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Mifflin County prepares for Series

BY RAY WILDE SPORTS CORRESPONDENT Branson, MO — The Mifflin County Babe Ruth 15-16-year-old All-Stars will be leaving for the 2026 World Series site on Monday. Ahead of them are a lot of games. Mifflin County will open pool play on Friday, Aug. 7, against Fort Myers, Florida at 11:30 am. Its second game will be against the United Kingdom (England) at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 8. Sunday will be an off day. On Monday (Aug. 10) at 11:30 am, Mifflin County will play a team from Arizona (Native Americans) and the final pool game will be at 9 p.m. on Tuesday (Aug. ...

The high cost of winning in Babe Ruth

By RAY WILDE Sports correspondent In my last media guide for the Mifflin County Babe Ruth League (2024), I wrote this in the introduction. “The All-Stars have criss-crossed the Mississippi River 10 times, traveled along the Hudson River in New York, played just south of the Puget Sound in Seattle, Washington, were so close to the Rio Grande in Texas you could hear the river flow and won a national title on the banks of Des Moines River in Iowa.” Now make that 12 times criss-crossing the Mississippi River. It takes a major operation to transfer a ...

Mifflin County 13s finish in tie for seventh

By RAY WILDE Sports correspondent OLD BRIDGE, NJ — For the second time in three games, Mifflin County had a bad first inning and in the end it cost them the game in the 13-year-old Mid-Atlantic Regionals. Mifflin County was eliminated on Wednesday as it dropped a 10-2 game to the host team, Old Bridge. Mifflin County finished 1-2 in pool play. Old Bridge scored four runs in the first inning and added two more in the second to take a 6-0 lead. In the first game of the tournament against Atlantic Shore, Mifflin County fell behind 7-0 after two ...

Elk cam keeps rolling

As Pennsylvania’s elk rut approaches, wildlife enthusiasts can once again experience one of the most anticipated natural events in the state. The Pennsylvania Game Commission’s Elk Cam will go live on August 1 and will bring all the sights and sounds of the bugling bulls to your screen. The cam is located in the heart of Pennsylvania’s elk range, an area totaling more than 220,000 acres including State Game Lands 311 and Elk State Forest. Video and sound from the camera will be livestreamed at www.pa.gov/pgc and viewers can expect not only to see elk, but turkey, deer and other ...

Martin named to Player of the Year Watch List

UNIVERSITY PARK – Penn State’s Kennedy Martin was named to the AVCA Women’s Volleyball National Player of the Year Watch List on Wednesday. The senior was one of 30 players to make the list, including 10 from the Big Ten. Martin made an appearance on the Player of the Year Watch List for a third-consecutive season. She went on to be one of 14 semifinalists in each of the past two seasons. Martin enters her fourth collegiate season with 1,638 kills, including 634 with the Nittany Lions last year. She led the nation in points/set (6.28) as a sophomore and was second in the nation ...