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July 2009 - WC Examiner Sports
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BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Wyoming County Press Examiner TUNKHANNOCK - More than 90 people in 63 boats took to the Susquehanna River on Sunday for the 48th annual Tunkhannock Downriver Canoe/Kayak Race with Brad Beckwith taking first place overall in 1:17.00. Beckwith competed in the 12.2 mile course in the K...
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BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Wyoming County Press Examiner LAKE CAREY - On a foggy Saturday morning at Lake Carey, more than 150 competitors lined up to compete in the Frank Valvano Memorial 5K and 10K run with Christopher Wadas winning the 10K and Josh Getts taking...
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BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Wyoming County Press Examiner WILKES-BARRE - A local teen from Tunkhannock is helping show kids the ropes of horse harness racing at a camp in Wilkes-Barre. Mollie Fenwick, 15, a sophomore at Tunkhannock, is a volunteer counselor for the Harness Racing Youth League summer camp taking...
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BY ROBERT L. BAKER Wyoming County Press Examiner The Christy Mathewson 10/11 girls' softball team dominated the Section 5 regionals in Wyoming last week and is now among the final eight teams in the Pennsylvania State 10/11 Girls Softball age bracket...
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Lackawanna Trail's Lance Moore took to the mats last week at the USA Wrestling Asics/Vaughan Junior National Championships in Fargo, N.Dak., bringing home an impressive finish. Moore, 17, a senior at Trail, competed in the 285 weight class of both the Freestyle and Greco-Roman competitions at the...
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Since taking over the reins of the Tunkhannock Area HS baseball program Head Coach Gary Custer proposed a season-ending tournament as both a fundraiser for the program and another opportunity to "keep the boys on the field". This past weekend...
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Several local athletes took part in the Keystone State Games in York last week, bringing home finishes in swimming and track and field. Kaylea Zick of Factoryville competed in track and field events while Angela Stahl and Cassandra Brown, both of Factoryville took part in the swimming competition. Also...
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Ardee's Eatery clinched a playoff spot in the Cliff Kingston/Ryan Shupp Memorial Softball League by whitewashing Gilroy's Landscaping 15-0 last week. The win improves the Ardee's record to 10-6 on the season with four games remaining in the...
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Dream Game Tonight at Scranton Memorial Stadium the members of the City and County All-Star football teams will square off in the 75th annual Dream Game. Although Tunkhannock Area only participated 15 years in the event, they do have some noteworthy moments. The Tigers were allowed to enter the fray...
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20 Years Ago (1989) Some 114 athletes took part in Saturday's track meet to honor Olympic medalist Walter Tewksbury. E.J. and sister Molly O'Malley captured seven first place ribbons, and Jennifer and brother Paul Lupinski captured six first place...
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BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner OAKLAND TWP. - On many Friday evenings during the summer, a number of Wyoming County residents head north to Penn Can Speedway near Susquehanna. Some of them are there to enjoy the races as spectators, while others are out on the track or working in...
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For the fifth time this season Penn Can Speedway was forced to cancel another night of racing because of the heavy rains that moved over the speedway late on Friday afternoon. With the always exciting monster trucks on the schedule this past weekend,...
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Racing fans will be able to get a taste of the excitement in Wyoming County on Saturday. The 4-Cylinder Jamboree will be held at the Kiwanis Wyoming County Fairgrounds in Meshoppen Township starting at 4 p.m. Gates open at noon. There will be three events, including an Enduro-style amateur competition...
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The Christy Mathewson 13 and 14-year-old junior league girls softball team clinched the District 17 crown Wednesday evening in Fleetville and is heading to the Section 5 regional playoffs that open Thursday. It is the only local Little League team remaining...
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BY ERIC HRIN Times-Shamrock Writer WYSOX - Bernadette Schein of New Albany was hoping to see an eagle Saturday. She was one of 65 people who were signing up for the North Branch Land Trust's annual Susquehanna River Trip. "I love being on the river - seeing the wildlife, the quiet," she...
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