November 2023
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State College Area Roller Derby to ‘Wreck the Halls’ in Season Finale
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State College Area Roller Derby will close out its 2023 season with the “Wreck the Halls” intraleague game at 5 p.m. on Saturday at C3 Sports, 200 Ellis Place, State College. Wreck the Halls will kick off the holiday season with an adrenaline rush and a heartwarming sense of community. It will be the first…
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5 Takeaways from Penn State’s 86-74 Loss to VCU
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Penn State fell to 4-3 on the year under new head coach Mike Rhoades on Sunday afternoon, coming out of the three-game stretch at the ESPN Events Invitational without any wins to show for it. Not the end of the world for a team that wasn’t ever going to be national title hunting, but plenty…
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Penn State Women’s Soccer Falls 2-1 to Clemson in NCAA Quarterfinals
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No. 2 seed Penn State women’s soccer (16-3-4, 6-1-3 Big Ten) saw its season come to an end with a 2-1 loss to No. 1 seed Clemson (18-3-4, 7-2-1 ACC) in the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight on Saturday afternoon. The quarterfinal matchup, the only one that featured the top two seeds, had two determined defensive…
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How Completely Did Penn State Dominate Sparty? Let Us Count the Ways… All-22 of Them
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DETROIT — It was late Friday night outside of Ford Field when several players on the victorious Nittany Lion football team were saying their final goodbyes to friends and family in the post-game giddiness of a dominating 42-0 victory over Michigan State as their teammates boarded a long row of buses destined for the Detroit…
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Handing Out the Grades Following Penn State’s Win over Michigan State
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Penn State improved to 10-2 on Friday evening at Ford Field following a dominating 42-0 victory over Michigan State that saw the Spartans gain negative yards in the second half and have just five first downs all game. This was as dominating as it gets and that’s a credit to Penn State top to bottom,…
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Penn State Football: In a New Big Ten and a Bigger Playoff Who Knows What Happens Next
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DETROIT — As both the Big Ten and the College Football Playoffs expand, the fact of the mater is nobody knows what will happen next. There is an uncertainty in all of it, a collective holding of the breath like a chemistry teacher who has left students behind with a bunch of chemicals, a few…
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Penn State Football: With Plenty of Bumps in the Road, Singleton and Allar Both Talk 2024 Return
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DETROIT — Penn State quarterback Drew Allar and running back Nick Singleton both indicated on Friday night following a 42-0 win over Michigan State that they have no plans to leave Penn State this offseason and enter the transfer portal. While at face value this might seem like an obvious response to such a question,…
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Penn State Blanks Michigan State 42-0 in Regular Season Finale
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Penn State dominated on both sides of the ball to close out the regular season with a 42-0 win over Michigan State on Friday night at Ford Field in Detroit. The Nittany Lions outgained the Spartans 586 to 68 with a balanced offensive attack and smothering defense. As Penn State racked up a season-high 286…
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Penn State Men’s Basketball Falls to Butler 88-78
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Penn State men’s basketball (4-2) fell to Butler (4-2) 88-78 in the Nittany Lions’ second game of the ESPN Events Invitational in Kissimmee, Florida. It was the second consecutive loss for the Nittany Lions, who fall to 4-2 on the season. Kanye Clary led the scoring for the Nittany Lions with a career-high 28 points…
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Second State College Rite Aid Store Closing
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Another Centre Region Rite Aid store is closing as part of the company’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection filing. The Rite Aid store at 510 Westerly Parkway in State College is among 32 additional locations nationwide listed for closure in a document filed Tuesday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the District of New Jersey. The Westerly…