×

Local Sports

Altoona football community mourns loss of Sammy Miller

Every football program has a glue guy, a guy who holds everything together and knows everything about everything. For the better part of 40 years, Samuel “Sammy” Miller was exactly that and more for the Altoona football team. “Sammy, as far as I’m concerned, epitomized what ...

No. 3 South Carolina roughs up PSU

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Penn State women’s basketball team fell to 6-4 on Sunday, losing 95-55 at No. 3 South Carolina in a women’s collegiate matchup. The Gamecocks (10-1) was led by Joyce Edwards, who had a career-high 29 points and four blocked shots. South Carolina had just eight ...

PSU men put up valiant effort in loss

UNIVERSITY PARK — Divine Ugochukwu scored a career-high 23 points and No. 9 Michigan State overcame a sloppy performance to beat Penn State 76-72 on Saturday. Jaxon Kohler posted his fifth double-double of the season with 10 points and 12 rebounds while Carson Cooper added 10 points for the ...

Altoona wrestlers go undefeated at Hampton tourney

ALLISON PARK — Altoona went 5-0 in the Hampton Dawg Duals at Hampton High School in high school wrestling action on Saturday. Altoona beat Pittsburgh Central Catholic, 64-6; Baldwin, 53-19; Hampton, 63-12; Titusville, 47-18; and Latrobe, 47-15. Deklan Barr (127 pounds), Braiden Weaver ...

Nittany Lion wrestlers cruise past Cowboys

LARAMIE, WY — The Penn State wrestling team improved to 4-0 Saturday night, thanks to a 40-7 win over Wyoming in collegiate action. The Cowboys fell to 2-3. The Nittany Lions tallied four pins in the victory. A Wyoming wrestling all-time record crowd of 4,686 watched the Nittany Lions add ...

Pirates play enough ‘D’ for victory

WILLIAMSBURG — Williamsburg held off Saint Joseph’s Academy and notched a 52-48 victory in high school boys basketball action on Saturday. Preston Isenberg led the Blue Pirates with 16 points, and Ethan Reffner and Konner Harker each scored 12. SAINT JOSEPH’S (48): Bowen 5 0-0 13, ...