Mike Gross
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I'm a sportswriter, which in post-millenial America is like being a blacksmith. Not that I'm bitter.
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Charles Barkley just mentioned Ryan Smith during the NCAA studio show.
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Eastern Michigan upsets Purdue 20-19 on a walk-off FG by walk-on, true freshman Chad Ryland of .... Cedar Crest High School. Boom.
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Made the playoffs 4 (going on 5) straight years, once after losing to Pitt as a 21-pt favorite, once after losing to Cuse as a 23-pt favorite. Could not be more full of crap.
"Obviously if we lose this game, they gone kick us out ... we gotta go 30 and 0, we ain't got no choice."
—Dabo on how the committee grades Clemson
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Olu Fashanu, Penn State’s All-American OT, says he is still undecided about turning pro or playing in the Peach Bowl.
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Devin Figueroa update: Possible concussion, but doctors say there appears to be no serious head/neck trauma, according to Penn Manor coach Larry Bellew.
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Penn State RB Nick Singleton, from Gov Mifflin HS, is the Big Ten freshman of the year.
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Elizabethtown soph Matthew Gilhool (now 6-10) is transferring to Westtown, the national power boarding school in West Chester, he said last night.
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Purple Heart and Bronze Star. Fort Indiantown Gap National Cemetary. My Dad. RIP
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The Peach Bowl will the last PSU football game for my homie Dave Jones.
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LNP is covering 17 HS football games tonight. Covering, as in sending a person to the game to write a story. Seventeen. Boom.
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Very unlikely that Memphis would be in this position if PSU had not burned 2 TOs on last possession.
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Warwick legends Dave Althouse (arms folded) and Jack Hurd (maroon pullover) in da house
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Your AAA 800 meter champion, for the second straight year, is Man. Twp's Meredith Newman.
http://t.co/2WGUWHyd6m
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Final: L-S 66, Shippensburg 57. Pioneers win district gold and go to 27-0. 24 for Ty Burton, 17 for Berkeley Wagner.
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With a four-footer to birdie the final hole, Cedar Crest freshman Dylan Ramsey wins PIAA golf title
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Change made today to Gov. Wolf's guidance on sports: Spectators may attend sporting events but count toward the (limits of) 25 or fewer people indoors and 250 or fewer outdoors, and must follow the face covering order and social distancing guidelines.
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Some kid behind us here at Giant Center has yelled "Go back to Foot Locker,'' at the refs 150-200 times. It was hilarious the first 70-80 times, and those were in 1978.
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Lonnie Walker may have had his breakthrough game in Miami’s win over Louisville. 25 points and many, many other things. Also his hair is a groundbreaking modern art installation.
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Gov. Wolf: Guidelines for return to HS sports will be out tomorrow or Wednesday.
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Bob Huggins enjoying Giant Center popcorn. Virginia’s Tony Bennett, Va. Commonwealth’s Mike Rhoads are also in the House.
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Crest's Matt Smith, who played :2.7 seconds blocks shot at buzzer. Cedar Crest 45, Central Dauphin 43. A classic
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Manheim Central beats Ephrata 2-1 for the district 5a baseball title. Is it possible for a 2-1 game to be closer than the score indicates. I think so. Looking forward to writing this one.
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Look up football in the dictionary and you see this picture.
Schannauer & Sons, a Wilson Football tradition. The youngest, Wyatt, graduates this summer. The legendary family has played a lot of games for the Bulldogs since the late 70s, including every one from 2009 through 2017.
#BerksGameday
#LLfootball
#PAHSFB
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Please offer a hand salute, as I present with pride, … and much gratitude…. Bob Shellenberger
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Final: Lebanon 41, Hempfield 40. Yikes. Too much ground to cover in a tweet. Check out
@JWalkLNP
's game story and my column as soon as we can bang them out.
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Man. Twp. catcher Ryan Flury and Cocalico OF Caleb Sturtevant will play for Pennsylvania vs. Maryland in the Big 26 Classic July 22-24 at FNB Field in Harrisburg (City Island).
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Sad news: Jeff Ruppenthal, one of the great sports photographers and legendary media characters I've known, has passed away. A good friend. A good man. RIP
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NCAA: Also, we will aggressively defend the validity of the consent decree we just agreed to invalidate. Drive safe.
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My new favorite football coach.
Going undefeated until losing in state championship can be gut-wrenching. But Aliquippa coach Mike Warfield has great perspective - and is awfully proud of his team.
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Almost forgot about this: PSU media gang got together Saturday to honor the late, great Jerry Kellar at the tree planted in his honor.
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At Indy airport - Seen 1 person in Wisconsin garb, probably 100 in PSU stuff.
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Attn: Greg Norman and Phil Mickelson.
Chess Grandmaster Anna Muzychuk refuses to play in Saudi Arabia and says: "In a few days, I will lose two world titles, back to back." Because I decided not to go to Saudi Arabia. I refuse to play by special rules, to wear abaya, to be accompanied by a man so I can leave the
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Three-run homer by
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hitter Isaiah Parido and L-S takes a 4-0 lead over Elizabethtown in L-L Section Two game at LS.
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In the transfer portal a matter of hours, Evan Horn says he's already heard from Power Five schools.
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@audsnyder4
I think the important takeaway from this is that there’s a Monty Python Society at Penn State.
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Annual perusal of Giant Center concessions: Chicken bites: $8.50. Fries: $5.25. Regular soda: $4.
Total: $17.75.
No way to factor in the ambiance.
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A group of Elizabethtown athletes, including basketball stars Patrick and Matt Gilhool, in the back row of the auditorium for the board meeting.
