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WILLIAMSPORT — Kaiden Wagner and Cade Wirnsberger have been friends and workout partners since third or fourth grade.

LEWISBURG — Despite playing its first game in nearly four weeks and missing four players due to COVID protocols, Bucknell gave itself a chance to win almost to the very end Saturday in Patriot League men’s basketball.

BLOOMSBURG — Lewisburg’s Caleb Leaman led throughout Saturday’s District 4 Diving Championships to claim the district title.

NORTHUMBERLAND — Emily Garvin pulled up for a 3-pointer just before halftime of Thursday night’s game.

NORTHUMBERLAND — On a night when Warrior Run senior Jordan Hartman put on an astonishing shooting display, Northumberland Christian twins Anna and Emma Ulmer were pretty sharp in their own right.

SUNBURY — Shikellamy raced out to double-digit lead in the first quarter, and won Tuesday night's Heartland Athletic Conference-Division I contest with Lewisburg, 68-54, at Phil Lockcuff Gymnasium.

WILLIAMSPORT — Emmanuel Ulrich loves long matches. He got his wish and then some in Saturday’s District 4 Class 2A championship tournament.

Midd-West senior Avery Bassett said every time he steps onto the wrestling mat he knows it’s about more than whether he wins.

COAL TOWNSHIP — Hanging on for dear life late in the second period of a scoreless bout, Line Mountain’s Blake Carl found the strength and determination to fight out of an almost certain reversal.

When Alyssa Robinson plays well, the East Juniata girls basketball team is tough to beat.

DANVILLE — After Shikellamy jumped out to a first-quarter lead Wednesday, Danville needed a restart in the Heartland Athletic Conference-Division I boys basketball game

MOUNT CARMEL — It’s not hard to find the things that cost Mount Carmel in Wednesday night’s Heartland Athletic Conference-Division II contest against Loyalsock.

DANVILLE — Milton coach Phil Davis called out to Kiersten Stork, encouraging her to drive to the basket and to use her skills and athleticism to create chances.

Northumberland Christian senior David King figures one of the best ways is to lead by example.

LEWISBURG — Since Bucknell’s games last weekend against Colgate were postponed, it meant the Bison had to face Lehigh in four consecutive games.

LEWISBURG — When Lewisburg returned to the court for Friday’s second half, the Green Dragons aimed to take better care of the basketball and make a run at Shamokin.

SELINSGROVE — After bowling a strike in each of the first nine frames, Mifflinburg senior Logan Rubendall realized he had to focus to finish a 300 game and lead his team to a victory over Selinsgrove.

LEWISBURG — Lewisburg coach Justin Michaels wants his wrestlers to be aggressive from the start of their bouts.

DANVILLE — The Danville boys swimming team might just want to compete by themselves if Thursday’s results were any indication.

LEWISBURG — Jake Hernandez scored 24 points, Cam Michaels added 12, and Joey Martin chipped in 11 as Lewisburg topped Central Mountain for a 58-47 win.

DANVILLE — After his teammates got Danville out to an early lead, Caden Hagerman got a chance to show what he means to the Ironmen wrestling team Monday.

LEWISBURG — A day after needing a fourth-quarter rally to defeat Lehigh, Bucknell used a dominant start to the third quarter Sunday to take control for an 80-66 win over the Mountain Hawks.

LEWISBURG — Bucknell senior John Meeks couldn’t do much to help his team through the first four games of the season.

DANVILLE — Selinsgrove won the first three bouts, all in the first period, to jump out to a 17-point lead Thursday on its way to a 58-18 win over Danville in Heartland Athletic Conference-Division I wrestling.

DANVILLE — Over the last few years, Shamokin’s girls basketball teams have been very defensive-oriented, and have at times struggled to put the ball in the basket.

When Selinsgrove wrestling coach Seth Martin heard that Gov. Tom Wolf was shutting down high school sports for three weeks starting Dec. 12, he changed his practice plan for Dec. 11.

LEWISBURG — Bucknell junior Marly Walls saw some familiar faces in the stands Saturday during Bucknell's women's basketball season opener.

LEWISBURG — Bucknell was ready to finally get on the court for a women’s basketball game.

Last year was an up-and-down season for the Bucknell men's basketball team.

Valley swimmers gathered in the check-in station at Bucknell’s Kinney Natatorium as they prepared to close out the 2020 season.

You would have thought Wilmington put out a welcome mat for Jake Rose given how much the Greyhounds saw of Southern Columbia’s outside linebacker Saturday.

HERSHEY — Gavin Garcia’s most Gavin Garcia-like play didn’t result in a touchdown on Saturday.

HERSHEY — Lewisburg expected to win a boys soccer state title in 2019, but that’s not how things played out.

HERSHEY — There were plenty of remarkable facets to Lewisburg’s win in the Class 2A boys soccer state championship game Saturday.

HERSHEY — Southern Columbia’s aggressive mentality was on full display Friday during the Class A girls soccer championship game.

HERSHEY — For the first 12 minutes of Saturday’s Class 2A boys soccer state championship game, Lewisburg didn’t seem to be firing on all cylinders.

HERSHEY — Saturday seemed like any other game day for the Lewisburg boys soccer team.

LEWISBURG — The members of the 2015 Lewisburg boys soccer team felt as though they had something to prove.

HERSHEY — Evelyn Cook maintained faith that she and her Southern Columbia teammates could do something special this year, even though their girls soccer season had more than a few bumps along the way.

HERSHEY — A near steady stream of words came from the mouth of Southern Columbia goalkeeper Mackenzie Palacz for all 80 minutes of the Class A girls soccer state championship game Friday.

HERSHEY — Loren Gehret made several key plays Friday, and all of them helped Southern Columbia win its second girls soccer state championship in three years.

KINTNERSVILLE — Selinsgrove’s defense had an answer for almost everything Villa Joseph Marie threw at it Tuesday night.

OLEY — If Lewisburg’s seniors wanted to forge a place among the Green Dragons’ greatest teams from the recent past, they knew their road couldn’t end in the state semifinals again.

CATAWISSA — Loren Gehret might have been surprised when she looked up to see a huge space in front of her.

BERWICK — Abigail Parise won the ball near midfield after a long clear.

CATAWISSA — Karly Renn is willing to put in the work to be successful.

NORTHUMBERLAND — Several times during Saturday’s District 4 Class 3A girls soccer final, Selinsgrove senior Annalise Bond ran forward from her center back position to take a throw-in deep in the Seals’ offensive end.

DANVILLE — Lewisburg wanted to set the tone early Tuesday in its boys soccer Class 2A first-round state game.