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H.S. Football: Scott Dennis named new head coach at Nanticoke Area

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Post date February 16, 2024
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Nanticoke Area didn’t have to look far to find someone with extensive head coaching experience to take over its football program.

The school board voted 8-0 Thursday night to hire Scott Dennis, a Nanticoke Area assistant who previously had been a head coach at two schools. Board president Tony Prushinski didn’t attend the board meeting.

Dennis takes over for Ron Bruza, who resigned shortly after Nanticoke Area completed a 7-5 season, its first winning record since 2018, and played in the District 2 Class 4A playoffs.

Bruza coached Nanticoke Area for 14 seasons, compiling a 70-85 record. He inherited a program which was 1-29 over its previous three seasons and coached the Trojans to four appearances in the Eastern Conference playoffs and three in the District 2 playoffs.

Dennis began his head coaching career at Holy Redeemer in 2014, finishing with a 4-16 record in two season. He then left to coach Central Columbia.

After Central Columbia finished 4-6 in 2016, Dennis coached the Blue Jays to four consecutive winning records. They lost in the District 2 Class 2A semifinals to Southern Columbia in 2017 and the D2-3A semifinals to Loyalsock in 2019. Central Columbia also lost in the D4-2A quarterfinals in 2018.

Central Columbia finished 5-3 in a 2020 season shortened because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Blue Jays struggled in Dennis final season at the helm in 2021, finishing 3-7 and being shut out four times.

Dennis finished with a 36-27 record at Central Columbia. Nanticoke Area athletic director Ken Bartuska said four candidates were interviewed.

Nanticoke Area is the second Wyoming Valley Conference team which will have a new head coach in 2024. Joe DeLucca was hired in mid-January to replace Nick Barbieri at Pittston Area. Barbieri retired following…

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Informational meeting held on Nanticoke/West Nanticoke Bridge options

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Post date February 15, 2024
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During an informational meeting Monday, state and federal representatives agreed to assist Luzerne County in seeking additional funding for the Nanticoke/West Nanticoke Bridge.

County officials are exploring options because the county-owned span over the Susquehanna River was downgraded to a 15-ton weight limit in 2020 due to issues found in an inspection.

The partial replacement recommended by Alfred Benesch and Associates would cost an estimated $39.6 million. The company was hired by the county to study the bridge and determine the “best and most economical option.”

Some local officials are pushing for full replacement, which would cost $64 million based on the engineer’s estimate.

The county has access to $55 million from casino gambling revenue, which means another $9 million would have to be found if a council majority chooses a new bridge.

Council Chairman John Lombardo also pointed out Monday that using the entire $55 million casino-funded infrastructure pool on the Nanticoke/West Nanticoke bridge would leave no funds to cover other projects that had been on the county’s list for completion if funds remained.

These projects: Main Road in Hunlock and Ross townships; Lower Demunds Road and Upper Demunds Road in Dallas and Franklin townships; Ransom Road in Dallas and Franklin townships; Church Road in Wright Township; Oak Hill Road and Crestwood Drive in Wright Township; Old Airport Road in Butler Township; and Hanover Street in Hanover Township.

Lombardo said the partial replacement option recommended by Benesch addresses the same safety issues and weight loads as the new bridge option but costs less.

The Benesch-recommended plan would replace the three truss spans with four new steel bridge spans on new piers, replace the beams and deck on the 21 approaching spans and repair existing piers and abutments.

With this option, the…

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Sharing sweets from Sanitary Bakery in Nanticoke on Fat Tuesday

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Post date February 14, 2024
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Overnight snow didn’t stop folks in Luzerne County from getting Mardi Gras goodies.

NANTICOKE, Pa. — It was a messy morning that called for a cleanup on the streets of Nanticoke. But the overnight snow wasn’t going to stop people from coming to Sanitary Bakery on East Ridge Street, no matter the amount.

“There was eight inches of snow up there, and thankfully my son-in-law got some of it this morning,” said Bernard Witkawski of Glen Lyon.

“Doesn’t stop me, type of job I have. You know, I just got done shoveling and came here for a little snack going to go on my merry way now,” said Michael Nice of Nanticoke.

“I came for the fastnacht and the paczki before they go and you have to fast after that,” explained Theodore Wiaterowski of Nanticoke.

Some have a long-standing relationship with this traditional pastry.

“I like both the prune and the raspberries, so I took a little of each,” said Wiaterowski.

Others are new to its coveted goodness.

“I grew up down in South Carolina and we never knew about paczki,” said Victoria Kingeter, who began working at the bakery in October.

Something many had in common was that their purchases on Fat Tuesday were for sharing—some with coworkers and health care workers.

“Yeah, well, we’ll see. If I don’t eat them on the way there,” said Nice.

“Got to get it up there to the Geisinger Heart Hospital,” said Witkawski.

“I am taking a dozen of each to the bank who I deal with, then I will share with my cousins,” said Wiaterowski. “Maybe I’ll get a discount on my loan or something.”

Customers say something this good shouldn’t be kept a secret.

