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Sportsmanship honors handed out

From Mirror reports UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State wrestling’s Beau Bartlett and Nittany Lion women’s ice hockey star Julie Gough were recently selected as Penn State’s representatives as the Big Ten Conference’s Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winners. One member of each varsity sports team on every campus was chosen by his or her institution as a Sportsmanship Award honoree, and two Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winners were then selected from each institution. All the Sportsmanship Award winners have distinguished themselves through sportsmanship and ethical ...

RB flips from PSU to Auburn

The Associated Press AUBURN, Ala. — Alvin Henderson has decided to stay in state. The four-star Elba, Alabama, running back announced on social media that he has flipped his commitment from Penn State to Auburn. Henderson is ranked No. 55 in the ESPN 300 for the Class of 2025. He is now Auburn’s highest-ranked prospect and the school’s 10th ESPN 300 commitment in that class. He was the highest-ranked prospect headed to Penn State. According to MaxPreps, Henderson ran for 3,523 yards and 61 touchdowns last season while averaging 15.7 yards per carry. He has rushed for 7,274 ...

Franklin: Stadium upgrades necessary

By Andy Stine astine@altoonamirror.com UNIVERSITY PARK — If you take a ride around Penn State this summer, you won’t find any shortage of construction happening around campus. There is some work going on around Beaver Stadium this summer, but extensive renovations will begin after the 2024 season after the university approved the $700 million dollar project in January. PSU coach James Franklin said Thursday that the facilities in the Lasch building, Holuba Hall, and the practice fields were the most important projects that needed to be done as far as the football program was ...

Expanded playoffs will begin on Dec. 20

The Associated Press The first year of the 12-team College Football Playoff will kick off with a first-round game on Dec. 20 and conclude with the title game one month later in Atlanta. The CFP announced its entire schedule on Wednesday. The four first-round games will be on Dec. 20 and 21. ABC and ESPN will televise games on Friday and Saturday night with an 8 p.m. kickoff, while TNT will have the Dec. 21 afternoon games at noon and 4 p.m. The afternoon games will go up against a pair of NFL games with Houston-Kansas City at 1 p.m. and Baltimore-Pittsburgh at 4:30 p.m. Mike ...

Motley promoted on PSU women’s staff to assistant

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State women’s basketball head coach Carolyn Kieger announced Tuesday that Adrienne Motley was promoted to assistant coach. Motley served as the director of player development for the Lady Lions in the 2023-24 campaign. Motley is a graduate of the University of Miami, where she played under then assistant coach Kieger. She was a starter for the Hurricanes for four seasons and compiled 1,844 points in 129 games while earning a slew of accolades throughout the years. Motley earned four consecutive All-ACC honors including two selections to the first team. ...

Frustration forced SEC to join up with Big Ten

By Ralph D. Russo The Associated Press DESTIN, Fla. — Frustrating meetings for the College Football Playoff and at the NCAA convention earlier this year led Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey to try to look for a way to seek solutions for issues facing college sports within smaller groups. “So afterwards, traveling home, like, you know, we have some really big problems,” Sankey said Thursday as he wrapped up four days of SEC spring meetings. “And it didn’t seem to me that we were working to solve even some of the medium problems. And we weren’t even ...