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Top Hat Wrestling Tournament Champions

December 9, 2012December 9, 2012 Sam Jordan

WILLIAMSPORT, PA – Here are the championship final results from the Top Hat Tournament, that was held at The Magic Dome in Williamsport, Friday and Saturday. Championship finals 106: Owen Wherley, South Western, dec. Noah Ulmer, Jersey Shore, 7-2. 113: Roshaun Cooley, Williamsport, dec. Taylor Johnson, Central Columbia, 7-5. 120: Josh Giorgio, Schuylkill Valley, dec. Caleb Bordner, Tri Valley, 4-3. 126: Frankie Gissendanner, Penfield (NY), dec. Andrew Gipe, South Williamsport, 4-3. 132: Cole Walter, Mifflinburg, maj. dec. Dylan Graham, Clearfield, 10-2. 138: Christian Stone, Clearfield, pinned Jesse Shannon, Central Columbia,…

For The Love of the Game, No Matter The Elements

December 9, 2012December 9, 2012 Sam Jordan

WILLIAMSPORT, PA – The Federal Hockey League’s team in Williamsport will no doubt experience some unique firsts, as they have settled into the confines of Airmen Pond at Historic Bowman Field. One of those unique firsts is playing hockey in the rain or snow. As a kid growing up, you would play ice hockey on a frozen pond in the countryside, no matter what the elements was doing. However, on Friday and Saturday; the Williamsport Outlaws and their opponents got to experience it first hand on the professional level. For…

Flicek is a TRUE Veteran For The Dayton Demonz

December 9, 2012December 9, 2012 Sam Jordan

Courtesy: The Federal Hockey League By Tom Archdeacon, Columnist DAYTON, OH – To fully appreciate the phenomenal start Luke Flicek has had with the Dayton Demonz – he has scored 11 goals in his first 10 games – you’ve got to know what all he went through to get here. Just over two years ago, Capt. Luke Flicek – West Point grad and military intelligence officer with the U.S. Army – was stationed in Amarah, a city in southeastern Iraq on the Iranian border. “I led a 12-man multi-function team…

FHL Players of the Month Announced

December 9, 2012 Sam Jordan

PALM BAY, FL – The Federal Hockey League announced their Players of the Month for October and November on Sunday. The Williamsport Outlaws Trevor Karasiewicz (#17) played 21 games during those two months and was able to net three goals and assist on 32 others. In addition, he got a +18 and 1 SHG during that same period to obtain the FHL Player of the Month honors. Mike Hoban of the Dayton Demonz received the FHL Rookie of the Month honors for October and November. Hoban played in 11 games…

Lycoming College Beats Arcadia College, 66-55

December 9, 2012 Sam Jordan

WILLIAMSPORT, PA – Using a season-high 18 steaks, the Lycoming College women’s basketball team scored 27 points off turnover and shot a steady 41 percent from the field to cruise to a 66-55 win over Arcadia University in Commonwealth Conference action at Lamade Gymnasium on Saturday, Dec. 8. “I thought it was key to create points off their turnovers,” Lycoming College head coach Christen Ditzler said. “Defensively, we covered shooters pretty well and did some nice things and we rebounded well.” Junior Julia Antonelli (Hanover, Pa./New Oxford) led the Warriors…

LHU Women Basketball Lose To Mercyhurst, 69-55

December 9, 2012 Sam Jordan

ERIE, PA – The Lock Haven University women’s basketball team (2-4, 0-3 PSAC) fell on the road today to Mercyhurst (2-3, 2-1 PSAC) in its 2012 PSAC West opener. Freshman J.J. Hilliard (Bethlehem, Pa./Liberty) led LHU with a career-high 18 points in the game. Hilliard connected on 6-of-14 field goals, including 2-of-4 three-pointers. She added three rebounds. Kacie Hershey (Cochranville, Pa./Octorara) netted five points and grabbed a team-high 10 rebounds for LHU. The Haven trailed Mercyhurst 35-17 at the halftime break and MU opened up a 21-point lead, 42-21 with…

Mercyhurst Defeats Lock Haven In Basketball Action

December 9, 2012 Sam Jordan

ERIE, PA – Kasheef Festus (Philadelphia/Archbishop Carroll) recorded his second double-double of the season, but the Lock Haven University men’s basketball team (3-3, 1-2 PSAC) fell on the road today to Mercyhurst (5-3, 2-1 PSAC), 68-50 in its 2012 PSAC West opener. Festus scored a team-high 19 points and tied his season-high with 10 rebounds in the game. He shot 6-for-9 from the field and made seven free throws. Wali Hepburn (Philadelphia/Neumann Goretti), last week’s PSAC West Athlete of the Week, netted 14 points on 4-for-11 shooting from the field. …

Lycoming Wins 6th Straight With Win Over Arcadia

December 9, 2012 Sam Jordan

WILLIAMSPORT, PA – Shooting a season-high 55 percent from the field and led by a career-high 28 points from senior Anthony Martin (Detroit, Mich./Christ the King), the hot Lycoming College men’s basketball team won its sixth straight game on Saturday, Dec. 8, downing Arcadia University, 90-72, in Commonwealth Conference action. “The guys played very well defensively,” Lycoming College head coach Guy Rancourt, whose team held the Knights to just 35 percent from the floor. “They locked in on their assignments and they did what they were supposed to do. I…

Golden Eagles Have Four Players In Double Digits, Lose 75-62

December 9, 2012 Sam Jordan

CLARION, PA – Despite having four players reach double figures the Clarion University men’s basketball team dropped a PSAC West game to Slippery Rock, 75-62, Saturday evening at Clarion’s Tippin Gym. Mike Kromka led Clarion with 18 points and nine rebounds, his fourth straight game of at least 18 points, while Marques Jones, Leonard Patterson and Anthony Baker each scored 10 points for the Golden Eagles (2-4 overall, 1-2 PSAC West). Baker added nine rebounds, three blocks, two steals and an assist. But Slippery Rock (5-1, 3-0) got 18 points…

Privateers Take One From Outlaws In Overtime

December 9, 2012 Sam Jordan

WILLIAMSPORT, PA – For the third straight night the Williamsport Outlaws got on the board first, and for the second time in three nights, the Outlaws find themselves on the wrong end of the scoreboard, falling to the 1000 Island Privateers in overtime by a score of 7-6. Trevor Karasiewicz got the Outlaws on the board in the first period off his own faceoff win at the 4:00 mark of the first period to tally his fourth goal and 36th point of the season, and give the Outlaws a 1-0…