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Nittany Lions to host 10 league games at Bryce Jordan Center

Local Sports

ROSEMONT, Ill. - The Big Ten Conference released the 2026-27 men’s basketball schedule on Wednesday night. The Nittany Lions will host 10 league contests at the Bryce Jordan Center as part of the 20-game slate. Penn State’s conference schedule features five weekend home games at the Bryce Jordan Center, including Oregon on Saturday, January 2, Northwestern on Sunday, January 10, Maryland on Saturday, January 30, Ohio State on Saturday, February 6 and Rutgers on Sunday, March 7 to close out the regular season. The Blue & White open the 2026-27 Big Ten slate with a pair of ...

Seven seniors savor one final run together at Juniata Christian

Local Sports

MCALISTERVILLE — Juniata Christian School has 11 seniors. Seven of them play boys soccer. At a larger school, seven seniors on one roster might not draw much attention. At Juniata Christian, where 160 students attend kindergarten through 12th grade, those seven account for nearly two-thirds of the graduating class and half of a 14-player varsity roster. Austin Shearer, Braden Benner, Connor Leitzel, Hudson Stong, Julian Flores de Valgaz, Mitch Auker, and Zander Neimond have reached the season they spent years anticipating. The Eagles are 7-0, have outscored their opponents 45-4 and ...

Big Ten reveals conference schedule for women's hoops

Penn State

UNIVERSITY PARK - The Big Ten Conference released the conference matchup schedule for the 2026-27 season on Wednesday afternoon with 18 B1G regular season contests slated for the upcoming year. Road Matchups: Michigan State (Dec. 6); Minnesota (Jan. 5); UCLA (Jan. 15); USC (Jan. 18); Michigan (Jan. 27); Northwestern (Feb. 4); Rutgers (Feb. 10); Nebraska (Feb. 21); Illinois (Feb. 25) The Lady Lions open Big Ten play on the road at Michigan State on Sunday, Dec. 6, taking on Michigan State in East Lansing. Home Matchups: Purdue (Dec. 29); Oregon (Jan. 1); Rutgers (Jan. 8); Indiana (Jan. ...

Responses to wildfires earn awards for excellence

Outdoors

HARRISBURG — Two teams of Department of Conservation and Natural Resources staff members who demonstrated exemplary public service in their wildfire response efforts have been recognized by Governor Josh Shapiro with Governor’s Awards for Excellence. DCNR’s Michaux State Forest Wildfire Response Team, which included Todd Breininger; Cody Crouse; Tyler Feldman; Marcus Kaiser; Adam Kling; Amy Shull; Benjamin Livelsberger; David Lynch; Chad Northcraft; and Joshua Thompson; and the Packerton Wildfire Investigation Team, which included Jacob Novitsky and Matthew Waters, were honored ...

DCNR offers more deer hunting opportunities through Deer Management Assistance Program

Outdoors

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is offering white-tailed deer hunters more opportunities to harvest antlerless deer this hunting season through participation by state forestlands and state parks in the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s Deer Management Assistance Program. Through DMAP, DCNR and participating private landowners can make additional antlerless deer permits available to hunters to help manage white-tailed deer populations. Maintaining a healthy balance of deer is essential to forest health, as overabundant deer ...