D9Sports.com and EYT Media are doing a series of player profiles on returning high-school athletes this summer. The year in school listed by the athlete is the year the athlete is entering this fall. FULL ARTICLE

CLARION, Pa. - D9Sports.com is counting down the Top 20 stories from the 2015-16 District 9 sports season between June 27 and July 22. FULL ARTICLE

SAN DIEGO - Baseball's annual batting championships have been named in honor of Hall of Famers Tony Gwynn and Rod Carew, Major League Baseball announced during pregame festivities for the 87th All-Star Game, played at Petco Park in San Diego. FULL ARTICLE

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State football had total of five players on the preseason watch lists for the Maxwell Award, the Bednarik Award, the Butkus Award and the Mackey Award. FULL ARTICLE

PITTSBURGH – Pitt sophomore safety Jordan Whitehead has been named to the 39-player watch list for the Jim Thorpe Award, which is annually presented to college football’s top defensive back by the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame. FULL ARTICLE

NORWICH, Conn. – Danny Hudzina and Jeremy Martinez each produced doubles, but that was the only offense for the State College Spikes on Tuesday as they fell to the Connecticut Tigers, 2-0, at Thomas J. Dodd Stadium. FULL ARTICLE

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