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March 2009 - WC Examiner Sports
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Elk Lake basketball player Jeff Madrak has been named Player of the Year by the Scranton Times-Tribune as well as by the Lackawanna League Division III Coaches Association and is part of the Times-Tribune's All-Region team. Madrak, 18, of Meshoppen, the son of Robert and Theresa Madrak and a senior...
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Tunkhannock youth wrestler Ben Siegel took a fourth place finish in the Pennsylvania Junior Wrestling State Championship in Erie this past weekend. Siegel, a seventh grader at Tunkhannock Middle School, wrestled his way back from a quarterfinal round...
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The Keystone College baseball team outscored the Baptist Bible College Defenders , 49-0, in a 3- game series on Friday and Saturday. On Saturday, the Giants scored 29 runs on 25 hits, as they took both ends of a doubleheader with Baptist Bible College, 16-0 and 13-0. In Saturday's opener Lackawanna...
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BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Wyoming County Press Examiner Trout stocking is a yearly event that happens throughout Pennsylvania and in Wyoming County. For some, like Rich White of Tunkhannock, it has become a tradition bordering on obsession. White, 64, a retired...
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BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Wyoming County Press Examiner LAKE WINOLA - A local business manager in Falls Township said that the use of an automated fishing license system is improving his business. Billy Miller, manager of Billy's Bait and Tackle along Route 307 in Falls Township, said that the new Pennsylvania...
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BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Wyoming County Press Examiner When Paul Dunay signed up for karate classes at High Energy Fitness and Karate through an after school program at Tunkhannock Middle School, he never thought that he would join the ranks of a black belt...
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BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Wyoming County Press Examiner Former local high school runners are taking it to the next level as they pursue college studies and kick it up a notch on varsity teams. Two such athletes are Tunkhannock graduates Thomas Daniels and Dezaray Distasio. Daniels, now a sophomore at Gettysburg...
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Lackawanna Trail basketball player Kelsey Deveney was part of the Lackawanna League girls' basketball all-star game that took place at Forest City on Monday night. Deveney, a senior and 1,000-point career scorer for the Lions was a member of the Red...
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The Tunkhannock boys' lacrosse team took Bellefonte by storm this weekend as the Tigers rolled to a 14-0 finish against the Red Raiders on the road. Tunkhannock didn't allow a single goal from the first-year Bellefonte team as the Tigers racked up three goals from Jeff Krishak and two goals each...
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Last year's PIAA District AA second place boys' track team, Holy Redeemer, visited Tunkhannock for a pre-season scrimmage Friday and went away a 78-63 winner. The times and distances are unofficial and not for the record books. Tunkhannock's...
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Wednesday, Mar. 25 Baseball - Trail vs. Mid Valley, Away, 4 p.m.; Tunkhannock vs. Wyalusing, Home, 4:15 p.m. Softball - Trail vs. Mid Valley, Away, 4 p.m. Boys' Volleyball - Tunkhannock vs. Dallas, Home, 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Mar. 26 Baseball - Trail vs. Wyalusing, Home, 4:30 p.m.; Tunkhannock vs....
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20 Years Ago (1989) The presence of more than 20 returning letter-winners, plus the addition of junior high record setter Jennifer Lupinski has merited the Tunkhannock Area girls track team the favorite role in the Wyoming Valley Conference. Among the...
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BY KENT JACKSON Times-Shamrock Writer Preston Jackson grew up in Tennessee, hunting squirrel, deer and quail. After losing a leg while serving in Afghanistan with the 101st Airborne Division, Jackson, an Army sergeant, went hunting again with another wounded soldier recently in Northeastern Pennsylvania...
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BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Wyoming County Press Examiner It was 40 years ago this week that Elk Lake High School made history, bringing home its first PIAA state basketball championship. Coached by the late Michael "Red" Wallace, the team finished a...
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BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner Four decades after the Elk Lake Warriors won the state Class C basketball championship, the players have gone on to a variety of careers. Most have stayed in the local area, but a few have moved to distant locations. Several of the players contacted...
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