Last weekend, the Cameron County High School girls' softball team held their second annual dodgeball fundraiser tournament in the CCHS gym. Nine teams came out to play. This year's winners were team Ram Rod. Above, Jason Snyder gets ready to launch a ball. Plans are being discussed for another tourn...
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Falcon boys enter state playoffs
      Coudersport puts its undefeated record on the line Friday (7 pm) in a boys' basketball playoff game at St. Marys Public High School. The Falcons, 27-0, meet the Homer Center Wildcats (21-7) in a game that will propel the winner into the "Sweet 16" in the battle for the state Class A championship.
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Senior quartet visits Hensel
      Four members of this year's Coudersport High School boys' basketball team paid a surprise call on an important figure from their past Monday night. Seniors Derek Burdick, Colton Corey, John Hau and Blair Heimel visited their former junior high coach, Doug Hensel, and presented him with a PIAA Dis...
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Cowburn's mission: a state championship!
      Coudersport High School's Dirk Cowburn has a lofty goal: a state wrestling championship. Coming off a national title over the summer in one wrestling style, and a runner-up award in another, the sophomore standout is no stranger to the spotlight.
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     Austin High School's Whitney Crosby (above) and Casey Boucher have been steady performers for the Panthers who play at Hempfield High School in Greensburgtoday at 3. Paul Burdick photos
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Coudersport girls face uphill battle in playoffs
      Coach Brian Green knows that his girls' basketball team at Coudersport High School has some stiff challenges as the 32-field team battling for the state championship begins to winnow. The Falcons, riding a 25- game win streak, should be heavy favorites in Saturday's playoff opener against Blairsv...
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Kinney hopes to return
      After sitting out the entire 2007 baseball season, Josh Kinney of Port Allegany is hoping to return to the St. Louis Cardinals pitching staff soon after the season opens in early April. Kinney, who had Tommy John surgery almost a year ago, started a throwing program that puts him on pace to take ...
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PSU DuBois women earn bid
      Women's basketball made a successful debut at Penn State DuBois. The Lions went 9-10 in the regular season and 7-9 in the Penn State University Athletic Conference.
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Port's Brian Stavisky on doorstep of the Majors
      This could be the year that Port Allegany's Brian Stavisky makes his major league debut. Stavisky enters the 2008 baseball season confident that he can take the next step. An outfielder and designated hitter, he'll start out with the Oakland Athletics' Class AAA affiliate in Sacramento.
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Austin girls start state playoffs today
      It doesn't get any easier for the girls' basketball team from Austin High School. Coach Dick Logue's Panthers enter the state playoffs Saturday (3 pm) as heavy underdogs against PIAA District 7 champion Mount Alvernia. The game will be played at Hempfield High School in Greensburg.
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Mike Baker heading to regional tournament
      Cameron County junior Mike Baker is headed for the PIAA Northwest Regional Wrestling Tournament this weekend in Sharon, hoping to earn a berth in the state championship tourney. Baker (25-5) took care of Jacob Shields of Brookville, 8-3, in the 160-lb. consolation finals at Clarion University Sat...
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Raiders' basketball season ends at DuBois
      DuBois Central Catholic's boys used a 15-0 fourth-quarter run to eliminate visiting Cameron County in a PIAA District 9 quarterfinal playoff game. DCC won 52-40 to end the Red Raiders' season with an 18-6 record. Cameron County led 38-37 early in the fourth quarter, but hit a cold spell.
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PSU DuBois men advance
      For the second year in a row, the Penn State DuBois men's basketball program has received a bid to the U.S. Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament in South Portland, Maine. USCAA provides athletic opportunities to colleges with enrollments of less than 1,500 students.
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Furman excelling at RI
     Sophomore Danielle Furman, a 2006 graduate of Coudersport High School, hit a pair of foul shots down the stretch to lift Rochester Institute of Technology to a recent 70-69 win over Utica College. Furman is among the national Division III leaders in free throw percentage and is in the top three at R...
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