WEST ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: WINTER WEEK 4 (0202-01-03) By Lance Larcom Northern Tier West Sports Report TIOGA COUNTY — We have a few new faces on our weekly list, along with a returning honoree who this week had the highest scoring performance for a high school basketball player in the last 50 years. ...more
HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING: Trio Of Former College Athletes, Including A Pair Of Two-Time D1 All-Americans, Are Bringing Wellsboro Wrestling Back (2022-01-01) By Lance Larcom Northern Tier West Sports Report WELLSBORO — It’s not uncommon for former collegiate wrestlers to give back to the sport they love after their days of competing are over by coaching at a high school or at the youth level. Not even for the highly successful ones .. say, an All-American, or even a two-time All-American. Programs would be thrilled to have one of these guys on their staff, working with their kids. What I’m betting is fairly rare, however, is if there are many programs throughout the state, or country, that can boast having TWO former Division I, two-time All-American wrestlers coaching in their high school and youth programs. ...more
#sports: DEAR SANTA .. (2021-12-24) Dear Santa, What I’m asking for this year doesn’t need to be made by your elves. You don’t have to load anything onto your sleigh and lug it all the way here. Heck, you don’t even have to have ALL of these things done by Christmas morning! I really just need you to talk to some people. Right some wrongs. O.K. ...more
#sports: BEST OF LUCK TO CANTON FROM THE '90 WARRIORS (2021-11-12) As the Canton football team prepares to play for a District IV title, which will be their first since 1990 and third ever, I’ve been compelled to touch on a few misconceptions that people may have about how those of us who were on that 1990 team truly feel about this team matching, or exceeding, our accomplishm ...more
THAT TIME JOEL STEPHENS "RUINED" OUR MIKE MUSSINA BALL .. (2021-10-14) I walk past a lot of photographs in my house everyday. Don’t we all? I enjoy all of the pictures that I have displayed, and the various paintings and canvases that comes from having three artistic and creative kids. All of the photos have meaning to me, obviously. And, like the one I’m writing about today, each of them spark distinctive ...more
Sayre and Canton easily disposed of NTL foes, while Athens and Wyalusing rolled over non-league opponents. ...more
#sports: UNPOPULAR OPINION, NIL (2021-08-19) Northern Tier West Sports Report I have to confess, this one may be less of me having an unpopular opinion, as much as its me slowly changing my opinion on a subject. ...more
Northern Tier West Sports Report To say that the landscape of college athletic recruiting has changed in the past year is a huge understatement. A worldwide pandemic will do that. ...more
#sports: UNPOPULAR OPINION (2021-08-11) Northern Tier West Sports Report Contrary to how the title of this column sounds, I’m not going to spout off on a bunch of sports subjects and choose the side less-popular simply to cause controversy, to seem edgy or to gain attention by saying something outrageous or inciting. As an example of this, see most mainstream sports reporters, who have a huge following and can honestly be identified by which widely popular athlete that they regularly criti ...more
NTL BASEBALL: ALL-TIOGA COUNTY BASEBALL TEAM (2021-07-31) Northern Tier West Sports Report Wellsboro won an NTL Large-School baseball title, averaging nearly 13 runs per game in their 12 wins. Considering that in their eight losses, run production dropped to three runs per game, it’s clear that as the Hornet offense went, their team went. Peppered throughout their lineup were players who produced at a a league-leading pace .. none more so than our All-Tioga County Player of the Year, as well as our Offensive Player of the Year, Darryn Call ...more
NTL SOFTBALL: ALL-TIOGA COUNTY SOFTBALL TEAM (2021-07-29) Northern Tier West Sports Report Kerrah Clymer put up some gaudy numbers at the plate for 15-6 Wellsboro this season, including a .486 batting average, with 34 hits, 32 runs scored, 25 RBI and a .575 on-base percentage. She had seven home runs and added six doubles and three triples. For that, Clymer is the Northern Tier West Sports Report All-Tioga County Offensive Player of the Year. The senior also threw 99 innings as the Hornets’ #1 pitcher, with 10 wins and 83 strikeouts. For that, Clymer is the All-Tioga County Pitcher of the Year. Because of her performance both in the circle and at the plate, Clymer is the clear choice as the Northern Tier West Sports Report All-Tioga County Softball Player of the Y ...more
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS TENNIS: POIRIER AND SINGER HIGHLIGHT ALL-TIOGA COUNTY TEAM (2021-07-27) Northern Tier WEST Sports Report The Wellsboro boys tennis team swept through the NTL this season, going undefeated in league play, and #1 singles player Will Poirier combined with #2 Zach Singer to win a District doubles championship, earning the duo the title of All-Tioga County Boys Tennis Co-Players of the Year. ...more
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS TRACK & FIELD: WILLIAMSON'S NEAL, NP-MANSFIELD'S SHEDDEN HIGHLIGHT ALL-TIOGA COUNTY TEAM (2021-07-26) Northern Tier West Sports Report Williamson’s Seth Neal had a very successful season on the track, culminated by the senior winning the 800 meter run at the NTL coaches invite, followed by placing second at the District IV championships and 22nd at the PIAA meet in the same event. But, it is his success in jumping that earns Neal the Northern Tier West Sports Report All-Tioga County boys’ Field Athlete of th ...more
#sports: CHOOSING, AND EVEN NAMING, ALL-STAR LISTS IS HARD (2021-07-25) Northern Tier West Sports Report By Lance Larcom I recently started to write my column for what was going to be the announcement of the first ever All-Star teams that the Northern Tier West Sports Report was going to have the honor of selecting. Pitfalls, stress and overall uncertainty soon took over, however, and I wanted to take this opportunity to share with everyone that it is, in fact, NOT easy to pick all-star teams! ...more
#sports: COACHING IN THE COVID ERA (2021-01-24) Northern Tier WEST Sports Report Just a brief background to demonstrate my expertise on all things coaching. (You’ll get used to the self-deprecation / sarcasm, I pro ...more
#sports: LAST WEEK IN THE WEST (2021-03-29) Northern Tier WEST Sports Report We’re a week into our high school sports’ seasons - two weeks for boys tennis - and, as a newer follower of the West teams and athletes, I thought I’d share some observations I’ve made in the limited chances I’ve had to ...more
Growing up in Liberty, Brittany Bickhart played all of the sports that you’d imagine a young girl from rural Pennsylvania would - basketball, soccer, softball. While talented, no amount of her success in those mainstream sports could have fully prepared Bickhart for her current sport of choice - MMA figh ...more
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