NEPA Sports Stories Matt Bufano

An interview with Frank Parente, head coach of the Pittston Area Patriots softball team, which recently finished a 25-0 season that included winning Wyoming Valley Conference Division 1, District 2 Class 5A and PIAA Class 5A state championships. Parente tells us more about the team's journey, as well as his own, and what went into completing one of the greatest seasons ever for a local high school softball team.

An interview with Wilkes-Barre natives and filmmakers Matt Mayers and Ryan Mayers. The brothers are behind the upcoming documentary, "Hustle and Harmony," which explores the football rivalry between Meyers High School of South Wilkes-Barre and GAR High School of the Heights section. Visit hustleandharmonymovie.com for more information.

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An interview with Beau Bartlett, who won 177 bouts during his prep wrestling career at Wyoming Seminary. A skilled graphic designer and wrestler, Bartlett is now plying both of those trades while studying at Penn State. He also recently won a Junior National Championship.

An interview with Trevor Woodruff, who's ascended the college basketball coaching ranks from Misericordia's men to the University of Scranton's women and now the Bucknell Bisons women's basketball team. Woodruff is a graduate of Wyalusing High School and Misericordia, where he coached for 11 seasons. He got his coaching start even before that, however, as he revealed in our interview.

An interview with Syl Sobel and Jay Rosenstein, authors the newly published book, "Boxed Out of the NBA: Remembering the Eastern Professional Basketball League." Hazleton, Scranton and Wilkes-Barre were among the cities that housed Eastern League basketball franchises during its run from 1946-78. Bob Ryan wrote the foreword to this book, which features dozens of interviews with past Eastern League coaches, players, fans and officials, including Jim Boeheim and John Chaney.

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