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SPORTS DIGEST, 6-24-09 JOE Y0UNG MEMORIAL LOOKING FOR SUPPORT April 19, 2003 is a date that brought tragedy to Hughesville and especially to the family of Joe Young. It was on that date that Joe, at 17 years of age, was killed in an automobile accident. He was a senior and just shy of being a graduate of his high school. Since that life changing event, the Young family's goal has been to help

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SPORTS DIGEST, 6-17-09 HOLY SMOKE! CAN'T STAND THIS QUIET!!!! It's over! We are in that period when there are no big games. No big crowds gathered to support anybody. No news to fill the spaces and it has created this sports silence from wall to wall, from community to community and from sport to sport. We know now the champions, we know now the most important coaches, the most important

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SPORTS DIGEST, 6-10-09 Bill Byham SMITH HANGS IT UP? Those of us who occupy a seat in the historic Bowman Field Family Section can always count on having Williamsporter Bob Smith sitting in for a couple of weeks of Crosscutter baseball.  Smith grew up in the city long before the Millionaires had a high school program so his baseball was of the Little League and American Legion  stock. He even

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SPORTS DIGEST, 6-03-09 Bill Byham FINAL CHAPTER FOR 2009 Must conclude the Penn College sport season because it is one they don't want to forget.        The program of 15 intercollegiate sports posted a 2008-09 record of 215-84-3 (.719). That record includes 3 national championships, six PSUAC conference titles, six teams qualified for play in the United States Collegiate Athletic

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SPORTS DIGEST, 5-27-09 Bill Byham THE PENN COLLEGE SPORTS EXPLOSION Talk about being "hot"!  Over this 2008-09 year  the Pennsylvania College of Technology has completed a sports year that will have to be accepted as one of, if not, their very best. Last week, word came from the Penn State University Athletic Conference that the College up on West Third Street was to receive the coveted

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SPORTS DIGEST, 5-20-09 BILL BYHAM  IT HAS BEEN A BUSY BALL TIME AS TEAMS PLAYED OUT THEIR SEASONS -  Take the Giles Tourney in Montoursville, add in the Backyard Brawl  in historic Bowman. Then add in the single games being played all over the Valley as baseball and softball teams, especially those on the playoff bubble, scrambled to get all of their games in before the post season games began

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SPORTS DIGEST 2, 5-13-09 MORE PENN COLLEGE NATIONAL EXCITEMENT Chad Karsteller is the second Pennsylvania College of Technology coach who has left the Valley for a shot at some national recognition. The PCT archery team has flown to California State University in Long Beach, California to participate in the USA Archery Nationals. They will step to the shooting line Thursday morning in the

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SPORTS DIGEST 1, 5-13-09 NATIONAL EXCITEMENT- They wrapped up their bat bags, tucked their gloves in their duffles and shuffled out of Field 2 at the Little League complex Sunday evening.  "They" are the Pennsylvania College of Technology baseball Wildcats. They have been a familiar sight over this spring on this field but on this day, at this practice, the Cats were in a special mode. It was

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SPORTS DIGEST, 5-6-09 HE WAS NUMBER 20. Let me see if I can get my broadcast voice in tune here. Give me just a second or two.  TESTING 1-2, TESTING 1-2-3!!!  Ok - Thats as good as its going to get.   Ready? Let me create a football play here.  " Here come the Mounties out of the huddle. Third down and six from the Bald Eagle 27. South started this drive back on the 16 and have kept the

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SPORTS DIGEST, APRIL 29,2009 THE ARCHERY EASTERNS BELONG TO PCT It was a two day show and an eye opening experience for the Lefthander as archers from James Madison University, Columbia University the University of Connecticut, Brandies University and the Atlantic City Community College joined the host PCT people in the high level competition. When it was over Sunday the Chad

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SPORTS DIGEST, 4-22-09 AT HOME  AN EXAMPLE OF CLASS AND SPORT  Gotta tell you that Nellie and I were a part of a pleasant weekend when the Regis University women's lacrosse team came to the Valley for a weekend of play versus PSAC members Bloomsburg and Millersville  Head coach Sara Kellner and assistant coach Beth Calder  let us know from way back they would have their team here and they

