Whither Hanover?

Cory had a great post last week pointing out that Fairfield could make the District III Class A football playoffs with just one win. They have already clinched a berth since the other three winless teams have said they will pass up a berth regardless of what happens in the next two weeks.
I wanted to [...]

Alex Shinsky scores game-winner for United States U-17 in World Cup Thursday

Days after the York Daily Record published a feature on former West York soccer player Alex Shinksy, the 16-year-old scored perhaps the greatest goal in his career.
At the Under-17 World Cup in Nigeria. Of all places.
His resolute finish nine minutes into the second half of the Americans game against Malawi on Thursday night [...]

Video: The Road to Paydirt, Week 9

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Evening Sun reporters Cory Mull and Travis Johnson are at it again — only this time, it’s spooky!
Week 9 brought [...]

The Basketball Jones

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If you’re a fan of the NBA and aren’t familiar with J.E. Skeets and Tas Melas — the Canadian version of Regis & Kelly (perhaps?) — start getting accustomed to their stylings right now.
They host a daily podcast [...]

District 3 Boy’s Meet Notes

As the District 3 announcer continued making updates throughout the Class AAA race, Chuck Lockwood seemed to be gaining ground with every step he took.
At the first mile, Lockwood was in fifth. His pace? 4:59.
At the second mile, Lockwood was third. His pace? 5:27
Before the final straightaway, as throngs of people created a [...]

District 3 Girls’ Meet Notes

* Photos by Tim O’Dowd *
For at least two Hanover area runners,their goals were realized Wednesday afternoon at the District 3 Championships in Hershey.
Yet, those achievements didn’t come without their fair share of intrigue and anticipation.
When the wait was over, Littlestown’s Sarah Schumaker and Delone Catholic’s Mary Kate Lutz could say they [...]

Catch-Up: Delone Catholic girls’ basketball

With the winter season about a month away, the YDR dipped into the gold pot that is Delone Catholic basketball and came away with a look-back at what the girls program has done over the past six years. It’s been nothing short of remarkable.
And there’s really no shortage of talent incoming this season, [...]

2009 PIAA Golf Championships

PIAA Golf Championship leaders through one round of play.

Prep Football: Week 8 Rewind

If we could tag the 2009 season by some overwhelming happenstance, I think an apt title would be “Make it Rain, Friday Night.”
In what seemed like the fifth or sixth time in eight weeks this season, weather didn’t permit the most flashy of football. But it did allow teams to get down to [...]

Troy Wentz looks back on his Hall of Fame career

News broke Saturday that Hanover Post 14 American Legion manager Troy Wentz was going to be inducted into the Pennsylvania American Legion Sports Hall of Fame in July of 2010.
For Wentz, who has guided Post 14 for the past 18 years — 15 as a head coach — the honor came at a time [...]