Breaking News

Sports

Local roundup: LHU women's lacrosse falls on senior day vs. Slippery Rock

Local sports

The Lock Haven lacrosse team (9-7, 5-5 PSAC) hosted No. 7 Slippery Rock (17-0, 10-0 PSAC) on senior day in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference West game on Saturday to wrap up the 2026 regular season. The top team in the West Slippery Rock won the contest 19-3. Prior to Saturday’s game, Lock Haven honored seniors Brynlee Pinschenat, Lexi Bunk, Gabby Gunnip, Mackenna Brown, Sam Hauck, Ally Weaver, Sarah Osmun and Peyton Masters as part of the program’s senior day celebration. In her final home game for Lock Haven, Gunnip found the back of the net twice, while Makayla Kelly ...

Bucktail baseball wins 14-13 game in eight innings vs. CMVT

Local sports

FARWELL — Bucktail baseball celebrated its biggest win that it will see this season before the senior night game against CMVT even saw its first pitch. Seniors Austin Mosher and Thomas Craft were honored along with Xander Shearer, at a moment that at the beginning of the season really knew ...

Central Mountain athletes compete well at Lock Haven HS Classic

Local sports

LOCK HAVEN — If you try to measure success simply by podium trips at the Lock Haven High School Classic, you wouldn’t see the small bits of progress and steps in the right direction for Central Mountain’s track and field athletes. No, the Wildcats didn’t see anyone place in the ...

Expect much of same from Blue-White game despite its changes

Local sports

Last year’s Blue-White Game didn’t look anything like a normal spring game from the past. There were drills being ran in position groups. The popular 7-on-7 “skeleton” drill was part of it. Offensive and defensive lines ran pass protection and pass rushing 1-on-1 drills. At the end, there was a little bit of a scrimmage held in a thud format, rather than wrapping up and tackling. In other words, there isn’t much of a game to be played any longer. The 2026 edition of the Nittany Lions is now just embracing that sentiment by now calling it the Blue-White Practice. And ...

Neil Rudel on PSU football: Campbell believes in Howard, and vice versa

Local sports

STATE COLLEGE — Penn State’s Koby Howard caught nine passes as a true freshman last year for a team-high 19.1 yards per reception. It was an encouraging start at a position screaming for big-play productivity. And yet, asked Tuesday what he learned most from 2025, Howard said: “A lot of patience.” You see, it took a coaching change for Howard to get on the field. All of his catches came after James Franklin was replaced by Terry Smith, who made a few personnel adjustments. One included dusting off Howard, who should be among this year’s top targets for new coach Matt ...