ALTOONA — The District 6 Track and Field Championships started on Tuesday at Mansion Park in Altoona. There are three area teams that we are watching looking to advance to the PIAA Championships in Shippensburg. The Mifflin County Huskies had a good day advancing athletes to the state ...
MECHANICSBURG — David Gravel passed Kasey Kahne on the opening lap and dominated the Morgan Cup for the World of Outlaws sprint cars Saturday night at Williams Grove Speedway. Gravel, a native of Watertown, Conn., earned $20,000 for his 10th career Grove victory. The victory also takes the Morgan Cup trophy back to Outlaws headquarters in North Carolina. Gravel led all 30 laps. “I got a great start and was able to get by him,” Gravel said. “That was the winning move, but you never know how these races are going to go. It’s hard to win these races. No matter where it is. ...
From staff reports CHAMBERSBURG — The Mifflin County Huskies crowned two champions at the Mid Penn Track and Field Championships on Saturday, in Chambersburg. Both came on the boys side as Reece Bell won the javelin title with a throw of 179-10 and Carter Smith captured top honors in the 1,600 with a time of 4:17.72. Three other Huskies reached the podium as: Wyatt Kauffman placed second in the 1,600 in 4:21.87; Reese Cubbison took third in the 1,600 running 4:23.37 and Dekker Pietszch placed eighth in the shot put with a throw of 44-7 ¼. Jovie Kauffman ran a personal-best time of ...
BURNHAM — Five new members were enshrined in the Mifflin County Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday night at the Birch Hill Event Center in Burnham. This year’s class included Nic Bedelyon, Joe Daubert, Charlie Roselle, Joe Stewart and Holly Loht Yeager. The guest speaker was Gerry ...
HERSHEY — The Hershey Bears (3-3) saw their 2025-26 season come to an end following a 4-1 loss to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (3-1) in Game 4 of the best-of-five Atlantic Division Semifinals on Thursday night at GIANT Center. NOTABLES: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton jumped out to a 1-0 lead 1:15 into the first period with a goal from Joona Koppanen on the team's first shot of the game; the goal was the earliest goal allowed by Hershey in the 2026 Calder Cup Playoffs. Ivan Miroshnichenko knotted the score with a power-play strike at 19:54 with his second goal in as many games. ...
BOWIE, MD.– The Chesapeake Baysox rallied for two runs in the bottom of the eighth and earned a 4-3 win over the Curve on Thursday night at Prince George’s Stadium. Altoona and Chesapeake traded runs in the first five innings before Titus Dumitru drove in Jack Brannigan with a sacrifice fly to center and take a 3-2 lead for the Curve. After three scoreless frames of relief from Jarod Bayless, the Baysox worked three straight walks against Jaden Woods to start the eighth. Landon Tomkins entered for the Curve and induced a groundball to third that was mishandled and allowed the tying ...
