SPORTS
Wallenpaupack Area baseball team is in a three-way battle for first place in Division I
HAWLEY — A hard-hitting, power-pitching Wallenpaupack Area team is making local high school baseball fans take notice this spring. The Buckhorns are alone atop the Division I standings, having won six of their first eight Lackawanna League games. Thanks in large part to the play of Eli Peifer, Gannon...
Gabby Hieber leads Wallenpaupack Area softball team in divisional title quest
HAWLEY — One of the true feel-good stories of the local spring sports season has been the emergence of Wallenpaupack Area’s softball team as a bona fide Lackawanna League title contender. Under the direction of veteran head coach Phil Babyak, Paupack is battling perennial powerhouses Valley View and Abington Heights for Division I...
Baseball: 2024 Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex Tournament bracket, scores, schedule
Four-time champion Pope John baseball earned the top seed in the 14th Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex Tournament on Monday. Sparta was awarded the second seed. Both teams received double byes to the quarterfinals. No. 3 High Point, No. 4 Hunterdon Central, No. 5 North Hunterdon, No. 6 Phillipsburg and No. 7 Warren Hills,...
Tri-County Independent Athlete of the Week Poll: April 29 - May 3
The Tri-County Independent is once again hosting an Athlete of the Week poll!. Each week several local boys and girls will be nominated for the honor and you determine the winner by voting in our online poll. Visit our website , check out the nominees and simply click on your choice.
DV boys’ volleyball dominates Crestwood High
Delaware Valley boys’ varsity volleyball team played again at home on Thursday, April 25, against Crestwood High School. Delaware Valley had been listed as the number two team in the area for volleyball, but Wilkes Barre leapfrogged over Delaware Valley and took the number two spot, knocking Delaware Valley down to number three. Then Delaware Valley played Wilkes Barre and beat them 3-1, regaining the number two spot. (Blue Ridge High School currently holds the number one spot.) Then Crestwood comes to town at the number five spot. Quite respectable right? Well Delaware Valley dismantled them 3-0.
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