ATLANTA -- Penn State hasn’t had many players opt-out of bowl games since the national trend began 10 years ago. But that caught up with Nittany Lions on Saturday afternoon at the Peach Bowl. The Lions were down four key starters – including both their top cornerbacks – via opt-outs, ...
By Neil Rudel nrudel@altoonamirror.com ATLANTA — While most of the news surrounding college football rosters in December centers around players leaving, Penn State is buoyed by tight end Tyler Warren’s decision to return for 2024. Warren caught 29 passes for 295 yards this season, including seven touchdowns, which led the team. “I think really it does come down to what makes me happy in the moment and what was best for me,” Warren said. “So that was kind of the thought process. I’m focused on the Peach Bowl, and there’s a lot to accomplish with this ...
The Associated Press UNIVERSITY PARK — Kanye Clary scored 29 points on 12-of-16 shooting and Penn State eased by Rider 90-63 on Friday. Clary, a sophomore, broke his previous best of 28 on an open 3-pointer with 2:43 remaining for an 86-58 lead. It came during Penn State’s 20-2 run for a 30-point lead. Rider missed nine straight shots during the run, going without a field goal for seven-plus minutes. D’Marco Dunn added 12 points for Penn State (7-6), which snapped a two-game losing streak in the series. Ace Baldwin Jr., who entered with 996 career points, scored 10 with nine ...
By Neil Rudel nrudel@altoonamirror.com ATLANTA — Penn State quarterback Drew Allar admits the Nov. 12 firing of offensive coordinator Mike Yurcich shook him. Yurcich recruited Allar and was one of the big reasons the Ohio product and five-star prospect committed to Penn State. As the Nittany Lions prepare for Saturday’s Peach Bowl with Mississippi (noon, ESPN), Allar addressed the topic during a Wednesday morning availability. “That’s kind of what I struggled with probably the two or three days after it happened,” Allar said. “Coach Yurcich is a big part of why ...
UNIVERSITY PARK — Kanye Clary scored 20 points as Penn State bounced back its one-point loss to Georgia Tech in overtime by cruising to a 72-55 win over Le Moyne, a first-year Division I member of the Northeast Conference on Thursday night. The Nittany Lions needed to stage big second-half comebacks in its previous two games, coming from 18 points down to beat Ohio State 83-80 and then from 10 down to force overtime with Georgia Tech at Madison Square Garden only to fall 82-81. Le Moyne came into the contest with five wins in its first dozen games, two of them against Division I ...
UNIVERSITY PARK — Led by a 40-point outing from sophomore guard Shay Ciezki and the program’s record for 3-pointers in a single-game with 15, the Penn State women’s basketball team cruised to a 101-73 victory over Central Connecticut State on Wednesday afternoon at the Bryce Jordan Center. The game also marked the return to play of Bellwood-Antis graduate Alli Campbell, who had been out with an injury since playing just one minute in the first game of the season. Campbell checked in for the first time since the opener against Bucknell with 4:28 to play in the first quarter and ...
