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PSU basketball team gets freshman guard, Andy Gemao

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State men’s basketball coach Mike Rhoades announced the signing of guard Andy Gemao on Wednesday for the 2026-27 season. Gemao, a native of the Philippines who played at Royal Crown School in Toronto, Ontario, comes to Penn State as a freshman. In two seasons of scholastic ball in Canada, Gemao, a 6-foot-1 guard, totaled 712 points, 256 assists and 122 rebounds as a team captain. His team went 19-2 during his senior season where he was a NPA first-team all-star and an OSBA second-team all-star. Gemao was a member of both the U19 and U16 national teams ...

Lilly takes down BCO in City League action

LILLY — Shane Suter gave up four hits and struck out four in three innings to earn the win, and Preston Farabaugh threw three scoreless innings of relief as Lilly Conrad Chiropractic beat Blair County Oil, 5-2, in the Altoona Greater City Baseball League on Wednesday. Ryan Ickes, CJ McCoy ...

Hollidaysburg turns miscues into another district title

WINGATE — Great baseball teams capitalize on an opponent’s mistakes and limit their own. That formula, which has worked for the most part all season for the Hollidaysburg Area baseball team, helped the Golden Tigers claim their second District 4-6 Class 5A championship in three years ...

Pirates pummel Chicago

PITTSBURGH — Esmerlyn Valdez hit a two-run home run to cap a five-run first inning on Tuesday night and the Pittsburgh Pirates routed the skidding Cubs 12-1 to extend Chicago’s losing streak to 10 games. The rookie became the seventh player in Pirates’ history to hit two home runs ...

Central boys volleyball captures first-ever district title

TYRONE –– If you were at any of the first three boys volleyball matchups between Central and DuBois this season, you were treated to a five-set drama each time. It only felt appropriate that Tuesday night’s District 6-9 Class 2A championship followed suit. By the time the ...

Penguins bringing back Malkin on one-year deal

PITTSBURGH — Evgeni Malkin is going to get a chance to finish what he started in Pittsburgh. The Penguins re-signed the franchise icon to a one-year deal worth $5.5 million on Tuesday, answering perhaps the club’s biggest offseason question before the offseason truly starts. Malkin, who ...