PORT ROYAL — Doug Hammaker picked up his first career 410 sprint car win Saturday night at Port Royal Speedway. Hammaker, of Grantville, earned $5,000 for the win. He’s in the midst of his second full-time season in the 410 sprints after a successful career in 358 sprints. He drives ...
BURNHAM — There were a lot of things happening in the Burnham-Reedsville Babe Ruth game on Friday night. There were 24 runs, 26 hits, 15 walks and 13 errors, but the most important thing when the dust-cleared was that Reedsville got the win, 15-9. Reedsville is now 11-3 and one game behind the Mifflin County League leader, Beaver Springs (12-2). Beaver Springs also won on Friday, 11-0, over Lewistown. The game was tied, 7-7 after four innings. But, in the top of the fifth Reedsville sent 13 men to the plate and scored eight runs. Reedsville had eight hits as it took control of the ...
Mifflintown native qualifies for U.S. Senior Open DAYTON, Ohio — The first thing Jonathan Clark did wasn’t celebrate. The Juniata County native didn’t pump his fist. He didn’t look around to see who noticed. He didn’t even let himself sit in the moment. He picked up his ...
ABERDEEN, Md. – One night after 12-0 win to clinch their first-ever series victory over the Aberdeen IronBirds, the State College Spikes’ bid for a sweep fell short as they dropped a 12-1 decision on Thursday night at IBEW Local 24 Union Field at Ripken Stadium. The game was shortened to six innings by thunderstorms in the Aberdeen area. The Spikes (4-5) took the opening lead of the game on Trent Turner’s RBI groundout in the second inning, but Aberdeen (3-5) unleashed two big innings, with four runs in the second and seven runs in the fourth. CJ Richmond extended his on-base ...
CURVE, Pa. – After a one hour and 23-minute rain delay, Altoona dropped game the third game of the series to Chesapeake, 4-0, on Thursday night at PNG Field. The Curve were held without a hit through 6.2 innings before Ivan Brethowr slashed a single up the middle. Javier Rivas followed him with an infield single, but both runners were stranded in the inning by Baysox righty Alex Pham. Brethowr was the lone Curve batter to reach twice in the game, he walked in the second and singled in the seventh. Titus Dumitru and Omar Alfonzo marked Altoona’s third and fourth hits with a pair of ...
By RAY WILDE Sports correspondent BELLEVILLE — Belleville scored early and often as it beat Lewistown, 12-1, Wednesday in the only game played in the Mifflin County Babe Ruth League. The game ended after five innings due to the 10-run rule. The win for Belleville (8-4) kept it in third place, two and a half games behind league-leading Beaver Springs (11-2). Reedsville is in second place at 10-3. Belleville scored five runs in the first and added five more runs in the second. In the first, Belleville only had two hits, an RBI single from Mason Joyce and ...
