Pat Rothdeutsch

WINGATE — The Bald Eagle Area boys’ basketball team came into its game against Central with an 0-3 record and struggling with consistency and inexperience. The last thing the Eagles needed was to go cold against the traditionally tough Scarlet Dragons. Yet that’s exactly what happened in Central’s 61-38 win Dec. 20 at…

PHILIPSBURG — The Bellefonte wrestling team had some problems getting to Philipsburg for its opening dual meet of the season Dec. 13, but once the Red Raiders arrived they seemed to know exactly what to do. Despite their bus getting stuck on the trip, and starting seven new wrestlers, the Raiders used two pins…

PHILIPSBURG — Philipsburg-Osceola guard Halle Herrington scored 28 points and was seemingly everywhere in the Lady Mounties’ 53-51 opening night victory over West Branch at P-O High School on Dec. 12. Even so, it was Herrington’s work at not trying to score that sealed the victory over the neighborhood rival Lady Warriors. With…

PHILIPSBURG — The time to take on a big, new adventure in life is almost never exactly right, but sometimes it’s best to put the worries aside and just go for it. That’s what new Philipsburg-Osceola head girls’ basketball coach Alexis Bacher did. Bacher — then Cartwright — grew up in Philipsburg and…

Even though Penn State is still playing football — and in increasingly important games — it is getting toward winter and the cold weather. That means, of course, that the high school basketball season is about to start up, and in fact there are a number of local teams that will be playing as…

What happens now with Penn State? Let’s start with the one thing at this point that is for sure: Penn State will play Wisconsin in the Big Ten Championship game in Indianapolis on Saturday, Dec. 3. After that, things can get very messy and very murky. For the Nittany Lions, the clearest scenario…

Bowl games, double-digit win seasons and chances to win conference championships are the kinds of experiences a recruit is hoping for when he signs at a school like Penn State. Yet for many of the 17 players who were honored on Senior Day at Beaver Stadium Nov. 26, none of those things were really…

STATE COLLEGE — The end of a high school sports’ season is almost always tinged a bit with sadness and reflection among the coaches and the graduating seniors who will be moving on to other things. This is especially true with this year’s State College High School football team. Three years ago, head…