Wildcat Athletics Articles

Through the fall sports season, Pennsylvania College of Technology holds the top spot in the Penn State University Athletic Conference 2011 Chancellor's Cup standings. With championships in men's soccer and cross-country and coed tennis, the Wildcats have 37.5 points.

The Pennsylvania College of Technology cross-country season may be over, but that doesn't mean team members have put away their running shoes. On Thanksgiving Day, at the 9-mile 101st Run for the Diamonds in Berwick, Travis Cain (Bloomsburg) finished No. 56 in the men's age 20-24 division in 55:08. Also in the field were Corvin Oberholtzer (Wellsboro), No.

The Pennsylvania College of Technology men's and women's bowling teams continued their winning ways in recent competition, while the men's basketball team closed out the semester with a hard-fought loss against an NCAA Division II opponent.

A $4,000 grant from the Pfizer Foundation will help the Pennsylvania College of Technology baseball team defray travel-related expenses for a Spring Break 2011 trip to The Cal Ripken Experience training facility. Douglas T. Byerly, Penn College's director of athletics, said the team will play a slate of nonconference games at The Ripken Experience, located in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Pennsylvania College of Technology men's and women's basketball teams were perfect last week, each winning both of its games as Penn State University Athletic Conference play began. FLASHBACK Men's Basketball On Wednesday, the Wildcats built a 37-18 halftime lead and went on for an 80-65 win over Penn State Hazleton.

With their preseason games behind them, the men's and women's basketball teams at Pennsylvania College of Technology are set to step into Penn State University Athletic Conference action Wednesday at home against Penn State Hazleton. The women (2-3 overall) play at 6 p.m. and the men (1-4) at 8 p.m.

Penn College's fall student-athletes were honored at a season-ending sports banquet Tuesday evening in the Mountain Laurel Room of Penn College's Thompson Professional Development Center. Photos by Michael S. Fischer, student photographer (and member of the Wildcat cross-country team)

The Student Athlete Advisory Committee sponsored a canned-food drive during the past week, culminating in Monday's men's and women's basketball games in Bardo Gymnasium. Fans who donated a nonperishable food item received a free basketball mini-throwball at the evening's games against Alfred (N.Y.) University. Photo by Michael S. Fischer, student photographer

Four members of the Penn State University Athletic Conference-championship Pennsylvania College of Technology men's soccer team earned First Team All-Conference honors and Chris Brennan (New Hope) was named Newcomer of the Year. Brennan also was a first-team honoree, along with Seth Rearick (Watsontown), Patrick Masango (Cameroon) and Tristan Smith (Bermuda).

Seniors Russell Blankenship, Tamara Pavlov and Ashley Hetrick were honored during halftime of Thursday's women's basketball home opener as graduating members of the Penn College cross-country team. Blankenship, an environmental technology management major from New Florence, has been a member of the team for four years, with his senior year being his best performance season.