Troféu Maria Lenk: Felipe Silva posts world’s textile best in the 50 breast
At the Maria Lenk Trophy in Rio de Janeiro today, Brazil's Felipe Silva managed an incredible 26.87 in the men's 50 breaststroke, eclipsing Cameron van der Burgh's textile best of 26.90 from the...
View ArticleBelmonte Breaks National Record to End Maria Lenk
After a low (slow) day of competition on Friday in Brazil, the 2012 Maria Lenk Trophy ended with a bang. A ton of personal bests fell and Olympic spots were flowing like they were water in Iguazu...
View ArticleMaria Lenk Trophy: Leonardo de Deus, Thiago Pereira and Mireia Belmonte Wrap...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, April 28. THE final day of the Maria Lenk Trophy meet, serving as one of many Olympic qualifying meets for Brazil, featured a trio of performances that ranked in the top 10 glo...
View ArticleCAL “power” coach pt II – Nick Folker
Cal 400 Medley relay team 2012 NCAA Team Champions(Photo Courtesy: ©Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)CAL's Strength and Conditioning coach Nick Folker finishes up his discussions about AQUATIC...
View ArticleLancaster Scene
If you are a nonprofit organization and wish to have an item in the LANCASTER SCENE column of the Sunday News, send a note to the Sunday News sports department, P.O. Box 1328, Lancaster, PA 17608. The...
View ArticleSome emerging players are readily available for fantasy owners
Bryce Harper made the most anticipated major-league debut of the season Saturday night in Los Angeles after being recalled from Triple-A Syracuse. Because Harper was so highly touted, he was only a...
View ArticleJays, MU advance to baseball playoffs
Elizabethtown swept a doubleheader from Messiah in Grantham on Saturday to qualify for the Commonwealth Conference playoffs for the 14th consecutive time.The Blue Jays (19-20, 9-9) won a low-scoring...
View ArticleGettysburg, Washington to play for CC title
Senior Hannah Church and junior Lindsey Robinson contributed to 11 goals as fourth-ranked Gettysburg defeated Swarthmore 18-6 in the Centennial Conference women's lacrosse semifinals Saturday at...
View ArticleGame Commission reduces number of anterless deer permits
The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners last week voted to issue 888,000 antlerless deer permits for the 2012-13 hunting season.That's down from last year's allocation of 913,000.Allocations for...
View ArticleSurvey says ... hunters unhappy
Ask a few questions, and you have to live with the answers you get.For years, proponents of the Pennsylvania Game Commission's deer-management program have speculated that it's just a "vocal...
View ArticleEagles take fans' top choice
A few thoughts:• For the first time in a long while, the Eagles actually drafted the guy I was hoping they'd get. Apparently, defensive line coach Jim Washburn, head coach Andy Reid and the Birds'...
View ArticleSunday notebook
• It's still April, but some fans are already worried that their Phillies are destined for mediocrity a year after winning 102 games.And yes, injuries to Ryan Howard and Chase Utley could cost the...
View ArticleSupplement for wrestling
Many talented athletes — wrestlers in particular, since this is a wrestling story — can bumble through an average school-boy career never leaving a mark and never understanding why. Years later they...
View ArticlePenguins eliminate Bears from playoffs
In a winner-take-all Game 5 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins edged the Hershey Bears, 2-1, on Saturday at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza.The Penguins move...
View ArticleSchool teaches skills to even littlest swimmers - The Times Herald
School teaches skills to even littlest swimmersThe Times HeraldHe also used to referee for the Rosemont-Villanova Sports Program at Harriton High School, which his parents, Jim and Mary Brown, of...
View ArticleFor Mike Burke, time for football
Mike Burke IV helped Columbia High School's basketball team to the second round of the District Three Class AA playoffs last winter.He's emerged as one of the better javelin throwers in the...
View ArticleThousands gather for 14th annual Race Against Racism
A Lancaster County runner won the YWCA's 14th annual Race Against Racism in Lancaster city Saturday after a group of lead runners headed in the wrong direction.Mark Stallings, of Washington Boro,...
View ArticleTom Bradley unsure of his next move
Tom Bradley appreciates the interest. Really he does."It's flattering that people are interested, to tell you the truth," he said by telephone from Pittsburgh Monday.It's just that the question on...
View ArticleMatchups set for L-L League boys' tennis finals
Conestoga Valley's Darren Mast and Cedar Crest's Weston Fortna advanced to the singles finals of the Lancaster-Lebanon League Class AAA Flight One boys' tennis tournament with wins Saturday at...
View ArticleL-L tennis tougher than ever
Derek Hagino and Colin Muraika were locked in a ground-strokes war, back and forth, back and forth.This was the Lancaster-Lebanon League boys' tennis team-championship match, Cedar Crest vs....
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