February 2010 - WC Examiner Sports

  • Mislevy gets 100th coaching win

    Mislevy gets 100th coaching win

    BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Wyoming County Press Examiner Tunkhannock Area boys' swimming coach Tim Mislevy reached a coaching milestone that only one other swim coach in Tiger history has achieved. His 100th career victory. Mislevy, a 1990 Tunkhannock Area graduate and former Tiger diver, took over the boys'...
    Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 02-23-2010
  • Tunkhannock sinks Warriors

    Tunkhannock sinks Warriors

    The Tunkhannock Area boys' and girls' swimming and diving teams handed Elk Lake a pair of losses at Elk Lake on Tuesday. Tunkhannock's boys' team defeated the Warriors, 105-58, while the Tiger girls took a 117-69 victory over Elk Lake...
    Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 02-23-2010
  • Jr. wrestlers converge at TAHS

    Jr. wrestlers converge at TAHS

    BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Wyoming County Press Examiner If you love wrestling and seeing youth athletes develop, Tunkhannock Area High School is the place to be this weekend Feb. 28 as it hosts the Pennsylvania Junior Wrestling East Area X sectional qualifier for the third straight year. One of the event's...
    Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 02-23-2010
  • PIAA District 2 wrestling action

    PIAA District 2 wrestling action

    Class AA (Elk Lake, Trail) at Lake-Lehman Friday: 5 p.m.- Preliminaries, quarterfinals, first and second round consolations Saturday: 11 a.m.- Semifinals, third and fourth round consolations; 4 p.m.- Third through sixth place; 6:30 p.m. Finals Class AAA...
    Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 02-23-2010
  • Ref big fan of sport

    Ref big fan of sport

    BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Wyoming County Press Examiner Tunkhannock elementary counselor Ken Spangenberg is showing his passion for wrestling by officiating matches. Spangenberg, now 52, of Clarks Summit, coached Lackawanna Trail's wrestling program for more than 10 years starting in the 1980s, and also...
    Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 02-23-2010
  • Siegel, Brooks Jr. High champs

    Siegel, Brooks Jr. High champs

    Tunkhannock's Ben Siegel and Elk Lake's Jared Brooks brought home individual gold for their respective teams at the PIAA District II junior high district meet at Lake-Lehman on Saturday. Siegel, in the 130-pound weight class, beat defending District...
    Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 02-23-2010
  • EL loses crown in 4 OTs

    EL loses crown in 4 OTs

    Times-Shamrock report Montrose survived a four-overtime thriller with arch-rival Elk Lake to win the Lackawanna League Division III all-season championship, 72-67, Tuesday night, a game that saw nine players score in double figures. One who didn't was Montrose's Colby Major, but his 3-pointer...
    Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 02-23-2010
  • Basketball playoffs start Friday

    Basketball playoffs start Friday

    This Thursday and Friday will kick off the opening round of District II basketball playoffs for both boys' and girls' teams at Elk Lake, Lackawanna Trail and Tunkhannock. Class AAA Tunkhannock's boys' team, which is the number nine seed...
    Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 02-23-2010
  • Zick headed to indoor states

    Zick headed to indoor states

    Lackawanna Trail senior Kaylea Zick had an outstanding performance at the recently held Pennsylvania Track and Field Coaches' Association Indoor Track Carnival at Lehigh University. With a heave of 36-feet, 6-inches in the girls' shot put, Zick not only took first place in the competition, she...
    Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 02-23-2010
  • Puza helps Sem to Prep crown

    Puza helps Sem to Prep crown

    Ben Puza of Tunkhannock won the 215-pound weight class as Wyoming Seminary captured its 4th consecutive Pennsylvania Prep Title. He was one of eight individual winners for Seminary, including Evan Botwin (103), Dom Malone (112), Simon Kitzis (135), Chris...
    Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 02-23-2010
  • Tigers beat Valley View

    Tigers beat Valley View

    Tunkhannock Area's wrestling team took a 42-28 victory over Valley View at home on Tuesday evening. Tunkhannock's Kevin Packer (125), Charlie Generotti (135), Nathan Franko (140), Mitchell Wiernusz (160) and Corey Balko (171) all won by pin. TA 42, Valley View 28 103: Mike Forba (T) by forfeit;...
    Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 02-23-2010
  • Elk Lake defeats Wyoming Area

    Elk Lake defeats Wyoming Area

    Elk Lake's Warrior wrestling team took a 50-16 victory over Wyoming Area during a meet played in Dimock on Friday evening. Warriors Derrick Smith (140), Tyler McCauley (171) and Josh Ralston (285) all won by pin. Elk Lake 50, Wyoming Area 16 103:...
    Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 02-23-2010
  • Lions pin Nanticoke

    Lions pin Nanticoke

    The Lackawanna Trail Lion wrestling team took a 36-30 victory over Greater Nanticoke at a meet held in Nanticoke on Thursday night. Trail 36, Nanticoke 30 130: no contest; 135: Jim McMoore (N) dec. Jeremy Greenley, 7-3; 140: Chris Dixon (LT) by forfeit; 145: Matt Mugford (LT) pinned Brian Maslowski,...
    Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 02-23-2010
  • Eye of the Tigers

    Eye of the Tigers

    BY TOM BROLLEY Times-Shamrock Writer Tunkhannock's Mike Forba and Ray Yagloski have formed the District 2's most formidable combination in wrestling's lowest weight classes the last three years. Yagloski was a district runner-up at 103 in...
    Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 02-23-2010
  • Three Warriors, one Lion reach LL wrestling finals

    Three Warriors, one Lion reach LL wrestling finals

    Three Elk Lake wrestlers and one from Lackawanna Trail made it to the finals of the Lackawanna League Championship at Scranton High School on Saturday. Elk Lake's Keaton Bennett (125), Tyler McCauley (160) and Brandon Cleveland (189) all took second place finishes losing out in their final matches...
    Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 02-23-2010
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