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Track & Field Earns USTFCCA All-Academic Team Honors
LORETTO, Pa. – The 2023-24 Saint Francis University Track & Field teams have both earned All-Academic team honors by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCA), the organization announced on Monday. In order to qualify for the designation, the team has to get a...
Oakland A’s draft Bishop McCort graduate Aidan Layton
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WTAJ) – Bishop McCort graduate Aidan Layton has been drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 17th round of the 2024 MLB Draft. Layton, 2020 graduate for the Crushers, played collegiate baseball at Division II Seton Hill, where he stood out to scouts. This past season, Layton had a 3.15 earned runs average […]
Men's Tennis Finalizes 2024 Signing Class
LORETTO, Pa.- Saint Francis men's tennis Head Coach Eric Hovan announced the additions of Blake Lorenzo, Noah Potts, Kevin Titus Suresh and Beau Welker to the 2024 signing class. Lorenzo is a native of La Mesa, Calif. who joins Saint Francis from Grossmont High School. Lorenzo comes from a family...
Saint Francis MBB Alum Keith Braxton Makes His Fourth Appearance In TBT Tournament And Second With Sideline Cancer This Weekend
LORETTO, Pa. – Former Saint Francis men's basketball standout Keith Braxton will compete in The Basketball Tournament (TBT) for the fourth consecutive season starting Saturday. Braxton returns for his second run with Sideline Cancer after playing two tournaments with WoCo Showtime in 2021 and 2022. Sideline Cancer, seeded No....
Whittington Announces Assistant Coach Hires Ahead of the 2024-25 Season
LORETTO, Pa. – Saint Francis University women's basketball head coach Keila Whittington announced the hiring of Chynna Bozeman to the staff as an assistant coach in addition to promoting Alexa Middleton to an assistant coaching role. Middleton served as the director of operations during the 2023-24 season. Bozeman joins...
Men’s Volleyball Earns Eighth Straight AVCA Team Academic Award
Loretto, Pa. – Saint Francis men's volleyball was one of the teams that earned the 2024 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award presented by INTENT, the organization announced Monday. The award goes to teams that accumulated a year-long grade point average of 3.30 on a 4.0, 4.10...
Sportsbeat Top 10: Bishop Guilfoyle OL Joe Eckenrode
ALTOONA (WTAJ) — Few high school players get to experience the thrill of a state title. It’s a select group that truly understands the work it takes to improve every day and rise above every other team. This latest Sportsbeat Top 10 athlete Joe Eckenrode is one of the few. “He still talks about his […]
Blain And Zini Earn College Sports Communicators Academic All-America® Status For Saint Francis Men's Volleyball
LORETTO, Pa. - Peyton Blain (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin) and Nathan Zini (Pittsburgh, Pa./Seton-La Salle Catholic), members of the Saint Francis men's volleyball team, have been named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-America® At-Large team. Blain was named to the second team, while Zini took home third-team distinction.
State College Little League 12U team bounces back in sectionals
JONHSTOWN — Playing in the Little League sectional tournament in Johnstown in the afternoon of Sunday, July 14, the State College 12U baseball team suffered a heartbreaking 4-3 loss in its first game against undefeated Northern Lebanon. Moving to the lower bracket and facing elimination in game two against...
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