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LHU women’s hoops sinks Ship behind sharp shooting, wins seventh straight

SHIPPENSBURG – The Lock Haven women’s basketball team used an impressive start to propel itself to a dominant 81-50 road win over Shippensburg in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) action on Thursday night. The Bald Eagles kept it rolling on Thursday night and improved to 13-5 overall and 9-3 in the PSAC. Lock Haven is now 7-0 vs. Eastern Division opponents. The Haven’s last five wins have all come by double figures. Lock Haven jumped out to a seven-point lead through the first quarter before extending it to 44-27 at the half. Another 20-spot in the third frame widened ...

Local roundup: Strong defense, second quarter propel Shore girls past Danville on road

On Wednesday night, strong defense across the board, a fast second quarter and two double-figure outings propelled the Jersey Shore girls basketball team to a 44-29 win over Danville on the road. The Bulldogs outscored Danville 16-5 through the second quarter and never allowed the Ironmen to score over nine points in a quarter. Sadie Schall and Gracelyn Frantz each contributed 11 points to lead the way while six Shore players converted multiple field goals. In boys basketball, how it played out the gate and out the break was the difference for Penns Valley. The Rams scored just five ...

Strong start propels Jersey Shore girls basketball past Midd-West on road

MIDDLEBURG – In its second game in the same number of days, the Jersey Shore girls basketball team certainly got the ball rolling early. It used an 18-1 run through the first quarter’s entirety to propel itself forward, never looking back on its way to a 44-23 win over Midd-West on the road Thursday. Marlee Lehman added another bullet point to her successful campaign, scoring 13 points to lead the Bulldogs. Leena Loomis contributed nine to follow her up, Avery Depasqua added eight behind two triples and Shore posted two more double-figure quarters before getting the reserves more ...

Penns Valley advances to next round of District 6 Duals

SPRING MILLS— The District 6 Class AA team duals kicked off Tuesday at the Penns Valley and the host Rams punched their ticket to the next round. In the opener on the night, Glendale defeated Westmont Hilltop to open up the night with the Vikings moving onto a solidly tough Penn’s ...

Young Bucks have exceeded last year’s win total

It was not that Bucktail won Saturday which highlighted its improvement. It was how it won. Playing without second-leading scorer Kendall Wagner, Bucktail dug deep, rallied in the fourth quarter and defeated St. John Neumann, 52-47 at Frank Lupacchino Court. Three players reached double ...

Lock Haven’s Jenadia Jordan named conference’s Athlete of the Week

LOCK HAVEN — For the second week in a row, Jenadia Jordan of the Lock Haven women’s basketball team was named the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference East Athlete of the Week, the conference office announced. The Bald Eagles have brought home seven PSAC weekly awards this season, which leads the conference. Jordan, who became the first Bald Eagle women’s basketball player to record a triple double last week, earned her second straight PSAC East Athlete of the Week honor, after helping Lock Haven improve to 6-0 vs. Eastern Division opponents. Jordan continued her tear on ...