* The Williamsburg Blue Pirate Basketball Team ( 2008 ) won the Juniata Valley League Championship.

Juniata athletes compete in the Landmark Conference except for volleyball and football.

The Juniata Eagles Football Squad is a member of the Centennial Conference.

They replaced Juniata College, Drew University, Moravian College, Susquehanna University, and the University of Scranton, who left to join the new Landmark Conference.

* Associate Member of the Centennial Conference for football only ; Centennial football members include Muhlenberg College, Dickinson College, Franklin & Marshall, Johns Hopkins University, Juniata College, Gettysburg College, Ursinus College, and McDaniel College.

* Founding Member of the Landmark Conference for all sports except football ; members include Susquehanna University, Catholic University, Merchant Marine Academy, Drew University, Goucher College, Juniata College, and the University of Scranton.

In the first several decades of the 19th century, the village grew quickly as a hub for commerce being carried on the Little Juniata River and on the nearby Pennsylvania Canal.

Two were rebuilt in 2008 as " SD40E " models by Norfolk Southern's Juniata Shops, along with several standard length SD50's.

PA 26 then makes a turn towards the east and crosses the Juniata River and follows and underpass under the Norfolk Southern Pittsburgh Line and becomes Penn Street.

In addition to the public schools, students within the district also attend private schools in nearby Altoona and Huntingdon, as well as homeschooling. The girls junior basketball team has won the past two Juniata Valley league championships, only losing twice to the central / Spring Cove Dragons both seasons.

Nevertheless, Mifflintown serves as the corporate headquarters of both the First National Bank of Mifflintown and Juniata Valley Bank.

The son of a steel worker who had emigrated from Ireland and a Scottish-born mother, Knox developed into a 190-pound tackle at Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, playing on both sides of the ball and serving as co-captain of the 1953 unit, the first undefeated team in school history.

Juniata is a Division III collegiate sports institution.

From 1834 to 1854, the borough was an important port on Pennsylvania Main Line Canal, where the Juniata Division Canal connected to the Allegheny Portage Railroad.

Prior to the development of the railroads through the state, Tyrone was on the Main Line Canal, Juniata Division, of the Pennsylvania Canal system.

In 1833 the Juniata Division of the Pennsylvania Canal was opened, the promise of better transportation started a mini housing boom in Alexandria.

During the 19th century, the river was paralleled by the Juniata Division Canal, part of the canal system of Pennsylvania and a rival to the Erie Canal.

* 1834-The Allegheny Portage Railroad, consisting of 36 miles of track traversing 10 incline planes and the first railroad tunnel in the United States, opens on the Pennsylvania Main Line of Public Works allowing barge traffic to travel between the Juniata and Western Division canals over the 1, 399 foot ( 426 m ) Allegheny Front.

The horn was refurbished in 2005 by employees of Norfolk Southern's Juniata Locomotive Shop in Juniata, Pennsylvania at the request of Assistant Division Superintendent Joe Maynard of Williamson, West Virginia.

The Johnstown Flood of 1889 rendered the Juniata Branch of the Pennsylvania Canal useless, stranding the Western Division from commerce in the east ; canal towns, such as Livermore, began a steady decline.

Map of Juniata County, Pennsylvania with Municipal Labels showing Boroughs ( red ), Townships ( white ), and Census-designated places ( blue ).

Juniata is located at ( 40. 591315 ,-98. 507132 ).

The streets are laid out in a grid pattern ; going from the Frankstown Branch Juniata River southward are First ( or Front ) Street, Second Street, Third Street, and Fourth Street ( east side of the borough only ).

Petersburg is located on the Little Juniata River at ( 40. 572417 ,-78. 048036 ).

The railroad was torn up, and its one second-hand Shay locomotive was moved to the Vincent Lumber Company operation at Denholm ( in Juniata County ).

Juniata Terrace is located at ( 40. 584795 ,-77. 580160 ).

