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Lions land on preseason lists

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State redshirt senior quarterback Rocco Becht was named to the Davey O’Brien Award watch list, while redshirt senior defensive tackle Siale Taupaki was placed on the Polynesian College Player of the Year watch list and redshirt senior safety Jeremiah Cooper, redshirt sophomore Max Granville and redshirt junior linebacker Tony Rojas were named to the Comeback Player of the Year award watch list on Thursday. The Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award is presented annually to the nation’s best college quarterback and is the oldest national ...

PGC, PFBC seek input on new wildlife action plan

HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) and Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) announced today that public input is being accepted related to the agencies’ draft 2025-2035 Pennsylvania Wildlife Action Plan. This is a non-regulatory plan that encourages all Pennsylvanians to participate in fish and wildlife conservation. The draft Plan and public comment form are available online. Comments may be submitted through September 19, 2026. First developed in 2005, the Pennsylvania Wildlife Action Plan has been the Commonwealth’s blueprint “to conserve ...

No. 18 Lions set for fresh start under Campbell

By TRAVIS JOHNSON Associated Press STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — 2025 record: 7-6 Expectations Penn State is starting fresh with new coach Matt Campbell who’s spent the last few months reassembling a program that crumbled last season. After entering 2025 as College Football ...

Sloff, Costich named runners to watch

ROSEMONT, Ill. – Graduate student Charlotte Costich and senior Nick Sloff of the Penn State cross country team were tabbed Big Ten Runners to Watch, as announced by the conference on Wednesday afternoon. Charlotte Costich Costich is coming off a strong 2025 campaign in which she was a scoring runner in each of the six meets she competed in. Costich helped Penn State record four top-two team finishes during the season, including victories at the Dolan Duals and Spiked Shoe Invitational and runner-up finishes at the Paul Short Run and Big Ten Championships. She opened the season by ...

Spikes hold off Cutters, 9-7

UNIVERSITY PARK – Jett Buck and Elie Kligman drove in three runs apiece and Jacoby Long knocked in two runs along with making two outstanding catches in center field to help the State College Spikes keep pace in the MLB Draft League second-half title race with a 9-7 win over the Williamsport Crosscutters on Tuesday night at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. With the win, the Spikes (18-15 2nd Half) stayed two games back of the first-place Aberdeen IronBirds with 13 games remaining on their 2026 schedule. Williamsport (19-15 2nd Half) currently sits 1 ½ games back but has already ...

Mifflin County players leave mark in record book

LEWISTOWN — Now that the Babe Ruth 15-16-year-old World Series is over, the statistics for the Mifflin County players can be put in the history books. Mifflin County was 6-1 in the World Series finishing second in the United States and third in the International competition. There were a lot of players that left their marks on the World Series ecords. The league keeps records for lifetime All-Star competition too. Each category has a top ten. Ten players played in all seven games, Colton Aumiller, Haven Bridge, Cam Kauffman, Jett Powell, ...