November 2008 - WC Examiner Sports

  • Warrior greats hitting court

    Warrior greats hitting court

    BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Wyoming County Press Examiner Legends from past Elk Lake boys' basketball teams will once again hit the court in Dimock on Saturday, Nov. 29, to show the Elk Lake faculty a thing or two about the game. Members from the 1977 boys' state champion basketball team and members of...
    Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 11-26-2008
  • Where are they now?

    Where are they now?

    Wyoming County Press Examiner Members of Elk Lake's 1977 state championship basketball team and the 1982 state runner-up team have gone on to a wide variety of careers. Many have stayed in the local area, but some are scattered across the country...
    Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 11-26-2008
  • Season of promise for black bear hunters

    Season of promise for black bear hunters

    Last year's black bear harvest was light, but weather permitting, the Pennsylvania Game Commission expects hunters to have good opportunities afield in the upcoming bear seasons. "Pennsylvania's black bear population has numbered 14,000 to 15,000 for at least eight years now," said...
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  • Countdown to deer season underway

    Countdown to deer season underway

    The state's biggest draw for hunters is set to begin the Monday after Thanksgiving, according to Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe, when the two-week firearms deer season opens. "When hunters begin to mobilize for the...
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  • Gridiron seniors in UNICO Classic

    Gridiron seniors in UNICO Classic

    Five Tunkhannock Area football players were selected to play in tonight's 58 th Annual UNICO All-Star Football Classic at Wilkes-Barre Memorial Stadium. Players for the UNICO All-Star game are selected by the Wyoming Valley Conference football coaches. Tigers Matt Alfieri, Garrett Harvey, Colton...
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  • TA swimmers look to defend Dist. 2 title

    TA swimmers look to defend Dist. 2 title

    BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Wyoming County Press Examiner The Tunkhannock Area boys' swim team returns for the 2008-9 season after finishing up last year with a 10-4 record. Coach Tim Mislevy is optimistic about this year's team, as it returns 15 swimmers...
    Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 11-26-2008
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  • Elk Lake developing new swimmers

    Elk Lake developing new swimmers

    BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Wyoming County Press Examiner The Elk Lake boys' and girls' swimming team is returning for the 2008-9 season after posting a 4-8 record last year. Elk Lake's swimmers under Ed Murach are returning three boys and seven girls to the squad after losing two boys and two girls...
    Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 11-26-2008
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  • Lady Lions like chances

    Lady Lions like chances

    BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Wyoming County Press Examiner Lackawanna Trail's girls' basketball team, coached by Tom Nasser, is coming off a 10-14 season finish in 2007-8 and is looking to improve. "Last year, a lot of our people coming off of the bench...
    Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 11-26-2008
  • Tigers looking to improvement

    Tigers looking to improvement

    BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Wyoming County Press Examiner Tunkhannock girls' basketball coach Harry Fenwick is looking to improve the Tiger team. The Tigers finished off the 2007-8 season with a 2-23 record at the bottom of the District II AAA standings. Tunkhannock lost eight seniors to graduation after last...
    Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 11-26-2008
  • Elk Lake wants competitiveness

    Elk Lake wants competitiveness

    BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Wyoming County Press Examiner Al Caines, coach of the Elk Lake girls' basketball team is prepping the team for another year of varsity action. Coach Caines is taking the post as head coach, replacing 2007-8 coach Robin Emmerich,...
    Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 11-26-2008
  • Trail wrestlers big on youth

    Trail wrestlers big on youth

    BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Wyoming County Press Examiner Lackawanna Trail's wrestling team is preparing for a new season and coach Mike Bluhm said that this year's Lion squad is young. After losing eight seniors to graduation last year and only returning five wrestlers, Trail is a fresh team. "We're...
    Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 11-26-2008
  • Tiger grapplers bump up to new division

    Tiger grapplers bump up to new division

    BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Wyoming County Press Examiner Tunkhannock's Tiger wrestling team returns this year after clinching the Wyoming Valley Conference Division II championship last year. The Tigers ended last season with a 22-5 record and are optimistic...
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  • Warriors look to challenge

    Warriors look to challenge

    BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Wyoming County Press Examiner The Elk Lake wrestling team returns to action this season after winning the Lackawanna League Division 2 championship finishing out the 2007-8 season with a 20-5 record. This year, the Warriors return 11 wrestlers after only losing two to graduation this...
    Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 11-26-2008
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  • Down Sports Memory Lane (Nov. 26, 2008)

    Down Sports Memory Lane (Nov. 26, 2008)

    20 Years Ago (1988) Lackawanna Trail, which dominated the Northeast Athletic Conference in field hockey in 1988, gained five spots on the leagues all-star team recently selected by the coaches. Included are Lady Lions Brenda Seamans, Linda Buranich, Meredith...
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  • Bloomsburg repeats as NCAA champ

    Bloomsburg repeats as NCAA champ

    Bloomsburg's field hockey team with Lackawanna Trail grad Samantha Kropa won the 2008 NCAA Division II Field Hockey championships Sunday with a 6-2 win over University of Massachusetts, Lowell campus. Jamie Vanartsdalen scored three goals and assisted on one other to lead the Bloomsburg University...
    Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 11-19-2008
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