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NIttany Lion athletics moves toward jersey patches

UNIVERSITY PARK — One of college football’s most tradition-bound programs is preparing to make a change that would have been unthinkable not long ago. Penn State is now seriously considering adding a corporate sponsor’s patch to its football jerseys, a move that would break with ...

MC All-Stars still raising funds for WC

BEAVER SPRINGS — A group of teenagers are discovering the riches of success come with a pretty hefty price tag at times. Still, the memories their families and friends retain should be priceless. As the Mifflin County 15-16-year-old Babe Ruth All-Stars prepare for this year’s World Series ...

Mifflin County prepares for Series

BY RAY WILDE SPORTS CORRESPONDENT Branson, MO — The Mifflin County Babe Ruth 15-16-year-old All-Stars will be leaving for the 2026 World Series site on Monday. Ahead of them are a lot of games. Mifflin County will open pool play on Friday, Aug. 7, against Fort Myers, Florida at 11:30 am. Its second game will be against the United Kingdom (England) at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 8. Sunday will be an off day. On Monday (Aug. 10) at 11:30 am, Mifflin County will play a team from Arizona (Native Americans) and the final pool game will be at 9 p.m. on Tuesday (Aug. ...

Stonehouse, Outwater invited to Canada's National Women's Development Camp

CALGARY – Rising juniors Abby Stonehouse and Grace Outwater of the Penn State women's hockey team have been invited to Hockey Canada's 2026 National Women's Team Development Camp, Hockey Canada announced Friday morning. The camp features the top 40 collegiate players in Canada and serves as part of Hockey Canada's evaluation process for selecting the roster that will compete in a three-game series against the United States in Richmond, British Columbia, Aug. 10-16. It also marks the first step in the selection process for the 2027 Euro Hockey Tour Series in the Czech ...

The high cost of winning in Babe Ruth

By RAY WILDE Sports correspondent In my last media guide for the Mifflin County Babe Ruth League (2024), I wrote this in the introduction. “The All-Stars have criss-crossed the Mississippi River 10 times, traveled along the Hudson River in New York, played just south of the Puget Sound in Seattle, Washington, were so close to the Rio Grande in Texas you could hear the river flow and won a national title on the banks of Des Moines River in Iowa.” Now make that 12 times criss-crossing the Mississippi River. It takes a major operation to transfer a ...