Bill Beckner stories, Page 220

It might be divided among two schools, but a milestone is a milestone to Jenna Cole. The former Norwin basketball standout scored the 1,000th point of her college career Saturday while leading La Roche to a 64-59 win at Medaille. Cole, a 6-foot junior forward, transferred from Pitt-Greensburg after her...

INDIANAPOLIS — Pat McAfee watched those two agonizing bounces in Chicago on Sunday and immediately tried to put Cody Parkey’s missed field goal in perspective. He thought about the 27 death threats he received after missing a couple of costly kicks during one game in college. He felt horribly for...

Terrelle Pryor has given back to a number of causes during his professional football career. He paid for his high school football team’s banquet last season and also helped Jeannette deter some of the cost for its championship rings. The NFL free agent wide receiver and his Terrelle Pryor Family...

There is a new No. 1 in Division II women’s basketball, according to at least one of the top national polls. IUP rocketed to the top spot this week for the first time in program history in the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Top 25 Coaches’ Poll. IUP (11-0) picked up...

Latrobe was well-represented Saturday as the Shippensburg men’s basketball team took down visiting East Stroudsburg, 76-70. Raiders coach Chris Fite notched his 100th career victory, and sophomore point guard Jake Biss scored a career-high 30 points for No. 25 Shippensburg (12-3, 6-1 PSAC). Fite and Biss are Latrobe graduates. Since...

A head-turning performance Saturday — and a quality three-game stretch in general — earned Jake Biss some conference-wide attention Monday. Biss, a sophomore point guard from Shippensburg and a Latrobe graduate, was named Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Eastern Division Athlete of the Week after his 30-point game — and a...

Saint Vincent senior Mike Simmons took momentum into the new year for the men’s basketball team. His strong play of late garnered him some recognition Monday as he was named the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week. A 6-foot-2 guard from Kiski Area, Simmons went for a...

Latrobe was well-represented Saturday as the Shippensburg men’s basketball team took down visiting East Stroudsburg, 76-70. Raiders coach Chris Fite notched his 100th career victory, and sophomore guard Jake Biss scored a career-high 30 points for No. 25 Shippensburg (12-3, 6-1 PSAC). Both are Latrobe graduates. Since Fite began coaching...

It might be divided among two schools, but a milestone is a milestone to Jenna Cole. The former Norwin basketball standout scored the 1,000th point of her college career while leading La Roche to a 64-59 win at Medaille. Cole, a 6-foot junior forward, transferred from Pitt-Greensburg after her freshman...

College wrestlers often make their mark at large-scale tournaments early in their careers. One such tournament is the Ken Kraft Midlands Championships in Illinois, and Zach Hartman made a splash — a few of them, in fact — last weekend at that event. A freshman from Bucknell and a Belle...

Nadege Durand has been good for a double-doube just about every game this season for the Pitt-Greensburg women’s basketball team. Now she is a double-winner as the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Player of the Week. Durand, a sophomore forward from Philadelphia, earned the recognition after three strong games to close...