Date archive for February, 2011
Lady Meteors down Mt. View (0)
2/09/11 •
The Montrose Area girls’ basketball team took a 55-42 victory over Mountain View on the road on Thursday evening. The Meteors got ahead 10-8 in the first quarter before outscoring the Eagles 16-13 in the second to hold a 26-21 lead at halftime. After the break, the Meteors paced the Eagles 17-10 in the third [...]
Meteors pin down GAR (0)
2/09/11 •
The Montrose Area wrestling team grabbed a non-league victory over the GAR Grenadiers at home on Saturday. Nick Moore (285) had a major decision and Jeremiah Johnson (130) had a pin in the Meteors’ 46-22 win over GAR. Montrose 46, GAR 22 189: Eric McDonald (G) major dec. Connor McNamara, 15-5; 215: James Brewer (M) [...]
Montrose powers past Raiders, Eagles (0)
2/09/11 •
BY JOBY FAWCETT Times-Shamrock Writer With an opportunity to seize first place in Division III of the Lackawanna League, Colby Major made sure it didn’t slip through his team’s fingers. Playing with tenacity on defense, Montrose rolled to a convincing 66-42 win over Blue Ridge on Thursday night in a battle of boys basketball teams [...]
Grad student conducting coyote research (0)
2/09/11 •
Kimberly Harle checks out a coyote at Triton Hose Company on Friday during the District 9 Trappers Association coyote hunt weigh-ins. She traveled to Tunkhannock to conduct research on tick-borne illnesses in coyotes. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN WOODRUFF BY KEVIN WOODRUFF East Stroudsburg University graduate student Kimberly Harle was on hand for last weekend’s District 9 Trappers [...]
Conklin named Keystone Athlete of Month (0)
2/09/11 •
The Keystone College athletic department has announced that Jared Conklin has been named the Keystone College male athlete of the month for January. Conklin, a freshman from New Milford, and graduate of Blue Ridge High School, is a member of the track and field team. Conklin has burst onto the scene in the Shot Put [...]
The week ahead (0)
2/09/11 •
Wednesday, Feb. 9 Swimming and Diving – Elk Lake home against Scranton Prep, 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10 Girls’ Basketball – Elk Lake at Lakeland, 6 p.m.; Blue Ridge home against Trail, 6 p.m.; Forest City at Mt. View, 6 p.m.; Montrose home against Susquehanna, 6 p.m. Swimming and Diving – Elk Lake home against [...]
Scoreboard (0)
2/09/11 •
Results for Feb. 1-7 Boys’ Basketball Montrose 66, Blue Ridge 42 Susquehanna 71, Mt. View 50 Blue Ridge 71, Lakeland 63 Elk Lake 39, Susquehanna 38 Montrose 67, Mt. View 39 Trail 47, Forest City 24 Girls’ Basketball Montrose 55, Mt. View 42 Forest City 56, Lacka. Trail 27 Lakeland 61, Blue Ridge 15 Elk [...]
PFBC seeks input on river plans (0)
2/09/11 •
The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) has scheduled seven public meetings to receive comments about the agency’s draft river management plans for the Susquehanna River, the Three Rivers in Pittsburgh and the Delaware River. At each meeting, PFBC biologists will describe the history of fish management on the particular river, identify the factors affecting [...]
Southwestern buys Exco leases (0)
2/09/11 •
BY LAURA LEGERE Times-Shamrock Writer Southwestern Energy Production Co. has purchased all of Exco Resources’ oil and gas leases in Susquehanna, Wyoming and Lackawanna counties, according to an assignment of the holdings recorded in the Lackawanna County recorder of deeds office this week. The two Marcellus Shale drilling companies signed a purchase agreement for the [...]
Regional Civil War stories aired at Everhart (0)
2/09/11 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER For Howard Wolfe of Dalton, a new exhibit at the Everhart Museum in Scranton was like a homecoming of sorts. There on the wall was a portrait of his great grandfather, Sgt. William H. Wolfe, who was a leader of Band Co. C, 14th Regiment of the Veteran Reserve Corps in [...]