Lourdes, Southern, and Shamokin women in action today.

If you are making the trip to Marywood University today for Lourdes Regional for the games scheduled at 4:30 and 6:00 pm, here are the direcitons from I-81:

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Merge onto I-81 N via EXIT 260B on the LEFT toward WILKES-BARRE.
35.5 miles
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Take EXIT 187 toward I-84 E / MT POCONO / I-380 S / MILFORD / US-6 E / CARBONDALE.
0.2 miles
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Take the DRINKER ST exit- EXIT 186.
0.2 miles
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Turn LEFT onto E DRINKER ST.
1.4 miles
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E DRINKER ST becomes ELECTRIC ST.
0.2 miles
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Turn RIGHT onto JEFFERSON AVE.

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Turn LEFT to stay on JEFFERSON AVE.
0.2 miles
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Turn LEFT onto COLLEGE AVE.

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Turn RIGHT onto ADAMS AVE.
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End at 2300 Adams AveScranton, PA 18509-1514, US

Will this Southern Area fan be lurking at New Oxford today

Due to the weather last night, several area teams will be opening the state playoffs this afternoon and evening. Not much is expected out of area teams, but they play the games for a reason.

Southern Area have their hands full this afternoon down at New Oxford High School against Delone Catholic. Here is a PIAA rule I don't like. Unless your a number 1 seed coming out of the district, you shouldn't have a game in your back yard. More often than not this game is slanted toward the Hersheypark Arena or Giant Center.

Lourdes Regional boys and girls go up against Old Forge boys and girls. For years Old Forge and the former Bishop O'Reilly dueled for supremacy in District 2 A along with Bishop Hannan. Both Bishops are gone and have passed the torch to Old Forge. Out of District's 2, 4 and 11 in men, I give the Blue Devil boys the best chance of going deep in the state playoffs. Lourdes girls traditionally handled themselves against the District 2 champs (namely Forest City and the former Seton Catholic in recent years. They probably have the best chance of advancing.

Shamokin Area girls gave Selinsgrove Area all they could handle last week. A win by the Lady Indians would be their first state playoff win. They are going up against a new Catholic merger which the former was a regional power. With two freshman starters and plenty of talent coming back, Shamokin's better days are ahead. Good luck to the Lady Indians this afternoon.

Deliverance for the Northern Tier in District IV A

Lourdes Regional Boys and Girls ventured to Montgomery to play Northeast Bradford girls and North Penn/Blossburg for the boys. The girls really never got on track losing 46-39.

The boys lost a lead late and the game went to OT. North Penn outscored the Red Raiders 8-0 to start the overtime and hung on to a 48-46 win. The reason for the picture of the clock. Note the time. In a physical game that is when the first foul was called on North Penn. What did the Red Raiders in was poor foul shooting in the fourth quarter. They survived on Wednesday against Millville, but could overcome it today.

"Banjo music"?

First foul on North Penn

10th seeded girls getting the runner-up medal

Boys action

Chapman gets set for the press

Happy 60th!!!!

Pregame optimism

Where's our Joey?

"The Barrister, Morgoon, and the Commish"

Shamokin Girls Come Up Short

The Shamokin Lady Indians spotted the Selinsgrove Area Seals a 24-6 lead, went on a 17-0 run, but couldn't complete the comeback losing 36-31. Shamokin outscored the Seals 25-12. The Seal held a huge advantage on the fouline shooting 31 for the game and compared to 6 for the Indians. In the first have the Selinsgrove had 20 attempts compared to 0 for Shamokin.

20 FT attempts to 0 in the first half

Crusaders #1 Seed

The Susquehanna University men's basketball team secured the number one seed and home court advantage for the first ever Landmark Conference playoffs which begin Wednesday on February 27th. Joel Patch electrified the crowd with three monster dunks. The Crusaders came went on a 20-8 run to beat Juniata 60-55. More than likely, Juniata will be back Wednesday for the first round.

For Crusader Head Coach Frank Marcinek of Shamokin, the win came without came without Landmark leading scorer Josh Robinson who is out for the season with an ACL.

For the "CoalRegionVoice", this was the end of four games in three counties in 11 hours. We hope we covered for you.

A Day for the Schuylkill League to Shine in D4?

With wins today, Lourdes Regional boys and girls and the Shamokin Area girls could add District IV gold to the trophy case. Good luck to all three.

Lourdes Boys and Girls Advance to District IV A Finals

THREE

BLIND

MICE

Father can't bear to watch son at the line in the 4th quarter

Shamokin, Lourdes, Southern, plus MCA Grappling

Tonight the Shamokin Indian's begin their farewell tour of the Schulkill League taking on Marian Catholic at 6 pm.

Lourdes Regional will take on North Schuylkill in the finale. With wins by Shamokin and Lourdes the final will be an all-Northumberland County final. With a new league on the horizon for Shamokin area next season, this could be the only chance for a long time that the two storied programs get to meet in the postseason.

Pryor Watch

It looks like Terrelle Pryor delayed his announcement of a college for now. With his schedule, visits were hard to make. Penn State looks like they could be back in the picture. Oregon looks like they are out. In this day and age it is hard to tell.

Southern on Fire

The Southern Tigers qualified for the District IV playoffs with a win last week over Warrior Run. The win over Millville last night made the Tigers winners of 11 out of their last 12 and 7 in a row.

Mount Carmel headed to Hershey

Mount Carmel is headed to Chocolatetown, but football isn't the sport. The Red Tornadoes wrestling squad is headed for a second round showdown on Friday at 8 am with Mount Union. Doug Kraynak's big win at 160 punched their ticket.

A lot of work went into last night's triumph. This wasn't a win for just the off season. This result is brought about by years of hard work and dedication by kids and coaches on the elementary level.

Do you remember a wrestling match between Mount Carmel and Shamokin were only half of the bouts were contested. Both programs seems to be on a upswing and have some the solid ingredients needed to stay there.