Basketball, Columns, High School, ...
Mar 21, 2022
Some storylines write themselves. That was the case, on more than one occasion, in a winter that saw three local basketball teams make a run to the st...
Basketball, High School, Local Sports
Mar 07, 2022
CLARION — Elk County Catholic knew what it was up against. Instead of shying away from DuBois Central Catholic’s powerful forwards, the Crusaders atta...
Basketball, High School, Local Sports, ...
Mar 11, 2021
ST. MARYS — Tournament time can mean many things, but in the end, it’s about surviving and advancing. That’s just what the Elk County Catholic boys ba...
Basketball, High School, Local Sports, ...
Jan 30, 2021
DUKE CENTER — With its back against the wall, Elk Catholic decided it was time for a change. The Crusaders opened Friday night’s road game against Ott...
Basketball, High School, Local Sports, ...
Jun 22, 2020
(Editor’s note: This is the seventh in a series of articles revisiting the best local sports teams from area high schools. Teams chosen range from und...
Basketball, High School, Local Sports, ...
Mar 11, 2020
CLARION — For three and a half quarters, the Elk County Catholic Crusaders couldn’t figure out how to score on Cornell’s 2-3 zone defense. And when th...
Basketball, High School, Local Sports, ...
Mar 07, 2020
CLARION — When Elk County Catholic needed some points to keep pace with Imani Christian Academy’s hot 3-point shooting in the first quarter, Regis Wor...
Basketball, High School, Local Sports, ...
Mar 06, 2020
After matching up in Saturday’s District 9 Class A championship, Elk County Catholic and Cameron County are geared up for their next challenge: the PI...
Basketball, High School, Local Sports, ...
Feb 27, 2020
HYDE — The A-C Valley Falcons entered Wednesday’s game riding high. They had beaten the heavily favored Johnsonburg Rams in the District 9 Class A qua...
Basketball, High School, Local Sports, ...
Feb 12, 2020
ST. MARYS — How do you know when it’s going to be your night, or in Elk County Catholic’s case, your half? When not even a lost shoe can slow your mom...
Basketball, High School, Local Sports, ...
Jan 24, 2020
Elk County Catholic had been in that spot before. With six of the Crusaders’ first 15 games of the season decided by 10 points or fewer, it’s no surpr...
Basketball, High School, Local Sports, ...
Jan 11, 2020
ST. MARYS — In many ways, the second meeting between St. Marys and Elk County Catholic mirrored their first matchup back on Dec. 27. Just as they did ...
Basketball, High School, Local Sports, ...
Dec 04, 2019
ST. MARYS — Thirty-seven seasons, hundreds of players, 20 District 9 championships and a state title later, Elk County Catholic boys basketball head c...
Basketball, High School, Local Sports
Mar 09, 2019
ST. MARYS — You could hear the question being asked at St. Marys High School all throughout the first half on Friday night: When is Elk Catholic going...
Basketball, High School, Local Sports
Feb 27, 2019
ST. MARYS — District 9’s basketball dynasty has added another chapter. For the fourth consecutive season, and for the 33rd time since 1972, the Elk Co...
Basketball, High School, Local Sports, ...
Feb 22, 2019
ST. MARYS — Otto-Eldred’s Cameron Grigsby recorded a monster double-double and the 6th seeded Terrors gave third-seeded Clarion-Limestone a scare befo...
Basketball, High School, Local Sports, ...
Feb 14, 2019
Elk County Catholic’s Aaron Straub has won a lot games in his 37 years coaching the Crusaders. But three undefeated regular seasons in four years? Tha...
Basketball, High School, Local Sports, ...
Jan 26, 2019
PORT ALLEGANY — Two of the most unlikely candidates may have produced the game of the night in District 9 on Friday. Down 26 points at halftime, Port ...
Basketball, High School, Local Sports, ...
Mar 14, 2018
PUNXSUTAWNEY — It’s not often that a team can overcome 25 turnovers in a regular season game. In the second round of the PIAA playoffs, with so much o...
Basketball, High School, Local Sports, ...
Feb 24, 2018
For at least a quarter, everything Oswayo Valley needed to hang around with Elk County Catholic happened. As the game progressed, however, the Crusade...
Local News
June 16, 2025
ST. MARYS — Police report a Dagus Mines woman died Saturday as the result of a two-vehicle crash on South St. Marys Street. At approximately 4:45 p.m....
Business, Local News
June 16, 2025
Two local oil purchasers have increased the price they will pay for Penn grade crude oil. Effective Friday, American Refining Group and Ergon Oil Purc...
Nation & World, PA State News
June 15, 2025
UNIVERSITY PARK — Entire regions of trees are disappearing because of invasive pests, disease and a changing climate. The key to their ability to adap...
PA State News
June 15, 2025
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Brad Hatch grew up near Altoona and started his career as a teacher in the local school district, working his way up to assistant p...
PA State News
June 14, 2025
PHILADELPHIA (TNS)— For months after he was arrested in March 2024 on charges of masturbating in a Montgomery County cemetery, Matthew Gagat continued...
Local News, Nation & World
June 14, 2025
Veterans Square was packed Saturday afternoon as residents came together to express their discontent with the current administration during the local ...
