Sports

Wright named PSU women's basketball coach

UNIVERSITY PARK --- Penn State Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Dr. Patrick Kraft has named four-year Penn State women’s basketball letterwinner Tanisha Wright as the seventh head coach of the Lady Lion basketball program. She returns to Happy Valley following a five-year stint coaching in the WNBA, including three seasons as a head coach. Wright will be introduced as head coach of the Lady Lions at a press conference on Monday, March 23 at noon ET. One of the most decorated players in program history, Wright led the Lady Lions to back-to-back Big Ten regular season ...

Juniata-Mifflin County tennis

Lions hunt for 14th national title

By ANDY ELDER Wrestling correspondent UNIVERSITY PARK — As the NCAA cycles through repeat sites for its Div. I Wrestling Championships, Penn State fans have been treated to a trip down memory lane. Last year’s jaunt to Philadelphia evoked memories of where this Penn State dynasty under Cael Sanderson started in 2011 with the first of now 12 championships under his tutelage. This year’s trip to Rocket Arena in Cleveland, Thursday through Saturday, will surely hearken back to arguably the most consequential bout in the history of the tournament – Bo Nickal’s pin of ...

History Made: Penn State women’s ice hockey locks up first Frozen Four

BY GREG WILLIAMS Sentinel reporter gwilliams@lewistownsentinel.com UNIVERSITY PARK — The Frozen Four is here in Hockey Valley — and Penn State is standing in the middle of it. The lights will blaze and the margin for error will disappear this weekend as Pegula Ice Arena in ...

Mifflin County-State College tennis

Gingrich still dancing: Mifflin County product extends season in WNIT

BY GREG WILLIAMS Sentinel reporter gwilliams@lewistownsentinel.com NEWARK, N.J. — March Madness is underway, arenas are filling with buzzer-beaters and brackets, and postseason dreams are tightening by the possession. While the NCAA Tournament captures the national spotlight, one ...