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Diamonds to Nanticoke church’s lively Ukrainian celebration

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Post date February 13, 2024
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Diamonds to Transfiguration of Our Lord Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Nanticoke for not only honoring their Myasopusna celebration through a dinner of Ukrainian dishes, but also by bringing a lively and impressive dancing troupe decked in colorful folk costumes. The limited seating venue of the church’s community hall was understandably sold out, and the crowd got to watch the Kazka Ukrainian Folk Ensemble Dancers and a younger but equally talented group known as St. Mary’s Traditional Ukrainian Dancers. From the opening promenade of young ladies proffering a loaf of golden brown bread to the everybody-dance finale of the Hopak (the Ukrainian national dance), they alternated between elegant and athletic, demonstrating history and folklore, and in general just making the evening memorable. Kudos all around.

Coal to all those who mar Wilkes-Barre (and other municipalities) with what sometimes seems an endless assault of small signs promoting their own little business operations. City Councilman Tony Brooks was right in saying the signage “junks up the city.” The advertisements for things like “Cash for diabetics test strips, sensors and more,” “Record Fair,” and even personal garage sales might not be too grating if they were fewer and far between, but they have become ubiquitous and redundant, and as Brooks also noted, when they are stapled to poles they often leave the staples behind even after being removed. City Attorney Tim Henry was right when he said an ordinance against the signs would be nearly unenforceable, but Brooks suggested another tactic: Contact the sign owners directly to voice your complaint. If the advertising effort backfires, those behind the signs may decide to stop.

Diamonds to the two exercise activities highlighted in Wednesday’s paper: The…

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Police respond to accidental shooting in Nanticoke

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Post date February 12, 2024
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LCCC’s faculty, alumni art exhibition opens

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Post date February 11, 2024
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Part II: The Year of Eating Chesapeake Blue Catfish

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Post date February 10, 2024
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A few years ago, when I made regular trips to the Baltimore waterfront to fish for rockfish, several people stopped to ask the same question: Are they safe to eat?

My answer: “I don’t know. I’m not a biologist. But rockfish are migratory. They move around and visit the Atlantic. So it’s not like they’re just bottom feeding in the Inner Harbor or Middle Branch all year, accumulating toxins in their flesh. They’re probably safe. Besides, I might catch and keep only one or two per year. I don’t think it will kill me.”

Notice the reference to bottom feeding, the suggestion that rockfish have eating habits superior to less venerated Chesapeake species such as channel catfish or carp.

While bottom feeders eat natural food — mollusks, insect larvae, small fish and some plants — they are thought to be consumers of stuff we’d rather not think about, especially in urban areas. I don’t know if that reputation is deserved, but it’s what a lot of us think, and science-based advisories suggest that certain fish that feed on the bottom pose some risks to humans.

I bring this up because we’re in the second month of The Year of Eating Chesapeake Blue Catfish, proclaimed in this space to support efforts to arrest the growth of an invasive species. Blue catfish are all over the Chesapeake and its tributaries, and it appears they are eating everything, top and bottom.

We need to eat more of them.

To this end, Sun readers sent me recipes to share. (There’s one at the end of this column.) But I also received a caution from Andy Grosko, who has harvested catfish from local waters.

“Sure,” he wrote from Woodstock, “we want to manage invasive fish populations and help commercial watermen, but not at the…

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WYOMING AREA BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUPWarriors suffer first division loss, but close in on WVC Tournament appearance

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Post date February 8, 2024
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Wyoming Area lost its hold on the Wyoming Valley Conference Division 2 boys basketball lead Tuesday, but battled back Friday to move within one win of securing a berth in the WVC Tournament.

The Warriors finished the week even in the loss column and a half-game behind Holy Redeemer at 8-1 in the division, leading to a possibility of a first-place tie. They are 13-5 and third of 10 teams in the race for eight District 2 Class 4A playoffs.

The top two finishers in each division enter the four-team WVC playoffs. Wyoming Area closed in on playing in that tournament for the first time with Friday’s road win over third-place Nanticoke.

Wyoming Area 58, Nanticoke 52

NANTICOKE — Wyoming Area and Nanticoke battled through four quarters Friday night in a physical game that bordered on a slugfest.

The Warriors, just like in their previous matchup with the Trojans this season, were able to land the decisive blows when it mattered most.

Wyoming Area came up with big bucket after big bucket in the fourth, putting a feisty Nanticoke squad down by a 58-52 final score.

“It was big,” Wyoming Area coach Anthony Macario said. “We needed this one. We knew it was going to be super physical.

“They got us here in the playoffs last year in a real similar type game, and our guys responded when it counted.”

Dane Schutter led the Warriors with 19 points and Brady Noone had 16. After a relatively quiet first half, Noone was a huge catalyst for Wyoming Area in the final eight minutes when he scored nine points.

Though Wyoming Area led pretty much throughout, the Trojans refused to give an inch and kept the Warriors within striking distance through three quarters, trailing by just six heading into the final quarter.

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