Defense leads Joyce team to winning finish

By Tom Robinson, NEPAElite.com SCRANTON – The NEPA Elite Joyce 16U boys team showed it could take two different routes to victory. After using an offensive outburst in the opener to earn a split of Saturday’s two games, the Joyce team turned to defense to make it a winning weekend in the KYDA Invitational at…

NEPA Elite Coyle 17U alum Jason Shields and Christian Fermin, who played for the AAU club out of Riverfront Sports in Scranton earlier in his career, were among those honored when Pennsylvania Sports Writers completed their all-state basketball process Sunday with the announcement of the Class 6A team. In all, a dozen players from the…

By Tom Robinson, NEPA Elite News NEPA Elite Coyle 17U alum and Scranton High School senior Jason Shields committed to a full basketball scholarship from Jefferson University in Philadelphia Friday. The selection of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II school ended a recruiting process for Shields that extended from the high school preseason, through…

Austin Finarelli became the latest NEPA Elite alum to land all-state recognition Friday morning when the former Coyle 17U player and current Dallas senior was named to the Class 4A second team for his play in the 2021-22 high school season. Finarelli’s selection came in the latest all-state announcement by Pennsylvania Sports Writers. The 6-foot…