Date archive for June, 2012
Tampa Bay demotes Thompson (0)
6/13/12 •
BY DONNIE COLLINS Times-Shamrock Writer Rich Thompson’s return to the big leagues is over. At least, for now. Tampa Bay optioned the speedy outfielder from Montrose to Triple-A Durham on Tuesday, just hours before the Rays opened a three-game series at Yankee Stadium against the New York Yankees. Outfielder Desmond Jennings was activated from the [...]
FMS Legion drops doubleheader (0)
6/13/12 •
The FMS Generals Senior American Legion team faced a pair of losses from Hamlin on Saturday as the team lost 4-2 in the opener and 10-6 in the nightcap. The first game saw both teams battle to a scoreless tie through the first four innings before Hamlin opened the game up with a run in [...]
Stock dog trials June 16-19 (0)
6/13/12 •
The 31st annual Pennsylvania State Championship Stock Dog Trial (PSCSDT) will be held June 16-19 at Sheepy Hollow Farm in Hop Bottom. The four-day trial is a qualifying trial for the United States Border Collie Handler’s Association and the Northeast Border Collie Association and will also be a qualifying trial for the 2012 national competition [...]
EMG team wins state championship (0)
6/13/12 •
TheEndlessMountainsGymnasticsCenterentered their girls’ gymnastics team in two USAIGC National Qualifiers. The first was inMassachusettson May 5. And the second was the Pennsylvania State Championships inYorkon June 3. All of the gymnasts from EMG obtained their national qualifying scores and are now eligible to enter the USAIGC national Championships, June 25 to July 1, inFort Lauderdale,Fla. [...]
Volleyball all-stars (0)
6/13/12 •
Members of the Lackawanna League Coaches’ Volleyball all-star first team include, from left, Western Wayne’s Michael Trygar; Abington Heights’ Kevin Schumacher and Jake Roba; Mountain View’s Brad Owens; and Lackawanna Trail’s Marvess Rosiak and Don-Michael Demarest. Second team selections to the team included Lackawanna Trail’s Lyle Sweppenheiser and Richard Pollock,Blue Ridge’s Mike Gathany andForestCity’s David [...]
Montrose grads finish puzzle (0)
6/13/12 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER Six years ago, Montrose Area High School Principal Jim Tallarico asked elementary school principals Chris McComb and Greg Adams about that year’s sixth grade. Their forlorn response, Tallarico said, was simply “Good luck.” But at Saturday’s graduation ceremony in the school’s auditorium, school officials and seniors celebrated just how far the [...]
EL grads overcome adversity (0)
6/13/12 •
BY PAT FARNELLI The year 2012 had some ominous overtones for the graduating class of Elk Lake High School, with the class song, “Live Like You Were Dyin’” by Tim McGraw, and its motto is, “Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending,” attributed [...]
Susquehanna told sky’s the limit (0)
6/13/12 •
BY HELN B. FOSTER Correspondent It may have been dark and dreary outside but inside theSusquehannaCommunityHigh Schoolon Saturday morning, June 9, was far from dismal. Guest speaker John Kukowski, a 1968 grad and a semi-retired engineer told themembers of the Class of 2012 to address their future with a positive attitude. “You now enter a [...]
Grads prepared for future at SCCTC (0)
6/13/12 •
BY STACI WILSON With years of hands-on training and job experience, Susquehanna County Career & Technology students are heading out into the world. A graduation ceremony was held Thursday night on the Elk Lake School District Campus, celebrating the accomplishments of 111 students from eight different courses of study offered at SCCTC. Some are heading [...]
Forest City graduating seniors ready for future (0)
6/13/12 •
BY DANAE BLASSO Times-Shamrock Writer For Alesha Miller, walking through the doors of Forest City Regional High School was an everyday challenge to her for the first year and a half. But after leaving her previous school due to being bullied and ridiculed, she said she found family within her small graduating class. Alesha joined [...]