Sports

Juniata County School Board approves fall coaches

BY GREG WILLIAMS Sentinel reporter gwilliams@lewistownsentinel.com MIFFLINTOWN — The Juniata County School District has lined up most of its coaching staffs for the fall sports teams at Juniata and East Juniata high schools and Tuscarora and East Juniata junior high schools for the 2026-27 school year. On May 14, the Juniata County School District Board of Directors approved the following extracurricular positions, contingent upon receipt of required clearances: EAST JUNIATA HIGH SCHOOL eSports: Joshua Cook, advisor. Golf: Michael Zendt, head coach. Boys Soccer: Tyler Inch, ...

PIAA Championships, Day 1 (track & field)

Curve-SeaWolves postponed to Saturday

CURVE, Pa.– Altoona and Erie’s Friday night game was postponed due to inclement weather. The teams will make the game up with a doubleheader, consisting of a pair of 7-inning games, on Saturday, May 23 beginning at 5 p.m. Fans holding tickets to Friday night’s game may exchange them for another game this season based on availability. Tickets must be exchanged in person at the box office. The box office is open Monday-Friday from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. and every game day.

Smith, Shepps make their mark on Day 1

SHIPPENSBURG — Day 1 of the track and field PIAA Championships in Shippensburg produced results that some area athletes may never forget. On Friday at Seth Grove Stadium, Mifflin County’s Carter Smith was back to his winning ways as he earned gold in the 1600-meter run with a time of ...

Beaver Springs’ pitchers help secure victory

BY RAY WILDE Sports correspondent BEAVER SPRINGS—Anyone who follows Mifflin County Babe Ruth baseball knows how deep the Beaver Springs pitching staff is. On Thursday night, the Burnham team, the last undefeated team in the league, also found out. Springs defeated Burnham, 6-2, to go into first place in the league. Beaver Springs is now 5-1, Lewistown 4-1 and Burnham fell to third place with a 3-1 record. River Knepp and Colton Aumiller combined for a two-hitter. Knepp got the win as he went five and two-thirds innings. He struck out 10, walked four and gave ...

Lady Huskies capture district championship, 14-10

By Kenny Varner Sports correspondent LEWISTOWN — When the season comes to an end for this year’s Mifflin County softball team they will be remembered for never giving up and refusing to let their record stop them from making it to this year’s D6 5A championship game. They’ll also be ...