Jersey Shore’s Louden Spotts advances to states at Northeast Class AAA Regional

February 28, 2026

BETHLEHEM — Jersey Shore’s Louden Spotts had never advanced out of the regional tournament before. Granted, he’s only wrestled once prior to this season, but as a sophomore, he got back to the Northeast Class AAA Regional tournament with hopes of advancing to his first state tournament. The Bulldog reached the third-place match at 152 pounds and punched his ticket to the state tournament in Hershey with a hard-fought 3-0 decision win. The top five finishers at the Northeast Class AAA Regional advance to the state tournament this upcoming week at Hershey. Spotts defeated ...

LHU men conclude regular season, set for PSAC Tournament

February 28, 2026

LOCK HAVEN — The Lock Haven men’s basketball team wrapped up the 2025-26 regular season on Saturday by hosting Shippensburg in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Eastern Division game on Senior Day. The PSAC Tournament bound Bald Eagles fell to Ship, 87-75. Lock Haven finished the regular season 10-18 overall and 6-15 in the PSAC, earning the No. 6 seed in the Eastern Division for the upcoming Conference Championship Tournament. The Bald Eagles will travel to No. 3E Shepherd on Monday, March 2 for the opening round of the tournament. Tip-off time and additional bracket ...

Central Mountain, Bellefonte see three wrestlers advance to semis at West AAA Regional

February 27, 2026

CANONSBURG - On Friday evening, the West Class AAA Regional officially kicked off at Canon-McMillan High School. Central and Bellefonte were in attendance, each having eight wrestlers striving to keep their championship bracket runs alive. Of those 16 wrestlers, three made it to championship semifinals. Central Mountain juniors Patrick Tarantella and Aiden Kunes made it at 133 and 145 respectively. And Bellefonte senior Ezra Swisher made it at 152. Kunes saw little resistance on the way to his second regional semifinal appearance, tech falling No. 28 Zach Hill (Seneca Valley) and No. ...

CM’s Kunes earns silver at West Class AAA regional, as four area athletes qualify for states

February 28, 2026

CANONSBURG - In a much-anticipated rematch between state-title contenders, the result would be the same when the dust settled. Despite a strong effort from Central Mountain junior Aiden Kunes to make something happen late, No. 1 ranked Kai Vielma (Connellsville) once again had an answer, defeating the Wildcat by 5-2 decision to be crowned West Class AAA Regional champion. Though the loss stings, Kunes still left his mark on the event, blowing his previous fifth place showing out the water as he saw little resistance on his way to the 145-pound final. His effort headlined an area effort ...

Central Mountain’s Wagner earns silver medal at Central Regional, weathers tough bracket

February 28, 2026

MILTON – Seeding wise, Central Mountain senior Kendall Wagner was projected on the outskirts of a state bid heading into Saturday’s Central Regional. A tough loss in the previous week’s district final placed her in one of the toughest paths in an already brutal 170-pound bracket, and ...

Bald Eagle, Penns Valley advance 7 combined wrestlers to semis at Southwest AA Regional

February 27, 2026

ALTOONA - Of the 14 combined regional qualifiers representing Bald Eagle and Penns Valley, all 14 kept their regional runs alive through Day One of the Southwest Class AA regional on Friday. For Bald Eagle, Tanner Guenot (133), Caden Judice (145) and Dawson Lomison (152) advanced to their respective semifinals with 2-0 outings. Ty Corey (114), Liam Purcell (127) and Gage Gardner (285) remain alive in consolations. Guenot finished his day not surrendering a takedown, tech falling Juzef Betts (Valley) and pinning Eli Mullen (North Star) to reach his third straight regional semi. ...