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Belleville thumps Burnham, 15-4

By RAY WILDE Sports correspondent BELLEVILLE—The game between Burnham and Belleville was started on June 11, but when the rain came it was stopped. Burnham was ahead 2-0 going into the bottom of the first. The game was being played in Belleville. The game resumed on Thursday and the Burnham lead didn't hold up. Belleville won 15-4 and remained in third place in the Mifflin County Babe Ruth League. The game was stopped due to the 10-run rule. Belleville tied the game in the first and then scored five runs in the second, eight in the ...

Marstellar battling for chance to join Team USA

NEWARK, N.J. – Former Lock Haven men’s wrestling standout Chance Marstellar earned a spot in the 2026 Final X to compete for a chance to represent Team USA men’s freestyle team at 79 kg. Marstellar earned his spot in the 2026 Final X with an impressive performance at the 2026 US Open. Marstellar picked up a 6-0 victory over Patrick Kennedy in the semifinals before a 7-3 win over Evan Wick in the final. Marstellar was a two-time All-American and a member of the 2023 Senior World Team. He will face Penn State’s Levi Haines for the first time in any competition in a ...

Curve sink RubberDucks, 4-1

AKRON, OH. – After the Curve dropped Wednesday’s suspended game with the Akron RubberDucks, 10-9 in ten innings, Altoona pitchers Connor Oliver and Jake Shirk combined on all nine innings on the mound in a 4-1 victory in the regularly scheduled game on Thursday at 7 17 Credit Union Park. June 17 - 10-9 L (10) Despite getting the first career two-homer game from Omar Alfonzo, the Curve dropped the completion of the suspended game with Akron, 10-9, in ten innings. Altoona held a one-run lead going into the ninth inning, however, a throwing error by 3B Javier Rivas on a potential ...

Sooners, Tar Heels advance to CWS final

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Jason Walk and Dasan Harris each hit two home runs and Trey Gambill also went deep to lead Oklahoma to the College World Series finals with an 11-4 win over Georgia on Wednesday night. The Sooners (41-22) will meet North Carolina in the best-of-three championship ...

In a rivalry built on inches, Hidlay edges Macchiavello to make Team USA

BY GREG WILLIAMS Sentinel reporter gwilliams@lewistownsentinel.com LEWISTOWN — Trent Hidlay didn’t need a highlight moment to know what he’d just accomplished. After two tight, exhausting matches with Michael Macchiavello, the scoreboard barely told the story. Every position was ...

A new bell and plenty of baseball news to enjoy

By Ray Wilde Sports correspondent There was a lot of baseball news coming out of Midd-West High School and the Beaver Springs Babe Ruth team. Griffin Paige has announced that he is transferring to West Virginia University from Wright State in Dayton, Ohio. Paige ...