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SPORTS DIGEST, 4-15-09 BE TWEEN HERE AND THERE BIG HEADS CAN GET DEFLATED- We are attending a college baseball game. Hillsborough Junior College is hosting Tampa University JV's. The UT head coach has  sent several of his varsity players "down" to get them some extra innings. Some  of those  sent down were pitchers from the highly rated UT program which, to me, meant they should be able to

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SPORTS DIGEST, 4-15-09 BE TWEEN HERE AND THERE BIG HEADS CAN GET DEFLATED- We are attending a college baseball game. Hillsborough Junior College is hosting Tampa University JV's. The UT head coach has  sent several of his varsity players "down" to get them some extra innings. Some  of those  sent down were pitchers from the highly rated UT program which, to me, meant they should be able to

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SPORTS DIGEST, 4-8-09 DADE CITY, FLA. HOW ABOUT PENN STATE BASKWETBALL?          I have never forgotten Jim Keller taking me to a Penn State booster meeting in Williamsport when Fran Fisher was coming to talk Nittany Lion football (and take home with him any checks some of those in attendance might write)          It was an eye opening night for me. My college life was all wrapped up around

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SPORTS DIGEST, APRIL 1, 2009 HOLMES BEACH, FLORIDA  QUICKIE LOOK BACK  Our voyage to the Anna Maria Island has ended and we can honestly say we were not cheated by the weather. Three cloudy days with the daytime temps in the high 70's and rain that was there one minute and over there the next minute. Despite the very scary economic issues, tourism was running full tilt  on the popular island

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SPORTS DIGEST DADE CITY, FLORIDA FAMILY PRIDE- Two Byham grandsons live in Florida.  They both started in baseball and had moved to Little League together. Ed always seem to have a good feeling in his baseball play while younger brother Matt dropped the glove and ball to take on the sport of soccer  We have been able to watch them grow into teens while watching them grow in their respective

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SPORTS DIGEST, 3-18-09 HOLMES BEACH, FLORIDA -     FAR EAST BASEBALL - I was watching a few innings of the Korea 1-0 win over Japan and right on the table beside me was the Bradenton Herald newspaper with a photo of a US soldier coming home from Iraq. Put the two things together and you have this weeks Digest. The first thing that struck me, and some of you might have watched that

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SPORTS DIGEST, 3-11-09 HOLMES BEACH, FLORIDA -The Pittsburgh Pirates are in spring training for the 41st consecutive year in Bradenton, Florida and if we  would ask 10 people of baseball to rank the National League for 2009 my bet would be they would place them dead last. If I have it right the Pirates are heading for their 16th consecutive losing season. To make it even worse the odds are

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SPORTS DIGEST, 3-04-09 DADE CITY, FLORIDA I see by the web pages that the two colleges in Williamsport have moved from their winter sports programs toward what comes with spring.  Where we are right now spring has sprung in a big way. Baseball and softball are all over the place. High school track and field practices have passed and meets have been held under the kind of weather all you in 

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Dr. Ben Carson to Visit Williamsport, PA!Don't miss: Dr. Carson, best selling author, professor and director of pediatric neurosurgery at John Hopkins Medical Insitutions on May 20th at the Community Arts Center!Dr. Carson will visit the Williamsport Area on May 20th in support of the YWCA's "One Building Many Programs" 2009 Capital Campaign. He will speak to the 9th through 12th grade students

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SPORTS DIGEST, 2-18-09 WHOOOOEEEEEE! Williamsport over State College by one with no time left, Lady South over Benton in OT, Lycoming over Albright with a full game effort and who is going to stop Gene Bruno's Wildcats and the Lady Wildcats of Allison Tagliaferi as they follow a goal of reaching national play? Asked to define the game of basketball I once wise cracked that it was "

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SPORTS DIGEST, 2-14-09 TALK ABOUT BEING UPSET The Lefthander is coming at you with an attitude. I get into television and radio and you have to know that I spend a lot of that time checking on the sports stuff. What I don't want to see happen in that sports world is having that time taken up with a story that runs on and on but without much progress.  OK! Tell me that Alex Rodriquez of the

