PSU NOTES: Franklin: 'We have probably been asking for this all year long'
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The always positive James Franklin had a chance Saturday to do something he rarely does: Let off a bit of steam. Moments after Penn State suffered its frustrating 16-14 loss against...
View ArticleCOLLINS: Where have you gone, Christian Hackenberg?
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. The play that sums up a season’s worth of Penn State struggles came in the fourth quarter. It wasn’t the 25-yard catch on the first play of what would become Illinois’ game-winning...
View ArticleSCFCA to decide on All-Star Game today
The Schuylkill County Football Coaches Association will make a decision this afternoon on whether or not to postpone Wednesday’s 28th annual Senior All-Star Game. A snowstorm is slated to hit the...
View ArticleLOCAL BRIEF: Gaffney to play in National Bowl Senior Game
LVC’s Gaffney to play in senior game in Miami ANNVILLE — Lebanon Valley College linebacker Frank Gaffney has accepted an invitation to play in the National Bowl Senior All-Star Game to be held Sunday,...
View ArticleQuestionable strategic decisions hurt PSU in loss
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The questions flew toward James Franklin the way they haven’t before. These weren’t questions about the future. These were questions about moments, curious moments that led to a...
View ArticleCOLLEGE BASKETBALL: Kutztown downs Philadelphia U. at Martz Hall
If the Crimson Tide Invitational becomes an annual event at Martz Hall, it couldn’t have gotten off to a better, or more exciting, start. Pocono Mountain West graduate Tynell Fortune scored a game-high...
View ArticleSchuylkill tops region's bear kills
Schuylkill paces region harvest HARRISBURG — Schuylkill County led the Southeast Region in the second day of the statewide bear hunt, the Pennsylvania Game Commission announced Tuesday. Hunters bagged...
View ArticleSCFCA postpones Senior All-Star Game
The Schuylkill County Football Coaches Association has moved today’s scheduled 28th annual Senior All-Star Game to 7 p.m. Friday at Schuylkill Haven’s Rotary Field. The change has been forced by the...
View ArticlePSU Football: Patience required for Penn State
Some players, you talk to when you need information. Some players, you talk to when you need a good one-liner, or a little wisdom, or even just a bit of perspective. That’s just the way it has always...
View ArticleBig Diamond drops DIRTcar sanctioning
FORESTVILLE — Big Diamond Speedway’s affiliation with DIRTcar as its sanctioning body for the 358 modifieds has lasted one season. In the wake of reports that a race independent of DIRTcar sanction was...
View ArticleCOLLEGE FB: Penn State looks to finish on high note
STATE COLLEGE — The similarities don’t escape Mark Dantonio. Just two seasons ago, his team looked like Penn State’s does now. It’s almost frighteningly similar. Those Spartans had a stout defense, one...
View Article‘Coal miner’s’ dayshift could bring success during season
When it comes to rifle hunting in Pennsylvania, a shot can present itself any time of the day during the two-week season that opens Monday. Such is the beauty of the season; the cold temperatures,...
View ArticleArea girls named to all-star teams
Two Schuylkill League girls’ volleyball players were named recently to the first teams of three leagues and to the District 3 Class A all-star team. Halifax senior Paige Miller and Millersburg junior...
View ArticlePENN STATE NOTEBOOK: Injures continue to hurt Nittany Lions
STATE COLLEGE — Another week, another significant injury at linebacker hampered Penn State. Brandon Bell missed his second consecutive game with an apparent shoulder injury he suffered against Temple,...
View ArticleReflecting on what was special about a departed ‘brother’
The day before and through the nighttime hours leading to the opening day of what once was “buck season” in Pennsylvania is usually a time of anticipation and anxiety. Very often, it is also a time of...
View ArticleCOLLEGE FOOTBALL: Bloomsburg advances in D-II playoffs
BLOOMSBURG — And then there was one. With eight teams remaining in the NCAA Division II Football Championships, it is Bloomsburg University that will carry the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference...
View ArticleLocal standouts excel at college level
Thought for the day: As we begin December, we turn to the poet John Keats, who wrote: “In a drear-nighted December, Too happy, happy tree, Thy branches ne’er remember, Their green felicity.” HEY...
View ArticleSCFCA postpones all-star game
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — They tried last Wednesday. They tried again Friday. And they tried once more Sunday. The Thanksgiving eve snowstorm — and the sub-freezing temperatures that followed — forced...
View ArticleCOLLINS: Penn State can take advantage of Bowl Game, lead-up
STATE COLLEGE — What happened at Beaver Stadium on Saturday was frustrating. Penn State players granted that much. It just didn’t feel devastating. In the past, Mike Hull admits, it might have. The...
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