DANVILLE — Some might say it was the wrestling equivalent of a basketball buzzer-beater.
WILLIAMSPORT — The girls 50-meter freestyle highlighted Tuesday’s early-season swimming dual between Lewisburg and Williamsport.
LEWISBURG — Some Lewisburg players needed time to shrug off some nerves in their first home game, Nick Shedleski figured he needed to shoulder the load until his teammates settled in.
COAL TOWNSHIP — Jordan Moten’s second-half buckets acted like the literal thing Monday, bailing out Shikellamy from tough spots and keeping the Braves afloat in their season opener.
LEWISBURG — Things did not look good for Bucknell as it stared down a double-digit deficit to Albany on Saturday.
HERSHEY — Southern Columbia had one final football game to make its case on whether it was the greatest football team the Valley has produced.
HERSHEY — As Southern Columbia’s seniors mingled with their fans Friday at Hersheypark Stadium or took another chunk of a giant chocolate bar, every one of them was absorbing a win in a high school football game for the 63rd and final time.
HERSHEY — It took nearly 20 seconds for a reporter to read to Southern Columbia coach Jim Roth all the championship game records his defense set during Friday’s PIAA Class 2A championship game against Avonworth.
It’s hard to believe — win or lose — that it all comes to an end this afternoon at HersheyPark Stadium.
LEWISBURG — For 23 months, Garrett Hoffman had to sit on the sidelines and watch as he rehabbed from an injury.
Editor’s note: An incomplete version of this story ran in Thursday’s edition. The complete version is below.
STATE COLLEGE — Blake Gillikin and Garrett Taylor stood on the turf field as night fell on Beaver Stadium on Saturday.
LEWISBURG — Princeton went on a game-changing run Saturday to take the lead for good against a slumping Bucknell men’s basketball team.
STATE COLLEGE — Will Levis put a hand on the football in just enough time to secure the errant snap from center. Levis pulled in the football, and shuffled to his left as his eyes scanned downfield.
The most anyone in the Central Susquehanna Valley knows about Richland High School is that Selinsgrove played there twice in state playoff games in the last 10 years.
CATAWISSA — Mount Carmel needed to pull out all of the stops if it was going to wrest the District 4 Class 2A title from Southern Columbia on Saturday night.
SELINSGROVE — When longtime Susquehanna volleyball coach Kuuipo Tom looked around the gym when practices began in August, he liked what he saw.
LEWISBURG — It seemed as though every time Bucknell took a 3-pointer in the second half Wednesday it went in.
LEWISBURG — Bucknell was clinging to a three-point lead with a little more than five minutes to play when St. Bonaventure sent a pair of defenders to pressure guard Marly Walls in the backcourt.
HAMBURG — One win short.
LEWISBURG — When Bucknell saw it could affect Lehigh’s offensive rhythm with blitzes and pressure, the Bison kept going to that well — and it kept working.
SELINSGROVE — Junior running back Da’Avian Ellington said the Susquehanna defense had bailed the offense out so many times this season that it was time that his group returned the favor.
CATAWISSA — There were many times last season when Gavin Garcia, as a freshman, heard his style might not work as well at the high school level.
JERSEY SHORE — Early in the third quarter, Selinsgrove’s Nick Sheaffer picked off a Tanner Lorson pass — the Seals’ third interception of the game — to set up the game-tying touchdown in Friday night’s District 4 Class 4A championship game.
SELINSGROVE — The club soccer coach looked over his group of middle school players and asked if anyone wanted to volunteer to play goalkeeper.
MIDDLEBURG — East Juniata dominated the first 20 minutes of Tuesday’s PIAA Class A girls soccer first-round game.
ALMEDIA — If not for Emily Swineford's milestone goal and the torrent of them that followed, Selinsgrove's defense would have commanded the spotlight Tuesday.
ELLIOTSBURG — Greenwood’s field hockey has a saying the “next two minutes” that the team has embodied all season.
DANVILLE — An element that sets the Lewisburg Green Dragons apart in its style of soccer is the ability to make adjustments on the fly during the heat of a game.
