with Rich Summers As bad as college football has been for me so far this season, that is just how good it was this week. Pitt, Penn State and Slippery Rock all won, which is a thousand times better than last week. But all three games had something special, which is why college […]
by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County High School Lady Red Raider varsity golf team had a pair of matches last week at the Emporium Country Club and came away with one win. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)
by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County High School Red Raider varsity volleyball team began their 2012 season last week with a pair of North Tier League matches. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)
The Junior High Girls Volleyball team (8th grade only) defeated Austin last Monday by the scores of 25-10, 20-25, 15-5. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)
The Cameron County Junior Olympic Baguba Wrestling Club is seeking a Head Coach. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)
by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo In the season opener for both teams, the Brockway Rovers easily topped the Cameron County High School Red Raider varsity football team by a score of 42-8. In the game played in Emporium, the visiting Rovers manhandled the home team in Allegheny Mountain League crossover action. (Full […]
by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County High School Lady Red Raider varsity golf team had two matches last week and picked up a win and a loss. Last Friday, CCHS was defeated by Bradford but on Tuesday they beat Kane. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County […]
by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County High School Red Raider golf team won two home matches in a tri-match at the Emporium Country Club last Tuesday. The Raiders topped the Hubbers 28-27 and the Gators 35-20. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)
by Harry Jones On the last week of the Tuesday Ladies League, Meg Whiting and Linda Ostrum tied for low gross honors with 48. Linda had the low net score with 33, and Linda also tied Gini Schager with 21 points. Bev Jones won the League. Congratulations, Bev. (Full Story available on the […]
with Rich Summers As I sit here on my front porch shortly after noon on Labor Day, I have spent an awful lot of time getting ready for the upcoming football season. After the opening weekend of the high school and college seasons, I wonder if any of the teams I follow will […]
by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County Storm played host to Reynoldsville in Central Pennsylvania Youth Football League action on Saturday but fell to the Falcons by a score of 30-6. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)
by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County High School Red Raider varsity golf team began the 2012 season with three matches in the week before school officially began. Coach Rick McLean’s team includes seniors Tyler Wigfield and Chris Crosby, junior Andrew Grimone and sophomores Paul Etchepare, Keith Spehalski, Hunter Azzato, Taylor Gillette and […]
by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County High School Lady Red Raider varsity golf team began the new season last week with a tri-meet on Thursday. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)
by Rich Summers After I got back from a quick visit to Slippery Rock University to fill my son’s refrigerator on Saturday the television viewing went off the charts and my remote started smoking. In the same time frame I got to see the Pirates beat the Brewers, the Steelers beat the Bills […]
The 1st Annual Les Haas Memorial Trail Challenge 16K Run and 5K Run/Walk, hosted by the Elk County Conservation District, will be held Saturday, Sept. 22 at the Laurel Mill Ski Trail, Allegheny National Forest, near Ridgway, beginning at 9 a.m. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)
The 7th Annual David Hutton Memorial 5K Run and 2 Mile Walk was held in Emporium on August 18th. The total number of runners was 81. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)
by Rich Summers A great sign that fall is approaching is that our annual Cameron County League fantasy football draft takes place on a Friday night followed by the first CCHS varsity football scrimmage. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)
Janelle Sidelinger, age 5, was inadvertently omitted from the participants in the Bob Swanson Memorial race last week. Janellle participated in the 1 Mile Fun Run and had a time of 13:15. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)
Come on out this Saturday and support the Storm Football teams. The concession stand will be open, so stop at the CCHS football field for lunch. The JV game begins at 11 a.m. and the Varsity starts at 1 p.m. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)
by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Bradford entry in the Allegheny Cattaraugus baseball league defeated Emporium twice this week to capture the 2012 league title. Bradford defeated the Cats last Monday in the finals of the winner’s bracket of the double elimination event and then after an Emporium victory over Mt. Jewett, […]
by Rich Summers I got up this Sunday morning with sports overload on tap for today. The USA Olympic basketball team is playing Spain for the gold medal but low and behold poor weather in South Carolina has caused TNT to broadcast the completion of the third round of the PGA golf championship […]
Sign-ups for 4th, 5th and 6th grade girls basketball will be held Tuesday, Aug. 21st from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Rec Center. Please bring $20 registration fee. Must be signed up by a parent or guardian. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)
There will be an Emporium USBC Association meeting on August 20th at 7 p.m. at Mountain View. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo) by Sydney Nelson – Thither, low puffiness pathetic sept women. taking notes for research paper high school No subject how unlike an introduction […]
