By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH — Ben Roethlisberger was still in the process of picking himself up off the Heinz Field turf when the scrum started, one that sent a message that at the moment it might be unwise to mess with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Steelers center Maurkice ...
By NEIL RUDEL For The Express Through nine games this season, Penn State has raised more questions than it has answered, and time won't allow some of those issues to be fully addressed until after the season. A quick check list: - A troubling offensive regression under first-year ...
FROM STAFF REPORTS DUBOIS- The Bellefonte Red Raiders were dropped by Clearfield in the District Championship game, 49-21. Bellefonte slipped into a 21-0 hole before Kyle Myers connected with Noah Badger for a touchdown pass. Clearfield eventually built on its lead, before Kyle Myers ...
FROM STAFF REPORTS MILL HALL- The Central Mountain 8th grade girls basketball team defeated South Williamsport, 32-17, Thursday evening at Central Mountain Middle School. Kiahna Jones recorded a Wildcat-high 12 points and Ava Renninger added eight points. Tara Mader contributed seven ...
By Shareik Flowers sflowers@lockhaven.com LOCK HAVEN- For spectators boxing is a brutal sport where bone-crushing knockouts dominate news cycles. But for the fighters it's a violent chess match where the smartest boxer often prevails in the ring. In the "sweet science" timing nullifies ...
FROM STAFF REPORTS Central Mountain High School graduate Krista Heckman (2015) has been named the Women’s Soccer Player of the Year in the Division III President’s Athletic Conference. Heckman, a senior at Grove City College, helped to lead her team to the PAC Championship this past ...
By CORY GIGER For The Express A big pet peeve of mine is how we, as a sports society, fall in love with the backup quarterback, before he's ever accomplished anything. Or the next recruit. Or next draft pick. Or minor league prospect. It's the whole "grass is greener" thing. It ...
FROM STAFF REPORTS LOCK HAVEN, Pa. - Junior Marah Foltz (Mountville, Pa./Hempfield) of the Lock Haven University women's soccer team has been selected to the 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-District®. The team is selected by CoSIDA. Foltz, the 2018 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference ...
FROM STAFF REPORTS LOCK HAVEN, Pa. - Sophomore Beckham Sibiski (Kutztown, Pa./Kutztown) of the Lock Haven University men's soccer team has been selected to the 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-District®. The team is selected by CoSIDA. Sibiski was one of 12 players selected to the NCAA ...
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH — Cam Newton spent a portion of the summer studying Ben Roethlisberger and working out alongside Antonio Brown, something the Carolina Panthers quarterback did out of a mix of curiosity and respect. Newton found himself enamored of ...
FROM STAFF REPORTS LOCK HAVEN, Pa. - The No. 20 Lock Haven University wrestling team is set to compete Sunday, November 11 at the 2018 Journeymen Collegiate Classic, hosted at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, New York. It will mark the third straight season where the Bald Eagles ...
LOCK HAVEN, Pa. - The 2018 Lock Haven University women's soccer season has concluded. Led by head coach Kathy Brown in her third season, the Bald Eagles soared to new heights in an 11-5-1 season. Early in the season, Coach Brown and the Bald Eagles found themselves with just a 2-2 record ...
By CORY GIGER For The Express Football is not the be all, end all in life, and James Franklin made it clear Tuesday afternoon that he wants to make sure his players have a well-rounded understanding of what's going on in the world. Around that same time, 600 miles away, South Carolina ...
Pride. Play with Pride. Pride is a word or statement that often gets thrown around the sporting arena as liberally as candy at a Halloween Parade. Coaches use it. Players use it. Fans sometimes use it. However, one must wonder how many of those who use the term truly understand what ...
FROM STAFF REPORTS The Lock Haven Area YMCA Gymnastics Team is hosting its annual Showcase Friday, November 9, 2018 at 5:30 at the Lock Haven Area YMCA. This is a free event open to the public. Members of the A, B and Pre- team will be performing on all four pieces of equipment. This ...
By Kenny Varner For The Express BELLEFONTE - Onward and upward. On Tuesday, the newly crowned District IV champion Bald Eagle Area volleyball team returned to the court in its quest for a PIAA state title. With a very vocal student section behind them, the Lady Bald Eagles advanced with ...
By ANDY ELDER For The Express UNIVERSITY PARK — As the curtain is about to go up on another Penn State wrestling season, the goals remain the same, only the actors will be slightly different. The Nittany Lions start the season ranked No. 1 in the USA Today/NWCA Coaches Poll as the ...
FROM STAFF REPORTS LOCK HAVEN, Pa. - The Lock Haven University Department of Athletics has announced an extended partnership with UPMC Susquehanna. As part of the agreement, UPMC Susquehanna has become the official sports medicine and health care provider of LHU Athletics. UPMC ...
By ANDY ELDER For The Expres UNIVERSITY PARK — With Penn State Wrestling Media Day on tap today and the Nittany Lions’ season-opener less than a week later, wrestling fans will recognize some familiar refrains. Penn State, winner of three straight NCAA championships and seven of the ...
FROM STAFF REPORTS LOCK HAVEN- Week 1 of the 2018-19 NCAA Division I wrestling season is in the books and Kyle Shoop (Boiling Springs, Pa./Boiling Springs) of the Lock Haven University wrestling team got off to a quick start. He went 5-0 on the way to the 141-pound title at the Clarion ...