ALMEDIA — Lewisburg's only losses in a district championship season were shutouts.
DANVILLE — Terry Gerlinski wasn’t sure why the Lewisburg girls soccer team came out flat at the start of Saturday’s District 4 Class 2A championship game, but that sluggish beginning proved extremely costly.
HERSHEY — Shortly after the PIAA Class 2A boys cross-country race ended Saturday, an announcement was made asking representatives from Lewisburg and York Suburban to report to the officials’ trailer.
HERSHEY — Warrior Run’s Lauren Trapani has become a one-person dynasty in District 4 cross-country running circles after three consecutive district titles.
TURBOTVILLE — Riley Daubert made history Friday, securing his place as the most productive wide receiver to ever play at Warrior Run.
SELINSGROVE — Even when things didn’t go right for Selinsgrove during Friday night’s District 4 Class 4A semifinal with Midd-West at Harold L. Bolig Memorial Field, it seemed to work out for the Seals.
WILLIAMSPORT — Lewisburg flashed its ability to strike quickly in the opening half, and the Green Dragons’ Ella Reish took over in the second half.
Maggie Fessler couldn’t talk about her girls by way of previewing Line Mountain's field hockey season without mentioning how few they were.
SELINSGROVE — Susquehanna earned its first shutout since 2012 on Saturday as the River Hawks defeated Ursinus 36-0 in Centennial College football.
ALMEDIA — Tired of kicking each other in training sessions since they’d gone more than a week without a game, an anxious Lewisburg boys soccer team was more than ready to start the playoffs.
MIFFLINBURG — One never knows when the biggest play of a game might occur.
CATAWISSA — Southern Columbia looked to its past to honor its present Friday.
SUNBURY — After Shikellamy’s first win of the season against Central Mountain five weeks ago, Braves’ senior offensive lineman Derek Reitz said the team really liked it.
SELINSGROVE — Central Columbia called a timeout with 3:26 left in Thursday's District 4 Class A field hockey quarterfinal.
SELINSGROVE — Line Mountain's field hockey team waited 364 days to return to the district tournament after its two-year reign was halted in last season's semifinals.
BLOOMSBURG — Warrior Run’s Lauren Trapani continued her dominance Thursday.
WILLIAMSPORT — Warrior Run didn’t waste much time Wednesday night in a District 4 Class 2A boys soccer first-round playoff game.
WILLIAMSPORT — Having split a pair of regular-season outings against Hughesville, Southern Columbia coach Dave Hall knew his club could hang with the Spartans.
WILLIAMSPORT — Milton’s duo of Hannah and Haley Seebold were hoping to make the state tournament as a pair.
MIFFLINTOWN — Blair County Christian’s dominated Northumberland Christian for much of the second half in the Allegheny Christian Athletic Association boys soccer tournament championship game to help the Bobcats repeat.
TURBOTVILLE — Known for having one of District 4’s most consistent pass attacks, Loyalsock went a different way Friday night.
DANVILLE — Some might say it was the wrestling equivalent of a basketball buzzer-beater.
WILLIAMSPORT — The girls 50-meter freestyle highlighted Tuesday’s early-season swimming dual between Lewisburg and Williamsport.
LEWISBURG — Some Lewisburg players needed time to shrug off some nerves in their first home game, Nick Shedleski figured he needed to shoulder the load until his teammates settled in.
COAL TOWNSHIP — Jordan Moten’s second-half buckets acted like the literal thing Monday, bailing out Shikellamy from tough spots and keeping the Braves afloat in their season opener.
LEWISBURG — Things did not look good for Bucknell as it stared down a double-digit deficit to Albany on Saturday.
HERSHEY — Southern Columbia had one final football game to make its case on whether it was the greatest football team the Valley has produced.
HERSHEY — As Southern Columbia’s seniors mingled with their fans Friday at Hersheypark Stadium or took another chunk of a giant chocolate bar, every one of them was absorbing a win in a high school football game for the 63rd and final time.
HERSHEY — It took nearly 20 seconds for a reporter to read to Southern Columbia coach Jim Roth all the championship game records his defense set during Friday’s PIAA Class 2A championship game against Avonworth.