Cameron County High School’s 2012 football team will field 35 players, including 14 returning lettermen; seven offensive starters and six defensive starters. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)
with Rich Summers Once again the weather robbed me of a Sunday at the baseball field as the Alle-Catt playoff game between Emporium and Bradford at St. Bonaventure University was rained out. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)
by Harry Jones Meg Whiting led the Tuesday Ladies League with a score of 44. Betty “Down the Middle” Clingan had low net score with a 36. Lois Wehner won the most points with 21. Bev “Flat is Beautiful” Jones leads the pack with 193 points (Full Story available on the newsstands, […]
The 4th Annual Nick Guisto Memorial Scholarship Golf Tournament will be held Saturday, August 11th, at the Emporium Country Club. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)
The Penn-York Junior Golf League ended its season at Wellsville recently, with Corey Haas (Wellsville) winning with a 69, the overall Division Championship with a 39 point total and the Davis Memorial Trophy for Most Outstanding Golfer with a 71.5 stroke average. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron […]
Pennsylvania Game Commission officials, in partnership with the state chapters of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), are encouraging hunters to help veterans discover or rediscover the thrills and joys of hunting in Pennsylvania. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)
by Rich Summers The Pennsylvania State Senior Little League tournament will begin tonight for the 32nd consecutive year here at the Cameron County Little League Complex on Sizerville Road. I have been involved in Little League in one way or another, mostly as an umpire, since 1986 and I still get excited for this […]
The 4th Annual Golfing with Matt Gabler event, hosted by Friends of Matt Gabler, will be held Thursday, Aug. 9th at Bavarian Hills Golf Club in St. Marys. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)
Josh Stauffer (Pine Acres) claimed medalist honors at Pine Acres in the Penn-York Junior Golf League last Monday. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)
The Elk County Classic 5K, sponsored by the Elk County Striders, was held Saturday, July 14th, in Johnsonburg. Overcast skies and the fast course brought out 64 runners (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)
by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Emporium Alle-Catt baseball team broke a tie by scoring nine runs in the ninth inning on Sunday to defeat the Mt. Jewett Magicians 15-6. The Cats were tied with the home team at six all but batted around in the top of the final inning. (Full Story […]
by Harry Jones Meg Whiting lead the Ladies League on Tuesday with a low gross score of 43. Gini Schager had low net score of 22 and most points won with 29. Bev Jones and Sandy Stuart are leading the league with 128 points. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron […]
by Rich Summers I realize that not everyone plays golf and even fewer are fans of golf on television. But I am one of the even rarer breed; someone who doesn’t play, although I used to, but loves televised golf. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)
Dr. Jon Carlson (All-Star Chiropractic & Sports Rehabilitation) and Team Puerto Rico traveled to Dortmund, Germnay for the Grand Prix of the Federal Republic of Germany held June 30th-July1st. The grand prix would be the final tournament in preparation for the 2012 Olympic Games. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron […]
Open Softball Nights will be held Thursday, July 19 and Tuesday, July 24 for any girl going into 6th grade through 12th grade plus any girls in college who want to play. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)
An Interesting Rock by Phil Burkhouse Rocky Spitler, his wife Lisa, and their youngest son Ryan moved to Cameron County this spring and fulfilled a dream to become full time residents. From their previous home in southeastern Pennsylvania they had, over the past years, made frequent hunting and fishing trips to our area, but […]
by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County 11-12-year-old Little League all-star team played two games last week in the loser’s bracket of the District 10 tournament and won one before being eliminated. On Monday they won at Warren but on Thursday were beaten at home by the Bradford Americans. (Full Story available on […]
by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County Senior Little League baseball team was ousted from the District 10 tournament on Saturday as they fell at Ridgway, 7-4. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)
by Rich Summers It was a disappointing Sunday afternoon as the Ludlow Wildcats were unable to come up with enough players to field a team. At least I didn’t travel all the way to Ludlow, but I was looking forward to parking my truck in the shade along Sizerville Road and taking in a […]
by Harry Jones Meg Whiting had the low gross score of 45 in Tuesday’s Ladies League. Lois Wehner took low gross with 28 and most points won with 25. Sandy Stuart still leads the league with 109 points. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)
The second stop for the Penn-York Junior Golf League was at The Pennhills Club in Bradford on Monday (after press time). (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)
The Elk County Classic 5K, sponsored by the Elk County Striders, will be held on Saturday, July 14th at the Rolfe Sportsmen’s Club, Silver Creek Road, Johnsonburg, starting at 9 a.m. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)
by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County 11-12 year old Little League baseball team had a busy time in the first week of the District 10 Tournament. On Monday they defeated the Bradford Nationals, on Thursday they were sent to the loser’s bracket by the Warren Americans and on Saturday they advanced […]
