DOMINATE THE STATE
We are down to our final eight! #1 Saquon Barkley (100%…yes 100%) over #4 KJ Hamler (0%)#2 Olu Fashanu (79.7%) over #14 Zakee Wheatley (20.3%)#1 Tyler Warren (83.4%) over #5 Kaytron Allen (16.6%)#2 Yetur Gross-Matos (54%) over #6 Chop Robinson (46%)#1 Abdul Carter (93.1%) over #4 Jaquan Brisker (6.9%)#3 Trace McSorley (93.4%) over #2 Carl […]
Tanisha Wright will not be the only All-Big Ten performer on the Lady Lions’ staff in 2026, as her teammate and the leading scorer in program history, Kelly Mazzante was named as one of her assistant coaches. (No, this is not a prank!) Mazzante played for Rene Portland from 2000-2004, earning National Freshman of the […]
Another Nittany Lion hoops player has officially entered the transfer portal, as On3 national basketball Joe Tipton reported that guard Freddie Dilione V is looking for a new destination to play his final year of college basketball. Dilione originally began his playing career at Tennessee, where he spent his first two years before transferring to […]
THE SKINNY Height/Weight: 5-foot-11, 180 poundsHometown/High School: Penns Grove, NJ (Winslow Township)Ranking: ★★★ (87 Rivals — No. 34 ATH overall)Notable Offers: Duke, Pitt, Texas A&M, Virginia Tech, Wisconsin HIGHLIGHTS OUTLOOK Ka’ron Ceaser is listed as an athlete by the recruiting services, but this one is about Terry Smith with Ceaser likely to end up a […]
Perhaps no other position room on Penn State’s football team was in dire need of a facelift than the wide receivers. Enter Iowa State transfer Brett Eskildsen, who should provide a familiar big-play threat for Rocco Becht to throw the ball to. A former three-star recruit out of Texas, Brett combined the best traits of […]
We have finally made it to the Sweet 16! Here’s where our bracket stands today: We have a number of close matchups on the Abdul/Micah side of the bracket in the second round:#1 Abdul Carter (96.6%) over #9 Parker Washington (3.4%)#4 Jaquan Brisker (54%) over #5 Mike Gesicki (46%)#3 Trace McSorley (95.1%) over #6 Marcus […]
Penn State forward Charlie Cerrato signed a professional tryout (PTO) with the Chicago Wolves on Tuesday: Cerrato spent half of the regular season sidelined with an injury, but he was one of Penn State’s most impactful players in his two years in State College. He finishes his Penn State career with 69 points (22 goals, […]
Penn State hockey forward Aiden Fink signed an amateur tryout contract (ATO) with the Milwaukee Admirals on Tuesday: Fink scored 125 points in 104 career games at Penn State and became the 9th player in program history to reach the 100-point milestone earlier this season. He was drafted in the 7th round of the 2023 […]
THE SKINNY Height/Weight: 6-foot-0, 170 poundsHometown/High School: Pittsburgh, PA (Central Catholic)Ranking: ★★★ (87 Rivals — No. 86 cornerback overall)Notable Offers: Ole Miss, Indiana, Pitt, Stanford, West Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wisconsin HIGHLIGHTS OUTLOOK Penn State gets a second commitment in its 2027 recruiting class as Zachary Gleason joins four-star fellow cornerback Semajay Robinson to make the […]
The votes are in the first half of the second round: #1 Saquon Barkley (98.8%) over #9 Sean Clifford (1.2%)#4 KJ Hamler (64%) over #5 Mike Hull (36%)#14 Zakee Wheatley (64.1%) over #6 Arnold Ebiketie (35.9%)#2 Olu Fashanu (75.6%) over #7 Dani Dennis-Sutton (24.4%)#1 Tyler Warren (99%) over #9 Miles Sanders (1%)#5 Kaytron Allen (81.2%) […]
Spring practice is underway, so it’s a time for optimism! Things are quite different this time around, as Matt Campbell takes over a new era of Penn State, with James Franklin now at Virginia Tech after 12 seasons in Happy Valley. Let’s take a look of a few changes we can hope for under the […]
The “Heisman Trophy” of college wrestling is back in Happy Valley was Penn State’s 165er Mitchell Mesenbrink was announced as the winner of the 2026 Hodge Trophy. Mesenbrink just finished up a dominant junior season, going 27-0 on the year and winning his second individual NCAA title at 165 pounds. What’s crazy is he’ll be […]