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Don't miss the upcoming movie premier of Dr. Ben Carson! The original new TNT movie "Gifted Hands: the Ben Carson Story" will air on Feburary 7th at 8:00pm. The movie will star Cuba Gooding Jr. and Kimberly Elise.The move is based on the true story of Dr. Carson, best selling author, professor and director of pediatric neurosurgery at John Hopkins Medical Insitutions.Dr. Carson will visit the

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SPORTS DIGEST, 2-4-09 SUPER BOWL 43 I have to admit that a ton of emotions marched through our home during the Super Bowl game as the Steelers found one more touch of whatever to come back to win the ball game over the Cardinals. When it was over and the Byham family started to clean up the chili bowls we talked it over. We noted, among other things, the luck that goes with the skill for one

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SPORTS DIGEST, 1-28-09 PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME -  Last week this space talked about the Lycoming College football banquet held at the Genetti Hotel. It was on the same evening as the basketball reunion of the two state championship basketball teams from Williamsport High School. "Boy, You really missed something special by not  being there" was the basic line I was given to me by those who were

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SPORT SNIPPETS, 1-19-09 The championship Lycoming College football team held its annual post season banquet this past Saturday. It marked the 33rd year of the event and the evening was chaired by first year head coach, Mike Clark. Clark graduated from Lycoming and played four years of championship football for the Warriors as an undergraduate. He was an assistant at D-1 Davidson when tapped

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SPORTS DIGEST, 1-21-09 PHILLIES, PLEASE HELP! I want everyone to know that I have not discussed this with Gabe Sinicroppi of the Williamsport Crosscutters or nor anyone else connected to the local ball club. But I am asking for the Phillies for some help to Gabe and his winter Hot Stove banquets. I am a fan of Gabes. Going to Bowman Field during the season I see the man working hard every

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Dear Citizens of Lycoming County:In 1927, the YWCA of Northcentral PA held a capital campaign. During that one-week campaignof May 13-20th, 1927, the citizens of this incredible community raised $450,000. This would be equivalent in today’s value to nearly $5,000,000. The needs of our community are great. As we all know, what goes around comes around. By helping the people of our community who

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SPORT SNIPPETS, 1-13-09    The Valley sports, somewhat scrambled by winter weather, is back in full force after the holiday break.  One of the early  big stories happened last night in a jam packed Hughesville gymnasium as the Spartans played host to Loyalsock Twp. in a big game of local powers. The Lancers were looking for their 10th win of the season and were able to hold off the hard

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SPORTS DIGEST, 1-14-09 BUDD + ROGER = MAT SUCCESS it was in the last years of life for Budd Whitehill that it was decided to stage a multi-team NCAA D-3 wrestling tournament during the winter holiday school break. At that time the tourney was just offered as a D-3 tourney with a bunch of teams from as far away as Wisconsin.                              it is one of those events one has to see

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SPORTS DIGEST, 1-7-09 THE HOLIDAYS -  The period between Christmas Day and the New Year's day can be a very interesting time for "seeing people". The main reason is that so many "formers" have come home. Let's take just one day. Let's go to the Mall. Let's find us those benches and then let's get  into our people watching mode. First things first. Remember some time ago this space was

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CAN WE HOLD ON TO THE SNOW? Right now, those who look for a traditional White Christmas, are excited about the amount of snow that came to the Valley over the past few days.Some six inches of snow was counted in one storm and then another three inches were put on top of that. all of that snow has to be a boon for those people who are hunting deer in this hunting season. And how about those who

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SPORTS DIGEST, 12-24-08 MERRY CHRISTMAS!! About a hundred years ago my Dad, Carl, Sr. and my brother, Carl, Jr and I  would be getting ready for Christmas Eve church. We had already been out in the woods, cut the top of the best pine Dad could find and had hauled it back to the house where it had been decorated. It was tradition and when we arrived back from service we would go into the

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SPORT SNIPPETS, TUES, 12-16-08 WILLIAMSPORT BASKETBALL The season is just a few games in but the buzz has it the Williamsport Millionaires are a must team for all high school hoops fans to see. Williamsport has been a team to watch over several seasons. That included the team last season when they were deep into the post season before losing to Chester in the Eastern PIAA final.  Just

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SPORTS DIGEST, 12-17-08 BILL PICKELNER AS I SAW HIM Nellie and I were brand new in town. We had purchased a home out on West Central Avenue in South Williamsport. It was a great home for our family but we had a "bug" of some kind in the coal furnace.  We had lived down state for six years in a coal heated home. Coming to South and a coal furnace we felt knew how to handle the furnace. That

