Pat Rothdeutsch

The four Centre County wrestling teams that traveled to the District 6 AAA Championships at Altoona High School on Feb. 24 and 25 made quite a lot of noise. They combined for three champions, 13 finalists, 10 second-place finishers and 25 regional qualifiers in the two-day event. Bellefonte took local honors with eight…

TYRONE — After scoring 21 points and taking a one-point lead in the first quarter against State College, Altoona had hopes of running with and outscoring the Little Lions in the District 6 6-A championship game Feb. 24 at Tyrone High School. Not a good idea. The up-and-down action and fast pace suited…

CRESSON — Pittsburgh Obama Academy girls’ basketball team doesn’t really play a traditional style of basketball. The Lady Eagles don’t have to. With three starters over 6 feet tall, including two-time Pittsburgh City Player of Year Michaela Porter, they are not into the ball-movement, passing game offenses and patterns. They stand tall,…

TYRONE — Starting off a championship basketball game with a long scoring drought is not typically a path to success. While that might not be true in every case, it certainly was in the State College girls’ 54-42 loss to Altoona in the District 6 6-A championship game Feb. 24 at Tyrone High School.…

Centre County basketball teams that have won their first-round games in the 2017 District 6 Tournament, no matter how meaningful or dramatic the wins were, will not be doing very much celebrating. They don’t have time. Everyone is right back into action in round two, and there are some compelling games in the works for…

STATE COLLEGE — The State College boys’ basketball team could not have hoped for a much better season than the one it just completed. The Little Lions finished 19-4, won 10 of their last 11 games, and took home their first-ever Mid-Penn championship after victories over Trinity and Mechanicsburg on Feb. 14 and 16.…

Most of the District 6 basketball playoff brackets were released Feb. 13, and it’s a whole new ball game now that the PIAA has gone to six playoff classifications. Instead of four brackets, starting this season there will be six, beginning with single-A and going up to 6-A. For teams across the state,…

PHILIPSBURG — Philipsburg-Osceola’s 170-pound Ian Klinger is something of an enigma to head coach Brad Pataky. Pataky said that he’s never quite sure what Klinger will do when he takes the mat. Klinger could pin his opponent, get pinned or have a result at any point in between. That uneasiness was no doubt…

STATE COLLEGE — Ten in a row is not bad. Neither is 17 for the season. That’s where the State College boys’ basketball team stands after consecutive non-league wins over Greater Johnstown on Feb. 6 and Altoona on Feb. 7. The victories put their record at 17-3. Against Altoona, it was Drew Friberg’s…