HERSHEY - Seven local wrestlers won their first-round matches to advance and remain in the hunt for the PIAA Championship at their respective weights Thursday.
At 112 pounds both Athens' David White and Towanda's Cody Wheeler won their opening round matches.
Wheeler topped Jamestown's Tyler Roberts 8-2, but started out down 0-2 after Roberts had an early take down. Wheeler recovered, though, to score eight unanswered points through two takedowns and two escapes.
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While most basketball players in the area have already wrapped up their seasons and begun preparation for the Spring sports season, six area teams are still getting ready for another game this weekend.
Five NTL teams will begin their quest for a state title as the PIAA Championships begin, and the Tioga girls will play in a New York state quarterfinal game on Saturday.
Three of those games come tonight as the Towanda girls take on Dunmore in a Class AA game and the Sayre boys take on Old Forge in Class A play, while the Mansfield boys take on Pius X in another Class A game.
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Q: Hi Greg. I was reading your column about the 1968 Chevy Malibu Station Wagon recently. I have a 1971 Chevrolet Chevelle Concours 4-door station wagon and it was purchased new in Lynchburg, Va., which is about 25 miles from where I live.
I talked with the original owner and he gave me a copy of the invoice and window sticker. It has the original 307-V8 engine and automatic transmission and just 109,000 original miles. I have all service records and the car has a positraction rear, is finished in antique green paint (needs new paint), with a jade vinyl interior in good shape. It also has power tailgate window, dual action tailgate, luggage carrier, power steering and brakes and tinted glass. The car runs and drives good. What can you tell me about this car? Thanks, James E. Zimmerman, Virginia.
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Chris Zelko threw a three-hitter in the opener and Bryan Wilde got a complete game win in a rain-shortened nightcap as Mansfield swept Chestnut Hill 9-2, 5-4 Thursday in Ft. Pierce, Fla.
In the opener, Zelko threw a gem-scattering three hits and struck out three with no walks over seven innings to pick up his first win of the season.
Mansfield got four runs in the top of the first inning with two of them coming off a single from Matt Hamilton and another scoring on an RBI single by Dan Chevalier.
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Freshman Caitlin Klobosits threw a one-hitter and Jen Stein drilled a two-run home run to lead Mansfield to a 8-0 win over Eastern Nazarene at the Snowbird Invitational Thursday morning in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Mansfield's second game of the day against Penn State - Harrisburg was cancelled by rain.
The win gives Mansfield a 9-0 overall record tying the 1992 team for the best start in school history.
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