Athletics Articles

Beginning this fall, all athletes at Pennsylvania College of Technology will have four-year eligibility, and most of the College's teams will compete in Penn State's Commonwealth Campus Athletic Conference.

If everyone stays healthy and shoots to his or her potential, the Pennsylvania College of Technology archery team should again be among the nation's elite. After a best-ever third-place finish at the U.S. Collegiate Outdoor Championships in 2003, the Wildcats fell to seventh last spring, due mainly to the fact that they were without their male recurve team.

By Jim Carpenter, sports information writer Over the years, Pennsylvania College of Technology athletic teams have had their share of success, but nothing has come close to matching the achievements of fall 2004. For the first time ever, the College fielded eight fall sports teams. All of them reached the post-season playoffs, with five claiming 11 championships.

Twenty-seven Pennsylvania College of Technology fall sports athletes, including 16 freshmen, have been awarded all-state or all-conference honors.

Lycoming College defeated Penn College 46-45 in a Tuesday flag football game that was characterized by Lisa J. Worth, athletic assistant, as "a shootout right to the end." "What a game!," she said."One team would score a touchdown and, on the very next drive, the other team would score. Even with the very low temperatures, the game was very high scoring.

Four-year eligibility for its players, new teams on the schedule like Lycoming College and Elizabethtown University, and a new conference the Pennsylvania College of Technology men's team is stepping up in the basketball world. "We're playing Lycoming (away, Jan. 8), and E-town (away, Nov.

For the second time in his coaching career, Ron Kodish is starting over with the Pennsylvania College of Technology women's basketball team.

The Pennsylvania College of Technology bowling team is coming off a season during which it captured three state championships, and, with several keglers returning, coach Lisa Worth is hopeful of continued success. The Wildcats open their season at the Central Penn Tournament on Wednesday.

Three league championships, a 19-2 overall record and an eight-match win streak to end the season the Penn College men's soccer team met all of its goals, and then some. "These guys took every prize there was to take this year," coach Andy Richardson said. "It was just a wonderful year all around, and a tribute to the players and their ability. . . .

The following students have been added to the Wildcat Dance Team for the 2004-05 season: Jillian Books, Patrice Campbell, Kayla Machamer, Heidi Martinez, Sabrena O'Keefe, Ange Rymer, Sarah Shaffer, Nicole Siciliano and Marcie Truesdale.