A busy Saturday saw 11 Pennsylvania College of Technology wrestlers place among the top four as first-time members in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference. At the same time, the college’s basketball teams moved one game closer to their regular-season finales, which come on Tuesday. And, it all points to what will be a Super Saturday this coming week.
Penn College leads the way with four regionally ranked wrestlers heading into Saturday’s Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Championship. Action gets underway at 10 a.m. at Alfred State University.
There is a new challenge coming to the landscapes of Penn College and Lycoming College athletics. The two institutions, separated across downtown Williamsport, have shared the "Battle for the Lumber" in soccer and the "Crosstown Challenge" in basketball; now wrestling gets to go center stage at the Williamsport Community Arts Center when the Wildcats and Warriors meet for the "Billtown Brawl" on Saturday, Feb. 17 at 2 p.m.
Pennsylvania College of Technology basketball teams split two United East games to close out the home portion of their regular-season schedules last week, and both are going to the playoffs.
In team competition, Pennsylvania College of Technology wrestling and basketball squads went a combined 0-7 last week, but three wrestlers went unbeaten in their three matches and each of them posted wins over regionally ranked opponents during the John Reese Duals at Wilkes University on Sunday.
The Pennsylvania College of Technology men’s basketball and wrestling teams had two-win weeks, and the men’s hoops team saw one of its players reach a scoring milestone.
It may be the dead of winter, but spring has sprung – at least for the Pennsylvania College of Technology esports season.
Following the holiday break, all three Pennsylvania College of Technology winter sports teams were back in action last week.
On Thursday, Coach Geoff B. Hensley and five members of the Penn College men's basketball team – Colby M. Bost III, David Brown, Cade E. Cavanaugh, Christian A. Chandler and Kris L Hayes – visited the Dunham Children's Learning Center and shared a story with each of its three preschool classrooms.
Pennsylvania College of Technology basketball teams went 1-2 in their games last week, with the women picking up their fourth win of the season. Both squads return to action on Tuesday with nonconference play before getting into the bulk of their United East Conference schedules starting on Saturday.
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