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COCOLAMUS — New coach Marcus Toomer got his head coaching career off to a fine start as his Bellefonte Area High School girls’ basketball team finished second in the Juniata County Tipoff Tournament. The Lady Raiders held East Juniata to two points in their 49-40 first-round victory on Friday, Dec. 6. Juniata denied Bellefonte…

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…

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State wrestling coach Cael Sanderson had alerted fans and media in the preseason that his lineup would change, sometimes from meet to meet, this season. Battles for several weight classes, injuries and concessions for some starters’ quests for berths in the Olympic Trials would prompt those changes. They would…

BELLEFONTE — The Bellefonte gymnastic team is heading into the 2019-20 season with some pretty high expectations. After all, the team didn’t lose any seniors to graduation from last year’s squad, and four letter winners return from a team that put together a 5-3 season. “We have lots of…

Centre County sure produces athletes, and recently, a handful of local high school seniors signed their names on dotted lines to continue their athletic careers at the college level. Several other student athletes have verbally committed to a school, but won’t formally announce their intentions until February. BELLEFONTE Red Raider…

BOALSBURG — Last year was sweet for the St. Joseph’s Catholic Acaedmy girls’ basketball team as the Wolves made it to the Sweet 16 in their first-ever trip to the state playoffs. With eight letter winners returning this year, fourth-year coach Katie Sosnoskie is hoping to build off of that success and push the pace…

Brandon Myers’ competitive athletic career ended about a half-decade ago when he graduated from Slippery Rock University. The one-time Philipsburg-Osceola baseball and basketball standout wasn’t ready to see his relationship with sports come to an end, though. “The playing days were over, but I still wanted to be involved, somehow,” the 28-year-old Myers said.…

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…

UNIVERSITY PARK — If Penn State men’s basketball’s first five games generated the buzz, the next six will help determine which direction that buzz might be headed. Following an impressive, but not drama-free opening stage to Penn State’s 2019 season en route to a 5-0 record, the Nittany Lions will face six-straight Power…