There was a time when I started my role as sports editor for The Beacon. I had one major thing that bugged me: the athlete of the week needs to be merit-based. Why bother calling it an “Athlete of the Week” if it was simply a randomly chosen athlete? It just didn’t make sense. When…

Voting continues to impress as 1,241 votes were cast in the Semi-Final Round of the #BeaconAOTY (athlete of the year) tournament. That additional tally bring the tournament total to 18,545. Today’s Championship Round will begin at 11 a.m. and continue until 11 p.m. Once the final day of the tournament concludes, Wilkes University will have…

Editor’s Note: Ryan Balliet, tournament assistant, contributed to this report. Day three of the 2018-19 #BeaconAOTY (athlete of the year) tournament brought more chaos as now both defending champions have departed. In a shocking upset on the men’s side, No. 24 Ashton Gyenizs (wrestling) knocked off defending champion No. 1 Marcus Robinson (men’s basketball). That…

Editor’s Note: Ryan Balliet, tournament assistant, contributed to this report. Voting has closed in the #BeaconAOTY Round of 16 and the matchups for the Quarterfinal Round are set. After a total of 5,646 votes today, the tournament saw a total of six upsets in today’s Round of 16. While yesterday men’s bracket saw a flurry…

Editor’s Note: Ryan Balliet, tournament assistant, contributed to this report. Action concluded in the Round of 30 late yesterday as 8,798 votes were cast to kickoff the tournament. The men’s side saw 4,165 votes on the Twitter polls while the women’s pairing saw a slightly higher 4,633 tallies. In the Round of 30, the tournament…

The Beacon will conduct its second annual Athlete of the Year tournament via Twitter polls beginning Tuesday. The tournament will open with the Round of 30 on Tuesday and will conclude with the championship round closing out the tournament on Saturday, April 13. The full schedule is listed below. Voting will open each day at…

The Beacon will conduct its second annual Athlete of the Year tournament via Twitter polls beginning next week. The tournament will open with the Round of 30 on Tuesday, April 9 and will conclude with the championship round closing out the tournament on Saturday, April 13. The full schedule is listed below. Voting will open…

After just under a decade and a half of business, the lights have turned off and the final note has been sung at a local establishment, as Bart & Urby’s has shuttered its doors. The late owner, Brian Urbanas, died on Jan. 25 after a long battle with multiple sclerosis. His parents, Patsy and Joe…

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — In front of a packed house in the specialized half-bowl wrestling set-up at the Marts Center, Wilkes wrestling took down the Penn College Wildcats, 36-12. “Our guys performed well,” said head coach Jon Laudenslager. “It was a great environment from our students coming. It was packed.” Senior Nick Racanelli echoed Coach Laudenslager’s…

Editor’s note: This article appeared in the Nov. 23, 1949 issue of The Beacon (Vol. 3, Issue 10). The Beacon has quite the storied past. The Beacon has enjoyed many years of success, publishing continuously since 1936. The newspaper began as The Bison Stampede from 1934 until 1936 before changing names to The Beacon. Each…