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Janecke receives first team All-American honors

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - No. 3 Penn State Women’s Ice Hockey’s Tessa Janecke was named a CCM/AHCA First Team All-American on Saturday. Janecke becomes the first woman in program history to achieve the honor. The CCM/AHCA All-American teams were announced following the conclusion of the 2026 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award ceremony at Alumni Hall inside the HUB-Robeson Center on Penn State’s campus. The senior was the program’s first Top-Three Finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, which is given annually to the top player in NCAA Division I women's ice hockey. Janecke ...

Lewistown officials finally get the call of a lifetime

HERSHEY — The lights were bright, the crowd was loud and a state basketball title hung in the balance Thursday afternoon at GIANT Center in Hershey. But for Lewistown officials Ray Hoppel and Steve Searer, the PIAA Class A boys final between Sankofa Freedom and Neighborhood Academy meant something more — the moment they had spent decades working toward. Hoppel and Searer, veteran members of the Central Juniata Chapter of basketball officials, were selected to referee their first PIAA boys basketball championship final. Sankofa Freedom went on to win 55–52, denying Neighborhood ...

Dietrich rules opening day

PORT ROYAL — Danny Dietrich turned around a rough start to the 2026 racing season with a win on Opening Day Saturday afternoon at Port Royal Speedway. Dietrich’s second career Opening Day win was worth $6,000 driving the Gary Kauffman No. 48, and also came in the first race of the new PA ...

Indians nudge Huskies, 3-2

LEWISTOWN — The Mifflin County boys tennis team welcomed Juniata to Highland Park on Thursday. The Huskies (1-2) came up just short against the Indians, 3-2. In doubles action, Dayton Miller and Isaiah May beat Huskies Max Persing and Max Yoder, 6-3, 7-6, (7-3). And Kole Boop along with ...

No. 3 Lions square off with Badgers

UNIVERSITY PARK --- No. 3 Penn State women’s ice hockey will face No. 2 Wisconsin in the Frozen Four at Pegula Ice Arena on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. The National Semifinal game will be broadcast on ESPN+. The Nittany Lions are in the Frozen Four for the first time in program history. The Blue & White secured the program’s first win at the NC Women’s Ice Hockey Championship against No. 6 UConn on March 14 in a 3-0 shutout. The four-time defending AHA Champions have won 33 games this season, a single-season program record. Penn State is hosting the Frozen Four at Pegula Ice ...