Claude Lemieux, a four-time Stanley Cup champion whose ferocious, hard-hitting style of play angered opponents and sometimes overshadowed his prodigious skills and ability to deliver in the biggest games, has died after taking his own life, according to authorities. He was 60. The Palm Beach ...
UNIVERSITY PARK – Penn State track & field completed its second day of competition at the NCAA First Round Thursday in Lexington, Kentucky. The biggest storylines included a runner improving her own program record and a thrower who qualified for nationals. Hayley Kitching set the tone for the Nittany Lions when she recorded the program record in the women’s 800-meter run. The Coffs Harbour, Australia native broke two minutes, running a 1:59.60. Kitching’s time was the fastest in the preliminary phase and advanced her to Saturday’s races. Two additional athletes advanced in ...
By RAY WILDE Sports correspondent BELLEVILLE — A strong pitching performance by Beaver Springs helped it beat Belleville, 11-0, on Thursday. The game ended after five innings due to the 10-run rule. The win pushed Springs (6-1) into a first-place tie with Lewistown in the Mifflin County Babe Ruth League. Colton Aumiller went the first four innings and got the win. He allowed only two base runners, a walk to Levi Anderson in the second and a base hit by Landon Rhodes in the fourth. Aumiller struck out seven. Haven Bridge finished with three strikeouts in ...
CURVE, Pa. – The Altoona Curve are excited to announce The Great American Pillow Fight, an official America250PA Blair County event, coming to Peoples Natural Gas Field on July 3 – featuring on-field performances, action-packed fun, and an Independence Day Fireworks Celebration. PFC: ...
By Ray Wilde Sports correspondent BELLTOWN — McVeytown's Jett Powell made up for lost time on Wednesday night against Belltown in a Mifflin County Babe Ruth game. Powell was injured in McVeytown’s opening game of the season on May 14 against Reedsville. He missed the next four games. But, on Wednesday, he made up for the lost time as he homered twice and hit a double in helping McVeytown to a 9-4 win. Powell hit a two-run homer in the first stanza, smashed a double in the third, walked in the fourth and then hit a three-run homer in the ...
HARTFORD, CT.– Outfielder Titus Dumitru hit a go-ahead two-run double in the top of the ninth and the Curve bullpen tossed four dominant innings of relief in a 7-6 win for the Curve at Hartford on Wednesday night. Trailing 6-4 heading into the ninth, the Curve used a leadoff single from Duce Gourson, a wild pitch and three straight walks to get make it a one-run game. After a pitching change Dumitru slammed a two-run double off the right field wall to take a 7-6 lead for the Curve. Altoona’s bullpen, headlined by Jaycob Deese, Derek Diamond and Mike Walsh combined to set down 13 ...
