Pat Rothdeutsch

WINGATE — It was the Jaden Jones show on Jan. 20 when Bald Eagle Area hosted the Bucktail Bucks. Jones, who was a star on the gridiron this past fall, showed he has skills on the hardwood too. The senior scored 19 points in the 79-51 victory, and became the sixth BEA player…

It hasn’t been a good year athletically so far for Philipsburg-Osceola brothers Ryan and Jeremy Whitehead. Up until now, anyway, but if the first two games of the new basketball season are any indication, that’s about to change big time. The 6-foot-6 Ryan and 6-5 Jeremy both suffered…

And then there was one. As in the Bald Eagle Area Bald Eagles who outlasted Sharon, 21-20, in the PIAA, 3A quarterfinal on Nov. 16 at Clarion University. The BEA win sets up a match against District 7 champion Central Valley, a 13-12 winner over Aliquippa in the D7 championship at Heinz Field, also…

State College and Bald Eagle Area came through with impressive victories in their respective first-round PIAA tournament games last weekend, although Bellefonte ran into a very good Cathedral Prep team and lost by a score of 49-21 at Clarion University. Prep was on fire from the very beginning as it ran out to early…

Three Centre County high school football teams captured District 6 Championships over the weekend even though a state record was set in Penn Valley’s 2A semifinal contest with talented Richland. The 49-21 loss ended the Rams’ season (10-2) but not before quarterback Aaron Tobias set the Pennsylvania state record for touchdown passes in…

Four of the local Centre County high school football teams have qualified for the 2019 playoffs and will be starting their “second seasons” beginning this week. All four, interestingly, are in different divisions and all four will face their own set of problems on the way to…