Nick Zelaya

WILKES, BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— King’s College staying within the MAC conference family with its newest men’s basketball hire, Phil Pierfy, takes over the Monarchs program after years as an assistant at his alma mater, Arcadia. A two-sport athlete with the Knights, Pierfy’s first head coaching gig comes right here in Wilkes-Barre, of course, a city […]

MOOSIC, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole made an appearance Saturday night in NEPA for another minor league rehab assignment, throwing 5.1 innings, striking out six batters and allowing just one run, in a 6-2 loss to the Syracuse Mets. Cole is recovering from Tommy John Surgery he received in March of […]

LEWISBURG, UNION COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The season came to an end for the Bucknell Baseball team on Wednesday morning in a 14-11 loss to Holy Cross in game three of the Patriot League title. Despite the loss, the Bison capped off a historic season, finishing with its first winning season since 2015 and 27 wins, its […]

THROOP, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Mid Valley softball advances to the District II 3A championship game with a 12-0 win in five innings over Carbondale Area. Ava Hazleton allows just one hit in the circle, along with 12 strikeouts. The Spartanettes will face the top seed Lake-Lehman next Tuesday.

(WBRE/WYOU)— Railriders: an early-morning first pitch with the Iron Pigs; the only run of the day off the bat of Seth Brown. Back-to-back days with homers for the first baseman. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre falls to Lehigh Valley 13-1.

ALLENTOWN, LEHIGH COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Ernesto Martinez Jr. clobbers his eighth home run of the season to cap off a five-run third inning for the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Railriders on Thursday, leading to an 8-7 win over the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs. Martinez was one of four Railriders with multi-hit evenings, including Yanquiel Fernandez who went 3-4 at […]

MOOSIC, LACKAWANNA COUNTRY (WBRE/WYOU) — Baseball’s newest league made a stop in Moosic this weekend for the first of two games between the Firefighters and Loco Beach Coconuts. The Coconuts knocked off the Firefighters, 5-3 in Friday night’s exhibition. Six teams represent the Banana Ball League, led by the original team, the Savannah Bananas who began […]

MOOSIC, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) – The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders lost the series opener to the Worcester Red Sox Tuesday night, 6-3. Despite the loss, Spencer Jones, the Yankees #6 prospect, returned to the Triple A roster and hit his 12th minor league home run of the season. The Railriders and Red Sox are back on the diamond […]

WILKES-BARRE TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) – The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins allowed a late goal, followed by an empty-netter, to the Toronto Marlies in Game one of the Calder Cup Eastern Conference Finals, losing 4-2 Wednesday night. The loss marks the first time the Penguins have trailed in a series this postseason. Alex Alexeyev opened the scoring […]

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) – Even after his heroic effort, Braedon McPartland remains humble. The junior led the Cavaliers with three goals in a slug it out state tournament win over Lower Dauphin on Tuesday. “I’m kinda thinking more about us just getting the win, moving on and pulling the win off more than myself […]