Monday, January 27, 2025
Sunday, January 26, 2025
Talk about taking momentum into the postseason.
The Gettysburg women’s basketball team, ranked ninth in the latest D3hoops.com poll, hit nine of its first 11 shots from the floor to build a 22-9 lead in the game’s first seven minutes and cruised from there to a 71-35 win over Swarthmore on Saturday.
Friday, January 24, 2025
New Oxford head coach Nathan Myers probably wouldn’t have been too upset if Eastern York senior star Carter Wamsley had to miss another as he recovered from illness.
Delone Catholic High School has announced the selection of its Hall of Honor Class of 2025. This class, comprising five members, brings the total number of inductees to 50 in 10 induction classes. The Class of 2025 will be inducted on Friday, Feb. 7, as part of the school’s celebration of Fo…
Thursday, January 23, 2025
Gettysburg junior Nicole Hasis isn’t new to a swimming pool, far from it.
It was frigid outside, but in the warm confines of Gettysburg’s home hardwood, the Northern Polar Bears sizzled in a 73-49 beat-down of the Warriors on Thursday night.
The annual Canner Duals take place on Saturday at Biglerville, albeit with a new wrinkle. Oxford Area was forced to withdraw due to a competition point miscalculation, according to BHS athletic director Anthony Graham. The Hornets are 13-3 and have wiped out District 3 teams Cocalico (45-21)…
“And down the stretch they come!â€
Now that most of the fluorescent orange and thundersticks have been put away (the extended firearms season for antlerless deer continues in Wildlife Management Units 2B, 5C and 5D through tomorrow) how about we wade into some fishing waters?
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Gettysburg used a late 11-0 run to fend off Dickinson and secure a 70-58 win in men’s basketball play Wednesday to wrap a three-game conference road trip with three straight wins.
Offense is fun, but defense is the calling card for Gettysburg College.
Monday, January 20, 2025
Delone Catholic senior Megan Jacoby needed 10 points to reach 1,000 for her career, and she hit the milestone late in the first half on her way to a game-high 18. But it wasn’t enough for the Squirettes as Trinity came into Sonny Sheppard Gym and left with a 49-41 victory in a non-conference…
Sunday, January 19, 2025
Quinnipiac outscored Mount St. Mary’s, 55-22, in the second half to pull away for a 91-57 victory in men’s basketball at Knott Arena on Saturday afternoon. Carmelo Pacheco hit five 3-pointers to lead the Mount with 15 points in the loss. he Mountaineers fall to 11-7 on the season and 4-3 in …
Sometimes on the trail, we are truly tested. Things can happen that put us on the brink of despair and make us question what in the world we are doing out there in the first place. I have had many of those moments in my years hiking, and I have come to largely embrace them and make the best …
Biglerville head coach Nolan Peterson was pleased with how his team played despite the Canners’ losses to both York Catholic and Bermudian Springs earlier in the week.
Friday, January 17, 2025
The Delone Catholic Squires had lost just two games this season. One was to much larger Red Land, and the other a 13-point loss to YAIAA-3 rival York Catholic back in December.
After coach Gerry Eckenrode won his 600th career game earlier in the week, the Delone Catholic girls’ basketball squad was hoping to cap things off with a victory against rival York Catholic Friday night.
Facing a struggling team that played it uncomfortably tight the first time around, New Oxford knocked Kennard-Dale to the mat right away and never let the Rams find their footing in a 66-49 victory in YAIAA-2 boys’ basketball action on Friday night at New Oxford.
Thursday, January 16, 2025
Division races are winding down which means the team portion of the wrestling postseason is nearly upon. And the Times Area will be well represented when it arrives.
Treading on thin ice at home or the office is a risky situation. Things could go badly in one false step.
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Gettysburg men’s basketball trailed by as many as eight before rallying and finally taking the lead in the final 90 seconds, and doing just enough to hold on and defeat Franklin & Marshall 74-72 on the road Wednesday.
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Bermudian Springs senior wrestler Carter Storm wasn’t sure if he’d return to the mat this season after experiencing a leg injury in mid-December.
Monday, January 13, 2025
When Gerry Eckenrode earned his 500th career victory as the Delone Catholic girls’ basketball head coach in 2021, he admitted that he was pondering retirement, even before that season began.
What a night it was on the Bermudian Springs basketball court. Riding the emotion of the 1,000-point chase by senior standout Tori Bross, the Eagles put up a lot of points in defeating Hanover, 66-51. Bross did get her 1,000, nailing two free throws late in the game to give her 21 on the nig…
Sunday, January 12, 2025
Some wrestling teams prefer the comfort of a safe road, clear of bumps and potholes, as they comfortably navigate their schedules.
Gettysburg College had the defensive clamps out and held Johns Hopkins University to a season-low in both points and field goal percentage in a battle of conference unbeatens taken by the Bullets, 54-44, in Centennial Conference women’s basketball action on Saturday afternoon in Bream Gym.
When Delone Catholic played Berks Catholic on Saturday afternoon, it had only been 17 hours since the defensive gem the Squirettes dialed up against Bermudian Springs. So, excuse them for being a little weary as they took the home court against perennially strong Berks Catholic.
Friday, January 10, 2025
Playing a lock-down defense against a good-shooting team, the Delone Catholic Squirettes muscled their way to a solid 59-32 win over Bermudian Springs on Friday night on the Eagles’ court. Not only did the Delone defense hold star senior Victoria Bross to no points, Reece Meckley had a big g…
Thursday, January 09, 2025
There was a time in my life when I couldn’t wait for the second archery/flintlock season after Christmas.
Chris Haines will be the first to say that his Gettysburg wrestling team is not a finished product. Maybe even far from it in the eyes of the head coach.
Tuesday, January 07, 2025
The inaugural YAIAA Individual Championships took place last Friday and Saturday at Central York High School and by all accounts proved to be a solid event. Times Area wrestlers captured multiple titles in both the boys’ and girls’ tournaments, with four of our five Class 2A programs bringin…
Monday, January 06, 2025
I would like to propose a trade. Details are as follows:
With the holidays now behind us, and teams approaching the midway point of their regular season schedules, things will be picking up in volume of games to the level of mid-December, though it’ll be after one more slight delay.
Sunday, January 05, 2025
Gettysburg College hadn’t played in two weeks and it showed in the early going as Susquehanna University stuck right with the 13th-ranked Bullets over the first 12 minutes of their non-conference women’s basketball tilt on Saturday afternoon in Bream Gym.
It’s a new year, and this is exactly when I start getting excited about hikers getting ready to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail. While the condition of the trail in North Carolina and Tennessee remains uncertain for this hiking season, it does appear that folks will be able to attempt a thru…
There were a number of firsts checked off the list during the final day of the inaugural YAIAA Individual Wrestling Championships at Central York High School Saturday.
