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CCS baseball playoffs: Valley Christian makes most of opportunities against M-A ace

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:13 GMT

Division INo. 1 Valley Christian 6, No. 8 Menlo-Atherton 3Despite trailing 5-0 after only two innings, Menlo-Atherton might have at least a mild case of the “what-ifs” after losing to the Bay Area News Group’s No. 1-ranked team on Saturday.The Bears’ ace, Texas Longhorns-bound right-hander George Zaharias, had a rare bad game, lasting 4⅓ innings and yielding six earned runs, seven walks and making an error. But Zaharias’ off-day wasn’t the only reason M-A lost.The visitors outhit Valley Christian 11-6, but 10 of those knocks were singles. The Warriors, meanwhile, turned a few of those walks into the equivalent of extra base hits with six steals.Valley Christian starting pitcher Michael Castaneda also worked 4⅓ innings. He allowed two runs and starred at the plate with a double and two RBI, one on a sacrifice fly. He picked up the win while Jacob Hudson pitched the seventh for the save.Davis Phillips had three hits for M-A. Rowan Kelly and Trevor Heinz each had two.The Warriors (27-3...

Minnesota gets late goal to beat Portland 1-0

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:13 GMT

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Bongokuhle Hlongwane scored late in stoppage time to give Minnesota United a 1-0 victory over the Portland Timbers on Saturday night. Minnesota goalkeeper Dayne St. Clair made four saves in the victory, including a dangerous header from defender Zac McGraw in the 89th minute. The loss snapped a four-match undefeated run for Portland. Minnesota midfielder Emanuel Reynoso did not play, although he was cleared by Major League Soccer this week. The two-time All-Star did not report to the team for the start of the season and was suspended by the league. In a statement released by the team, Reynoso said he remained in his native Argentina because of unspecified family issues. He arrived back in Minnesota in May 6.“The truth is I went through a very difficult time in my life,” he said in the video statement released Friday.Reynoso has 16 goals and 28 assists in 71 games for Minnesota since joining the club midway through the 2020 season. Last September, he signed a th...

Vassilev leads St Louis City over Sporting KC 4-0

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:13 GMT

Indiana Vassilev scored his first two goals of the season — one in each half — and St. Louis City cruised to a 4-0 victory over Sporting Kansas City on Saturday night.Eduard Löwen opened the scoring for St. Louis City (7-4-1) with his third goal of the season, finding the net on a penalty kick in the 19th minute.Vassilev followed with a goal six minutes later — with an assist from Jared Stroud — and St. Louis led 2-0 at halftime.Stroud picked up another assist on a goal by Nicholas Gioacchini — his fourth of the season — to up the lead to 3-0 in the 55th minute.Vassilev completed the scoring in the 75th minute with an assist from Tomás Ostrák.Sporting KC falls to 0-4-2 in its last six road matches against expansion teams. Its only win was a 2-0 victory over Los Angeles FC in 2018.St. Louis City entered play on a three-match skid in all competitions, with the last two coming at the hands of the Chicago Fire. The club got back on track with four goals after being shut out in three of ...

O’Hearn ties career high with 4 RBIs, Orioles beat Blue Jays 6-5 in 10 innings

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:13 GMT

TORONTO (AP) — Ryan Mountcastle scored the go-ahead run in the 10th inning when third baseman Matt Chapman’s throw hit him in the back on Austin Hays’ grounder, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 Saturday to become the second team to reach 30 wins.“Our guys are really competing every game right now,” Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said. “It’s a fun team to watch.”Ryan O’Hearn went 3 for 5 and tied his career high with four RBIs, including a three-run homer in the eighth off Jordan Romano that tied the score 5-5. Cedric Mullins hit a solo homer as the Orioles (30-16) won for the eighth time in 11 games. Baltimore trails Tampa Bay (34-13) by 3 1/2 games in the AL East.“Coming in here and getting a series win against a team we’re competing for the division with is huge,” O’Hearn said. “It does nothing but build confidence for the guys. It’s pretty fun to be a part of right now.”O’Hearn said he was looking for a fastball from Romano but recognized the slider after se...

Mexico prosecutors withdraw case against woman sentenced to prison for killing man raping her

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:13 GMT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican prosecutors announced Saturday night that they are withdrawing a case against a woman who was sentenced to six years in prison for killing a man as he raped and attacked her.In a ruling last week that touched off a public outcry, a court in Mexico State said that while it agreed 23-year-old Roxana Ruiz was raped in 2021, it found her guilty of homicide with “excessive use of legitimate defense.” It also ordered Ruiz to pay more than $16,000 in reparations to the family of her attacker.Feminist groups, which have supported Ruiz’s defense, angrily protested, saying the ruling was criminalizing survivors of sexual violence while protecting perpetrators in a country with high levels of gender-based violence and femicides. Protesters in Mexico City carried signs reading “Defending my life isn’t a crime.” Ruiz, an Indigenous woman and single mother, told reporters after the court’s ruling that she had received death threats because of the...

