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Mifflin County Babe Ruth names All-Star managers

BY RAY WILDE Sports correspondent LEWISTOWN — The Mifflin County Babe Ruth League has announced its managers for the 2026 All-Star tournaments. In charge of the 15-16-year-old All-Star team will be McVeytown's Denny Yetter. The McVeytown manager will be entering his sixth year this spring. Yetter has a 59-42 record in McVeytown and has managed three All-Star teams for a 15-10 record. Yetter’s overall mark is 74-52 and is 17th on the Mifflin County win list. Yetter guided the 2021 13-year-old Babe Ruth All-Stars to the state title and finished second ...

Soggy day but Campbell satisfied

UNIVERSITY PARK — The end of spring practice on Saturday was also the first time Matt Campbell walked in West Shore Home Field at Beaver Stadium with fans in the stands. In a perfect world, the weather would have been much better for Saturday’s Blue-White Practice, a 22-18 win for the ...

Huskies rule Penn Relays DMR in record fashion

PHILADELPHIA — Carter Smith walked off historic Franklin Field in Philadelphia with a piece of history — literally — as he carried a strip of the broken finish-line tape over his shoulder, the baton still in his grasp after running the anchor leg that sealed a Penn Relays championship ...

MCCA runners finish in top four at KCEA meet

LEBANON — A pair of Mifflin County Christian Academy distance runners went up against the best in the Keystone Christian Education Association at the league’s cross country championships, and both came home sporting top-four finishes. Racing at South Hills Park in Lebanon on April 8, ...

Pennian Bank reopens Fermanagh office following transformation

MIFFLINTOWN – Pennian Bank has reopened its Fermanagh office, located at 50 Stop Plaza in Mifflintown, following a brief closure for a full interior renovation. Originally opened in June 1988, the Fermanagh office was one of Pennian Bank’s first locations in Juniata County when the ...

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