Sports

A perfect day for Johnston, Lady Chucks

Published Wednesday, May 8, 2019

It was a "perfect" day for the Lady Chucks softball team on Wednesday, as Punxsy played host to District 9 rival St. Marys.

Nesbitt vaults past school record

Published Tuesday, May 7, 2019

A school record fell at the Punxsy track and field meet against Bradford on Tuesday afternoon, as Makena Nesbitt cleared 10-07 — one inch better than Alee Kromer’s mark of 10-06 set in 2008 — to set the new mark for girls’ pole vaulters in the school district.

We'll meet you back at home!

Published Tuesday, April 23, 2019

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE TWO PHOTOS IS JUST ONE QUICK TROT AROUND THE BASES.

Boys' tennis holds Senior Night

Published Thursday, April 18, 2019

Prior to their match against Bradford on Thursday, the members of the Punxsy boys' tennis program honored two of its members — one senior and one foreign exchange student.

Chucks 'squeeze' by Dutchmen

Published Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Alec Greenblatt (second from left) laid down a go-ahead squeeze bunt that he had to leg out for a single with two outs and the game against St. Marys tied in the bottom of the seventh inning, and when Andrew Britton crossed home plate, the Chucks were 5-4 walk-off winners.

New Gallery Posted: Track & Field

Published Wednesday, April 10, 2019

A new photo gallery from Tuesday's home track meet vs. St. Marys and DuBois Central Catholic has been posted.

Tennis falls to DCC; baseball/softball open Wednesday

Published Tuesday, March 26, 2019

PUNXSUTAWNEY — Punxsy's boys' tennis team went toe-to-toe with the Cardinal of DuBois Central Catholic on Tuesday, with DCC sneaking past the Chucks 4-3. Punxsy picked up one singles point and two doubles points, with Vincent Gigliotti factoring into two of the three team tallies.

Kaleb Watch: Young finishes fifth at NCAAs

Published Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Saturday, March 23 (1:15 p.m.) -- Kaleb Young has placed fifth at 157 pounds in the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships -- on college wrestling's largest stage. Young's day began with a loss in the consolation semis, where he met a familiar foe in Michigan's Alec Pantaleo.

Two from Punxsy medal at PJW state championships

Published Monday, March 18, 2019

About 2,000 wrestling matches went into the 2019 Pennsylvania Junior Wrestling State Championships this past weekend at the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh, and when it all came down to it on Sunday afternoon, a pair of Punxsy wrestlers (who qualified for the tournament as Area 5 champions)

Punxsy youth bound for PJW State Championships

Published Friday, March 15, 2019

The Punxsy wrestling program is sending six qualifiers to this weekend’s Pennsylvania Junior Wrestling (PJW) Youth State Championships this weekend in Pittsburgh. Pictured here are qualifiers (front row, from left) Luke Grusky, Brady Dobson, (back row) Jael Miller and Josh Dobson.