Pat Rothdeutsch

WINGATE — Mount Lebanon guard Kate Sramac started making noise at just the right time in the PIAA first-round game against State College on March 10 at Bald Eagle Area High School. Sramac had a relatively quiet first half, but then the all-everything senior’s play on both ends of the court suddenly broke open…

ALTOONA — One point, that’s all there was. Bellefonte’s undefeated and defending 145-pound champion Brock Port scored a single point on a second-period escape against Bald Eagle Area’s Gage McClenahan and he made it stand up for a 1-0 win over his season-long rival. The two squared off in the championship bout of…

HERSHEY — The 2017 PIAA State Wrestling Tournament will be held Thursday, March 9, through Saturday, March 11, at the Giant Center in Hershey. Five Centre County high schools will be well represented, with a total of 14 wrestlers entered in the events. In the AA brackets, St. Joseph’s Academy and Penns Valley will…

STATE COLLEGE — The State College boys’ basketball team has done this before. In 2016, after beating Altoona in the District 6 championship game, the Little Lions entered the first round of the PIAA state tournament and took on familiar Mid-Penn opponent Carlisle at Bald Eagle Area High School. Unfortunately, that did not…

BELLEFONTE — The Bellefonte girls’ basketball team waded into deep water when it matched up against Obama Academy in the 5-A District 6-8 regional championship game at Mount Aloysius on Feb. 25. The academy, with a big-time recruit and three 6-foot starters, nevertheless had all it could handle from the Lady Raiders before finally…

STATE COLLEGE — The State College Lady Little Lions began the 2016-17 basketball season with a long list of new things on their “to deal with” list. There was a new coaching staff, new systems, new offenses, defenses and, most of all, four new starters and a whole cast of new players. The…