By Steve Svetovich
Retired Dunmore fireman and best selling author Vince Sardo and former Dunmore Councilman Paul Nardozzi among close to 110,000 in attendance at Beaver Stadium for Penn State’s 21-7 over Illinois Saturday, September 28…Dunmore basketball program has bright future with its fifth grade team winning championship last year under coach Bob Dempsey and assistant Mike Timlin…Team members include Liam Harrington, Colin McHale, Gavin Masters, Harrison Timlin, Ben Dempsey, Brayden McCarthy, Luke Dempsey and Brady Shulte…Liam Harrington,, who also plays soccer and baseball, is grandson of former Scranton Central and Penn State Worthingron basketball standout Mike Harrington…Dunmore girls’ volleyball coach Sue Dempsey is among group of 10 being inducted into Northeastern Chapter of PA Sports Hall of Fame Sunday, October 6, during annual induction dinner at Fiorelli’s, Peckville…Dunmore’s Bob Walsh is Chapter president…Mid Valley baseball product Jerry Valonis is vice president…Former Scranton Prep standout baseball shortstop and football player Denny Pryle among sellout crowd at Oakland A’s final home game ever…Owners have team moving to Sacramento for next three years before scheduled move to Las Vegas in 2028…A’s and majority of baseball fans not happy about move of iconic franchise with host of legendary players that include Rickey Henderson, Reggie Jackson, Joe Rudi, Catfish Hunter, Vida Blue, Campy Campaneris, Kenny Holtzman, Rollie Fingers, Blue Moon Odom, Gene Tenace, Sal Bando, Ray Fosse, Bill North, Jose Canseco, Mark McGwire, Miguel Tejada, Dave “Smoke” Stewart, Bob Welch, Barry Zito, Dave “Hendu” Henderson, Paul Linblad, Darrell Knowles, Claudell Washjngton, Mike Epstein, Dick Green, Carney Lansford, Walt Weiss, Dave Parker, Terry Steinbach, Dwayne Murphy, Mike Norris, Steve McCatty, Josh Donaldson, Brent Rooker, Matt Olsen, Eric Chavez, Dennis “The Eck” Eckersley, Rick Honeycutt, Jason Giambi, Khris Davis, Matt Stairs, Marcus Semian, Tony Armas, Mason Miller, Matt Chapman, Tim Hudson, Mark Mulder, Rick Langford, Huston Street, Jason Isringhausen, Sean Doolittle, Andrew Bailey, Diego Segui, J.J. Bleday, Lawrence Butler and managers Dick Williams, Alvin Dark, Billy Martin, Art Howe, Tony LaRussa, Bob Melvin, Bob Geren, Ken Macha, Jack McKeon, John McNamara and Mark Kotsay…And let’s not forget late owner Charlie O Finley and designated pinch runner Herb Washington…Even Willie McCovey as a player and Joe DiMaggio as a coach wore the iconic green and gold…MLB all-time stolen base and runs scored leader Rickey Henderson and former ace Smoke Stewart threw out final first pitches while Barry Zito sang national anthem at A’s final game in Oakland…A’s had 57 year history in Oakland winning four championships, including three in a row 1972-73-74…Game of baseball and its fans will miss the Oakland A’s…Vince Fedor is first official assistant for Dunmore cross country program after being head coach for 53 years…William Trip O’Malley is current Dunmore cross country coach…He ran for him during his high school cross country career and was part of Lackawanna League championship team in 1991…Congratulations to coach Joe Giorgio and Holy Cross Crusaders football team who won third football game of season, 34-10, over Holy Redeemer, Saturday, September 28…Holy Cross senior quarterback/safety Josh Lentowski has been impressive leading Crusaders on both offense and defense…Congratulations to Dunmore senior soccer standout Tommy Clark for 100th career goal, a first in school history…Congratulations to coach Kevin McHale and Dunmore Bucks for 20-14 win over Lakeland…Dunmore’s Izaiah Parker scored on 63-yard touchdown run, his only carry of game…Dunmore quarterback Jeff McNeff hit Xavier Burke for an 18-yard touchdown toss in win…Do you remember Scranton Central football player Mike McCabe?…Do you remember Dunmore graduate and Wilkes University running back Brett Trichilo running for 81 yards in 21-13 loss to Lycoming to become Middle Atlantic Conference career rushing leader with 4,422 yards 20 years ago?…Connor Toole scored game winning goal on direct kick in second half to lead Dunmore to 3-2 Division II soccer win over Mountain View…Tommy Clark added two more goals for Bucks…Arena Football returning to Wilkes-Barre in 2025…Amanda Demosey had 11 kills and Katelyn Henry had 24 assists to lead Dunmore to 3-0 volleyball win over Forest City…Dunmore’s Leena Conte added seven kills and 11 service points…Emma Costanzo had seven kills for the Bucks…Holy Cross senior quarterback Josh Lentowski passed for a touchdown and ran for two in Crusaders 24-20 win over Hanover Area…At Pine Hills, Steve Yurkovic had two birdies and shot a 35 to lead Holy Cross to golf win over Scranton Knights, 167, 172…How about 58 homers for New York Yankees captain Aaron Judge…Yankees legendary broadcaster John Sterling came out of retirement to do radio for final six regular season and playoff contests…Liza Froncek set school record with five assists and tied single-game scoring record with four goals as Holy Cross soccer girls’ soccer team beat Scranton, 12-0…Trista Chickaletti added hat trick and Alaina Scassellati added two of her own for Lady Crusaders…Megan Hassaj, Natalya Musto and Olivia Wasp scored one goal each…Liam Sullivan scored off assist from Jamie Prislupski to lead Holy Cross to 1-0 soccer win over Mid Valley…Dunmore’s Gabe Francek rushed for 96 yards in Bucks 7-6 win over Carbondale Area…Xavier Burke scored game-tying touchdown while Dunmore kicker Eric Reesey kicked extra point to seal win…How about Detroit Tigers coming back from 11 games out of wild card spot in late August to secure AL wild card spot…Ohtani 50-50 season huge accomplishment, but tainted by easier stolen base rules implemented by MLB commissioner Rob Manfred…Do you remember Bobby Brier?…Whatever became of Shooty Babbit?…