April 18, 2013 RSS feed / Sports

Murky Water Greets Trout Anglers

—BY RICK HIDUK—

Approximately 50 men and women lined the banks of the Mehoopany Creek main and north branches near their confluence along Routes 87 and 3001 on Saturday for opening day of trout season in Pennsylvania.  More...

Lady Rams Blank Towanda

—BY PETE HARDENSTINE—

Wyalusing Valley’s Emily Faulkner fanned nine batters and held Towanda to two hits in a 3-0 victory at Wysox on Saturday, April 13.  While Faulkner was shutting down the Lady Knights, the Lady Rams pounded out nine hits.  Wyalusing, n More...

Black Knights Rally Past Rams

—BY PETE HARDENSTINE—

Nick Place’s two-run home run in the bottom of the third inning highlighted a three-run Towanda rally as the Black Knights defeated Wyalusing Valley, 4-2, at Wysox on Saturday, April 13.  The Rams, now 0-3, overall, and 0-2 in the Northern More...

WVHS Grad Earns Conference Honor

—BY PETE HARDENSTINE—

Sarah Hoffman, a Wyalusing Valley graduate and pitcher for the Susquehanna softball team, was named Landmark Conference Pitcher of the Week for the period ending April 14.  Hoffman went 3-0 during the week with wins over Lycoming, Wilkes and Jun More...

Sports Briefs

Auto Racing Openers Delayed  Penn Can Speedway was forced to postpone its scheduled opener, the Ironman 100, on Saturday, April 13, due to saturated grounds. The race will be rescheduled for later this season. More...

Anglers Appreciate Efforts

Mehoopany Creek Watershed Improvements Ongoing
—BY RICK HIDUK—

The fishermen are coming back to Forkston Corners, and while their numbers aren’t recovering as quickly as the trout population, they were clearly impressed with mitigation projects that stabilized the stream banks and improved access to favori More...

2013 WYALUSING VALLEY TRACK & FIELD

Ethan Ace More...

Thinclads Have Busy Week

Allyn, Huffman, Schools Win at Dry Invite
—BY PETE HARDENSTINE—

The Wyalusing Valley track team concluded a busy week with a tri-meet at Athens on Tuesday, April 16.  In the girls’ meet, Athens handed the Lady Rams their first defeat of the season, scoring 78 points, while Wyalusing finished with 56 po More...

If Terror Prevails, We Lose

—BY PETE HARDENSTINE—

It has been a fear ever since that perfect September morning in 2001.  Sooner or later, somewhere, sometime, a nut or collection of nuts would attack a major sporting event.  Monday’s bombing attack at the finish line of the Boston Ma More...

Success on Little Loyalsock

Mike Skurecki, Dushore, shows off the three trout he caught from the Little Loyalsock Creek in Sullivan County on opening day. He used Velveeta cheese balls for bait. More...

Derick, D’Addario Win Skunk Cabbage

James Derick won the Skunk Cabbage Half Marathon in Ithaca, NY, on April 14, with a net time of 1:15:49.  Alan Evans was second in 1:17:17, followed by Earl Steinbrecher in 1:17:26.  Emily D’Addario led the women with a time of 1:27:4 More...

Elk Lake Softball Downs Forest City

On April 9, the Elk Lake softball team pounded out 13 hits in a 10-0 five-inning win over Forest City.  Bethany Ruhf and Lindsay Dudock led the assault with three hits each. Sara Kwiatkowski and Laura Gacha each had two hits. More...

Sports Calendar

BASEBALL April 18: Wyalusing Valley at  Sayre, 4:30 p.m. Elk Lake at  Susquehanna, 4:30 p.m. April 20: Wyalusing Valley at  Central Columbia Tournament, 10 a.m. April 22: Wyalusing Valley at  Williamson, 4:30 p.m. Elk  More...

DEP Releases Susquehanna River Sampling Work Plan

Seek Clues for Smallmouth Decline

The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) recently released a work plan outlining intensive efforts to continue studying and sampling dozens of locations in the Susquehanna River basin throughout 2013.  DEP’s ongoing efforts include More...

Doe Allocations, Bag Limits Set

The Board of Pennsylvania Game Commissioners adopted seasons, bag limits, and elk and antlerless deer license allocations for the 2013-14 license year, which begins July 1. More...

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