By Michael Boytim mboytim@altoonamirror.com UNIVERSITY PARK — It has been half a decade since Alli Campbell led Bellwood-Antis to back-to-back PIAA girls basketball championships and had the Lady Blue Devils competing for a third straight before COVID-19 ended those hopes. It’s also ...
More honors for Lions’ TE UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State senior tight end Tyler Warren collected multiple national weekly awards Tuesday for his performance in Penn State’s 33-30 overtime win at USC. Warren was named National Player of the Week by the Associated Press, along with being named to the list for the Maxwell Award, Mackey Award and Paul Hornung Award. The Maxwell Award has been presented to the College Player of the Year since 1937 and is named in honor of Robert “Tiny” Maxwell, who was a former standout at Swarthmore College and was a renowned sportswriter and ...
From Mirror, wire reports UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State tight end Tyler Warren was named The Associated Press College Football Player of the Week on Monday. Warren caught 17 passes to tie the Football Bowl Subdivision record for receptions by a tight end in the Nittany Lions’ 33-30 overtime win at Southern California. His 224 receiving yards set a Penn State and Big Ten tight end record, and his 17 catches were the most since Northwestern’s Joe Harvey had the same number for 208 yards against Michigan in 1982. Warren was also recognized as the Big Ten Co-Offensive Player of ...
By Neil Rudel nrudel@altoonamirror.com Throughout the past decade, against the biggest brands in college football, Penn State has had more come-from-ahead losses than come-from-behind wins. That changed Saturday as the Nittany Lions repeatedly rallied back and defeated USC in overtime, 33-30, at the Los Angeles Colesium. The victory improved Penn State to 6-0 on the season and elevated them to No. 3 in the Associated Press poll. The Lions got off to yet another slow start, falling behind 14-3, 17-6 and 20-6 in the first half and 23-20 and 30-23 in the fourth quarter before tying ...
The Associated Press Oregon and Penn State each moved up a spot in The Associated Press college football poll on Sunday following thrilling wins in high-profile games, and Top 25 newcomers Navy and Army are in the rankings together for the first time since 1960. Texas strengthened its hold on No. 1 with its 31-point victory over Oklahoma. The Longhorns received 56 of 62 first-place votes, four more than last week and their most since they were a unanimous No. 1 in October 2008. This weekend wasn’t as crazy as the week before, when four of the top 11 teams were upset and only two ...
Gameday Saturday: Penn State at USC,3:30 p.m. The line: Penn State by 4.5-points TV: CBS Radio: WRKY-FM 104.9 By Neil Rudel nrudel@altoonamirror.com James Franklin typically begins his post-game press conferences with some items he feels good about. After last week’s win over UCLA, it didn’t take him long to remind us the Nittany Lions are 5-0 for the fourth straight year, that “we’re the only school in the country to start 5-0 in each of the last four years,” and added it’s the first time that’s happened in Penn State history. It could be construed as ...
