Date archive for November, 2010
EL boys, girls sweep states (0)
11/10/10 •
BY SCOTT WALSH Times-Shamrock Writer For the second time in 10 days, members of the Elk Lake cross country team shed tears following a meet. Only this time, they were tears of joy. Elk Lake headlined a dominant day for District 2 at the PIAA Championships on Saturday at Parkview Cross Country Course, sweeping the [...]
Sabers grab championship (0)
11/10/10 •
BY JOBY FAWCETT Times-Shamrock Writer Players hugged family and friends, shedding tears as they basked in their moment of glory beneath the fading glare of the setting sun. Susquehanna celebrated a championship for the first time since 1995, reveling in a convincing, 28-13, win over Old Forge on Saturday afternoon at William Emminger Memorial Field. [...]
Meet Mike Bedell… (0)
11/10/10 •
After he collapsed yards from the finish line at the District 2 Cross Country Championships on Oct. 27, Elk Lake senior Mike Bedell rebounded at the PIAA Championships on Saturday. He finished seventh in Class AA in 16 minutes, 49 seconds to earn a state medal and help the Warriors capture the team title. School: [...]
Montrose extends football invitation to Elk Lake (2)
11/10/10 •
BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Montrose Area High School administrators recently extended an invitation to Elk Lake to accept Warrior athletes for its football team. An invitation that Elk Lake later declined. Montrose superintendent Michael Ognosky said that he sat down with Elk Lake superintendent Bill Bush expressing interest in having Elk Lake students come [...]
Thomas leaves no doubt in MV title victory (0)
11/10/10 •
BY MARTY MYERS Times-Shamrock Writer Lakeland was hoping to make it to halftime trailing by a goal. Mountain View’s Dan McWhirr and Colby Thomas would have no part of it. Knocking McWhirr’s corner kick off the near post and into the net with 57 seconds left, Thomas made the first of his three goals a [...]
Jones named Montrose athlete of week (0)
11/10/10 •
BY KATELYN SPELLMAN and KATE SWINGLE Meteor Chronicle Being an injured athlete can affect the performance of the athlete and the whole team, overall. But, for MAHS senior Ethan Jones, his injuries haven’t slowed him down. Son of Tamsen and David Jones of Brackney, Jones was named MAHS Athlete of the Week because of his [...]
Turnovers doom Meteors in season finale (0)
11/10/10 •
BY DAVE LAURIHA Times-Shamrock Writer Montrose fell 52-14 on Friday as Mid Valley recovered four fumbles and turned all of them into touchdowns in a Lackawanna Football Conference Division III game at Spartan Stadium. Mid Valley (3-7, 2-3 LFC III) held a 22-8 lead entering the second quarter, but Montrose (0-10, 0-5) had made two [...]
Raider spikers knocked from playoffs (0)
11/10/10 •
Blue Ridge’s girls’ volleyball team faced a District II Class A playoff loss against Lackawanna Trail at Tunnel Hill on Tuesday night. Against the Lions, Trail started strong with a 25-16 win over Blue Ridge in the first game, before topping the Raiders 25-12 in the second game. The Lions then capped off the win [...]
Lady Eagles handled in Class A final (0)
11/10/10 •
BY MARTY MYERS Times-Shamrock Writer Mountain View’s girls’ varsity soccer team was handed a loss by Lakeland in the District II Class A championship on Wednesday. Lakeland’s Liz Burns’ booming pass was handled by Hannah Tuffy to give Lakeland a two-goal margin midway through the second half en route to a 5-1 win over Mountain [...]