Published November 17, 2009, 10:27 AM EST

by AD CRABLE, Outdoor Trails

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - Every serious bowhunter knows it. You do your scouting and you put enough time in the woods, the chances are good that you will get a shot at a buck. Brian Schreiber does that. But, after taking three very nice bucks in two months this fall, he also knows sometimes Lady Luck shines on you. In ......

Published November 15, 2009, 12:21 AM EST

by MIKE GROSS, Assistant Sport Editor

STATE COLLEGE - Another Penn State home season is in the books. The final parade of the RVs down 322 is history for another year. It was by reasonable standards another good year. Penn State has averaged 10 wins a year since 2004, and can win its 10th of this year next Saturday at Michigan State. ......

Published November 15, 2009, 12:14 AM EST

by PAULA WOLF, Wheelchair Quarterback

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - Some observations on a hodge-podge of sports topics: • With the Phillies deciding not to pick up Pedro Feliz's option, the team is in the market for a new third baseman. Though there's a slim possibility Feliz could still end up with the Phils, I seriously doubt that's going......

Published November 15, 2009, 12:01 AM EST

by P.J. REILLY, Woods and Waters

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - The phone message Jeff Saxinger found on his answering machine Sept. 11 really messed with his head. The caller identified himself as an outfitter in northcentral Pennsylvania who guides elk hunters. He was offering his services to Saxinger, who the caller said was the first hunter sele......

Published November 10, 2009, 8:29 AM EST

by AD CRABLE, Outdoor Trails

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - What fun! For Christmas last year my brother got me a scouting camera. I got him a battery-operated corn feeder .Partly, I wanted to see what big deer might be around our hunting grounds in West Virginia. But mostly, I was captivated at the chance to catch in the act the myria......

Published November 8, 2009, 12:20 AM EST

by MIKE GROSS, Assistant Sports Editor

STATE COLLEGE - One of the many things that make college football unique, among big-time American team sports, is the disparity of competition. The Pittsburgh Steelers never — can never, will never — get as big a mismatch as Penn State-Eastern Illinois. But Penn State can get a game with Ea......

Published November 8, 2009, 12:16 AM EST

by MIKE GROSS, Assistant Sports Editor

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - Before we get into framing the Phillies' present and speculating on their future, let's get the second-guessing and if-onlys out of the way. The World Series swung on A.J. Burnett's performance in Game 2, it says here. Burnett is the kind of pitcher — right-handed, a h......

Published November 8, 2009, 12:14 AM EST

by PAULA WOLF, Wheelchair Quarterback

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - The Yankees were the better team. After Game 6 of the World Series, I don't think there can be much argument about that, and I'm as die-hard a Phillies fan as you'll find. I'm not saying the Phils had zero chance to repeat; the team didn't come close to playing it......

Published November 8, 2009, 12:01 AM EST

by P.J. REILLY, Woods and Waters

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - The rut is on. Does are coming into heat. Bucks are chasing them and fighting with each other. New scrapes and rubs are showing up daily. It's a fun time to be a deer hunter. Last Monday morning, I started working scent lures into my setups. I prepared two dra......

Published November 3, 2009, 6:00 AM EST

by AD CRABLE, Outdoor Trails

WARDENSVILLE, W.Va. - It's perhaps the most glorious day of fall. And I'm smack dab in it. Fourteen feet up in a treestand on a ridge in the Appalachian Mountains. Leaves in crayon yellows, russets and muted oranges swirl by on their downward spiral, forming a new soft carpet on the forest floor. T......