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Control tower. Four racecar drivers pilot their RC models around the indoor track.
Small, but speedy
HONESDALE, PA — After riding motorcycles for three decades, first racing them on tracks and then in hill climbs for the last 20 years, Bill Marshall figured it was time to put the brakes on his … more
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Like father, like daughter. Charlotte Crane, the 9-year-old daughter of Andy Crane, the speedway’s promoter and racecar driver, learns about motorsports from the ground up. She helps her dad mount tires, set up ride heights and refuel his car, #9. “She wants to be a racecar driver, so I told her she’s gotta learn about it first,” said Crane.
Bethel Motor Speedway closes out 2020 racing season
KAUNEONGA LAKE, NY — “I have a good wife who lets me do my thing,” said veteran modified driver John Cote of New Milford, CT. For the last 20 years, he has considered Bethel Motor … more
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Getting a stick on it. Honesdale’s Jillian Hoey and Wilkes Barre’s Melanie Teletenchi vie for possession, as Hornets' Brynn McGinnis anticipates the handoff.
Hornets ‘sticks’ ace semi-final
HONESDALE, PA — It was a “Jonathan Livingston Seagull” kind of afternoon. At first glance, the grassy field of play still had lingering traces of ghostly snow from a couple of … more
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Peter West, Honesdale’s senior quarterback, leads his team off the field after the awards ceremony.
Shrine Bowl XXVIII awards ceremony
HONESDALE, PA — On Friday, October 23, the 28th annual Wayne-Pike Shriners Bowl Classic pitted the home team Hornets of Honesdale High against their rivals, the Buckhorns of Wallenpaupack Area … more
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Crunch time. Honesdale running back Connor Schmitt carries the ball as teammate Jacob Orrick locks elbows with Nick Parrella of the Buckhorns.
Buckhorns top Hornets 35-6
HONESDALE, PA — Both teams took to the gridiron looking for their first win of this pandemic-pruned season of football during the 28th Annual Wayne-Pike Shrine Bowl Classic. Welcome to the … more
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Kate Dowling took 15th with a time of 27:20.1214 to contribute to the home team’s sweep of the meet.
Hornets sweep meet
HONESDALE, PA — The Honesdale Hornets cross-country squad celebrated its last homestand meet of the season by defeating the Buckhorns of Hawley’s Wallenpaupack High on Wednesday, October … more
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Last man standing. A helmeted driver stands tall as he exits his demo car.
Chaos on wheels: mayhem rides again
KAUNEONGA LAKE, NY — A long-standing fantasy of this sports scribbler is to pick up a banged-up Lincoln Continental Mark V, a multi-ton heap of Detroit retro-iron, paint it matte black and add … more
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Dressed for success. The first-place trophy in the bone stock V8 class went to Jereme Spanburgh, of Scranton, PA, who engaged in an epic battle with the driver of demo car #17 that, along with his car, was a testament to the strength of American steel. Asked about his red tie, Spanburgh said he always tries to look his best at demolition derbies.
Demo derby trophy hunters
KAUNEONGA LAKE, NY — What better way to spend a sunny Sunday afternoon, along with more than 1,000 motorsports fans, than watching cars crash into each other until one driver crawls out of a … more
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Lady Hornets soccer seniors recognized
HONESDALE, PA — On Tuesday, September 22, just before Honesdale High’s girls’ varsity soccer squad took to the field for the first time this year, the school honored its senior … more
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Closing fast. Honesdale’s senior co-captain Shannon O’Day advances the ball into Lady Knights territory against defenders McKenna Huyser and Taliyah Smith.
Lady Hornets kick off new soccer season with a 1-1 tie
HONESDALE, PA — No matter how you slice it, a one-to-one tie is better than a loss. Not as good as a win, but it shows you’re in the game. On Tuesday, September 22, the Lady Hornets … more
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Senior booter Ethan Rickard is joined on the field by his folks Kim and Craig Rickard during Senior Sport Night Recognition.
Honesdale High honors senior booters
HONESDALE, PA — On Monday, September 21, the Honesdale High School (HHS) boys’ varsity soccer squad kicked off the new season by posting a 3 to 1 victory over the visiting Knights of … more
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Center of attention. Honesdale’s 10th-grade goalie makes a nice save in front of the net as teammate Zach Wilken closes in on the action.
Hornets open soccer season with a win
HONESDALE, PA — It was a game of the second half; all the scoring went into the record books during the final frame of the boys’ varsity soccer match between the home team Hornets of … more
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The White Lake Fire Department was on-hand with its tanker apparatus displaying a memorial to September 11, 2001 that read, “In Memory of the 343 FDNY Firefighters that gave their lives on 9-11-01.” The local volunteer fire company was selling apparel to raise money for the next Sullivan County Volunteer Firefighters Parade, which was postponed this year due to COVID-19.
Speedway honors first responders and remembers 9/11
KAUNEONGA LAKE, NY — Nineteen years ago, the nation suffered a devasting attack when Al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners, crashing two of them into New York City’s Twin … more
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Section IX shifts sports schedule
NEW YORK — In a scene right out of the cult classic “Rocky Horror Picture Show,” the Section IX Athletic Council of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association … more
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Sport car (or sports car) racing was all the rage all across America in 1953, and was promoted by colorful posters of the day. This one is from the Bridgehampton Sports Car Races on May 23, 1953.
Sullivan County’s great sport car race
FREMONT CENTER, NY — On June 26 through 28, 1953, the western part of Sullivan County hosted what, in the official souvenir program, was billed as the “Sullivan County Sport Car Races of … more
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VetStock ‘Vets Helping Vets’ and the Spartan Sword
HAWLEY, PA — VetStock is a local not-for-profit organization founded in 2012 with the sole mission of “raising funds in order to support those veteran organizations that have not … more
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Patriots at attention. Pam and Rich Catero of Milford, PA are staunch supports of VetStock’s mission to combat suicide among the nation’s military.
‘Folds of Honor’ and the ‘Spartan Pledge’
HAWLEY, PA — On Monday, August 31, the Country Club at Woodloch Springs hosted their seventh annual Folds of Honor Golf Classic. Folds of Honor (FOH) was founded in May 2007 by Major Dan … more
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“Leapin’ lizards!” Taking a page of a Little Orphan Annie comic strip, Al Archieries tries a rather unique style of passing Mike Dulka in the BMS Modified, as he gets a little too close in one of the corners. In the feature race, Dulka placed fourth while Archierie took sixth.
Racing into the mists of time
KAUNEONGA LAKE, NY — The passage of time flows across our world like vapors rising from on a misty morning. And like the wind, the history of motorsports repeats itself—if not in … more
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Sullivan County’s great sport car race
FREMONT CENTER, NY — This one’s for you, Jack. More than a few years ago, John “Jack” Niflot, a friend and co-conspirator in the world of words, loaned me his cherished … more
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Heads of state. Wayne Memorial Hospital & Health System CEO David Hoff and Matt Kiesendahl, third-generation owner of Woodloch Resorts, confer before the tee off at the 14th Annual Harry Kiesendahl Memorial Golf Tournament.
In search of an ‘Ace’
HAWLEY, PA — On Monday, August 10, The Country Club at Woodloch Springs paid homage to the history of golf and remembered the founder of a famed Poconos resort with a fundraising golf … more
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