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Sloff, Costich named runners to watch

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ROSEMONT, Ill. – Graduate student Charlotte Costich and senior Nick Sloff of the Penn State cross country team were tabbed Big Ten Runners to Watch, as announced by the conference on Wednesday afternoon. Charlotte Costich Costich is coming off a strong 2025 campaign in which she was a scoring runner in each of the six meets she competed in. Costich helped Penn State record four top-two team finishes during the season, including victories at the Dolan Duals and Spiked Shoe Invitational and runner-up finishes at the Paul Short Run and Big Ten Championships. She opened the season by ...

Ponies walk off Curve, 4-3

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CURVE, Pa. – Easton Carmichael swatted his third Double-A home run, a two-run shot to tie the game in the second inning, but Altoona was walked off in Binghamton on Tuesday night, 4-3, at Mirabito Stadium. Altoona entered the bottom of the ninth inning with a 3-2 lead. Justin Meis, who tossed 29 pitches and worked around traffic in the eighth, struck out Kevin Parada to open the ninth inning before Mitch Voit was hit by a pitch. Marco Vargas followed with a single before Jefferson Rojas doubled home the game’s tying run. It was the third run batted in for Rojas, who launched a ...

Mifflin County players leave mark in record book

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LEWISTOWN — Now that the Babe Ruth 15-16-year-old World Series is over, the statistics for the Mifflin County players can be put in the history books. Mifflin County was 6-1 in the World Series finishing second in the United States and third in the International competition. There were a lot of players that left their marks on the World Series ecords. The league keeps records for lifetime All-Star competition too. Each category has a top ten. Ten players played in all seven games, Colton Aumiller, Haven Bridge, Cam Kauffman, Jett Powell, ...

Spikes hold off Cutters, 9-7

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UNIVERSITY PARK – Jett Buck and Elie Kligman drove in three runs apiece and Jacoby Long knocked in two runs along with making two outstanding catches in center field to help the State College Spikes keep pace in the MLB Draft League second-half title race with a 9-7 win over the Williamsport Crosscutters on Tuesday night at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. With the win, the Spikes (18-15 2nd Half) stayed two games back of the first-place Aberdeen IronBirds with 13 games remaining on their 2026 schedule. Williamsport (19-15 2nd Half) currently sits 1 ½ games back but has already ...

Checking out PSU’s secondary

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Following is a preseason series on Penn State’s position groups and a key player to watch from each: POSITION: Secondary Player to watch: Marcus Neal Jr. (No. 31) Class: Junior Height/weight: 6-foot-1, 216 pounds Career to this point: Started 12 games for Iowa State last year ...

No. 18 Lions set for fresh start under Campbell

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By TRAVIS JOHNSON Associated Press STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — 2025 record: 7-6 Expectations Penn State is starting fresh with new coach Matt Campbell who’s spent the last few months reassembling a program that crumbled last season. After entering 2025 as College Football ...