Dave Bench entered the 2025 season with realistic expectations. Same with Mick Connolly. Scott Sacco, too. Bench was in his second season as Shenandoah Valley’s head football coach; while Con…
WEEK 8 REWIND Scoreboard Pittston Area 49, Hazleton Area 13 Dallas 7, Crestwood 0 Williams Valley 56, Marian 10 Lehighton 27, Tamaqua 16 Panther Valley 35, Shenandoah Valley 8 Tri-Valley 42, Mahano…
Cougars vs. Patriots Who: Hazleton Area (1-6, 0-3) at Pittston Area (6-1, 4-0) What: Wyoming Valley Conference Division 1 game Where: Charley Trippi Stadium, Yatesville When: Friday, 7 p.m. Last we…
WEEK 4 REWIND Scoreboard Wyoming Valley West 31, Hazleton Area 25 Crestwood 58, Nanticoke 14 Marian 35, Mahanoy Area 13 Tamaqua 42, Salisbury 6 Panther Valley 41, Nativity 24 Pine Grove 28, Shenand…
MAHANOY CITY— As ecstatic as Billy O’Gurek was following Marian’s 35-13 win over rival Mahanoy Area on Friday night for the Colts’ first 5-0 start since before his players were ev…
For a young Marian football team, the splash of cold water came during the Colts’ preseason scrimmage against Upper Dauphin. Back then, the Colts were still in a state of flux. A little more …
Cougars vs. Spartans Who: Hazleton Area (1-3, 0-0) at Wyoming valley West (0-3, 0-1) What: Wyoming Valley Conference Division 1 game Where: Spartan Stadium, Kingston When: Friday, 7 p.m. Last week:…
Our look at some of the top high school football players from the past 25 years continues with tackling machines Jim Buchman and Major Jordan of Hazleton Area and North Schuylkill, respectively, an…
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the final installment in a series of stories on each member of the Hazleton Area Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2025. Stories on each inductee have appeared in the Standa…
GAME OF THE WEEK Bulldogs vs. Cougars Who: Berwick (3-0) at Hazleton Area (1-2) What: Non-conference game Where: Harman-Geist Stadium, Hazleton When: Friday, 7 p.m. Last week: Berwick 33, Lackawann…