Date archive for December, 2010
Elk Lake 6th; Montrose 8th at Ram Duals (0)
12/15/10 •
Elk Lake’s wrestling team finished sixth place overall while Montrose finished eighth at the Wyalusing Ram Duals on Saturday. Elk Lake finished out with a 2-3 record, while Montrose posed an 0-5 mark on the day. Wyalusing went 5-0 to bring home the tournament title. Elk Lake’s wins on the day came from Sayre (36-26) [...]
Elk Lake grad swimming for Lycoming College (0)
12/15/10 •
BY KEVIN WOODRUFF When Jehiel Boner enrolled at Lycoming College in Williamsport for business he wasn’t sure the future of his participation in the sport he dedicated so much to in high school. However, after trying out for and making the Lycoming swim team in his freshman year, Boner had a new sense of purpose [...]
Curling club draws local interest (0)
12/15/10 •
BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Anthracite Curling Club based out of the Coal Street Rink in Wilkes-Barre is drawing interest from all over Northeastern Pennsylvania. The club, which started in 2006 as the Scranton Curling Club around the time of the Olympic Games in Turin Italy, curled throughout 2006-7 before losing its ice at the Pittston Ice [...]
Schedule: The week ahead (0)
12/15/10 •
Wednesday, Dec. 15 Wrestling – Elk Lake at Dallas, 7 p.m.; Blue Ridge at Meyers, 6:45 p.m.; Mt. View home against Honesdale, 7:30 p.m. Boys’ Basketball – Montrose at Wyalusing, 7:15 p.m. Girls’ Basketball – Elk Lake at Northeast Bradford, 6 p.m.; Mt. View at Tunkhannock, 7:30 p.m.; Susquehanna at Old Forge, 6 p.m. Thursday, [...]
Scoreboard (0)
12/15/10 •
Results for Dec. 7-13: Boys’ Basketball Carbondale 52, Elk Lake 48 Athens 60, Susquehanna 48 Monticello 43, Mt. View 39 Frederick Douglas (N.Y.) 50, Blue Ridge 42 Sayre 71, Blue Ridge 68 Mt. View 42, Western Wayne 40 Montrose 39, Riverside 38 Carbondale 53, Forest City 19 Honesdale 67, Forest City 27 Mt. View 45, [...]
Grinch takes towns’ trees (0)
12/15/10 •
BY STACI WILSON Mere hours after a Christmas tree lighting ceremony, a holiday grinch stole Susquehanna Depot’s decorated tree from the Veteran’s Memorial located just off Main St. On the same night, a Christmas tree was also reported stolen from the Mountain View Plaza, in Hallstead, just a few miles west of Susquehanna. According to [...]
Fire guts Springville residence (0)
12/15/10 •
BY STACI WILSON Fire engulfed a two-story Springville Twp. home Wednesday afternoon. Fire personnel reported flames were shooting out of the roof of the Academy St. house when they arrived on the scene. Springville First Assistant Chief Jason Rinker said the only occupant of the home, Nathan Strohl, arrived at the residence just before the [...]
Man charged with luring teen (0)
12/15/10 •
BY STACI WILSON A Lawton man stands accused of bringing a 13-year-old girl he met through a MySpace account across state lines to have sex with her on Oct. 7. A felony statutory sexual assault charged was lodged Dec. 9 against Andrew Wallikas, 23, by State Trooper John Oliver in District Court, Montrose. He was [...]
Bishop pays visit to county (0)
12/15/10 •
BY HELEN B. FOSTER Correspondent Bishop Joseph C. Bambera of the Diocese of Scranton made a Pastoral Visit to Susquehanna County on Saturday evening, Dec. 4. The 5:30 p.m. Mass was celebrated in St. John the Evangelist Church, Susquehanna with parishioners from St. Lawrence, Great Bend; St. Martin of Tours, Jackson; The Ascension in Forest [...]
Susquehanna tree draws crowd (0)
12/15/10 •
BY HELEN B. FOSTER Susquehanna’s Mayor Michael Matis had the honor of lighting the borough’s Christmas tree, located in Memorial Park of the Shops Plaza. Introduced by Susquehanna Community Development Association Chairman Darlene Slocum the Mayor complimented and thanked SCDA members for all they do for the borough. Prior to the tree lighting, members of [...]