Captain Robert Scheetz

It is been three years since Captain Scheetz was KIA, from wounds received in a an attack on 5/30/04.

I did come across a book that was written by Jessica Redmond called a Year of Absence. In the book, Jennifer Scheetz the wife of the Robert, is one of six women interviewed while their husband is deployed in Iraq. Rest in peace Bobby and I will continue to pray for your family.

A Sad Ending for Howard Porter former Villanova Star

One of Villvanova's greatest basketball players in the school's history and former Final Four MVP, died of injuries received in a street beating between May 18th and 19th in Minnesota. When Villanova reached the final and scored a shocking victory over Georgetown in1985, there was some attention to that 1971 team that reached the championship game against UCLA.

As a freshman at Villanova in 1985, nothing was said too much about Porter and what he was currently doing at that time. Little did the student body know, but Porter was at rock bottom in 1985.

Here is a story from Villanova's Alumni magazine that somewhat puts the 1971 asterisk in perspective. There is still an ongoing police investigation into Porter's beating and death.

Heartland Conference Alignments Announced in All Sports

The Heartland Conference announced their alignment for all scholastic sports for the 2008 season. What prompted the creation of the conference is to cut down on travel and make scheduling easier especially for sports like football.

Shamokin and Mount Carmel Area's having major scheuduling problems throughout the last decade, does not solve their scheduling problems in football. On paper the schools were placed in Division II along with Southern Area, Warrior Run, Central Columbia, and Loyalsock. Below is an article by the Press-Enterprise detailing the future scheduling woes of Southern, but I think Shamokin and Mount Carmel will have the same problem once again.

Look at article and judge for yourself.

Southern Columbia's football team will play in a division of larger
schools when the Pennsylvania Heartland Athletic Conference begins play
in 2008.
The PHAC recently announced the divisional alignments for the 25 schools
that will compete in the 18 varsity sports the league offers.
Southern, which based on enrollment numbers should play in the smaller
Division III in football, agreed to move up to Division II, which is
reserved for mid-sized schools. Lewisburg, a Division II school by
enrollment, dropped down to Division III.
Southern Columbia, the five-time defending state champion, is classifed
a Class A school by the PIAA. Class A is the smallest of the state's
four classes.
Aligning football teams proved to be the league's toughest challenge,
according to Lewisburg athletics director John Vaji, the PHAC's
spokesperson. The main problem was some small schools felt they couldn't
compete with Southern, Vaji said.
Aside from Southern, Division II consists of Central Columbia,
Loyalsock, Mount Carmel, Shamokin and Warrior Run - all teams that were
on Southern's schedule last season.
Southern must find five other games, which could be challenging. It will
most likely have to schedule the new league's biggest schools in
Division I, which includes Danville, Jersey Shore, Miflinburg, Milton,
Montoursville, Selinsgrove and Shikellamy, Vaji said.
Teams must play every team in their division once in football and
wrestling, and twice in every other sport. Football teams are free to
schedule their five non-division games outside of the league.
The alignments are as follows:

Baseball (24 teams)

Division I: Danville, Jersey Shore, Midd-West, Mifflinburg, Milton,
Montoursville, Selinsgrove, Shikellamy. Division II: Bloomsburg, Central
Columbia, Hughesville, Lewisburg, Loyalsock, Mount Carmel, Shamokin,
Warrior Run. Division III: Benton, Millville, Montgomery, Muncy, South
Williamsport, Southern Columbia, St. John Neumann, Sullivan County.

Boys basketball (24 teams)

Division I: Danville, Jersey Shore, Mifflinburg, Milton, Montoursville,
Selinsgrove, Shamokin, Shikellamy. Division II: Central Columbia,
Hughesville, Lewisburg, Loyalsock, Midd-West, Mount Carmel, Southern
Columbia, Warrior Run. Division III: Benton, Bloomsburg, Millville,
Montgomery, Muncy, South Williamsport, St. John Neumann, Sullivan
County.

Girls basketball (24 teams)

Division I: Jersey Shore, Midd-West, Mifflinburg, Milton, Montoursville,
Selinsgrove, Shamokin, Shikellamy. Division II: Central Columbia,
Montoursville, Hughesville, Lewisburg, Danville, Mount Carmel, Southern
Columbia, Warrior Run. Division III: Benton, Bloomsburg, Millville,
Montgomery, Muncy, South Williamsport, St. John Neumann, Sullivan
County.

Bowling (9 teams)

Single division: Central Columbia, Danville, Lewisburg, Midd-West,
Mifflinburg, Milton, Selinsgrove, Shikellamy, Southern Columbia.

Boys cross country (16 teams)

Division I: Danville, Jersey Shore, Midd-West, Milton, Montoursville,
Selinsgrove, Shikellamy, Williamsport. Division II: Bloomsburg, Central
Columbia, Lewisburg, Mount Carmel, Shamokin, Southern Columbia, Sullivan
County, Warrior Run.

