TELL US: Your Thoughts About Jerry Sandusky's Sentence

The former Penn State University assistant football coach was sentenced to at least 30 years in prison Tuesday morning.

Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was sentenced to 30-60 years in prison Tuesday after being found guilty of 45 counts of child sexual abuse, according to a Hatboro-Horsham Patch report. In the closed proceedings at the Centre County Courthouse, Judge John M. Cleland heard arguments from prosecutors, then the defense, then victims, and finally Sandusky, who had the last word before the sentence was given, according to Hatboro-Horsham Patch. Sandusky himself denied the allegations he faced. In addition to the charges of child sexual abuse, Sandusky was convicted of molesting 10 boys over the course of 15-years. It was alleged that Sandusky used his charitable organization for troubled children as a way to …

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Gretchen Robinson

3:55 pm on Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Paul, I agree. I think she knew, just from reports I've heard about her hearing a commotion in their downstairs recreation room. How horrible to not go help a child, to not go and find out what was going on. The news had a report that former asst. coach Mike McQuerry (sp?) is suing University of Penn. There will be civil cases that will keep this in the news for a long time.   more ›

Reeves and Williams Sign Letters of Intent to Attend Ohio State

The two Easton natives and Catholic Memorial football standouts made it official Wednesday.

  It's official. After months (and years) of speculation and build-up, Easton's Armani Reeves and Camren Williams will be shipping up to Columbus, Ohio next fall to play for Urban Meyer and the Ohio State Buckeyes. Both Reeves and Williams signed their National Letters of Intent during a press conference Thursday afternoon at Catholic Memorial High School. "It’s definitely special," Reeves said. "I didn’t know if I was going to make it this far in football and it’s just been a blessing to go through all of this and go through the whole football experience with recruiting along with Cam and this has been really great. I can’t wait to start playing football in college." Reeves, a defensive back, and Williams, a linebacker, have been among …

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Easton Natives to Take Part in College Signing Day

Williams to attend Ohio State and Reeves still undecided

  Next Wednesday, Easton natives and Catholic Memorial football stand-outs Camren Williams and Armani Reeves will participate in a signing day, according to CM Director of Communications Joseph McGonegal. As of Wednesday, cornerback Reeves was still undecided as to which Division I school he would attend. Linebacker Williams tweeted last week that he would be attending Ohio State next Fall. Both players were verbally committed to Penn State before allegations of sexual abuse arose involving former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. The scandal led to the firing of head coach Joe Paterno, who passed away over the weekend. According to the Detroit Free Press, Reeves could be eyeing Michigan, but Penn State is still an option. He is …

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Easton Native Williams Switches to Ohio State From Penn State

Catholic Memorial Football Standout and Easton native Camren Williams chose Ohio State instead of Penn State

Linebacker Camren Williams, a Catholic Memorial football standout and an Easton native, has decided to play football at Ohio State next year, retracting his verbal committment to Penn State, according to ESPN Boston. He made the declaration on his twitter account Friday. According to ESPN Boston, Williams visited Ohio State and had dinner with new head coach Urban Meyer. Williams was one of two CM players and Easton natives who originally chose to play at Penn State. As of now, Runningback Armani Reeves is still verbally committed to attend Happy Valley. Penn State came under fire this past fall when allegations of sexual abuse were reported involving assistant coach Jerry Sandusky, leading to the firing of long-time head coach Joe Paterno.

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Reeves, Williams to Make Penn State Decision By Month's End

Easton natives are verbally committed to play football at Penn State

  The first of the month is approaching quickly for Easton natives and Catholic Memorial High School football standouts Armani Reeves and Camren Williams. Both players need to make an official decision by Feb. 1 as to where they will attend college and play football next year. Currently, both players are verbally committed to Penn State. According to Sports Illustrated this week, New England Patriots Offensive Coordinator, and new Penn State head coach, Bill O'Brien has already reached out to the teammates, and both players could set up visits to Happy Valley by the end of the month. Catholic Memorial football coach Alex Campea told the Boston Globe last week that their original decision to attend Penn State was based largely on academics…

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Muscato's Musings

Almost All Youth Sports Coaches Are On Our Fields, Courts, Rinks, and Tracks "For All The Right Reasons"

Let's Remember That

A few years ago, I was talking to a gentleman who graduated from Oliver Ames High School in the late 1960s.  He was an athlete at OA, and an outstanding student who went on to a prestigious university where he earned his bachelor’s degree. He graduated from an equally prestigious law school.  This gentleman was married with adult children, and a successful and highly regarded lawyer who lived and worked on the South Shore (not in Easton).  Anyway, in our conversation, he was telling me that he had recently gone to watch the local high school boys’ basketball team play one night.  His own kids had graduated from the high school, but being a former prep player hoops player himself, and someone who enjoyed basketball, and also someone who …

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Muscato's Musings

Keeping Our Children Safe

What Happened At Penn State Needs To Be A Lesson And Catalyst For Immediate, Helpful, And Responsible Action

"But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea."     MATTHEW 18:6, KING JAMES VERSION OF THE BIBLE This past Thursday night, a friend emailed me a link to a blog post of Joe Posnanski, a senior writer at Sports Illustrated, who is writing a book on legendary former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno. Mr. Posnanski has been working on the book for a couple years, and as he mentioned in his post, he has been getting paid to write it.  The post is titled “The End Of Paterno.”  Here is the second paragraph of the post: The last week has torn me up emotionally. This doesn’t matter, of course. All that …

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Easton's Camren Williams on Butkus Watch List

Easton resident Camren Williams is among the top high school linebackers in the country

Easton resident Camren Williams, a linebacker at Catholic Memorial High School in West Roxbury, has made the Butkus Watch List for the best high school linebacker in the country, the Boston Herald reported yesterday. Williams, along with another Easton resident and Catholic Memorial senior Armani Reeves have committed to play at Penn State next fall.

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Easton Native Chooses Penn State to Play Football

Catholic Memorial Football Player Armani Reeves chose Penn State in a press conference Friday.

Easton native and Catholic Memorial senior football player Armani Reeves announced Friday in a press conference that he would play for Joe Paterno and the Penn State Nittany Lions following graduation. According to a press release issued by Catholic Memorial, the cornerback had narrowed the decision to Michigan, Notre Dame and Penn State. His decision to head to Happy Valley was based on academics. Reeves had been recruited by over a dozen Division I colleges and attended camps for a number of programs in the past two years.

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