Port Royal does it for the fans tonight

June 13, 2015

Port Royal Speedway is showing appreciation to race fans tonight with $10 general admission to see 410 and 305 sprint cars, late models and xtreme stocks in action. The speedway also announced this week advance tickets are on sale for the Oct. 24 World of Outlaws race at the Juniata County oval.In just two weeks, Pennsylvania Sprint Car Speedweek gets underway. Port Royal will not race June 27. Instead, an Interstate-sanctioned truck and tractor pull will be run at the historic oval.The 12th annual Joe Whitcomb Memorial race for 360 sprint cars is tonight at Selinsgrove Speedway. Late ...

Neither ESPN nor Jenner show courage in award decision

June 4, 2015

Emilee Wagner's basketball credentials speak for themselves.The Midd-West graduate, a four-year starter for the Mustangs, was the first and remains the only female 1,000-point scorer in the school's still young history - and went on to surpass her brother Jerry, the only other to reach 1,000, and become the school's all-time leading scorer.She went on to play 2 1/2 years at Waynesburg University, appearing in 62 games, starting nearly a third of those.Then the Beavertown native learned about courage.In her junior year, Wagner suffered an injury that ended her playing days. She didn't ...

Late Model Speedweek at Port Royal

May 30, 2015

The Appalachian Mountains Late Model Speedweek invades Port Royal Speedway tonight for a $4,000 to win program. The sprint cars and xtreme stocks are also part of the program.Port Royal will honor the late Charlie Grinestaff with tonight's event. Grinestaff was a top competitor from the 1950s to the 1970s. The Willow Lane driver won 44 career feature events through out the region. Tim McCready of Watertown, N.Y., won last year's event.Selinsgrove Speedway features pro stocks in a 20-lap time trial event along with 360 sprint cars, late models and roadrunners.At Lincoln Speedway it's 358 ...

Fisher, Letterman got started in car racing

May 23, 2015

Memorial Day weekend stirs up memories of " the good old days". I'm not sure they were really better, but some of us like to think so. Auto racing media coverage consisted of radio and print coverage for the most part. Announcers and reporters had to be descriptive crafting their stories because they were the only link unless you were there in person. Out of that came the Indianapolis 500 radio broadcasts anchored by Sid Collins. Radio was the perfect way to enjoy a race. Collins made a person feel like they were there in person. Few did it any better. The Indy 500 tradition continues ...

TVL offers retort to Fishbein column

May 16, 2015

Editor's note:?This is a response from the Tri-Valley League to sports editor Jeff Fishbein's opinion column that appeared in the May 12 edition of The Sentinel.You recently wrote a column about "TVL playoff again unfair to Juniata." We are responding to that column because the information contained in the column was not based on factual information. Our league tries to provide the best athletic experience for the players of our member schools and we would like to clarify some of the points that were made as part of your column.* District 6 has "Open Playoffs" for many of their sports. ...

Outlaws are back at Grove; Port is quiet

May 16, 2015

The World of Outlaws are finishing the first of three summer visits tonight at Williams Grove Speedway. Daryn Pittman won both races during last year's spring program.That may not happen this time.The 2014 July Outlaw swing belonged to Greg Hodnett and Lance Dewease. Hodnett is one of three local drivers (Brian Montieth and Danny Dietrich are the others) currently on fire. Hodnett destroyed the field Thursday night at Lincoln Speedway.This evening's program gets underway at 7 p.m. The winner earns $12,000 plus an additional $5,000 bonus for claiming the Morgan Cup title, which honors ...