HUGHESVILLE — Sugar Valley’s Hunter Baney and Tobias Conoway had never advanced out of the Central Sectional tournament before. On Saturday, they both secured their first trips. The Phoenix duo walked away with a pair of fourth-place medals on Saturday at Hughesville High School and a ...
The individual postseason is officially upon us. On Friday morning, 27 teams and 274 wrestlers will gather at Altoona High School to compete in the District 6 Class AA tournament, with action set to begin at 11 a.m. Of those teams, two will represent the Express area in Bald Eagle Area ...
EDINBORO — Avery Bassett won his 100th-career match in the Lock Haven men’s wrestling team’s 18-12 Mid-American Conference victory on the road at Edinboro on Thursday night. With the victory, Lock Haven improved to 12-4 overall and 5-1 in the MAC, after picking up its 10th win in the previous 11 matches. Edinboro falls to 5-6 on the season and 2-2 in the conference. After dropping the opener at 125 pounds, the Bald Eagles surged ahead with victories in three of the next four bouts. Gable Strickland got Lock Haven on the board with a 2-0 decision over Landon Bainey at 133, ...
STATE COLLEGE — In a match tabbed by many as the Dual Meet of the Year, a combination of Ohio State injuries and Penn State excellence conspired to rob the record Bryce Jordan Crowd of much of the drama it had anticipated. Nonetheless, a Penn State and NCAA indoor record crowd of 16,006 exulted as the Nittany Lions (14-0, 8-0 Big Ten) won nine of 10 bouts to blast the Buckeyes (17-1, 6-1) 36-5 on Friday night. It was the fewest points Ohio State has scored in a dual meet since the 2010-11 season. Penn State clinched the Big Ten dual meet championship for the sixth straight year, 12th ...
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Penn State women’s basketball falls to No. 20 Maryland by way of an 81-62 final score on the road in College Park, Maryland, on Thursday night. The Nittany Lions drop to 8-17, 1-13 Big Ten while the Terrapins improve to 20-6, 8-6 Big Ten. Despite another 30-point performance from McMiller and a first quarter lead, Penn State was unable to outlast Maryland on the road. Sophomore guard Kiyomi McMiller led the offensive charge for Penn State with 30 points including nine from beyond the arc. This marked her third consecutive 30-plus-point performance. Redshirt ...
It’s not often that a head football coach at the Power-4 level gets fired and is on the staff the following year as an assistant. But that’s exactly where Altoona native Brent Pry finds himself after being let go as Virginia Tech’s head coach in September and now is back as the ...
