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Lock Haven's Bassett earns at-large selection for NCAAs

Local sports March 12, 2026

INDIANAPOLIS – No. 30 Avery Bassett (174) of the Lock Haven men’s wrestling team was named an at-large selection for the 2026 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championship. Wrestlers will compete in the 2026 NCAA Division I Men's Wrestling Championships at Rocket Mortgage Areana in Cleveland, Ohio, from March 19 to March 21. Bassett will join fellow qualifiers from the MAC Championship: No. 22 Wyatt Henson (141), No. 21 Lucas Kapusts (149) and Gable Strickland (133) on the biggest stage the sport has to offer in two weeks in Cleveland. Nick Stampoulos (157) and Sam Gautreau (184) also ...

Sugar Valley's Conoway has learned a lot through 7 years of wrestling

Local sports March 12, 2026

In his seventh year of wrestling, Sugar Valley sophomore Tobias “Toby” Conoway qualified to compete in the Northeast Class AA regional championships. Since his start in the sport in third grade, Conoway’s competitive nature has shown. He claims the reason he began wrestling was because ...

Seven state qualifiers another highlight in great year for Penns Valley wrestling

Local sports March 11, 2026

In 2025, districts – both team and individual – went about as well as Penns Valley could have hoped. The program made its first PIAA team tournament since the event's inauguration in 1999, earning its first state win over Quaker Valley in the process. And two weeks later, seven Rams ...

Bellefonte YMCA Stingrays dominate at district tournament

Local sports March 11, 2026

YORK, Pa. — The Bellefonte YMCA Stingrays turned in an impressive performance at the YMCA Central District Championships in York this past weekend, earning multiple personal bests, strong relay swims and several qualifications for the YMCA State Championships. The team, coached by Lynette Kramer and Dominick Romanini, continues to grow as a competitive program, with swimmers demonstrating strong improvements throughout the season. Even with training in a three-lane, 23.5-yard pool, the Stingrays demonstrated the strength and depth of their program. Leading the Stingrays was Evelynn ...

Chase Dietz claims win at Lincoln Speedway

Local sports March 10, 2026

As early racing goes, Sunday was another good one as Saturday was canceled due to the weather. Defending track champion Freddie Rahmer started on the pole alongside Kyle Moody with last week’s winner Chase Dietz lining up third. Rahmer led the field into Turn 1 at the drop of the green flag while Dietz quickly challenged Kyle Moody for second, taking the spot on lap one. Rahmer had reached lapped traffic by the 10th lap allowing Dietz to close the gap quickly. The lead shrank as the two frontrunners navigated slower cars and Dietz repeatedly pressured Rahmer through ...

Spotts and Fisher showed constant determination for Jersey Shore

Local sports March 10, 2026

During this past boys wrestling postseason for Jersey Shore, there has been nothing but constant determination, drilling and effort carried into districts. Wrestling takes countless hours of practice all year around to get athletes to district competitions. Especially because District 4 Class AAA only allowed three qualifiers from each weight class to move on to states. That made it much harder for the Jersey Shore wrestlers competing in the five-team Class AAA district field hoping to have made it to Hershey this past weekend. As the 2025-26 wrestling season came to an end,, there ...