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Local roundup: Shore girls tennis falls to Shikellamy

First-year starters for the Jersey Shore girls tennis team notched their first career wins on Wednesday afternoon, but it wasn’t enough to lead the Bulldogs to victory. Behind a strong singles out, Shikellamy edged out Shore, 3-2, as the Bulldogs fell to 0-2 on the season. At Singles Court 3, Rylee Allison picked up her first career singles win for Jersey Shore, bouncing back from a first-set tiebreaker loss to take a thrilling three-set match. She scraped out the second set before dominating the second, winning 12 of her last 18 games. At Doubles Court 2, Scarlett Hensler and ...

Davis’s strong outing leads Bellefonte golf to 4-0 performance

On Tuesday afternoon, the Bellefonte boys golf team traveled to Bald Eagle’s Skytop Mountain Golf Course to compete against the Eagles, Penns Valley, Philipsburg-Osceola and Clearfield. Bellefonte’s Jacob Davis led all golfers on the day with a score of 77, finishing a medalist and leading the Red Raiders to a 4-0 day and first-place showing. Apart from Davis, Henry St. Amant and Evan VonGunden also scored under a 90, logging an 87 and 89 respectively. Joseph Swentosky scored a 97, and Cooper Poorman rounded out the team’s first-place showing with a 110, as Bellefonte scored a ...

Penns Valley football to endure repeat of grueling Week One against Bishop Guilfoyle

There’s plenty of mystery surrounding Penns Valley football heading into its Week One rematch against Bishop Guilfoyle. After starting last season 0-7 and finishing 2-8, the Rams saw numerous key positions vacated due to graduation, with a new starting quarterback and running back set to be revealed on Friday. Nonetheless, head coach Martin Tobias looks forward to the start of the season and hopes the Rams can effectively set the tone with what they have back. Key returners like receiver Spencer Althouse and TE/LB Emory Reed could give their new-look offense a spark while a seasoned ...

PHOTO GALLERY: A photographic look at Jersey Shore girls tennis’s home opener against Williamsport

Local roundup: Shore, CM girls tennis open seasons with tough losses

On Monday afternoon, the Jersey Shore girls tennis team opened its 2026 with a home matchup against Heartland-I foe Williamsport. The team showed promise in its opener, coming close to scoring two points. But the Millionaires had an answer, sweeping doubles and earning two singles win to ...

Bellefonte names Ciambotti as new boys basketball head coach

BELLEFONTE - On Wednesday evening, Bellefonte officially named Richard Ciambotti as its new boys basketball coach. Ciambotti has a decorated history coaching in Centre County, having done so for over two decades across the middle school and varsity levels. Ciambotti inherits a program that’s struggled in recent years despite a strong start to the 2020s. Under previous head coach Rick Hall, the Red Raiders went 32-16 through the 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons before going three years without a winning season. They most recently went 2-20 in 2025-26. Prior to taking the Bellefonte ...