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Another field hockey season has arrived in Northeastern Pennsylvania, bringing a loaded group of championship contenders and young players prepared to make their mark. Crestwood enters as the early team to beat, but Wyoming Area, Lake-Lehman, Wyoming Valley West, Lackawanna Trail, Wyoming Seminary and the Wilkes-Barre Area Wolfpack all have the talent to make this race interesting.

Blue Ridge edged Montrose on a fifth-player tiebreaker after both teams tied at 182 in a golf match at Tall Pines.

Honesdale defeated Scranton 127-160 in a Lackawanna League girls golf match, led by medalist Marley Reynolds with a 4-over-par 39.

Mason Rincon homered for the second straight game and Chase Klimkowski delivered 5⅓ strong innings as Metro Region champion Bayonne Little League defeated Mid-Atlantic champion East Side Little League, 3-1, Friday night at Lamade Stadium to improve to 2-0 in Williamsport.

Mid Valley defeated Riverside 150-152 in Lackawanna League boys golf. Bobby Moore and Alex Kimble shared match medalist honors with 1-over 34s.

Elk Lake defeated Carbondale Area 179-211 in boys golf, led by medalist Cooper Sipe\'s match-low 41 at Panorama Golf Course.

Honesdale defeated Scranton 150-161 in boys golf at Pine Hills, led by 37s from Trevan Dahlgren, Maddox Johnson, and Ben Schneider.

Abington Heights defeated Honesdale 151-159 in Lackawanna League golf, led by medalist Sebastian Meyer\'s 2-under-par 33.

A new era is underway at Northwest Area, and first-year head coach Greg Mullins is making it clear from the outset that this program is not interested in simply going through the motions. Mullins has taken over the Northwest Area football program with a straightforward philosophy: work hard, compete every day, and build a culture where winning becomes the result of doing the little things the right way.

The Lakers built an early two-goal lead against Penn State, but the Nittany Lions continued to apply pressure and eventually completed the comeback, earning a hard-fought 3-2 victory in the season opener for both teams.

Valley View boys golf picked up its first win of the season behind a medalist round from Braden Loff at Elkview, while Riverside swept a Lackawanna League girls tri match at Pine Hills led by co-medalists Frankie Wincovitch and Brianna Mills.

District 4 football gets its first test Saturday as teams hit the field for a full day of preseason action. Check out the complete August 22 scrimmage schedule, with matchups and start times from across the district.

The Cougars will enter the 2026 season ranked first in the MAC Freedom preseason coaches’ poll, earning five first-place votes and 61 points. Defending conference champion Stevens finished only one point behind with four first-place votes, setting the stage for another highly competitive race at the top.

The former Dallas High School standout didn’t just settle into collegiate racing, she announced herself. In one of the most accomplished freshman seasons in Misericordia University cross-country history, Hedglin quickly went from promising newcomer to one of the top runners in NCAA Division III. Now, as she prepares for her sophomore year, she returns with a new challenge: following a debut that raised the bar for what’s possible.