Date archive for December, 2011
Raider boys take Sayre tourney (0)
12/14/11 •
The Blue Ridge boys’ basketball team capped the Sayre Tip-off Tournament crown on Saturday night with a 56-51 victory over Waverly after opening the tournament with a convincing 52-42 win over Sayre on Friday. In the finals, Sawyer Dearborn scored 19 points and had eight rebounds while Chris Carlsen added 13 points and 10 rebounds [...]
Meteor football bumped up to Class AAA (0)
12/14/11 •
BY KEVIN WOODRUFF The passage of a joint football agreement for Elk Lake students to compete for the Montrose Area football team has caused the Meteor program to be bumped up to a higher enrollment classification in District II. According to Montrose superintendent Mike Ognosky, who is also secretary for the District II committee, the [...]
Elk Lake, Blue Ridge compete at Ram Duals (0)
12/14/11 •
Blue Ridge and Elk Lake competed in the Ram Duals at Wyalusing High School on Saturday with Elk Lake finishing in ninth place with a 1-4 record, while Blue Ridgetook 10th at 0-5 on the day. Dalton Church(132) won four of his five bouts for Blue Ridge, and Mason Maye (120) finished 3-2 for Elk [...]
Chesapeake partners with Hunters Sharing Harvest (0)
12/14/11 •
BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Hunters Sharing the Harvest executive director John Plowman was looking for ways to increase awareness of the non-profit food sharing program this year when he got the idea to approach Chesapeake Energy. Plowman said sinceChesapeakeoperates in areas where hunting is popular, he thought it would make a nice fit. “They (Chesapeake) have [...]
Meteors top Valley View (0)
12/14/11 •
Montrose Area’s girls’ basketball team grabbed a 41-23 victory over Valley View at Montrose on Friday night. Dallas Ely scored 30 points to lead the fifth-ranked Lady Meteors in a convincing win. Montrose jumped out to a 19-1 lead after the first quarter and never looked back as Ely knocked down five three-pointers. Also chipping [...]
DeBoer making impact at Shippensburg (0)
12/14/11 •
BY KEVIN WOODRUFF A pair of local graduates are making an early impact on theShippensburgUniversityindoor track and field team. Lauren Ellsworth, a freshman Lackawanna Trail graduate, and Cody DeBoer, a junior Montrose Area graduate, have both qualified for the post season after the first meet of the season atBucknellUniversity. Ellsworth, 19, of Factoryville, qualified for [...]
The week ahead (0)
12/14/11 •
Wednesday, Dec. 14 Boys’ Basketball –Mt.Viewhome against Honesdale,7:15 p.m.; Susquehanna at Mid Valley,7:15 p.m. Girls’ Basketball –ElkLakehome againstNortheast Bradford,7:30 p.m.;Blue Ridgeat Old Forge,7 p.m. Wrestling –Blue Ridgehome against Greater Nanticoke,5:30 p.m.; Montrose home against GAR,6:45 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 15 Boys’ Basketball –ForestCityatNorth Pocono,6 p.m. Girls’ Basketball –Blue Ridgehome against Honesdale,7 p.m.;ForestCityatRiverside,6 p.m.; Susquehanna at Mid [...]
Scoreboard (0)
12/14/11 •
Results for Dec. 6-12: Girls’ Basketball Montrose 41, Valley View 23 Holy Cross 65,Mt.View26 GAR 35,ElkLake31 Tunkhannock 70, Susquehanna 27 Sayre 53,Blue Ridge17 ElkLake59, Susquehanna 43 Old Forge 35,ForestCity26 Carbondale67, Susquehanna 50 Boys’ Basketball Riverside 58, Montrose 44 Susquehanna 61,Afton43 Carbondale59,ElkLake56 Wallenpaupack 45,Mt.View23 Blue Ridge52, Sayre 42 Blue Ridge56, Waverly 51 Carbondale47,ForestCity35 Honesdale 64,ForestCity47 [...]
EHB: Try water remedies (0)
12/14/11 •
BY ERIN L. NISSLEY, Times-Shamrock Writer Dimock Twp. families fighting for the resumption of drinking water deliveries suffered a setback Friday when a hearing board issued an order that urges them to try the remedies offered by the state and the natural gas driller blamed with contaminating their water wells with methane. Earlier this month, Cabot [...]
Christmas Miracle: Mom gives birth en route to hospital (0)
12/14/11 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER Katelyn Smith and Corey Wilson of Springville got a Christmas miracle three weeks early this year. Wilson was driving down Route 29, south of Tunkhannock, last Tuesday (Dec. 6) when his girlfriend who had been clutching his right shoulder pretty vigorously let out a big scream. The couple was expecting a [...]