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Sports Illustrated article hammers Penn State, Joyner
Penn State's athletic department and athletic director Dr. David Joyner are under heavy scrutiny once again following the release of a Sports Illustrated article. An investigative piece, written by David Epstein, suggests medical care for the Penn State football program has been diminished with the removal of Dr. Wayne Sebastianelli ...
Brackets released for upcoming District 6 baseball tournament
Bishop McCort will begin their state title defense as the top-seed in the District 6-A baseball playoffs. After a 14-3 regular season, the Crimson Crushers earned the #1 seed in the Class A tournament which will begin for some teams on Thursday, May 16. Elsewhere, State College captured the highest ...
District 6 Softball tournament brackets released
District 6 released its final regular season rankings on Monday along with brackets for their tournaments which will begin Thursday. Greater Johnstown, after posting a 12-4 district record, earned the top-seed in Class AAA. Philipsburg-Osceola went 15-1 within the district and gained top honors in Class AA. Claysburg-Kimmel wrapped up ...
NFL Draft 2013: Mauti, Hodges drafted by Vikings
Two Penn State football players were selected in the NFL Draft on Saturday while four others who went undrafted ended up signing with NFL teams. Nittany Lion outside linebacker Gerald Hodges was the first Penn State player off the board on Saturday, and second this draft, when he was drafted ...
Local runners safe following Boston Marathon explosions
6 News has learned the names of at least 34 people with connections to the area who participated in Monday’s Boston Marathon. A website for the marathon lists those runners’ hometowns. Boston police said two people were killed and 23 people were hurt when a pair of bombs exploded near ...
Penn State's Urschel giving new meaning to "Mathlete"
It's 8:45 a.m., and John Urschel is at the chalkboard diagramming plays. Except, Penn State head football coach Bill O'Brien is nowhere to be found. Nor are any of Urschel's teammates. No, Urschel isn't at football practice. He's in Bouke Hall, Room 106. And those "plays" he drawing up on ...
Region boasts 16 on Pennsylvania All-State basketball teams
Sixteen basketball players from the WJAC-TV coverage area have been named to the Pennsylvania All-State basketball teams, as selected by the Pennsylvania Sports Writers Association. Four local athletes were named to their respective top teams. Shade senior Ryan Fyock and Johnsonburg junior Cole Peterson were each named to the Boys ...
Locations announced for PIAA basketball Sweet 16
Locations and times have been announced for Tuesday and Wednesday's second round of the PIAA state basketball tournament. Fourteen teams from Districts 5, 6, and 9 will play this week. Teams in Boys Class "A" and "AAA" will play Tuesday (all local Girls "AA" and "AAAA" teams have been eliminated) ...
Law, Taylor lead 26 local medalists at PIAA wrestling
Cody Law had dreamed about this moment. Forest Hills High School's most dominant wrestler in a decade stood on the same mat a year ago, finishing second place at the PIAA State Wrestling Championships at the Hershey, Pa. Giant Center. He said he had barely touched his silver medal, but ...
Eight area wrestlers still alive in PIAA state wrestling
Eight area wrestlers from the WJAC-TV viewing region are still alive in their quest for a state championship. Following matches held Friday at the Giant Center in Hershey, fou chamr wrestlers from District 5, 6, or 9 find themselves wrestling for a state championship Saturday at 2 p.m. Four more ...
Fifty-nine local wrestlers earn trip to states
A total of 59 wrestlers from the WJAC-TV viewing region earned a trip to Hershey and the state wrestling tournaments following their finishes at the Southwest "AA" and Northwest "AAA" regional meets. Forest Hills senior Cody Law won his second straight Southwest "AA" regional championship at 160 pounds. Huntingdon's Collin ...
Weather Postpones Basketball Playoffs
Tuesday's slate of basketball playoff games in Districts 5 and 6 have been postponed due to inclement weather condtions. All games scheduled for Tuesday have been tenatively rescheduled for Wednesday at the same locations. There are only four time changes: The District 5 boys class "A" semifinal between Shade and ...
UPJ poised to bring East Region wrestling title home
Pitt-Johnstown used to own the NCAA East Regional wrestling title. Yet, when the Mountain Cats begin tournament play begins in Kutztown on Friday, UPJ will be playing the role of underdog. Not because of their ranking, however; UPJ enters this weekend's regional meet as the top-ranked team in the Division ...
District 6 crowns wrestling champs in "AA"
West Branch followed up their District 6-AA dual meet championship with a team title at the District 6-AA wrestling individual meet. The Warriors had five wrestlers place in the top 3. Mount Union, Cambria Heights, Blairsville, and Penns Valley rounded out the top 5 finishers. Forest Hills senior Cody Law, ...
Shanksville's Stockenus joins elite 2,000 point club
Kayla Stockenus said she started thinking about breaking the school record for career points when she was a freshman at Shanksville-Stonycreek High School. She never considered how historic her four-year career would become. Stockenus scored her 2,000th career point Tuesday in a 69-37 loss to Windber. She ended the game ...
Berlin, NBC, and Bedford advance in District 5 Duals
Berlin, Bedford, and Northern Bedford won their quarterfinal matches in the District 5 Dual Meet tournament on Thursday. Top-seed Chestnut Ridge awaits; the Lions will host the semifinals and finals on Saturday. Berlin, the 3-seed, defeated 6-seed North Star 57-18. The Mountaineers jumped out to a 45-0 lead in their ...
Tomahawks-Penguins game canceled
The hottest ticket in the history of the Cambria County War Memorial will not be used. After selling out in a record seven minutes last Friday, the Johnstown Tomahawks Charity Classic, which included 10 players from the Pittsburgh Penguins, has been canceled. The game was scheduled for Wednesday. A ...
Bill O'Brien staying at Penn State
Bill O'Brien will remain as Penn State head football coach next season, 6Sports confirmed through the Penn State athletic department Thursday night, and will not interview for any other NFL head coaching vacancies. After leading the Nittany Lions to an 8-4 record in 2012 and rivitalizing the Penn State football ...
Tomahawks to play Penguins in charity exhibition
The Johnstown Tomahawks will play members of the Pittsburgh Penguins in a charity hockey exhibition, 6Sports has learned. The game, called the Johnstown Tomahawks Charity Classic, will take place at the Cambria County War Memorial on Wednesday, January 9 at 7 p.m. According to Tomahawks President Rick Bouchard, this game ...
Two Steelers, Three Nittany Lions make Pro Bowl
After a disappointing season which will end without a trip to the postseason, the Steelers still managed to place two players on the AFC Pro Bowl team. Tight end Heath Miller and Center Maurkice Pouncey were invited to the AFC roster Wednesday. Pouncey will make his third consecutive trip to ...
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