LOCALS CONTINUE PURSUIT OF PIAA GOLD

11:31 a.m. EST, February 4, 2013

Easton, Bethlehem Catholic and Parkland continue their quests for PIAA dual meet wrestling state titles today and tomorrow at the Giant Center in Hershey. … Penn State coach Bill O’Brien agrees with Ohio State’s Urban Meyer that the Big Ten must do a better job recruiting – and told an Ohio coaches clinic that he and the Nittany Lions staff have to do a better job in Ohio. Read about it on Mark Wogenrich’s Nittany Lines blog at www.mcall.com. … Speaking of Penn State, the NCAA is seeking a dismissal of the lawsuit brought by Gov. Corbett over the sanctions levied against the school in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child abuse scandal. … Many local games scheduled for tonight were already moved yesterday; now, most of the rest are being shifted as well because of the impending storm. … Energy officials in Louisiana have traced the power outage at the Super Bowl to a faulty relay switch. … Fox will showcase its long-rumored national sports channels to ad buyers in March as it prepares to take on ESPN. … Coincidence? The Celtics belt the Lakers for their sixth straight win since point guard Rajon Rondo’s season-ending knee injury, and his agent says the all-star’s torn ACL is only partial and could return by mid-summer and be ready for next season. … Illinois beat No. 1 Indiana Thursday on a buzzer-beating layup, marking the fifth straight week the top-ranked team has lost. … The Mariners are making Felix Hernandez the highest paid pitcher in baseball with a seven-year, $175 million contract.