Wildcat Athletics Articles

Vol. 7, No. 30 Recent Results/Upcoming Games (Through March 8) Men's Basketball Final overall record: 18-12 Final PSUAC record: 14-4 Wednesday, March 4 vs. Maine-Augusta in USCAA Championships, L, 69-64 Thursday, March 5 vs. Penn State Fayette in USCAA Championships, W, 97-53 Friday, March 6 vs. Maine-Augusta in USCAA Championships, W, 99-81 Saturday, March 7 vs. Andrews University, Mich,.

Two Penn College women's basketball players have received postseason honors. Erica Logan, a sophomore from Montoursville, was named to the 2008-09 Penn State University Athletic Conference All-Conference Team, while Kelsey Mack, a freshman from Douglassville, received honorable-mention recognition.

Members of Penn College's athletics teams volunteered Monday at Williamsport's Sheridan Elementary School to participate in the Read Across America Day, nationwide celebration held annually around the March 2 birthday of Dr. Seuss. The student-athletes read to the children, and Bradley Robinson and Samantha Mills did a "Green Eggs and Ham" readers' theater.

For the sixth consecutive season, Pennsylvania College of Technologybowlers wear the crown of a conference champion, but this time it isthe women who reign supreme.

Hard work pays off. That's how Pennsylvania College of Technology men's basketball coach Gene Bruno responded after his team was awarded a bid in the United States Collegiate Athletic Association Division II Championships. "That's huge," Bruno said of the opportunity to play in the USCAA tournament during his team's first year in the conference.

Pennsylvania College of Technology's bowling team may not have the depth as some squads in the past, but that doesn't mean coach Deb Vincenzes expects anything less at the state championship meet. "I hoped it would have been a little better (regular season), but I knew going into the season we didn't have the depth this year that we've had (in the past)," said Vincenzes, in her third year.

Vol. 7, No. 28 Recent Results/Upcoming Games (Through Feb. 22)Men's Basketball Overall record: 16-10 Final PSUAC record: 14-4Tuesday, Feb.

The men's basketball team lost to Penn State DuBois in the first round of the Penn State University Athletic Conference playoffs, a 91-88 nail-biter before an enthusiastic and supportive Bardo Gymnasium crowd. Joe Simon became the second Wildcat this season to hit the 1,000-point mark (following Craig Flint) and Leroy Joiner pumped in a team-leading 35 points.

A graduating member of the Wildcat bowling team was honored during a recent Senior Night presentation at Faxon Lanes in Loyalsock Township. Merle E. Burkhart Jr., an automotive service technician major from Lancaster, joined his parents and coach Deb Vincenzes for public acknowledgement. Student-athletes are spotlighted in each of Penn College's varsity sports throughout the season.

Pennsylvania College of Technology men's and women's basketball teams return to the Penn State University Athletic Conference playoffs for the second year in a row, and both are poised to do some damage. The Penn College men , 16-9 overall and 14-3 in the conference, are seeded fourth and host fifth-seeded Penn State DuBois (17-8, 13-4) at 8 p.m. Thursday at Bardo Gymnasium.