Sports Spotlight
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Southern Columbia defeats Mansfield in D-4 opener
Photo: N/A, License: N/A, Created: 2013:05:21 17:19:14 CATAWISSA RR - Mason Peters drove the first pitch of the game over the center field fence. It was the kind of start Southern Columbia needed in its District 4 Class AA playoff opener against Mansfield Tuesday afternoon. But that wasn't all of it. Three b (read more)
Youth Baseball: Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Mount Carmel Area Junior Baseball Major Division VFW 12, Anthracite 2 W: Brock Evert. L: Bruce Carl. VFW - Jack Chapman, triple, double, single; Michael Balichik, double, single; Shane Weidner, double, singlep; Zane Zlockie, single; Garrett Varano, singl (read more)
Three area teams set for softball playoffs
Photo: N/A, License: N/A, Created: 2013:04:16 15:40:14 Today starts the finest time of the year for sports cliches. Yes, it's the time for the playoffs, the second season, when history is made, win or go home, and you'd better hope your team is peaking at the right time... You get the idea, and the area has (read more)

Chuck on Sports
Outdoors
Local business aids fly anglers
Photo: N/A, License: N/A PINE GROVE - For years, fly fishermen have matched the same hatches in the same order to enjoy their sport. In the spring they move on to the early grays such as Quill Gordons, Hendricksons and blue quills before wrapping up the fly seasons with white fl (read more)
Blue Ridge shoot part of Memorial Day primitive-style camp
Photo: N/A, License: N/A, Created: 2009:05:29 12:55:42 SUMMIT STATION - Often a football coach will say the real reason for his team winning an important game was not what was done that week in practice, but rather all the preparation done during the offseason. That analogy also is true for muzzleloader hunt (read more)
Snoozing might let hunters take dream gobbler
Photo: N/A, License: N/A, Created: 2007:06:02 09:08:20 HAMBURG Right in the midst of giving out all sorts of secrets that were guaranteed to help hunters fill their spring gobbler tag, Zink Calls pro-staffer Matt Morrett of Linglestown threw out a question that took a lot of those attending his seminar earli (read more)