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Ex-MCentral FB coach Mike Williams will testify on boundary v. non-boundary issue at tomorrow's PIAA-oversight hearing at state capital.
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L-L all-staters:
Miguel Pena, Hempfield (6A 3rd team
Trey Grube, MCentral (5A 2nd team)
Elijah Hamilton, Octorara (4A 2nd team)
Zach Kirk, Octorara (4A 3rd team)
Camden Hurst, LMennonite (2A 1st team)
David Weaver, LMennonite (2A 2nd team)
Daniel King, Linville (1A 2nd team)
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Final: Millersville 70, West Chester 54. Marauders are 24-5. PSAC semis and final are Sat-Sun at highest remaining West seed.
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Evan Horn (CCrest) gets 2 pts., 1 assist, 5 reb in 11 min in CBB debut as New Hampshire beats Albany, 54-51. Horn also started in football for UNH.
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Lamar Jackson just turned 24. He’s played in two playoff games. Can we stop with the “he finally got the monkey off his back,” stuff?
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Really feel bad for Jerry Jones and Greg Hardy... said no one on Earth.
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After 45 years, Jim Cantafio says he's coached his last football game.
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If you believe anything I have ever written or said, believe this: For the first time in my nearly 58 years, I'm ashamed to be an American.
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Whitey Von Neida died yesterday at 101. Ephrata native, played in the NBA and was the first NBA alum to reach age 100. Great guy. RIP.
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Evan Simon, Man. Central's sophomore QB, has a West Virginia offer, has visited Penn St. twice and visited Maryland, Temple and Rutgers.
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LS-Hershey - 76-76. Going to overtime No. 3.
This is why we put up with winter.
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UMBC lost to Colgate. Lost to Vermont by 28 and 15, to Army by 11, to Maryland by 21, Arizona by 25, and by 44 to ALBANY. Freakin’ sports.
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Public school administrators will apparently make a written proposal to PIAA at today's meeting: Classes A to 4A to consist of "traditional,'' schools, 5A and 6A of non-traditional.
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Wyo QB Ben Zechman: 5-5 for 83 yards and two TDs for a team that supposedly never throws it.
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While we're waiting, here's the model adopted by Virginia last week:
Winter sports - Dec. 14-Feb 20, first contest Dec. 28.
"Fall" - Feb. 15-May 1, first contest March 1.
Spring - April 12-June 26, first contest April 26.
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Happy birthday to my kid, Adam Gross. Here’s some of his art.
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You guessed it, my wife and neighbor trying to coax a cat out of the engine room of my son’s car. Just another Saturday morning at Chez Gross
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There’s a factory in Elizabethtown that makes ... wait for it ..... Mars bars! I’ll see myself out.
Elizabethtown wins its first PIAA boys basketball playoff game in four tries, defeating traditional power Mars 58-56 in OT. Bears will face winner of Archbishop Ryan v Penn Wood in 5A second round, Ryan leading by 12 in 4th Q
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I think peak Tiger Woods was the last time anybody’s been as much better than everyone else as Herbstreit is at the job of TV football game analyst.
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(No, for the umpteenth time, he’s not my son. I’d be proud if he was.)
It happens to all of us at some point. Today, it was my turn. I'm so grateful to have had the opportunities that I've had, for all of the stories I had a chance to tell and for all of the people who've read them and followed along. Thank you.
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Penn State kicker Sam Ficken has been invited to KC Chiefs minicamp May 14-17. Could still sign with an other team between now and then.
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... Elco's Reilly Peiffer blocks the FG, Elco's Jake Williams takes it 80 yards for a touchdown. Raiders lead Northern 21-0 at the half. Yikes
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CCrest freshman Dylan Ramsay is in with a five under 67 in rd 1 of the PIAA golf championships. His lead is three shots at the moment over, among others, MTwp junior Andrew Bilson, -2 through 15. Solanco's Logan Wagner is -1 and T4th through 14.
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Overheard in Indy airport: "I'm fine with the Rose Bowl. At least we're not talking about scandal any more. We're talking about football.''
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Nisine Poplar 28-footer at the buzzer, MCS 67, Lancaster Catholic 64. Have mercy.
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Final: Millersville 82, East Stroudsburg 73. MU is 19-4, 13-4 in the conference, and has won 10 straight.
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Fred Thompson, the ex-Millersville U. coach, is back, with a small but fierce 26-1 team at Coatesville HS.
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Former state wrestling champ Thomas Haines, from Solanco, will be working as an aide to the oversight committee.
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Hire the dude.
Although I came to BRC-11 with a sports background, I got a crash course in news the second I walked through the door. The skills I learned there will greatly help in whatever is next in my future.
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Per 2 sources: State Rep. Scott Conklin (Centre County) is proposing legislation that would open path to separate boundary/non-boundary PIAA playoffs. Announcement and presser coming tomorrow in State College.
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In 2021, Penn State will have played Wisconsin and Auburn by Sept. 18.
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Terrific game. Terrific crowd. Catholic wins again.
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Sean McAleer of Pa. Catholic conference just said the call for separate public/private playoffs is comparable to the Steelers not wanting to play the Ravens because the Ravens win too much.
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JF on Friday games: In Pa, Friday is for HS, Saturday is for CFB and Sunday is for the NFL. It's what we believe in and think is sacred.
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Final: Manheim Central 2, Lampeter-Strasburg 0
Barons, 20-1, are L-L champions
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Final: Township 12, Exeter 9. Streaks are 3A district lacrosse champs. Again.
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