The National Book Award and Pulitzer prize-winning poet Galway Kinnell wrote of the river in a section of The Book of Nightmares ( 1971 ), entitled " Dear Stranger, Extant in Memory by the Blue Juniata " (" The Blue Juniata " was a well-known 19th-century parlor song ).

" The project would reduce flood stages along the Juniata River at Mount Union, Lewistown, Mifflin, and Newport, Pennsylvania, and to a lesser extent, along the main stem of the Susquehanna River below the mouth of the Juniata River " ( U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1965 ).

It is estimated that Raystown Lake was effective in preventing damages in the Juniata Basin downstream from the dam of $ 48, 100, 000 and of $ 11, 900, 000 along the lower Susquehanna River ( U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1974 ).

The construction of the dam did leave an impact on the area which included covering many of Huntingdon County landmarks, such as the old Raystown Dam, Fink's bridge, Murrell Worthing property near Entriken, Entriken Barn, Earl Fisher property near Entriken, Hawn's Bridge, six cottages by New Hawn's Bridge, Entriken Mansion, Charles Hoover Feed Mill near Aitch, Entriken Bridge, Juniata Township Community Center near Hawn's Bridge, and Schell Bridge ( Anon., 1966 ).

It is estimated that Lake Raystown Dam was effective in preventing Agnes damages in the Juniata Basin downstream from the dam of $ 48, 100, 000 and of $ 11, 900, 000 along the lower Susquehanna River " ( U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1974 ).

Wrocław was the host of EuroBasket 1963, FIBA EuroBasket 2009, UEFA Euro 2012 and will host 2014 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship and has been selected as a European Capital of Culture for 2016.

Matches of EuroBasket 1999 Women, 2009 Women's European Volleyball Championship and 2016 European Men's Handball Championship to in Wrocław.

Men's Volleyball boasts one EIVA Championship as an NCAA Division I exception ( 1992 ) and 6 National Championships as a Division III powerhouse ( 1998, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 & 2009 ).

The 17 athletic teams currently at UNCG include: Baseball, Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball, Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country, Men's Golf, Women's Golf, Men's Soccer, Women's Soccer, Softball, Men's Indoor Track, Women's Indoor Track, Men's Tennis, Women's Tennis, Men's Track, Women's Track, Women's Volleyball.

Club Sports: Lacrosse ( Men's ), Equestrian, Fencing, Ice Hockey, Rugby ( Men's and Women's ), Soccer ( Men's and Women's ), Swimming, Ultimate Frisbee ( Men's and Women's ), Quidditch, Volleyball, Tennis.

RIT has 24 men's and women's varsity teams including Men's Intercollegiate Baseball, Basketball, Crew, Cross Country, Ice Hockey, Lacrosse, Soccer, Swimming & Diving, Tennis, Track & Field and Wrestling along with Women's Intercollegiate Basketball, Cheerleading, Crew, Cross Country, Ice Hockey, Lacrosse, Soccer, Softball, Swimming & Diving, Tennis, Track & Field, and Volleyball.

* 2012: Hard Rock Cafe-Dubai, Dubai Sherger Duty Free Cup, Singapore Grand Prix, Men's Olympic Beach Volleyball Final, Here and Now Tour Lytham Proms,

Salem's success in holding that event led the NCAA to also move the NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship and the NCAA Division III Volleyball Championship to the Salem Civic Center and the Women's NCAA Division III Softball Championship to Moyer Field.

* Wichita State Shockers Athletics, including Men's and Women's Basketball, Baseball, Volleyball, Track and Field, and Tennis

The following sports are available at Piqua High School: Football, Men's / Women's Basketball, Men's / Women's Soccer, Men's / Women's Tennis, Volleyball, Bowling, Golf, Baseball, Softball, Men's / Women's Cross Country, Track and Field, Wrestling, Swimming, Cheerleading, Show Choir, and Gymnastics.