Pat Rothdeutsch

Looking outside, it is no doubt difficult to believe that Centre County high school softball and baseball seasons are about ready to begin, but it’s true. Some local teams are scheduled to start as early as tomorrow, but everyone is slated to be in action next week. In recent years, a number of…

Just like the weather here in early March, things got unusually cold for three of the four Centre County basketball teams competing in this year’s PIAA state basketball playoffs. The St. Joseph’s Academy boys, State College girls and the Penns Valley girls all saw their seasons close in inter-district play. That’s not to…

The District 6 basketball playoffs began this week and six Centre County teams will be competing for district honors and places in the 2018 PIAA tournament. Unfortunately, the county did not get off to a very auspicious start when Bellefonte traveled to Central Mountain for a first-round 5A game Feb. 19. Central Mountain…

The Penns Valley girls’ basketball team’s torrid play from the beginning of the season has begun to cool off, but that by no means makes the Rams an easy out.  Far from it. PV was 9-1 going into a very tough loss at Tyrone on Jan. 17, and since then the Rams have won…

BELLEFONTE — Philipsburg-Osceola’s Halle Herrington scored 35 points against Bellefonte on Jan. 25 and became the Mounties’ all-time leading scorer with a total of 1,443 points in her career so far. In and of itself, the fact that the 5-foot-6 guard broke the record is not entirely surprising. After all, she holds both the…

SPRING MILLS — After losing three starters from its 2016-17 team and returning just two seniors, the Penns Valley girls’ basketball program was seemingly heading into a rebuilding year in 2017-18. Wrong. That is unless nine wins in 10 games and a perfect 6-0 record in the Mountain League standings would be considered…

After winning its first seven games of the season, the St. Joseph’s Academy girls’ basketball team has hit a bit of a rough spot, to say the least. In their last two outings, the Lady Wolves have lost to Philipsburg-Osceola and Bald Eagle Area by a single point in each game. At Philipsburg-Osceola…

The Penns Valley girls’ basketball had perhaps its first bad quarter so far this season, and it cost the Rams dearly as they lost for the first time Jan. 4 to Mifflinburg. Mifflinburg took a 19-7 lead after the first quarter, and the Lady Rams made multiple runs trying to catch up, but in…