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February 2009 - WC Examiner Sports
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BY DAVE LAURIHA Times-Shamrock Writer LEHMAN - A gritty effort from Seth Canfield capped a wonderful day for Elk Lake. When the 189-pounder delivered a four-overtime win in the District 2 Class AA Wrestling Championship final, the Warriors put on the finishing touches on another district team title....
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In District II Class AAA championship action at Hazleton Area High School, Tunkhannock's Mike Forba carried home a gold medal while teammate Sam Wiernusz took third place. The two Tigers head to the regional competition set for Friday and Saturday...
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BY DAVE LAURIHA Times-Shamrock Writer LEHMAN - Lackawanna Trail's Lance Moore got the 100th win of his career with a first-period pin in the quarterfinals on the first day of the District 2 Wrestling Championships at Lake-Lehman High School. For the 285-pound wrestler, it was just another big win...
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BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Wyoming County Press Examiner Former Tunkhannock grid coach Steve Jervis is ready to take the reins of the Lackawanna Trail football program. Jervis, 34, of Factoryville, who posted a 23-39 record with Tunkhannock from 2002-07 and earned...
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Defending District 2 champion Tunkhannock heads to this weekend's swimming championships with a daunting challenge. Last year they entered with a large point total from Tom Kolodzieski and Ken Alguire finishing 1-2 in the previous weekend's diving event. This year they start from scratch. Still...
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It was their fourth meeting this season, but Elk Lake came up a tad short Monday night in a 43-40 loss to Mountain View at Valley View High School. Thus ended the Warriors' District II Class AA playoff contention. They finished the season at 22-4...
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BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Wyoming County Press Examiner Local high school grads are hitting the diamond for spring training to prepare for upcoming seasons with college baseball teams. Tyler Austin, a 2008 Tunkhannock grad, and Jacke Healey, a 2006 Lackawanna Trail grad, are slugging for NCAA Division I schools...
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BY JOSH MROZINSKI Wyoming County Press Examiner MESHOPPEN TWP. - While at Penn Can Speedway in Susquehanna two years ago, Tunkhannock resident Jerry Sands thought people would enjoy having stock car races in Wyoming County. Recently, Sands introduced...
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BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Wyoming County Press Examiner Elk Lake grad Richie Nasser, of Meshoppen, made a tough decision late last summer when he gave up his dream of playing Division I college baseball to pursue a much different dream. To become a hunting guide in Montana. Nasser, 20, who was a standout athlete...
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The Tunkhannock boys' basketball team was knocked out of the District II Class AAA playoffs after a first round 28-25 loss at Coughlin on Friday. The game opened up with the Crusaders taking a 14-3 lead over Tunkhannock in the first quarter. By the...
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The Lackawanna Trail boys' basketball team was defeated 63-51 on Friday at Mountain View to be eliminated in the first round of District 2 Class AA playoff action. Mountain View sprung out to a 19-11 lead over the Lions after the first quarter of action and led Trail 7-4 in the second to had a 26...
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The Elk Lake girls' basketball team took a first round loss to be eliminated from the District II Class AA playoffs at home on Saturday night. The game opened up with Holy Cross taking an early 9-8 lead over Elk Lake in the first quarter. By halftime...
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The Lackawanna Trail girls' basketball team faced a tough 39-20 first round District II Class AA playoff loss to Meyers on the road on Saturday night. The game opened up with the Lions scoring only one point in the first quarter as Meyers grabbed a 7-1 lead going into the second. By halftime the...
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Tunkhannock's girls' varsity basketball team was eliminated from the District II Class AAA playoffs after taking a 61-34 loss at Nanticoke on Saturday evening. Saturday night's contest opened up with Nanticoke taking a 16-4 lead after the...
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Elk Lake's diving team competed in the District II Class AA diving championship at the Wilkes-Barre Catholic Youth Center on Saturday. On the girls' side the Elk Lake divers had a ninth place finish overall from Shannon Lay and a 10th place from Mackenzie Dearborn. Lay finished up in ninth with...
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