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Sooners, Tar Heels advance to CWS final

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Jason Walk and Dasan Harris each hit two home runs and Trey Gambill also went deep to lead Oklahoma to the College World Series finals with an 11-4 win over Georgia on Wednesday night. The Sooners (41-22) will meet North Carolina in the best-of-three championship ...

Spikes break out the brooms versus Canada

UNIVERSITY PARK – Trent Turner hit the State College Spikes’ first home run at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park in the 20th Anniversary Season, and the Spikes came back twice to defeat the Canadian Junior National Team, 11-8, on Thursday night to clinch a three-game sweep in the International Series. Turner, a utility infielder from Western Carolina who played shortstop on Thursday night, launched a 418-foot shot off the batter’s eye in the fifth inning for a two-run blast, his first of the season, to bump the Spikes’ (8-7) lead to 7-4. The Spikes trailed 4-0 after Maxime Blain’s ...

PGC wants public to report turkeys this summer

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Game Commission is again asking the public to report sightings of all wild turkeys they see this summer. The annual Wild Turkey Summer Sighting Survey runs July 1 through Aug. 31. Public participation is important for wild turkey population management. These reports allow the agency to estimate how good the wild turkey ‘hatch’ was and compare long-term reproductive success within Pennsylvania and across states, as this is a standard methodology used across the country. Data also are used in a population model to track trends in wild turkey ...

Marstellar battling for chance to join Team USA

NEWARK, N.J. – Former Lock Haven men’s wrestling standout Chance Marstellar earned a spot in the 2026 Final X to compete for a chance to represent Team USA men’s freestyle team at 79 kg. Marstellar earned his spot in the 2026 Final X with an impressive performance at the 2026 US Open. Marstellar picked up a 6-0 victory over Patrick Kennedy in the semifinals before a 7-3 win over Evan Wick in the final. Marstellar was a two-time All-American and a member of the 2023 Senior World Team. He will face Penn State’s Levi Haines for the first time in any competition in a ...

Belleville thumps Burnham, 15-4

By RAY WILDE Sports correspondent BELLEVILLE—The game between Burnham and Belleville was started on June 11, but when the rain came it was stopped. Burnham was ahead 2-0 going into the bottom of the first. The game was being played in Belleville. The game resumed on Thursday and the Burnham lead didn't hold up. Belleville won 15-4 and remained in third place in the Mifflin County Babe Ruth League. The game was stopped due to the 10-run rule. Belleville tied the game in the first and then scored five runs in the second, eight in the ...

Kitching named Mid-Atlantic Track Athlete of the Year

NEW ORLEANS – Senior Hayley Kitching of the Penn State Track and Field team has been named the USTFCCCA Mid-Atlantic Region Women's Track Athlete of the Year, as announced by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association on Thursday afternoon. Kitching delivered a historic outdoor track and field season. Her outdoor campaign began with a record-breaking performance in the 1500m at the Virginia Challenge, where she shattered the program record by nearly five seconds. The senior's time of 4:05.81 set a facility record and lowered her personal best by nearly 10 ...