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Lock Haven splits with UPJ on road for second straight day

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JOHNSTOWN – For the second straight day, the Lock Haven baseball team split with Pitt-Johnstown after winning game one 5-1 and falling in game two 8-3 on the road in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) West twinbill. Lock Haven split with UPJ at home yesterday, winning game one 5-1 and falling in game two 12-9. The Bald Eagles took game one 5-1 behind a dominant pitching performance from Andrew Kramer. Kramer went the distance and allowed just one run on seven hits, while racking up five strikeouts. The Haven racked up 11 hits and were led by 3-for-4 showings from ...

Blue-White Game is an economic engine in Centre County

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Every April, long before the Saturdays of autumn dominate the college football landscape, Penn State’s Blue-White game quietly reasserts itself as one of the most economic important events in Centre County, Pennsylvania.  Recently, many major college football programs have ended playing spring games because coaches fear transfer portal tampering that follows scrimmages in this NIL era. Penn State, however, treats the event as a core piece of its brand, fan engagement and recruiting in a controlled showcase it manages without exposing itself to poachers. Moreover, the event is ...

Wright adds Edwards to staff for Penn State women's basketball

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STATE COLLEGE — Penn State women’s basketball announces the addition of Danielle Edwards to staff as an assistant coach and director of recruiting. Edwards joins coach of the Nittany Lions Tanisha Wright ahead of the 2026-27 season with seven years of coaching staff experience having coached nine all-conference selections and impacting one Sweet 16 appearance. The Maryland native comes to Penn State after a most recent year spent at Rutgers as an assistant coach and director of recruiting operations. “I am thrilled to have Dani join our staff as an assistant coach and director ...

Sixteen NLWC/PSU RTC athletes set for US Open in wrestling

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STATE COLLEGE — The Penn State Nittany Lion wrestling team, the Nittany Lion Wrestling Club and the Penn State Regional Training Center will be well represented at the 2026 U.S. Open in Las Vegas this weekend. Sixteen wrestlers will compete in the senior freestyle and three will compete in the U20 bracket. The freestyle portion of the event runs Friday through Sunday. On the senior freestyle side of things, Luke Lilledahl will be the No. 2 seed at 57 kilograms. Marcus Blaze is the No. 3 seed at 61 kilograms. Nate Desmond is the No. 12 seed and Kyison Garcia is unseeded at 65 ...