Lebanon’s Mark Pyles receives first football offer
The first official football scholarship offer for Lebanon High’s standout quarterback/linebacker Mark Pyles came on Tuesday night. The way Pyles is performing so far this season, there figures to be...
View ArticleAnnville-Cleona to honor ’99 state title team
It can’t possibly be almost 15 years since the Annville-Cleona boys’ basketball team’s magical 1999 state championship run. But it is. If anybody figures out how to keep time from moving so fast please...
View ArticleOlympians Kowal, Crocker coming to Palmyra
There has been no shortage of medals coming to the Palmyra area lately, what with the overwhelming success a number of Palmyra Area High School’s athletic programs have been enjoying. Next Sunday, a...
View ArticleCougars bow out like champs
The fun part of this job, as you might imagine, is getting to cover championships, individuals and teams that excel at the highest level on the way to achieving great glory on the playing field. That’s...
View ArticleThe amazing career of Mark Pyles
When a local athlete consistently makes headlines, I sometimes sense that people feel the recognition we give them in print and online is over the top and out of proportion to their actual...
View ArticleThis has to stop
I’ll spare you another rant about how misguided, self-involved parents are ruining high school sports. You’ve probably read plenty of those commentaries in the past, and I know I’ve written plenty of...
View ArticlePreseason County Hoops Rankings
Truth be told, I’m not a big rankings guy. Maybe it’s because I detest the BCS and can’t wait for it to go away. But that’s another story. Anyway, like any high school basketball writer I feel like...
View ArticleSweatlock, Rakow proving it’s not just a guard’s game.
High school hoops, boys and girls, is all about guard play. If you’ve got guards who can play, you’ve got a chance to do something special with your season. That said, a good ‘big kid’ is worth their...
View ArticleNews and Notes
What better time to get caught up on some local sports news and notes than a bitterly cold, trapped-indoors Friday night… *We begin with the most high-profile coaching opening in Lebanon County right...
View ArticleLebanon’s Ortiz doesn’t dwell on mistake, helps Cedars to key win
Anyone who’s ever participated in competitive athletics has had a moment – or several – when they’ve made a mistake so embarrassing that they wished the ground would just swallow them up. Lebanon High...
View ArticleGoclowski takes one for the team – literally
The Lebanon Valley women’s basketball team turned in arguably its best offensive performance of the season on Saturday afternoon in a 74-64 win at Albright. However, LVC’s defensive effort left...
View ArticleL-L basketball playoff brackets and other stuff
Just a little postseason basketball info to warm up yet another cold winter’s night… Specifically, the Lancaster-Lebanon League boys’ and girls’ basketball playoff brackets, which could end up...
View ArticleA good guy, gone too soon.
I barely knew Jay Stuart, so it’s probably not my place to write anything about the recent passing of the former assistant coach for the Campbelltown Legion baseball team. It’s tough enough writing...
View ArticleLooking back at, and ahead to, Cedar Crest-Lebanon playoff hoops battles
What better time for a blog post than another hideous winter day…Ah, we’ll get through it eventually. First, a few final notes on the Cedar Crest-Lebanon girls’ basketball clash in the L-L semifinals...
View ArticleTough love pays off for Brewer, Chambers
Those of us in the stands, or on press row as the case may be, only get to see the end results. We’re not there in practice or in the locker room, where teams and relationships are built or fall apart,...
View ArticleRemembering another epic Cedar Crest comeback
Assuming you don’t live under a rock, you’ve already heard plenty about the Cedar Crest boys’ basketball team’s comeback win for the ages over Central York on Tuesday night at the Giant Center. And...
View ArticleDirections for Palmyra girls’ basketball’s state playoff game on Saturday
If you’ve been following the Palmyra girls’ basketball team’s state playoff run, you probably know by now that the Cougars will take on Elizabeth Forward from Western Pa. at Chestnut Ridge High School...
View ArticleMore on Palmyra girls’ basketball’s latest big win
Some additional notes and a few thoughts on the Palmyra girls’ basketball team’s state quarterfinal win over Elizabeth Forward on Saturday… *Usually end up second-guessing myself about what I did or...
View ArticleFisher’s hard work rewarded
Elco baseball coach Chris Weidner is, as most coaches are, the kind of guy who likes to see hard work rewarded. Because of that, Weidner was a little down in the dumps last Thursday after the Raiders...
View ArticleAn entertaining county meet awaits
I’m a football/basketball/baseball guy at heart, because it’s what I grew up on, but truth be told the Lebanon County Track and Field Championships might be my favorite event to cover. Great...
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