20 Years Ago (1989)
Winning the 1989 Little League Championship in the Tunkhannock Baseball Association were members of the Sherwood Chevrolet team which included Kenny Sherwood, Matt Harvey, Mike Riscavage, Jason Cashmark, Ron Sands, Dennis Roberson, Eric Sands, Steve Sherwood, Nathan Brown, Jason Luwig, and Larry Lewis. Manager was John Glaush and coach was Larry Lewis. The team of 10, 11 and 12-year-olds averaged 14 runs a game and was 12-1.
Five TBA all-star teams will begin their quest for a District 15 title: 13-year-old boys, 14-to-15-year-old boys, Little League boys, Little League girls, and senior-league girls (13-15).
Thanks in part to Tunkhannock's Mike Gaus and Tony Baldo, the West Squad defeated the East, 13-3, in the 38th UNICO All-Star Classic at Wyoming Area. In the fall, Gaus is headed to Mansfield, and Baldo is headed to Lock Haven.
In the Cow Pie Bingo Flop Trot 5K held at Falls July 1, Jim Lyons of Hunlock Creek was the top finisher at 16:00. Top female finisher was Patty Kupstas with a time of 17:50.
Tunkhannock's American Legion team rallied for five runs in the bottom of the seventh to come from behind to beat Wilkes-Barre, 5-4.
Some 109 participants signed up for the swim safety program offered by the American Red Cross and headed up by water safety instructor Ernie Shartle.
40 Years Ago (1969)
Roosevelt Trail champions for 1969 are the Little Leaguers from Gay-Murray of Tunkhannock, who clinched their pennant by defeating Turrell Motors, 3-1, for their 14th victory in 15 games.
An RTL East all-star team is made up of players from Mehsoppen and the two Tunkhannock teams. Laceyville, Wyalusing and Camptown have provided talent from the West.
For the East, Gerry Ross and Coach Norm Ball picked Bobby Brown, Danny Saxon, Gerry Ross, Kevin Valvano, Eddie Ostrowsky and Jim Harvey to represent Gay-Murray. Turrell's delegation, picked by manager Ney and Coach Earl Shotwell, includes Gary Toczko, Glenn Marcy, Grant Shotwell, Donnie Schaefer, Mike Smith and Mark Kinney.
The RTL All-Stars climax of the season came Thursday with a 6 p.m. win.
Seventy cars again turned out for action at the Herb Harvey speedway in Lemon Township Sunday afternoon. Carl and Larry Crispell of Noxen turned in victories.
In a stuffed animal contest at the elementary playground, winners were: largest, Charles Holton; Lisa Williams, Karen Zeck, Jimmy Sick and Donna Hadsall; smallest, Bobby Nestlerode, Keith Krewson, Mark Fenton and Harry Antosh; most unusual Lisa Wynd and Barbie Baumgartener; cutest animals, Marie Talarico; Donna Setzer, Randy Rowe and Steven Culver.
60 Years Ago (1949)
Tunkhannock High won the PIAA Dist. 12 baseball title, beating Rush, 32-5, in the semi-finals and Beaumont, 18-12, to win the championship. Charlie Donovan who never before made the varsity, came through in his senior year with a healthy .481 average. Clark Garrison had the best pitching record at 6-1, and Don Kester had the best earned run average at 2.7 and barely beat out Garrison for strikeout honors, 48-44.
Tunkhannock was involved with two good Susque-Wyo League games during the Fourth of July weekend, winning out over Middletown, 7-4, at the home grounds, but losing a squeaker at Mehoopany, 7-6, Monday. Paul Custer made his first appearance for the Tunks in the Monday game, which was one of the highlights in Mehoopany's all-day celebration, and was victim of the usual poor support, in the form of five errors.
The Tunkhannock club has announced that the July 17 game against Meshoppen will be set aside as a benefit for Harold ‘Bud' Kromelbein, who was painfully injured by a broken bat in the game played June 26. All proceeds remaining after expenses have been deducted will be turned over to ‘Bud.'
The Children's Service Center has built a summer camp near where its former camp at Noxen was destroyed by fire two years ago. The camp was established on the road between Noxen and Stull more than 30 years ago on land given by the Stull family.
80 Years Ago (1929)
Tunkhannock Camp No. 219 United Sportsmen of Pennsylvania is running a fishing contest. Fish must be caught in Wyoming County and contestants must be members of the camp.
The bass fishing season opened on Monday and numerous fishermen were out on the river bright and early. Some fairly good catches are reported.
Fern Cliff Camp at Lake Carey will be open with 40 Boy Scouts. Delilah Kistler, recently graduated from State College, will give nature study instruction.
Cottagers at Lake Carey have organized the Lake Carey Protective Association for the purpose of securing police and fire protection, repairing roads and improving sanitation and lighting.
A shipment of 25 wild turkeys has been received from South Dakota by Noxen Camp No. 6 of the Sportsmen's League of Pennsylvania. The young birds have been turned over to Game Protector George Hunt, of Beaumont, who will rear them with a flock of English pheasants.
The Limited Twenty-Gun Camp of the Noxen Camp has recently purchased 100 acres known as the Dadey plot, on South Mountain. A fine new 16x40 fireproof cabin will be erected this summer with sleeping accommodations for 20. Bunks will be the Simmons folding type.
Mehoopany ball team lost to Lovelton, 11-7, on the Mehoopany high school diamond Sunday afternoon.
100 Years Ago (1909)
One of the baseball grounds in Cincinnati has been equipped with electric lamps, so that it will be possible to play the game at night. It is predicted that illuminated baseball will become quite an evening entertainment, and should be very popular with those who are unable to get off on an afternoon to witness their favorite game.
The Marcy boys played the woolen mill boys in a game of baseball at Tunkhannock last Saturday, losing 10-5. Too bad; try again.
There will be a social held at the Brookside school house for the benefit of the baseball team of that place. Let us all go and help the boys.
The tame bear of J.P. Collins at the Packer House died a few days ago. It showed signs of poisoning.
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