Sports

Leave young wildlife alone

HARRISBURG – With Memorial Day being the unofficial kickoff to summer, the Pennsylvania Game Commission reminds those spending time in the great outdoors to leave young wildlife alone. While some young animals might appear to be abandoned, usually they are not. It’s likely their mothers are watching over them from somewhere nearby. When encountering young wild animals, whether deer, birds, raccoons or something else, the best thing you can do is leave them alone. “Mid-to-late spring and early summer are popular times of the year for humans to encounter newborn and young ...

Erie topples Altoona, 10-6

CURVE, Pa.– All six of Altoona’s runs and eight of their hits came across the final four innings of the game, however, Erie picked up a 10-6 win over the Curve in front of 5,743 fans this afternoon at Peoples Natural Gas Field. Curve righty Khristian Curtis started the game with three dominant innings, allowing just one hit and striking out five, before running into trouble in the fourth. Erie earned three walks to start the inning and after Chris Meyers singled home a run, SeaWolves 3B Izaac Pacheco hit a Grand Slam to push Erie ahead 5-0. Curtis struck out six in 3.2 innings, his ...

Juniata-Bellefonte baseball (D6 Championship)

Mifflin County-Altoona baseball (D6 Championship)

Beaver Springs soars over McVeytown, 17-4

BY RAY WILDE Sports correspondent MCVEYTOWN — Beaver Springs moved another stop closer to the top of the Mifflin County Babe Ruth League with a 17-4 win over McVeytown on Tuesday. The game ended after five innings due to the 10-run rule. Springs (4-1) jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead in the first inning and never trailed. The Springs had three doubles in the first. River Knepp, Haven Bridge and Colton Aumiller each had a run producing double in the first. Beaver Springs had 14 hits with Knepp and Aumiller each getting three. Knepp had a big day with a ...

McMillan named PSU men's volleyball coach

UNIVERSITY PARK – Penn State Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Pat Kraft announced Wednesday the naming of Colin McMillan as the fourth head coach in the 50-year history of Penn State men’s volleyball. McMillan will succeed current head coach Mark Pavlik, who retired following 32 seasons as the leader of the Nittany Lions. “We are thrilled to name Colin as the next head coach of the men’s volleyball program at Penn State,” Kraft said. “He has played an integral role in the team’s success at the conference and national level in his nearly two decades working with ...