Jarrod Prugar

Altoona

Writer and Coach at DK Pittsburgh Sports

Coach. Writer. Difference Maker. | Penn State 🏈 and 🏀 for @NittanySN and @altoonacurve for @AltoonaMirrorPA | Member @TheFWAA

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Articles

Penn State All 105: Will This be The Year For Kaden Saunders?

1 month ago | nittanysportsnow.com | Jarrod Prugar

Kaden Saunders has been one of the bigger “what ifs” in recent memory for Penn State. In 2023 he started the season as the No. 1 punt returner, but was dethroned by Daequan Hardy. Last year, he returned to field punts, but an injury in fall camp led to him seeing no action at receiver all year. Now, it could be time for Saunders to bounce back and prove that he can be the playmaker James Franklin and company recruited him to be out of Columbus, Ohio.
Beaver Stadium Items Up For Bid Fetching Big Money

1 month ago | nittanysportsnow.com | Jarrod Prugar

When the Beaver Stadium press box was torn down Jan. 4, items saved from the carnage became hot commodities for Penn State fans and collectors everywhere. The @Penn_State Beaver Stadium renovation kicked off with a bang as explosive charges brought down the press box to make way for upgrades at the 64-year-old venue. @ttinc joined project partners and Nittany Lions football fans at the Jan. 4 celebration.
Curve’s pitching pounded

2 months ago | altoonamirror.com | Jarrod Prugar

Apr 19, 2025 By Jarrod Prugar For the Mirror The Altoona offense was stymied for the second time this week against the Somerset Patriots in a 12-1 loss in front of 3,707 fans at PNG Field Friday night. “I thought we hit a couple balls hard, but we really just couldn’t get anything going,” Curve manager Andy Fox said. “Somerset pitcher Baron Stuart kept us off balance, and we had some traffic, but just couldn’t really get anything going.” Somerset scored runs in six of the nine innings against...
Jebb clutch for Curve in victory over Patriots

2 months ago | altoonamirror.com | Jarrod Prugar

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Red Flash get Alabama State in Dayton

Mar 17, 2025 | altoonamirror.com | Jarrod Prugar

By Jarrod PrugarFor the MirrorLORETTO — Not even Mother Nature could get in Saint Francis’ way of hosting a watch party for the March Madness Selection Show Sunday afternoon. She did her best as an early afternoon storm caused a tree to fall down near the entrance to campus blocking that entirely as well as closed Syberton Road leading to Loretto due to debris from the storm.
Joe Paterno's Legacy Far More Complex Than Field Naming Rights

Mar 12, 2025 | nittanysportsnow.com | Jarrod Prugar

Echoes of Shane McMahon’s Here Comes the Money rang through Central Pennsylvania on Monday when Penn State announced a $50 million deal to rename Beaver Stadium’s field, West Shore Home Field. Beaver Stadium Has a New NameWest Shore Home Field at Beaver Stadium has a certain ring to it that is eerily reminiscent to Winchestertonfieldville, Iowa as named in the Adam Sandler movie, Mr. Deeds. But alas, money talks, walks and rules everything in this era of college football.
Free throws by Parker push Flash into semis

Mar 6, 2025 | altoonamirror.com | Jarrod Prugar

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McAfee: Penn State is ‘All The F*** In’

Jan 27, 2025 | nittanysportsnow.com | Jarrod Prugar

SEATTLE, WA - October 14: ESPN Gameday host Pat McAfee was at the University of Washington for the college football game between the University of Washington and the Oregon Ducks on October 14, 2023 at Husky Stadium in Seattle, WA.
Penn State: Jim Knowles’ Scheme is Perfect for PSU

Jan 26, 2025 | nittanysportsnow.com | Jarrod Prugar

Jim Knowles comes to Penn State as arguably the best defensive coordinator in the country. His defenses have been impressive at nearly all of his stops as a coordinator. Schematically there was a reported rift with defensive line coach Larry Johnson, Sr. at Ohio State and it seems as though it’s a reason among many others for why Knowles was willing to join James Franklin’s staff and program that was a win away from the national championship game this past season.
Jim Knowles: Hiring Proves Penn State is All In

Jan 26, 2025 | nittanysportsnow.com | Jarrod Prugar

Penn State is expected to announce the hiring of Ohio State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles after approval from the Board of Trustees Committee on Equity and Human Resources. ‘You Don’t Mess Around With Jim’: Penn State Set to Hire Jim Knowles as Defensive CoordinatorPer sources, the money is supposed to be around $3.25 million with incentives that will take that to the $3.75 million mark.