It’s hard to believe — win or lose — that it all comes to an end this afternoon at HersheyPark Stadium.
LEWISBURG — For 23 months, Garrett Hoffman had to sit on the sidelines and watch as he rehabbed from an injury.
Editor’s note: An incomplete version of this story ran in Thursday’s edition. The complete version is below.
STATE COLLEGE — Blake Gillikin and Garrett Taylor stood on the turf field as night fell on Beaver Stadium on Saturday.
LEWISBURG — Princeton went on a game-changing run Saturday to take the lead for good against a slumping Bucknell men’s basketball team.
STATE COLLEGE — Will Levis put a hand on the football in just enough time to secure the errant snap from center. Levis pulled in the football, and shuffled to his left as his eyes scanned downfield.
The most anyone in the Central Susquehanna Valley knows about Richland High School is that Selinsgrove played there twice in state playoff games in the last 10 years.
CATAWISSA — Mount Carmel needed to pull out all of the stops if it was going to wrest the District 4 Class 2A title from Southern Columbia on Saturday night.
SELINSGROVE — When longtime Susquehanna volleyball coach Kuuipo Tom looked around the gym when practices began in August, he liked what he saw.
LEWISBURG — It seemed as though every time Bucknell took a 3-pointer in the second half Wednesday it went in.
LEWISBURG — Bucknell was clinging to a three-point lead with a little more than five minutes to play when St. Bonaventure sent a pair of defenders to pressure guard Marly Walls in the backcourt.
HAMBURG — One win short.
LEWISBURG — When Bucknell saw it could affect Lehigh’s offensive rhythm with blitzes and pressure, the Bison kept going to that well — and it kept working.
SELINSGROVE — Junior running back Da’Avian Ellington said the Susquehanna defense had bailed the offense out so many times this season that it was time that his group returned the favor.
CATAWISSA — There were many times last season when Gavin Garcia, as a freshman, heard his style might not work as well at the high school level.
JERSEY SHORE — Early in the third quarter, Selinsgrove’s Nick Sheaffer picked off a Tanner Lorson pass — the Seals’ third interception of the game — to set up the game-tying touchdown in Friday night’s District 4 Class 4A championship game.
SELINSGROVE — The club soccer coach looked over his group of middle school players and asked if anyone wanted to volunteer to play goalkeeper.
MIDDLEBURG — East Juniata dominated the first 20 minutes of Tuesday’s PIAA Class A girls soccer first-round game.
ALMEDIA — If not for Emily Swineford's milestone goal and the torrent of them that followed, Selinsgrove's defense would have commanded the spotlight Tuesday.
ELLIOTSBURG — Greenwood’s field hockey has a saying the “next two minutes” that the team has embodied all season.
DANVILLE — An element that sets the Lewisburg Green Dragons apart in its style of soccer is the ability to make adjustments on the fly during the heat of a game.
ALMEDIA — Lewisburg's only losses in a district championship season were shutouts.
DANVILLE — Terry Gerlinski wasn’t sure why the Lewisburg girls soccer team came out flat at the start of Saturday’s District 4 Class 2A championship game, but that sluggish beginning proved extremely costly.
HERSHEY — Shortly after the PIAA Class 2A boys cross-country race ended Saturday, an announcement was made asking representatives from Lewisburg and York Suburban to report to the officials’ trailer.
HERSHEY — Warrior Run’s Lauren Trapani has become a one-person dynasty in District 4 cross-country running circles after three consecutive district titles.
TURBOTVILLE — Riley Daubert made history Friday, securing his place as the most productive wide receiver to ever play at Warrior Run.
SELINSGROVE — Even when things didn’t go right for Selinsgrove during Friday night’s District 4 Class 4A semifinal with Midd-West at Harold L. Bolig Memorial Field, it seemed to work out for the Seals.
WILLIAMSPORT — Lewisburg flashed its ability to strike quickly in the opening half, and the Green Dragons’ Ella Reish took over in the second half.
Maggie Fessler couldn’t talk about her girls by way of previewing Line Mountain's field hockey season without mentioning how few they were.
