VICKSBURG, Miss.(VDN)—Vicksburg High School softball player Makynzie Dunmore will be joining the Jackson State University softball next season. Dunmore will join the Lady Tigers as a walk-on after graduating from high school in just a couple of weeks. “For the last two and a half years I’ve been wanting to play college ball so this is an opportunity for me to keep playing so I took it,” Makynzie said. Dunmore began her softball career in the seventh grade at VHS as she was on a quest to try something new. A few years later, the outfielder would be making a positive impact on her team. During the 2024-2025 season, Dunmore came out of her shell and blossomed into a stellar athlete. Her stats improved all across the board, especially when it came to hitting the ball. “I boosted my confidence by training differently because I was dipping a lot but I managed to correct things,” Dunmore said. In her senior year, Dunmore finished with a .429 batting average along with 21 hits, 13 RBIs, 2 triples, and 2 doubles.  With the help of Dunmore Missy Gators, the Missy Gators capped off a 10-13 season as they doubled their victories from the previous year. Although many memories were during her senior season, Dunmore testified that defeating crosstown rivals Warren Central for the first time in the program’s history was her favorite softball memory. “That was the best feeling because we never beat them in fast pitch so it was great to be a part of history,” she said. Dunmore spent her last two seasons playing under Head Coach Briana Knox. “I love playing under Coach Knox and she came in with a lot of energy and passed it along to us so that’s how we won most of our games and put up runs,” she said. Makynzie plans on majoring in Biomedical Engineering and she is the daughter of Dawn Stevenson, Robert Heads, and Corey Dunmore. Stephen Anderson commits to Belhaven University WC baseball team defeats Grenada 8-2 in Game 1 of the second round A car driver made a lucky escape in the early hours of Monday morning after his vehicle went partly through a sea wall in Co Waterford. The incident occurred at about 2am at the popular strand in the picturesque seaside village of Dunmore East. Fire units and gardai were called to the scene and confirmed that they responded to a single-vehicle crash involving a Volkwagen car and a wall. The male driver, aged in his late teens, was uninjured. As a result of the crash, in which both the car and wall were badly damaged, access to the beach has been restricted as a precaution, with the damaged section of the wall, which is located at the access point on to the beach, having become unsafe. Facebook pageTwitter feed© 2025 The Irish Times DAC after his defense attorney requested the personnel records of two detectives who secured his medical records The disposition hearing was scheduled to take place on Monday but has been continued WRAL News is working to learn the new hearing date and why it was pushed back The last hearing was in September 2024 when a judge denied a request by Dunmore's attorney to dismiss the case The ruling came after it was revealed that the state violated Dunmore's constitutional rights by wrongly obtaining confidential medical records the judge ruled it wasn't enough to dismiss the murder case and the records in question have since been destroyed Dunmore and his attorneys received requested copies of personnel records for Montgomery County Sheriff's Office detectives Christopher McManus and Robert Penny having approved the release of portion of those records kept them under seal and out of the public eye He was charged with murder in August 2023 a little more than a month after Watts was reported missing He's been held under a $1 million bond since his arrest Prosecutors announced in October 2023 that they would not seek the death penalty This story originally appeared on wcnc.com A Dunmore woman is dead and her husband in jail after a Thursday night shooting in the borough Lackawanna County Coroner Tim Rowland said Nicole Vega died from a single gunshot wound to the head at her home at on Veterans Drive in the borough was arrested Thursday and charged with child endangerment and public drunkenness Rowland said the manner of death was homicide The cause of death remains under investigation according to a criminal complaint against Hawkins The Lackawanna County District Attorney’s Office Dunmore Police Department and Pennsylvania State Police are investigating the case Police responded to the home just after 11:20 p.m. Police said they found Hawkins in the kitchen visibly intoxicated and “extremely erratic.” Hawkins mumbled and it was difficult to understand what he was saying Officers asked Hawkins where Vega was and he pointed upstairs Police found Vega dead near