Date archive for December, 2012
Susquehanna County basketball tourney opens Thursday (0)
12/26/12 •
BY KEVIN WOODRUFF On Thursday evening, the Susquehanna County Christmas Basketball Tournament will kick off at Elk Lake High School. The returning champion on the boys’ side is Elk Lake, which defeated Blue Ridge in the finals at Susquehanna Community High School last year by a score of 53-44. On the girls’ side, Montrose Area [...]
EL girls drop game to Lehman (0)
12/26/12 •
The Elk Lake girls’ basketball team was handed a 65-32 loss from Lake-Lehman on the road on Thursday night. The Warriors were put in an early hole as the Black Knights outscored them 23-6 in the first and 15-13 in the second to trail 38-19 at halftime. In the second half, Lake-Lehman continued to dominate [...]
Blue Ridge tops Nortre Dame (0)
12/26/12 •
The Blue Ridge boys’ basketball team took a 57-51 victory over Notre Dame-East Stroudsburg at the University of Scranton on Friday after the team was handed a 68-45 loss from North Pocono at home on Thursday night. Against Notre Dame, the Raiders got off to a hot start, leading scoring 16-9 in the first quarter [...]
Raiders pin down GAR (0)
12/26/12 •
The Blue Ridge wrestling team picked up a 33-18 victory over GAR in a home meet on Thursday after the Raiders traveled to Wyoming Area on Tuesday, facing a 46-24 loss. On Thursday, Troy Maby had a technical fall victory and Zach Edwards won by major decision to lead Blue Ridge. Against Wyoming Area, Blue [...]
Kiwanis Tournament opens Friday (0)
12/26/12 •
BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Tunkhannock’s Kiwanis Wrestling Tournament kicks off on Friday, Dec. 28, and runs into Saturday, marking the event’s 35th year. Wrestling will start up on Friday around 10:45 a.m. and continue up to the semi-final round, and will pick up at 10 a.m. on Saturday morning with the final matches taking place tentatively [...]
The week ahead (0)
12/26/12 •
Wednesday, Dec. 26 Boys’ Basketball – Forest City, Mt. View at Forest City Rotary Tournament, 5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 27 Girls’ Basketball – Susq. Co. Christmas Tournament: Susquehanna vs. Montrose, 5:15 p.m., Elk Lake vs. Blue Ridge, 6:30 p.m.; Mt. View at Pittston Tournament, 6 p.m. Boys’ Basketball – Susq. Co. Christmas Tournament: Susquehanna vs. [...]
Scoreboard (0)
12/26/12 •
Results for Dec. 18-24: Boys’ Basketball Wyoming Seminary 52, Susquehanna 40 Wallenpaupack 73, Elk Lake 55 Old Forge 57, Mt. View 31 Towanda 63, Montrose 56 North Pocono 68, Blue Ridge 45 Riverside 78, Forest City 26 Girls’ Basketball Honesdale 59, Montrose 29 Carbondale 68, Blue Ridge 50 Western Wayne 51, Mt. View 29 West [...]
EL boys win two in pool (0)
12/26/12 •
Elk Lake’s boys’ swimming and diving team picked up a win over Lake-Lehman on the road Thursday and Hanover Area at home on Tuesday while the girls’ team faced losses to both teams. Against Lehman, Cody Malloy took first place finishes in the 200 IM and 500 free, while Brad Grosvenor had first places in [...]
Mom, son get jail time $14M bank fraud (0)
12/26/12 •
BY STACI WILSON The mother and son involved in a bank fraud scheme that shuttered the doors of an area credit union were sentenced last week in U.S. District Court, Binghamton, N.Y. Scott Lonzinski, 32, was sentenced Wednesday, Dec. 19 in U.S. Federal Court, Binghamton, N.Y., by U.S. District Judge Thomas McAvoy to serve 60 [...]
Planning Commission tables compressor station plan (0)
12/26/12 •
BY STACI WILSON Two development plans were tabled Tuesday, Dec. 18 by the Susquehanna County Planning Commission after several people voiced their concerns over the proposals. A compressor station industrial development plan and a commercial development plan for a retail fireworks store were both set aside by the commission. Williams Field Services Company LLC had [...]