http://www.dailyitem.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Thu, 15 May 2008 06:02:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0217_local_sports_columns/local_story_136001735.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0217_local_sports_columns/local_story_136001735.html If you don't follow women's sports, then you're going to have to trust me when I say the following: For many young girls, softball players like Jennie Finch, Cat Osterman and Crystl Bustos are every bit as famous as Derek Jeter, LeBron James or Peyton Manning. Mon, 12 May 2008 06:04:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0217_local_sports_columns/local_story_133001541.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0217_local_sports_columns/local_story_133001541.html Anybody that knows me knows if I have a problem with something, I'm going to let you know. Such was the case last September when I brought the readers quite a critical review, or tirade, of Port Royal Speedway and its antics regarding the press at times, this instance in the form of yanking the Internet e-mail phone jack that I needed to file my race story with seconds to spare. Thu, 08 May 2008 05:50:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0217_local_sports_columns/local_story_128234508.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0217_local_sports_columns/local_story_128234508.html By just about any measure, Kelley Pfleegor was a successful softball player by the winter of 2006-07. Wed, 07 May 2008 05:52:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0217_local_sports_columns/local_story_128004534.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0217_local_sports_columns/local_story_128004534.html You've seen them before. And they're back again this season. They're the teams nobody wants to play when the playoffs roll around. Tue, 06 May 2008 05:49:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0217_local_sports_columns/local_story_127001533.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0217_local_sports_columns/local_story_127001533.html An innocent kick of a soccer ball left a promising track and field season in doubt. Today, there is no doubt that Brooke Sulouff is well on her way back to becoming one of the area's top throwers. Mon, 05 May 2008 06:20:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0217_local_sports_columns/local_story_126000206.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0217_local_sports_columns/local_story_126000206.html The first of two central Pennsylvania swings by the All-Star Circuit of Champions Sprints is on tap this week, with the circuit appearing Friday night at Williams Grove before moving on to the sixth annual Bob Weikert Memorial at Port Royal Speedway on Saturday. Thu, 01 May 2008 06:02:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0217_local_sports_columns/local_story_122001515.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0217_local_sports_columns/local_story_122001515.html Brandi Catherman came to Mike Beckley with a question this past winter: Did he think she should apply for the head coaching vacancy at Lewisburg High School? Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:55:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0217_local_sports_columns/local_story_121074534.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0217_local_sports_columns/local_story_121074534.html Now that the baseball season has passed the halfway point, it's time for mid-term report cards. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:12:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0217_local_sports_columns/local_story_120004513.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0217_local_sports_columns/local_story_120004513.html Teenagers were dancing to Bon Jovi's "Living on a Prayer" and Madonna's "Open your Heart." TV viewers were making "The Cosby Show" and "Roseanne" the most popular programs. Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:56:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0217_local_sports_columns/local_story_119000014.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0217_local_sports_columns/local_story_119000014.html Who says the future of sprint car racing doesn't look so bright? Friday night I was standing at the sprint car driver's meeting at Williams Grove, and as I listened to starter Butch Book, I looked up and there, standing shoulder to shoulder in a row, listening intently, was the future of the sport right before my eyes. Sun, 27 Apr 2008 07:22:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0217_local_sports_columns/local_story_117213050.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0217_local_sports_columns/local_story_117213050.html The future of hunting is in the hands of our youth. Therefore it makes me proud to pass along this story about 10-year-old Cole Robatin, of Sunbury, and his experience during this year's youth spring gobbler hunt. The story is told by his father, David, a high school classmate of my daughter and son-in-law. Sun, 27 Apr 2008 07:12:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0217_local_sports_columns/local_story_117213035.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0217_local_sports_columns/local_story_117213035.html Andrew Frantz, 16, of Armstrong Valley, just south of Elizabethville has been trout fishing since he has been old enough to walk. An avid outdoorsman, Andrew also enjoys hunting and trapping. On March 29, he landed a fish that created a memory that will last a lifetime. Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:00:58 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0217_local_sports_columns/local_story_117213046.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0217_local_sports_columns/local_story_117213046.html The Susquehanna River is looking good. Smallmouth are in the spawning mode in many areas. Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:59 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0217_local_sports_columns/local_story_115000033.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0217_local_sports_columns/local_story_115000033.html There were precious few youth softball programs for girls when Stacey Stuck was growing up in Northumberland. In fact, from the time she was 13, Stuck went out of the area to play town softball. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:46:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0217_local_sports_columns/local_story_114084508.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0217_local_sports_columns/local_story_114084508.html During my formative years, I was in awe of the exploits of some of the black Major League players who graced my television screen and the sports pages of the newspaper.