On the one-year anniversary of his iconic overtime goal against UConn, Penn State forward Matt DiMarsico signed a two-year entry-level contract with the Colorado Avalanche on Monday: DiMarsico scored a team-high 18 goals this season and finished his career as the 10th player in program history to reach 100 career points (42 goals, 58 assists). […]
After one season at Penn State, goaltender Kevin Reidler signed a two-year entry-level contract with the Ottawa Senators on Monday: The Senators drafted Reidler in the fifth round of the 2022 NHL Draft. He posted a .901 save percentage and 3.31 GAS in 18 starts with Penn State in 2025-26. Reidler will play for the […]
After a long first week, we are out of the first round and onto the second round. Here’s where we stand with our final 32 players. We’ll be breaking the second round up into two days because I think this post would crash with all the screenshots if we did all 16 matchups at once. […]
The basketball season is (mercifully) over, the men’s and women’s hockey teams played valiantly into the playoffs but ultimately came up short, and of course wrestling did its thing in record-breaking fashion. The lacrosse teams are playing rather well, and any win over Maryland is a good one. But for the big one, here we […]
THE SKINNY Height/Weight: 6-foot-3, 180 poundsHometown/High School: Fort Lauderdale, FL (Dillard H.S.)Ranking: ★★★★ (90 Rivals — No. 253 overall)Notable Offers: Auburn, Florida State, Louisville, Mississippi St, Missouri, Texas Tech, UVA HIGHLIGHTS OUTLOOK It’s been a long couple of months, but Penn State finally got its first 2027 commitment in four-star Florida cornerback Semajay Robinson. The […]
We continue our “Happy Valley Rewind” series by looking back at a spectacular Saquon Barkley game that ended with the heroics of Trace McSorley and Juwan Johnson. The full game can be viewed here:
We continue our “Happy Valley Rewind” series by looking back at a spectacular Saquon Barkley game that ended with the heroics of Trace McSorley and Juwan Johnson. The full game can be viewed here:
After a heroic goaltending performance lifted Penn State to the Frozen Four last year, the Nittany Lions were on the receiving end of a strong goaltending night in Friday’s 3-1 NCAA Tournament loss to Minnesota-Duluth. Adam Gajan made 29 saves, many of them high-danger, to lift the Bulldogs past Penn State. Shea Van Olm scored […]
No. 10 Penn State is set for another NCAA Tournament run after last year’s trip to the Frozen Four. The Nittany Lions will take on No. 6 Minnesota-Duluth in the Albany Regional Semifinal tonight. Penn State has made the regional final in three of its four previous trips to the NCAA Tournament. The winner of […]
Men’s Lacrosse (5-3) The men’s lacrosse team beat Maryland 10-6, the program’s fifth win ever against the Terrapins, in front of a record crowd at Panzer Stadium. Penn State shut down Maryland’s offense and never trailed in the game. Mac Hobbs and Chase Robertson each scored twice, and Luke Walstrum had a goal and three […]
Another day and another region’s first round voting is completed. Here’s how the Abdul Region worked out. Every winner but Parker Washington advanced by receiving at least 80% of the vote. Washington beat out McGovern 58% to 42%. The next closes matchup was actually the 2/15 seed, with Carl Nassib beating Kevin Givens 82% to […]
After a disappointing basketball season that saw Penn State finish dead last in the Big Ten at 3-17 and 12-20 overall, it was expected that a few players would end up entering the transfer portal. Earlier this week, Melih Tunca became the first one to officially enter his name in the portal. The 6’5” Turkish […]
We’re halfway through out first round of voting, and here’s what we had for our Tyler Warren Region yesterday: #1 Tyler Warren (99%) over #16 Blake Gillikin (1%)#9 Miles Sanders (71%) over #8 Adisa Isaac (29%)#4 Pat Freiermuth (82%) over #13 Brandon Bell (18%)#5 Kaytron Allen (96%) over #12 Garrett Sickels (4%)#6 Chop Robinson (80%) […]