By Steve Svetovich
Condolences to family of Pennsylvania’s former First Lady Ellen Casey, Green Ridge, who died this past August at 91…Her husband, the former Gov. Robert P. Casey, died in 2000…Do you remember Daiqwon Buckley eclipsing 4,000 career rushing yards and scoring four touchdowns in Dunmore’s 48-7 win over GAR 10 years ago?…Condolences to family of Jersey Shore football player Max Engle who died one week after collapsing on football field in his team’s game against Selinsgrove last month…Do you remember when John Barone shot 3-under par on front nine at Scranton Muni in Dunmore’s 9-0 golf win over Old Forge 10 years ago?…Tommy Clark scored two goals to become Dunmore’s all-time goals leader in Bucks 7-1 win over West Scranton in Lackawanna League Division II boys soccer match last month…At Scott Greens, Nic Borgia shot 3-over with a birdie on the No. 4 and teamed with Adam Badyrka to sweep three points in the first group to lead Holy Cross to 5-4 golf win over Old Forge last month…Condolenses to families of Virginia Paoloni and Edward Mazaleski who tragically passed away as result of downpour and flooding on Shady Lane Road in Clarks Summit last month…A happy retirement to long time Times-Tribune sports reporter/columnist Marty Myers who took buyout after Times-Shamrock Communications sold its newspaper group, including The Times-Tribune, to publishing giant MediaNews Group last month…Myers, a class act and wealth of knowledge on local sports, will be missed…MLB world mourning passing of 1970 World Series hero and Hall of Fame 16-time gold glove third baseman Brooks Robinson at 86 last month…Robinson, one of classiest MLB players ever, played entire 23-year career with Baltimore Orioles and was known as “The Human Vacuum Cleaner,” for his defensive ability…Perhaps the greatest defensive third baseman ever, he added 2,848 hits, 268 homers and 1,357 RBIs on the offensive end…Dunmore’s Guy Valvano, 95, former sports editor of the Sunday Scrantonian, remembers the late Robinson coming to Dunmore to speak at an event in 1979 and willingly taking time to meet youth and sign autographs for them in the neighborhood…Valvano called Robinson the classiest and nicest celebrity athlete he ever met…Congratulations to Gary and Lynne Duncan, Dunmore, who are beaming following birth of their first grandchild Georgia Rose last month…The couple’s daughter Anne and son-in-law Doug are the proud parents…Scranton Prep’s Liam Barrett had 33-yard touchdown run and returned punt 77 yards for a score in win over Lake Lehman…At Penn State Scranton, Ava Ferraro and Krithika Krishman posted singles tennis victories to lift Dunmore to 3-2 win over Mid Valley last month…Adam Badyrka struck for an unassisted marker with 12 minutes left to snap tie and lift Holy Cross to 3-2 soccer win over Lakeland last month…Congratulations to St. Louis Cardinals hurler Adam Wainwright, 42, who pitched seven shutout innings in final start of his career to win 200th game against Milwaukee Brewers last month…Waino spent entire MLB career with Cardinals and finished with 200-128 career record…Detroit Tigers legend Miguel Cabrera, 40, tied Hank Aaron on all-time doubles list with No. 624 and Mel Ott on all-time homers list with No. 511 in final week of his MLB career…Miggy will finish with over 3,000 hits, over 500 homers, over 600 doubles and .307 career batting average…Cleveland Guardians manager Terry “Tito” Francona stepping down at end of season with well over 1,900 wins placing him 13th on all-time list…Tito led Boston Red Sox to two World Series titles, breaking 86-year-old “curse,” and led Cleveland to World Series in 7-game loss to Cubs, ironically breaking Cubbies 108-year-old “curse”…Abbey Earley had 16 points, seven kills and five aces and Tristan Canavan had 15 kills to lead Dunmore to 3-0 win over Elk Lake in girls volleyball last month…Holy Cross Crusaders football coach Joe Giorgio making good on promise his team would show improvement with 3-2 record at press time…Congratulations to Holy Cross sophomore running back Aiden Wudarski who has two games with 220 or more yards rushing in his team’s first five games this season…His twin brother Leland Wudarski, who blocks for him from fullback position, had 12 tackles, including three for losses, and added two sacks and fumble recovery from his middle linebacker position in Holy Cross 7-6 win over Montrose…Holy Cross and University of Scranton baseball product Anthony Duchnowski batted .571 for Lavelle Insurance in Wyoming Valley Baseball League this past summer…Dunmore seniors Domenic DeSando and Danny Pigga having excellent seasons for Bucks football team…Music legend Bruce Springsteen postponing concerts for rest of year due to peptic ulcer disease and doctor’s advise…This could be end of Springsteen’s legendary three hour plus concerts also based on doctor’s advice…How about Damian Lillard joining forces with The Greek Freak and Khris Middleton on Milwaukee Bucks…Do you remember Mike Harrington?…Whatever became of Boots Day?…