Sports

Attick Sr. inducted into State Babe Ruth HOF

Local Sports April 13, 2026

LEWISTOWN — Don Attick, Sr. will become Mifflin County’s 20th member inducted into the Pennsylvania Babe Ruth Hall of Fame later this year, Keith Baker, president of the Mifflin County League, said in an announcement made on Sunday. Attick had two jobs in the local Babe Ruth world. He was District 7 commissioner from 1979-91 and also an assistant coach in Reedsville. During his district administration, District 7 won six state titles. Mifflin County won five state titles, 1981, 1987, 14-15-year-olds and three 13-year-olds, 1983, 1987 and 1990. Mount Union won the ...

Juniata’s hot bats outslug Dragons

Local Sports April 13, 2026

MIFFLINTOWN — The Juniata Indians have watched opposing teams post some pretty big numbers on the softball scoreboard this season. Juniata is hoping those tables might have turned a bit in its favor. On Friday, the Indians blasted rival East Juniata 15-2 in five innings. On Saturday, Juniata outslugged Lewisburg 13-11 in a non-league clash to improve to 2-5 on the season. The Indians pounded out 22 hits in racking up their 13 runs; they also committed seven errors. Six different Juniata players had three hits: Ashley Piper, Sophia Smith, Destiny Yohn, Addison Rutherford, Malia Imes ...

Former major league infielder Phil Garner, who managed Astros' first World Series team, dies at 76

National News April 13, 2026

HOUSTON (AP) — Phil Garner, a three-time All-Star infielder who went on to manage the Houston Astros to their first World Series appearance, has died. He was 76. Garner's family issued a statement Sunday saying Garner had died Saturday after a two-plus-year battle with pancreatic ...

ANGLIN’ FOR TROUT

Local News April 12, 2026

Rhett Treaster, age 1, and father Ty, of Evendale, fish during the AMVETS Post 122 Youth Trout Derby on Saturday, in Thompsontown.

Maison Wolfe’s sound isn’t careful — and that’s exactly why he’s rising

Local News April 12, 2026

PORT ROYAL — Maison Wolfe never wanted to sound like anyone else. Not in marching band, not in choir and definitely not when he’s standing alone on a basketball court or in victory lane with a guitar and the national anthem hanging in the air. He plays it his way — loose, raw, a little ...

Blue-White Game returns — even as Beaver Stadium wears a hard hat

Local News April 12, 2026

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State’s Beaver Stadium might be wrapped in steel, scaffolding and caution tape these days, but the program’s most familiar spring tradition isn’t going anywhere. The annual Blue-White weekend will go on as scheduled, even as the $700 million renovation continues ...