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Mifflin County 15-16s finish third at World Series

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BRANSON, Mo. — Even the whole continent of Europe couldn’t stop Mifflin County on Saturday. Mifflin County came from behind to down Europe, 11-7, in the semifinal game of the Babe Ruth 15-16-year-old World Series. Mifflin County finished with a 6-1 record and was second in the United States and was third in the international play. Mifflin County trailed 7-5 going into the top of the seventh. But, Kopper Walters reached on an error and the rally had begun. Colton Aumiller walked and then Liam Shaffer delivered an RBI single. Aumiller scored on a wild pitch. Luke ...

Huskies open season at Iron Valley

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LEBANON — Mifflin County golf opened the fall season Thursday with a Mid-Penn Keystone match at Iron Valley, the home of Palmyra. The Huskies were 1-6 on the day. The Huskies lost to Palmyra, Mechanicsburg, Red Land, Cedar Cliff, and Bishop McDevitt. The purple and white defeated Milton Hershey. The Huskies were led by Evan Breon, who shot 82, which was good for a tie for sixth place overall. Caleb Bubb shot 89, Chase Krepps added a 97 and Raul Rodriguez tallied a 108. The Huskies are back in action Monday when they visit Colonial Golf & Tennis Club.

RubberDucks edge Curve, 4-2

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CURVE, Pa. – Altoona dropped a third straight game to the Akron RubberDucks, 4-2, on Thursday night at Peoples Natural Gas Field. Nick Dombkowski made his third start of the season for Altoona and was dominant in the first three innings before allowing two runs on three hits and a walk in the fourth. Dombkowski nearly got out of the fourth inning unscathed when Dean Curley lifted a line drive into center field that was trapped by centerfielder Lonnie White Jr. Maick Collado added an RBI single to make it 2-0 before Altoona’s starting left-hander got out of the inning. Altoona broke ...

Bears rally to beat Spikes, 10-8

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GRANVILLE, W. Va. – Camden Ross extended his on-base streak to 25 games and Justin Journette delivered a laser shot to left field for his seventh homer of the year, but the State College Spikes saw their 6-0 lead dwindle until Zack Thompson hit a walk-off grand slam to give the West Virginia Black Bears a 10-8 win on Thursday night at Kendrick Family Ballpark. Journette’s two-run, line-drive homer into the Spikes (16-1315 2nd Half) bullpen in the fifth capped a four-run frame and gave State College a six-run lead. The long ball left the bat at 110 miles per hour, the second-hardest ...

Mifflin County falls in national final

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By Ray Wilde Sports correspondent Branson, MO — All streaks must come to an end sometime. The Mifflin County Babe Ruth 15-16-year-old All-Stars had won seven in a row coming into the National championship game with Eagle Pass, Texas. But, unfortunately for Mifflin County things just didn’t go their way as Eagle Pass won the national title, 8-7. Mifflin County will close out the tournament today at noon against Europe for third or fourth place in the international part of the World Series. Mifflin County now has won one national title (2016, 13-year-olds) and now ...

Scanning Penn State’s o-line situation

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Following is a preseason series on Penn State’s position groups and a key player to watch from each: POSITION: Offensive line Player to watch: Malachi Goodman (No. 78) Class: Redshirt freshman Height/weight.: 6-foot-6, 330 pounds Career to this point: Redshirted in his true freshman ...