The Mid State Sports Network

WILLIAMSPORT, PA – Freshman Nathanial Brown (Philadelphia, Pa.) scored a season high 17 points as the Pennsylvania College of Technology men’s basketball team lost 94-56 to top-ranked Rochester College (Mich.) Monday.  Brown shot 7-10 (.700) from the field including going 3-4 (.750) from beyond the arc.  Also in double figures was sophomore Christopher Carrington (Ridley Park) who notched 10.  The loss drops Penn College to 1-11 overall. Sophomore Scott Fenton (Dickson City) opened the game with a layup to give the Wildcats the early lead.  Three more ties occurred before…

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LOCK HAVEN, PA – The Lock Haven University softball team will host its Winter All Skills Clinic on Sunday, January 27 from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on the campus of Lock Haven University. The clinic will consist of a hitting session in the morning and three defensive sessions in the afternoon. Cost for the clinic is broken down below: All four sessions – $85 Hitting + two defensive sessions – $70 All three defensive sessions – $70 Hitting + one defensive session – $60 One defensive session only –…

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UNIVERSITY PARK, PA– Redshirt-freshman Dan Neff (Quarryville, Pa./Solanco) picked up a thrilling 9-4 win at 141 pounds, helping the Lock Haven University wrestling team (1-2) prevent the shutout as the Bald Eagles fell to No. 1 Penn State (4-0), 42-3 in front of 6,292 fans, Saturday at Rec Hall. Lock Haven trailed 10-0 after a pin at 125 and a major at 133, but Neff put The Haven on the board with his solid 9-4 win over senior Bryan Pearsall. Neff dominated the match, recording four takedowns, including three in…

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LEWISBURG, PA– Bucknell University and the Department of Athletics & Recreation mourn the loss of a true Bison coaching legend, Bob Odell, who passed away Saturday morning at the age of 90. A member of the Bucknell Athletics, Middle Atlantic Conference and College Football Halls of Fame, Odell guided the Bison football program through one of its greatest eras in the late 1950s and early 1960s. As head football coach at Bucknell from 1958-64, Bob Odell had a 37-26 record and led the 1960 and 1964 teams to Lambert Cup…

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WILLIAMSPORT, PA – Lycoming College senior Jerald Williams (Riverdale, Md./Bladensberg) entered Sunday, Dec. 16’s men’s basketball game against King’s College needing 11 assists to break the Middle Atlantic Conference’s career record for assists. He got 13 and added 10 points for his third double-double of the season to lead the Warriors to their eighth straight win, a 74-65 triumph over the Monarchs at Lamade Gym. “I think he is the best player in the league,” Lycoming College head coach Guy Rancourt, who picked up his 75th win at the College,…

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LORETTO, PA – The National Tenpin Coaches Association released its December national bowling rankings with the Saint Francis U squad in 11th on the 20-team list. The Red Flash move up eight spots in the poll, after being spotted 19th in the original ranking from the preseason. Head coach Tom Falbo and his SFU squad has enjoyed its best start in the program’s three years in 2012. Saint Francis took home three tournament titles in the first half of the season, including a victory at its home event, the Red…

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WILLIAMSPORT, PA – Two-time conference player of the year senior Stephen Romano (Sewell, N.J./Washington Township) has picked up the first honor of his final campaign with the Lycoming College men’s lacrosse team, as he was placed on the “Face-Off Yearbook” Preseason All-American team, earning honorable mention plaudits from the magazine that is produced by InsideLacrosse.com. As a junior, Romano earned the Commonwealth Conference Player of the Year award after finishing second in the league in goals (2.47) and third in points per game (3.33), also helping  him earn Honorable Mention…

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