Pat Rothdeutsch

CLEARFIELD — There were some nasty bugs out to get the Penns Valley girls’ basketball team in Clearfield on Feb. 3. Specifically, the injury bug and the flu bug. The Lady Rams were playing Clearfield without two injured starters (both out for the season) and an untold number of players slowed down by…

STATE COLLEGE — State College center Taylor Love has been waiting a long time to get her chance to shine for the Little Lions, and now that it has come, she is taking full advantage. The 6-foot-1 senior has been a force with the ball, on defense, and on the boards for State College.…

BELLEFONTE — The Bellefonte girls’ basketball team did not have very much fun in the opening weeks of the 2016-17 season. The Lady Raiders lost their first three games and four of their first five. They were struggling on offense and absorbed those losses by an average of 16 points, while the only win…

STATE COLLEGE — It is no secret that the State College girls’ basketball team has been struggling through the always tough Mid-Penn Conference schedule this season. After an encouraging 4-2 start, the Little Lions have gone just 2-7 in their last nine games and have fallen to 3-7 in the conference. So it…

WINGATE —The Bald Eagle Area wrestling team is on a roll. The Eagles leapt out to an early 20-point lead against Penns Valley in a Mountain League meet Jan. 24 at BEA, and then had just enough left to come away with a thrilling 35-32 win over the archrival Rams. It was the…

WINGATE — There were impressive underclassmen up and down both lineups in Bald Eagle Area’s 35-32 win over Penns Valley on Jan. 24. Both schools have seasoned wrestling programs, and both are built for the long haul. None of the underclassmen, however, have stood out this season quite as much as BEA freshman…

PHILIPSBURG — Philipsburg-Osceola guard Halle Herrington is on a tear. The 5-foot-6 sophomore began the 2016 season averaging more than 20 points per game in the Mounties’ first six games. She was scoring at a rate not seen by anyone in memory on a basketball floor in Philipsburg, much less by a sophomore just…

STATE COLLEGE — State College junior forward Drew Friberg is a matchup nightmare for Little Lions’ opponents. Put a big on him and he’ll run free outside. Or, match him up with a guard, as was the case against Harrisburg, and he’s going to the basket. That’s what happened in State College’s…

Back in August, the consensus among pro football experts was that the Pittsburgh Steelers had the potential to return to being one of the NFL’s elite teams this season and mount a serious challenge to win another Super Bowl championship. So far, so good. Although it wasn’t as easy as all that. After winning their…