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Nits conclude time at Big Tens

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UNIVERSITY PARK – Penn State track & field concluded its performance in the Big Ten Outdoor Championships Sunday. The Nittany Lions’ only two First-Team All-Big Ten recipients came in the 800-meter run, one each for the men’s and women’s races. The men’s event went to Allon Clay, who outran the field with a 1:46.58. Clay posted the fastest time in the event in both qualifying and the finals, earning the gold and First-Team All-Big Ten recognition. This continues Clay’s impressive season in the 800-meter run, having taken second in the Big Ten Indoor Championships. Niko ...

Bob Weikert Memorial takes center stage

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PORT ROYAL — One of the biggest weekends in sprint car racing is set to return to Port Royal Speedway as the Bob Weikert Memorial presented by Greencastle Livestock Market Inc. takes center stage May 22-24 featuring three nights of action with the stars of Interstate Batteries High Limit ...

Harrisburg drops Altoona, 8-3

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CURVE, Pa. – Outfielder Lonnie White Jr. knocked a two-run homer, the third straight game he’s homered, though Altoona dropped an 8-3 decision to the Harrisburg Senators on Sunday night at Peoples Natural Gas Field. Pirates righty Jared Jones tossed a dominant 4.1 innings in his second ...

Wire-to-wire win

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PORT ROYAL — Chase Dietz grabbed the lead on the opening lap and went unchallenged from there winning the Keith Kauffman Classic and $16,000 Saturday night at Port Royal Speedway. It was Dietz’s first Port Royal win of the season and nation-leading seventh overall driving the John and ...

Belleville tops Strodes Mills in Babe Ruth play

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BELLEVILLE — Belleville got off to a quick start and never looked back on Tuesday as it beat Strodes Mills, 31-0, in a Mifflin County Babe Ruth game. The game was called after five innings due to the 10-run rule. Belleville, which was playing its first game of the season, was ahead 18-0 after two innings. The Big Valley club scored six runs in the first and added 12 more in the second. Belleville finished with 19 hits. Levi Anderson led the way with four hits. He scored five times and knocked in three runs. Ethan Rheam also had three hits for Belleville and he also drove in three ...

Mount Union baseball rules roost again in ICC

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MOUNT UNION — The Inter-County Conference once against belongs to the Mount Union Trojans. The Trojans continued their torrid play — eight-straight wins — on Tuesday by blowing out Everett 7-1. That victory enabled Mount Union (17-5) to lay claim to the ICC crown. Mount Union toyed with Everett early on as the Warriors scored in the top of the first inning to grab a 1-0 lead. That didn’t last long as Mount Union answered with two-spots in the first and second innings and three more in the fifth. In the first inning, the Trojans’ Nasir Collins singled and eventually scored on ...