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Boy Scout Troop 434 will host its inaugural amateur corn hole tournament at 6:30 p.m. on March 31 at Skateawat in Wilkes-Barre. Doors open at 6 p.m. The entrance fee is $20 a person for the double elimination tournament. There will be raffle baskets and a 50/50. Entrants must preregister by March 21. Questions and payments can be sent to Ralph Otero, Scout master, 120 Brookhollow Road, Mountain Top, PA 18707, 570-606-1401. Please inculde your team name on the check.

Representatives of a half dozen businesses in the Crestwood Industrial Park and state, county and municipal elected officials along with Crestwood School District and community leaders met at the Wright Township municipal building recently for what officials hope will be the first of regular bi-monthly sessions to address issues affecting the Mountain Top community.

The Bloomsburg University speech and debate team won the First Place Team Sweepstakes Award at the Collegiate Forensic Association’s Annual Beach Tournament in Ocean City, Md., recently.

Each edition Mountain Top resident Joe Sainclair will share a photo with Mountain Peaks readers.

Crestwood High School football coach Ryan Arcangeli introduced the team’s Leadership Council for the 2022 football season at a recent parents’ meeting.

There was a whole lot of excitement at Good Shepherd Academy’s Gym this past week, most especially if you were sitting in the Saint Jude Nomads section. Both the fifth- and sixth-grade boys’ team and the fifth- and sixth-grade girls’ team took home top honors as they captured the Wyoming Valley Catholic League titles. The boy’s team – led by coaches Kevin Zurawski and Brian Gryboski – beat Good Shepherd Academy with a score of 27-22. The girl’s team – led by coaches Jonathan Bilbow, Mike Bartholomew, Jeff Sweet, Kevin Millard and Dan Fauerbach – took home the title with a 20-12 win over Saint Nick’s/Saint Mary’s.

The Wright Center for Community Health is holding a Driving Better Health COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic at Hazleton Area School District, 1515 W. 23rd St., Hazleton, on Wednesday, March 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Students from the Crestwood Secondary Campus participated in the Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science Regional Meeting which was held virtually on Saturday, March 5.

“The more you will read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn the more places you’ll go!” These words from Dr. Seuss resonated in the Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten classrooms at Saint Jude School as they celebrated Read Across America. Each student chose his or her favorite story and “dressed the part” as they came in costume to school for the day. Students played games, read stories and heard rhymes from the famous author, as his birthday is a focus of Read Across America.

WRIGHT TWP. — Since it’s opening just a few months ago, Mountain Top Pub & Eatery has been a gathering spot for people looking for fun, food, music and dancing.