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Marks’ near-perfect drive earns him Hodnett Classic title

PORT ROYAL — Brent Marks dominated the Greg Hodnett Classic Saturday night at Port Royal Speedway. For Marks, of Myerstown, it was his 17th career Port Royal win, and second of the season with the High Limit Racing Series. The race was originally scheduled for Pennsylvania Speedweek on ...

Mifflin County 13s have steep hill to climb

OLD BRIDGE, N.J. — The Mifflin County Babe Ruth 13-year-old All-Stars have a steep hill to climb after its 15-0 loss to Atlantic Shore (Southern New Jersey) on Saturday in the Mid-Atlantic Regionals. Mifflin County only had four hits in the game that ended after four innings. The game was called due to the 10-run rule. Mifflin County had the bases loaded in the third as Jaden Tate singled to open the inning. Conner Lucas followed with a base hit. One out later, Cooper Rankin singled to load the bases. But, the next two batters made outs and the inning was over. ...

Clutch plays are needed to win regionals

BY RAY WILDE Sports correspondent WILLIAMSPORT — When Liam Shaffer lofted a ball into the darkness and it fell near the fence in left center field in the last inning of the 15-16-year-old Mid-Atlantic championship game on Monday night, it was a clutch performance. The hit cleared the bases and gave Mifflin County the lead. The day before in the semi-final game, Landon Pecht, also was a hero with a clutch three-run double in the last inning giving Mifflin County another come-from-behind victory. These two hits will go down in the history books for ...

More Babe Ruth World Series Facts and Trivia

BY RAY WILDE Sports correspondent Here is more Babe Ruth trivia concerning the World Series and other matters. The Mifflin County 15-16-year-old All-Stars will be traveling to Branson, Missouri, starting August 7, 2026. —---------- Denny Yetter is just the fourth Mifflin County manager to take a team to a World Series. Scott Reigle took two teams, 2002 and 2016 and Bill Corbin also took two teams in 2021 and 2022. The other two managers were Justin Yoder in 2018 and Fred Zook in 2004. —------- The assistant coaches for Mifflin County both ...

Altoona clips Akron, 1-0

AKRON, OH. – Altoona’s bullpen covered all nine innings and combined on a three-hit shutout in a 1-0 win over the Akron RubberDucks on Thursday night at 7 17 Credit Union Park. Dominic Pipkin set the tone for the pitching staff and fired three scoreless frames to start the game. Making his first Double-A start, Pipkin allowed just one hit and two walks with four strikeouts. In the month of July, Pipkin has thrown 11.0 innings and allowed just two runs with 12 strikeouts. Cristhian Tortosa followed Pipkin with three dominant innings of his own, allowing just one baserunner on 36 ...