Hear from Panther Valley’s Brennan Kunkel about the upcoming season at the annual SCFCA Media Day event held Wednesday at Schuylkill Haven’s Sports Performance Center. PATRICK MATSINKO/TIMES NEWS

Hear from Marian’s Michael Gelatko about the upcoming season at the annual SCFCA Media Day event held Wednesday at Schuylkill Haven’s Sports Performance Center. PATRICK MATSINKO/TIMES NEWS

Hear from Tamaqua’s Luke Kane about the upcoming season at the annual SCFCA Media Day event held Wednesday at Schuylkill Haven’s Sports Performance Center. PATRICK MATSINKO/TIMES NEWS

Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney won the Great American Getaway 400 at Pocono Raceway Sunday, his second win at the track and second victory of the season. Blaney, who earned his first career win at Pocono in 2017 and now has 12 career victories, talks about what it means to return to victory lane at the track. PATRICK MATSINKO/TIMES NEWS

Joe Gibbs Racing’s Christopher Bell talks about the passion of race fans at Pocono Raceway, and the team’s path for continued progress going forward. PATRICK MATSINKO/TIMES NEWS

Stewart-Haas Racing’s Chase Briscoe talks about his chances of getting a breakthrough victory, with Indianapolis Motor Speedway coming up next week for the Indiana driver. as he tries to secure his spot in the NASCAR playoffs, and what it’s like for the team to come to Pocono Raceway. PATRICK MATSINKO/TIMES NEWS

Stewart-Haas Racing‘s Josh Berry discusses the unique challenges of driving at Pocono Raceway, and what might carry over from this weekend to next week at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where the NASCAR Cup cars will return to the oval layout. PATRICK MATSINKO/TIMES NEWS

Michael McDowell of Front Row Motorsports talks about what he enjoys when coming to Pocono Raceway, both on and off the track, and also discusses the team’s chances of making NASCAR’s playoffs and how a good run at Pocono can help going forward. PATRICK MATSINKO/TIMES NEWS

Malcom Campbell took this video of cars lined up waiting to get into Beltzville State Park on July 4. The park closed by 8:45 a.m. with thousands of c...

The 7th Annual High School Football Challenge brought all 14 Schuylkill County high school teams - including Marian, Panther Valley and Tamaqua - together Tuesday for a unique blend of competition events at North Schuylkill, all while raising $33,500 for SUW partner agencies and student initiatives. Tamaqua’s Luke Kane, who helped the Blue Raiders place second in the passing competition, Marian’s Julian Hermany, and Panther Valley’s Brennan Kunkel talk about the experience. PATRICK MATSINKO/TIMES NEWS