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Holmdel Legion team looking to improve this summer (Independent) The Holmdel High School American Legion junior team is off to a 2-3-2 start for its summer schedule under coach Tony Fernicola. Sponsored by American Legion Post 321 of Union Beach, the Holmdel squad has generally played well and has been in every game, the coach noted.

Penn State to rely upon its defense again (The Evening Sun) Who is going to catch the football on this team next year? Maybe you think that matters. Maybe you don't.

Skill players lacking with Penn State football (York Daily Record) We ask this question with Penn State football practice only a month away: Who is going to catch the football on this team next year? Maybe you think that matters.

94 students get their GEDs from St. George School (Staten Island Advance) STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The carefree, teenage giddiness that marks most high school graduations was replaced yesterday by a palpable sense of awe in the auditorium of Brooklyn Technical High School, among graduates who understood the dedication it had taken for them to reach that stage and receive their General Education Development diplomas.

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JoePa: Has he lost the edge? (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) Joe Paterno is adamant that Penn State's football recruiting is not being hindered by his uncertain future. ...

The Ultimate Warrior enters ring after 10-year absence (The Post and Courier) Pro wrestling star-turned-conservative speaker and commentator Jim Hellwig, better known in mat circles as The Ultimate Warrior, will return to the ring this week in Spain after a 10-year absence.

Captains earn keep come fall (Reading Eagle) Penn State's football captains sound like they're trying to do the right thing when it comes to their new leadership roles. They're organizing offseason workouts, getting in the grill of lazy teammates, warning underclassmen to stay out of trouble, offering encouragement and scheduling movie nights.

Local rivals battle to tie (phillyburbs.com) Doylestown, Warrington game has a little of everything

Penn State quarterback Anthony Morelli has accepted an invitation to play in Saturday's East-West Shrine Game, to be played at the University of Houston (7 p.m., ESPN).

Former Eagles coach Dick Vermeil will coach the East. In addition to Morelli, the other East quarterbacks are LSU's Matt Flynn and Delaware's Joe Flacco. Rutgers offensive linemen Jeremy Zuttah and Pedro Sosa are also on the East roster.

Morelli completed the 2007 season with 2,651 passing yards, just 28 shy of the Penn State single-season mark of 2,679 set by Kerry Collins in 1994. He broke his own school season records, set in 2006, with 234 completions and 402 pass attempts.

Flacco, a 6-6, 230-pound transfer from Pitt, is from Audubon, Camden County.

In other Penn State news, Penn State coach Joe Paterno wished cornerback Justin King luck after the junior announced he will skip his senior season and enter the NFL draft.

"We'll miss him," Paterno said yesterday in a brief statement.

King completed his degree in three years because he academically enrolled at Penn State in the spring of 2005. Graduating before leaving for the NFL was important to King, defensive coordinator Tom Bradley said.

"I know he was torn back and forth, back and forth," Bradley said in phone interview Sunday night. "He's always going to be a Penn State guy."

The announcement ended an agonizing decision process for the junior, his stepfather, Terry Smith, said Sunday night.

"It was extremely difficult for him. Penn State is fond in Justin's heart and our family's heart," Smith, a former Nittany Lions receiver, said in a phone interview. "He felt it was just the right time."

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Skill players lacking with Penn State football (York Daily Record) We ask this question with Penn State football practice only a month away: Who is going to catch the football on this team next year? Maybe you think that matters.

Penn State to rely upon its defense again (The Evening Sun) Who is going to catch the football on this team next year? Maybe you think that matters. Maybe you don't.

JoePa: Has he lost the edge? (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) Joe Paterno is adamant that Penn State's football recruiting is not being hindered by his uncertain future. ...

Captains earn keep come fall (Reading Eagle) Penn State's football captains sound like they're trying to do the right thing when it comes to their new leadership roles. They're organizing offseason workouts, getting in the grill of lazy teammates, warning underclassmen to stay out of trouble, offering encouragement and scheduling movie nights.