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Bell, Smith rule at 1Mid Penn meet

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From staff reports CHAMBERSBURG — The Mifflin County Huskies crowned two champions at the Mid Penn Track and Field Championships on Saturday, in Chambersburg. Both came on the boys side as Reece Bell won the javelin title with a throw of 179-10 and Carter Smith captured top honors in the 1,600 with a time of 4:17.72. Three other Huskies reached the podium as: Wyatt Kauffman placed second in the 1,600 in 4:21.87; Reese Cubbison took third in the 1,600 running 4:23.37 and Dekker Pietszch placed eighth in the shot put with a throw of 44-7 ¼. Jovie Kauffman ran a personal-best time of ...

Five enshrined in HOF

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BURNHAM — Five new members were enshrined in the Mifflin County Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday night at the Birch Hill Event Center in Burnham. This year’s class included Nic Bedelyon, Joe Daubert, Charlie Roselle, Joe Stewart and Holly Loht Yeager. The guest speaker was Gerry ...

Baby Pens end Bears’ season, 4-1

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HERSHEY — The Hershey Bears (3-3) saw their 2025-26 season come to an end following a 4-1 loss to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (3-1) in Game 4 of the best-of-five Atlantic Division Semifinals on Thursday night at GIANT Center. NOTABLES: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton jumped out to a 1-0 lead 1:15 into the first period with a goal from Joona Koppanen on the team's first shot of the game; the goal was the earliest goal allowed by Hershey in the 2026 Calder Cup Playoffs. Ivan Miroshnichenko knotted the score with a power-play strike at 19:54 with his second goal in as many games. ...

Baysox best Curve, 4-3

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BOWIE, MD.– The Chesapeake Baysox rallied for two runs in the bottom of the eighth and earned a 4-3 win over the Curve on Thursday night at Prince George’s Stadium. Altoona and Chesapeake traded runs in the first five innings before Titus Dumitru drove in Jack Brannigan with a sacrifice fly to center and take a 3-2 lead for the Curve. After three scoreless frames of relief from Jarod Bayless, the Baysox worked three straight walks against Jaden Woods to start the eighth. Landon Tomkins entered for the Curve and induced a groundball to third that was mishandled and allowed the tying ...

Penn State battles Washington in final home series

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UNIVERSITY PARK – The Penn State baseball team welcomes Washington for its final home series of the 2026 season this weekend, May 8-10, at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. The three-game Big Ten series will begin on Friday with a doubleheader at 2 p.m. Game three of the series, which includes the Senior Day celebration, is to be determined for Saturday or Sunday. Friday’s doubleheader will be streamed on B1G+. All games at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park are free admission for all ages. Please note Friday was originally scheduled for one game at 5:30 p.m. and has been adjusted to a ...

Bruins knock off Lions, 6-1

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COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Penn State softball’s run in the 2026 Big Ten Tournament presented by Allstate came to a close on Thursday night, with the Blue and White dropping a 6-1 decision to the sixth-ranked UCLA Bruins in quarterfinal action from Maryland Softball Stadium. The Nittany Lions totaled five hits in the team’s finale at the Big Ten Tournament, with a pair of student-athletes mustering extra-base knocks across the contest. Junior designated player Brooke Klosowicz headlined the Penn State roster on Thursday, registering PSU’s only multi-hit outing of the contest. The ...