Local Sports Update – 12/16/24

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Pittsburgh Penguins:

The Pittsburgh Penguins lost in overtime, 3-2, Saturday night in Ottawa.

Here’s Paul Steigerwald with the details …

Tuesday night, the Pens host the LA Kings. The opening face off is scheduled for 7pm. Tune in for the Pens-Kings pregame show at 6:30 tomorrow night … on Connect FM and Sunny 106.

District 9 Basketball:

BOYS (Friday and Saturday)

Hollidaysburg 59, DuBois 51 – Thacher Hanzely topped the Beavers scoring sheet with 16 points DuBois Central Catholic 72, Brockway 25 – Marek Hoyt netted 30 points for DCC
Elk County Catholic 61, Brookville 48                                                                                                        St. Marys 41, Kane 34                                                                                                                          Bishop Guilfoyle 72, Clearfield 46                                                                                                      Juniata Valley 85, Curwensville 64                                                                                                             
A-C Valley 41, Ridgway 18

GIRLS (Friday and Saturday)

Central Mountain 70, DuBois 44                                                                                                            Kane 48, Ridgway 35                                                                                                                    Punxsutawney 60, Bradford 33                                                                                                                  Elk County Catholic 36, Brookville 16                                                                                                  Bishop Guilfoyle 54, Clearfield 50

 

College Basketball:

The Penn State DuBois men’s basketball team split their weekend games … winning over Penn State-Lehigh Valley Friday night, 84-65; then losing to Penn State-Schuylkill on Saturday 102-92. … Penn State DuBois women dropped both games … 67-64 Friday night to Penn State-Lehigh Valley, and then it was a 58-46 loss to Penn State-Schuylkill on Saturday. Both Penn State DuBois teams are off until January 9th.

 

College Football:

The Penn State Nittany Lions, with an 11-2 record, are in the college football playoff bracket as the number 6 seed. Penn State will host 11th seeded SMU on Saturday at Noon.

 

Pittsburgh Steelers:

The Pittsburgh Steelers fell to 10-and-4 following their 27-13 loss to cross-state foe Philadelphia on Sunday. Next for the Steelers is a game at Baltimore on Saturday. Kickoff is scheduled for 4:30pm.

 

 

 

 

 

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