MECHANICSBURG —Mifflin County’s Anna Ream defeated Mechanicburg’s Ellie Williams in No. 2 singles Monday afternoon, but it was the only win for the Huskies, who fell 4-1, in Mid-Penn Keystone girls tennis action. Mifflin County’s Jamie Mahigel took her No. 1 singles match to three ...
UNIVERSITY PARK — It’s easy to tell when a tight end is good at catching the ball, and after a tough 2015 season, Mike Gesicki rebounded with a stellar 2016 campaign by hauling in just about everything thrown near him. Those pass-catching abilities make the 6-foot-6, 257-pound Gesicki a ...
UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State is ranked No. 6 in the preseason Associated Press poll, the same ranking it received in the coaches poll and the program’s highest preseason ranking since 1999, when the Nittany Lions were No. 3. The Nittany Lions return 18 starters from last year’s Big Ten ...
AUBURN, N.Y. — Johan Oviedo went a career-long 7 1/3 innings on the mound, but the State College Spikes were eclipsed by the Auburn Doubledays, 6-1, on Monday night at Falcon Park. Oviedo (1-2) yielded just two runs before leaving the mound in the eighth, but was charged with four runs on ...
PORT ROYAL — Brandon Sheppard dominated the World of Outlaws late model’s return to Port Royal Speedway Saturday night earning his 13th series win of the season and $10,000. A thunderstorm hit the track as late model practice laps were completed. The rain caused about a three-hour delay ...
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT —It started with the crack of the bat. You know, that unmistakable sound of a baseball being launched to a destination among the stratosphere. The ‘oohs’ started immediately, subtle but conspicuous. Josh Bell trotted down the first-base line. He already knew where the ...
Who said Bowman Field was a pitchers’ park? Josh Bell and Jedd Gyorko didn’t seem to think so with their home runs in the first two innings. Who said Bowman Field couldn’t host a Major League Baseball game? Plenty, and there was reason to be skeptical that a 91-year old minor-league ...
AUBURN, N.Y. — Scott Hurst became just the second player in State College Spikes history to record back-to-back four-hit games, but the Auburn Doubledays came back to beat the Spikes, 5-3, Sunday afternoon at Falcon Park. Hurst is now 10-for-11 at the plate over his last 11 at-bats ...
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT — The smile wouldn’t leave Rob Manfred’s face Sunday morning. Standing along media row at Volunteer Stadium, the commissioner of Major League Baseball didn’t even try to hide his excitement for the activities taking place on the field. In a line, members of the ...
LEWISTOWN — Mifflin County Huskies’ pitcher Hanna Kanagy was selected to the 2017 All-State softball team that was named by the Pennsylvania High School Softball Coaches Association. Kanagy, a junior in the 2017 season, previously named the Mid-Penn Conference MVP and was also selected ...