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NCAA ’25 Exposes Strange Michigan Football Tradition with Slippery Rock University
This week, millions of men in the U.S. have been shirking their normal responsibilities, even going so far as to take days off from work, to welcome back one of the most beloved video games of all time: NCAA Football. The 2025 edition is the first version of the game since Denard Robinson graced the cover for the 2014 edition, and since players can now receive NIL money for their likenesses in the game.
Butler County resident goes out of comfort zone, wins Can-Am Games submission grappling medal
SLIPPERY ROCK — Scott Barlett admits he was outside his comfort zone. The police officer from Zelienople competed Wednesday, July 17, in the Submission Grappling event as part of the 2024 Can-Am Police-Fire Games. The sport combines a number of disciplines, including wrestling, Judo, jujitsu and Sambo. “I’ve trained...
Knoch transfer Colt Sprankle earns postseason eligibility after PIAA board overturns WPIAL
Jul. 18—The PIAA board overturned a WPIAL decision and granted postseason eligibility to Knoch junior Colt Sprankle, a football-playing transfer from Armstrong. Sprankle, his parents Ryan and Brandi, and Knoch administrators attended an appeal hearing Wednesday in State College where they testified that the family's move into the district was a work-related necessity. All transfers after 10th ...
PIAA BOARD MAKES TRANSFER, SPORTS DECISIONS
The PIAA has overturned the WPIAL’s denial of postseason eligibility for Knoch quarterback Colt Sprankle, who transferred from Armstrong after his family moved to Sarver. Knoch is on the Indiana High football schedule on September 27th. Indiana is not scheduled to play Armstrong this season. The Board of Directors...
Rock solid: Purcell is multiple PSAC honoree
For some pitchers, seven innings of shutout, two-hit baseball with eight strikeouts might be the highlight of a college career. For Slippery Rock rising senior Joey Purcell, who posted that line score against Pitt-Johnstown in March, it was a regression. In his prior start, on St. Patrick’s Day against St....
BC3 Coach To Lead Team USA Seeking Gold Medal in 3×3 Men’s Basketball
(Butler, PA) Joe Lewandowski will open his luggage in a hotel in Paris, set aside his Team USA athletics wear and select one of his Butler County Community College polo shirts embroidered with the Pioneers’ logo near his heart to wear on his walk through an Olympic Village housing 15,000 athletes, coaches and staff.
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