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SPORTS DIGEST, 12-10-08 A LONG TIME AGO - BUT NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN It was a great Kane day! Cold. crisp as all get out. Good snow, light and fast. If someone could define the perfect ski day this was it.  The Carl Byhams had done their church on a Sunday morning and Dad had issued a permission for me to hit the slopes and I was gone before he might remember some chore that had to be finished

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SPORT SNIPPETS THURSDAY, 12-04-08 CURRY RETIRES, ILLNESS GIVEN AS REASON 64 year old George Curry confirmed Wednesday that he had tendered his retirement notice as a high school football coach after 42 years. Curry, who coached powerhouse teams while at Berwick, is closing out his career as the winningest high school football in the history of the Commonwealth and the PIAA.  He has over 400

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SPORT SNIPPETS/ TUESDAY/ 12-2-08 WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL -  The Lady Warriors of Lycoming (4-1) dented the 6-0 start by the Lady Crusaders (6-1) of Susquehanna University Tuesday night at Lamade Gymnasium by a score of 78-55. Lycoming grabbed an early lead and built it to a lead of over 20 points over the most of  second half. The winners used an array of different defenses, a ton of

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SPORT SNIPPETS/ 12-2-08 LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES DATES FOR 2009 The dates of the 2009 Little League world series have been announced .  The tourney will open on Friday, August 21st and is scheduled to close on Sunday, August 30th.  The games will be played on two stadiums (Volunteer/ Howard J. Lamade) in the International Little League complex in South Williamsport, Pa.  The championship

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SPORTS DIGEST, 12-3-08 CINDY'S STORY I really didn't know her very well. She grew up with her family. She was the middle of three children so she sort of had to scrap for her space. Her older sister was a touch prettier and her brother was the big jock  in school. I guess we could identify her as the tom boy in the family, She, as we said, was a scrapper. She liked her life and filled it

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SPORTS DIGEST - 11-26-08 LITTLE LEAGUE IN OFF FIELD BUSY PERIOD It is sort of odd when you think about it. Our focus on Little League comes to the top in August of every year when the world comes walking into our front door with its 16 teams ready to play in the Little league World Series.  By the end of August the decisions have been made. The teams have gone on home with one of them being a

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SPORT SNIPPETS/ THURSDAY/ 11-20-08 LYCOMING FOOTBALL RECOGNIZED BY THE MAC The Cinderella Story continued Wednesday for the Lycoming College football team as eight players and head coach Mike Clark were issued awards by the Middle Atlantic Conference.  Players Nick Reese, Ted Geurd and Ryan Wagaman were all named first team All Conference for the 7-3 Warriors who edged out Albright and

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SPORT SNIPPETS  TUESDAY, 11-18-08 LADY COLLEGE HOOPS -  The Lady Warriors of Lycoming opened their new season tonight at Penn College and came back to campus with a 90-55 win.  Lycoming (1-0) had a hot hand in shooting 53.2 % while checking the Lady Wildcats (3-1) down to just 26.3 . Christine Ditzler put a team on the floor with just one senior, Andrea Cooper (11 pts-8 rebounds), so

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SPORT SNIPPETS SUNDAY/ 11/16/08 In somewhat of a miracle story the Lycoming College football program has qualified for the post season NCAA D-3 National championship tourney. On the last day of regular season play the Warriors came out to play Lebanon Valley knowing they had to win. They also knew that front running Albright College had to lose. It was a warm but rainy, windy day in

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TODAY MATTERS The game ended. The scoreboard read 23-15 in bright orange lights fighting the late afternoon cloudy and rainy sky for the attention  of all those who were in the stadium.  Lycoming football head coach Mike Clark, with his team taking a game ending kneel down as the clock ran out, hurried across the field to shake hands with coach Jim Monos of Lebanon Valley. Clark then headed

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WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Jim Daley returned an interception 13-yards for a touchdown with 1:55 left in the game to seal a 23-15 win for Lycoming against Lebanon Valley on Saturday, Nov. 15. The win, coupled with an Albright loss at Delaware Valley, earned the Warriors a share of the Middle Atlantic Conference title and an automatic bid to the NCAA Playoffs.The MAC title and trip to the playoffs is

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The LoyalsockLancers defeated the Tamaqua Raiders 32-20 in the Eastern Conference AAChampionship game. Also, the Montoursville trounced the Athens Bulldogs42-7 in the PIAA District IV semifinal game Friday evening. Both teams moveon to playoff action in their quest for a State Championship.

