Slagus named conference POW for 10th time
It seems like just yesterday that Bucknell senior Kaitlyn Slagus was a freshman on the Belle Vernon girls basketball team with her older sister Jessica.
Slagus and her classmates were honored on their Senior Day Sunday and then she earned her third Patriot League Player of the Week award this season and 10th of her career on Monday.
鈥淪enior Day was tough,鈥� Slagus admitted. 鈥淚 have a lot of great memories over the past four years to look back and reflect on, but what got me through the day was knowing that we still have a long season ahead.
鈥淚t鈥檚 nice to be honored by the league and while I never go into a week with that being the goal, it is nice to be recognized for the hard work that goes into it.鈥�
Bucknell defeated Colgate Sunday, 76-58, to extend its winning streak to 11 games.
Slagus finished with 18 points, eight rebounds and four blocks for Bucknell, who is 21-4 overall and 12-1 in Patriot League play.
Slagus has 894 career rebounds and needs 11 more to break the program鈥檚 record.
The Bison are tied for first with American and the teams play March 2.
Zimcosky ready for CCSA championship
Geibel Catholic graduate Emily Zimcosky has had quite a unique first season at Liberty.
The former PIAA champion and multiple-time WPIAL champion transferred to the Virginia school after two years at Ohio University and got off to a fast start.
However, the flu bug sidelined Zimcosky and she is just getting back to her normal Olympic trials level of conditioning.
It is a good time to do so as the Coastal Collegiate 缅北禁地 Association (CCSA) Championships take place today through Saturday.
Liberty, which is 15-0 this season, is hosting the championships.
鈥淚 am feeling much better, thankfully,鈥� Zimcosky said. 鈥淚t is exciting that the conference championships will be here at Liberty.
鈥淚t will be a new experience for me, but I know it will create such a loud, exciting environment for us to race in!鈥�
Zimcosky isn鈥檛 sure what all races she will compete in yet.
鈥淭hat will be decided daily,鈥� she said. 鈥淚 will be racing in the 500-yard, 20-yard and 100-yard freestyle races individually and have the potential to be on the 800, 400, and 200 freestyle relays, but I won鈥檛 know until the day of each race.鈥�
Knoyer helps WVWC to Mountain East crown again
Logan Knoyer, a Laurel Highlands graduate and junior at West Virginia Wesleyan, helped the team win the Mountain East Conference (MEC) men鈥檚 crown for a second consecutive season.
Knoyer was a member of the winning 200 and 400 relay teams, and a swam on the 400 medley relay that finished second.
The WVWC women鈥檚 team also won the MEC.
Crazy Stat of the Week
Recently, WalletHub released a list of the top football cities in America.
The list, which can be found at https://wallethub.com/edu/best-worst-cities-for-football-fans/9691/, compared more than 240 cities with at least one college or professional football team across 21 key metrics.
While Pittsburgh is listed as the top professional football city, which is acceptable, it also lists the Steel City as the 13th-ranked college football town.
How?
I have been to over two dozen college football towns for games and with all due respect, Pittsburgh isn鈥檛 in the top 13 of the college football towns I have been to.
The piece was written by WalletHub鈥檚 Adam McCann and I am in the process of reaching out to him for an interview. If he responds and accepts, I will share details in this column.
His column talks about the research done for different metrics, but a lot of them don鈥檛 make sense.
State College, Pa., and Clemson, S.C., are tied for first as the most engaged college football fans with Tuscaloosa, Ala., third and Ann Arbor, Mich., fifth.
I can see these as Penn State, Clemson, Alabama and Michigan are among the most popular programs.
However, coming in at fourth in Chapel Hill, N.C.
North Carolina is fourth?
Nope, not having it.
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