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High School Sports
  • bbshik09a.jpg Shikellamy Braves pull away from Shamokin

    SUNBURY — Tyler Pratt kept Shikellamy in the game in the third quarter Wednesday, scoring all seven of the Braves’ points. He then got some help in the fourth.

    February 9, 2012 2 Photos

  • High School Roundup: Selinsgrove tops Jersey Shore

    JERSEY SHORE — With the game tied at 32 at the half, the Selinsgrove boys basketball term went on a big run in the third quarter to open up the game and take a 65-56 Heartland Athletic Conference Division I win over Jersey Shore on Wednesday.

    February 9, 2012

  • gbsels08c.jpg 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.

    February 8, 2012 1 Photo

  • 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.

    February 8, 2012

  • Seals bounce Braves again

    SELINSGROVE -- Following Selinsgrove's 54-44 victory over Shikellamy on Saturday, the Seals are still one win away from clinching a playoff berth. The Braves, meanwhile, reached that plateau last week.

    February 5, 2012

  • Jersey Shore tops Seals to win AAA crown

    MILTON -- After several years of wrestling Shikellamy in the District 4 Class AAA Duals final, Shawn Weaver had seen plenty of reversals on championship day in Milton. Not the reversals that give a wrestler two points, but the reversals of outcomes from the regular season to the district tournament.

    February 5, 2012

  • CSSC2A.jpg High school wrestling: Wildcats eager to compete in D4 Duals

    MIFFLINBURG -- Mifflinburg coach Dave Murray said the decision this season to seriously upgrade the schedule was made by the wrestlers. But facing the likes of Blair Academy (N.J.), ranked No. 1 in the nation, and Germantown Academy in the National High School Wrestling Coaches Association Festival in Brodheadsville earlier this month could certainly adversely affect the Wildcats' seeding for the District 4 Class AA Duals Tournament.

    January 30, 2012 1 Photo

  • CSS6C5.jpg Line Mountain Eagles close in on perfection

    MANDATA -- A CD playing their warm-up music skipped for a spell, but that was all that went wrong for Line Mountain's girls Saturday. The unbeaten Eagles put together a crippling run bridging the middle quarters to shake Mifflinburg and storm to a 66-29 nonleague win.

    January 29, 2012 2 Photos

  • wrtourn22c.jpg High School Wrestling: Line Mountain wins own tournament

    MANDATA -- With only a week left to qualify for the District 4 Dual Tournament, Line Mountain coach Mike Martz knew his own tournament Saturday could make or break the Eagles' chances. But the Eagles are breathing a little easier today, having improved from 4-2 to 8-2 with a 4-0 record in the five-team Line Mountain Duals Tournament.

    January 22, 2012 3 Photos

  • High school swimming: Green Dragon boys sweep

    LEWISBURG -- Nothing can take away from the state championship experience that the core of the Lewisburg girls swimming team has. And because of it, it has made life a lot easier for first-year coach Derek Updagraff Jr.

    January 18, 2012