The Anthracite Center at NBT in Carbondale hosted a Cotton Bowl Game White-out watch party. The Cotton Bowl featured the Penn State Nittany Lions and the Memphis Tigers.
Emma Black / Staff Photographer
- From left: Jamie Dodgson of Olyphant, Marissa Grecco of Clifford, Christine Grecco of Jermyn, Shawn Brosky of Carbondale and Judy Borosky of Jermyn.
- From left: Frank Zaccone, John Masco and Creighton Taylor, 1, all of Carbondale
- Laurel Masco, left, and Maura Mark, both of Carbondale
- From left, Rita, Gino and Jonathan Lapera of Carbondale
- Members of the Farrell family, from left: Jessica, Lucas and Shane, of Roaring Brook Twp.
- Bobby Slick cheers for Penn State during the Anthracite Center’s white-out watch party of the Cotton Bowl game featuring Penn State and Memphis, Dec. 28.
- From left, first row: Shane and Tammy Peregrin of Carbondale and Sherry Detterline of Archbald. Second row: Kathy Surace of Carbondale, Sean Osborne of Archbald and Melissa Slick-Dick and Joe Dick of Carbondale.
- First row: Bobby and Diana Slick of Forest City. Second row: Shawn Borosky of Carbondale.
- From left: Kathy Surace of Carbondale, Shawn Borosky of Carbondale, Kevin Rizner of Uniondale, Nicole Welles of South Canaan and Dennis and Michele Surace of Fell Twp.
- John and Cathy Masco of Carbondale
- Jonathan Lapera of Carbondale enjoys the game and a drink as he watches the Penn State Nittany Lions and the Memphis Tigers at the Anthracite Center in Carbondale.
- Suspense builds for Diana Slick, of Forest City, as she watches the Cotton Bowl Game featuring Penn State and the Memphis Tigers at the Anthracite Center in Carbondale.
- Dennis Surace of Fell Twp., watches the Cotton Bowl Game, featuring the Penn State Nittany Lions and the Memphis Tigers, in suspense.
- The Wells family, originally from Carbondale, now King George, Virginia, from left: Joana, Bryan and Brian.

Emma Black is a photographer and writes Up Close and Personal, which spotlights people from all walks of life in NEPA who have a unique skill, craft, talent or trade. She is a graduate of Abington Heights High School and University of Scranton, where she studied journalism and electronic media. Emma has been with Times-Shamrock Communications since 2016 and enjoys playing, coaching and following soccer; exploring international cuisine; and doing arts and crafts in her free time. Contact: eblack@timesshamrock.com; 570-348-9100; @emmablack_13