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Indians swept in Millerstown

MILLERSTOWN — Juniata track and field competed at Greenwood on Thursday. The Juniata girls lost to Greenwood 96-45. The Juniata boys fell to Greenwood 94-56. The top scorers for the girls included Willow Aurand with a second-place finish in the 100 hurdles at 19.52 seconds for a personal best. Carolyn Heidenreich placed first in the 1600 at 6:24.6 and in the 400 Selena Mayall-Marker placed second at 1:14.69. Top scorers for Juniata included David Mayall-Marker (first place) at 11:58.96 in the 3200 and Joel Hardin (third place) at 12:11.18 in the 3200. In the high jump, Jasper ...

Juniata-Halifax baseball

Halifax remains unbeaten with win over Juniata

MIFFLINTOWN — The Juniata baseball team lost a high-scoring affair Friday against Halifax (11-0), 17-8. The Indians abandoned their starting pitcher plan early on in the game when Caleb Auker gave up two earned runs. He was replaced by Daylyn Kennedy who calmed down the Wildcat offense and ...

Penn State ends regular season with home invite

UNIVERSITY PARK – The Penn State men’s golf team concludes their regular season by hosting the 49th-annual Rutherford Invitational at the Par-71, 7,130-yard Penn State Blue Course this weekend. The tournament became known as the Rutherford Intercollegiate in 1983 to honor R.B. “Pop” Rutherford Sr., the man known to the Nittany Lions as the “father of Penn State golf.” Rutherford organized the first Penn State golf team in 1922 and coached it until 1949. R.B. Rutherford Jr. continued his father’s coaching tradition from 1950-1956 and furthered a legacy recalled each ...

PSU softball heads to Ohio State

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Penn State softball hits the road in Big Ten Conference competition for the first time in the month of April this Friday through Sunday, April 17-19, as the Blue & White travel to face off against the Ohio State Buckeyes in a three-game weekend series from Buckeye Field. The first two games of the weekend will stream live to a worldwide audience of authenticated subscribers via B1G+ and the B1G+ app at 6 p.m. and 2 p.m. (ET), while Sunday’s series finale will air to a national television audience on the Big Ten Network and FOX Sports App, with first pitch slated ...

Penn State meets Rutgers in baseball showdown

UNIVERSITY PARK – The Penn State baseball team returns to Medlar Field at Lubrano Park to welcome Rutgers for a three-game Big Ten series this weekend, April 17-19. Friday’s game is set to begin at 5:30 p.m. Saturday is scheduled for 2 p.m. and Sunday is set for 1 p.m. All games at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park are free admission for all ages and all three games will be streamed on B1G+. Friday is 800 Strong Night, encouraging support from fellow student-athletes and includes a first pitch by the Penn State Women’s Hockey team following its run to the Frozen Four. Saturday ...