State High Sports

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…

All four of the local Laurel Highlands Conference football teams came through with wins in this year’s East-West Conference showdown. Bald Eagle coasted over Penn Cambria, 46-0; Bellefonte held on against Somerset, 14-13; Penns Valley outscored Central Cambria, 41-34; and Philipsburg-Osceola won its fourth game with a 22-21 overtime win over Bishop McCort at home.…

UNIVERSITY PARK — The Centre County Sports Hall of Fame inducted 11 new members in a ceremony held at the Penn Stater on Oct. 22. The 2023 class is made up of record-setting athletes from Centre County who collectively excelled in virtually every sport from football to golf and represented every one of the public…

Bald Eagle Area and Philipsburg-Osceola both braved the terrible weather on Oct. 14 and came away with LHAC wins against teams in Johnstown. But two of the three local teams that played on Oct. 13 — Bellefonte and State College — did not fare very well and came up short to league teams, while Penns Valley…

As advertised, the Bald Eagle Area LHAC clash with Clearfield on Oct. 6 was a classic struggle in which Clearfield needed a last-minute turnover to hold on for a 13-7 victory over the Bald Eagles. And in Philipsburg, the Mounties celebrated their second win of the season when a last-second Bellefonte field goal try sailed…

Central Dauphin East started fast at State College on Sept. 29, but the Panthers could not keep it going and the Little Lions swept past them in a 43-17 win, while undefeated Bald Eagle Area kept up its blistering pace with a 55-7 win over Bellefonte in the Curtin Bowl. Philipsburg-Osceola took a first-half lead…

The Penns Valley Rams turned a possible disaster into the winning touchdown on Sept. 15 in Philipsburg against the Mounties, and Bald Eagle Area improved to 4-0 with a 41-22 win over Tyrone at home. State College entered Mid Penn Conference play with a convincing win over Altoona, and Bellefonte slipped to 0-4 after a…

Penns Valley and Bald Eagle Area both came through with impressive Week 2 wins in the new Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference, while Bellefonte, Philipsburg-Osceola and State College all came up short last Friday night. The State College loss to Downingtown East was especially wrenching since a last-second, potentially game-winning field goal came agonizingly close in…