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Last season, his sixth as the women's softball coach at Pennsylvania College of Technology, Roger Harris was hopeful that his young squad would have a decent year. It did, and brought home the college's first-ever conference championship in the sport.

With most of his players returning from a 16-7 fall season, Pennsylvania College of Technology baseball coach Chris Howard is optimistic. What concerns him is something he can't control the weather. "All I'm hoping is that the weather holds out for us. Last year, we lost eight to 10 games because of weather and couldn't reschedule any of them.

Although they all become "local" players when they suit up in their Pennsylvania College of Technology basketball uniforms, two native locals led the college's women's and men's teams in scoring this season.

The Penn College intramural basketball teams came up short against Lycoming College on Wednesday night. The women's game was won by Lycoming, 48-26. Kat Potocek led Penn College with 9 points; Brittney Wertmen had 8. The Wildcat men lost in an overtime thriller, 48-46. Andrew Eastep led the Penn College team with 17 points; Adam Walker finished with 9.

One poor half of basketball spelled the end of the season for the Pennsylvania College of Technology women's basketball team Friday night.

For the third consecutive season, the Pennsylvania College of Technology women's basketball team has reached the Penn State University Athletic Conference Final Four. Tuesday night, the Lady Wildcats (18-8 overall, 12-4 PSUAC) eliminated Penn State Greater Allegheny, 76-64, at Bardo Gym in the quarterfinals. The win propelled them into a berth in Friday's 6:30 p.m.

For the fifth straight year, Pennsylvania College of Technology bowlers have won Pennsylvania Collegiate Athletic Association championships.

Pennsylvania College of Technology women's and men's basketball teams, as the Nos. 5 and 6 seeds, respectively, enter the Penn State University Athletic Conference playoffs with their work cut out. The Lady Wildcats will host Penn State Greater Allegheny at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Bardo Gym, while the Penn College men travel to Penn State Abington for a 7:30 p.m. tip-off Monday.

Pennsylvania College of Technology's bowling team hopes to put an exclamation mark on what already has been a successful season when it competes this weekend in the Pennsylvania Collegiate Athletic Conference championships in Philipsburg. Competition will be held in singles and doubles on Saturday at the Moshannon Valley Super Bowl and in team events on Sunday.

Tom Little of Beacon Falls, Conn., a graduate of Woodland Regional High School, has been named Penn College's "Student-Athlete of the Week" for Feb. 9-16. A 6-foot-2 junior forward civil engineering student on the men's basketball team, Little scored 14 points and had 10 rebounds in the Wildcats' game against Penn State Abington Feb. 9.