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Husky booters open with inaugural tournament

LEWISTOWN — For openers, Mifflin County boys soccer coach Keith Yoder will take it. Especially since it was the First Dawg Bowl Classic Tournament. Despite some early offsides penalties and an inexperienced lineup, the Huskies came away with a 3-1 win over East Juniata in non-conference ...

Mifflin County off to a strong start on gridiron

MILL HALL — Mifflin County made the trip up to Malinak Stadium to take on Central Mountain for Friday night football action. The Huskies won the season opener, 28-19. Mifflin County found themselves ahead at the half, 14-6, largely because of the big running plays from Jaxon Strohecker and Zyhair Hill with Strohecker leading the way with 64 yards while Hill ran with success totaling 42 yards. The mighty Wildcats drew first blood on a Kole Corman two-yard score. The extra point would be blocked by Nate Lindley to keep the score 6-0. Kyle Everett would go 4-for-6 with 54 passing ...

Indians stomp Sullivan County

MIFFLINTOWN – It was nearly a flawless performance to open the new season for the Juniata Indians. Sylvia Brubaker netted four goals and Sara Montoya added a goal and an assist as the Indians routed Sullivan County 5-1 in non-conference action on Saturday. Goalkeeper Yaa Serwaa made three ...

Local Schedule

Local schedule Monday, Aug. 31 Boys soccer Grace Prep at BCS, 5:30p Columbia County at JCS, 5p Girls soccer East Juniata at Juniata, 4p Grace Prep at BCS, 4p Columbia County at JCS, 3:30p Volleyball Southern Huntingdon at Mifflin County, 6p Girls tennis Mifflin County at Central Dauphin, 4p

Lock Haven sinks Shippensburg in grid opener

SHIPPENSBURG — Saturday was not the opening that two local products had hoped for on the college gridiron. Cyrell Green (Mifflin County High School/Lewistown) and Jasper Shepps (Juniata High School/Mifflintown), both at Shippensburg University, were on the losing end as Shippensburg lost a 24-16 home opener to Lock Haven. The Bald Eagles used timely offense, three takeaways and a late defensive stand to secure the win. In his Lock Haven debut, redshirt freshman quarterback Carson Nagle led the Bald Eagles offensively, completing 12 of 22 passes for 123 yards and two touchdowns. ...

Erie drops Altoona, 9-4

CURVE, Pa. – Erie rallied for four runs in the sixth and put the game away with three runs in the eighth inning of a 9-4 win over the Curve on Friday night at Peoples Natural Gas Field. For the fourth time in four games during the series, Altoona plated the game’s first run; doing so on a sacrifice fly from Murf Gray in the bottom of the first. Gray added a solo homer in the third, his 30th this season between Bradenton, Greensboro and Altoona and holds the organizational lead. Lonnie White Jr. added a solo shot to take a 3-2 lead in the fourth, White Jr. has slammed 18 homers in a ...