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Trout stocking starts next week

With all the snow, ice and frigid weather lately, it seems a little out of place to be announcing the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission is set to begin its annual trout-stocking efforts next week, but that is indeed the situation. The statewide trout season for 2025 will begin on Saturday, April 5 with the Mentored Youth Trout Day on Saturday, March 29. All designated stocked trout waters will be closed to all fishing from midnight on Monday, Feb. 17 until 8 a.m. on the opening of trout season. During 2025, the PFBC will release about 3.2 million adult trout into 691 streams and ...

Ex-teammates, SFU salute legend Porter

LORETTO — Health reasons precluded Kevin Porter from being present for the night in his honor, but a couple dozen players from Saint Francis’ Golden Era did their best to represent him. “Kevin was our guy,” former teammate and close friend Art Hunter said Thursday afternoon during a ...

High school basketball postseason is looming

By Michael Boytim mboytim@altoonamirror.com Less than a week from today, on Wednesday, Feb. 12, the final regular season games that will count toward District 6 playoff rankings will be played. Conference playoffs began earlier this week with the Heritage Conference and will continue with those championship games tonight, and the Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference and Inter-County Conference semifinals and championships next week. The first District 6 playoff games will come the week of Feb. 17, and the first championship game will be held either Feb. 21 or 22. The following ...

Knowles aims to help PSU ‘close gap’

UNIVERSITY PARK — Jim Knowles arrives as the nation’s highest paid assistant coach at $9.3 million — $3.1 annually for three years — but he was quick to point out Tuesday that he grew to this pinnacle from humble roots. The Nittany Lions’ new defensive coordinator was a ...

A short message on golf’s long game

By Doug Ferguson The Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — The angst over pace of play in golf has been around for ages. One overlooked example is a memo from Joe Dey, the USGA executive director who in 1950 issued a notice to players when they registered for the U.S. Open at ...

Hunting seasons get preliminary OK

At its regular quarterly meeting last weekend, the Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners gave preliminary approval to the 2025-26 hunting and trapping seasons and bag limits. No major changes to the general hunting seasons for deer, bear, wild turkey and small game were proposed. All those seasons and bag limits will be virtually identical to last year. The three proposed Sunday hunting days will be structured like last year. They are proposed for Nov. 16, 23 and 30, which will include the final week of the statewide archery deer season and the opening weekends of the statewide ...