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Kahne claims first World of Outlaws win

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It was another challenging race weekend with rainouts at Clinton County and Selinsgrove. The Outlaw swing through our area continued at Williams Grove and the Friday night preliminary race it was a Posse win as Kasey Kahne claimed his first ever World of Outlaws victory by winning it in the Macri Motorsports 39m. The 30-lap Outlaw finale was claimed by their point leader David Gravel and now the Morgan Cup trophy will reside at the World of Outlaws headquarters in Concord, North Carolina for the next 364 days. The victory for Connecticut’s Gravel was the 10th of his career at the ...

Local roundup: Wertz, Walter have memorable final home game for South in win

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Seniors Trace Wertz and Andrew Walter made their final games at South Williamsport quite memorable Wednesday afternoon. Wertz his his first high school home run in his final at-bat there, while Walter went 2 for 2 with three runs as South routed North Penn-Mansfield, 13-1 in five innings. Freshman Garrett Lorson also had two hits and earned his first pitching win, throwing three strong innings. Jaymes Carpenter hit a three-run triple, Cade Lusk and Chance Quimby added RBI doubles and South (12-7) erupted for nine first inning runs. South will play Montgomery in next week’s District 4 ...

Penn College archers have high hopes for national competition

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A year ago, Penn College saw its five-year drought of All-American archers end when Casey Keiter became No. 44. This season, coach Dustin Bartron expects what had previously become an annual tradition that produced 43 archers earning the coveted status 88 times to continue. Fifteen Wildcats will be among those competing from across the country Thursday through Sunday at the USA Archery Collegiate Target Nationals in East Lansing, Michigan. Official practice is scheduled for Thursday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. On Friday at 8 a.m., men’s and women’s 72-arrow qualifying in 70-meter ...

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 ...