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Mifflin County advances to single elimination

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By Ray Wilde Sports correspondent Branson, MO — The Mifflin County Babe Ruth 15-16-year-old All-Stars are going into uncharted waters. On Tuesday, Mifflin County beat Columbia (the country), 12-1, in five innings. The game was stopped after five innings due to the 10-run rule. Mifflin County is now 4-0 and will get a day off today. It will start single elimination play on Thursday. The local All-Stars won their pool to get a day off. This will be the first time that a Babe Ruth team from Mifflin County will finish in the top six of international play. Babe ...

Hall, Adolfsson to represent Sweden at Four Nations

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STOCKHOLM – Rising junior Nicole Hall and alumna Jessica Adolfsson ’21 of the Penn State women’s hockey team will represent Team Sweden at the Four Nations Tournament, as announced by the organization on Tuesday afternoon. Hall is one of 13 forwards, while Adolfsson is one of seven defensemen on the 22-player roster representing Sweden at the Four Nations Tournament, held Aug. 17-23 in Kloten, Switzerland. The tournament marks the first event of the 2026-27 Women’s Euro Hockey Tour. Sweden will compete against Finland, Switzerland, and Czechia. Across her international career, ...

Rudolph, Kindt and Riden join PSU staff

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State Cross Country and Track and Field Head Coach John Gondak announced the additions of mid-distance/distance coaches Amy Rudolph (Tennessee), Aaron Kindt (Auburn), along with Director of Operations Jess Riden (North Carolina), to the program’s staff ahead of the 2026-27 cross country and track and field seasons on Tuesday afternoon. “Penn State Cross Country/Track and Field is thrilled to have Amy, Aaron and Jess join our staff,” said head coach John Gondak. “They all have great ties to Pennsylvania and Penn State with Jess having run for the ...

Pattock wins Cowboy Kennedy Memorial

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MILL HALL – Jim Pattock of Leechburg, PA has finished as the runner up in many feature events at the Clinton County Speedway in his career. But on Friday night, Pattock found his way to victory lane when the speedway honored the memory of Cowboy Jim Kennedy in a 50-lap $2,000 to win event, making it the biggest victory in his career. AJ Hoffman won the Pro Stocks, Mac Wert won the 270 Micros and Joe Zambotti IV won the Rising Star Jr. Sprints. Thirty-two River Valley Builders RaceSaver sprint cars signed in for the event. The race was held on what would have been Kennedy’s 92nd ...

Mifflin County advances in World Series play

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By Ray Wilde Sports correspondent Branson, MO — The Mifflin County Babe Ruth 15-16-year-old All-Stars showed off their arms in more ways than one on Monday against Arizona. Mifflin County advanced in pool play to 3-0 in the 2026 World Series with a 5-1 win over Arizona. Today, Mifflin County wraps up pool play with a game against Columbia, 0-3, (the country) at noon. On Monday, Mifflin County got great pitching performances from Haven Bridge and Colton Aumiller. Bridge, who got the win, went the first four innings. He didn’t give up a hit or a ...

Curve topple SeaWolves, 4-1

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ERIE, Pa. – Four Curve pitchers combined on a one-hitter and Altoona secured a 3-3 week at Erie with a 4-1 win over the SeaWolves. Dominic Pipkin started a bullpen day for the Curve and tossed two hitless innings to start the day. Josh Loeschorn, who earned his fourth win of the season, followed with three scoreless frames allowing just one hit and one walk with three strikeouts. Jaycob Deese covered the seventh and eighth innings on the mound by retiring all six hitters he faced before handing the ball off to Landon Tomkins for the final two innings. Erie took advantage of a Curve ...