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THE CENTRE COUNTY GAZETTE
JULY 23-29, 2015
Hackenberg added to Walter Camp watch list By BEN JONES StateCollege.com
UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State quarterback Christian Hackenberg added another watch list to his résumé as he was announced to be among the candidates being considered for the Walter Camp Player of the Year Award. Hackenberg was previously named to the watch lists for the Maxwell Award for college football’s most valuable player and the Davey O’Brien Award for the nation’s top quarterback. The Walter Camp Player of the Year Award is presented annually by the Walter Camp Football Foundation and is the fourth-oldest individual college football award. The award is named in honor of Walter Camp, “The Father of American Football,” who played and coached football at
SPORTS BULLETIN BOARD Wrestling camp to be held On July 27-29, Bellefonte will host a wrestling camp at the Bellefonte Area High School. There will be two sessions each day from 10 a.m. until noon and from 1 to 3 p.m. Each camper should bring their own lunch. Cost for the camp will be $75 and free for Bellefonte wrestlers. Each day there will be a different clinicians: Steve Fittery, assistant coach at Lock Haven University (Monday), Cary Kolat, former Olympian and head coach, Campbell University (Tuesday) and Casey Cunningham assistant coach, Penn State University (Wednesday). For camp information, visit www.basd. net, click athletics, wrestling, and then announcements or contact head wrestling coach Mike Maney at mmaney@basd.net.
Youth flag rugby offered Registration is now open for the Nittany Lion Rugby Association’s summer program. The non-contact league is for grade-, middle- and high-school students. Play is on Monday and Wednesday evenings at Tudek Park at 6 p.m. Register at www.nittanylionrugby.org. No prior experience is required, and coaches will teach players the game.
Hunting licenses available Hunting licenses for 2015-16 are now on sale at the Centre County Treasurer’s Office in Bellefonte, as well as other outlets around the county. Antlerless deer license applications for Pennsylvania residents will be accepted at the county treasurer’s office. The cost is $6.70 and must be submitted in a qualifying pink Game Commission envelope. Of the county’s two Wildlife Management Units, Unit 2G has an allocation of 22,000 licenses, and 4D has been allotted 33,000.
Tennis camp to be held Registration for the State College Tennis Camps is now open for players ages 5-17, all levels and abilities. Camp will be held Aug. 3-6 and will run from 8 a.m. to noon. For more information, email sctenniscamp@ gmail.com.
Football camp scheduled The State College Assembly of God boys developmental football program will hold a camp from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., Monday, July 27, through Thursday, July 30, at 2201 University Drive Extension. Camp will have offense, defense and special teams drills along with speed clinics, quarterback challenges, punt/pass/kick, flag football games, small group instruction and individual skills. For more information, call (814) 238-3800 or email football@scassembly.org. Download a registration form at www.scassembly.org/football. Sports Bulletin Board is a weekly feature of The Centre County Gazette. To have your sports event listed here, email editor@centrecountygazette.com.
Yale and served on the football rules committee for most of his life. Penn State has had two Walter Camp winners in running back John Cappelletti, who won the award in 1973, and tailback Larry Johnson, who claimed the honor in 2002. Entering the season poised to become the top passer in Penn State history, Hackenberg capped his sophomore season by breaking or tying nine PSU single game bowl records. He has started all 25 career games under center and enters the season ranked No. 3 in career passing yards (5,932), attempts (876) and completions (501), and is No. 4 in career total offense (5,770). Hackenberg is one of just eight Nittany Lions to amass more than 5,000 passing yards and is the only Penn State signal caller to break the 400-yard mark in a game, throwing for a school-record 454 yards in a victory over the University of Central Florida during the Croke Park Classic in Dublin, Ireland. In 2014, Hackenberg led the Big Ten with 20.7 completions per game, ranking 23rd nationally, and finished second in the conference and 39th nationally with 2,977 passing yards. The watch list will be narrowed to 10 semifinalists in mid-November. The 2015 Walter Camp Player of the Year recipient, which is voted on by the 128 NCAA Bowl Subdivision head coaches and sports information directors, will be announced live on ESPN SportsCenter on Thursday, Dec. 10. The winner will then receive his trophy at the foundation’s annual banquet on Saturday, Jan. 16, at the Yale University Commons in New Haven. The Nittany Lions now have seven players on 11 different preseason watch lists: Hackenberg and his three lists, Kyle Carter (Mackey Award for nation’s top tight end), DaeSean Hamilton (Maxwell Award for college football’s MVP and the Biletnikoff Award for the nation’s top wide receiver), Jordan Lucas (Nagurski Trophy for defensive
By BEN JONES StateCollege.com
UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State started off the day with a linebacker commitment and ended the day with one, as Philadelphia native Shaka Toney made the call on July 18. His verbal commitment is Penn State’s 18th for the 2016 recruiting class. The three-star prospect announced his commitment
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inside James Franklin’s office while taking part in the barbecue-style recruiting event known as the Lasch Bash. Current commits and uncommitted prospects visited Happy Valley for an afternoon of food, socializing and actives with coaches and players. Toney comes in at 6-foot-3, 210 pounds and had offers from eight other programs including Duke, Pittsburgh and Rutgers. Four-star linebacker Cameron Brown also announced his commitment to Penn State. Brown and Toney are the only two linebacker commitments for Penn State’s 2016 recruiting class. That class is now ranked No. 6 in the nation according to the 247 Network composite rankings. Ohio State is the only program in the Big Ten ranked higher than Penn State. The Buckeyes are ranked No. 3 in the nation.
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PENN STATE quarterback Christian Hackenberg has been added to the watch list for the Walter Camp Player of the Year Award.
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