIC, PA (May 9, 2024) – The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders stormed back late for a 14-12 barnburner win over the Rochester Red Wings Thursday night at PNC Field. The team recorded a season-high 14 runs on 14 hits en route to their Minor League high 25th win on the season.
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.
Mallaiah outlasts WBA’s Hamel to win District 2 Class 3A boys tennis singles title
WILKES-BARRE — After getting bounced from last year’s District 2 Class 3A boys tennis singles tournament in the semifinals, Praneel Mallaiah was hungry to get back to the top of the class. He did so without dropping a set all week, clinching his second Class 3A singles title...
RailRiders Out-Slug Red Wings In High-Scoring Affair
The Rochester Red Wings offense combined to log 14 hits on Thursday night, but it was not enough as Scranton/WB came out on top in a back-and-forth affair, 14-12. Offensively, LF James Wood homered for the third time in two games and finished the contest 2-for-4. DH Joey Gallo, 2B Erick Mejia, CF Alex Call each launched long balls of their own to bring the team total to four, the most by a Wings team on the road since April 5, 2023 at Syracuse.
Baseball Game Preview: Wyoming Area Plays at Home
Wyoming Area and Pittston are an even 3-3 against one another since May of 2017, but likely not for long. The Wyoming Area Warriors will look to defend their home field on Sunday against the Pittston Patriots at 2:00 p.m. The timing is sure in Wyoming Area's favor as the team sits on six straight wins at home while Pittston has been banged up by three consecutive losses on the road.
H.S. Baseball: Hazleton Area clinches fifth consecutive Division 1 championship
HAZLE TWP. — This was the year to catch Hazleton Area and end its long reign atop Division 1 of Wyoming Valley Conference baseball. Instead, the Cougars disposed of their final challenger in a fashion so impressive that even the opposing coach lauded their performance Wednesday. Hazleton Area jumped...
Honesdale Little Baseball Association hosts Opening Day ceremonies for 2024 season
HONESDALE — Local youth sports fans turned out in force this past week to celebrate Opening Day of the 2024 Honesdale Little Baseball Association campaign. Under the direction of longtime league president Charlie Rollison, the regular season opener went off without a hitch at the Scott Kinzinger Memorial Complex on Monday evening.
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 […]
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...
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...
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