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thats30.com SPORTS SNIPPETS An SPORTS SNIPPETS UP DATE / FRIDAY, 11-14-08 Mike Clark, at his weekly press conference, noted that he and his Lycoming College Warriors are facing "an uphill battle" in their regular season finale when they face Lebanon Valley at Person Field Saturday at 1 P.M. "We are facing them a week after our worst game of the year (losing to Kings 24-7) and put ourselves in

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thats30.com SPORTS SNIPPETS King's College (Pa.) head football coach, Rich Mannello, really knows how to toss a Going Away party.  The 16-year Monarch head man had posted only one win over the season and followed that by losing seven straight times before hosting high riding Lycoming in the last home game of the 2008 season.  He opened the party by honoring his 11 seniors to the great joy os

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SPORTS DIGEST, 11-12-08 BILL BYHAM CANTON AND TROY FOOTBALL I can't remember the exact year but it was before 1981. It was still in the time the older Miller Moyer was head coach at Canton and I was having a ball being a sports caster for the old WMPT in South Williamsport. We had this disc jockey on the station by the name of Kelly Watts who had moved to Canton to open and manage anew radio

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SPORT SNIPPETS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2008 It is post season time for a few of the area high school football teams. Starting tonight (Friday) those who have qualified for the District 4 playoffs begin the "win and stay - lose and go home" stage of their seasons with their first goal a District championship or an Eastern Conference championship. In that  Eastern Conference play are Loyalsock Twp

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SPORTS DIGEST -  THIS WILL NOT BE CONNECTED SO STAY LOOSE The current Middle Atlantic Football Conference standings as of this writing are: Lycoming 4-1 (6-2), Albright (4-1 (6-2), Delaware Valley 3-2 (5-3), Lebanon Valley 3-2 (5-3), Wilkes 3-2 (3-5), Widener 2-3 (4-4), FDU-Florham 1-4 (3-5) and Kings 0-5 (1-7). Before the season the eight head coaches, as they have for many years, were

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By Ken MyersWilliamsport, PA-The Williamsport Area High School boys basketball schedule has been completed. It will have 22 games this year with 10 home games and 12 road contests. There is a decrease of 2 games due to a PIAA ruling from earlier this year for all schools to drop 2 games due to conflicts with high school football playoffs over the past few years. The home opener for the

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PENN COLLEGE ATHLETES PUTTING THEIR NAME ON THE NATION Just a few weeks ago the Penn College athletic department announced they were expanding their sports horizons past the Pennsylvania borders all the way to national play as a new member of the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA). This past week incoming athletic director, Doug Byerly, announced that four of the school's

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JOIN OUR FAMILY!On Sunday November 9th from 1 to 3 pm the Williamsport YWCA will be hosting an open house to show the community the benefits of their warm water therapeutic pool. The Williamsport YWCA not only offers great swim classes and therapy sessions such as deep water aerobics, aqua cycle, rusty hinges, and splish splash for the kids. In addition to these classes they also have swim

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Four Penn College athletic teams awarded national playoff bids Invitations have been extended, and four Pennsylvania College of Technology athletic teams are headed to United States Collegiate Athletic Association national championships, according to Douglas Byerly, the college's director of athletics. This is the college's first year in the USCAA. The Penn College men's soccer team (11-0 overall

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AND THE WHEELS CAME OFF"We lost. It was ugly." That one liner sums up the Lycoming football loss to 58 year rival Wilkes this past Saturday.The final score (27-13) is actually unimportant as the Warriors were simply outgunned at every juncture. The Colonels, now 2-4 overall and 2-1 in MAC Conference play, appeared on paper to be a team Lycoming could beat in stretching their winning ways to five

