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The high cost of winning in Babe Ruth

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By RAY WILDE Sports correspondent In my last media guide for the Mifflin County Babe Ruth League (2024), I wrote this in the introduction. “The All-Stars have criss-crossed the Mississippi River 10 times, traveled along the Hudson River in New York, played just south of the Puget Sound in Seattle, Washington, were so close to the Rio Grande in Texas you could hear the river flow and won a national title on the banks of Des Moines River in Iowa.” Now make that 12 times criss-crossing the Mississippi River. It takes a major operation to transfer a ...

Elk cam keeps rolling

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As Pennsylvania’s elk rut approaches, wildlife enthusiasts can once again experience one of the most anticipated natural events in the state. The Pennsylvania Game Commission’s Elk Cam will go live on August 1 and will bring all the sights and sounds of the bugling bulls to your screen. The cam is located in the heart of Pennsylvania’s elk range, an area totaling more than 220,000 acres including State Game Lands 311 and Elk State Forest. Video and sound from the camera will be livestreamed at www.pa.gov/pgc and viewers can expect not only to see elk, but turkey, deer and other ...

Stucky, Martin make preseason All-Big Ten

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UNIVERSITY PARK – Penn State women’s volleyball landed two players on the Preseason All-Big Ten Team on Thursday. Kennedy Martin earned the honor by a vote of the coaches for the second-straight year. She was joined by Alexis Stucky, who receives the accolade prior to her first season in Happy Valley. Just 18 players were selected for the preseason award in the 18-team conference. Penn State was one of just nine teams to have a representative on the list of honorees. Martin is coming off a season in which she was first-team All-America and first-team All-Big Ten selection for Penn ...

Mifflin County 13s finish in tie for seventh

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By RAY WILDE Sports correspondent OLD BRIDGE, NJ — For the second time in three games, Mifflin County had a bad first inning and in the end it cost them the game in the 13-year-old Mid-Atlantic Regionals. Mifflin County was eliminated on Wednesday as it dropped a 10-2 game to the host team, Old Bridge. Mifflin County finished 1-2 in pool play. Old Bridge scored four runs in the first inning and added two more in the second to take a 6-0 lead. In the first game of the tournament against Atlantic Shore, Mifflin County fell behind 7-0 after two ...

PSU women's hockey names ten newcomers for 2026-27 season

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UNIVERSITY PARK — The Penn State women’s hockey team announced ten newcomers for the upcoming season with two transfers and eight newcomers set to join the program for the 2026-27 season. Representing seven states and two Canadian provinces, the class is composed of six forwards, two defenseman, and two goalies. “We are amped about the incoming Class of 2030," said head coach Jeff Kampersal. "These young women are goal-oriented student-athletes with a team-first mindset. They are talented and gritty. WE ARE motivated to help them develop holistically at Penn State.” ...

Martin named to Player of the Year Watch List

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UNIVERSITY PARK – Penn State’s Kennedy Martin was named to the AVCA Women’s Volleyball National Player of the Year Watch List on Wednesday. The senior was one of 30 players to make the list, including 10 from the Big Ten. Martin made an appearance on the Player of the Year Watch List for a third-consecutive season. She went on to be one of 14 semifinalists in each of the past two seasons. Martin enters her fourth collegiate season with 1,638 kills, including 634 with the Nittany Lions last year. She led the nation in points/set (6.28) as a sophomore and was second in the nation ...