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Two PSU RBs on watch list

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UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State senior football player Carson Hansen and junior teammate James Peoples were tabbed to the Doak Walker Award watch list on Tuesday. Hansen, a transfer from Iowa State, has rushed for 1,771 yards and 19 touchdowns in his career to go with 43 catches for 337 yards and two scores. People, a transfer from Ohio State, rushed for 344 yards on 61 carries and three touchdowns a year. The Doak Walker Award, presented by the PwC SMU Athletic Forum, is annually given to the nation’s most outstanding college running back.

Tug of war between SEC, Big Ten starts with college football

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The push and pull between the Big Ten and Southeastern conferences only grows stronger with the release of the preseason Associated Press Top 25. Having Ohio State and Oregon enter the season Nos. 1 and 2 ahead of sixth-ranked defending conference and national champion Indiana is a flex for ...

Tyrone Tire pulls away late in win in Lakemont title game

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When top-seeded Tyrone Tire & Automotive met up with second-seeded Your Building Center in the regular season, YBC came away with a two-point victory in a back-and-forth affair. Tuesday night’s Division 4 championship of the Central Blair Rec Commission’s Lakemont Park Summer Basketball ...

Persistence pays off for Sheetz in claiming championship

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Sheetz has spent a long time chasing Budget Beverage in Division 5 of the Central Blair Rec Commission Lakemont Park Summer Basketball League. Gary Vermeulen chased Eric Taylor even longer. Taylor, a former Division I star for Saint Francis University, finally agreed to join Vermeulen’s ...

FedEx Cup playoff course on the move

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ST. LOUIS — The FedEx Cup playoff rotation will look similar next year with one exception. The BMW Championship, held this year at Bellerive, will move to Liberty National in New Jersey. The BMW Championship is the only postseason event that moves. It led to some measure of consternation this year because of the heat wave and three tournaments in Memphis, Tennessee; St. Louis and Atlanta. All that changes with the revamped 2028 schedule, including the format. But what makes sense where to play? “Playing in the Southeast once would be good,” Louisiana’s Sam Burns said. “The ...

Blue Devils claim four wins in match

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HUNTINGDON — Bellwood-Antis went 4-2 and Bishop Carroll 3-3 at a cross sectional match held at the Huntingdon Country Club with five other teams. The Blue Devils (337) were led by Tate Baughman and Chance Hawk who both finished at 83. Bishop Carroll (350) was led by Ryen Myers’ 76. Bedford, which finished at 324, went 6-0 at the meet while Huntingdon (335) placed second at 5-1. B-A was third followed by Carroll. BEDFORD (324): Ripple 79, G. Kolander 79, Clark 82, Nelson 84, R. Kolander 94 HUNTINGDON (335): Marshall 79, Pile 84, Waite 85, Woomer 87, Boone 105 BELLWOOD-ANTIS (337): ...