Date archive for February, 2012
Playoff picture taking shape (0)
2/22/12 •
The District II playoffs are in full swing and several local teams vying for District II gold throughout the week. Boys’ Basketball In Class AA, Montrose defeated Blue Ridge on Tuesday evening to earn a spot in the District II Class AA championship tournament. The Meteors will play Lackawanna Trail tonight at Carbondale at 6 [...]
EL girls downed by Holy Cross (0)
2/22/12 •
The Elk Lake girls’ basketball team faced a 58-16 loss from Holy Cross in an away game on Wednesday night. ElkLakefell behind early as Holy Cross outscored them 21-1 in the first and 11-9 in the second to put the Warriors at a 32-10 halftime deficit. In the second half, Holy Cross then sealed the [...]
Salinkas named Susky football coach (0)
2/22/12 •
BY JOBY FAWCETT Times-Shamrock Writer Susquehanna named John Salinkas head football coach, filling a vacancy left by Dick Bagnall, who resigned following his 28th season. Salinkas said has no plans to replace Bagnall’s signature triple-option veer offense. “The triple option is what I know,” said Salinkas, who is a chemistry and physics teacher at Susquehanna. [...]
Forest City, Carbondale to co-sponsor three sports (0)
2/22/12 •
BY JOBY FAWCETT Times-Shamrock Writer Hoping to offer more opportunities for their student-athletes, Carbondale Area and Forest City have agreed to co-sponsor several sports for the next two-year cycle. Both school boards have signed off on the request and the proposal will go to the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association for approval. “This opens up opportunities [...]
Three locals finish third at league championship (0)
2/22/12 •
Three local wrestlers took home third place medals from the Lackawanna League Wrestling Championships at Scranton High School on Saturday. Elk Lake’s Blaise Cleveland (120) and Derrick Smith (145) along with Montrose’s Aaron Grochowski (113) all medaled in the tournament. In the consolation finals, Cleveland defeated Scranton Prep’s Pat Creedon by 11-10 decision, while Smith [...]
Scoreboard (0)
2/22/12 •
Results for Feb. 14-20: Girls’ Basketball Holy Cross 58,ElkLake16 Dunmore62,ForestCity28 Wallenpaupack 45,ForestCity28 Boys’ Basketball Trail 68, Susquehanna 43 ElkLake70,Mt.View44 Blue Ridge59,ForestCity44 Lakeland49, Montrose 30 Lakeland59, Montrose 48 Dunmore43,ElkLake32 Blue Ridge72, Mid Valley 63 Montrose 60,Mt.View39 Susquehanna 70, Berwick 63 Montrose 74,Blue Ridge60
Exotic bird spotted in Tunkhannock Township (0)
2/22/12 •
BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Where did that bird come from? That’s what Bob Hemmerly of Tunkhannock Township wondered when he saw an exotic looking bird wandering his property at Saddle Lake in Tunkhannock Township recently. He happened to snap a photo of the bird, which turned out to be a blue eared pheasant, common in the [...]
Boro council tightens policy (0)
2/22/12 •
BY STACI WILSON A week after Montrose Council members bolted from their Feb. 6 meeting after an audience member attempted to videotape the proceeding, the borough reps convened Tuesday night for the sole purpose of passing a policy regulating the adoption of meeting agendas and rules of conduct of the public meetings. In the opening [...]
Montrose Publishing ends run (0)
2/22/12 •
BY STACI WILSON After 196 years in business, one of the oldest printers in the nation will close its doors on Friday. Montrose Publishing Company developed as a separate business formed in 1958 from the local newspaper (now known as the Susquehanna County Independent), established in 1816 by Justin Clark as the Susquehanna County Centinel. [...]
Susquehanna mayor resigns (0)
2/22/12 •
BY HELEN B. FOSTER Correspondent At Susquehanna borough’s February 14, meeting, Mayor Michael Matis resigned his position, effective March 14. Matis, who was appointed following the death of Mayor Denise Reddon was elected in November to a four-year term. The Matis family plans to move out of the borough was the reason given for the [...]