Ron Bracken
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Shelton-Burliegh taking LHU hoops to the next level
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State College grad Jaylyn Shelton-Burleigh has played a key role in Lock Haven’s women’s basketball team getting off to a 6-1 start. Shelton-Burleigh is second on the team in scoring with an 11.3 average and second in rebounding with 34. She also has six assists, seven steals and three blocks. WRESTLING Cory…
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Former PSU football great needs a lift
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When he was at Penn State, he was No. 60. In the NFL, he was No. 55. Now, Matt Millen is wearing a patient number as he lies in a New Jersey hospital waiting for a heart transplant to save his life. To those who have known him, it’s almost unthinkable that this man,…
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The Chambers boys made Clarence hard to beat
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Across the Centre County Baseball League’s 96-year history, no name has been more closely associated with a town and a team than Chambers. You say Chambers, I say Clarence. You say Clarence, I say Chambers. Even today, nearly 50 years after the last of the four Chambers brothers hung up his Mounties jersey,…
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Port Matilda man reunited with tractor after 43 years
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PORT MATILDA — The last time Quay Reese saw the John Deere G tractor, sometime around 1975, he figured that was exactly what it was — the last time he would see the trademark green and yellow workhorse. He had put thousands of hours of seat time on it, plowing and dicing the fields…
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Teacher at former Port Matilda school was unconventional
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It’s been just over 60 years since A.J. Weaver taught his last lesson in the old Port Matilda school. And with his passing, a legend was gone. His real name was Arvel John Weaver, and he taught at Port for the last 15 years of his life, mostly seventh and eighth grades, before…
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Longtime Boy Scout leader employed military-style instruction
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PORT MATILDA — He was a man among boys. No, really, he was. Bob Crain was the scoutmaster of Troop 59 in Port Matilda back in the 1950s, ‘60s and ‘70s. He had a high-pitched voice and walked kind of funny, but what he gave to hundreds of boys in and around town was…
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The County League lives on, but old diamonds hold only memories
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PORT MATILDA — Like the bones of a dinosaur, bleached and dried by the desert sun, the scoreboard behind the center field fence at Port Matilda’s Community Park was crumbling under the weight of years before it was recently torn down. Now, only the frame remains. Even though it hadn’t been a functioning scoreboard…
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Former Penn State player Olsommer speaks at Hall of Fame banquet
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UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State fans of a certain age will remember the play well. It was in 1994 when undefeated Penn State was trailing underdog Illinois, 31-28, with just over six minutes left in the game. A nasty drizzle was falling, as was nightfall, the Lions had the ball on their own 6-yard…