NEPA Sports Stories

25/07/2022

New episode of released today, featuring Frank Parente, head coach of the PIAA Class 5A state champion Pittston Area softball team! Tune in to hear about the Patriots' unforgettable season and learn how they put together one of the finest seasons ever in local high school athletics.

Listen to the full interview at the links below ⬇️
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3RYdECZ
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3b5NCx2

Pittston Area Lady Patriots Softball / Pittston Area Little League Softball

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22/12/2021

USA Luge slider Jayson Terdiman turned 33 this week, and he spent some of his birthday getting an injection of platelet-rich plasma to relieve tendinitis in his right elbow. It only reaffirmed his decision that it’s time to move on.

13/12/2021

Sometime Tuesday, Loran Smith will pick up a birthday cake and decorate it with 100 candles.

13/12/2021

Filmmakers and Wilkes-Barre natives Matt and Ryan Mayers have long considered making a movie about high school football. Turns out, the former Meyers Mohawks captains lived a first-hand football experience worthy of film, as shown in their upcoming documentary, Hustle and Harmony, which covers the rivalry and tradition of rivals Meyers and GAR.

Listen to Matt and Ryan's full interview on , streaming now at the links below ⬇️

Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3lXdL3u
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3IIjXGf

10/12/2021

Hey, everyone! It’s been a while.

I am excited to say is coming back Monday with Episode 42! I can’t wait for you to hear this interview and please stay tuned for more details upon its release. Thank you for your patience over the past six-plus months without any new episodes, but I will be getting back into the groove now with episodes released spontaneously.

In the meantime, subscribe and stream past episodes ⬇️

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21/05/2021

ICYMI: Former Wyoming Seminary and current Penn State wrestler Beau Bartlett detailed his amazing — and still growing — career on the newest episode of . Listen below!

Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3fIfvd0
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3bLOowm

13/05/2021

Thanks to Trevor Woodruff, head coach of the Bucknell Bisons women's basketball team, for joining to talk about his career, including one of the toughest decisions he ever had to make: Leaving Misericordia's men's team for the University of Scranton's women's squad.

Listen to the full interview at the links below and like/follow NEPA Sports Stories for more local sports content!
Apple Podcasts: apple.co/3vWNAME
Spotify: spoti.fi/3uE3L1b

10/05/2021

New episode of streaming now with Trevor Woodruff, former basketball coach at Misericordia University and The University of Scranton and current women’s head coach at Bucknell! Thanks to Trevor, a former standout basketball player, for joining us and telling us all about how he got his start in this successful career of his.

Tune in for a great interview! ⬇️⬇️
Apple Podcasts: apple.co/3vWNAME
Spotify: spoti.fi/3uE3L1b

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03/05/2021

Jim Boeheim, John Chaney and Sherman White are just a handful of the basketball legends who played at venues, such as the Scranton C*C and Kingston Armory, during the Eastern Basketball League's heyday. Authors Syl Sobel and Jay Rosenstein joined NEPA Sports Stories to tell us more about their book and the league that should not be lost to history.

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Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3xBsPI2

Syl Sobel Eastern League of Professional Baseball

02/05/2021

New episode of dropping Monday with Scrantonians Syl Sobel and Jay Rosenstein, authors of Boxed Out of the NBA, a deep dive into the Eastern Basketball League and its local franchises. Syl Sobel

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30/04/2021

"I had a big-time chip on my shoulder — I still do."

ICYMI: Dave Jannuzzi, a former basketball great at Meyers High School and Wilkes University and current player/owner for Wyoming Valley Clutch, joined us on for an interview all about his career. Listen to the podcast and subscribe at the links below ⬇️

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26/04/2021

Basketball brought Dave Jannuzzi out of his shell and into the spotlight, driving the Wilkes-Barre native to make the most out of his life and career. Download the newest episode of at the links below to hear Dave talk all about his journey to becoming Wilkes University Colonels all-time leading scorer and a professional player overseas.

