Local News in Kutztown, Pennsylvania
Kutztown needs Washington to focus for 40 minutes (Reading Eagle)
Ryan Washington is one of the most talented players in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference and one of the most enigmatic. Washington can thread the ball through three defenders to feed a teammate streaking to the basket and then try to dribble through those same three defenders.NCAA D2 BASKETBALL: IUP 82, KUTZTOWN 74 (Men) Hawks beat Golden Bears for PSAC title (The Indiana Gazette) EAST STROUDSBURG - IUP came up golden in the 50th Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference basketball championship game. IUP beat Kutztown, 83-74, for the title at East Stroudsburg's Koehler Field House on Saturday night.
DIVISION II: ESU, Kutztown selected for NCAA tournament (The Morning Call) East Stroudsburg and Kutztown are both heading southwest for the opening rounds of the NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament.
Kutztown advances; ESU falls short (The Morning Call) Golden Bears will play IUP tonight; Warriors can only wait for NCAA bids Sunday. Touted for its run-and-gun offense, Kutztown gained a late lift in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference semifinals with grand theft defense.
Kutztown comes up short in PSAC title game (The Morning Call) Golden Bears fall 84-73 to IUP despite 22 points each from Stephen Dennis, Julius Gray Kutztown scrambled, hoping for a miracle run that never came.
Bohl will attend Millersville (The Phoenix) PHOENIXVILLE — Another Phoenixville High football player has landed in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC).
Dennis to compete at Portsmouth Invitational (Kutztown Area Patriot) Kutztown University senior guard and Division II national player of the year candidate Stephen Dennis has been selected to participate in the 58th annual Portsmouth Invitational Tournament in Portsmouth, Va., from April 7 to 10.
KU production raises more than $4,000 to end violence against women (Kutztown Area Patriot) A Kutztown University student production brought together the campus and community, raising more than $4,000 to stop violence against women in Berks County.
IUP NOTEBOOK: There's more than skill behind Hawks' success (The Indiana Gazette) It was easy for IUP coach Joe Lombardi to put his finger on a key element that helped carry his team to the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference basketball championship.
PSAC BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: Hawks to play championship game without McLain (The Indiana Gazette) EAST STROUDSBURG - They did it once, and now they have to do it again. IUP enters tonight's Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference championship game against Kutztown without injured forward Akida McLain, a 6-foot-9 senior and one of its top scorers and rebounders.