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Morrow chosen to represent United States

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Rising sophomore Sophie Morrow of the Penn State women’s hockey team has been selected to USA Hockey’s National Women’s Collegiate Select Team to compete in a three-game series against Canada's National Women's Development Team, as announced by the organization on Monday afternoon. Morrow is one of seven defensemen on the 22-player roster selected to represent the United States in the series, held Aug. 10-16 at the Richmond Olympic Oval in Richmond, British Columbia. The selection comes following Morrow’s participation in the 2026 USA Hockey ...

Bieniemy returns to practice after wife's shooting

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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy returned to the team Monday for his first practice since his wife was shot at their Virginia home and the couple's 27-year-old son was arrested in the shooting. Bieniemy was greeted by a handful of fans as he walked down the long hill to the training fields at Missouri Western State University, where the Chiefs hold camp. Then he jumped right into his first practice since Mia Bieniemy was shot the evening of July 26. Elijah Bieniemy has been charged with malicious wounding, the use of a firearm in ...

New ride gives Hartlaub new life at Port Royal

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PORT ROYAL — A few weeks ago, Kody Hartlaub didn't know how much more sprint car racing he'd do this season. Then he got a phone call from car owner Brett Knable to drive his BK Motorsports No. 77 at Port Royal Speedway. And only three races into the partnership, Hartlaub parked it in ...

Mifflin County tops England at World Series

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BRANSON, Mo. — Another day, another city, another win for the Mifflin County Babe Ruth 15-16-year-old All-Stars. On Saturday, Mifflin County beat Great Britain (England), 5-1. Mifflin County is now 2-0 in pool play and will play Arizona on Monday and Columbia (the country) on Tuesday. After those two games, Mifflin County will go into single elimination play. On Saturday, the story of the game for Mifflin County was Noah Bunch, the 15-year-old pitcher. Bunch pitched a complete game as he gave up just five hits. He didn’t walk a batter and struck out six. “Noah threw a ...

Mifflin County wins opener in World Series

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By Ray Wilde Sports correspondent Branson, MO — The last two games the Mifflin County Babe Ruth All-Stars played were ones for the ages. Mifflin County pulled out two games in the late innings to win the Mid-Atlantic Regionals. On Friday, they won another game for the ages as Mifflin County won the opening game of the 15-16-year-old Babe Ruth World Series beating Southern Florida, 9-8, in 12 innings. Mifflin County plays today at noon against England. Southern Florida led 6-5 going into the bottom of the seventh. Jude Zook led off with a base-hit and ...

Manske growing with Lions

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By Andy Stine For the Sentinel UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State backup quarterback Alex Manske grew up in Iowa and was a very big Iowa State fan and went to QB camps hosted by Matt Campbell and Lions offensive coordinator Taylor Mouser. Campbell called Manske “one of the top three or four quarterbacks” of the 2025 class. Manske stayed at home and signed with the Cyclones. “He had everybody (recruiting him) in the country,” Campbell said Friday at Penn State media day. “It was a monumental win for us because we thought he was the quarterback of the future. If you watched, ...