Real Salt Lake keeps Rapids winless at home with 3-2 victory

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:13 GMT

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) — Real Salt Lake scored three times in the first half and held on for a 3-2 victory over the Colorado Rapids on Saturday night.Real Salt Lake (4-6-3) jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the 12th minute when Pablo Ruiz took a pass from Bode Hidalgo and scored for a second time this season.Danny Musovski stretched the lead to 2-0 nine minutes later with an unassisted goal — his first of the season.Defender Danny Wilson pulled Colorado (2-6-6) within a goal in the 33rd minute, using an assist from Connor Ronan to score his first of the season. Damir Kreilach scored his second goal of the season when he took passes from Rubio Rubín and Bertin Jacquesson and found the net in the 44th minute, giving Real Salt Lake a 3-1 lead into halftime.Wilson and Ronan notched assists in the 74th minute on a goal by defender Lalas Abubakar — his second — to get the Rapids within a goal.Zac MacMath held Colorado at bay from there, finishing with two saves. William Yarbrough saved two s...

Russia’s Wagner group claims control of Bakhmut, but Kyiv says fighting continues

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:13 GMT

Russia’s Wagner paramilitary group claimed on Saturday to have gained control of Bakhmut, the eastern Ukrainian city that has seen the fiercest battles recently in Moscow’s war on Ukraine, but Kyiv disputed the assertion and said heavy fighting continued there. Yevgeny Prigozhin, Wagner’s leader, said in a video posted on Telegram that Bakhmut came under complete Russian control around midday Saturday, according to media reports.“Today, at 12 noon, Bakhmut was completely taken,” Prigozhin said in the video. “We completely took the whole city, from house to house.”Ukrainian officials denied that Wagner had established complete control in Bakhmut, but called the situation in the city critical. Serhiy Cherevatyi, spokesman for Ukraine’s eastern command, told the Associated Press that Prigozhin’s claim “is not true.” Ukrainian “units are fighting in Bakhmut,” he added.Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said heavy fighting was c...

Hundreds gather to celebrate new San Diego MLS team

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:13 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Soccer fans celebrated the announcement of a new MLS team on its way to San Diego in 2025.Hundreds of fans gathered at Snapdragon Stadium for the "Let's Kick It" party.There was a scarf giveaway of 1,000 scarves for the first fans. The scarves were gone within 24 minutes of the gates opening.It was a part for people to mingle and socialize, eat and drink beer.San Diego Loyal and Wave fans said they are looking forward to cheering on a third San Diego soccer team. Starbucks rolling out new ice cubes, dividing customers "It's surreal, we can't believe it. It's been a long time in the making. We went through ups and downs, failed attempts. We still we don't believe it yet, that's why we are here to make it resonate, make the sound, make us feel that we really have a team down here," said Kevin Herrera, with the Chavos Supporter Group."I grew up here in San Diego, I always wanted a team here. I'm really excited. I can't wait for 2025 to come and be here for the first game...

Sunshine is back in Chicago—and it's here to stay. Splendid weather ahead...

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:13 GMT

We're in for a really nice stretch of spring weather in Chicago. High pressure stays in control of our weather for the next week, keeping us quite sunny. But as the high pressure right over us shifts a tad to the east we'll see some milder weather come in the forecast for Sunday-Monday in the seasonal 70s. Several days this week will be in the mid to low 80s inland, but near the lake it'll be in the low 60s.

Nuggets crush Lakers’ hopes with three greatest strengths, one at a time: “They’re a force. Tough for us to stop.”

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:13 GMT

LOS ANGELES — With a triad of methods to issue a third successive strike to the heart, the Denver Nuggets humbled Hollywood, turned Crypto.com Arena into a crypt and crushed the Lakers’ hopes once and for all.Los Angeles isn’t officially done yet, but not even the NBA’s most celebrated franchise has pulled off what LeBron James and company must attempt now. In playoff history, teams to lead a series 3-0 have won the series 149 times out of 149.“I’ve never been in a position like this,” Lakers forward Rui Hachimura said when asked how to avoid feeling discouraged by the heft of that history. “So I don’t know.”“Right now, I can’t really give you anything (optimistic),” guard Austin Reaves said after a 119-108 Denver win Saturday night.To take a 3-0 lead, the Nuggets awed L.A. with an orderly and comprehensive display of their three greatest strengths, one at a time. It left the Lakers with nothing to do exce...