ANDERSON, S.C. – The Adrian College bass fishing team competed in the 2025 Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops over the weekend. The Bulldogs’ top performance came from the duo of Derek Rodriguez and Brady Osborn, who secured a sixth-place finish.

Rodriguez and Osborn posted a total weight of 29.46 pounds over two days. Their impressive day-one total of 17.96 pounds led the 188-boat field.

Other Adrian teams also had strong showings. Nick Seitz and Nick Owens placed 55th with a total weight of 22.71 pounds. Braylon Eggerding and Brady Pinwar finished 60th with 22.51 pounds, followed closely by Mitchell Straffon and Quade Lobo, who landed 21.20 pounds to place 69th. Jerry Brumbaugh Jr. and Paxton Giem rounded out the Adrian boats with a total of 17.34 pounds, earning them 132nd place.

The Bulldogs return to action May 30–31 for the third Lunkers Division competition of the season in Dayton, Tennessee.

FAIRMONT, W.Va. — American gymnastics icon Mary Lou Retton faces a misdemeanor charge of driving under the influence following her arrest in her West Virginia hometown.

Fairmont police stopped Retton on May 17 following a report about a person in a Porsche driving erratically. According to the criminal complaint, Retton smelled of alcohol and was slurring her words, and she failed a field sobriety test. Officers also reported observing a container of wine in the passenger seat.

Retton, 57, refused a roadside breath test and a blood test. She was released from custody after paying a $1,500 personal recognizance bond.

Her attorney listed in court records, Edmund J. Rollo of Morgantown, did not immediately respond to phone and email requests from The Associated Press seeking comment.

Retton was 16 when she became the first American female gymnast to win the all-around at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. She also won two silver and two bronze medals to help bring gymnastics into the mainstream in the United States.

In 2023, Retton’s family disclosed she was recuperating from a rare form of pneumonia that landed her in intensive care. Doctors found her oxygen levels dangerously low. Her medical team considered putting her on a ventilator as her conditioned worsened. Retton went on oxygen treatment and, after weeks in the hospital, improved enough to be sent home.

DENVER – The University of Denver gymnastics team has added Megan Haught as an assistant coach, Joy S. Burns Head Women’s Gymnastics Coach Melissa Kutcher-Rinehart announced on Tuesday.
 
“I am so excited to welcome Megan Haught to the Denver Gymnastics family,” Kutcher-Rinehart said. “She’s a great technician who knows how to progress gymnasts from the basics to the highest levels of the sport. She is passionate about gymnastics and building holistic student-athletes while being a part of a winning team and culture. She encompasses our philosophy of teamwork, character and excellence, and her background and experience will bring energy and excitement to our team.”
 
Highlighting Haught’s coaching resume are nine years at World Olympic Gymnastics Academy (WOGA) in Plano, Texas. During her time at WOGA, she worked with gymnasts from the compulsory levels all the way to the elite program and coached numerous state, regional and national champions, including more than a dozen of NCAA Division I gymnastics scholarship recipients. Additionally, she has served as a women’s gymnastics judge since 2023.
 
“I am so thrilled to be joining the gymnastics program at the University of Denver,” Haught said. “I’m very passionate about helping student-athletes grow, not only in their gymnastics but also in confidence, teamwork and character. DU’s commitment to excellence in academics and athletics, encouragement of an inclusive environment and emphasis on the overall wellbeing of their students aligns with my coaching philosophy. I’m very excited about the opportunity to support Melissa Kutcher-Rinehart and contribute to such a strong, inspiring program that develops well-rounded student-athletes both in and out of the gym.”
 
As a gymnast, Haught – then Megan Dowlen – was a member of the University of Georgia gymnastics program that won four NCAA National Championships from 2005-08 and added three more SEC titles. A 2007 WCGA All-American and NCAA event finalist on vault, she competed regularly on the event throughout her four years at UGA while also adding numerous appearances on the other three events, including twice in the all-around.
 
Prior to enrolling at Georgia, Haught competed at the senior elite level while training at WOGA from 1999-2004.
 
In 2008, she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Georgia.
 
The University of Denver gymnastics team finished the 2025 season ranked No. 13 nationally and reached its sixth consecutive NCAA Regional Final after tying with No. 4 Utah for first place and upsetting then-No. 13 Stanford in the NCAA Second Round. Denver was just three tenths from a team berth to the NCAA National Championships, placing behind only eventual NCAA runner-up UCLA and NCAA finalist Utah.
 
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This was Denton Park’s first year at Penn State Altoona and on the hockey team.

“I wasn’t sure what it would be like to go from a team I’d been playing on pretty much my whole life to one where I didn’t know anyone,” Park said. “But leadership was great about bringing everyone together quickly. They were so welcoming and inclusive and big on team effort and working together.”

Coach Dave Mueller makes it a priority to build that culture, that community where everyone supports each other first and foremost.

Mueller wanted to play Penn State Altoona club hockey when he started at the college in 2020. Unfortunately, he never had the chance as the pandemic hit, and there weren’t enough players to form a team the following year. He transferred to University Park and graduated with a degree in finance.

In August 2023, he was approached by Lantz and club members about becoming their assistant coach, a position he eagerly accepted. He took over as head coach this year.

Mueller lives in Hollidaysburg and is working toward a master’s of business administration from West Chester University. He coaches a youth league and a high school team in addition to Penn State Altoona’s club.

He clearly loves to coach and certainly loves the competitive side of the sport — but it’s more than that for him.

“We want to make sure that players are building their own skill sets, but in turn that builds our skill set as a team,” Mueller said. “When we focus on building something together, something bigger than us as individuals, that’s when everyone feels like they have a place and that they belong. And that’s really what it’s about.”

Mueller said he could tell from the get-go that this year’s group of players were dedicated to the team and extremely motivated. They were willing to learn and grow, and they wanted to make a statement that Penn State Altoona was a contender for those banners.

The first game of the season was a home-opener against Robert Morris University, back-to-back defending CHE champs. Altoona took them down 7-4.

“That really got us off to a hot start,” Parksaid. “It gave us a lot of confidence and a good feeling for the year ahead.”