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A young man from Throop earned the rank of Eagle Scout |PAGE 3
A local group donated a book based on the life of Alice Paul |PAGE 8
A Valley View student was selected to receive an award |PAGE 11
The 2017 District 2 AAA champions, the Mid Valley Spartanettes, reached the state semifinals, after winning the Lackawanna League Division 3 title.
An ImPrEssIvE sEAson Mid Valley Spartanettes make strong run in playoffs by Christopher Cornell
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The Mid Valley Spartanettes softball team has had a busy season, and an even
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busier post-season. They ended the regular season with an lop-sided record of wins and captured the Lackawanna League Division 3 title, and then the PIAA District 2 AAA championship. They went to states and fared well
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for two rounds before falling in a semifinal game. According to Mike Piercy, who just completed his sixth season as head coach, it took all they had to get there. “We were very confident entering the
season that we had the ability to complete for the league, district and even state title,” he said. “We were eliminated the previous two seasons in very close games by the eventual state champions [Holy Redeemer]. The way we hung with the eventual state champions gave us the confidence that we were capable of achieving great things this season. We did lose two Please see SOFTBALL, Page 15