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Journette homers as Spikes bench Bears, 6-3

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GRANVILLE, W. Va. – Justin Journette smashed his sixth home run of the year as part of a six-run first inning for the State College Spikes en route to a 6-3 victory over the West Virginia Black Bears on Wednesday night at Kendrick Family Ballpark to stop a four-game losing streak. Journette’s 434-foot, three-run blast to left-center field boosted the State College (16-12 2nd Half) lead to 5-0. The homer was a mere 33 feet shy of his July 21 homer at Williamsport that served as the longest measured home run in MLB Draft League history. 11 batters came to the plate for the Spikes in ...

Going over PSU linebackers

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Following is a preseason series on Penn State’s position groups and a key player to watch from each. POSITION: Linebacker Player to watch: Tony Rojas (No. 13) Class: Redshirt junior Height/weight.: 6-foot-2, 236 pounds Career to this point: Started in four games in 2025 as a ...

RubberDucks pummel Curve, 16-1

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CURVE, Pa. – Altoona dropped their series opener, 16-1, to the Akron RubberDucks on Tuesday night at Peoples Natural Gas Field. Easton Carmichael drove in Altoona’s only run with a sacrifice fly in the seventh inning of the loss. Callan Moss picked up his 28th multi-hit game of the season and his 106 hits rank fourth in the Eastern League. Pirates outfielder Oneil Cruz went 0-for-3 with a walk and played eight innings in center field. Peyton Stumbo suffered the loss after starting his night with four scoreless innings with four strikeouts. Akron rallied for five straight hits to ...

Black Bears drub Spikes, 12-3

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GRANVILLE, W. Va. – Camden Ross extended his on-base streak to 23 games, just three away from a State College Spikes franchise record, and Nyan Hayes collected a pair of hits and scored all three Spikes runs, but the West Virginia Black Bears took a 12-3 decision on Tuesday night at Kendrick Family Ballpark. With Ross’s single in the sixth, he is now just behind Rowan Wick’s 26-game streak in 2014, and is tied with James McCoy of Williamsport for the third-longest such streak in the MLB Draft League this year. Hayes singled in the fifth and stole his tenth base of the year, then ...

Brahmer makes Lombardi Award watch list

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UNIVERSITY PARK – Penn State senior tight end Benjamin Brahmer was tabbed to the Lombardi Award Watch List, while junior offensive Cooper Cousins was named to the Allstate Wuerffel Trophy watch list on Tuesday. Cousins was already named an Allstate AFCA Good Works Team nominee in July. The Lombardi Award, established in 1970, was presented to an outstanding lineman who best epitomizes the values of leadership, courage, performance and discipline on and off the field. The Wuerffel Trophy is presented annually to the FBS player who best combines exemplary community service with ...

Analyzing Penn State’s QB situation

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Following is a preseason series on Penn State’s position groups and a key player to watch from each: POSITION: Quarterback Player to watch: Alex Manske (No. 7) Class: Redshirt freshman Height/weight.: 6-foot-3, 210 pounds Career to this point: Played in three games as a true freshman ...