JOHNSTOWN —
Wrestling
No. 11 Pitt-Johnstown
knocks off No. 20 Kutztown
KUTZTOWN – Dave Cawley pinned fourth-ranked Evan Yenolevich in the 141-pound match as part of Pitt-Johnstown’s 24-17 victory at Kutztown on Wednesday.
Eleventh-ranted Pitt-Johnstown (1-1) finished the match with three pins. The others were by Evan Link at 125 and Travis McKillop at 184.
“Pins were the difference,” Mountain Cats coach Pat Pecora said.
UPJ opened up a 15-4 lead on No. 2 Kutztown (0-1) with Link’s pin at 2:19, Cawley’s pin at 2:09 and an 8-4 decision from Jack Bachman at 149.
The Golden bears closed within 15-1 before the Mountain Cats put the match away.
Brian Gibbons decisioned Ricky Pens, 3-0, at 174 before McKillop pinned Giovanni Pena at 184.
“The matches we did lose, we were able to keep them to three or four points,” Pecora said. “Bonus points were huge.”
Pitt-Johnstown travels to No. 6 Findlay (Ohio) on Dec. 1 before its 2012-13 home debut against East Stroudsburg on Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. in the Sports Center.
Football
Six St. Francis players
earn all-conference honors
A pair of football players, Jakob DeMedal and Josh Thiel, from St. Francis University were selected to the All-Northeast Conference first team on Wednesday, while Red Flash freshman Anthony Abeid earned NEC Rookie of the Year honors.
William Houston, Thurston Kino, Terrace Bourne and Grant Price earned second-team honors.
DeMedal, a junior strong safety, led SFU, which finished 5-6 for its best record since 1992, with 88 tackles and three forced fumbles. Thiel had the best season for a kicker in Red Flash history as he made 11 of 12 field goals, including a school-record 50-yarder against Central Connecticut State.
Houston and Kino were key members of an offensive line that had the best run offense in the NEC and allowed 12 sacks in 11 games. St. Francis rushed for a school record 2,600 yards.
A defensive lineman, Bourne finished his season with 32 tackles, including seven for loss. He also had three fumble recoveries.
Price dropped 16 punts inside the opponents’ 20-yard line and forced 10 fair catches.
Abeid started the season well behind established backs like Kyle Harbridge, Keion Wade and Khairi Dickson on the depth chart. Injuries to Harbridge and Dickson elevated Abeid, who rushed for 258 yards and had 122 receiving yards in addition to 219 kickoff return yards.
Sports
Local sports in brief 11/22/2012
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Ottawa rallies to top Pittsburgh
Colin Greening scored 7:39 into double overtime, and the Ottawa Senators rallied for a 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins that cut their series deficit to 2-1 on Sunday night.
Daniel Alfredsson got Ottawa even 1-1 by scoring a short-handed goal with 29 seconds left in regulation just after the Senators pulled goalie Craig Anderson for an extra skater. -
Locke grinds through as Pirates blank Astros
Jeff Locke didn’t have his best stuff Sunday. He didn’t need it to shut down the majors’ worst team.
Locke allowed three hits over seven innings, Pedro Alvarez homered and the Pittsburgh Pirates won for the eighth time in 10 games, 1-0 over the Houston.
Locke (4-1) won his fourth straight decision and gave up one run or fewer for the fifth time in his past eight outings. He struck out four and walked three. -
CORY ISENBERG| District playoffs command spotlight
District 5 gets set to jump into the baseball and softball playoffs this week.
Class A softball opens with four games on Wednesday, all set for 4:30 p.m. -
Bengals’ Hawkins visits Windber for charity tourney
Andrew Hawkins never forgets his roots.
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MIKE MASTOVICH | Roberts, Kent State up to old tricks
George Roberts and his Kent State University teammates reached a familiar destination on Saturday afternoon, but took a somewhat different route in winning their third consecutive Mid-American Conference (MAC) regular-season title.
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Astros beat Bucs in extra innings
Jason Castro led off the 11th inning with a double and scored the go-ahead run on a close play at the plate as the Houston Astros topped the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-2 on Saturday night.
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Senators offense to get boost vs. Pens
Jason Spezza doesn’t have much time to return to form if the Ottawa Senators want to extend their season.
- Local sports in brief 5/19/2013
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Wrestling rules changed in hopes of keeping sport in Olympics
Wrestling’s governing body hopes rule changes designed to make matches more exciting and easier to understand will get the sport back in the Olympics.
- Local sports in brief 5/18/2013
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