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Dietrich rules opening day

PORT ROYAL — Danny Dietrich turned around a rough start to the 2026 racing season with a win on Opening Day Saturday afternoon at Port Royal Speedway. Dietrich’s second career Opening Day win was worth $6,000 driving the Gary Kauffman No. 48, and also came in the first race of the new PA ...

Lewistown officials finally get the call of a lifetime

HERSHEY — The lights were bright, the crowd was loud and a state basketball title hung in the balance Thursday afternoon at GIANT Center in Hershey. But for Lewistown officials Ray Hoppel and Steve Searer, the PIAA Class A boys final between Sankofa Freedom and Neighborhood Academy meant something more — the moment they had spent decades working toward. Hoppel and Searer, veteran members of the Central Juniata Chapter of basketball officials, were selected to referee their first PIAA boys basketball championship final. Sankofa Freedom went on to win 55–52, denying Neighborhood ...

Penn State cruises to fifth-straight NCAA crown

CLEVELAND, Ohio — You can change the calendar, change the city and change the lineup, but you can’t change who rules college wrestling. Penn State won its fifth consecutive NCAA championship Saturday at the 2026 NCAA Div. 1 Wrestling Championships at Rocket Arena, clinching it Saturday ...

Janecke receives first team All-American honors

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - No. 3 Penn State Women’s Ice Hockey’s Tessa Janecke was named a CCM/AHCA First Team All-American on Saturday. Janecke becomes the first woman in program history to achieve the honor. The CCM/AHCA All-American teams were announced following the conclusion of the 2026 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award ceremony at Alumni Hall inside the HUB-Robeson Center on Penn State’s campus. The senior was the program’s first Top-Three Finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, which is given annually to the top player in NCAA Division I women's ice hockey. Janecke ...

Lions near another national crown

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A record number of semifinalists and an overwhelming accumulation of team points had Penn State pointed toward a fifth consecutive championship at the 2026 NCAA Wrestling Championships on Friday night in Rocket Arena. At press time, Penn State had 112.5 team points, 50 ...