Talk has recently been circulating that former Chicago Bull and six-time NBA champion Michael Jordan is considering making a return to professional basketball. They don't know the word 'quit' Shamokin-Coal Township Little League has not won a district playoff game in 11 years. Well, the Sixers gave it their best shot. Don't tell that to the eight teams competing this week at Martz Hall in Pottsville, however. Boys hoops teams preparing for playoffs Mid-January.
Most people associate it with nasty weather and getting dark early.
Area high school basketball teams, however, know it's much more than that. What a way to start off the new millenium. The year 2000 was filled with many great memories in the world of sports, both locally and professionally. There are several reasons for the outstanding success of Mount Carmel first-year head football coach Mike Brennan. Call it destiny, fate or some other strange force that was just meant to be.