GIRLS SOCCER
WILLIAMSPORT -- Caitlin Landis had a hand in all of Milton's goals, scoring two and assisting on the other, to lead the Black Panthers to a 3-0 Heartland Athletic Conference Division I victory over Williamsport on Wednesday.
Moira Nester scored the other goal for Milton (2-1, 1-0 HAC-I) and assisted on Landis' first goal.
Goalkeeper Alexa Shuman assisted on Landis' second goal, and she also made four saves to get the shutout for the Black Panthers.
Lewisburg 2, South Williamsport 0
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT -- Jenny Byerly and Allysia Ketchum scored second-half goals to lead the Green Dragons to the HAC Division II victory.
Brittany Reber and Chelsee Yannone had the assists for Lewisburg (1-0 overall and HAC-II), which dominated in shots 29-9.
Selinsgrove 8, Shamokin 0
COAL TOWNSHIP -- Kelsey Fisher scored three goals and assisted on another as the Seals ran away for the HAC-I win.
Courtney Matrey added two goals and an assist, while Lauren Hackenburg chipped in a goal and two assists for Selinsgrove (1-0 overall and HAC-I).
Southern Columbia 5, Muncy 1
CATAWISSA -- Elise Krankoski played a role in all four of the goals the Tigers scored in the second half, as they took the HAC-III win.
Krankoski scored the first goal of the half and then assisted on the next three goals, including two assists on corner kicks, for Southern (1-0 overall and HAC-II).
Warrior Run 4, Jersey Shore 1
TURBOTVILLE -- Makenzie Stover scored all four of the Defenders' goals, leading them to the HAC-II win.
Kara Martin, Ashley Landis and Shay Bennett assisted on the goals for Warrior Run (2-1, 1-0 HAC-II).
Loyalsock 3, Mount Carmel 1
MOUNT CARMEL -- Three different players scored for the Lancers as they defeated the Red Tornadoes in a HAC-II matchup.
Val Bendas scored an unassisted goal for Mount Carmel (0-1 overall and HAC-II), while Megan Van Doren made eight saves for the Red Tornadoes.
Line Mountain 6, Lourdes Regional 1
COAL TOWNSHIP -- Lindi Snyder scored three goals to power the Eagles to the Schuylkill League win.
FIELD HOCKEY
Midd-West 1, Shikellamy 1 (OT)
SUNBURY -- Chelsea Miller's unassisted goal with 21 minutes and 7 seconds left in regulation tied the game before the Heartland Athletic Conference Division I matchup ended in a tie.
Taylor Furgison scored off a Chelsea Krebs assist to give Midd-West (1-1, 0-0-1 HAC-I) a 1-0 lead with 10:42 left in the first half.
Julianne Jones made 11 saves for the Mustangs, while Kami Heim stopped three shots for the Braves (1-0-1, 0-0-1).
Danville 2, Milton 1
MILTON -- Gabby Petrucelli and Caitlin Stump each scored first-half goals to lead the Ironmen to the HAC-I win.
Stump's goal came with 12 minutes and 46 seconds left in the first half, and it broke a 1-all tie for Danville (1-0 overall and HAC-I) after Milton's Justine Snyder scored unassisted with 19:56 left.
Miranda Reber assisted on both goals for the Ironmen, with Sarah Friday also assisting on Stump's goal.
Milton is 1-1, 0-1.
BOYS SOCCER
Mifflinburg 1, Williamsport 0
WILLIAMSPORT -- The Wildcats won their first game in the Heartland Athletic Conference on Tuesday, getting a late goal from Wes Doebler to remain unbeaten.
Mifflinburg (3-0, 1-0 HAC-I) got an assist from Noah Roseth on the goal that was scored in the final 10 minutes to secure the victory. Travis Shively made six saves to get the shutout for the Wildcats.
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Shikellamy Braves rally to stay alive
SELINSGROVE — With 11 losses, the Shikellamy girls basketball team is teetering on the brink of elimination from the District 4 Class AAA playoffs. And on Wednesday night, it looked like the Braves were going to go quietly into the offseason when Selinsgrove built a 14-point lead early in the third quarter.
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They learn to be tough young
It's difficult to recall exactly how the sequence unfolded because it happened so darn fast. Shikellamy made a couple baskets, and the crowd began to stir. It was still anybody's game, and the Braves had some momentum late in the third quarter of a recent run with Danville.
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Motorsports: Selinsgrove, Lincoln speedways to host 360 sprint series
MECHANICSBURG -- Mach 1 Chassis of Mechanicsburg will be the title sponsor of the Mid-Atlantic 360 Sprint Car Championship Series, a $120,000 six-race tour that will include five shows at Selinsgrove Speedway and one event at Lincoln Speedway in 2012.
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Girls basketball: Records fall, Red Tornadoes stay unbeaten
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT -- An overflow crowd zealously cheered Tierney Pfirman's pursuit of the South Williamsport scoring record throughout Tuesday's game, until their breathless faces matched the Mounties' royal blue.
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High school roundup: Rosini pin lifts Ironmen over Tigers
DANVILLE -- Steven Rosini's pin over Connor Houseknecht in 37 seconds in the final bout of the day at 132 pounds prevented disaster for Danville as the Ironmen pulled out a 40-36 Heartland Athletic Conference crossover victory on Tuesday.
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College sports notebook: Antensteiner starts, finishes fast
ANVILLE -- Ines Antensteiner, a member of the powerful Lewisburg girls track & field team for the past four seasons wasted little time making her presence felt in college. On Monday, Antensteiner, a freshman at Lebanon Valley, was named the Middle Atlantic Conference's Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week after a pair of event wins at Saturday's Ducharme Invitational.
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Bill Bowman's column on college sports: Tale of two teams in the clutch
Because basketball season is so long it is easy to forget that one or two moments in a single game can essentially make or break an entire season. While teams might play 30 games or so, most of them come down to a couple of possessions, spots where one little thing can be the difference between winning and losing, between making the postseason tournament or turning in the uniforms.
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Sports court strips Contador of 2010 Tour title
MADRID -- Alberto Contador was stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title Monday and banned for two years after sports' highest court found the Spanish cyclist guilty of doping. The Court of Arbitration for Sport suspended the three-time Tour champion after rejecting his claim that his positive test for clenbuterol was caused by eating contaminated meat on a 2010 Tour rest day.
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H.S. boys basketball: Selinsgrove rallies to top Southern Columbia
CATAWISSA -- In a battle between two schools better known for their football programs, Monday's game between host Southern Columbia and Selinsgrove naturally featured plenty of physical play. After a combined 43 fouls and 55 free-throw attempts, the Seals finally pulled it out. Reserve guard Tyler Krebs made five foul shots in the final minute and a half in Selinsgrove's 54-53 victory.
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High School Bowling: Kratzer, Hartranft take home Pro-Am titles
SUNBURY -- The name might have changed, but the results were the same. Now called the 13th annual Best Bowl/Strike Zone High School Pro-Am Scholarship Challenge, the two-day tournament was another success as it pitted some of the Valley's best young bowlers against each other in friendly competition.
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