Gordon Brunskill

STATE COLLEGE — All season, Owen Lloyd and Drew Cagle have been relying on their own abilities, their skills and their determination to win on the tennis court. They were the No. 1 and No. 2 singles players for State College, using their all-around games to find success. Both, however, fell short in the…

The accolades keep pouring in for the Bald Eagle Area girls’ volleyball team. The PIAA Class 2A champions had five Lady Eagles named to the Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association All-State team. In addition, three members of the State College program picked up honors in Class 4A, on the heels of the Lady Little…

District 6 championships are on the minds of area girls’ volleyball teams this week with the start of the postseason. Bald Eagle Area and Penns Valley began their hunts for a title with quarterfinal wins Oct. 30, and are one win away from facing each other for the district title. The survivors of…

WINGATE — In a match last season against Philipsburg-Osceola, a Bald Eagle Area volleyball player received a serve and bumped the ball toward the net. The pass was high, nearly a foot above the net. But setter Madison Rockey could reach it, and with one hand made a quick flip to redirect the ball to…

With one final serve, one final set, one final swing, the regular season has come to an end for Centre County girls’ volleyball teams. Teams will wait to see the draw announced later this week for the District 6 playoffs, which begin Oct. 29 and run through the week. Before that, a few…

STATE COLLEGE — The life of a volleyball defensive specialist doesn’t often result in a lot of glory or draw huge cheers during matches. Most of their work is done in near-anonymity. Aside from the extremely rare “kick save,” or maybe a diving pancake or deflecting a rocket spike, their work is done somewhat…