November 2009 - WC Examiner Sports

  • Deer hunters head for the woods

    Deer hunters head for the woods

    BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Wyoming County Press Examiner Monday, Nov. 30, will not get here soon enough for diehard hunters as deer rifle season begins. The outlook for Wyoming and Susquehanna counties is comparable to the 2008 season, with some hunters finding success and others leaving the woods frustrated...
    Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 11-24-2009
  • TA b-ball greats return to hardwood

    TA b-ball greats return to hardwood

    BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Wyoming County Press Examiner Tunkhannock Area basketball greats from as far back as the class of 1947 will return to the hardwood in the high school gym on Friday night. Tiger varsity boys' coach Bob Miller has organized an alumni...
    Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 11-24-2009
  • Tiger stickgals go national

    Tiger stickgals go national

    BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Wyoming County Press Examiner Two Tunkhannock area field hockey players are headed west to attend USA Field Hockey's National Festival taking place in Indio, Calif., from Nov. 26 to 29. Tigers Shelby Madden, a senior, and Kristi Katra, a junior, headed out to California earlier...
    Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 11-24-2009
  • T-town swimmers eye districts

    T-town swimmers eye districts

    BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Wyoming County Press Examiner Tunkhannock's boys' and girls' swimming and diving teams are looking toward qualifying for Districts. The boys' team finished 10-4 last season with the girls' team posting a 9-6 record...
    Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 11-24-2009
  • Warrior numbers on the rise

    Warrior numbers on the rise

    BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Wyoming County Press Examiner Elk Lake boys' and girls' varsity swim coach Ed Murach said that the Warrior teams have hit the pool and are getting ready for another competitive year. After losing three boys and one girl to graduation last year, the Warrior squad returns 10 girls...
    Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 11-24-2009
  • Local trainer earns accreditation

    Local trainer earns accreditation

    Patricia Brosious of Falls recently was declared an ‘L Program' graduate of the United States Dressage Federation The dressage instructor and horse trainer is now one of only about 60 "L Program Graduates" in the USDF's Region...
    Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 11-24-2009
  • Madrak hitting the track

    Madrak hitting the track

    BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Wyoming County Press Examiner Elk Lake graduate Jeff Madrak has taken a slightly different role in the Bucknell University athletics program than he once anticipated. This past fall Madrak, 18, of Meshoppen, said that he planned on trying out for the Bison boys' basketball team...
    Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 11-24-2009
  • Rosiak, Ray strike gold for TYWC

    Rosiak, Ray strike gold for TYWC

    The Tunkhannock Youth Wrestling Club traveled to two tournaments on Saturday and Sunday with grappler Brian Rosiak taking home two gold medals and Dalton Ray taking one. On Saturday, six youth grapplers hit the mats at a round robin tournament in Hanover...
    Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 11-24-2009
  • Casty's Lines (Nov. 25, 2009)

    Casty's Lines (Nov. 25, 2009)

    Turkey Day Happy Thanksgiving! Every year at this time my thoughts go back to those old fashioned Turkey Day football games against our former rivals from Clarks Summit. Those games still remain as my fondest memories as an athlete at THS. In 1963,we won 3-0 on Dave Brandon's 27 yard field goal ...
    Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 11-24-2009
  • Down Sports Memory Lane (Nov. 25, 2009)

    Down Sports Memory Lane (Nov. 25, 2009)

    20 Years Ago (1989) Tunkhannock girls' basketball coach Norm Sisle said that one of the program's largest turnouts ever had 34 girls vying for a post on the team. The Lady Tigers are defending PIAA District 2 champs and will be led by senior Sherry...
    Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 11-24-2009
  • Huskies win 4th straight NCAA title

    Huskies win 4th straight NCAA title

    Bloomsburg's field hockey team, whose lineup includes Lackawanna Trail grad Nicole Bruce, won the 2009 NCAA Division II Field Hockey championships Sunday with a 3-2 win over the University of Massachusetts-Lowell. Sophomore Amanda Riley scored two goals to lead Bloomsburg to the win on the Stonehill...
    Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 11-17-2009
  • KC Giants name Lunger as co-captain

    KC Giants name Lunger as co-captain

    Last season two points was all that separated the Keystone College men's basketball team from a berth in the Colonial States Athletic Conference championship game. Although a heartbreaking loss such as that can be tough on a team, the Giants have...
    Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 11-17-2009
  • Ayers ‘runner of year’

    Ayers ‘runner of year’

    BY JILL SNOWDON Times-Shamrock Writer On a daily basis, Tunkhannock coach Randy White watches as Reece Ayers dominates cross country runs. And, once a week, White experiences first-hand how difficult it is to keep pace with Ayers. White knows the natural talent Ayers has as a runner, and it's Ayers'...
    Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 11-17-2009
  • Tigers join West squad for UNICO

    Tigers join West squad for UNICO

    Three Tunkhannock Area varsity football players will participate in the UNICO Football Classic on Wednesday, Nov. 25, at Wilkes-Barre Memorial Stadium. In its 59th year, players for the UNICO Classic game are selected by the Wyoming Valley Conference...
    Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 11-17-2009
  • Jenkins jumps from gridiron to ice

    Jenkins jumps from gridiron to ice

    BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Wyoming County Press Examiner As Tunkhannock's football season came to an end last week, senior quarterback TJ Jenkins' workload got a little lighter. That's because during the fall, Jenkins does double duty competing in two sports, ice hockey and football. Jenkins, 17,...
    Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 11-17-2009
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