Hershey

The Phantoms fought back from a three-goal first-period deficit to pull within a goal twice, but they couldn't catch Hershey in a 5-3 loss at the Wachovia Spectrum last night in the American Hockey League. Jonathan Matsumoto, David Laliberte and Andreas Nodl notched the Phantoms' goals. Goalie J.S. Aubin saw his first action in more than a month and had 30 saves on 35 Hershey chances.

Rookie Andrew Joudrey scored his first goal of the season and Frederic Cassivi turned aside 32 of 33 shots, leading Hershey to a 2-1 win over the Phantoms in an American Hockey League game at the Wachovia Center. The Phantoms took the lead late in the first period with a 5-on-3 power-play goal. Ryan Potulny fired a shot from the right side and Alexandre Picard swept the rebound into the net with 2 1/2 minutes remaining. Brian Boucher took the loss in net with 25 saves on 27 shots.

The trouble with a chocolate high is it wears off quickly - and that can leave you feeling cranky. One month after members of Congress held a retreat in Hershey, America's chocolate capital, to relearn (or, in some cases, be introduced to) the arts of civil dialogue, two high-ranking lawmakers got in a jawing and shoving match on the House floor Wednesday. Rep. David Obey of Wisconsin, top Democrat on the Appropriations Committee, wagged an angry finger in the face of Republican Whip Tom DeLay of Texas, who responded with a shove and the kind observation that Mr. Obey was a "gutless chickens--t.

If anyone still doubts that the NHL lockout is all but official, they need to know that the Flyers yesterday assigned defensemen Chris Therien, Jason Bowen and Vladislav Boulin to Hershey. Therien definitely had made the Flyers' team, but was sent down so that he can play during the stoppage. "At least I'll be making something," Therien said. Like most younger NHL players, Therien has a "two-way" contract that allows for a lower salary if he plays in the minors. Flyers coach Terry Murray said Therien had done well in camp, but needed to play.

The Flyers yesterday assigned veteran goaltender Pete Peeters to their American Hockey League affiliate in Hershey so that he can play himself into game shape before he is needed by the Flyers. Peeters, 33, has not played for the Flyers so far this season. But with Ron Hextall sidelined for at least a month with a knee injury, coach Paul Holmgren said he expected Peeters to serve as Ken Wregget's backup. Peeters is to join Hershey for tonight's game in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

HERSHEY'S SYMPHONY MILK CHOCOLATE CANDY BAR. Plain and with almonds and toffee chips. 40 cents per 1.4-ounce or $1.65 per 7-ounce bar. CAROLYN: Let's get one thing straight right now: There is absolutely nothing wrong with Hershey's regular candy bar. It tastes great with almonds and as good without as it has for nearly a century. It's just that the executives at Hershey's had to do something to capture the attention of people who eat Haagen-Dazs ice cream and, they presume, attend the symphony.

CHAMBERSBURG - Penn State has lost the PIAA basketball championships for the next four years. By a 29-2 vote, the PIAA board of directors voted Thursday to return the annual state championships to the Giant Center in Hershey. Penn State, which has hosted the games since 2006, was also applying to the NCAA to host opening-round women's basketball tournament games at the same time as the 2014 and 2015 PIAA championship weekend. That helped sway the PIAA board to award the bid to Hershey, which had hosted the games for years before the move to State College.

CHAMBERSBURG - Penn State has lost the PIAA basketball championships for the next four years. By a 29-2 vote Thursday, the PIAA board of directors voted to return the annual state championships to the Giant Center in Hershey. Penn State, which has hosted the games since 2006, was also applying to the NCAA to host opening-round women's basketball tournament games at the same time as the 2014 and 2015 PIAA championship weekend. That helped sway the PIAA board to award the bid to Hershey, which had hosted the games for years before the move to State College.

OLYMPIC LEGEND Carl Lewis enjoys serving as an ambassador for the Hershey's Track and Field Games because he remembers when he was an aspiring young runner himself. Youngsters ages 9 to 14 are invited to participate in a qualifying meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Northeast High School, with a chance to earn an expenses-paid trip to compete in the 2012 North American Final Meet in Hershey. "Years ago, I ran a track meet where the winners qualified to go to San Francisco," said Lewis, who grew up in Willingboro, N.J. "At that track meet I met this old runner named Jesse Owens.

Penn State has added another member to its recruiting class for 2013 with a verbal commitment from Hershey offensive lineman Andrew Nelson, according to recruiting websites. Nelson, 6-5, 265, is the eighth member of Bill O'Brien's class and addresses a position of need. Penn State previously received a verbal from four-star offensive lineman Brendan Mahon, of Randolph, N.J. Nelson, whose given first name is David, is not rated by the major scouting services, but has gotten a lot of recent attention.

Ex-Flyer Jeff Carter returned to practice Monday as the Los Angeles Kings readies for their Western Conference playoff opener Wednesday against the top-seeded Vancouver Canucks. Carter, who missed the last five games of the regular season with a deep bone bruise in his ankle, said he's making progress with his strength and movement and will be ready for Game 1. "For sure," said Carter, who averaged 36 goals over the previous four seasons. Kings coach Darryl Sutter, on the other hand, wasn't ready to look that far ahead.

Haverford High's Shane Ryan added the gold medal from the 100-yard backstroke to the one he won in the 50 freestyle a day earlier, wrapping up the PIAA Class AAA boys' state swimming championships Thursday at Bucknell University's Kinney Natatorium. Ryan won the backstroke in 47.17 seconds, easily outdistancing runner-up Nic Graesser of Conestoga (48.97). La Salle completed a sweep of the three relay events on its way to the team championship as Eric Schultz, Joseph Maginnis, Sean Regan and Christopher Szekely won the 400 freestyle relay in 3:02.74.

Haverford High's Shane Ryan added the gold medal from the 100-yard backstroke to the one he won in the 50 freestyle a day earlier, wrapping up the PIAA Class AAA boys' state swimming championships Thursday at Bucknell University's Kinney Natatorium. Ryan won the backstroke in 47.17 seconds, easily outdistancing runner-up Nic Graesser of Conestoga (48.97). La Salle completed a sweep of the three relay events on its way to the team championship as Eric Schultz, Joseph Maginnis, Sean Regan and Christopher Szekely won the 400 freestyle relay in 3:02.74.

Any trial in the case of the Delaware County teenager who has sued the Milton Hershey School for denying him admission because he is HIV-positive should be held in Philadelphia, his attorney contends. The school has asked U.S. District Court in Philadelphia, where the suit was filed, to move the trial to Harrisburg, about 15 miles from the boarding school founded by the famous chocolate merchant, and thus closer to key witnesses involved in the operation of the school. But in an opposing petition filed Monday, lawyer Ronda Goldfein said the move "would simply shift the inconvenience of a two-hour commute" to "a low-income family.

Moving decisively, the U.S. State Department has banned a nonprofit group that supplied 400 foreign students as laborers to a Hershey Co. candy-packaging plant last year from participating in a popular cultural-exchange program for two years. The California-based organization, CETUSA, brought the foreign students to the United States on J-1 visas. Once here, the students were to have practiced English and learned about America while also earning money in summer jobs. The students, many from Ukraine and Turkey, protested in August on Chocolate Avenue in Hershey saying they were forced to work long hours for low pay in the Palmyra packaging plant, and had little time or funds to travel and interact with Americans.