by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The 2012 Cameron County Senior Little League began District 10 play last Monday night but were defeated 8-1 by St. Marys. Joe Childs held Cameron County to seven hits in the St. Marys win at the Cameron County Little League Complex. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this […]
by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Emporium Alle-Catt baseball team picked up another win over the weekend as they defeated the Crosby Mud Hens, 18-1. In the game played at Olivett Field at the Portage Township Recreation Complex, the Cats overcame a slow start to win easily on Sunday. (Full Story available on the […]
Results of local golfers in the Penn-York Junior Golf League in Elkdale, June 25th: (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)
by Rich Summers At my weekly Friday meeting at a local business I had the good fortune to run into one of the best football players in Red Raider history. Mike Simon was in town visiting and for those of you who don’t remember, Mike, after a stellar career at CCHS, went on to […]
by Harry Jones Meg Whiting was the top dog Tuesday night playing in the Ladies League. Meg had low gross, 42, low net, 34, and most points won, 20. Sandy Stuart still leads the league with 89 points. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)
Raider Parent and Player Meeting All Cameron County High School Red Raider football players (grades 7-12) and their parents are to meet at the football field on Monday, July 9th at 5:30 p.m. (after agilities). (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)
David Lyon, former catcher for the Cameron County High School Red Raiders and Kent State University, returned to Emporium Monday, after having spent a week at the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. He is the first player from Cameron County to play in a World Series. The community welcomed David home at the […]
by Elton Alexander, The Plain Dealer Kent State associate head coach Mike Birkbeck said one of the first things he did, after celebrating the Golden Flashes’ first trip to Omaha, Neb. for the College World Series, was to make a phone call. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County […]
by Rich Summers The Emporium Alle-Catt baseball team picked up a road win on Sunday as they scored early and often in a 22-1 beat down of Smethport. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)
with Rich Summers If you have read this column before, this will come as no surprise, but I am a baseball junkie. The sport is every bit as addicting to me as drugs or alcohol are to some people. From April to October my life is run by televised baseball games, local live […]
by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County Senior Little League baseball team completed the 2012 season last week with three games. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)
by Harry Jones Tuesday’s Ladies’ Golf League suffered their third rainout; somebody up there doesn’t like them. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)
Please join us for the 2nd Annual ECCHS Athletic Association Golf Outing, scheduled for Saturday, July 7 at the St. Marys Golf Club. Registration will begin at 8 a.m. with play beginning at 9 a.m. The format will be a 4-person scramble, and the cost is $40 for members and $55 for guests […]
by Rich Summers I jumped in the car with my wife to drive over to Ludlow on Sunday only to discover that the Wildcats only had eight players and had to forfeit the Alle-Catt baseball game. The plus side was that I had never been to Wildcat Park and it really is a […]
Openings are still available for Mansfield University Baseball Camps These outstanding camps will be giving inspiring young baseball players a chance to better their skills and have fun at the same time.. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)
by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Emporium Alle-Catt baseball team had a pair of games last weekend and split the two contests. On Saturday the Cats dropped their first game of the year at Bradford but rebounded to defeat Eldred on Sunday. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron […]
by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Cameron County Senior League baseball team improved their record to 6-2 last Tuesday with a 14-4 win over Kane. A second game at the Bradford Red Sox scheduled for last Thursday was postponed due to rain. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron […]
Eastyn Solveson, the 7-year-old son of Saul and Christy Solveson of Emporium, recently advanced to the Sectional Competition of Pitch, Hit, & Run, the official skills competition of Major League Baseball for boys and girls age 7-14. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)
by Harry Jones Results of the Ladies’ Tuesday League: Low gross honors went to Meg Whiting with a score of 43. Low net and most points won tied at 35 and points, 19; Meg Whiting, Bev Jones and Sandy Stuart. Sandy Stuart is leading the pack with 56 points. (Full Story available on […]
by Rich Summers With apologies to the NHL and NBA playoffs, this will be an all baseball column this week in appreciation of the great weather we’ve been experiencing the last week or so. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)
by Rich Summers Cameron County Echo The Emporium Alle-Catt baseball team remained undefeated on Sunday as they accumulated seventeen hits and took advantage of seven Cuba errors to defeat the rebels, 17-3. The Cats scored six runs in the first inning and never looked back in the victory at Olivett Field at the Portage […]
with Rich Summers I’ll admit I don’t lead the most exciting life, so when I was perusing the television guide for Saturday night I was particularly disappointed that the Pirates weren’t on. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)
by Harry Jones Tuesday’s Ladies’ League suffered their second rainout. *** Thursday’s Ladies’ Scramble winners were the two Erskines – Judy #1 and Judy #2, Barb Bauer, Pat Focht and Joyce “The Putter” Lundberg (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)
Mountain View needs your help to find out what can be done to get you back and new bowlers this year. (Full Story available on the newsstands, in this week’s Cameron County Echo)