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Reflecting on past Mifflin County Babe Ruth state champs

By RAY WILDE Sports correspondent LEWISTOWN—Now that there are no more state tournaments for Babe Ruth in Pennsylvania, here is a look back at the ones Mifflin County won. Mifflin County holds state records for most state titles, 25; most state runners-up, 27; most state finals. 53 and most times in the Pennsylvania final four, 90. 1960s The league was founded in 1955 and it took just five years to win its first state championship. Mifflin County won its first state title in Conshohocken, a suburb of Philadelphia. Mifflin ...

Wietgrefe named Eastern League Pitcher of the Month

CURVE, PA – Minor League Baseball announced that Curve pitcher Connor Wietgrefe has been named the Eastern League Pitcher of the Month for the month of June. Wietgrefe was promoted to Triple-A Indianapolis on June 25 and threw 18 consecutive scoreless innings over his final three outings in a Curve uniform. His scoreless streak was the longest by a Curve pitcher since Hunter Barco set the franchise record with 25.2 scoreless frames in April and May of 2025. Wietgrefe went 3-0 with a 0.39 ERA in four appearances, three starts, allowing just one earned run on ten hits and five walks ...

Cal Ripken All-Star teams eliminated

By RAY WILDE Sports correspondent LEWISTOWN — It was not the ending the Mifflin County Cal Ripken League had hoped for. All four of its All-Star teams have been eliminated and only one made it to a final four. The nine-year-olds lost in the semifinals to Harleysville, 16-14, in Red Land (Harrisburg). The other three teams were eliminated in the quarterfinals. The 10-year-olds lost to Central Dauphin, 16-9, at Upper Allen Township near Harrisburg. The 11-year-olds were eliminated by Harleysville, 9-1, Kimberton (Phoenixville) and the 12-year-olds fell ...

Mifflin County still alive in Cal Ripken state tourney

LEWISTOWN — This weekend saw the start of the 2026 Pennsylvania State Cal Ripken Tournament at various age levels. The results are from Friday and Saturday: 9-year-olds: Mifflin County went 3-1 at the tournament in Red Land (Harrisburg). Mifflin County beat Red Land,12-9; Exeter, 20-0; and Lower Dauphin, 15-4. But, they lost to Harleysville,17-9. 10-year-olds: Mifflin County was in Upper Allen Township, Harrisburg, and won the first two games beating Cedar Cliff, 13-4, and Spring-Ford,13-2. 11-year-olds: Mifflin County was in suburban Philadelphia area in Kimberton and ...

Curve Drop Series Finale at Portland

PORTLAND, Maine — Portland pitchers racked up 17 strikeouts and the Sea Dogs defeated the Altoona Curve 10-0 in Eastern League action on Sunday afternoon at Delta Dental Park at Hadlock Field in Portland. The Curve dropped the series, 4-2, with Portland. Portland scored five times off Curve starter Kyle Robinson in his team debut. Robinson struck out four in his outing, including a pair in a dominant first inning. However, Portland scored four times in the second on a two-run homer by Marvin Alcantara, an RBI single from Ahbram Liendo and a wild pitch. The Sea Dogs added another run ...

Dietz outduels Macri for 4th Speedweek win in 2026

By Brad Strawser PORT ROYAL — Pennsylvania Speedweek has been a tale of two drivers so far leading into Wednesday night at Port Royal Speedway. Chase Dietz had claimed 3 of 5 events in PA Speedweek while Anthony Macri had won the other two. The two drivers would battle it out during the ...