Sports

Bears meet Pens in semifinals

HERSHEY – The Hershey Bears announced the schedule for the club’s 2026 Atlantic Division Semifinals playoff series against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. Hershey, the No. 5 seed in the Atlantic Division during the 2025-26 regular season, will battle the No. 2-seeded Penguins in a best-of-five series. The complete schedule is as follows: Game 1 – Thursday, April 30 at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Mohegan Arena at Casey Plaza, 7:05 p.m. Game 2 – Saturday, May 2 at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Mohegan Arena at Casey Plaza, 6:05 p.m. Game 3 – Tuesday, May 5 vs. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, ...

Juniata-Line Mountain baseball

Juniata edges Line Mountain 7-5

By Connor Jackson Sports correspondent MIFFLINTOWN — The Juniata baseball team used four first-inning runs and good pitching from Daylyn Kennedy to hold off Line Mountain to win 7-5 Monday. Kennedy pitched six strong innings before being replaced by Jack Greenholt in the seventh. ...

Lions to host Cornhuskers this week

UNIVERSITY PARK – Following mutual agreement from both coaching staffs and in the best interest of opponent team travel, Penn State softball’s Big Ten Conference weekend series finale against the fourth-ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers will feature an adjusted start time of 12:30 p.m. (ET) from Nittany Lion Softball Park & Beard Field on Sunday, May 3. The game will serve as Penn State’s Senior Day presented by the Penn State Alumni Association. Contests on Friday, and Saturday, will remain as scheduled at 5 p.m. (ET) and 2 p.m. (ET), respectively. Admission to all three games is ...

Mifflin County Babe Ruth names All-Star managers

BY RAY WILDE Sports correspondent LEWISTOWN — The Mifflin County Babe Ruth League has announced its managers for the 2026 All-Star tournaments. In charge of the 15-16-year-old All-Star team will be McVeytown's Denny Yetter. The McVeytown manager will be entering his sixth year this spring. Yetter has a 59-42 record in McVeytown and has managed three All-Star teams for a 15-10 record. Yetter’s overall mark is 74-52 and is 17th on the Mifflin County win list. Yetter guided the 2021 13-year-old Babe Ruth All-Stars to the state title and finished second ...

Soggy day but Campbell satisfied

UNIVERSITY PARK — The end of spring practice on Saturday was also the first time Matt Campbell walked in West Shore Home Field at Beaver Stadium with fans in the stands. In a perfect world, the weather would have been much better for Saturday’s Blue-White Practice, a 22-18 win for the ...