Boys’ Basketball Roundup: Nativity, Weatherly earn key league wins in hunt for playoff contention By Eli Doyle· January 15, 2025·HOMETOWN — If you’re a fan of Schuylkill League boys’ basketball, Weatherly should be on your radar. Ian McKeegan scored a game-high…
HS Basketball Roundup: Golden Bears outlast Eagles to remain unbeaten By Leroy Boyer· January 10, 2025·ORWIGSBURG — Mahanoy Area’s transition from the small-school division to Division I of the Schuylkill League in boys’ basketball continues to go…
Boys’ Basketball Roundup: Blue Mountain, Minersville continue to surge By Eli Doyle· January 8, 2025·PINE GROVE — It was a clutch fourth quarter performance for Blue Mountain. Tyeirre Meade scored a game-high 22 points and posted…
Weekend Roundup: Tamaqua, Blue Mtn., Minersville boys grab hardcourt wins By Leroy Boyer· January 5, 2025·POTTSVILLE — Noah Mateyak drained three 3-pointers and scored a game-high 27 points as Tamaqua surged past Nativity 75-56 in a non-league…
HS Football: 5 Vikings, 4 Hurricanes earn PFN Coaches All-State honors By Leroy Boyer· January 3, 2025·Williams Valley and Schuylkill Haven had banner seasons on the gridiron in 2024, with several of their players having monster campaigns. The…
Boys’ Basketball: Felty’s big game propels Pine Grove to Cardinal Classic final By Eli Doyle· December 28, 2024·PINE GROVE — Hayden Felty has been making his mark on the hardwood for Pine Grove. Felty paced Pine Grove with game-high…
HS Football: 7 local players named to PA Football Writers’ Class AA All-State Team By Leroy Boyer· December 28, 2024·Brady Shomper and Kian Krzyzanowski put together record-breaking seasons to help Williams Valley win a second straight District 11 Class AA football…
Weekend Basketball Roundup: Marian girls knock off ACC By Leroy Boyer· December 23, 2024·ALLENTOWN — Addy Fritz paced a quartet of double-digit scorers with 12 points as Marian knocked off Allentown Central Catholic 49-32 in…
Boys’ Basketball: Tri-Valley tops Nativity in high-scoring clash By Eli Doyle· December 17, 2024·POTTSVILLE — Tri-Valley’s scorers sure aren’t selfish. The Dawgs had five players score double digit points as Tri-Valley cruised by Nativity 83-71…
Boys’ Basketball Roundup: Nativity’s Keating goes over 1,000 points in Division II win By Eli Doyle· December 12, 2024·POTTSVILLE — It was a celebratory night for Nativity junior Trey Keating. Keating went over 1,000 career points totaling a game-high 30…
Weekend Roundup: Haven boys capture Upper Dauphin tourney title By Leroy Boyer· December 8, 2024·ELIZABETHVILLE —- Alan Evans scored 54 points over two games to lead Schuylkill Haven to the championship of the Upper Dauphin Tip-Off…
HS Football: Carestia, Miller, Evans headline SCFCA all-star teams By Leroy Boyer· December 3, 2024·Schuylkill Haven’s Niko Carestia, North Schuylkill’s Luke Miller and Pottsville’s Brayden Evans earned Player of the Year honors as the Schuylkill County…
PIAA AA Football sidebar: Rough finish to 1st half dooms Williams Valley By Leroy Boyer· November 23, 2024·BERWICK — Williams Valley had to feel pretty good about its situation. Despite making a bevy of mistakes in the first half,…
PIAA Class AA Football: Williams Valley falls to Riverside in state quarterfinal By Bob Lipsky· November 23, 2024·BERWICK — What might have been … For the next nine months, Williams Valley will wonder what might have been after its…
PIAA Class AA Football: Shomper takes the next step, leads Vikings back to PIAA playoffs By Eli Doyle· November 22, 2024·WILLIAMSTOWN — Oh, what a difference a year makes. A year ago, Brady Shomper and the Williams Valley Vikings football team were…
PIAA Class AA Football: Battle of Vikings as Williams Valley faces Riverside By Leroy Boyer· November 22, 2024·TOWER CITY — Experience in sports often pays huge dividends. Williams Valley coach Stephen Sedesse is hoping his Vikings’ trip to the…
Splitting the uprights: Vikings’ Smeltz leaves her mark on football field, in classroom By Leroy Boyer· November 21, 2024·TOWER CITY — It took only a few seconds to realize that I was about to interview someone special, not just any…
Boyer’s Bulletin: Williams Valley linemen win battle, war in District 11 title game By Leroy Boyer· November 19, 2024·ORWIGSBURG — One by one they gathered on the aluminum bench, sitting down to relax like a coal miner, construction worker or…