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SPORTS SNIPPETS PAGE With Lycoming defeating Albright 23-13 Saturday and Delaware Valley winning their MAC game the two winners are tied for the Middle Atlantic Conference lead with 2-0 records.  Lycoming led the game 23-17 with very little time left. They had driven to the Lion 1-yard line and sent Mark Rosa over the left side for what looked like another Warrior score. However, the ball came

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LIVING ON THE BLACK -  We were out running some errands. Walked on the car port and on our table was a book  that someone had delivered. No note. Nothing. Just the book. On the front cover I am looking at an action shot of right handed Mike Mussina letting go a pitch. Under that photo was the book title -LIVING ON THE BLACK. Underneath that was a sub title - Two Pitchers, Two Teams, One Season

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SPORT SNIPPETS - Friday, October 10, 08 Got over to Penn College the other day and met Doug Byerly who is now "on board" in taking on the post of the Wildcat Athletic Director. He will be replacing Mike Stanzione who has been the AD like from Day One of the athletic growth at the College.  In reality, Stanzione has been in the AD chair for 17 years. He announced his plans to retire some months

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SPORT SNIPPETS - WEEK TO 10-3,08 POST SEASON MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL UNDERWAY The big league baseball post season is underway.  Probably the biggest shocker came when the New York Mets were eliminated. The biggest surprise has been there all summer as the Tampa Bay ball club made it an almost wire to wire run in the American League East. The Phillies are probably the prime favorite here in North

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SPORTS DIGEST OCTOBER 8, 2008  MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL POST SEASON With the major league playoffs on, my old mind has been working overtime with back flashes of post seasons gone by.        Of course these back flashes go back long before baseball added all of these playoff levels to mire up the simpleness of determining a world's champion of big league baseball.  There were those teams that

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DURING FIRST FRIDAY RECYCLE YOUR OLD CELL PHONES TO BENEFIT THE WISE OPTIONS PROGRAM AT THE YWCAThis First Friday, October 3, help raise awareness and recycle your old cell phones to benefit Wise Options, a program of the YWCA Williamsport.The fundraiser will be held from 5:00pm to 8:00pm in front of Gustonian Gifts located on the corner of Fourth and Pine. Gustonian Gifts will be having their

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THE SIRENS IS PLAYING A BENEFIT SHOW AT CLUB Z’S FOR THE YWCA WISE OPTIONS PROGRAMOf all the things you “ought” to do, all the causes you “ought” to support, and all the bands you “ought” to hear – make plans now for Saturday, October 18. Put on your dancing shoes for The Sirens at Club Z’s, 321 Pine Street in Williamsport. All proceeds will benefit Wise Options for Women. The Sirens will play

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MUSSINA DOES IT! Yea, I know it. I am about three-four days late with my major headline story but I think I have been Moose hunting from the time he first stepped on a major league pitching mound in Baltimore. Year after year I would keep track of the wins and losses while waiting for the year he would break a 20 win season.  Pitchers have or have had various marks they work toward. Have

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THIS WEEK IN VALLEY SPORTS PENN COLLEGE SOCCER MAKES NATIONAL NEWS it was announced this week that the two Pa. College of technology teams are nationally ranked by the United States Collegiate Athletic Association. This is the very first year that Penn College has been a part of the USCAA and already they have two teams ranked Number 1` and Number 2 in the nation. In the second USCAA poll

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EVERY TEAM NEEDS THEM Every team needs them. Offensive linemen. Usually six in number. They function as the front line of a football team. A front line that has two main responsibilities while they are on the field.  One is to create running space for their backfield companions. Two is to provide protection for their quarterback plus their kickers. When they are able to do their job they can

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VVVVSPORTS NOTES THE Lycoming College Warriors (0-1) will host the Susquehanna University Crusaders (1-1) in a non conference game Saturday at David Person  Field in Williamsport. Kickoff is set for 1:30 P.M.  These two colleges are just about an hour apart and have been arch rivals for many football years. Last year Susquehanna, a long time member of the Middle Atlantic Conference to join the

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SPORTS DIGEST 9-17-08 BILL BYHAM  THANKS CUTTERS -  The Williamsport Crosscutter season is history. A bunch of young men came here in June and played mix and match with several other guys in the same uniforms to finish a schedule with a record of one over .500 at 38-37. They played in the Pickney Division of the Short A NYPEN League and it is of baseball interest that Batavia and

