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Clutch plays are needed to win regionals

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BY RAY WILDE Sports correspondent WILLIAMSPORT — When Liam Shaffer lofted a ball into the darkness and it fell near the fence in left center field in the last inning of the 15-16-year-old Mid-Atlantic championship game on Monday night, it was a clutch performance. The hit cleared the bases and gave Mifflin County the lead. The day before in the semi-final game, Landon Pecht, also was a hero with a clutch three-run double in the last inning giving Mifflin County another come-from-behind victory. These two hits will go down in the history books for ...

More Babe Ruth World Series Facts and Trivia

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BY RAY WILDE Sports correspondent Here is more Babe Ruth trivia concerning the World Series and other matters. The Mifflin County 15-16-year-old All-Stars will be traveling to Branson, Missouri, starting August 7, 2026. —---------- Denny Yetter is just the fourth Mifflin County manager to take a team to a World Series. Scott Reigle took two teams, 2002 and 2016 and Bill Corbin also took two teams in 2021 and 2022. The other two managers were Justin Yoder in 2018 and Fred Zook in 2004. —------- The assistant coaches for Mifflin County both ...

Altoona clips Akron, 1-0

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AKRON, OH. – Altoona’s bullpen covered all nine innings and combined on a three-hit shutout in a 1-0 win over the Akron RubberDucks on Thursday night at 7 17 Credit Union Park. Dominic Pipkin set the tone for the pitching staff and fired three scoreless frames to start the game. Making his first Double-A start, Pipkin allowed just one hit and two walks with four strikeouts. In the month of July, Pipkin has thrown 11.0 innings and allowed just two runs with 12 strikeouts. Cristhian Tortosa followed Pipkin with three dominant innings of his own, allowing just one baserunner on 36 ...

Pickens named Lions head coach for swimming and diving

Penn State

UNIVERSITY PARK – Penn State swimming and diving head coach Hollie Bonewit-Cron has added Samantha Pickens to the coaching staff as Head Diving Coach. Pickens served as diving coach at Liberty the last two seasons. She was the Atlantic Sun Women’s Diving Coach of the Year in 2024-25. In 2025-26, Liberty had three divers compete at the NCAA Zone Championships. Shannon Icard broke Liberty’s 10-dive platform record and became Liberty’s first diver to compete at NCAA Championships. In her first season working with Liberty’s divers, Pickens mentored three divers who ...

Spikes best IronBirds in OT, 5-4

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Jackson Rains delivered a walk-off RBI single to bring in pinch-runner Hudson Shupe in the MLB Draft League Overtime Tiebreaker and give the State College Spikes a 5-4 victory over the Aberdeen IronBirds on Thursday night at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. Rains, the reigning MLB Draft League Player of the Week after earning the honors for July 13-19, stepped up with runners on first and third and one out in the extra frame and smashed a grounder through the left side to bring in Shupe. The Spikes (7-5 2nd Half) rebounded after the IronBirds (9-4 2nd Half), the ...

LeBron headed to Philly

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — LeBron James is heading to the Philadelphia 76ers. James made the announcement on social media, saying it will be his “last decision” and that it comes after he strongly considered retirement. James says “I believe I can help make the Philadelphia 76ers a ...