The Valley Petunia League will hold a meeting for 12-U coaches on Sunday, Feb. 12, at 6 p.m. at the American Legion post at 508 Church St., Jessup. All coaches and league representatives are encouraged to attend. Visit www.eteamz.com/valleypetunia for more information.
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The Alley Cats Bowling League scores from Jan. 17 are as follows: Team standings:Manx-8, Wildcats-8, Lynx-7, Calicos-7, Siamese-6, Tigers-6, Bobcats-5 and Ghost-1. High individual game: Mary Jo Long-188, Anna Aten and Mary Kay Nealon-169 and Theresa Schlosser-164. High individual series: Theresa Schlosser-481, Anna Aten and Mary Jo Long-462 and Bette Connell-446. High team game: Siamese-701, Calico
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Practicing twice a day can make life tough at times for a swimmer at the high school level.
Grinding out lap after lap, hour after hour, can get monotonous and can also lead to tension at its worst; but it can also lead to some memorable moments.
Having solid team captains can make a difference for athletes spending all that time together.
As the Abington Heights girls swim team chases after a Wyoming Valley Conference Northern Division title, the Lady Comets will look to seniors Vanessa Lempicky and Emma Gromelski for leadership, both in and out of the pool.
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Lackawanna Trail's Clarissa Eggleston's basketball season did not get off to a strong start.
Her teammates were in much of the same boat as the senior until everything came to a head after the Lady Lions fell to Montrose, the eventual first-half champion in Division III of the Lackawanna League.
Since that loss, the team has rebounded and Eggleston has been a crucial ingredient in that recent success, both in terms of scoring and rebounding, as well as in leadership. While leadership may be hard to quantify, her 14.7 points per game isn't, a number that ranks third in the division according to the Scranton Times-Tribune, and shows what she means to the scoreboard.
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