Biff Walizer’s preparation time was already trimmed. The normal three-plus week preseason was cut to just 10 days when Central Mountain was finally able to begin practice on Jan. 4. When the team was finally able to return to practice after the school district returned from remote ...
For too many years, North Penn-Liberty fans sat through loss after loss in the boys basketball rivalry against North Penn-Mansfield. Oh, how the tables have turned. Liberty got off to a torrid start, leading by 12, and never let the lead back into single digits as it rolled over Mansfield, ...
MONTGOMERY — Eric Gerber lived every wrestling coach’s worst fear in this bizarre wrestling season Thursday night at Montgomery. Nearly half his team is stuck in COVID quarantine, so the South Williamsport coach brought just six wrestlers to what should have been an intriguing Mid-Penn ...
Take a quick glance at the schedule for Williamsport’s swimming team and you’ll see that it’s full of a lot of tough meets from start to finish. First, Williamsport had to compete against Hazleton, which features two returning state qualifiers in the boys competition. Then there was a ...
Pennsylvania College of Technology will soon have a new home for its Wildcat baseball and softball teams, thanks to a partnership with the Williamsport/Lycoming Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber, through its subsidiary, Williamsport Ballpark Inc., is constructing a synthetic turf field complex ...
Warrior Run defeated Greenwood, 54-18, in girls basketball. Jordan Hartman led the Defenders with 13 points and Sydney Hoffman added 11. Athens defeated Williamson, 62-23, as Kayleigh Miller (20 points) and Caydence Macik (21) combined for 41 points. Williamson was led by Lateisha Peterson's ...
It’s one of the most common descriptions in sports: a young team. Still, that’s perfectly fitting for the Bucks' boys basketball team this year which is again led by coach Gene Bruno. One senior, two juniors and eight freshmen will be taking to the court all season and will be getting ...
Mia Patterson can shoot, run the court well and skillfully handle the ball. But what helped her change the course of Wednesday's fiercely-contested game at Williamsport had nothing to do with those talents. This was all about hustle and determination. Patterson relentlessly attacked the ...
A stellar defensive performance and knock-down shooting was the recipe for DuBois on Wednesday night as the Beavers gave Central Mountain its first loss of the season, 58-44. Jordan Sommers finished the night with a game-high 16 points for DuBois in its win. Nick Long's 10 points was a ...
STATE COLLEGE — Despite the sweeping changes the COVID-19 pandemic has forced on him and his wrestling team, Penn State coach Cael Sanderson remains grateful. “I think that’s just something that you have to take time for, and yet you have to discuss it and just recognize things,” ...
Saraj Ali scored 15 points, Idris Ali added 14 and Loyalsock cruised past Milton in boys basketball Wednesday, 58-23. The Lancers led by 11 after the first quarter and took a 37-13 lead into the half. Eli Gair scored 10 for Loyalsock. Milton was led by Austin Gainer's 12 points, all of ...
After his fifth dive, Williamsport’s Jack Beattie got out of the pool and smiled as he looked over at Lewisburg diver Caleb Leaman. As the scores were read over the loud speaker inside Williamsport’s pool, Beattie did a fist pump. That was the most excitement that Beattie exhibited to those ...
After trailing 13-7 midway through the second quarter, Central Mountain went on to outscore Lewisburg by 24 the rest the way out to move to 2-0 on the season. Freshman guard Ava Renninger posted a game-high 21 points as Central Mountain defeated Lewisburg, 52-34, Tuesday night. Wildcats ...
As soon as Williamsport grabbed the rebound, it seemed like the ball was in its basket. It was rebound, sprint, pass and layup three times in the game's first six minutes. And just like that the Millionaires had a lead they would never relinquish. Just like that, a young team erased three ...
CANTON — After letting a 16-point fourth-quarter lead slip away in their opener against Athens on Friday night, Wellsboro knew things would have to be different going forward late in games. So, when Wellsboro’s 17-point third-quarter lead dwindled to five with 6 minutes left in the fourth ...
Summer McNulty did not run from going against elite competition last summer. She sought it. The more she could be challenged, the better. So McNulty joining Team Pennsylvania’s AAU team was a win for both her and the team. The Loyalsock senior earned Class AAA all-state honors last April and ...
Congratulations go out to Rebecka Zondory who bowled her first career 700 series last week. Her 704 series in the Inter-community League took female high honors, as did her 279 game. In that same league, DeWayne Harris had a 789 series to lead the men, and Brad Pepperman rolled his third 300 ...
The game of musical chairs within college football — coaches and players — never seems to stop these days, and that’s been true at Penn State. The Nittany Lions have added and subtracted personnel with the biggest change being the hiring of new offensive coordinator Mike Yurcich, who ...
A former assistant coach at Lycoming College, Brendan Gorman will return to the Warriors as the men's lacrosse program's seventh coach, Director of Athletic Mike Clark announced Monday. Gorman served as an assistant coach with the Warriors in 2005 under Mike Talerico in his second year of ...
Bucknell women’s basketball team remained undefeated at 6-0 after defeating Lehigh, 80-66, at Sojka Pavilion on Sunday afternoon. Taylor O’Brien and Abby Kapp both scored 18 for the Bison and Tessa Brugler had a 12-point, 14-rebound double-double. Penn State fell at home to No. 22 ...