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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 ...

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, ...