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Pattock wins Cowboy Kennedy Memorial

MILL HALL – Jim Pattock of Leechburg, PA has finished as the runner up in many feature events at the Clinton County Speedway in his career. But on Friday night, Pattock found his way to victory lane when the speedway honored the memory of Cowboy Jim Kennedy in a 50-lap $2,000 to win event, making it the biggest victory in his career. AJ Hoffman won the Pro Stocks, Mac Wert won the 270 Micros and Joe Zambotti IV won the Rising Star Jr. Sprints. Thirty-two River Valley Builders RaceSaver sprint cars signed in for the event. The race was held on what would have been Kennedy’s 92nd ...

Bieniemy returns to practice after wife’s shooting

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy returned to the team Monday for his first practice since his wife was shot at their Virginia home and the couple's 27-year-old son was arrested in the shooting. Bieniemy was greeted by a handful of fans as he walked down the long hill to the training fields at Missouri Western State University, where the Chiefs hold camp. Then he jumped right into his first practice since Mia Bieniemy was shot the evening of July 26. Elijah Bieniemy has been charged with malicious wounding, the use of a firearm in ...

Mifflin County tops England at World Series

BRANSON, Mo. — Another day, another city, another win for the Mifflin County Babe Ruth 15-16-year-old All-Stars. On Saturday, Mifflin County beat Great Britain (England), 5-1. Mifflin County is now 2-0 in pool play and will play Arizona on Monday and Columbia (the country) on Tuesday. After those two games, Mifflin County will go into single elimination play. On Saturday, the story of the game for Mifflin County was Noah Bunch, the 15-year-old pitcher. Bunch pitched a complete game as he gave up just five hits. He didn’t walk a batter and struck out six. “Noah threw a ...

New ride gives Hartlaub new life at Port Royal

PORT ROYAL — A few weeks ago, Kody Hartlaub didn't know how much more sprint car racing he'd do this season. Then he got a phone call from car owner Brett Knable to drive his BK Motorsports No. 77 at Port Royal Speedway. And only three races into the partnership, Hartlaub parked it in ...

Erie pummels Altoona, 10-1

ERIE, Pa. – A night after Altoona hit three homers on their way to a win, Erie returned the favor with four homers in a 10-1 win over the Curve on Friday night at UPMC Park in Erie. The Curve took advantage of an Erie error in the first inning to earn the game’s first run. Lonnie White Jr. reached on an error by Erie 3B E.J. Exposito and stood at second with two outs when Easton Carmichael swatted a single into left field to take a 1-0 lead. Nick Dombkowski made his third appearance, second start, for the Curve and was tagged for three runs; all scoring on home runs in three ...

Mifflin County wins opener in World Series

By Ray Wilde Sports correspondent Branson, MO — The last two games the Mifflin County Babe Ruth All-Stars played were ones for the ages. Mifflin County pulled out two games in the late innings to win the Mid-Atlantic Regionals. On Friday, they won another game for the ages as Mifflin County won the opening game of the 15-16-year-old Babe Ruth World Series beating Southern Florida, 9-8, in 12 innings. Mifflin County plays today at noon against England. Southern Florida led 6-5 going into the bottom of the seventh. Jude Zook led off with a base-hit and ...