Philip Cmor
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Aubrey Yartz’s Journey to Success on the Court Helps Lead Turnaround for Saint Joseph’s Girls Basketball
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BOALSBURG — Aubrey Yartz’s freshman season on the St. Joseph’s Catholic Academy girls basketball team wasn’t all it was cracked up to be. The WolfPack didn’t win a game. They finished 0-17, a season after they had suspended the program for one year. Yartz, though, comes from a family of athletes. She and her teammates…
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State High Earns Medals at PIAA Cross Country Championships
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HERSHEY — Despite a two-year age difference, State College Area High School distance runners Chloe Poindexter and Devon Jackson are very close. On Saturday, Nov. 4, the Lady Little Lion duo decided to make a run to the PIAA cross country medal stand a casual walk through the park together. “Devon and I worked together…
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Lady Lions Pound Bucknell 94-51 in Season Opener
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UNIVERSITY PARK – The players on this year’s Penn State women’s basketball team might be too young to remember the Eagles’ “Hotel California,” but, on Tuesday night against Bucknell, the Lady Lions revived a spirit that hasn’t been seen here since 1969. That’s the last time a Lady Lion team won its opener by more…
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Lady Lions Excited, Confident as New Season Approaches
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Makenna Marisa’s had one of the most-accomplished careers for a Penn State women’s basketball player over the last half-decade, but there’s been one glaring omission from the Pittsburgh point guard’s college resume. Her Lady Lions haven’t had a winning season since she’s been here. Still, Marisa isn’t feeling anxiety as she approaches her final collegiate…
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State High Teams Shine at PIAA Track and Field Championships
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SHIPPENSBURG — State College Area track and field coach Artie Gilkes has a couple of nicknames for Jesse Myers just to keep him loose. “I like to give him the business sometimes,” Gilkes said. “He just smiles and laughs or comes back with something funny. That lets us know he doesn’t take himself too seriously.”…
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State High Coach Jane Borden Combines Passion for Tennis, Family on Road to Success
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STATE COLLEGE — If you play serious tennis and you live in Centre County, you’ve crossed paths with Jane Borden. And if you’re serious about tennis and you live in State College, odds are you’ve played for Jane Borden. That probably came well after you’d already met her, though. “I have known Coach Jane for…
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Lady Lions Overcome Jittery Opening Night to Prevail Against Norfolk State
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It was a little closer for comfort than Penn State women’s basketball fans might like, but, quite literally, it was a start. Still trying to figure it all out with a team of new names and faces, the Lady Lions looked like a bunch of strangers thrown onto the court for a lot of Wednesday…
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Solving the Puzzle: Thinking on Her Feet Helps State College’s Quiana Guo Get Upper Hand on the Court
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They call her “Q,” just like the character from the James Bond series who was in charge of research and coming up with all those nifty gadgets to help 007 get out of his sticky situations. Ironically, State College Area High School senior tennis standout Quiana Guo shares the fictional character’s aptitude for solving problems,…
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Veteran Additions Boost Lady Lion Hopes on Media Day
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Johnasia Cash’s personality might have been enough to light up all of Bryce Jordan Center by itself if early Wednesday morning’s snow and rain caused a power outage. “I am so very excited. I cannot wait for the season,” Cash said. “We have been working so hard, putting in all the work that we need…
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Sabel, Bench Rise Up, Lady Lions Snap Losing Skid
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Penn State reserve guard Tova Sabel’s only played more than 13 minutes once during the Lady Lions’ recent 1-5 skid. Coach Carolyn Kieger said she and the 5-foot-10 sophomore talked after Sabel only played four minutes in Monday’s 30-point loss at Indiana. “She looked me in the eye and said,” Kieger recounted, “‘I’m ready when…