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Mifflin County Babe Ruth 14s finish seventh

BY RAY WILDE Sentinel correspondent OLD BRIDGE, NJ — The Mifflin County Babe Ruth coaching staff of the 14-year-old All-Stars have to be pleased. The team went 1-3 at the Mid-Atlantic Regionals and finished in a tie for seventh. This year’s team scored 23 runs. Last year Mifflin County as 13-year-olds were 0-4 and scored only five runs. They played at the same place, Old Bridge, New Jersey. “We were very pleased with the effort our team put forth this year," said Keith Baker, the Mifflin County manager. “It was very good competition and we won one game ...

Curve launch four homers in win over RubberDucks

AKRON, OH. – Lonnie White Jr. hit two of Altoona’s four home runs in an 8-7 win on Tuesday afternoon at Akron’s 7 17 Credit Union Park. Altoona jumped all over the RubberDucks in the early stages of Tuesday’s game, sitting through a 1:42 rain delay from the scheduled start time. Facing rehabbing Guardians lefty Tim Herrin, Altoona loaded the bases with one out before he hit his hard pitch limit. Murf Gray stepped up after the pitching change and launched a Grand Slam, his second homer in four games with the Curve and his 25th of the season. Lonnie White Jr. followed him just two ...

Some Babe Ruth World Series Trivia

BY RAY WILDE Sentinel correspondent LEWISTOWN — With the upcoming Babe Ruth World Series, here are some thoughts and trivia concerning the upcoming World Series. The trip to Branson, Missouri is 1,061 miles (from Lewistown). That will rank fifth on the longest road trips Mifflin County has taken. The two longest trips were to Longview, Washington, 2,714 miles. Mifflin County made the trip twice in 2004 and 2018. The other two trips before Branson were in 2021 to Eagle Pass, Texas (1,805 miles) and Williston, North Dakota in 2022 (1,623 miles). —-------- ...

Mifflin County off to World Series

By RAY WILDE Sports correspondent WILLIAMSPORT — It was hard to believe that it could happen two days in a row. But it did. For the second straight day, the Mifflin County 15-16-year-old All-Stars came from behind late in a game to snatch victory away from defeat. On Sunday, in the semifinals, Landon Pecht smashed a bases-loaded triple in the bottom of the seventh to defeat Southern New Jersey (Atlantic Shore), 5-4. Then on Monday evening, Mifflin County scored five runs in the top of the seventh to take home the Mid-Atlantic regional ...

Piping Plover’s resurgence hits decade milestone

Absent from Pennsylvania for over 60 years, the federal and state endangered piping plover, a small shorebird, has made a comeback at Presque Isle State Park in Erie. Federal, state and local officials came together at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center in Erie this past weekend for “Pennsylvania Piping Plover Fest,” a celebration of the shorebird’s ten consecutive years of nesting in the Commonwealth. “Although our small population is extremely fragile, the Pennsylvania Game Commission and our team of partners are unwavering in our commitment to ensuring these ...

Babe Ruth stars to be honored

By RAY WILDE Sports correspondent LEWISTOWN—When I joined the Belleville Babe Ruth team as a scorekeeper in 1970 (it was my first year) there was a 13-year-old rookie third baseman named Alan Shaffer. Shaffer was a three-time All-Star for the Mifflin County Babe Ruth League and was later a star player for Kishacoquillas High School. Alan (Butch) would have said to me that very first year, “Hey, Ray my grandson someday will help Mifflin County win a regional title and go to a World Series.” I was only 19 at the time and I didn’t ...