The Mountain Valley Conference coaches picked Pocono Mountain West senior guard Ramonia Benitez as the conference MVP. Benitez, a three-year starter, three-time All-MVC first-team pick and two-time Pocono Record All-Area first teamer, was joined on the All-MVC first team by teammates Jackie Benitez, a sophomore, and senior Steph Davis. East Stroudsburg South’s Cy Lippold and [...]
This will be in Monday’s paper, but I figured I’d post it here as well. By JOE MIEGOC Record Sports Writer While there were other factors, the financial troubles plaguing the Pocono Mountain School District forced Patrick Heaton’s hand. Heaton, who just finished his fifth season as Pocono Mountain East’s boys basketball coach, informed PM [...]
Pleasant Valley standout Michael Sharpe will continue his basketball career at Wilkes University. Sharpe, who was an All-Mountain Valley Conference and Pocono Record All-Area first-team pick last winter, was a two-year starter for the Bears. The 6-foot-5 Sharpe averaged 13.3 points per game last winter, helping PV qualify for the District 11 Class AAAA playoffs [...]
Two days later and I still can’t believe the fight Pleasant Valley’s softball team put up Thursday night. Trailing 7-0 after two innings of the District 11 Class AAAA final against Easton, the Bears rallied to finally tie the game at 8-8 in the sixth before the Red Rovers scored a run in the seventh [...]
So it’s been more than two months since my last post. Yikes. Other media colleagues of mine blog daily or at least several times a week. I can’t promise that (and even if I did would you believe me anyway?), but I will do my best to keep up with blogging more, both here and [...]
Mountain Valley Conference boys basketball champion Pocono Mountain West earned the top seed for the District 11 Class AAAA playoffs, which start Wednesday. The Panthers (20-4) get a first-round bye and will meet the winner of No. 9 Pocono Mountain East (16-8) at No. 8 Emmaus, which play at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, in the [...]
Has it really been over a month since my last entry? Seems so. I guess now would be a good time to to touch base on a few things. First, high school basketball has just about consumed me this winter (when the snow and ice or a combination of both have allowed it to). On [...]
Like many people that I talked to, I was shocked by the story that Stroudsburg football coach Fred Ross was told he will not be back next year. For a man who has spent 42 years at one school, not only coaching football players, but teaching countless amounts of kids in the classroom and about [...]
All seven high school football teams in the Pocono Record coverage area will take the field Saturday for their first scrimmage of the preseason. Pocono Mountain West will then return the field next Thursday night with the other six local Mountain Valley Conference schools playing next Friday. Pius X ends the preseason when it travels [...]
East Stroudsburg South standout cornerback Kyshoen Jarrett will announce his college decision at a press conference at ES South at 3 p.m. on Wednesday. Jarrett, who has 17 written offers from colleges around the country, has started the past three seasons for the Cavaliers and was an All-Mountain Valley Conference first-team pick the past two [...]
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