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WINGATE — It was the Jaden Jones show on Jan. 20 when Bald Eagle Area hosted the Bucktail Bucks. Jones, who was a star on the gridiron this past fall, showed he has skills on the hardwood too. The senior scored 19 points in the 79-51 victory, and became the sixth BEA player…

Four of the six St. Joseph’s Catholic Academy wrestlers captured titles and another placed fifth at the New Oxford Tournament on Jan. 18. Zack Witmer (138), Caleb Dowling (152), Keegan Rothrock (160) and Tyler Stoltzfus (170) won their weight classes. Amonn Ohl finished fifth at 132 pounds. Stoltzfus pinned his way through the tournament, recording…

BELLEFONTE — Bellefonte’s Sarah Connor and Samantha Hackenburg were out to impress during a Jan. 15 home gymnastics meet with Altoona, and they didn’t disappoint. Connor scored 31.45 points to take the second spot in the all-around competition, while Hackenburg…

COCOLAMUS — New coach Marcus Toomer got his head coaching career off to a fine start as his Bellefonte Area High School girls’ basketball team finished second in the Juniata County Tipoff Tournament. The Lady Raiders held East Juniata to two points in their 49-40 first-round victory on Friday, Dec. 6. Juniata denied Bellefonte…

It hasn’t been a good year athletically so far for Philipsburg-Osceola brothers Ryan and Jeremy Whitehead. Up until now, anyway, but if the first two games of the new basketball season are any indication, that’s about to change big time. The 6-foot-6 Ryan and 6-5 Jeremy both suffered…

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State wrestling coach Cael Sanderson had alerted fans and media in the preseason that his lineup would change, sometimes from meet to meet, this season. Battles for several weight classes, injuries and concessions for some starters’ quests for berths in the Olympic Trials would prompt those changes. They would…

BELLEFONTE — The Bellefonte gymnastic team is heading into the 2019-20 season with some pretty high expectations. After all, the team didn’t lose any seniors to graduation from last year’s squad, and four letter winners return from a team that put together a 5-3 season. “We have lots of…

Centre County sure produces athletes, and recently, a handful of local high school seniors signed their names on dotted lines to continue their athletic careers at the college level. Several other student athletes have verbally committed to a school, but won’t formally announce their intentions until February. BELLEFONTE Red Raider…

BOALSBURG — Last year was sweet for the St. Joseph’s Catholic Acaedmy girls’ basketball team as the Wolves made it to the Sweet 16 in their first-ever trip to the state playoffs. With eight letter winners returning this year, fourth-year coach Katie Sosnoskie is hoping to build off of that success and push the pace…