Sports notices

MEAT SHOOT

CLARION - Nominations for the Sportsmanship I Sportsperson of the Year are being accepted until Feb. 1.

MERCER - Nine of Clarion's 11 varsity grapplers competing at the Mercer VFW Tournament held Jan. 21 wrestled well enough to place, with Mason Gourley taking the 152-pound title.

CLARION - Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Dr. Wendy Snodgrass announced that Andrew Vonada, a former Golden Eagle student-athlete and Division I strength and conditioning coach, has been hired as Clarion's head strength and conditioning coach. Vonada returns to Clarion after spending t…

MEAT SHOOT

CLARION - The Golden Eagle wrestling team put together a string of six wins in seven bouts to secure a come-from-behind victory on Sunday afternoon, with Clarion beating longtime rival Lock Haven 22-14 in front of a rabid crowd in Tippin Gymnasium. Clarion has now won five straight duals, in…

WENTLINGS COR-NERS Dean Weaver posted the high series by totaling a 685 at the Greater Oil Region Bowling Association Tuesday Nite Men's League action at Mt. Joy Lanes in Wentlings Corners Jan. 10.

LITTLE LEAGUE SIGNUPS

BROOKVILLE, N.Y. ---The Golden Eagle wrestling team closed out a long run of road matches to start the 2022-23 dual season, picking up two more wins on Saturday afternoon. Clarion routed VMI (34-4) and Long Island (33-6) to improve to 6-3 in dual matches this year, including three straight wins.

KSAC roundup

NEW BETHLEHEM - Visiting Brockway made itself at home Thursday (Jan. 12) in New Bethlehem leading from beginning to end in a 41-24 varsity wrestling victory over the Redbank Valley.

WENTLINGS COR-NERS Stan Reed went over the 700 series mark at the Greater Oil Region Bowling Association Tuesday Nite Men's League action at Mt. Joy Lanes in Wentlings Corners Jan. 3.

LITTLE LEAGUE SIGNUPS

COYOTE HUNT

SENECA - The Clarion Bobcats and Cranberry Berries were knotted, 21-21, after the first nine bouts of their dual meet Wednesday (Jan. 4). Cranberry, however, won the final four contests, scoring pins in three, to pull away for a 42-21 victory.

HARRISBURG - The Game Commission is asking for the public's help finding turkey flocks to trap for ongoing turkey projects.

NEW BETHLEHEM - Port Allegany won seven of nine contested bouts and benefitted from two forfeits in downing host Redbank Valley 58-15, on Thursday (Jan. 5).

WENTLINGS COR-NERS Hunter Sliker had a big night at the Greater Oil Region Bowling Association Tuesday Nite Men's League action at Mt. Joy Lanes in Wentlings Corners Dec. 27.

COYOTE HUNT

KSAC roundup

WENTLINGS COR-NERS For the second week in a row, Dan Ace had the big night at the Greater Oil Region Bowling Association Tuesday Nite Men's League action at Mt. Joy Lanes in Wentlings corners Dec. 20.

ITHACA, N.Y. --The Golden Eagle women's basketball team took a respite from their regular season schedule to play a Division I exhibition on the road, falling to Cornell 93-49 at Newman Arena on Wednesday afternoon.

KSAC roundup

COYOTE HUNT

NEW BETHLEHEM - The young Redbank Valley wrestling team took its lumps at home last Thursday (Dec. 22) against Brookville, falling to the Raiders, 58-9.

SOFTBALL/BASEBALL CLINICS

WENTLINGS COR-NERS Dan Ace came within one pin of a lofty milestone at the Greater Oil Region Bowling Association Tuesday Nite Men's League action at Mt. Joy Lanes in Wentlings corners Dec. 13.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

HARRISBURG - Christmas may have come and gone but Pennsylvania's hunting license year isn't yet halfway through, and there's plenty of action to be experienced afield in the coming weeks and months.

COYOTE HUNT

COYOTE HUNT

Did you think because I was promoted to editor, you wouldn't see my pathetically bad football picks darken the doorstep of the CLARION NEWS? Ha Ha Ha. I fooled you.

KSAC roundup

NEW BETHLEHEM - Though neither squad's record was particularly impressive, the young Clarion Bobcat and Redbank Valley Bulldog wrestling teams gained valuable experience Saturday (Dec. 17) at the latter's annual holiday dual tournament.

COYOTE HUNT

WENTLINGS COR-NERS Sawyer Reed had a memorable night at the Greater Oil Region Bowling Association Tuesday Nite Men's League action Dec. 6.

POWERLIFTING EVENT

BLOOMSBURG - Powered by two wins by fall and featuring five bonus point victories in total, the Golden Eagle wrestling team routed Bloomsburg on the road for a 33-8 Mid-American Conference (MAC) dual victory on Monday night.

KSAC roundup

POWERLIFTING EVENT

POWERLIFTING EVENT

NEW BETHLEHEM - Clarion-Limestone's Riley Klingensmith went off for 23 points while Jordan Hesdon bucketed 21 points as the visiting Lions rolled to an 85-63 victory over Redbank Valley at New Bethlehem Dec. 7.

BASKETBALL DAY CAMP

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio --- Delaney Beard broke a 13-year-old school record on Friday night, part of an all-around excellent effort by the Golden Eagle track & field team at the YSU Icebreaker hosted by Youngstown State.

WENTLINGS CORNERS Dean Weaver was the big winner at the Greater Oil Region Bowling Association Tuesday Nite Men's League action Nov. 29.

BASKETBALL DAY CAMP

KSAC roundup

WENTLINGS CORNERS -- Dean Weaver had a monster night at the Greater Oil Region Bowling Association Tuesday Nite Men's League action at Mt. Joy Lanes in Wentlings Corners Nov. 22.

BASKETBALL DAY CAMP

In case you weren't paying attention, the College Football Playoff is basically set, even though the final four teams aren't written in stone.

CLARION -- The Golden Eagle men's basketball team held off a second-half charge at home on Tuesday night, with Clarion defeating Bryant & Stratton 87-81 at Tippin Gymnasium to even their record at 2-2.

CLARION -- London Fuller won her second Atlantic Region Player of the Year honor in 2022 while Julia Piccolino and Cassidy Snider earned all-region honors, as the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) announced their Atlantic Region honors on Wednesday. The trio will now be eligible…

BASKETBALL DAY CAMP

WENTLINGS CORNERS -- Karl Becker posted the high series at the Greater Oil Region Bowling Association Tuesday Nite Men's League action at Mt. Joy Lanes in Wentlings Corners Nov. 15.

Thankfully, the 2022 high school football season is nearly at an end and the reason I am happy for the season's conclusion is I won't have to put on this sham every week that I know anything about high school football.

HARRISBURG - It's one thing to dream of winning the lottery. It's another to base your entire financial future on the long odds of it actually happening.

Thankfully, the 2022 high school football season is nearly at an end and the reason I am happy for the season's conclusion is I won't have to put on this sham every week that I know anything about high school football.

WENTLINGS CORNERS -- Karl Becker posted the high series at the Greater Oil Region Bowling Association Tuesday Nite Men's League action at Mt. Joy Lanes in Wentlings Corners Nov. 15.