Zach Rovinsky is the new stand out all-star for basket-ball this season. As an incredible player, Zach had earned the All-Star title as just a sophomore. He is a force to be reckoned with on the court, and has an amazing score rate, one of the best in the area. Most people would further agree that his skillsets are incredible important to the Western Wayne Boys Varsity Basket-Ball team, which is proven through his starter status on the team. Just this season, Zach Rovinsky led Lackawanna Boys’ Basketball Conference Division II in points per game (ppg) with 17.1 ppg and helped lead team to...

Dribble, shoot, rebound, score! Go hard or go home. Matthew Henneforth shoots for his goals as a freshman on the varsity basketball team. Matt, who started basketball at the age of seven, has been playing for eight years. He has always been one of the tall kids, which has given him the upper hand against others. But it hasn’t always been this easy for Matt.   Once he joined varsity, there were many more kids who were not only tall, but also very talented. “I always had the upper hand because I was around six feet in eighth grade,” Matt says, “But now, there are kids who tower over me and they are more athletic”. He struggled with this conflict, but it pushed him to work harder and practice more to succeed. Now, Matt is better and ready for any challenge that is thrown at him. The team also...

Jake Pasake is not a typical high school athlete. Throughout his high school career, Pasake has achieved a significant amount of athletic achievements, currently holding many of our school's records in track and field and cross country. As he explains, "In 10th grade I was 58th in States for cross country, and my junior year I improved to 12th in states and 5th in districts."   In addition to these district and state awards, Jake also holds the school record for the fastest 2 mile time for cross country (9:53) and five additional track and field records including the 1 mile, 2 mile, 800, 4x400, a...

"Select members of the Varsity Track and Field Indoor Team competed at the PTFCA Carnival Meet at Lehigh University on Saturday, February 11. The meet featured athletes from 150 teams across PA, with very tough qualifying standards. To start the day, Trina Barcarola matched her PR in the Pole Vault with a 10-6, placing 9th of 18. Cody Kurtz had a PR in the 400, going 54.34 to place 12th of 23. Jake Pasake ran a 9:08.18 in the 3000, a 12 second PR, and he placed 7th out of 16. The team of Elizabeth Pulice (1:08.8), Morgan Wagner (1:09.1), Annie Skirpan (1:04.1) and Trina Barcarola (1:04.2) ran an official time of 4:26.27 to place 24th out of 30. This meet wraps up the indoor season for most of our athletes."