Jon Gerardi

Williamsport

Award-winning sports editor at @WmsptSunGazette, published author, amateur artist, a diehard @IGGYAZALEA fan & 2010 LHU graduate Email: [email protected]

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Articles

Lewisburg doubles teams reach District 4 semifinals

4 days ago | standard-journal.com | Jon Gerardi

WILLIAMSPORT - Both of Lewisburg's doubles teams will be vying for a District 4 title after they survived the tournament's opening rounds held Saturday at Williamsport Area High School. The Green Dragons' second seeded team of Will Cecchini and Alexey Rosenberg advanced to the semifinals along with the second team of Canyon Swartzentruber and Henry Heintzelman.
Sock’s Anderson/Peters fall in District 4 doubles quarterfinals in three sets as Lewisburg as two teams in semis

6 days ago | sungazette.com | Jon Gerardi

May 10, 2025 Sports Editor [email protected] Loyalsock’s Evan Anderson and Colby Peters dug deep throughout the third set against Lewisburg’s Canyon Swartzentruber and Henry Heintzelman. The Lancers’ duo knew they were facing a deficit, but never panicked or worried. They figured if they could play their game, they had a chance to advance to the semifinals. Both Anderson and Peters were in the District 4 singles semifinals just two days prior, so the pair were hoping to make it another...
Jersey Shore’s Ryder Fink wins program’s first-ever district singles title in boys tennis

1 week ago | sungazette.com | Jon Gerardi

May 8, 2025 Sports Editor [email protected] There was a moment in the first set when it looked like moment was going to shift away from Jersey Shore’s Ryder Fink. The Bulldog led 3-0 but Loyalsock’s Evan Anderson was doing everything he could to stay in the match and won three in a row to make the deficit, 4-3, in the first set. In that moment, things could have shifted away from Fink and Anderson could have rode that momentum to a possible win. But Fink didn’t let anything like that...
Shore’s Fink has played outstanding all year after broken arm

1 week ago | sungazette.com | Jon Gerardi

May 8, 2025 Sports editor [email protected] Jersey Shore coach Seth Hensler was optimistic going into last year’s District 4 singles tournament that Ryder Fink could make a run. He was the Bulldogs’ No. 1 player and had a winning season. But then with roughly a week and a half to go before the tournament began, Fink suffered an injury, falling and breaking his arm. Just like that, his hopes of advancing to the state tournament or winning district gold were dashed like a fast ace to the...
Former Williamsport standout Mahonski earns National Wrestling Hall of Fame honor

1 week ago | sungazette.com | Jon Gerardi

May 7, 2025 Sports Editor [email protected] When Rick Mahonski first got the call that he was getting honored at the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, his first thought was it was a joke. The National Wrestling Hall of Fame? But, they reassured him that he was absolutely being honored and it was not a joke. “I was really surprised. I thought wow this is amazing. At first I didn’t think it was real when they said you were voted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. I thought ‘c’mon,...
South coach Kent Young honored for his 40 years of coaching Mounties

2 weeks ago | sungazette.com | Jon Gerardi

May 2, 2025 Sports Editor [email protected] For the last 40 years, Kent Young has only called one school his home as a boys tennis coach: South Williamsport. Since 1985, it’s where Young’s been coaching. He’s seen his share of wins, tough losses, titles and playoff berths. And on Wednesday, those four decades of coaching saw him get honored. South Williamsport honored its long-time tennis coach with a ceremony prior to Wednesday’s home match against Bloomsburg. “To me it’s a blessing to...
HHS sprinter Temple glad to have her sister back for relay teams

2 weeks ago | sungazette.com | Jon Gerardi

May 1, 2025 Sports editor [email protected] LOCK HAVEN — After Katelyn Temple tore her ACL during the fall season in soccer, her sister Kylie was unsure what the spring season would hold. The Temple sisters are standout track athletes and, more importantly, are two key members of Hughesville’s 400 relay team. At the state meet last year, Katelyn and Kylie both were part of Hughesvilles team which broke the school record at the state meet in Shippensburg and they were hoping to best that...
Lewisburg’s Espinosa continues to inch closer to her mom’s 1,600 record

2 weeks ago | sungazette.com | Jon Gerardi

Apr 30, 2025 Sports Editor [email protected] LOCK HAVEN — As Lewisburg junior Baylee Espinosa was within the final 20 meters of the finish line in the 1,600 on Saturday at the Lock Haven High School Classic, the Green Dragon saw the time on the clock. Each second seemed to drag on as she got closer and closer: 4:51.00 … 4:52.00 … 4:53.00… For a brief moment, Espinosa thought she was going to finally break her mother’s long-time record at Lewisburg which has stood since 2003. But that...
Williamsport’s Takach has confidence in his 400 relay team

2 weeks ago | sungazette.com | Jon Gerardi

Apr 30, 2025 Sports Editor [email protected] LOCK HAVEN — Usually a track and field relay team will find a spark late in the year, perhaps at an invitational, and run an outstanding time. A lot of relay teams will peak right before the District 4 championships and carry that momentum into the state meet. For Williamsport’s 400 relay team, they found that spark at the end of March at the very beginning of the spring season. It was at Chambersburg at a track and field invitational where...
Loyalsock’s Hawkins-Pegues broke school record, PR at Lock Haven HS Classic

2 weeks ago | sungazette.com | Jon Gerardi

Apr 30, 2025 Sports Editor [email protected] LOCK HAVEN — Loyalsock’s Zaryah Hawkins-Pegues started out throwing great in the shot put competition on Saturday at the Lock Haven High School Classic. Her first throw was 35 feet, 1 3/4 inches and from there, the Lancer was zoned in. For her first three throws, Hawkins-Pegues kept improving. That 35-1 3/4 turned into a 35-4 1/2 on her second attempt. When she let go on her third attempt, she saw it land with a distance of 36 6 1/4. She...