SELINSGROVE — Susquehanna earned its first shutout since 2012 on Saturday as the River Hawks defeated Ursinus 36-0 in Centennial College football.
ALMEDIA — Tired of kicking each other in training sessions since they’d gone more than a week without a game, an anxious Lewisburg boys soccer team was more than ready to start the playoffs.
MIFFLINBURG — One never knows when the biggest play of a game might occur.
CATAWISSA — Southern Columbia looked to its past to honor its present Friday.
SUNBURY — After Shikellamy’s first win of the season against Central Mountain five weeks ago, Braves’ senior offensive lineman Derek Reitz said the team really liked it.
SELINSGROVE — Central Columbia called a timeout with 3:26 left in Thursday's District 4 Class A field hockey quarterfinal.
SELINSGROVE — Line Mountain's field hockey team waited 364 days to return to the district tournament after its two-year reign was halted in last season's semifinals.
BLOOMSBURG — Warrior Run’s Lauren Trapani continued her dominance Thursday.
WILLIAMSPORT — Warrior Run didn’t waste much time Wednesday night in a District 4 Class 2A boys soccer first-round playoff game.
WILLIAMSPORT — Having split a pair of regular-season outings against Hughesville, Southern Columbia coach Dave Hall knew his club could hang with the Spartans.
WILLIAMSPORT — Milton’s duo of Hannah and Haley Seebold were hoping to make the state tournament as a pair.
MIFFLINTOWN — Blair County Christian’s dominated Northumberland Christian for much of the second half in the Allegheny Christian Athletic Association boys soccer tournament championship game to help the Bobcats repeat.
TURBOTVILLE — Known for having one of District 4’s most consistent pass attacks, Loyalsock went a different way Friday night.
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High School Basketball
- H.S. Girls Basketball: Renz is player of the year
- H.S. Girls Basketball: Lourdes' Klembara is Daily Item coach of the year
- H.S. Boys Basketball: Zeigler takes over at Shikellamy
- H.S. Basketball: Lewisburg's Allen named all-state
- H.S. Basketball: Surrounding Counties beat Northumberland County in both boys and girls action
- H.S. Basketball Notebook
- A capsule look at the PIAA Class A girls basketball championship game
- Lourdes Regional ready for Trojanettes size in PIAA Class A girls basketball final
High School Wrestling
- H.S. wrestling: Warrior Run's Smythe retires after 44 seasons
- Chris Nagy on high school wrestling: A night to remember for District 4
- PIAA wrestling notebook: Lewisburg's Gessner delivers program, coach a state medal
- High school wrestling: Southern Columbia's Lane lands spot in final
- Chris Nagy on high school wrestling: Not the ending hoped for Warrior Run's LeBarron
- H.S. wrestling: Lewisburg's Gessner eyes Class AA bronze medal
- H.S. wrestling: Selinsgrove's Boob secures medal in final state meet
- H.S. Wrestling: 23 Valley grapplers begin state tournament tomorrow
High School Swimming
- Boys Swimming: Danville's Malafronte is Daily Item Boys Swimmer of the Year
- Lewisburg's Updegraff named swim coach of the year
- Girls swimming: Avon Grove sophomore Paoletti named AAA best
- Pennridge sophomore wins two golds at PIAA girls swimming championships
- LaSalle College swimmer Michael Jensen sets 200 freestyle record on first day of PIAA Class AAA swimming championships
- High School Roundup: Shikellamy keglers claim titles
- Green Dragons sweep Ironmen in swimming
- H.S. Roundup: Southern girls clinch HAC-III crown
High School Bowling
- Midd-West's Chris Houtz selected as The Daily Item's boys bowler of the year
- H.S. Bowling: Mifflinburg's Delp competes at states
- Lewisburg's Alexis Neuer wins state singles bowling title
- H.S. bowling: Shikellamy boys, girls pursue state supremacy
- Shikellamy boys and girls bowling teams advance to state tournament
- H.S. Bowling: Neuer takes second at Eastern Regional
- High School Roundup: Shikellamy keglers claim titles
- High school roundup: Midd-West girls run away from East Juniata
