Penn State tight end cited for underage possession of alcohol
Penn State tight end Kevin Haplea was cited for underage possession of alcohol just hours after the team's 27-11 loss to Alabama on Saturday, the Centre Daily Times reported on Monday.
Penn State tight end cited for underage possession of alcohol
Penn State tight end Kevin Haplea was cited for underage possession of alcohol just hours after the team's 27-11 loss to Alabama on Saturday, the Centre Daily Times reported on Monday. According to the report, a state police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement officer said he saw an adult give a beer to Haplea (Annandale, N.J.) near a State College beer distributor at about 9:56 p.m. on Saturday.
Charges are reportedly pending against the individual who furnished the alcohol to Haplea, 19.
Haplea remains listed as the Nittany Lions second-string tight end behind Andrew Szczerba on the Nittany Lions depth chart for Saturday's game against Temple. The 6-foot-4, 251-pound sophomore has no receptions this season. He started three games in 2010 and caught just three passes for 39 yards.
This season is Joe's fourth season on the paper's Penn State beat. He previously covered the Nittany Lions for United Press International from 1976 to 1984.
Emily Kaplan is the Inquirer’s fall intern covering the Nittany Lions. She is a senior at Penn State and has covered a variety of sports for the university’s student-run paper, The Daily Collegian. Over the last two years, she has reported for The Associated Press from State College.
A Montclair, N.J. native, she has also interned at MLB Network, NHL.com and covered the 2012 Olympics in London. Follow her on Twitter here @EKaplan24.
