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Spikes clash with Mahoning Valley this weekend

The State College Spikes are home for a trio of home games on Friday, Saturday and Sunday as they start a stretch of seven home games in 10 days leading up to Independence Day weekend and the America250 celebration in Happy Valley. Highlights include a fantastic FIREWORKS show to light up the ...

Reading drops Altoona, 7-4

CURVE, Pa. – The Curve dropped their first game of the second half in a 7-4 defeat to Reading in game three of the series Thursday night at Peoples Natural Gas Field. Derek Berg logged his 12th multi-hit game of the season while P.J. Hilson tallied his eighth. The offense struggled with runners in scoring position as the Curve went 3-for-11 in those spots. Altoona jumped into the lead in the top of the first on Callan Moss’ RBI single in the bottom of the first. Reading drew even in the second before Hilson re-took the lead with a single in the second. Reading took the lead for ...

Spikes name Petrazzolo their general manager

The State College Spikes announced the promotion of Dan Petrazzolo to General Manager and the hiring of Jonathan Runkle as Director of Sales, effective immediately. Petrazzolo has been the Spikes’ Assistant General Manager since 2015 and the operations head at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park since Feburary of 2007. A native of New Jersey, Dan worked as Director of Operations with the Atlantic City Surf in the then-independent Atlantic League before joining the Spikes. For the past two decades, he has worked closely with the Spikes’ MLB affiliates on areas such as clubhouse operations, ...

36th Speedweek kicks off today

MECHANICSBURG — The 36th edition of Pennsylvania Sprint Car Speedweek kicks off Friday night at Williams Grove Speedway. This year's series will once again run 10 straight nights at seven different tracks with more money on the line than ever before, including the Steve Smith Tribute ...

Beaver Springs wins Babe Ruth title

By Ray Wilde Sports correspondent BELLEVILLE — It was not the usual way Beaver Springs wins games as it outlasted Belleville 17-10 in slugfest on Wednesday night. But, it was the most important win of the year. The victory clinched the 2026 Mifflin County Babe Ruth championship. Usually, Beaver Springs (16-2) wins on pitching and defense. The only team to score in double figures on the Springs this season was Belleville. Belleville gave Beaver Springs one of its only two losses on May 14 with an 11-4 win. This marked the second league ...

Juniata Alumni Game returns

On Saturday, July 11, Juniata High School athletes take on JHS alumni in the second annual Alumni Game at Juniata High with a start time of 6 p.m. and doors will open at 5 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for kids. There will be a basket raffle and 50/50 drawing. All proceeds will ...