LEWISBURG — It was a great opening day to swim fast at the PIAA Class AAA swimming championships at Bucknell University on Wednesday, the first day of competition for the four-day event. Central Mountain junior Gabriella Hosley won the District 6 title in the 100 fly with a time of 1:02.30 ...
Wrestling fans have a week to engage in their second-favorite pastime — poring over brackets and debating matchups in the NCAA Championships. The NCAA announced Wednesday evening the seeds, brackets and first-round pairings for the 330-man field of the 2026 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships scheduled for March 19-21 at Rocket Arena in Cleveland. Four Lock Haven Bald Eagles and 10 Penn State Nittany Lions learned their places in the bracket, first-round matchups and potential paths to the top of the podium. Penn State was accorded what is believed to be an NCAA record seven No. ...
From a state title standpoint, it’s been a tough two-year stretch for the Express area. Two state tournaments and five separate finals have come and gone without a local champion, following up a period where Central Mountain’s Luke Simcox and Dalton Perry combined for three from 2022 to ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
