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Bears rally to beat Spikes, 10-8

GRANVILLE, W. Va. – Camden Ross extended his on-base streak to 25 games and Justin Journette delivered a laser shot to left field for his seventh homer of the year, but the State College Spikes saw their 6-0 lead dwindle until Zack Thompson hit a walk-off grand slam to give the West Virginia Black Bears a 10-8 win on Thursday night at Kendrick Family Ballpark. Journette’s two-run, line-drive homer into the Spikes (16-1315 2nd Half) bullpen in the fifth capped a four-run frame and gave State College a six-run lead. The long ball left the bat at 110 miles per hour, the second-hardest ...

Ebel chosen for Butkus Award list

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State senior linebacker Kooper Ebel was selected to the Butkus Award watch list on Thursday. The Butkus Award, in its 42nd year, is presented to the top linebacker in the country. Kooper Ebel · Sr. · LB · 6-4 · 233 · Hartley, Iowa · Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn · Iowa State Earned CSC Academic All-District honors in 2024. Tabbed Academic All-Big 12 in 2024. Has played in 34 games and made 27 starts in his career. Has collected 149 tackles (73 solo), 14 tackles for loss, two sacks, one forced fumble and three pass breakups. In 2025, posted ...

PSU men’s hoops non-conference slate unveiled

UNIVERSITY PARK – The Penn State men’s basketball team has revealed its 2026-27 non-conference schedule, which consists of eight home games, trips to The Palestra in Philadelphia and the GIANT Center in Hershey, as well as a trip to Imperial Arena in the Bahamas for the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament. The Nittany Lions officially begin the 2026-27 slate under fourth-year head coach Mike Rhoades on Monday, Nov. 2, at the Bryce Jordan Center when Penn State hosts Canisius. Following the matchup with the Golden Griffins, Chattanooga makes the trip to Happy Valley on Thursday, Nov. 5, ...

Journette homers as Spikes bench Bears, 6-3

GRANVILLE, W. Va. – Justin Journette smashed his sixth home run of the year as part of a six-run first inning for the State College Spikes en route to a 6-3 victory over the West Virginia Black Bears on Wednesday night at Kendrick Family Ballpark to stop a four-game losing streak. Journette’s 434-foot, three-run blast to left-center field boosted the State College (16-12 2nd Half) lead to 5-0. The homer was a mere 33 feet shy of his July 21 homer at Williamsport that served as the longest measured home run in MLB Draft League history. 11 batters came to the plate for the Spikes in ...

Going over PSU linebackers

Following is a preseason series on Penn State’s position groups and a key player to watch from each. POSITION: Linebacker Player to watch: Tony Rojas (No. 13) Class: Redshirt junior Height/weight.: 6-foot-2, 236 pounds Career to this point: Started in four games in 2025 as a ...

Black Bears drub Spikes, 12-3

GRANVILLE, W. Va. – Camden Ross extended his on-base streak to 23 games, just three away from a State College Spikes franchise record, and Nyan Hayes collected a pair of hits and scored all three Spikes runs, but the West Virginia Black Bears took a 12-3 decision on Tuesday night at Kendrick Family Ballpark. With Ross’s single in the sixth, he is now just behind Rowan Wick’s 26-game streak in 2014, and is tied with James McCoy of Williamsport for the third-longest such streak in the MLB Draft League this year. Hayes singled in the fifth and stole his tenth base of the year, then ...