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LAYTOS STATE CHAMPION!

BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Wyoming County Press Examiner On Saturday, Eric Laytos became the first individual state champion in Lackawanna Trail history as he defeated Seneca's Matt Mongera in the finals of the PIAA Class AA state championship at Hershey. Laytos, a sophomore, stormed through his bracket with...

Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 03-16-2010
Meet Eric Laytos ...

After winning at districts and regionals, the Lackawanna Trail sophomore completed his journey with the PIAA state wrestling title in Class AA at 215 pounds this weekend in Hershey. He pinned Matt Mongera, a sophomore from Seneca High School, in 3:16...

Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 03-16-2010
Papi, Cavany WVC All-Stars

Tunkhannock Area's Mike Papi and Kyle Cavany were named to the Wyoming Valley Conference's Division 1 All-Star second team in voting done by division coaches who were not able to choose players from their own teams. Garnering the most points among boys' basketball players, and thus the WVC's...

Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 03-16-2010
Swimmers off to states

The state's top high school swimmers and divers will take to the pool before a statewide audience as PCN airs the 2010 PIAA Swimming and Diving Championships from Bucknell University this weekend Viewers of Blue Ridge Cable Channel 65 (in Tunkhannock...

Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 03-16-2010
Tiger soccer hitting fields

BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Wyoming County Press Examiner The Tunkhannock Tiger girls' soccer team is optimistic about the upcoming season and hopes to best its 3-9 season record from the 2009 campaign. Tiger coach Scott Benedict returns nine players to its bench in Lindsey Macedonio, Chelsey Potcuk, Alissa...

Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 03-16-2010
Family has Olympic experience

BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Wyoming County Press Examiner Joe Walsh heard about an opportunity through his employer to volunteer at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver and jumped on it. Walsh, who works for Canadian Pacific Railways, sent in a resume to be one of...

Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 03-16-2010
Pheasant group pushing habitat

BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Wyoming County Press Examiner The Northeast Pennsylvania Chapter of Pheasants Forever put on a presentation at the Dietrich Theater on Wednesday that focused on bettering the animals' habitat and increasing its population. Around 100 local sportsmen packed into the Theater's...

Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 03-16-2010
TA spikers eye postseason

BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Wyoming County Press Examiner The Tunkhannock Area varsity boys' volleyball team is coming back to the courts following a 4-11 finish in its 2009 campaign. Second year coach Todd DeSando has four returning starters to the court in...

Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 03-16-2010
Volleyball Lions look to playoffs

BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Wyoming County Press Examiner Lackawanna Trail's varsity boys' volleyball team finished off its 2009 season with a 9-3 record, second in the Lackawanna League behind Mountain View. Trail returns this year after losing five seniors to graduation in David Botscheller, Austin Kodish...

Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 03-16-2010
Warriors look for improvement

BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Wyoming County Press Examiner The Elk Lake boys' varsity volleyball team is coming off an 0-12 season in 2009 and look to compete this year. Coach Mary Berg said the Warriors return eight varsity players in seniors Logan Hinkley...

Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 03-16-2010
Tiger tennis hoping for strong year

BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Wyoming County Press Examiner Tunkhannock's boys' tennis team is springing into action and looks to have a strong year with everyone returning to the squad this season. Coach John Van Dyke said there are seven returning starters coming to the courts this year with seniors Zach...

Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 03-16-2010
Trail mulls soccer program

BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Wyoming County Press Examiner Lackawanna Trail School District is currently in the process of looking into establishing a soccer program at its district. School board members asked athletic director Jeff Gregory to conduct a feasibility...

Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 03-16-2010
Yar-Corte offers horsemanship programs

BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Yar-Corte Acres in South Gibson is offering classes this spring to enhance horsemanship education. The 170-acre ranch has been in operation for the past year, and is owned by Ted and Gina Yarrish, who have extensive experience in the world of horses. Ted has been involved in owning...

Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 03-16-2010
Down Sports Memory Lane (Mar. 17, 2010)

20 Years Ago (1990) Junior sparkplug Pam Yanora took charge in the fourth quarter Friday as the Lady Tigers clipped Cheltenham, 53-41, in the PIAA state AAAA playoffs. However, Coatesville ended their season with a 71-43 drubbing. The Elk Lake boys won...

Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 03-16-2010
TA’s Kupchunas, Novak golden

BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Wyoming County Press Examiner WILKES-BARRE - Tunkhannock brought home a pair of gold medals from the District II Class AA swimming championships at Wilkes-Barre on Friday and Saturday as Matt Kupchunas and David Novak topped in individual events. In the team standings, Tunkhannock's...

Posted to WC Examiner Sports on 03-09-2010

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