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Wildcats rout Tigers

From staff reports COCOLAMUS — East Juniata baseball dropped to 0-8 on the season with a 15-5 loss to Greenwood on Monday afternoon. Greenwood tallied three runs in the first inning and the Tigers answered with two in the bottom of the frame. The Wildcats posted one insurance run in the second stanza and four more runs in the third. Then, EJ tacked on another run in the third. Greenwood added three runs in the fourth and one in the fifth. Then, the Wildcats added three runs in the sixth frame. EJ had two runs in the fifth inning. The Tigers corralled eight hits with nine ...

Gobblers take the stage in Penn’s Woods

History provides context on just how good Pennsylvania spring turkey hunters have had it lately. During the state’s first spring turkey season in 1968, the total take was 1,636. Compare that to last year, when hunters harvested an estimated 42,543 birds. Not only was that the largest spring turkey harvest in the last five years, it wasn’t far off the all-time record of 44,639, set in 2009. This year is shaping up to be another good one, too. The 2026 spring gobbler season starts with a one-day hunt for junior license holders and mentored hunters 16 and younger on Saturday, April ...

Mifflin County-State College baseball

Bears-Islanders schedule revealed

The Hershey Bears announced the schedule for the club's 2026 Atlantic Division First Round playoff series against the Bridgeport Islanders. Hershey, the No. 5 seed in the Atlantic Division during the 2025-26 regular season, will battle the No. 4-seeded Islanders in a best-of-three series. The complete schedule is as follows: Game 1 - Tuesday, April 21 at Bridgeport, Total Mortgage Arena, 7 p.m. Game 2 - Thursday, April 23 vs. Bridgeport, GIANT Center, 7 p.m. *Game 3 - Saturday, April 25 at Bridgeport, Total Mortgage Arena, 3 p.m. *If necessary. All times Eastern. Tickets ...

Sox still celebrate Patriots’ Day with special ‘Boston’ jerseys

BOSTON (AP) — Thirteen years ago, the Boston Red Sox returned to the field five days after two bombs went off at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three spectators and injuring more than 260. When they came back to Fenway Park for that next home game, a new jersey was born, ...

Belleville Christian track program growing, learning and finding its identity in second season

BELLEVILLE — Two years ago, Belleville Christian School didn’t have a track and field program. No lanes, no jumps, no throws — just a handful of students who wanted something active to do in the spring and a staff willing to build a program from the ground up. Today, that effort has ...