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Although no Nittany Lion received any No. 1 rankings, senior Nick Lee came in at No. 2 at 141 lbs. Junior Roman Bravo-Young, and sophomore Aaron Brooks took the third-ranked spots in the 133-lbs. and 184-lbs. weight classes, respectively. Penn State freshmen showed out on the list as well. Carter Starocci is the fifth-ranked wrestler at 174 lbs., while Joe Lee and Greg Kerkvilet are ranked sixth in their weight classes. Jarod Verkleeren, Brady Berge, and Michael Beard rounded out the rest of th...

Penn State wrestlers open 9-match schedule Jan. 16 at Rutgers; Lions have just 3 Rec Hall dates Updated Dec 31, 2020; Posted Dec 31, 2020 Penn State wrestling coaches Jake Varner, Cody Sanderson and head coach Cael Sanderson will take the Nittany Lions to Rutgers on Jan. 16 to open the 2021 season. Mark Pynes | mpynes@pennlive.com Facebook Share Penn State finally has learned when its 2020-21 wrestling schedule, all condensed into two months in 2021, will begin. The Nittany Lions, who are de...

Elmira Star-Gazette The man convicted of killing Kelley Stage Clayton in exchange for a promised payment by her husband, Thomas Clayton, succeeded in having some of the charges against him thrown out by an appeals court. But the most serious count against Michael Beard — first-degree murder — remains, meaning he still faces life in prison. Beard was convicted Nov. 4, 2016, on charges of first- and second-degree murder in connection with the Sept. 29, 2015, bludgeoning death of Kelley Clay...

In flea and tick protection. >> reporter: if beards case had frontline plus. been a slam dunk for trusted by vets for nearly 20 years. investigators, tom claytons would be anything but. the prosecutor knew he couldnt use beard to testify against tom. >> even if he came forward and said i want to testify now, he had lied so many times. he had lied at his own trial . >> beard had changed his story so much at his own trial that he you dont really talk about your insurance wouldnt have been a credib...

Fired him. >> why did tom fire him? >> stealing from jobs and drinking, i think, on the job, and he fired him on the 17th because there were maybe some complaints from other employees at servpro. >> so there were issues there? >> right. >> but beard was polite and cooperative when the investigator knocked on his door. >> we said, hey, can you take a ride with us up to the barracks. he said yeah, let me let my wife knew. >> he already knew what it was about? >> we told him we wanted to talk about...

For leads. >> they were like, listen, do you guys know of anyone that possibly could have done this? >> kelleys niece molly had an idea. >> i looked at my mom and i was like, yeah. >> molly, only 16 at the time, told police she spent the summer working for her uncle at his restoration business, servpro, and there she met one of his employees, a man named michael beard. tom told her to keep her distance. >> he never really wanted me around michael beard. he didnt want me like working with him. >>...

Nice, but i dont think she wanted to be left home alone. >> now molly told investigators that her uncle tom had recently fired beard. >> michael beard was fired september 17th, and then kelley was murdered like the night of the 28th, 29th, so it wasnt long at all. >> was it possible that beard was angry about losing his job and that kelleys murder was some kind of revenge? molly went through her cellphone and her facebook contacts and gave investigators beards address. >> i gave that to them and...

Everything that followed in the investigation had been poisoned. >> he was simply just being wrongfully accused and police here, hello! starts with -hi!mple... just rushed to judgment. how can i help? a data plan for everyone. and that therefore led to an everyone? incomplete investigation. everyone. >> reporter: and in fact, lets send to everyone! [ camera clicking ] investigators never found evidence that tom paid beard for a hit. wifi up there? -ahhh. sure, why not? as far as tom clayton, the...

He pointed to the kitchen area and thats when i walked around. oh, oh, okay. and he gets out on $250,000 cash >> when with "dateline" continues. bail. >> reporter: thats pretty low. >> and hes been out ever since. ves, >> reporter: and he seemed youll move over 10% more than before. determined to profess his innocence to anyone whod listen. >> he said, id like to tell you my side of the story. i said, i really dont want to hear it. i dont want to get any more involved. and hes like partially cry...

>> reporter: the prosecution hallway and the transition area between the hallway and the said that was nonsense. dining room. michael beard had no reason to >> anybody else in the house, tom, just you? murder kelley unless he was sent >> i got the kids at the there by the defendant, tom neighbors house. clayton. the state called linda miller to >> i said, wheres your wife, testify. and he pointed to the kitchen she recounted how tom borrowed area. that is when i walked around and her phone and t...