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  • The Bookworm Sez: “Althea: The Life of Tennis Champion Althea Gibson” by Sally H. Jacobs

    The Bookworm Sez: “Althea: The Life of Tennis Champion Althea Gibson” by Sally H. Jacobs0

    Terri Schlichenmeyer

    Love-all. It sounds like a sweet way to start a game, doesn’t it? But you know the score: nobody’s made any points in this tennis game. Basically, the score is zero-zero but things could change with one good backhand shot. As in the new book “Althea” by Sally H. Jacobs, tennis, like life, moves quickly.

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  • City Parks, Recreation, and Celebration

    City Parks, Recreation, and Celebration0

    Jim Webb

    Happy 247th Independence Day, America! Please fasten your seatbelts as summer is about to fly by, the night sky illuminated by the fireworks of the 4th of July. This seems like the perfect place to begin my article, as I had a chance to grab lunch with Mayor Derek Slaughter last week. He informed me

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  • Williamsport Street Ball Legends0

    Paul Petcavage

    If I asked you who, at the end of the 1959 basketball season, was Pennsylvania’s 2nd leading high school scorer behind the legendary Wilt Chamberlain, who would you guess? Chamberlain was 7’1, weighed 275 lbs., and played for Overbrook H.S. in Philadelphia for three years. If you guessed Williamsport’s own, Joey Prato — while many

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  • Pickleball action at Short Park0

    Scott Lowery

    Across West Fourth Street, just a long foul ball away from the Original Little League field sits the once-controversial site of former Williamsport Mayor Gabe Campana’s 2014 Memorial Park Pickleball Court installation. Somewhat unpopular at the time, that action could be credited as the forerunner of what has become one of the fastest-growing sports in

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  • The Presence of Fall0

    Scott Lowery

    The arrival of fall has always presented me with a bit of a conundrum. As a fan of summer, I enjoy the warmer days with daylight lasting well into the early evening. Fall certainly has its better qualities with pleasant days, cool evenings and the annual display of color Mother Nature affords us. It is

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  • Grit: June 11, 1950 – City Recreation Program Will Begin June 190

    Lou Hunsinger, Jr.

    Williamsport’s recreational program will open officially for the 1950 season next week. Under the direction of Marshal R. Laird, recreation director, this year’s activities constitute four general programs. They are playground, elementary vacation playtime, tennis and “A Day in the Country.” The city’s 12 playgrounds will open June 19 to children for a 10-week session.

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  • Tennis History on the Southside0

    Scott Lowery

    To say that the 2019 South Williamsport High School girl’s tennis team had a successful season would be a bit understated. In District IV schoolgirl tennis circles, the season was indeed a historic one. Let the record show that the Mountaineer ladies squad finished the regular season undefeated, had three of the District’s top four

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  • Across the Pond0

    Scott Lowery

    The Major League Baseball Home Run Hitting Contest was just about to begin as my son, Doug, and I boarded the plane at the Newark Airport. Although the trip had nothing to do with sports, it was a shared interest in sports that created the impetus for this extraordinary adventure. A few years ago, while

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  • Tennis Anyone?0

    Scott Lowery

    Motorists headed south on Route 15 may be unaware of the change as they begin their ascent up the Bald Eagle Mountain. While a new sign adorns the entrance, the familiar building looks the same as it always has, but inside its doors, a whole new vibe is underway. Previously known as the West Branch

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  • 243 & Counting0

    Scott Lowery

    Happy Birthday to us, Happy Birthday to us Despite all the discord we’re worth all the fuss We’re the land of the free and the home of the brave Proven by the sacrifices so many freely gave Regardless of your views or those you dislike Those founding fathers did get things right The courage they

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  • Pickleball and Hoops. Can They Coexist?0

    Jamie Spencer

    Stop the presses. The basketball hoops are coming back to Memorial Park. Props to Mayor Campana and his staff for making this happen. Wait. Did I just say that? OK, I have been very critical of Gabe and his “recreational” decisions in the past. I chimed in on the Williamsport Outlaws, a short-lived outdoor minor

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  • An Appreciation of The Jaded Eyed: Gerry Ayers0

    Lou Hunsinger, Jr.

    Last week the Webb Weekly family experienced the terrible loss of Gerry Ayers, known to his readers as “The Jaded Eye.” I was lucky enough to have known Gerry many years before he became associated with Webb Weekly. Gerry and I worked together as part-time clerks at “Jocks” sporting goods store on the Golden Strip

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  • Montoursville Tennis Reaches New Heights Thanks to Good People and Players on the Team

    Montoursville Tennis Reaches New Heights Thanks to Good People and Players on the Team1

    Brett Crossley

    It was just another lazy summer day for Lydia Barbour as one of her friends approached her with the idea of taking part in Montoursville’s annual tennis game hosted by the high school team. Barbour went there looking for something to fill the void left by a hot day without much to do. She got

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  • Dazzling Dorner0

    Scott Lowery

    On a welcomed warm October afternoon, sunny skies bathed the South Williamsport tennis courts as the Mountaineers hosted rival Montoursville with the regular season winding down. A short-sleeved crowd settled in on their lawn chairs with many spectators’ eyes affixed on court #1 where the Mounties freshman sensation Olivia Dorner was set to take-on Montoursville’s

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  • When Wood Did What it Could0

    Gerry Ayers

    Over the years, every sportswriter in Webb Weekly has discussed how the change in the construction of bats has affected the junior level of baseball and softball because of safety concerns. When a pitcher hurls a ball towards a batter, and it comes back at him or her with the velocity to punch a hole

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  • The Summer Job Disappearing Act0

    Gerry Ayers

    Another monumental shift in society — in the summer of 1978, 60% of teenagers were working or looking for work. By 2016, only 35% were doing that! Now, don’t be quick to judge (as I was) and say the kids these days are too lazy to hit the job trail. Many are spending more time

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  • New South Williamsport Tennis Courts Ribbon Cutting to be Held Saturday, May 190

    Lou Hunsinger, Jr.

    At a time in which recreation facilities are being decreased in many municipalities due to funding woes, one community will be dedicating a new recreational benefit for its community — new tennis courts. This will be the case in South Williamsport, when those new courts will have their official ribbon cutting on Saturday, May 19,

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  • County Hall Corner: Planting a Tree0

    Larry Stout

    Arbor Day, April 27th, came and went, and probably only one out of a hundred people knew of it, and probably only one out of that number celebrated the event. The idea of planting trees might not seem glamorous, but Williamsport built its reputation as the “Lumber Capital of the World,” and had not those

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  • Some Post-Halloween Thoughts0

    Gerry Ayers

    Hey kids, your “sugar overload” is about to commence. Halloween that is, (or was). You’re going to make your dentist happy and your parents upset as you try to devour five times the legal limit of chocolate into your body at one sitting. I speak from experience. So here’s another quick tip before you dress

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