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BY JEFF FALK Fast feet. Quick hands. Strong stick. Peripheral vision. A rapidly-processing mind....

BY JEFF FALK Sports and money have always made for strange bedfellows. But through...

  BY JEFF FALK LEBANON – This season, the Lebanon softball team has lived...

  • BY JEFF FALK FREDERICKSBURG – Entering the spring, the Annville-Cleona baseball team had no idea where its journey would take it, or where it would end up. Hypothetically, it could’ve gone much farther than it did. And theoretically, it could’ve ended much earlier than it did. But realistically, it probably ended exactly where it should [...]

  • BY JEFF FALK SHIPPENSBURG  - Taking care of business. Getting healthy at just the right time. Making the most of a golden opportunity. Defending a title with heart and honor, again. Ahh, to be an Annvillle-Cleona track and field athlete yesterday. Because if you weren’t Dutch, you weren’t much. On Saturday at Shippensburg University’s Seth [...]

  •  BY JEFF FALK What does Jeremy Elliott have in common with John Tuscano, Dave Bohr, Mike Gross, Chris Fidler, Pat Huggins and Drew Weidman? They are all gainfully employed sportswriters, they all work at newspapers in south central Pennsylvania and they are all natives of Lebanon County. Not sure what to make of that exactly. [...]

  • BY JEFF FALK Similar. But different. And yet complementary. Bob and Louise Trump go together like peanut butter and jelly, like oil and vinegar, like air and water. Like track and field. The Trumps have been married for 61 years, and for more than half of that time they have shared a rather unique bonding [...]

YOUR'S TRULY, JEFF FALK ››

Between The Lines ››

  • We should compete in districts. It’s a shame, but we really wanted to win this game. It’s just over. Yeah, we made the playoffs, but nothing came of it. We’re done. But I’m not going to say it was a negative season.”

    – Annville-Cleona Senior Southpaw Tanner Fitting
  • “It was a pretty good day. It’s hard to do multiple events. But everybody rose to the occasion. I thought the key to the relays were the guys who ususally don’t get the credit. You have to balance it. You don’t want to do too much for yourself, and you don’t want to do too

    – Annville-Cleona Middle Distance Runner Ben Mason
  • “They all have a passion for the business in general. You don’t do this to get rich. You do it because you love what you do. Passion is probably the biggest thing that drives me.

    - Harrisburg Patriot-News Sportswriter and Lebanon Native Jeremy Elliott

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RESPECTFULLY, Jeff Falk ››

  •  BY JEFF FALK Sam Bowie, Becky Hower, Carla Munnion, Jared Odrick, Kerry Collins, Travis Ludwig. That’s some pretty heady company. So what does Evan Horn and those cats have in common?  Few freshmen in the history of Lebanon County...

  • BY JEFF FALK Given his past, Derek Fulk might be the most experienced assistant coach in the history of Lebanon County athletics. And that extensive experience may have made him one of the most qualified first-time head coaches ever...

  •  BY JEFF FALK The Palmyra girls’ basketball team’s roster features three players who go by the name ‘Gundermann’ – Gabi, Katie and Mollie. So how long have the Gundermanns been sisters? It only seems like a lifetime. Sure the...

  • BY JEFF FALK ‘For Youth Development. For Healthy Living. For Social Responsibility.’ If our community is constantly changing, and the Lebanon Valley YMCA’s mission is to serve the community, isn’t it the Y’s responsibility to constantly evolve as well?...

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