Sports

Relay team wins PIAA title for MC

By RAY WILDE Sports correspondent LEWISTOWN — In all the years that Mifflin County has sent teams to the PIAA track and field state championships, it has never won a relay race. That was until Saturday. The team of Reese Cubbison, Connor Lynch, Wyatt Kauffman and Carter Smith combined for a 7:42.46. The top ten teams were all schools from large metro areas, Haverford, Lower Merion, Carlisle, JP McCaskey (Lancaster), Plymouth Whitemarsh, North Penn, Perkiomen Valley, Council Rock North and Unionville. With the exception of JP McCaskey and ...

Carter Smith wraps up a great career

By RAY WILDE Sports correspondent LEWISTOWN — The high school career of Mifflin County's Carter Smith is now in the history books. How good was his high school running career? Just think about this. Three of the most notable athletes to come out of Mifflin County didn’t have the success that he had in his high school career. Ralph Baker played football at Lewistown High School and went on to star at Penn State and won a Super Bowl with the New York Jets. Lewistown’s Krista Gingrich was a star player for the Lady Panthers in ...

Gaisior, Rams see season end at NCAA Regionals

By GREG WILLIAMS Sentinel reporter gwilliams@lewistownsentinel.com FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Elizabeth Gaisior has always known how to command a softball field. At Juniata High School, she didn’t just dominate hitters — she overwhelmed them, piling up 1,302 career strikeouts and becoming ...

Mifflin County, Juniata well represented on Day 2

SHIPPENSBURG — This season has been a historic one for Mifflin and Juniata County track and field athletes as they entered Day 2 of the PIAA track and field championships already capturing two state titles. Juniata’s Jasper Shepps took the top honors by winning the gold in the high ...

State track and field championships, Day 2

Juniata County School Board approves fall coaches

BY GREG WILLIAMS Sentinel reporter gwilliams@lewistownsentinel.com MIFFLINTOWN — The Juniata County School District has lined up most of its coaching staffs for the fall sports teams at Juniata and East Juniata high schools and Tuscarora and East Juniata junior high schools for the 2026-27 school year. On May 14, the Juniata County School District Board of Directors approved the following extracurricular positions, contingent upon receipt of required clearances: EAST JUNIATA HIGH SCHOOL eSports: Joshua Cook, advisor. Golf: Michael Zendt, head coach. Boys Soccer: Tyler Inch, ...