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LOCAL ROUNDUP: MMI's eighth-inning rally beats Seminary Read full article May 4, 2021, 10:09 PM·9 min read May 5—Marcus Danchision helped MMI Prep beat Wyoming Seminary with his arm and bat Tuesday. The Lehigh University-bound right-hander hurled seven-plus scoreless innings and he broke up a tense pitchers' duel with an RBI single in the top of the eighth inning as the Preppers held off Wyoming Seminary 3-2 in a Wyoming Valley Conference Division 2 baseball game in Kingston. After Danchision (13 strikeouts, one walk) and Blue Knights' ace Aiden Murphy (18 strikeouts, one walk) matched zer...

LOCAL ROUNDUP: Crestwood laxers post runaway wins Read full article April 27, 2021, 8:59 PM·15 min read Apr. 27—Ten different Crestwood players scored at least one goal, and the Comets steamrolled Abington Heights 18-0 in Wyoming Valley Conference boys' lacrosse play Monday. Chandler O'Farrell scored four goals, Robert Knight had three, and Trey Zabroski, Marcus Vieney and Noah Schultz all scored twice for Crestwood. Nick Curry and Jimmy Hawley each had a goal and an assist, and Michael Zaleski, Ryan Harding and Brendan Dennis added one goal apiece in the win. Assists were plentiful as wel...

Apr. 13—HAZLE TWP. — Julia Martzen and Franchesca Sanchez emerged Monday afternoon after spending a day inside Hazleton Area High School for the first time during their senior year. "It's a lot nicer than being online to actually see the teachers," Martzen said. "I was excited to see my teachers." Sanchez said she could tell that teachers were eager to see students, too. Sanchez and Martzen, ...

Luzerne County school districts will get a total of more than $130 million in coronavirus relief funding from the American Rescue Plan, according to a preliminary estimate from U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-8, Moosic. Hazleton Area School District is getting the most with more than $37 million, and Wilkes-Barre Area is next with more than $32 million. The state Department of Education is slated to receive $5 billion to distribute to school districts and will make the final determination of amounts sent, Cartwright said. The legislation signed into law Thursday by President Joe Biden allocates ...

Mar. 11—Hazleton Area schools were overcrowded before various developers proposed building 19 commercial facilities, a bottling plant and Crossroads Business Park in the region. Workers drawn by those businesses would move to the area and send their children to local schools, where they would fill classrooms that the district spent $10.34 million to build during the past three years. School ...