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Mifflin County advances to semifinals

By Ray Wilde Sports correspondent Ozark, MO—Haven Bridge has only played Babe Ruth for one year (Beaver Springs). On Thursday, Bridge pitched his team into the final four of the Babe Ruth 15-16-year-old World Series. Mifflin County walked over the bridge and into history. Bridge tossed a one-hitter as Mifflin County beat Central California, 5-0. “Haven (Bridge) pitched a heck of a game,” said a happy Denny Yetter, the Mifflin County manager. “Do you realize that he has only given up one hit in the last 11 innings and no runs.” “We got some timely ...

Journette homers as Spikes bench Bears, 6-3

GRANVILLE, W. Va. – Justin Journette smashed his sixth home run of the year as part of a six-run first inning for the State College Spikes en route to a 6-3 victory over the West Virginia Black Bears on Wednesday night at Kendrick Family Ballpark to stop a four-game losing streak. Journette’s 434-foot, three-run blast to left-center field boosted the State College (16-12 2nd Half) lead to 5-0. The homer was a mere 33 feet shy of his July 21 homer at Williamsport that served as the longest measured home run in MLB Draft League history. 11 batters came to the plate for the Spikes in ...

Akron stumps Altoona, 4-3

CURVE, Pa. – Altoona rallied late on Wednesday night against the Akron RubberDucks, putting the game-tying and winning runs in scoring position in the ninth inning before suffering a heart-breaking 4-3 loss at Peoples Natural Gas Field. Altoona trailed 4-0 in the seventh after three Akron homers off RHP Matt Ager. Ager made his 15th start and tossed seven innings for the second time this season. He allowed only four hits and struck out five but was snakebitten by the three long balls that accounted for all four Akron runs. Javier Rivas homered off RubberDucks reliever Michael Kennedy ...

RubberDucks pummel Curve, 16-1

CURVE, Pa. – Altoona dropped their series opener, 16-1, to the Akron RubberDucks on Tuesday night at Peoples Natural Gas Field. Easton Carmichael drove in Altoona’s only run with a sacrifice fly in the seventh inning of the loss. Callan Moss picked up his 28th multi-hit game of the season and his 106 hits rank fourth in the Eastern League. Pirates outfielder Oneil Cruz went 0-for-3 with a walk and played eight innings in center field. Peyton Stumbo suffered the loss after starting his night with four scoreless innings with four strikeouts. Akron rallied for five straight hits to ...

Mifflin County advances to single elimination

By Ray Wilde Sports correspondent Branson, MO — The Mifflin County Babe Ruth 15-16-year-old All-Stars are going into uncharted waters. On Tuesday, Mifflin County beat Columbia (the country), 12-1, in five innings. The game was stopped after five innings due to the 10-run rule. Mifflin County is now 4-0 and will get a day off today. It will start single elimination play on Thursday. The local All-Stars won their pool to get a day off. This will be the first time that a Babe Ruth team from Mifflin County will finish in the top six of international play. Babe ...

Hall, Adolfsson to represent Sweden at Four Nations

STOCKHOLM – Rising junior Nicole Hall and alumna Jessica Adolfsson ’21 of the Penn State women’s hockey team will represent Team Sweden at the Four Nations Tournament, as announced by the organization on Tuesday afternoon. Hall is one of 13 forwards, while Adolfsson is one of seven defensemen on the 22-player roster representing Sweden at the Four Nations Tournament, held Aug. 17-23 in Kloten, Switzerland. The tournament marks the first event of the 2026-27 Women’s Euro Hockey Tour. Sweden will compete against Finland, Switzerland, and Czechia. Across her international career, ...