Alright guys. This is a simple one and comes out with an incredible flavor. You can cut it into small pork medallion steaks or slice thinner for sandwiches that will last you a few days.

Get you a center cut pork loin. Trim the fat to your liking. Rub a little olive oil on it and coat well with Kinders Brown Sugar spiced rub. Get your smoker ready and at 225-250. Throw it on there low and slow. Use a plate setter or something to avoid direct heat. At that temp, it should only take a couple hours. Periodically, add some applewood chips or pellets to get a nice smoke flavor without overdoing it. While it's smoking, mix you up some Raspberry preserve with a couple tablespoons of diced chipotle peppers(add a touch of water to thin a little if you like). When the internal temp gets close to 140, baste it well with your sauce. Pull it between 145-150. Let it rest a while and slice it up.

The flavor is on point! A little sweet heat with a nice, subtle earthy smoke from the applewood and charcoal.

Thank me later..

Happy Saturday, Fellas!

Our guys in the PIAA postaseason:

Mason Gibson (133, Bishop McCort SR, 36-5): D6 AA BRACKETS
Gibson is somehow the 3-seed at Districts. He will very likely face Penns Valley SR Colten Shunk (24-6) in the finals. Shunk is a familiar name, an M2 guy and I think is uncommitted, but he's probably coming our way too. Gibson will likely bonus his way thru Districts.

Brock Weiss (139, Jersey Shore SR, 24-0): D4/9 AAA BRACKETS
Weiss is somehow the 2 seed at Districts behind DuBois SR Davey Aughenbaugh (32-8). Weiss should bonus his way thru Districts.

Dalton Perry (139, Central Mountain JR, 27-2): D6 AAA BRACKETS
Perry is rightly the 1 seed. This is a horrible bracket -- only 1 other wrestler with a winning record, and that guy is 13-11. Perry should pin his way thru this field.

Note, Perry and Weiss will both be in the NW AAA Regional next weekend.

Ty Watson (152, Penns Valley SR, 27-3): D6 AA BRACKETS
Watson is the 3 seed in a top-heavy bracket. He will likely face 2x regional champ Trent Hoover (Penn Cambria SR, 34-3) in the semis. Win that and he gets McCort freshman Melvin Miller (45-3) in the finals. Either way, he should advance to SW AA regionals next weekend.

Asher Cunningham (160, State College JR, 28-1): D6 AAA BRACKETS
Cunningham is the 1 seed, and ranked #1 in the state. There are 2 decent wrestlers in the bottom half, but neither will threaten him.

No changes from pre-seeds.

Tikk, a few years ago you were at the MAC championships in Athens, OH taking pictures (some great shots you shared with us-thank you). Are you at any conference championships this this year? If so, would you be kind enough to share some of your work? TIA

I ran the brackets through wrestlestat’s comparison tool and calculated the team points. I ran assuming Starocci wrestles all matches and I ran assuming he injury defaults both of his matches. Also, at 141 Fongaro and Vombaur are tied for the 9 seed so I went with Fongaro at 9 and Vombaur at 10. Final seeds won’t be released until Friday.

125

1 Ramos
2 Ayala
3 McKee
4 Smith
5 Davis
6 Barnett
7 McCrone
8 DeAugustino.

133

1 Bouzakis
2 Nagao
3 Ragusin
4 Shawver
5 Van Dee
6 Brown
7 Madrigal
8 Wells

141

1 Mendez
2 Bartlett
3 Woods
4 Hardy
5 Lemley
6 Vombaur
7 Moore
8 Pucino

149

1 Lovett
2 Gomez
3 Kasak
4 Rathjen
5 Miller
6 D’Emilio
7 Zargo
8 Rooks

157

1 Haines
2 Lee
3 Franek
4 Robb
5 Blockhus
6 Lewan
7 Blaze
8 Saldate

165

1 Hamiti
2 Mesenbrink
3 Caliendo
4 Amine
5 Taylor
6 Hepner
7 Fish
8 Lillard

174 (with Starocci competing)

1 Starocci
2 Griffith
3 Kennedy
4 Welsh
5 Ruth
6 Turley
7 Washington
8 Baumann

174 (without Starocci)

1 Griffith
2 Welsh
3 Kennedy
4 Turley
5 Ruth
6 Washington
7 Maylor
8 Baumann

184

1 Salazar
2 Pinto
3 Ryder Rogotzke
4 Soldano
5 Truax
6 Liegel
7 Malczewski
8 Bullock

197

1 Brooks
2 Smith
3 Glazier
4 Allred
5 Poznanski
6 Bates
7 Geog
8 Wisler

285

1 Kerkvliet
2 Davison
3 Feldman
4 Slavikouski
5 Hill
6 Nevills
7 Tabor
8 Willham

Teams Scores (Starocci competing)

1 Penn St 161
2 Ohio St 111
3 Nebraska 107
4 Iowa 106.5
5 Michigan 97.5
6 Minnesota 64
7 Rutgers 61
8 Wisconsin 45.5
9 Maryland 44
10 Indiana 37
11 Purdue 33
12 Michigan St 24
13 Illinois 23
14 Northwestern 11.5

Team Scores (Starocci defaulting both matches)

1 Penn St 141
2 Ohio St 115.5
3 Nebraska 107
4 Iowa 106.5
5 Michigan 101.5
6 Rutgers 64.5
7 Minnesota 64
8 Wisconsin 51
9 Maryland 44
10 Indiana 41.5
11 Purdue 34
12 Michigan St 24
13 Illinois 23.5
14 Northwestern 11.5

Have any of you seen Zollers play? Would enjoy your feedback as to what you've seen. I know Spring-Ford is a huge high school, and plays big school competition. Thank you.

NM.

Via Lex Knapp.

The NFL's new league year is set to start next Wednesday and two former Nittany Lions are going to be finding themselves in new surroundings in the upcoming months.

One of the more underrated battles this spring will be for the TE2 spot

Sad news for all Lycoming County sports fans and Pirates fans with the passing of Ed Ott. Ed was a great athlete excelling in football, wrestling and baseball. He certainly died too young at 72. RIP Ed.
https://www.sungazette.com/uncatego...gh-pirate-muncy-native-ed-ott-dies-at-age-72/

Greg Smith and I offer our takes.

Which players will battle to replace Hunter Nourzad at center this spring?

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Previewing the battle at offense tackle this spring

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