HERSHEY — The end zone lay 80 yards away. Less than three minutes remained, Jersey Shore was staring at a 14-point deficit against a state dynasty and had gained 25 yards the entire game. And it still came within one play of possibly winning the Class AAAA state championship. Jersey Shore ...
What felt like an ending became a launching pad. As they exited Ironmen Stadium late last November after suffering a Class AAAA state semifinal loss against Dallas, the Jersey Shore underclassmen vowed they would earn another shot. The first step toward Hershey was taken that cold night ...
HERSHEY -- The end zone lay 80 yards away. Less than three minutes remained, Jersey Shore was staring at a 14-point deficit against a state dynasty and had gained 25 yards the entire game. And it still came within one play of possibly winning the Class AAAA state championship. Jersey Shore ...
Jersey Shore road to Hershey: In District 4, beat Mifflinburg, 48-7, and Shamokin, 54-0. In states, beat Crestwood, 26-14, and Lampeter-Strasburg, 39-35. Jersey Shore PPG-38.6, PPA-7.5; YPG-402.6, YPA-170.4 Jersey Shore facts: An eight-season upward climb has led to Hershey where Jersey ...
The bleeding has stopped. Penn State rode a stingy defense and a strong running game to record its first victory of the season, beating Michigan, 27-17, Saturday at Michigan Stadium. The Nittany Lions, now 1-5, got rushing touchdowns from both its quarterbacks, Sean Clifford, who started, ...
Since Penn State has never been 0-5, there’s no reference point in how the Nittany Lions handled that adversity. The closest stretch of futility was the early 2000s when the Lions managed four losing seasons in five years. Joe Paterno wanted a chance to bring the program back and kept ...
Before the Jersey Shore coaches could assess a sluggish first-half performance, senior Utoa Agae-Naipo already had taken charge. Top-seeded Shikellamy led Jersey Shore, 14-0, in the 2013 District 4 AAA semifinals. It wasn’t a terrible showing, but it was mediocre. Agae-Naipo delivered a ...
STATE COLLEGE — The Penn State women’s basketball team used a balanced offensive attack to secure an 84-45 season-opening victory over Coppin State on Wednesday night inside the Bryce Jordan Center. Seven Nittany Lions finished with eight or more points as freshman Tova Sabel led the ...
If Jersey Shore wishes to capture the PIAA Class AAAA championship Saturday over last year’s champion Thomas Jefferson, the Bulldogs will need to get out to a fast start offensively and force turnovers on the defensive side of the ball. The 10-0 Bulldogs are set to meet the 9-1 Jaguars on ...
When the time expired at the conclusion of Jersey Shore’s 39-35 victory over Lampeter-Strasburg on Friday night, it was nothing but smiles and joy coming from the Jersey Shore sideline. The Bulldogs, a team that had four wins from 2009-2012, had just punched their ticket to the PIAA Class ...
Fighting a hamstring issue since Week 2, Karter Peacock encountered more pain last week when he injured his elbow at practice. Still, Peacock knew that if he could walk he was playing come Friday. The reliable defensive tackle had missed the last seven games, but was not watching the biggest ...
The following are the highlights of James Franklin’s Tuesday press conference. MAIN STORYLINE The Nittany Lions are treading uncharted waters at 0-5 for the first time in program history. Penn State is the first team to begin a year with five straight losses after being ranked in the Top ...
Jersey Shore had seven players receive HAC-1 all-star honors in girls soccer. The league released its all-star teams Monday. No Central Mountain players were honored. Devon Walker (forward), Rita Fisher (forward), Aubrey Sechrist (midfield), Madison Maihle (defense) and Elizabeth Fishel ...
After securing the team’s 11th win of the season and punching a ticket to Hersey for the PIAA AAAA championship, Jersey Shore quarterback Branden Wheary struggled to find words to explain the way he felt. The senior quarterback had just posted another solid performance for the Bulldogs in ...
Counting kickoffs and punts, Friday’s epic Jersey Shore vs. Lampeter-Strasburg Class AAAA Eastern Final featured 165 plays. Had just one of the many big plays Jersey Shore made gone the other way, the game’s outcome likely would have been reversed. That in mind, the following is a look at ...
STATE COLLEGE — Following are the highlights and lowlights from Penn State’s 41-21 loss to Iowa on Saturday at Beaver Stadium: PLAY OF THE GAME: On third-and-1 from the PSU 49 midway through the second quarter, Will Levis made an errant pitch to Keyvone Lee, who couldn’t hold it. Iowa ...
STATE COLLEGE — The Big Ten Conference unveiled the 2020-21 women’s basketball schedule Monday afternoon, which features 20 regular-season conference contests. Penn State tips off the 2020-21 season Wednesday with a 6 p.m. non-conference contest against Coppin State at the Bryce Jordan ...
LANCASTER—With a four-point lead and the ball, Jersey Shore was faced with a crucial third-and-7 with just over a minute left in the PIAA class AAAA semifinals against Lampeter-Strasburg on Friday night. Conventional wisdom said to take the conservative approach and dial up a running ...
STATE COLLEGE—If you can’t make a yard, you don’t deserve to win. That old football axiom was on full display Saturday as Penn State’s 41-21 loss to Iowa was unfolding. With the Nittany Lions down 10-7 in the second quarter, they faced third-and-1 at their 49. Did they go under ...
STATE COLLEGE -- For the first time in their history, the Nittany Lions are 0-5. Penn State was drubbed by Iowa, 41-21, Saturday at Beaver Stadium, and it's suddenly looking like a real possibility that the Nittany Lions could actually go through the season without a win. For the ...