Local Sports

Carter Smith wraps up a great career

By RAY WILDE Sports correspondent LEWISTOWN — The high school career of Mifflin County's Carter Smith is now in the history books. How good was his high school running career? Just think about this. Three of the most notable athletes to come out of Mifflin County didn’t have the success that he had in his high school career. Ralph Baker played football at Lewistown High School and went on to star at Penn State and won a Super Bowl with the New York Jets. Lewistown’s Krista Gingrich was a star player for the Lady Panthers in ...

Relay team wins PIAA title for MC

By RAY WILDE Sports correspondent LEWISTOWN — In all the years that Mifflin County has sent teams to the PIAA track and field state championships, it has never won a relay race. That was until Saturday. The team of Reese Cubbison, Connor Lynch, Wyatt Kauffman and Carter Smith combined for a 7:42.46. The top ten teams were all schools from large metro areas, Haverford, Lower Merion, Carlisle, JP McCaskey (Lancaster), Plymouth Whitemarsh, North Penn, Perkiomen Valley, Council Rock North and Unionville. With the exception of JP McCaskey and ...

Belltown rallies for win over Milroy

By RAY WILDE Sports Correspondent BELLTOWN — It looked pretty dismal for Belltown Friday as Milroy had just hit a grand slam and had taken an 8-4 lead late in the game with darkness and a rain storm looming on the horizon. But, the Belltown fans were rewarded as the home team rallied for seven runs in the fifth and took home an 11-8 victory in the Mifflin County Babe Ruth League. Belltown had six hits in the inning, all singles. The winners opened the fifth with four straight base hits from Tanner Shawver, Teagan Kauffman, Lucas Shawver and RJ Link. Link drove ...

State track and field championships, Day 2

Smith, Shepps make their mark on Day 1

SHIPPENSBURG — Day 1 of the track and field PIAA Championships in Shippensburg produced results that some area athletes may never forget. On Friday at Seth Grove Stadium, Mifflin County’s Carter Smith was back to his winning ways as he earned gold in the 1600-meter run with a time of ...

Juniata County School Board approves fall coaches

BY GREG WILLIAMS Sentinel reporter gwilliams@lewistownsentinel.com MIFFLINTOWN — The Juniata County School District has lined up most of its coaching staffs for the fall sports teams at Juniata and East Juniata high schools and Tuscarora and East Juniata junior high schools for the 2026-27 school year. On May 14, the Juniata County School District Board of Directors approved the following extracurricular positions, contingent upon receipt of required clearances: EAST JUNIATA HIGH SCHOOL eSports: Joshua Cook, advisor. Golf: Michael Zendt, head coach. Boys Soccer: Tyler Inch, ...