a pool of blood and a loaded handgun A Dunmore Police officer asked Hawkins what happened and he responded that his wife “cheated on him,” according to the criminal complaint Officers said that they were met outside the home by a man named Michael Schwarz Schwarz told officers that Hawkins called him from a nearby convenience store and said that he and Vega had an argument and that the kids were at home Schwarz told police Hawkins said Vega was acting strangely and that he thought she might attempt suicide Schwarz said he urged Hawkins to return home Hawkins called him back and said that Vega was "gone." Schwarz arrived at the home and took the children His preliminary hearing is scheduled for Jan 14 in front of Magisterial District Judge Sean Gallagher Hawkins was unable to post bail and remained in Lackawanna County prison Friday afternoon WVIA News wants to hear from you! If you have a story idea for one of our journalists, it's as simple as sending an e-mail. Reach out anytime at wvianews@wvia.org POTTSVILLE–After watching their classmates dominate the second half Friday night at Martz Hall Loyalsock students who traveled 90 minutes made one more final Mackenzie Miller whipped a pass Hawkins’ way eliciting the night’s loudest ovation Call it the perfect ending to a near perfect second half performance Loyalsock has made it back to where it wanted to be since leaving Shamokin’s gym last March The Lancers wanted another chance and now have earned it Lacey Kriebel ignited a fabulous third quarter run Jaekairah Harden fueled a ferocious defense and every Lancer did her part as Loyalsock routed District 2 champion Dunmore 60-36 in the Class AAA state quarterfinals The Lancers (28-2) set a new program record for wins in a season and reached the Final 4 for a second straight year they will play Imhotep next Friday at a time and place to be determined “It feels great,” Harden said after scoring 10 points and grabbing eight rebounds “The feeling of losing in the Final 4 last year it gave us the motivation to try and get back there to get another shot.” It’s very difficult to get here,” Loyalsock coach Curtis Jacobson said It’s a grind but they want more.” Loyalsock continued showing how bad it wants it by shining in all facets against an outstanding team which had won 18 straight games and was two years removed from capturing the state championship Dunmore (24-3) led 8-7 after the first quarter but Loyalsock surged ahead by seven at halftime and then produced a virtuoso third quarter performance Kriebel scored a whopping 16 points during that third quarter who will sing in the school musical Saturday having a hand in the game’s first four points and dealing three assists; Jillian Kennedy excelled on both ends and reserves Addie Bastian and Madison Perry again produced quality minutes but all placed their fingerprints upon this state quarterfinal victory I don’t think anyone expected us to do that,” Kriebel said after adding seven rebounds “We just believed in what we thought we could do “I feel like the second half we always try and come out with that first punch,” Ellis said while celebrating her 18th birthday in style “We try and come out and land that first punch and don’t let down from there and that’s exactly what we did.” Loyalsock landed enough third quarter haymakers to make a prime Mike Tyson smile the Lancers may have played their best quarter all season in the third forcing five turnovers and displaying a super inside-outside game They moved ball well enough to please fictional Hickory Huskers Norman Dale unselfishly set each other up and kept their foot on the gas Loyalsock already had scored 22 points and Harden’s 3-point play had it up The lead continued to grow from there and when the dust settled Loyalsock held a 49-22 advantage entering the fourth quarter “On three or four possessions in a row we were able to call something and the girls executed it to perfection and knocked down a shot,” Jacobson said “Once Lacey hit two 3s they called timeout and we’re drawing stuff up and saying let’s get the ball inside now and the girls did it They handled everything Dunmore threw at us.” Kriebel did her best Caitlin Clark impersonation in that game-changing third quarter draining four 3-pointers and scoring 16 points She hit 3-pointers on consecutive possessions to start the third quarter then found Dadzie inside before hitting a hook shot inside Loyalsock led 32-15 just two minutes into the third “When I saw the first one go through “Credit my teammates for getting me the ball and if I was open Harden was one of several players who kept the good times going going coast-to-coast for a layup before fighting for an offensive board scoring off the putback and adding a free throw Harden also fanned