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High school football live scoreboard — Week 1

MID-PENN COMMONWEALTH Cedar Crest 38, Central Dauphin East 12 — FINAL Mechanicsburg 27, Central Dauphin 21 — FINAL Harrisburg 40, York 19 — FINAL Hollidaysburg 24, Altoona 7 — FINAL Manheim Central 24, Chambersburg 19 — FINAL Manheim Township 20, Cumberland Valley 14 — ...

State commissions seek input on wildlife plans

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Game Commission and Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission announced that public input is being accepted related to the agencies’ draft 2025-2035 Pennsylvania Wildlife Action Plan. This is a non-regulatory plan that encourages all Pennsylvanians to participate in fish and wildlife conservation. The draft Plan and public comment form are available online. Comments may be submitted through Sept. 19. First developed in 2005, the Pennsylvania Wildlife Action Plan has been the Commonwealth’s blueprint “to conserve Pennsylvania’s native fish and ...

PSU offering help for wild game prep

UNIVERSITY PARK — Those interested in learning about methods of safely preserving wild game can attend upcoming Penn State Extension workshops and webinar. this fall In recent years, interest in home food preservation has grown, with preservation methods such as canning, freezing and drying ...

Fishermen make historic catch

PORTLAND, Maine — Damon Sacco had never seen anything like the fish he and fellow anglers fought for hours in the waters off Massachusetts. As it rose from the depths, it looked like a glimmering blue spaceship. Sacco, a longtime Massachusetts charter fishing boat captain, saw the giant fin ...

Dove, goose hunting beginning next week

Writing about the first hunting seasons of the year is always somewhat of a jolt when I realize it’s that time of year again. That task seems even a little more surprising this year since Labor Day is still more than a week away. But that is how the calendar shakes out for the beginning of the 2026 fall hunting opportunities. The mourning dove season starts on Tuesday, Sept. 1, and runs through Nov. 27. Legal shooting hours during dove season will be a half hour before sunrise to sunset. The daily bag limit is 15 doves. Pennsylvania established its first season for mourning doves in ...

Curve get a King for a day

Altoona Curve utility man Matt King does not find himself in the lineup every day. When he is in the lineup, he might find himself playing pretty much anywhere in the infield. So when he has a day like he did on Thursday evening, it’s a little more pleasing to see for coaches and ...