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Wyoming Valley Conference coaches announce swimming honors
The season never got to conclude as normal. But for Wyoming Valley Conference swimmers, there was still plenty to recognize from the 2019-20 campaign.
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Times Leader Girls co-swimmers of the year: Record runs for Leonard, Roerig
It wasn’t just her record-breaking performance on the first day of districts or her gritty, long-distance swim on the last.
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Times Leader Boys Swimming All-Stars: Dallas’ Szczecinski the gold standard
It’s a special treat, not to mention quite a feat, when someone even approaches the kind of mastery Shane Szczecinski showed this season.
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PIAA suspends state basketball playoffs and swimming championships due to coronavirus
The PIAA has postponed the state championships in swimming and boys and girls basketball for two weeks due to the coronaviris outbreak.
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Dallas’ record-setting Leonard in line for three PIAA swimming medals
It’s not a given. Melissa Leonard knows that.
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District 2 Swimming: Dallas boys win 3rd straight Class 2A title in impressive fashion
WILKES-BARRE — If the Dallas boys swimming and diving dynasty was not apparent already, the sheer distance between first- and second-place in the team standings would punctuate the point.
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3A swimming: Hazleton Area’s Goulstone finishes with a flourish
WILKES-BARRE — Anthony Goulstone left the Wyoming Valley CYC on Friday with an uneasy feeling.
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D2-2A swimming: Dallas squads turn in strong opening day performances
WILKES-BARRE — Friday’s District 2 Class 2A swim championships had a dramatic ending with two of the Wyoming Valley Conference’s swimmers leading their teams in the 200 freestyle relay.
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D2-3A swimming: Valley West senior tops list of bright spots for WVC
WILKES-BARRE — The disbelief that Italian foreign exchange student Miriam Pipino felt when she popped out of the water could only be summarized as lost in translation.
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WVC swimming coaches announce postseason awards, all-stars
Holy Redeemer’s Adam Mahler added two more medals to his collection, winning a pair of bronzes at states. Wyoming Seminary’s Skylar Roerig earned four at the PIAA meet, including a bronze of her own on […]
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Redeemer’s Walting, Sem’s Roerig lead WVC in Day 2 action at PIAA swim championships
LEWISBURG — Margaret Walting had put years into swimming when she found her best event. The Holy Redeemer junior finished tied for fourth in Class 2A in the 100-yard breaststroke Thursday to lead all Wyoming […]
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Redeemer’s Mahler wins two bronze medals to lead WVC on Day 1 of state swimming
LEWISBURG — Adam Mahler held it together until the very end. After his second trip to the podium on the day, the Holy Redeemer senior could not hold back the tears any longer. His high […]
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H.S. Swimming: Paul Flowers, Hazleton Area finishes strong at districts
WILKES-BARRE — Paul Flowers fashioned the most fitting ending to Hazleton Area’s district championship performance. The Hazleton Area senior came from the underdog position to break a district record in his final swim in the […]
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H.S. Swimming: Dallas boys capture team title at 2A districts
WILKES-BARRE — The Dallas boys made good on their promise to leave the Wyoming Valley Catholic Youth Center natatorium as champions on Saturday. The Mountaineers delivered by capturing the PIAA District 2 Class 2A Swimming […]
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District 2-4 Class 3A Swimming Championships: Hazleton Area makes statement on Day 1
WILKES-BARRE — It only took one race for Hazleton Area to make a statement that it was not ready to be taken lightly by the Lackawanna Conference and District 4 teams. Entering as the fourth […]
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District 2 Class 2A Swimming Championships: Redeemer’s Adam Mahler steals the show on Day 1
WILKES-BARRE — One noticeable addition to the Wyoming Valley Catholic Youth Center natatorium this year is a red-and-gold Holy Redeemer records board that faces swimmers at the starting block. Even more catching is that two-thirds […]
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District 2 diving: Ginocchetti, Shaver plunge into gold medals
WILKES-BARRE — All it took for Sophia Ginocchetti to clear out her nerves was one dive. The rest was history. The Wyoming Valley West junior broke both district and regional diving records Saturday at the […]
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H.S. Swimming: Wyoming Seminary boys edge Tunkhannock
Wyoming Seminary squeaked by Tunkhannock 48-46 in Wyoming Valley Conference boys swimming on Tuesday. Rodriko Salas-Warner led the Blue Knights with a win in the 200 IM and helped the Blue Knights capture the 400 […]
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Girls swimming All-Stars: Dallas’ Zolner caps off highly successful career
Dallas pretty much had the district championship in the bag. All the Mountaineers needed was a punctuation mark for their upset bid for the team title — perhaps their most unlikely yet. And the last […]
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Boys swimming all-stars: Redeemer’s Mahler made history
It started with a lofty goal set a year ago during Adam Mahler’s sophomore season — a state championship. It culminated with one of the most dominant seasons in recent memory of any Wyoming Valley […]
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PIAA swimming: Dallas girls claim silver in Class 2A team standings
LEWISBURG – The Dallas girls team clearly had an impressive first day at the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Swimming and Diving Championships, but when Friday’s action ended, the team scoring sheet provided a pleasant surprise. “We looked […]
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PIAA swimming: Dallas boys relay team wins state medal
LEWISBURG – The boys portion of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association Swimming and Diving Championships came to a close early Saturday evening with three Dallas seniors closing out their high school careers as state medalists. […]
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Valley West sophomore diver Ginocchetti finishes among PIAA top 16
The Wyoming Valley Conference got a lift from the state diving board. And although the splash was more modest, it gave the league something to celebrate at the PIAA Class 3A Swimming and Diving Championships. […]
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More WVC swimmers get the call for state championships
Eleven swimmers and four relays from the Wyoming Valley Conference received time-qualifying bids to the PIAA Swimming and Diving Championships following their performances at the District 2 meet this weekend. PIAA officials released the 16 […]
