New season begins Sunday at Williams Grove Speedway

March 17, 2026

MECHANICSBURG — Williams Grove Speedway will open the 2026 racing season Sunday afternoon, March 22 at 2 p.m. with an afternoon program of Lawrence Chevrolet 410 sprint car racing. Hoosier will present Opening Day 2026 with $6,000 up for grabs by the sprint car drivers in the 25-lap feature as part of the Pa Posse 410 Sprint Series. The season lidlifter will be a 410 sprint car-only event. There will be no time trials. Anthony Macri of Dillsburg is the defending Opening Day sprint car winner at Williams Grove. In fact, Macri has won the last two openers at the Grove ...

Opening Day set for Saturday at Port Royal Speedway

March 17, 2026

By Brad Strawser PORT ROYAL — The 2026 racing season will officially get underway this Saturday at Port Royal Speedway with Opening Day presented by Packer’s Concessions, featuring the first event of the PA Posse 410 Sprint Car Series. The headline division for the night will be the Weikert’s Livestock 410 Sprint Cars, opening their 2026 campaign with a $6,000-to-win A-Main event. The feature will offer a total A-Main purse exceeding $26,000, drawing many of Central PA's top sprint car competitors as they begin their chase for early-season momentum. Joining the program will ...

Penn State-WVU baseball game axed due to weather

March 17, 2026

UNIVERSITY PARK --- Penn State baseball’s game at West Virginia on Tuesday has been canceled due to anticipated cold temperatures. The Nittany Lions are still scheduled to play the Mountaineers twice this season. Penn State and West Virginia will meet on Wednesday, April 15 at Meritus Park in Hagerstown, Md. The teams will meet again on Wednesday, April 29 at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. Penn State travels to Purdue next weekend, March 20-22 for a three-game Big Ten series. Friday’s game will be broadcast on Big Ten Network at 4 p.m. while Saturday (2 p.m.) and Sunday (1 ...

Hershey falls to Belleville

March 17, 2026

The Hershey Bears (27-25-6-2) fell by a 5-2 decision to the Belleville Senators (24-28-8-0) on Sunday evening at GIANT Center. Hershey concluded its season series against Belleville with a record of 1-3-0-0. NOTABLES: Graeme Clarke struck first for the Senators with four seconds remaining in a 5-on-3 man advantage for the visitors to give Belleville a 1-0 lead at 15:02 of the first period. Olle Lycksell scored at 18:07 to give Belleville a 2-0 lead. Sonny Milano netted his third of the season at 4:10 of the second from Matt Strome and Bogdan Trineyev. Xavier Bourgault scored ...

Smith claims 4th place

March 17, 2026

From staff reports BOSTON, Ma. — Mifflin County's Carter Smith placed fourth for the Juniata Striders during the mile at the New Balance Indoor Nationals on Sunday. Smith posted a time of 4:04.05 as Indiana’s Noah Bontrager set a new meet record of 3:59.48 to earn gold. Smith captured a gold in the DMR and earned a silver in the 800.

KEYSTONE COMPETITORS

March 16, 2026

Youth wrestlers from at least three local teams competed at the Keystone State Championships Saturday at the Bryce Jordan Center at Penn State. While many competed for a spot, only a select few moved onto this event.