Tag archive for ‘Elk Lake’
SCCTC students to build pavilion (0)
2/23/11 •
BY PAT FARNELLI Elk Lake’s school board announced Thursday night that a contract with the building trades programs in its Susquehanna County Career and Technology Center for a new pavilion will save the district more than $42,000. The pavilion will cost the district $72,000 with the students building the structure. The diagrams and floor plans [...]
Guenter inspires Elk Lake basketball community (0)
2/15/11 •
BY JOBY FAWCETT Times-Shamrock Writer Sometime in the afternoon, hours before game time, the only light on in the gym at Elk Lake High School illuminated from the scorer’s table. As assistant boys basketball coach Marc Weisgold flipped the switch, he became startled. At center court, all alone, collecting his thoughts and emotions, stood senior [...]
Elk Lake runners get red carpet (0)
2/15/11 •
BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Elk Lake’s boys’ and girls’ cross country teams, who each won the PIAA Class AA state championship last fall, took a special trip to Harrisburg on Monday and were honored by Pennsylvania’s legislators. The team was invited by Senators Gene Yaw and Lisa Baker, along with Representatives Tina Pickett and Sandra Major [...]
Montrose tops Elk Lake, Trail (0)
2/01/11 •
Montrose’s boys’ basketball team grabbed a 45-28 win at Elk Lake on Saturday night and a 50-46 victory over Lackawanna Trail on the road on Thursday evening. On Saturday, the Meteors got ahead 8-6 after the first quarter and paced the Warriors 14-7 in the second to lead 22-13 at halftime. In the third quarter, [...]
Elk Lake to borrow $7.6 million (0)
2/01/11 •
BY PAT FARNELLI The Elk Lake school board approved a $7.6 million loan application Thursday night for a proposed expansion of the Susquehanna County Career and Technology Center. SCCTC will be a co-applicant for the loan. Attorney Brian Koscelansky, who was instrumental in developing the resolutions between SCCTC, the district and Peoples Neighborhood Bank, said [...]
Phillips chasing his swimming dream (1)
1/26/11 •
BY JOBY FAWCETT Times-Shamrock Writer Adam Phillips is a swimmer on a mission. His junior season is hitting the midway point, and a year’s worth of hard work is paying off for the returning All-Region performer. After a trip to the PIAA championships as a sophomore, Phillips focused himself on earning a return trip this [...]
Warriors sink Crestwood (0)
1/26/11 •
Elk Lake’s boys’ and girls’ swimming and diving teams picked up a pair of wins over Crestwood at home on Thursday. The Warrior girls grabbed 101-85 win as Abby Zdancewicz set a school record in the 200 IM at 2:31.42, while the boys’ team picked up a 93-54 victory over the Comets. First place finishes [...]
Elk Lake to limit tax hike (0)
1/26/11 •
BY PAT FARNELLI Elk Lake’s school board met Thursday, and resolved not to raise taxes in excess of a state Department of Education index set at two percent. However, there was much discussion over the decline in government funding, which has dropped about $500,000 since the 2008-9 school year. Bids were awarded for excavation for [...]
EL 5th; BR 6th at Zurn-Bush showdown (0)
1/19/11 •
Elk Lake’s wrestling team took fifth place out of six teams at its host Zurn-Bush Tournament in Dimock on Saturday. The Warriors finished with an overall 1-4 record, while Lake-Lehman took fist place, in the tournament with its only win coming from Blue Ridge, 24-21. Elk Lake wrestlers Frank Delesky (130) Devin Fiorentino (140) went [...]
Warrior girls top Meyers, dunked by Abington (0)
1/19/11 •
Elk Lake’s girls’ swimming team took a 104-85 victory at Meyers on Friday (Jan. 14) while the boys’ and girls’ swimming and diving teams faced a pair of losses at Abington Heights on Tuesday (Jan. 11) evening. Facing Meyers, Elk Lake’s girls had first place finishes from Abby Zdancewicz in the 200 IM at 2:34.68 [...]