Local coaches are providing valuable lesson in sportsmanship
The PIAA requires its officials to read a statement on sportsmanship to team captains and coaches before each event, and many schools have taken that a step further, offering an announcement to the crowd reminding them that each person present has a job, and that those in the seats are to be supportive, not critical. Sometimes, being a good sport is easy. Sometimes, it means a sacrifice. But the lesson of sportsmanship is worth it. Twice in a matter of days, two Indian Valley athletes and their coaches made that ultimate sacrifice. On the basketball court, a player was taken out of a game because he lost his cool and acted in a way that coach Bob Sealy considered inappropriate. Some have attacked Sealy, claiming it cost his team a victory, perhaps a trip to the state tournament. I can’t say what would have happened in what everyone knew was going to be a close game. But I can tell you this: Sealy’s action, in my opinion, deserves acclaim rather than derision.
» Full StoryHeaded to Hershey
ALTOONA — With a pair of runners up and another taking third place, Lewistown got three wrestlers through to the PIAA wrestling championships next week at Hershey’s Giant Center.
» Full StoryJuniata sends five to PIAA tourney
WEST LAWN — Lemony Snicket apparently wrote the script for Juniata in the semifinals of the Southeast AA Regional wrestling tournamen.
» Full StoryMonroe takes second at indoor state championships
UNIVERSITY PARK — Indian Valley’s Alex Monroe won a second-place medal in the 3,000-meter run Saturday at the Pennsylvania Track and Field Coaches Association state indoor championships at the Ashenfelter Indoor Complex on the campus of Penn State...
» Full StoryTrojans’ Forston, Wilson get to Hershey
JOHNSTOWN — A pair of Mount Union wrestlers will be heading to Hershey for a shot at additional accolades after standing tall on the winner’s podium Saturday at Cambria County War Memorial Arena.
» Full StoryLocal swimmers show well at districts
UNIVERSITY PARK — Lewistown’s girls 400-meter relay team just missed the podium Saturday, but the team still performed well at the second day of the District 6-9 Class AA Swimming and Diving Regional Championships at the Penn State University...
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