Dempsey joins NEPA Elite coaching staff

By Tom Robinson, NEPAElite.com Tommy Dempsey lived his coaching dream and now the veteran of 16 seasons as a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I head coach is ready to share his experience with aspiring players and coaches. Dempsey is returning to Lackawanna County to serve as coach of the NEPA Elite 15U boys team…

By Tom Robinson, NEPAElite.com Zya Small from the highly successful NEPA Elite Clark 2027 AAU girls basketball team has landed her first National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I women’s basketball scholarship offer. Boston College made the first offer to Small, who has received a series of honors and landed on several rankings lists of top…

Clair Marion posted her first career double-double Dec. 7 for Dickinson University (6-2) when she had 28 points and 10 rebounds in the team’s fifth straight victory, 46-31, over Susquehanna. It was the second straight game with a career scoring high for Marion, who had 21 points in a 59-40 victory over Swarthmore. Marion is…

Jason Shields made the most of his first significant playing time. The NEPA Elite Coyle 17U and Scranton High School alum had been limited to just one minute in one appearance in the first six games of this season at Thomas Jefferson University, a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II team in Phiadelphia. When Shields…