Date archive for February, 2012
Edwards crowned D2 champ (Comments Off)
2/29/12 •
Blue Ridge wrestler Zach Edwards took home a gold medal at 120 pounds on Saturday from the District II Class AA championships atLake-LehmanHigh School. Edwards, a sophomore, defeated Meyers’ Justin Elick by a 5-4 decision to punch his ticket to regionals next weekend. “I needed to get my strong spot on top, and I thought [...]
Lady Meteors topple Holy Cross, Dunmore (Comments Off)
2/29/12 •
BY MARTY MYERS Times-Shamrock Writer Holy Cross did everything it could to stage the biggest upset of opening night. Montrose’s Dallas Ely made sure everything the Lady Crusaders threw at them wouldn’t quite be enough. Scoring a career-high 37 points, Ely loaded the Lady Meteors on her broad shoulders and carried Montrose past Scranton, 52-49, [...]
Darling prepping for Div. I debut (Comments Off)
2/29/12 •
BY KEVIN WOODRUFF FormerElkLakesoftball standout Brooke Darling is getting ready to begin her season with the NCAA Division I Columbia University Lions. Darling, 19, of Springville, said the team began practices on Feb. 1, and recently had a scrimmage withManhattanCollegewhere Darling pitched three innings and gave up no earned runs. She said the first experience [...]
Meteor boys bumped from playoffs (Comments Off)
2/29/12 •
BY JOBY FAWCETT Times-Shamrock Writer The Montrose boys’ basketball team was defeated 63-56 by Holy Cross in the District II Class AA playoffs on Saturday at Lackawanna College after taking a loss to Dunmore at Carbondale in a Class AA play-in game on Wednesday night. Facing Holy Cross, the Meteors were put at an early [...]
Locals compete at diving districts (Comments Off)
2/29/12 •
Elk Lake’s Julia Amorino traveled to the Wilkes-Barre CYC on Saturday to compete in the District II Class AA Diving Championships. Amorino competed finishing in 13th place overall with a score of 179.35, behind 12th place Kendra Vanesko of Dallas at 252.75. Dallas’ Sarah Zerfoss was the Class AA girls’ champion finishing with 412.05 points. [...]
Lady Raiders eliminated from playoffs (Comments Off)
2/29/12 •
The Blue Ridge girls’ basketball team was bumped from the District II Class A playoffs after a 34-29 overtime loss to MMI Prep on Saturday. The Raiders came out to a 7-4 lead over MMI after the first quarter, and after being outscored 6-5 by MMI in the second, led 12-10 at halftime. In the [...]
Smith walks away (Comments Off)
2/29/12 •
BY JOBY FAWCETT Times-Shamrock Writer Montrose boys’ varsity basketball coach Todd Smith was on the sideline for the final time in his career on Saturday during the Meteors’ 63-56 loss to Holy Cross at Lackawanna College. After 23 years, he announced this would be his final season with the team, leaving the locker room in [...]
Scoreboard (Comments Off)
2/29/12 •
Results for Feb. 21-27: Girls’ Basketball Montrose 58, Dunmore 48 Montrose 52, Holy Cross 49 MMI Prep 34,Blue Ridge29 Boys’ Basketball Dunmore 55, Montrose 43 Holy Cross 63, Montrose 56
The week ahead (Comments Off)
2/29/12 •
Friday, Mar. 2 Swimming and Diving –ElkLakeat District II Class AA Championship,Wilkes-BarreCYC,12 p.m. Wrestling –Blue Ridge,ElkLakeand Montrose at PIAA Class AA Northeast Regional Tournament,WilliamsportArea HS. Saturday, Mar. 3 Swimming and Diving –ElkLakeat District II Class AA Championship,Wilkes-BarreCYC,12 p.m. Wrestling –Blue Ridge,ElkLakeand Montrose at PIAA Class AA Northeast Regional Tournament,WilliamsportArea HS.
Man charged in vehicular homicide (Comments Off)
2/29/12 •
BY STACI WILSON New details emerged Monday involving the death of two pedestrians who were killed after being hit by a pickup truck driven by a drunken driver early Saturday inSusquehannaCounty, state police said. Troopers charged 40-year-old Brett Bennett of Kingsley, with two felony counts of homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence, two [...]