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Bucknell reaches first Patriot League final since the 2023 season

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LEWISBURG — The Bucknell baseball team swept Navy with a 6-4 win in game two of the Patriot League semifinal series on Monday afternoon at Depew Field at Marren Park to advance to the Patriot League Championship series for the first time since 2023. With Holy Cross’s sweep over Army in the other semifinal series, the Bison will host the Crusaders for the championship series at Depew Field at Marren Park from May 18-20. The last time the Bison hosted the Patriot League Championship was back in 2014, the last time the Bison won the championship. Bucknell led 5-4 after a strong ...

Mifflinburg’s Botts, Hughesville’s Rainey set to coach D4 all-star game

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Mifflinburg’s Cody Botts and Hughesville’s Howard Rainey will man the helms as coaches of this year’s District 4 North-South All-Star game. Botts will be the head coach of the South team while Rainey will lead the North. This year’s all-star game takes place on Friday, June 19 at Milton’s Alumni Field. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. At halftime the Coaches Association’s Hall of Fame Class of 2026 will be enshrined. Botts began his coaching career at Lewisburg in 2020 as an assistant offensive line coach then moved to Susquehann University in the 2021 season, coaching ...

Local roundup: Muncy baseball has huge win vs. co-HAC-III champ Warrior Run

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Muncy produced its biggest win of the last two seasons and did so in dramatic fashion Tuesday, walking off with a 2-1, eight-inning win against co-HAC-III champion Warrior Run. Graden Dohl threw six dominant, scoreless innings of baseball, striking out nine, before smashing a walk-off single off the left field fence, scoring Vinny Finochiaro with the winning run. Finochiaro led off the inning when he was hit by a pitch before moving to second on Brody Goss's bunt and scoring when Dohl drilled his 1-1 pitch off the fence. Before winning the game with his bat, Dohl saved it with his ...

Montoursville grad Schans set for NCAA Division II track championships

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EMPORIA, Kan. – Josiah Schans of the Lock Haven men’s outdoor track and field team is set to compete in the 110m Hurdles at the 2026 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships. The national championships will be held May 21-23 at Francis G. Welch Stadium in Emporia, Kansas. Schans will compete in the 110m Hurdles Prelims at 7:35 pm on Friday (May 22) with a chance to qualify for the 110m Hurdles Finals on Saturday (May 23) at 5:15 pm. Schans is coming off a Lock Haven record-setting performance at the West Point Twilight (May 7) when he finished in 14.03. The junior ...

Halbert named Landmark Pitcher of the Year as Lycoming lands seven on all-conference team

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Led by Landmark Conference Pitcher of the Year, junior Alex Halbert, seven Lycoming College baseball players earned a school-record eight selections on the All-Landmark Conference team, the league office announced. Halbert is the first Warrior baseball player to be named a major award winner from the conference, as he also earned first-team all-conference honors alongside senior AJ Llorente (a Montoursville graduate) at first base. In addition, senior third baseman Brody Lindsey and senior outfielder Nick Reeder (a Montoursville graduate) each earned second team nods, as did Llorente ...