The Daily Item, Sunbury, PA Sports

Defense helps Crusaders snap skid

2012-02-11T02:23:59-05:00

The going hasn't been easy for the Susquehanna University women's basketball team this season. So much so, that it hasn't won a game in more than a month.

SU rides Harley to win

2012-02-11T02:23:57-05:00

With the chants of "ride the Harley" coming from the student body, sophomore Harley Sellinger certainly took visiting Goucher for a spin Friday night.

HS Roundup: Braves close in on playoff bid

2012-02-11T02:23:55-05:00

Counted for dead not too long ago, the Shikellamy Braves are still alive and kicking and they are now one win away from making the District 4 playoffs.

Danville stays in HAC-I title race

2012-02-11T02:23:53-05:00

When their 13-point lead had been whittled to seven midway through the fourth quarter Friday, the Danville girls were at a tipping point.

Harold Raker's column on high school wrestling: Playing the name game

2012-02-10T20:36:37-05:00

Going into last weekend, with four Valley teams competing in the District 4 Class AA and AAA Duals Tournament, I had already made tentative plans to be in Hershey this week. Had things gone really well, I would have still been in Chocolatetown, covering at least one of them in the state tournament.

NCAA denies UConn APR waiver request

2012-02-10T20:36:34-05:00

The NCAA on Friday turned down the University of Connecticut's request for a waiver that would allow its men's basketball team to play in the 2013 national championship tournament.

College Lacrosse: Bucknell men prepare to improve upon great season

2012-02-10T02:23:59-05:00

LEWISBURG -- It started a handful of years ago, when the Bucknell men's lacrosse team put a big 'X' on the national map in Central Pennsylvania with an upset of No. 1 Maryland. From that point on Bison coach Frank Fedorjaka has had a difficult time getting big-time opponents on the schedule, even with Bucknell opting to travel under the worst of circumstances.

High school football: Pratt says Kutztown the right fit

2012-02-10T02:23:57-05:00

SUNBURY -- When Shikellamy's Tyler Pratt joins the Kutztown University football team as a free safety next fall, he will already have a good feeling for what his position coach will expect from him. Pratt, who signed a national letter of intent this week to accept a scholarship offer to play for the Golden Bears, will be under the tutelage of his father's high school football coach.

Todd Stanford On high school boys basketball: Increasing the refs' workload

2012-02-10T02:23:55-05:00

If two heads are better than one, does that mean six eyes are better than four? Not necessarily, according to some Heartland Athletic Conference officials. There is a move afoot in the HAC to cut the number of basketball referees from three to two for part of the season beginning next year.

High School Roundup: Greenwood boys complete perfect TVL season

2012-02-10T02:23:53-05:00

Greenwood capped off an unbeaten 2011-12 Tri-Valley League season by crushing Halifax 61-38 on Thursday Night.