By MITCH RUPERT For The Express LOCK HAVEN - The numbers next to Kyle Shoop's name are quite impressive. Thirty-one wins. Seven major decisions. Fifteen technical falls. But there's a curious zero on his line of the Lock Haven wrestling stats sheet. It resides under the category of ...
By MITCH RUPERT mrupert@sungazette.com LOCK HAVEN - Thomas Haines can't help but smile when he talks about wrestling. It's what he loves. No matter the obstacles which have been tossed in front of him since graduating from Solanco High School, the Lock Haven senior still loves ...
By the time most of you are reading this, the NCAA tournament will be about to begin. Starting time is noon today. There will be eight mats so it will be difficult navigating the arena to get up close and personal photos of the local teams. First round match-ups for the Lock Haven team ...
By SHAREIK FLOWERS sflowers@lockhaven.com MILL HALL- Like most boys in their youth, JT Pentz admired his father, John Pentz, growing up. The two shared a bond around sports as the older Pentz submerged his son into football at an early age. They frequently watched the game together, and ...
By BILL ALBRIGHT Express Sports Writer LOCK HAVEN -- One lesson the Lock Haven University softball team learned last season is that it doesn't matter how you start, the important thing is how you finish. One year ago, the Lady Eagles finished an outstanding 38-14 campaign that ...
By ANDY ELDER For The Express UNIVERSITY PARK — For Shakur Rasheed and Anthony Cassar, the lead up to the 2019 NCAA Wrestling Championships has come full circle from preparing for last year’s tournament. It’s also 180 degrees different. Last year at this time, Rasheed was prepping ...
By SCOTT BAKER sbaker@lockhaven.com What is success? What is failure? All too often in the world of sports, these questions are answered simply by wins and losses. Let’s face it, when a team scores more points and wins more games most say that they are or were successful. When they ...
By SHAREIK FLOWERS sflowers@lockhaven.com MILL HALL- When Collin Jones was 15 his parents, Albert and Leigh, sat him down and asked him what his future plans after high school entailed. Without hesitation, he explained that he envisioned himself playing college basketball and that he would ...
The Lock Haven University wrestling team is set to compete at the 2019 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, scheduled for Thursday through Saturday, March 21-23 at PPG Arena in Pittsburgh. LHU will be represented by six wrestlers: DJ Fehlman (133), Kyle Shoop (141), Alex Klucker (157), ...
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Jung Ho Kang and Erik Gonzalez have won starting jobs in the infield with the Pittsburgh Pirates. General manager Neal Huntington said Monday that Kang has beaten out Colin Moran at third base and Erik Gonzalez has won the shortstop competition over Kevin ...
Jamie Bird for the Express It was a little chilly in the stands at Lincoln Speedway on Saturday, but it was hot, hot, HOT on the racetrack. Danny Dietrich wowed the crowd with a last-lap pass to earn his first victory of the young 2019 season. Dietrich had started on the pole of the ...
GILBERT, Ariz. - Thirteen student-athletes from the Lock Haven University field hockey team have been named to the 2018 Zag / National Field Hockey Coaches' Association (NFHCA) Division I National Academic Squad. Prabhneet Basra, Billie Jo Bollinger, Kayla Brathwaite, Dana-Lee De Gannes, ...
By MITCH RUPERT For The Express LOCK HAVEN - There was no backup plan for Alex Klucker. Lock Haven was the only school he applied to. It was about the only offer he had to wrestle in college, so he went with it. He was a one-time state qualifier at District 3's East Pennsboro High School ...
CLERMONT, Fl. - The Lock Haven University softball team (8-8) finished up the PFX tournament Saturday in Clermont, Florida. The Bald Eagles split in the team's two games of the day, knocking off Le Moyne 9-3 before falling to No. 22 Southern New Hampshire, 8-2. The Bald Eagles wrapped up the ...
WINSTON-SALEM, NC. - The Lock Haven University baseball team (6-6-1) wrapped up its spring break in North Carolina on a high note taking both games from Winston-Salem State (16-9) on Sunday (Mar. 17) afternoon. Game 1: W, 8-3 Lock Haven exploded in the third inning for six of its eight ...
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - The Lock Haven University men's outdoor track & field team wrapped up a busy season-opening weekend at 2019 Alan Connie Shamrock Invite in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina with another strong effort Saturday. Brian Zimmerman (Mifflinburg, Pa./Mifflinburg) wasted no time ...
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - The Lock Haven University women's outdoor track & field team wrapped up its season opening weekend with a strong effort Saturday, the third and final day at the 2019 Alan Connie Shamrock Invite in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Leading the way Saturday for the LHU women ...
By SAM KUPERMAN For The Express LOCK HAVEN- The Lock Haven wrestling program held a celebration of sorts inside the Durrwachter Alumni Conference Center Wednesday night. As the brackets for the NCAA Wrestling Championships were revealed, Lock Haven wrestlers, coaches and fans all looked ...
By ANDY ELDER For The Express Fresh off its second straight Eastern Wrestling League championship, the Lock Haven University wrestling team hopes to ride that momentum into the 2019 NCAA Div. 1 Wrestling Championships on March 21-23 at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. The six Bald Eagles who ...
The end of the PIAA Wrestling season ended last weekend. As usual, there were great stories abounding. While 28 champions went home ecstatic, there were many more who were disappointed. That is not to say that some would be pleased with a medal or perhaps a win or two, but being on the floor ...