With the feeling-out process of the opening weeks of the high school football season in the past, Week 4 brings with it an interesting slate of games. No test will be bigger than what the Juniata Indians will face this week, making the trip to Harrisburg to face defending Class A state ...
The biggest surprise in Week 1 in The Sentinel’s coverage area by far was the performance of the Mount Union High School football team, which came out of the gate firing on all cylinders on the way to a convincing 32-8 victory over rival Huntingdon in coach Anthony Sottasante’s first game ...
The Raiders have always prided themselves on being a maverick franchise, so maybe it wasn’t too surprising that they were the first NFL team to take such a bold — yet obvious — step. Now every other sports team — both college and pro — should follow the lead of the Silver & Black and require spectators to get vaccinated. Amid a surge of coronavirus cases as the highly contagious delta variant spreads across the United States, Las Vegas’ football team announced this week that all fans must show proof of a jab to attend games. “Health and safety has always been our ...
EAGLES PASS, TX—Despite Mifflin County’s 10-6 loss to Florida, it will advance to the single elimination bracket of the tournament. The lowest Mifflin County can now finish is tied for fifth in the Babe Ruth 15-year-old World Series. Mifflin County will now play either North Dakota or Mississippi today at 8 p.m. In its histroy, Mifflin County has a 1-1 record against North Dakota, but has never played Mississippi. Meridan, Michigan was in the 2019 13-year-old World Series and finished in a tie for third. This will mark the fourth time that a Mifflin County team has made it to ...
When the weather warms, it’s hard not to go outside. Here’s how to avoid getting injured. The warm and sunny weather that comes with spring is a relief after months of cold and snow. And while using the warm weather as motivation to move and get healthy is great, doing too much too soon isn’t. “When it gets warm, people start running outside, which can lead to a slip and fall, a twisted ankle and other injuries if they aren’t careful,” says Dr. Brian Jacobs, sports medicine physician at Geisinger. Beware of common overuse injuries Some of the common overuse injuries ...
When the Pittsburgh Pirates made a couple of big trades in January 2018, unloading veteran superstars Andrew McCutchen and Gerrit Cole for young players and prospects, then general manager Neal Huntington insisted that the club was not rebuilding, but merely “retooling.’’ Three years later, the same cannot be said about the renovation project that is currently taking place under the Pirates’ new general manager, Ben Cherington. There is no doubt that the Pirates are undergoing a major rebuild, and mortgaging any chances of current success for hopes that their distant future ...
