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20 Years Ago (1989) Norm Sisle, who led the Tunkhannock Area girls basketball team to the District 2 AAAA championship, was named Coach of the Year by coaches of the Wyoming Valley Conference. It was the first District basketball title since 1978 when...
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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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20 Years Ago (1989) Becky Grimaud, the highest scoring female in Tunkhannock basketball history has been honored with a first team berth on the Wyoming Valley Conference All-Star Team. Sherry Grigas was named to the second team, and sophomores Pam Yanora...
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20 Years Ago (1989) Becky Grimaud scored a team-high 28 points to lead Tunkhannock to a 71-62 win over Pittston Area in Friday's District 2 championship. It was the Lady Tigers' first ever District 2 title. They lost to Central Bucks West, 49...
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20 Years Ago (1989) Tunkhannock Area senior Chris Thatcher had a 6-0 decision over Coughlin's John Gamaitoni to emerge as the PIAA District 2 champion at 103 pounds. Tigers Jason Munley (135), Duane Norton (152) and Scott Davies (130) have also earned...
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20 Years Ago (1989) Tunkhannock ended its boys' basketball season in style on Thursday as they used a balanced scoring attack to defeat Dallas, 79-76, to claim their first Wyoming Valley Conference win of the year. The Tigers were 1-17 in WVC and...
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20 Years Ago (1989) Tunkhannock Area advanced four divers to the PIAA District 2 swim meet this weekend: Tara Freeman, Denny Stacknick, Rick Siperko and Tim Mislevy. Jenny Ross, who placed second in last year's meet, coached the TA divers until she...
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20 Years Ago (1989) A record 143 runners turned out for the fourth February Freeze won in a record time of 16:27 by Johnson City's Bob Pulz. Hazleton's Kim Sweda was the first female to finish at 18:58. After suffering its first defeat of the...
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20 Years Ago (1989) Tunkhannock's wrestling Tigers gave Coach Frank Wadas his 200 th career win with a 32-27 victory over Pittston Area. He began his career in 1973 and has never had a losing season en route to a 200-85-1 record. At Trail, the Lions...
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20 Years Ago (1989) Keystone Junior College tied a school record with its 18 th straight win, beating Lackawanna Junior College, 99-77. Wyoming Valley West took advantage of 46 free throw attempts to defeat Tunkhannock, 77-59. David Pencek led the Tigers...
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20 Years Ago (1989) The name of Gambal was added to Keystone's Athletic Center in honor of Sergius Gambal, a friend, alumnus and benefactor of the college. Elk Lake's girls beat host Susquehanna 40-33, but lost 44-31 to Montrose to clinch a 3...
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20 Years Ago (1989) Michelle-Marie, a champion Belgian mare, walked away with three blue ribbons at the Pennsylvania Farm Show recently. The horse is owned by Brandon Groves and Donald Sherwood. Elk Lake's girls' basketball team beat Blue Ridge...
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20 Years Ago (1989) Becky Grimaud scored her 1,000 th point at Tunkhannock Area High School in an 88-41 loss to unbeaten Nanticoke. Grimaud was presented flowers and a basketball by coaches Norm Sisle and Tony Yanora. A 59-50 Wyoming Area win over the...
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20 Years Ago (1988) Tunkhannock Area's Chris Thatcher was named the Most Valuable Wrestler and teammate Jason Munley captured the 140-pound title as the Tigers finished third in the 11 th annual Kiwanis Wrestling Tournament behind Wyoming Valley West...
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20 Years Ago (1988) The Kiwanis Invitational Wrestling Tournament began this week with 16 teams across four districts and Tiger Coach Frank Wadas believing Wyoming Valley West to be the favorite. Chris Thatcher is the only Tiger back to defend a 1987...
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