30 years ago
Former Boston Red Sox manager Butch Hobson was tabbed as manager of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons for the 1996 season. … Dunmore’s Brian Forgione scored three touchdowns for the fifth straight week as the Bucks edged West Scranton, 22-15, in a Big 11 Football Conference game. Forgione finished with 133 yards on 30 carries. … Ed Weidow ran for 124 yards and two touchdowns to lead Scranton to a 32-6 win over Mid Valley in a nonleague football matchup. … With its defense forcing seven turnovers, the No. 11 Lackawanna Junior College football team beat a ranked opponent for the first time in its three-year history, 20-14, over No. 6 Middle Georgia College. Linebacker and Scranton graduate Chris Dippre had two interceptions and recovered a fumble for the Falcons, who improved to 7-0. … Marisa LaPorta became the seventh straight Scranton Prep player to win a District 2 tennis championship by defeating Leah Rubin of Wyoming Valley West, 6-0, 2-6, 6-4, in the final.
20 years ago
Lackawanna League champion Scranton Prep rolled to its third straight District 2 team golf title, 390-445, over Wyoming Valley Conference champion Dallas at Glenmaura National. Brendan Carney shot a 1-over-par 72 for the Cavaliers. Mike Gross added a 74 and Bill Ciccotti carded a 77. … Whitney Williams scored four goals, including the 100th of her career, as Mountain View beat Elk Lake, 8-2, in a Lackawanna League Northern Division girls soccer game. … Zach Lasavage ran for a school-record 339 yards and scored three touchdowns on 19 carries as Carbondale Area blanked Dunmore, 28-0, in a Lackawanna Football Conference Division II game. Lasavage broke the mark of 326 yards set by Jim Tierney in 1986. … Michel Ouellet had two goals and one assist as the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins beat the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, 8-3, to run their season-opening winning streak to seven games.
10 years ago
Goalie Tristan Jarry stopped 35 shots in his professional debut as the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins handed the Bridgeport Sound Tigers their first loss of the season after a 5-0 start, 5-1. … Justin Hammert scored three second-half goals to rally Scranton Prep to a 3-1 win over Abington Heights and clinch the Lackawanna League Division I boys soccer title, the Cavaliers’ first division crown since 2003. … Austin Cernek ran for four touchdowns and Dylan Kelly caught three passes for 91 yards and a touchdown and returned a kickoff 79 yards for a score as Delaware Valley outlasted Scranton, 52-33, in Lackawanna Football Conference Division I football game. … Mikkell Green ran for 301 yards and five touchdowns as Riverside beat Montrose, 51-20. Three of his TD runs went for 50 or more yards.
Originally Published: October 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM EDT