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25/04/2021

Meyers High School and Wilkes University basketball legend Dave Jannuzzi joins us Monday on . Dave tells us all about his career, including his current roles as owner and player for Wyoming Valley Clutch.

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23/04/2021

Sports Vault: 1996. Crestwood's Diane Madl is about to join the U.S. Olympic Field Hockey team.

22/04/2021

"You know what? We're not going home, again, in second place."

Mariano Medico capped his high school golf career in 2013 by helping Holy Redeemer High School win the PIAA Class 2A boys golf title — the first team state championship in any sport in school history. Winning that championship, though, came after a heartbreaking loss in the same fashion just one year earlier.

Now competing in Florida as a professional golfer, listen to Mariano's full interview on the newest episode of NEPA Sports Stories below ⬇️
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Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3x9vWH6

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19/04/2021

New episode of out now! Our guest this week is Mariano Medico, who won a state championship with Holy Redeemer High School and is now chasing down the dream of making the PGA Tour. Hear all about Mariano's journey to becoming a professional golfer and the grind that it entails at the links below ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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15/04/2021

ICYMI: Former Nanticoke Area basketball standout Adam Gorney joined us on the newest episode of to talk about his current job — National Recruiting Analyst for Rivals — and even reminisce about some of the best football players to ever come through Wilkes-Barre.

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12/04/2021

New episode of out now! Listen to Adam Gorney detail his career, from basketball star at Nanticoke Area to authority on college football recruiting with Rivals.

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09/04/2021

ICYMI: Listen to this week’s episode of , where Jeff Barrett takes you inside the rich and occasionally unbelievable history of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.

An interview with Jeff Barrett, a longtime executive in the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins' front office, who dishes on some of the most memorable moment…

06/04/2021

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins CEO Jeff Barrett joins us on the newest episode of to talk about some of his franchise's highlights over the past 20-plus years.

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02/04/2021

ICYMI: Former big-league pitcher from Crestwood, Matt Wotherspoon, was interviewed on this week’s episode of . Listen — and subscribe — on most podcast platforms.

An interview with Matt Wotherspoon, a former ace right-handed pitcher at Crestwood High School who attended Pitt and was twice drafted by MLB teams. Now …

29/03/2021

From Crestwood High School to Major League Baseball, Matt Wotherspoon credits Northeast Pennsylvania in aiding his career in athletics. Wotherspoon, now retired, talks all about his baseball career in a new interview on .

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28/03/2021

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26/03/2021

Our next guest on ! Full interview with Crestwood’s own Matt Wotherspoon drops Monday. Stay tuned to our page and subscribe to our podcast feed below ⬇️

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22/03/2021

The first state champion wrestler from Wyoming Area, sophomore Jaden Pepe, is featured on the newest episode of . Hear more about Jaden's career and his run to the PIAA Class 2A 113-pound title at the links below and like/follow NEPA Sports Stories for more local sports interviews.

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21/03/2021

New episode of dropping in just a few hours with Jaden Pepe, the newly minted PIAA state champion wrestler from Wyoming Area. Stay tuned to our page and subscribe to NEPA Sports Stories podcast at the links below to be notified when it is released! ⬇️

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19/03/2021

ICYMI: Dunmore girls basketball head coach Ben O'Brien is featured on the latest episode of . Click the link to hear the full interview.

An interview with Ben O’Brien, whose Dunmore Lady Bucks are one of the strongest and most consistent programs — regardless of sport — in PIAA District 2.…

15/03/2021

Ben O'Brien, veteran head coach of the Dunmore Lady Bucks dynasty, is featured on the latest episode of . In our interview, Ben talks about landing the Dunmore girls basketball job, earning more than 300 career wins and having two consecutive seasons end because of COVID-19, a learning lesson that's forced him to practice what he preaches.

Listen to the full interview — and like/follow NEPA Sports Stories for more local sports content — at the links below ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3lfyFsQ
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/30IHQbW