The Clarion Golden Eagles men’s basketball team improved its record to 3-3 on the season after defeating Susquehanna University 86-44 at Tippin Gymnasium on Tuesday night, Nov. 29. The Golden Eagles dominated in all facets of the game. They controlled the glass by out-rebounding the Crusaders 49-28, including 15 offensive rebounds that provided second-chance opportunities.

Clarion women’s basketball team dropped its season opener to Tiffin University 65-51 on Tuesday night, Nov. 15, at Tippin Gymnasium. Sophomore guard Emma Fickel led the way for Clarion with 18 points on 7-15 shooting. Ann Deibert chipped in with 11 points and seven rebounds.

After a tough 7-19 season and being picked to finish dead last in the PSAC preseason poll, the Golden Eagles’ women’s basketball team will look to prove its critics wrong this season, with another young team, including 10 sophomores. “It will be a fun year,” said head coach Gie Parson, who’s entering her 24th season. [...]

Clarion University’s men’s basketball team has had the same head coach for the past 23 seasons, and that isn’t a bad thing. Head coach Ron Righter has brought success to the program. He has been assisted by Al Modrejewski for 19 of his 24 years.

Well it’s been yet another crazy, exciting March Madness tournament this year, and now it’s down to the Final Four. There were tons of up-sets leading to this point and things happened fast. Each team had an interesting path to reach the Final Four in Houston.

It’s that time of year again. This is the time of year where memories are made, teams come together, teams get snubbed, Cinderella goes dancing and multiple brackets are filled out. Yes, I’m talking about March Madness.

Last week the NBA had two big-time deals go down. First, the Denver Nuggets parted ways with their superstar forward, Carmelo Anthony, as they dealt the four-time all star to the New York Knicks. Anthony’s contract was set to expire at season’s end, and it was widely known he did not want to stay in [...]

The Clarion men’s basketball team fell to Indiana University of Pennsylvania last Saturday, Feb. 19, at Waldo S. Tippin gymnasium. The loss gave Clarion its seventh loss in the conference, and put it in a must-win situation for the remainder of the games. The game started out evenly contested from both teams.

The overall number one seed in the District 9 Class A tournament belongs to undefeated Venango Catholic. There are 15 teams in the tournament, and the Vikings are the only team to get a first round bye.

Last Saturday, Feb. 12, the Clarion Golden Eagles men’s basketball team was able to keep its post-season dreams alive as they got a clutch conference win against the Fighting Scots of Edinboro. This game was the same as all recent games for the Golden Eagles; it came down to the wire. The Golden Eagles had [...]

The Clarion Golden Eagles men’s basketball team hosted Slippery Rock University on Saturday, Feb 5. This was the first encounter between the teams since Clarion lost to The Rock by 10 on Jan. 12. This time around, however, The Rock had to play at Waldo S. Tippin gymnasium in front of the Clarion faithful, where [...]

The Golden Eagles women’s basketball team grabbed a conference victory this past Saturday, Feb. 5, beating Slippery Rock University 52-45. Freshman Emma Fickel started things off for Clarion when she splashed home a three-pointer to give the Golden Eagles the early lead.

Clarion men’s basketball team fell to Gannon University 76-67 at Tippin Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon, Jan. 29, dropping its third game in conference play and fifth game overall. The difference in this game was the hot shooting by the Gannon Golden Knights. Gannon shot 56.3 percent overall and 50 percent from three point land.

The Golden Eagles men’s basketball team were 66.7% from behind the arc thanks to Mike Sherry and Paul McQueen, beating the University of District of Columbia 83-70 on Monday, Nov. 29. Sherry was 6-9 from three-point land, and McQueen was perfect, hitting four of four from downtown. They combined for 42 of the Golden Eagles [...]