Rich Scarcella has covered Penn State football for the Reading Eagle since 1989 and for the Hazleton Standard-Speaker from 1981-84. He’s covered 18 of Joe Paterno’s record 37 bowl games. He’s won national writing awards from The Associated Press Sports Editors and the Football Writers Association of America and state awards from the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association and the Pennsylvania Associated Press Managing Editors for his Penn State football coverage. A 1981 Penn State graduate, Scarcella also covers college basketball and high school baseball for the Reading Eagle.