Girls cross country (24 teams)

Division I: Danville, Jersey Shore, Midd-West, Milton, Montoursville,
Selinsgrove, Shikellamy, Williamsport. Division II: Bloomsburg, Central
Columbia, Lewisburg, Mount Carmel, Shamokin, Southern Columbia, Sullivan
County, Warrior Run.

Field hockey (14 teams)

Division I: Danville, Lewisburg, Midd-West, Mifflinburg, Milton,
Selinsgrove, Shikellamy. Division II: Benton, Bloomsburg, Central
Columbia, Millville, Muncy, Southern Columbia, Warrior Run.

Football (19 teams)

Division I: Danville, Jersey Shore, Mifflinburg, Milton, Montoursville,
Selinsgrove, Shikellamy. Division II: Central Columbia, Loyalsock, Mount
Carmel, Shamokin, Southern Columbia, Warrior Run. Division III:
Bloomsburg, Hughesville, Lewisburg, Montgomery, Muncy, South
Williamsport.

Golf (23 teams)

Division I: Danville, Jersey Shore, Midd-West, Mifflinburg, Milton,
Selinsgrove, Shikellamy, Williamsport. Division II: Central Columbia,
Hughesville, Lewisburg, Loyalsock, Montoursville, Mount Carmel,
Shamokin, Warrior Run. Division III: Benton, Bloomsburg, Montgomery,
South Williamsport, Southern Columbia, St. John Neumann, Sullivan
County.

Boys soccer (25 teams)

Division I: Danville, Lewisburg, Midd-West, Mifflinburg, Milton,
Montoursville, Selinsgrove, Shikellamy, Williamsport. Division II:
Bloomsburg, Central Columbia, Hughesville, Jersey Shore, Loyalsock,
Mount Carmel, Shamokin, Warrior Run. Division III: Benton, Bloomsburg,
Millville, Montgomery, Muncy, South Williamsport, St. John Neumann,
Sullivan County.

Girls soccer (25 teams)

Division I: Danville, Midd-West, Mifflinburg, Milton, Montoursville,
Selinsgrove, Shamokin, Shikellamy, Williamsport. Division II: Central
Columbia, Hughesville, Jersey Shore, Lewisburg, Loyalsock, Mount Carmel,
South Williamsport, Warrior Run. Division III: Benton, Bloomsburg,
Millville, Montgomery, Muncy, Southern Columbia, St. John Neumann,
Sullivan County.

Softball (24 teams)

Division I: Danville, Jersey Shore, Montoursville, Mifflinburg, Milton,
Selinsgrove, Shamokin, Shikellamy. Division II: Central Columbia,
Hughesville, Lewisburg, Loyalsock, Midd-West, Mount Carmel, South
Williamsport, Warrior Run. Division III: Benton, Bloomsburg, Millville,
Montgomery, Muncy, Southern Columbia, St. John Neumann, Sullivan County.

Swimming (8 teams)

Single division: Bloomsburg, Central Columbia, Danville, Jersey Shore,
Montoursville, Mount Carmel, Shamokin, Williamsport.

Boys tennis (16 teams)

Division I: Danville, Jersey Shore, Mifflinburg, Loyalsock,
Montoursville, Selinsgrove, Shikellamy, Williamsport. Division II:
Bloomsburg, Central Columbia, Hughesville, Lewisburg, Milton, Muncy,
South Williamsport, St. John Neumann.

Girls tennis (16 teams)

Division I: Danville, Hughesville, Jersey Shore, Milton, Montoursville,
Selinsgrove, Shikellamy, Williamsport. Division II: Bloomsburg, Central
Columbia, Lewisburg, Loyalsock, Montgomery, Muncy, South Williamsport,
St. John Neumann.

Boys track (18 teams)

Division I: Danville, Jersey Shore, Lewisburg, Selinsgrove, Shikellamy,
Williamsport. Division II: Central Columbia, Milton, Mifflinburg, Mount
Carmel, Montoursville, Shamokin. Division III: Bloomsburg, Hughesville,
Montgomery, South Williamsport, Southern Columbia, Warrior Run.

Girls track (18 teams)

Division I: Danville, Jersey Shore, Lewisburg, Selinsgrove, Shikellamy,
Williamsport. Division II: Central Columbia, Milton, Mifflinburg, Mount
Carmel, Montoursville, Shamokin. Division III: Bloomsburg, Hughesville,
Montgomery, South Williamsport, Southern Columbia, Warrior Run.

Wrestling (23 teams)

Division I: Danville, Jersey Shore, Midd-West, Mifflinburg, Milton,
Selinsgrove, Shikellamy, Williamsport. Division II: Bloomsburg, Central
Columbia, Hughesville, Lewisburg, Montoursville, Mount Carmel, Shamokin,
Warrior Run. Division III: Benton, Loyalsock, Montgomery, Muncy, South
Williamsport, Southern Columbia, Sullivan County.

Little League turns deadly?

A central Pennsylvania man was arraigned on charges of involuntary manslaughter. The incident stems from an altercation started about Little League eligiblity. Read about the story here.

Bob Woodward to address Bucknell University

This weekend Bob Woodward will address Bucknell University. Which Woodward will show up? The one above who views news as a commodity or the former journalist we see below?