05
Jun
Jasper Shepps was hiding in plain sight
BY BRIAN CARSON
Every school has one.
The kid who could pick up a ball, any ball, and make the
6 min read
Features
28
May
Tish Maclay gave Mifflin County athletics her heart
BY BRIAN CARSON
I don’t remember the first game I ever covered with Tish Maclay on the sideline.
I
6 min read
16
May
Bedelyon Brings Wrestling Camp, Bigger Vision Back Home
BY BRIAN CARSON
Nic Bedelyon knows what a Mifflin County wrestling room can do to a kid.
It can harden
5 min read
08
May
Mother and Son Take Different Roads Into Same Hall of Fame
BY BRIAN CARSON
Some family stories take a while to understand.
Nic Bedelyon grew up in a wrestling family. His
6 min read
07
May
Mifflin County Cancer Rally Keeps the Help Close to Home
BY BRIAN CARSON
There will be music at Kish Park on Saturday afternoon, barbecue smoke in the air, and children
6 min read
22
Apr
The Man Who Saved Pennsylvania’s Forests Returns Home on Earth Day
BY BRIAN CARSON
MCVEYTOWN — On an April afternoon in McVeytown, as the hills above the Juniata turn the pale green
4 min read
15
Apr
Kids Drive an Hour to Wrestle Here
BY BRIAN CARSON
LEWISTOWN – The Juniata River has run through Mifflin County longer than anyone can remember, cutting through the
5 min read
28
Mar
She Walked Into a Wrestling Room Alone. Now She’s Carrying a Program With Her.
BY BRIAN CARSON
LEWISTOWN – The whistle blows, and the room goes quiet in the way only wrestling rooms can go
4 min read
14
Mar
The 10 Minutes That Made the Juniata Valley Striders the Fastest Team in America
BY BRIAN CARSON
BOSTON, MA – The number is 10:05.09.
In the world of track and field, that number
5 min read
11
Mar
Final Ride: Mifflin County’s Nic Allison Headed to Nationals
BY BRIAN CARSON
The table was just a folding one at his sister’s soccer practice, the kind that holds
4 min read