By NEIL RUDEL For The Express MINNEAPOLIS -- Following are the highlights and lowlights from Penn State's 31-26 loss to Minnesota on Saturday at TCF Bank Stadium: Play of the game: You can surely make a case for Sean Clifford's interception in the end zone by Jordan Howden, which sealed ...
By NEIL RUDEL For The Express MINNEAPOLIS - The team that deserved to win here did. In handing the Nittany Lions their first loss of the season, 31-26, while remaining unbeaten itself, Minnesota was the better team Saturday afternoon at TCF Bank Stadium and certainly the more worthy of ...
By ANDY ELDER For the Express UNIVERSITY PARK — Luke Gardner, Creighton Edsell and Brody Teske know what it’s like to toil in anonymity in the Penn State wrestling room, grinding away while the starters get the attention and the acclaim. On Sunday in front of a Rec Hall sell-out ...
FROM STAFF REPORTS The Bald Eagle Area girls soccer and volleyball teams suffered season-ending losses to North Catholic on Saturday. The girls soccer team was shutout by North Catholic, 5-0. The volleyball team lost to North Catholic, 3-1. BEA lost the first two sets, before winning ...
FROM STAFF REPORTS The Central Mountain Middle School Lady Wildcats basketball team upped their record to 2-1 on Saturday with a solid victory over visiting Jersey Shore. Another strong, team-defensive effort held Jersey Shore to just three first half points leading to a 36-13 final ...
By KENNY VARNER For The Express WINGATE - Two teams, one goal, but Both came in with extreme differences in offense. As two familiar rivals lined up to battle for the District 6 Class AAAA title game Friday, featuring Bellefonte and Clearfield. The Red Raiders went with their strong ...
By AARON JAMES For The Express JERSEY SHORE- The Jersey Shore Bulldogs took home another district crown with a 33-14 win over Selinsgrove. Head coach Tom Gravish has molded a district title into not only a goal, but a regular occurrence for the Bulldog program. With their second in as ...
By CORY GIGER For The Express Five things to look for as No. 4 Penn State looks to hold onto its spot in the College Football Playoff rankings in a key game at undefeated and surprising Minnesota. No. 1: Who’s for real? Is Penn State really the fourth-best team in the country? Are the ...
By SHAREIK FLOWERS sflowers@lockhaven.com WINGATE- The Eagles are a win shy of conquering one of their preseason goals, and the last hurdle is a surging Westmont-Hilltop team looking to capture its sixth consecutive victory of the season. The Bald Eagle Area Eagles battle the Hilltoppers ...
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH — Aaron Donald is losing his edge. Kind of. The Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle spent his team’s bye week back home in Pittsburgh working out in the facility at the University of Pittsburgh that bears his name . It was cold. Well, cold to a ...
By NEIL RUDEL For The Express Few in Penn State’s camp are more qualified to speak about the kind of atmosphere and challenge the Nittany Lions should anticipate today than Matt Limegrover. The Lions’ offensive line coach spent four seasons (2011-15) on Minnesota’s staff before ...
By KEVIN LANDIS For The Express Caleb Burke set a single-game program record with 250 receiving yards, and teammate Kellan Stahl passed for 309 yards, two touchdowns, and also notched a defensive score to lead the Richland Rams to a 49-21 victory over Penns Valley on Friday night in a ...
By Cory Giger cgiger@altoonamirror.com Penn State is ranked in the top four of the College Football Playoff for the first time ever, landing in the No. 4 spot. The Nittany Lions are No. 5 in both the AP and coaches polls, so many may have assumed that's where they would be in the season's ...
By: SHAREIK FLOWERS Sflowers@Lockhaven.com BELLEFONTE- Bald Eagle Area continues to soar even as their level of competition begins to heat up in the postseason. On Saturday the Eagles needed all five sets to drop Central Cambria in the District Championship, but the team brought its broom ...
By ANDY ELDER For the Express UNIVERSITY PARK — The 2019-20 Penn State wrestling season promises to be unlike any other in the Cael Sanderson Era, and arguably in program history. It will be fraught with challenges with the schedule, training and juggling dual pursuits. They are ...
LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – Seniors Ivo Klaric (Vienna, Austria/University of Vienna) and Camden Cook (Rosedale, Md./ High Point) of the Lock Haven University men's soccer team were named this week's Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division Athlete of the Week and Defensive ...
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Goalkeeper Joaquina Orlandini (Concordia, Entre Rios, Argentina/San Antonio School) of the Lock Haven University field hockey team has been named the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) Defensive Player of the Week. Orlandini pitched back-to-back shutouts, as the Bald Eagles ...
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH — The franchise quarterback hasn’t taken a snap since the middle of Week 2 and has essentially become the highest-paid assistant coach in the NFL. The guy tasked with taking over left his third career start after getting knocked unconscious. The ...
By ANDY ELDER UNIVERSITY PARK — Building the Penn State wrestling schedule is always a challenge, but the 2019-20 season presented a whole other level of complexity. With nine of 14 competition dates dictated by the Big Ten Conference, how to structure six other dates is always a balancing ...
By Matt Michelone For the Express ALTOONA-î It’s hard enough to make it to the playoffs, let alone go the whole season undefeated. While the chances for a clean season are now out of the hands of the Bald Eagle Area girls soccer team following their 3-0 loss to No. 2 Bedford in the ...