Date archive for November, 2010
Squier named Coach of Year (0)
11/24/10 •
BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Elk Lake varsity cross country coach Will Squier has been named the 2010 Coach of the Year by the Pennsylvania Track and Field Coaches Association. Squier, who helped lead both Elk Lake’s boys’ and girls’ cross country teams to PIAA Class AA team championships, has been given the honor as both boys’ [...]
Deer season just ahead (0)
11/24/10 •
BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Hunters will hit the woods at sunrise on Monday morning for another year of white-tailed deer hunting rifle season. According to Wildlife Conservation Officer Victor Rosa, who patrols Wyoming and parts of Susquehanna County, hunters should have a relatively easy time harvesting a deer. “Hunters should see numbers comparable to what they’ve [...]
Darling heading to Ivy League (0)
11/24/10 •
BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Standout Elk Lake softball pitcher Brooke Darling has committed to attending NCAA Division I Columbia University in New York. Darling, 17, pitched two perfect games last season and multiple no-hitters while bolstering a 0.14 earned run average as she compiled more than 200 strikeouts. In 2010, she was named to the Pennsylvania [...]
Treibel named Montrose athlete of week (0)
11/24/10 •
BY MEGHAN SPELLMAN Meteor Chronicle Montrose Area girls’ tennis team co-captain Kayla Triebel dominated her position on the team with a record of 10-2. She has been named Athlete of the Week for her dedication and effort to tennis. She plays tennis year round and has been named Most Valuable Player for the second year [...]
Raiders set sights on future (0)
11/24/10 •
BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Blue Ridge’s wrestling team has a new coach in Zack Edwards, who is looking to keep the sport thriving on Raider soil. Edwards moved up to coach the varsity team after seven years coaching junior high. He replaces John Ciotoli. “We’ve got good numbers this year, and hope to be a team [...]
Elk Lake returning to pool (0)
11/24/10 •
BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Elk Lake’s swimming and diving teams are diving in for another year of Wyoming Valley Conference action. After finishing 2-5 on both the boys’ and girls’ sides, coach Ed Murach is hoping to pick up some more wins in the league. The boys’ team lost three seniors in Hermelo Ramos, Juan Lopez [...]
Baltzley commits to Bloom (0)
11/24/10 •
Elk Lake catcher Gabby Baltzley has committed to playing softball in the fall for Bloomsburg University. Baltzley, 17, helped Elk Lake to a 16-1 season in 2010 behind the plate, and was a part of the District II champion 2009 Elk Lake team. In her career at Elk Lake, Baltzley boasts a .413 batting average [...]
Oldest scout laid to rest (0)
11/23/10 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER Ira Reynolds, who joined the Boy Scout movement in 1914 – when it was just four years old – was laid to rest early Thursday afternoon. About 50 youths from Boy Scout Troop 81 and Cub Scout Pack 81, thrust three fingers in the air and in unison cited the Scout [...]
Ex-priest pleads guilty on sex charges (0)
11/23/10 •
BY STACI WILSON A former Episcopal priest pleaded guilty in Susquehanna County Court Friday to sexually assaulting two teenage boys. Ralph Johnson, 83, of Gibson Twp., entered guilty pleas to two counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse lodged against him in two separate cases. Each count carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. [...]
Cabot sells midstream assets (0)
11/23/10 •
BY LAURA LEGERE Times-Shamrock Writer Cabot Oil and Gas Corp. is selling its midstream assets in Susquehanna County to Williams Partners, an Oklahoma-based natural gas transportation company, for $150 million. The deal, which is expected to be completed by the end of the year, will include the sale of Cabot’s 75 miles of gathering pipelines [...]