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Sunday, November 30, 2008

PA, WA seniors go out winners in UNICO game

Pittston Area and Wyoming Area senior players were teammates in the UNICO All-Star game in Wilkes-Barre on Thanksgiving Eve and the Patriots and Warriors made an impact for the West in their thrilling 28-27 win.

Jenkins Phillies fans take in the World Series parade

Jimmy Musto, Jimmy Musto Jr, Felix Mascelli, Felix Mascelli Jr and Zach Mascelli think they are the biggest Philadelphia Phillies fans from Jenkins Township.

Gems of Turkey Day football research

Since the Dispatch goes back to only 1947, I spent a lot of time looking at microfilm of pre-1947 Wilkes-Barre papers researching a story about Thanksgiving Day football for the special Thanksgiving edition of the Dispatch, which also appears today on the three preceeding pages.

Tomorrow is the ‘Big Day’ for shoppers, hunters

Some of you will wake up tomorrow morning and go to work. Others will head to the shopping centers to take advantage of the Christmas shopping specials. A few of you will take advantage of your day off from school and head to the movies, while some of you will merely hang out and watch TV at home. All of these are fine options because you’re not Pennsylvania Deer Hunters.

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Local flavor in tonight’s UNICO Classic

The top senior high school football players from Wyoming Valley will square off tonight, Wednesday, Nov. 26, at Wilkes-Barre Memorial Stadium in the 58th annual UNICO All star football Classic.

Pittston-St. John’s was the granddaddy of them all

As the Pittston Area and Wyoming Area football players trudged off the field on Thanksgiving afternoon in 1977, and the 7,200 fans who paid to see the thrilling 8-7 game filed out of West Pittston Stadium, few were thinking they had witnessed a bit of local history – the end of Thanksgiving Day football.