Baseball
Paul Hawkins, Moshannon Valley: Hawkins, a right-handed pitcher at Penn State, was recently named a Player to Watch in the team's 2007 Prospectus. In his career with the Nittany Lions, Hawkins has a 6-1 record and a 4.97 ERA. Penn State opens its season on Feb. 22 at High Point College in North Carolina.

Swimming and Diving
John Lytle, Clearfield: Lytle continues to impress at Notre Dame. The sophomore swimmer recently helped his team to a victory over West Virginia in the Shamrock Dual Meet Invitational. Lytle finished first in the 200-yard free with a time of 1:41. He also finished second in the 100 free and third in the 50 free with times of 45.73 and 21.22, respectively. Lytle was also a member of the winning 800, 400 and 200 free relay teams as well as the second-place 400-medley team.

Brandon Boyer, Clearfield: Boyer, a member of the Washington & Jefferson College team, had a good meet against Saint Vincent recently. He finished second in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:08, while taking third in the 50 free with a time of 23.10. Boyer was also a member of the second-place 400-medley relay team.

Brandon Good, Clearfield: Good, a member of the Lycoming College team, finished second at a meet against Lebanon Valley College recently in the 50 free in a time of 23.85. He was also a member of the winning 200-medley relay team. They finished in a time of 1:45.59.

Ryan Sayers, Clearfield: Sayers, a Washington & Jefferson College swimmer, finished with 183.75 points in the men's 1-meter diving event against Saint Vincent College. He also had a total of 192.45 in the men's 3-meter event. Saint Vincent had no divers at the meet.

Track and Field
Rebecca Shiner, Clearfield: Shiner, a runner for Westminster College, recently finished fifth in the 1,000-meter run at the Baldwin-Wallace Indoor Track and Field Invitational. Shiner finished with a time of 3:21.30. She was also a member of the 1600-meter relay team that finished seventh.  The Titans return to action on Feb. 9 at the Mount Union Invitational.

Football
Gary Walstrom Jr., Glendale: Walstrom finished off his season at Valley Forge Military College on a good note. The VFMC running back carried the ball 45 times for 450 yards. In just his first year on the team, Walstrom also played linebacker, was the team's long snapper and saw time on both kickoff and punt returns.

Rifle
Matt Hamilton, Curwensville: Hamilton, the team captain for Army, had two personal bests for the nation's second-ranked rifle team recently. He garnered a personal best of 580 in a meet against University of Alaska-Fairbanks, then again in a meet against Memphis. The Black Knights won the Great American Rifle Conference for the second time in four years.

Women's Basketball
Brittany Barrett, Curwensville: Barrett, a member of the Penn State DuBois team, has played well so far this season. She has scored 59 points and has 47 rebounds. Barrett also had 11 steals, 10 assists and three blocks. Penn State DuBois is 5-6 overall this season.

Wrestling
Tom Barger, Clearfield: Barger placed third at 141 pounds for Lycoming College last weekend at the Jayhawk Invitational at Jamestown Community College. Barger defeated New York-Cortland's Mike Esteves, 5-0, in the third-place consolation bout. He was 4-1 in the tournament with a pair of falls. Lycoming is back in action today at the Brigdewater St. Tournament.

Kyle Keane, Clearfield: Keane, who wrestles for the University of Pitt-Johnstown, upped his record to 23-5 Friday night with a 10-4 decision over Ashland's Tony Bradberry. The Mountain Cats (ranked eighth in NCAA Division II) won the dual meet, 23-13, and improved to 13-5 on the season.

Keane won four bouts last weekend at the East Coast Duals and has 11 wins in his last 12 matches. UPJ travels to the University of Findlay tonight.

Matt Kyler, Clearfield: Kyler picked up two more dual meet wins last Saturday for Army. He grabbed a forfeit in the Black Knights' 25-9 win over Harvard and notched a 7-2 decision over Mark Savino in Army's victory over Brown.

Kyler, a sophomore, leads Army with 29 wins (against just five losses) and has a 12-1 record in dual meets. He has 13 falls and three major decisions this season and has accumulated a 60-17 career record. Kyler is currently ranked 15th in the nation at 141 pounds by Wrestling International Newsmagazine and 18th by Amateur Wrestling News. Army hosts the All-Academy Championships today.

Derek Caldwell, Curwensville: Caldwell was in action for Lock Haven Friday night during the Bald Eagles' 28-13 win over Cleveland State. Caldwell suffered a 12-3 loss to Marcus Effner at 165 pounds, and dropped to 1-3 on the season.

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