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Baby Pens end Bears’ season, 4-1

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HERSHEY — The Hershey Bears (3-3) saw their 2025-26 season come to an end following a 4-1 loss to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (3-1) in Game 4 of the best-of-five Atlantic Division Semifinals on Thursday night at GIANT Center. NOTABLES: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton jumped out to a 1-0 lead 1:15 into the first period with a goal from Joona Koppanen on the team's first shot of the game; the goal was the earliest goal allowed by Hershey in the 2026 Calder Cup Playoffs. Ivan Miroshnichenko knotted the score with a power-play strike at 19:54 with his second goal in as many games. ...

Baysox best Curve, 4-3

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BOWIE, MD.– The Chesapeake Baysox rallied for two runs in the bottom of the eighth and earned a 4-3 win over the Curve on Thursday night at Prince George’s Stadium. Altoona and Chesapeake traded runs in the first five innings before Titus Dumitru drove in Jack Brannigan with a sacrifice fly to center and take a 3-2 lead for the Curve. After three scoreless frames of relief from Jarod Bayless, the Baysox worked three straight walks against Jaden Woods to start the eighth. Landon Tomkins entered for the Curve and induced a groundball to third that was mishandled and allowed the tying ...

Penn State battles Washington in final home series

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UNIVERSITY PARK – The Penn State baseball team welcomes Washington for its final home series of the 2026 season this weekend, May 8-10, at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. The three-game Big Ten series will begin on Friday with a doubleheader at 2 p.m. Game three of the series, which includes the Senior Day celebration, is to be determined for Saturday or Sunday. Friday’s doubleheader will be streamed on B1G+. All games at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park are free admission for all ages. Please note Friday was originally scheduled for one game at 5:30 p.m. and has been adjusted to a ...

Bruins knock off Lions, 6-1

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COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Penn State softball’s run in the 2026 Big Ten Tournament presented by Allstate came to a close on Thursday night, with the Blue and White dropping a 6-1 decision to the sixth-ranked UCLA Bruins in quarterfinal action from Maryland Softball Stadium. The Nittany Lions totaled five hits in the team’s finale at the Big Ten Tournament, with a pair of student-athletes mustering extra-base knocks across the contest. Junior designated player Brooke Klosowicz headlined the Penn State roster on Thursday, registering PSU’s only multi-hit outing of the contest. The ...

Lady Lions earn All-Big Ten honors

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ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Penn State softball program saw four student-athletes secure postseason All-Big Ten accolades, with the Nittany Lions landing one First Team honoree, a pair of Second Team selections, two All-Freshman designees and a Sportsmanship Award winner in the conference office’s release on Friday afternoon. The Blue & White saw freshman third baseman Allison Oneacre land unanimous First Team All-Big Ten Conference laurels in addition to picking up distinction as a unanimous All-Freshman Team designee. Rookie left fielder Breanna Hanik joined Oneacre on the ...

Wray helps Burnham to a 14-1 win

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By RAY WILDE Sports correspondent BELLTOWN—All through the Babe Ruth career of Burnham’s Noah Wray, he has been known for his pitching. On Thursday, Wray gave his arm a rest as he used his bat to help beat Belltown, 14-1, in a Mifflin County Babe Ruth game. The game ended after five innings because of the 10-run rule. Wray belted two homers and had three hits and three RBIs. Wray had solo shots in the first and third innings. Cohen Leister also had a big night with two hits knocking in six runs. Leister smashed a three-run homer in the first inning and ...