Sports

Penn State inks Andy Gemao

UNIVERSITY PARK – Peter and Ann Tombros Endowed Head Coach Mike Rhoades has announced the signing of guard Andy Gemao ahead of the 2026-27 Penn State men’s basketball season. Gemao, a native of the Philippines who played at Royal Crown School in Toronto, Ontario, comes to Penn State as a freshman. Andy Gemao 6-1 | Guard | Iligan City, Lanao del Norte, Philippines | Royal Crown School (Toronto, Ontario) Played 2025-26 high school season at Royal Crown School in Toronto, Ontario where he tallied 712 points, 256 assists and 122 rebounds as a team captain. Earned ...

Lewistown takes over first place

BY RAY WILDE Sports correspondent LEWISTOWN — The Cunningham brothers combined for half of Lewistown’s hits as Lewistown downed McVeytown, 13-3, Tuesday night. The game ended after five innings due to the 10-run rule. Lewistown is now 6-1 and has a half-game lead over Beaver Springs (5-1) in the race for the top spot in the Mifflin County Babe Ruth League. The Cunningham brothers had five of the Lewistown 10 hits. They also scored four runs and knocked in three runs. Landon Cunningham had two hits, while his younger brother Blake (a rookie) had ...

Mifflin County-McDowell baseball

Cubbison gets one more chance at NCAAs

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — Kylee Cubbison has spent a year thinking about the race she didn’t get to run. The Mifflin County graduate and Bowling Green State University senior came within one round of the NCAA Championships last spring, surviving a rain-soaked opening day in Jacksonville, Fla., to grab the final qualifying spot in the 1,500-meter race before falling short in the quarterfinals. She left Florida knowing exactly how close she had come to Eugene, Ore., and exactly how much it stung to miss it. Now she gets one more chance. Cubbison returns to the NCAA East First Round ...

Huskies can’t control Beavers’ bats in play-in loss

DUBOIS — Tuesday’s loss to the DuBois Beavers epitomized the softball season for the Mifflin County Huskies. All spring, the Huskies either got a stellar pitching performance and their bats went cold, or they piled up runs and couldn’t get the big out when they needed it. Despite the inconsistency, Mifflin County still found itself within striking distance of the PIAA playoffs. But despite leading by as many as four runs, the Huskies fell to DuBois 10-7 in a Class 5A play-in game at Heindl Field. Macy Pietzsch collected three hits in four at-bats in the loss for the Huskies ...

Mifflin County mauls McDowell

CRESSON — This year’s edition of the Mifflin County Huskies proved they were a team of destiny on Tuesday. The Huskies were looking to make history in their District 6/7 play-in contest at Mount Aloysius College against McDowell, the same program that ended their postseason hopes a ...