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By Neil Rudel nrudel@altoonamirror.com MINNEAPOLIS —- Following are the highlights and lowlights from Penn State’s 26-25 victory over Minnesota on Saturday at Huntington Bank Stadium: Play of the game: On fourth-and-1 from their own 38 with 3:38 left, leading 26-25, Penn State pulled a fake punt with freshman tight end Luke Reynolds gained 32 yards to help ice the game. Offensive player of the game: Drew Allar completed 21-of-28 for 244 yards and a touchdown passing and rushing. He was not intercepted. Defensive player of the game: Zane Durant made five tackles, including ...

PSU wrestlers have strong day at West Point invite

From Mirror reports UNIVERSITY PARK — The Penn State Nittany Lion wrestling team sent 22 wrestlers to West Point on Sunday for the Black Knight Invitational with nine of them returning home with individual titles. Penn State had or shared nine of the titles and 18 of Penn State’s 22 wrestlers placed. Luke Lilledahl, ranked No. 33 at 125, rolled to the championship in West Point. He beat Charlie Farmer of Army in the title bout, a 19-4 tech fall (5:13). Beau Bartlett, ranked No. 3 at 141, won the championship. In the finals, he pinned No. 28 Todd Carter of Gardner Webb to ...

Lions overcome sluggish performance at Minnesota, win 26-25

MINNEAPOLIS –- Penn State is closing in on a berth in the College Football Playoff. The Nittany Lions overcame a sluggish performance in almost all facets but did enough to hold off Minnesota, 26-25, before 44,266 at Huntington Bank Stadium on Saturday. Penn State, ranked No. 4, improved ...

Once there, CFP will bring glamour game

By Neil Rudel nrudel@altoonamirror.com Some nitpicking as the Nittany Lions try to keep Minnesota from adding to its PSU upset resume: There are some intoxicating potential College Football Playoff scenarios looming, and Penn State is right in the thick of it. The current bracket is likely to experience movement based on the final two regular-season weeks of the season along with conference championship games. Penn State is No. 4 in the rankings and No. 6 in the bracket, and there’s a decent chance the Lions will remain there — if, of course, they can finish with wins over ...

Merkle’s 28 points lift Lady Lions to win

From Mirror reports ORLANDO, Fla. – Sparked by a 28-point, 12-rebound double-double from redshirt sophomore center Gracie Merkle, the Penn State women’s basketball team improved to 6-0 through six games for the second time in the last three years, thanks to a 74-59 win over Marshall at the inaugural State Farm WBCA Showcase. It was the Lady Lions first contest away from the Bryce Jordan Center. PSU also came away with its third-straight win over Marshall in the all-time series, with the Lady Lions owning a 3-0 differential since the first meeting of the two programs in 2016. ...

Does PSU need to finish 11-1 to make the postseason?

Here we are with Penn State sitting at No. 4 again after Tuesday’s College Football Playoff rankings. Remember in August when the conversation was the Nittany Lions would have made the CFP in six of the 10 years of its existence? In all of those years, PSU had two losses. This may be a different era of college football with expanded conferences and teams traveling multiple time zones to play conference games, but nothing should change as far as criteria to make the College Football Playoff. If the Lions want a home game in the first round of the CFP, they absolutely have to go ...