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There has been a lot of words written and said about the arrival of Mike Clark as the new head coach of the Lycoming College football Warriors. A former Warrior player and graduate and a former assistant coach at his alma mater, Clark became a focal point in a coaching controversey we won't revisit. A week ago I sat, with many others, in the bleachers to watch Clark take his team out against

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SPORTS DIGEST "BILL, HE IS GOING TO BE A HELLUVA HEAD COACH." There has been a lot of words written and said about the arrival of Mike Clark as the new head coach of the Lycoming College football Warriors. A week ago I sat, with many others, in the bleachers to watch Clark take his team out against Gettysburg in a game scrimmage. His team showed several positive moments versus the Bullets but

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SPORT NOTES -  BIG EXCITEMENT FOR PCT GOLFERS -  148-0 win streak. Five consecutive conference championships and a new season is on the immediate horizon.  That is what's going on for coach Chet Schuman as he takes his 2008 team into its new season Wednesday in the Penn State Fayette Invitational at Mystic Rock CC. "It will be a difficult course," said Schuman as he enters his ninth season

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FRIDAY SPORTS NOTES - The 2008 high school football season opened in North Central Pa. Friday night and the results indicate another very exciting season is on the way. Just a few scoring highlights - Loyalsock, led by senior quarterback Shane Carey, outscoring tough Central Columbia 21-8.The Montoursville Warriors ran tough and won over Mifflinburg 34-14.Defending District 4 Class A champion,

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WORLD SERIES OVER, NO SLUMP IN LOCAL SPORTS I did it again the Monday after the Little League world series closed. As has happened every day after a series ends, I walked out to check the morning weather and the silence hit me. There were no carts running up and down the hill. In fact, they were all neatly stacked on a pair of large flat bed trucks ready for the drivers to take them back to

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LITTLE LEAGUE WRAP - Tell you what I think. The 2008 Little League world series was one of the best I have covered in some years. It got to a point where we (WRAK guys) would be getting ready to broadcast a game. In the process of doing our line ups we would ask each other about which of the teams would win. We did not log an accurate account of who had the best record but the point here is that

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SPORTS DIGEST, AUGUST, 2008 THE BUS RIDE - I am not one to do a lot of looking ahead. Sometimes that just reaches up and bites so a simple decision can become an experience.  So was the case earlier this summer when it was announced that the Williamsport Crosscutter Boosters were setting up their bus trip to Philly to see the home guys play the Pittsburgh Pirates. "You know Georgia and Paul

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THE PACE IN THE VALLEY STEPS UP! Every year it is the Return Of The Phenomena here is what is known locally as the West Branch Valley (of the Susquehanna River). The Phenomena is Little League baseball that started in 1939 across the River in Williamsport but moved over to South Williamsport in 1958 and will present its 62nd annual Little League World Series starting tomorrow (Friday) with a

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LITTLE LEAGUE WIORLD SERIES - The 16 teams who will play for the world's title in Little League baseball have been decided and are on their way to the Creighton Hale International Grover in South Williamsport which will be their home for the next 10-days of play. Hagerstown, Md filled the last opening Monday night with an 8-3 win over Devon Strafford, Pa. in Bristol, Ct.The series will open

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 SANTA MONICA, Calif., and WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Activision, Inc., has announced that Little League World Series 2008 is now available for Wii™ and Nintendo DS™.  The game, developed for Nintendo's platforms by NOW Production, captures the competitive fun of the most popular organized youth sport in the world.  "This is the first officially licensed Little League game for these platforms and the

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 WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Zane Schreiber was 3-for-3 with a double, grand slam and a solo home run for Hagerstown Federal Little League, which won the Mid-Atlantic Region Championship, 8-3, over Devon Stafford Little League from Devon, Pa., Monday night at Breen Field in Bristol, Conn.  Hagerstown Federal Little League's win concluded the 16 region tournaments in Little League Baseball for children

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ll ESPN telecasts simulcast on ESPN360.com Pool Play Round        DateTime (ET)GameWilliamsport FieldNetworkFri., Aug. 152 p.m.Midwest (Rapid City, S.D.) vs. Southeast (Tampa, Fla.)VolunteerESPN HD  4 p.m.Canada vs. Latin AmericaLamadeESPN2 HD 6 p.m.New England (Shelton, Conn.) vs. West (Waipahu, Hawaii)VolunteerESPN2 HD 8 p.m.Mid-Atlantic (TBD) vs. Great Lakes (Jeffersonville, Ind.)LamadeESPN

