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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 ...

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 ...

Neil Rudel on football: Penn State fans will have heart for QB Manske

It didn’t take long for the feel-good story of the 2026 preseason to surface. When he met the media in March to preview spring practice, Matt Campbell expressed uncertainty about quarterback depth behind Rocco Becht and disclosed that projected backup Alex Manske was away from the team and ...

6 PSU players land on preseason watch lists

UNIVERSITY PARK – Penn State redshirt senior quarterback Rocco Becht was named to the Davey O’Brien Award watch list, while redshirt senior defensive tackle Siale Taupaki was placed on the Polynesian College Player of the Year watch list and redshirt senior safety Jeremiah Cooper, redshirt ...