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High school field hockey: Selinsgrove faces Lehighton in PIAA Class AA final
On the eve of Selinsgrove's first-ever appearance in a state final, you might expect the Seals to adopt a wide-open, no-holds-barred approach.
College basketball: Bison play well in loss
The bad news for the Bucknell women's basketball team is that the Bison are 0-3 for the second time in three seasons following Thursday night's 77-62 loss to Penn State at Sojka Pavilion.
High school football: Trojans dominate TVC all-star teams
After posting one of the best seasons in school history, Upper Dauphin was duly rewarded by the Twin Valley Conference recently as the 2009 all-star teams were announced.
College men's soccer: Bucknell advances to NCAA second round
The 1-0 theme continued in the NCAA Tournament for the Bucknell men's soccer team, as freshman Brendan Burgdorf scored the game's only goal in the 70th minute and the Bison advanced to the second round for the second time in the last four years by defeating Princeton on Thursday night at rain-soaked Myslik Field at Roberts Stadium.
Harold Raker's column on high school football: Moving on up, and down
Well, it happened. And I'm not proud of it. A soccer guy beat me to the punch. My procrastination jumped up and bit me.
College men's basketball: Bucknell defeats Delaware in nonleague matchup
Playing its fourth game in six days to start the season, Bucknell had plenty left in the tank Wednesday night and came away with an emphatic 82-66 road win at Delaware.
College women's basketball: Big blowouts can help losing teams
Houston Baptist had one of the worst weekends in women's college basketball history.
Bill Bowman's column on college football: What Susquehanna and Kipling have in common
Growing up, everybody had this teacher they hated.
College football: Susquehanna defense has been the difference in playoff season
Great defenses aren't great because they have great players, although that certainly doesn't hurt.
Motorsports: Speedway honors its 2010 champions
Selinsgrove Speedway and Selinsgrove Raceway Park concluded the 2009 season with the ninth Annual Awards Banquet on Saturday at the Sheraton Harrisburg-Hershey Hotel.
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The Daily Item's High School Football Podcast
Join sports editor Bill Bowman and assistant sports editor Harold Raker for our weekly look at the high school football match-ups across the Central Susquehanna Valley.
Selinsgrove makes finals; Lewisburg girls fall 3-2
Dreams lived and died on Tuesday in the PIAA playoffs.
Lancers edge Dragons on PKs
Once the second overtime of Tuesday's game was complete, Lewisburg and Loyalsock had played soccer against each other for 370 minutes this season. And they still weren't done.
It's Selinsgrove's time
It doesn't get any more dramatic than this. With Selinsgrove down to the last half-minute of its season, the Seals summoned the some-how, some-way willpower that characterizes miracle finishes.
Building a winner
If you build it, they will come.
Whether "they" are some of the top recruits in the nation or the championships they bring, there is no doubt that since Bucknell's men's soccer program has moved into its soccer-only home at Emmitt Field, both recruits and titles have come to Lewisburg.
Todd Stanford's column on high school soccer: Changes coming in 2010
Although the 2010 girls soccer season won't be quite the historical event many anticipated, it's still going to be a big year.
College men's basketball: Providence defeats Bucknell for Bison's second straight defeat
For the second night in a row, Bucknell couldn't execute in the final minutes, dropping a 76-65 decision to Providence on Saturday.
NBA: Grizzlies, Iverson part ways after only 3 games
The Allen Iverson experiment with the Memphis Grizzlies is over. Memphis announced Monday that the team has ended its one-year contract with the 10-time All-Star and former league MVP in what it called a mutual agreement.

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