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Set for the season
Girls on the A, B and C squads of the Abington Heights Junior Comets, ages 7 through 13 got in some practice for the 2008 fall football season on Friday, July 18. The cheerleaders were part of a one day cheering camp held by Universal Cheer Associates, at Abington Heights High School, which ran from noon to 5:30 p.m.
VFW players to represent Abington area
ABINGTONS - Each year, more than 20,000 Legion baseball players in eastern Pennsylvania compete for a position in the East-West Legion Scouts Showcase in Harrisburg. The number is dwindled down and the 21 best players in the East are hand-picked to go head-to-head with the 21 best players in the West.
Abington physicals scheduled for August
Physical examinations for all Abington Heights athletes planning to participate in the fall sports season have been scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 6, in the Abington Heights High School Field House as follows:
- Physicals set for Lakeland fall athletes
- Dream Game gives one player a second chance
- 3v3 Soccer Shootout is August 2
- Ladies Memorial, Niles Tournaments held at Country Club of Scranton
- Golf classic held at Country Club
- Abington Youth Soccer League taking registrations
- Cedar BMX racers take winning titles
- Golf tournament returns
- Karpovich joins AAJRB golf camp at Summit Hills as instructor
- TRAFF-COM wins U8 championship
- Comm House Tennis Courts open for play
- Catching some fun
- Making tracks for good
- Karpovich joins AAJRB Golf camp as instructor
- The links that bond them
- Jacobs joins LA Sparks
Baseball - National
Nationals SS Guzman agrees to 2-year extension
Washington Nationals shortstop Cristian Guzman agreed to terms Tuesday on a $16 million, two-year contract extension that takes him through the 2010 season.
Basketball - National
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Kelenna Azubuike will return to the Golden State Warriors after the club matched the Los Angeles Clippers' three-year, $9 million contract offer for the shooting guard on Thursd ...
Football - National
Asomugha signs, Jordan told to stay away
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Auto Racing - National
Newman, Stewart play coy on potential partnership
If Ryan Newman is indeed in line to join Tony Stewart's new team next season, neither driver is saying.
Hockey - National
Ducks coach Randy Carlyle signs 2-year extension
Randy Carlyle, who coached the Anaheim Ducks to the Stanley Cup championship in 2007, signed a two-year extension Wednesday. Financial terms were not announced.
Golf - National
Stadler aces shortest Open hole and wins wine
Craig Stadler has aced the shortest hole in British Open golf, the Postage Stamp at Troon, and earned a prize of 123 bottles of wine _ one for every yard.
College Sports - National
Dupay makes 1st court appearance on rape charges
Teddy Dupay, who played on the Gators' runner-up team in the 2000 NCAA basketball tournament, made an initial court appearance Monday on charges of raping and kidnapping a woman ...
Soccer - National
Crew plays down 'altercation' during weekend game
Columbus Crew officials are playing down a weekend incident that included punches and police, describing it as a brief "altercation."
Olympics
Iraq banned from Beijing Olympics amid feud
Just two weeks before the start of the Olympics, Iraq was told Thursday it's not welcome in Beijing because of a political feud in Baghdad that angered the games' guardians and ...
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