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Duke wins freshman wrestling award

From Mirror reports UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State wrestling’s PJ Duke was named Big Ten Wrestling Freshman of the Week on Thursday. Duke picked up Penn State’s first weekly honor of the year. He pinned No. 23 Jared Hill of Wyoming at the 4:09 mark in the second period of their 157-pound match-up last weekend. Duke, a true freshman, pinned the Cowboy graduate student after taking him down four times. Duke’s fall was one of four for Penn State in the Nittany Lions’ 40-7 victory at Wyoming. Duke improved to 6-0 on the year with five pins and an injury default ...

Mack criticizes PSU football culture

The players returning to the Penn State football team in 2026 will find a different culture than the one that existed previously. So says safety King Mack, who told reporters Wednesday during preparation for the Dec. 27 Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium against Clemson that the Lions’ inner ...

Brief stint with PSU football still left imprint on DC

Just a year removed from Penn State’s program, Clemson defensive coordinator Tom Allen will be coaching against his former team. After being the head coach at Indiana two years ago, Allen was the defensive coordinator for the Nittany Lions for a year before moving on to Clemson in the same ...

PSU frosh phenom Gavin McKenna enjoys the hockey challenge

NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario — Gavin McKenna knew the haters would be ready to pounce. The young forward was expected to be the runaway No. 1 overall selection at the 2026 NHL draft and that might still very well end up being the case. There has also been criticism since McKenna bolted the ...

Penn State hires Noah Pauley as new WR coach

Penn State’s new receivers coach is coming with Matt Campbell from Iowa State. On3.com reported on Tuesday that Noah Pauley will handle the position for the Nittany Lions. Pauley replaces Marques Hagans. FootballScoop’s wide receiver coach of the year in 2024, Pauley helped develop Jayden Higgins (second round, 2025, Houston) and Jaylin Noel (third round, 2025, also Houston) at Iowa State. He previously coached Green Bay’s Christian Watson at North Dakota State. Pauley was a four-year starting receiver at Minnesota-Duluth, where he started his coaching career in 2011.

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 two technical falls to its four pins and won the first eight bouts of the dual meet. The falls went to Marcus Blaze (133), Shayne Van Ness (149), P.J. Duke (157) and Mitchell Mesenbrink (165). Penn State posted a 20-8 takedown edge over Wyoming. The Nittany Lions tallied 16 bonus points off four ...