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.

Southern Columbia vs. MCA Video and Pictures

To everyones surprise, Southern Columbia needed overtime to advance in the District IV AA playoffs. Colin Klebon saddled with foul problems in the first half led to a stagnate offense most of the game. It was some of the supporting cast of Foster Renn and Kurt Kessler who came to the rescue.

Bill "Winks" Carta MCA's #1 Fan

Colin Klebon at the line in OT

Bucknell Basketball

Big game for the Bison (10-14) tonight at home against Holy Cross. For those of you who can't make it out to Sojka Pavillion, the game will be televised on ESPN2.

A shout out goes out to senior guard John Griffin who became the 33rd player to go over a 1000 points and the third player to connect on 200 3-pointers.

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.