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WR question marks linger

UNIVERSITY PARK — There was perhaps nothing more interesting in college football over the weekend than the report from 247 Sports that Penn State wide receiver KeAndre Lambert-Smith was away from the team all week and was strongly considering entering the transfer portal. He cannot enter the transfer portal until Tuesday, but Lambert-Smith was nowhere to be seen at Saturday’s Blue-White Game. This left the Beaver Stadium crowd that was only about a quarter of the way full on a brisk, windy Saturday wondering where does the wide receiver group stand as the Lions exit the 2024 ...

Hammock caught piece of history

By Neil Rudel nrudel@altoonamirror.com Twenty years ago next month, Curve manager Robby Hammock was part of history, and the game will follow him the rest of his life. On May 18, 2004, Hall of Famer Randy Johnson — pitching for the Arizona Diamondbacks at age 40 — became the oldest ...

Area’s indoor soccer play attracts many teams

As spring play gets underway in our area, indoor play has just wrapped up its busiest season since inception of play at The Summit Athletic Club. Summit Director of Soccer Mike Alianiello had 122 league teams in its second session, which recently ended. That included play with u-8’s to over-30’s age groups. Teams came from a wide area with teams even coming up from State College to take part. “The cost of our league play is very reasonable”, Alianiello said. With competition being very strong, players came from everywhere — even Bishop Guilfoyle’s indoor squad had ...

Top 7 picks are going to be offensive

By Rob Maaddi The Associated Press Caleb Williams will visit the Chicago Bears next week to meet more coaches, undergo medical testing and get more familiar with his future team. Williams going to the Bears at No. 1 is easy. Predicting the rest of the first round of the NFL draft is the challenge. Will Washington take Jayden Daniels or Drake Maye at No. 2? How high will J.J. McCarthy go? How many quarterbacks will be selected in the first round? Williams dazzled a huge contingent of Chicago’s coaches at his pro day and left a bigger impression on coach Matt Eberflus ...

Youthful Lady Marauders’ maturity astonishing

HERSHEY — None of the Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic players who stepped on the court during a dominant first quarter in the PIAA Class 1A championship game Friday at the Giant Center had ever played in a state final. You certainly couldn’t tell that from watching the game. In fact, the Lady Marauders have played beyond their years throughout the 2023-2024 season. The majority of the year, BG started three freshmen, Morgan Ruggery, Maurie Querry and Anberlyn Petrecca, and a pair of sophomores, Stella Yeskey and Alana Lightner. Once the postseason started, sophomore Gia Adams joined ...

Steelers’ QB housecleaning justified

Talk about a spring housecleaning. Steeler GM Omar Kahn completely gutted his team’s quarterback room faster than Bob Vila taking down a century-old Victorian on an episode of This Old House. Kahn didn’t just knock out a few walls. He bulldozed the entire building and demolished the structure’s foundation. And for a team that hasn’t reached a conference title game since 2016, it is a wake-up call the organization desperately needs. I can’t ever recall any NFL team swapping out an entire position group, let alone its most recognizable one. The acquisition of Russell ...