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U.S., International and World Series Championships on ABCAll Games in High Definition; ESPN Telecasts Simulcast on ESPN360.com             ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 will combine to present all 32 games of the Little League World Series Presented by Kellogg's Frosted Flakes from Williamsport, Pa., Aug. 15-24.  ABC – entering the network's 46th consecutive year of Little League World Series coverage –

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WEST HYANNISPORT, Mass. – The Lycoming College women’s lacrosse team earned Academic Squad honors from the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association and rising senior Kelly Mack was named to the Academic Honor Roll. The IWLCA recognizes teams with above a 3.0 collective GPA and individuals with above a 3.2 grade point average.Mack, a midfielder from New Egypt, N.J., recorded 21 goals

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WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Waipio Little League collected only four hits in its 4-3 win over Paseo Verde Little League from Henderson, Nev., on Saturday night, but three of the hits cleared the fence as Hawaii earned its 10th berth in the Little League Baseball World Series by winning the West Region Championship at Al Houghton Stadium in San Bernardino, Calif.Kahiau Winchester highlighted a three-run

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WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Over a 10-year span from the late-1970s to the late-80s, Kent Tekulve, the a former all-time leader in Major League Baseball (MLB) relief pitching appearances, was one of the marquee names for the "We Are Family" Pittsburgh Pirates. Now a color analyst for Pirates telecasts on Fox Sports Net (FSN) in Pittsburgh, Mr. Tekulve, will be presented the 2008 William A. "Bill" Shea

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WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Pitcher Jason Todd picked up a complete-game victory, scattering five hits and striking out 10, in a 10-1 Mill Creek (Wash.) Little League victory over Murrayhill Little League from Beaverton, Ore., in the Northwest Region Championship game Saturday night at Al Houghton Stadium in San Bernardino, Calif.Todd's performance on the mound capped a dominant tournament for the Mill

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WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Hayden Robb had struck out four times in the game, but his fifth official at-bat produced an RBI single that broke open a 4-4 deadlock, and sent Jefferson (Ind.) Little League on its way to an 11-4 win in 11 innings over Mt. Vernon (Ohio) Little League in the Great Lakes Region Championship game Saturday night at Stokely Field in Indianapolis.Leading off the top of the 11th

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WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – White Rock-Surrey Little League from White Rock, British Columbia, defeated Nova Scotia's Glace Bay No. 1 Little League, 11-4, to claim the Canada Region championship, and secure the final international berth in the 62nd Little League Baseball World Series.Played in Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia, White Rock-South Surrey Little League finished the six-team tournament, with a 7-0

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WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (Aug. 9, 2008) – In the top of the sixth inning, Shelton National Little League's Tyler Tice and Marcelo Ursini each hit solo home runs to propel the Connecticut state champions to a 2-1 win in the New England Region championship on Saturday at Breen Field in Bristol, Conn.Trailing 1-0, in a pitcher's duel between Shelton National Little League's Robert Moretti and Carmen

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WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Rapid City, South Dakota's Canyon Lake National Little League scored three runs in the fourth inning and four more in the fifth inning to pull away for a 7-1 win over Coon Rapids National Little League from Minnesota, in the Midwest Region Championship game Saturday afternoon at Stokely Field in Indianapolis.The victory secured the first Little League Baseball World Series

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WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Wyatt Reid hit two home runs, including the blast that capped an 11-0 Southeast Region Championship game victory for Tampa, Florida's Citrus Park Little League over Westside Little League from Mobile, Ala., Friday night at Arnold S. White, Sr. Stadium in St. Petersburg, Fla.Reid tallied six runs batted in on the night, and was equally impressive on the mound in relief of

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At a Cutters game one night, I turn my head and see Bob Smith, Herb Cohick and Don Cohick. Smith is the long time Williamsporter who has had a great high school baseball coaching career in Naples, Florida. Herb Cohick is the father of Don Cohick and Don was the pitcher/shortstop on the Newberry Little League team that played their way from the Little League field on Arch Street all the way

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