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Foley, Powell collect gold medals at Pan Am Cup

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Two incoming freshmen for the Penn State men’s volleyball team are returning from Guatemala with gold medals. Drake Foley and Isiah Powell played for the United States team that won the title at the 2026 U21 Pan American Cup. USA went a perfect 5-0 in the event. That included wins over Dominican Republic (3-0), Venezuela (3-1), and Mexico (3-0) in pool play, a sweep over Costa Rica in the semifinal round, and a sweep over Canada in the championship match. Powell, a 6-4 libero from Newport Beach, California, and Powell, a 6-8 middle blocker from Silver Spring, ...

PSU trio gets USA camp invitations

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MINNETONKA, Minn. – Incoming first-years Kylie Amelkovich, Morgan Stickney and Lorelai Nelson of the Penn State women’s hockey team have been invited to participate in USA Hockey's Girls National Under-19 Training Camp, USA Hockey announced. Amelkovich, Stickney and Nelson are among 38 players from the 2007 and 2008 birth years selected to attend the camp, which will take place July 13-16 at the Goggin Ice Center in Oxford, Ohio. Invitees were selected to attend through USA Hockey's national scouting process based on in-season competition. The camp serves as both an evaluation and ...

Spikes best Scrappers, 4-3

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UNIVERSITY PARK – Carson Lane led a septet of State College Spikes pitchers in a combined two-hitter, and the Spikes held on at the end for a 4-3 victory over the Mahoning Valley Scrappers on Sunday night at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. Lane, a 2025 First Team All-Mountain West Conference performer at UNLV, allowed just one walk and no hits over four innings of work. The right-hander retired the first 11 batters he faced and racked up six strikeouts. Zach Kilby, Keegan O’Hearn, Garrett Shearer (2-0), and Josh Beck then followed with an inning apiece, with only a Josue Malave ...

Healthy Macri is back on track and winning

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MECHANICSBURG — Anthony Macri made a triumph return behind the wheel by winning the Pennsylvania Sprint Car Speedweek opener Friday night at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg. Marci, 27, of Dillsburg, broke his back in a crash at the Grove on April 3. Friday night was his first race ...

Sunderland pitches McVeytown to fifth-place finish

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MCVEYTOWN — McVeytown’s Crosby Sunderland pitched his team to a 14-0 win over Strodes Mills on Friday. The game was called after five innings due to the 10-run rule. The win propelled McVeytown into fifth place in the Mifflin County Babe Ruth League with a 9-10 record. Burnham finished the year with a 9-11 record and had to forfeit its last four games to Beaver Springs, Reedsville, Belltown and Belleville. Sunderland went the first four innings, giving up four hits, striking out five and walking one. Bryson Watton closed out the game with one inning of work. He gave up no hits ...

Belltown edges Belleville, 5-4

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BELLTOWN — There were a lot of twists and turns in the Belleville-Belltown Babe Ruth game on Thursday night. Most of the twists and turns went in favor of Belltown. Belleville led 4-3 going into the last inning. With darkness and a rainstorm coming towards the field, it seemed like desperate times for Belltown. Both teams were battling for third place in the Mifflin County Babe Ruth League. For Belltown the bottom of the seventh started with three straight walks. Tanner Shawver and Teagan Kauffman drew walks and Luke Shawver was given a free pass ...