the flames for a stifling defense which swallowed up an explosive Dunmore offense The Lancers ran different looks at Dunmore and 1,500-point scorer Sophia Talutto While the dynamic point guard scored 18 points Loyalsock never let her pile them up in spurts or allow the Bucks to get into rhythm the defense closed off Dunmore scoring opportunities Quality shots were hard to come by and when the Bucks did earn them “The message at halftime was don’t let them go on a run,” Harden said “Teams usually take halftime to get pumped up and they start going from there We had to stop that before it started.” Although Loyalsock trailed after a quarter The Lancers were getting the shots they wanted; they were just not falling And after settling in those first eight minutes Loyalsock started smoothly executing its offense while continuing to dig in defensively The lead changed hands eight times in the game’s first 11 minutes but a Kennedy assist to Dadzie and Dadzie dish to Ellis put Loyalsock ahead to stay Loyalsock made 6 of 11 in the second quarter but more important than the margin was the fact that the pieces were starting to fall into place The Lancers then came out and put the whole puzzle together in the third quarter “It was nothing but positive at halftime We knew here and there we had some missteps but they were all in good intentions,” Ellis said “It wasn’t anything that was mentally bad We all had good intentions with what we were trying to do.” Good intentions produced enough good vibes to make the Beach Boys groove throughout the second half Loyalsock kept going strong and a Kriebel 3-point play gave it its biggest lead all receiving hearty and well-deserved ovations from a large crowd which kept pumping up the volume and the team The work continues and the challenge increases but reaching a Final 4 is incredibly hard The fact Loyalsock had never reached that destination before last season highlights that and on one of the state’s most hallowed courts the Lancers certainly produced a moment to cherish there are a lot of people here!’ It feels great to see everyone come out and support us,” Kriebel said “I feel like people are starting to see what we’re made of; what we’ve worked on all year I think they’re excited to watch us.” 3-pointers: Dunmore 2 (Talutto ); Loyalsock 5 (Kriebel 4 It’s not a coincidence that in the first year that the Lycoming College baseball team had a true home field since .. Dunmore notes: The Bucks won a back-and-forth thriller against Notre Dame Green-Pond rallying from seven down in the third quarter to win in double overtime Senior point guard Sophia Talutto earned all-state honors last season and scored 29 points in the victory The Scranton-bound senior averages 18 points per game and has made 56 3-pointers She also scored 24 points in a comeback district championship win against Redeemer and has produced 1,502 career points with 179 3-pointers Junior guard Amanda Dempsey averages 11 points per game and had 14 points against Notre Dame-Green Pond Forward Michelle Nidoh averages 8.9 points per game forward Jackie Brown 7.2 and guard Leena Conte 6.6 Dunmore won the 2023 state championship before dropping a first-round heartbreaker against Hughesville Dunmore is riding an 18-game winning streak and coach Carrie Toomey scored 1,688 career points for the Bucks from 1990-93 Loyalsock notes: Loyalsock is making its second straight quarterfinal appearance after advancing to the Final 4 a year ago The Lancers shook off a rough start against West Catholic putting together a 19-2 fourth quarter run and making 8 of 9 shots from the field to break open a close game Loyalsock’s starters allowed just one field goal in the fourth quarter against West Catholic and held Biglerville to nine first-half points in their opening round win Kriebel and Julie Ellis combined for 20 rebounds against Biglerville Addie Bastian has played well off the bench during states and Madison Perry played well when she filled in for Ellis after she was injured late in the regular season Loyalsock is making its third quarterfinal appearance since 2021 and has tied the single-season program record for wins set last year James Dunmore, the man charged with killing Allisha Watts and dumping her body in a remote Montgomery County community in July 2023 had his case continued Wednesday after his defense attorney requested the personnel records of two detectives who secured his medical records The hearing came three months after a judge denied a request by Dunmore's attorney to dismiss the case The ruling came after it was revealed that the state violated Dunmore's constitutional rights by wrongly obtaining confidential medical records Dunmore's next court appearance is scheduled for Feb Read the full story at wcnc.com.