It’s a figurative family for Bensalem volleyball
By Mike GibsonFor the WirePick up a program at any Bensalem High School boys’ volleyball match and you are likely to do a double take.Or a triple take.The Owls don’t have one Patel on the team. They have six.Two...
Benninghoff soars to success
By Mike GibsonFor the TimesTo borrow a phrase made popular in a Bill Cosby commercial, Council Rock South’s Amanda Benninghoff could have gone to college anywhere.She chose the University of North Carolina.The explanation was the main...
Glory bound: Pugh’s road to the NFL
By Mike GibsonFor the WireIn what may go down as one of the greatest sports videos of the year, Justin Pugh is shown at his Bucks County home taking a phone call from the New York...
Bensalem tennis fights to the finish
By Mike GibsonFor the WireGoing through a tennis season in the Suburban One League National Conference is a little like running a gauntlet.No one has to tell Bensalem boys’ head coach James Humes that.He already knows.The Owls (3–7...
Bensalem track lives life in the fast lane
By Mike GibsonFor the WireIn sports like track and field, as the weather turns warmer, the performances usually get better.Unfortunately for Bensalem High School — and just about every other program in the area — the weather has yet to get...
Modern day plays at Archbishop Wood
By Mike GibsonFor the WireIt’s pretty easy to be a fan of Archbishop Wood baseball these days.Not only is the school continuing a winning tradition, its website (woodbaseball.com) is state of the art and provides real-time updates...
Pugh is first-round NFL draft pick
Council Rock South graduate Justin Pugh is a Giant — in every sense of the word.The 6-foot-4, 307-pound offensive tackle on Thursday was the New York Giants’ first-round pick in the 2013 National Football League draft. He...
Marching through history
By Megan BadgerWire Managing EditorThe music and legacy of the late American composer and conductor John Phillip Sousa will be brought back to life by his great grandson at an upcoming concert by the Southampton Community...
It’s official: Schwartz will run for governor
By Tom WaringTimes Staff WriterU.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz said she decided to enter the governor’s race, even though history is not on her side, because she thinks Gov. Tom Corbett’s economic and education policies have failed...
It’s official: Schwartz will run for governor
By Tom WaringTimes Staff WriterU.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz said she decided to enter the governor’s race, even though history is not on her side, because she thinks Gov. Tom Corbett’s economic and education policies have failed...
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