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CCS baseball playoffs: Valley Christian celebrates its 11th section championship

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:00:38 GMT

SAN JOSE — It never gets old for Valley Christian.Not for longtime coach John Diatte. Not for the powerhouse program he built and has maintained. And certainly not for the players, who cherish every minute of the big-game experience.There they were again Saturday night, in their element on the Central Coast Section’s biggest baseball stage, doing what Valley Christian players have done for decades under Diatte.The San Jose school captured its 11th CCS championship, blanking red-hot Hollister 5-0 at Excite Ballpark behind more brilliance from senior Michael Castaneda, who pitched 6 1/3 innings and drove in two runs to lead the way.“It doesn’t get old,” said Diatte, whose team is 11-2 in section championship games. “I had the same nerves, the same anxiety, the same intensity, the same passion to be in the game. It was fun.”It helps to have polished players and Valley certainly has its share of them, starting with Castaneda, the big-game pitche...

CCS softball playoffs: Live Oak stays in ‘a groove,’ captures Division IV title

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:00:38 GMT

SAN JOSE —The Live Oak softball team has gone through plenty of ups and downs this season. The Acorns won their first five games, lost their next seven and finished the regular season 10-11.But no team has been better in the playoffs.Seeded No. 2 in Division IV, Live Oak beat Menlo-Atherton 16-0 in the quarterfinals and Piedmont Hills 16-1 in the semifinals. Both of those games were halted after three innings due to the 10-run rule.Then on Saturday the Acorns held on to defeat Pacific Grove 4-0 and capture the Central Coast Section championship at San Jose City College.“They definitely found their stride and felt unstoppable,” Live Oak coach Sarah Porras said. “They got into a groove.”Senior shortstop Dre DeJesus was the offensive star, hitting a double and a triple in three at-bats, scoring two runs and driving in two. Her two-run double in the third gave Live Oak the lead. Ava Chapman’s double brought DeJesus home and made it 3-0.DeJesus tripled in th...

Los Boston Celtics, a punto de hacer historia en la NBA tras vencer a los Miami Heat y forzar el séptimo partido

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:00:38 GMT

(CNN) — Derrick White, de los Boston Celtics, logró un milagroso tanto cuando faltaban 0,1 segundos para el final del partido y selló una dramática victoria por 104-103 sobre los Miami Heat en el sexto partido de las finales de la Conferencia Este el sábado, para borrar una desventaja de 0-3 en la serie y dejar a los Celtics al borde de la historia de la NBA.Jimmy Butler, de Miami Heat, lanzó tres tiros libres a falta de tres segundos para el final del partido para poner a los Heat por delante 103-102 en lo que parecía una victoria segura para el equipo y un puesto en las finales de la NBA.Sin embargo, en la siguiente posesión del balón, White cogió un rebote en un intento fallido de tres puntos del escolta Marcus Smart y logró anotar con 0,1 segundos en el reloj de tiro para sellar la sorprendente victoria en el FTX Arena de Miami.“Estoy contento de haber ganado”, dijo White a “NBA on TNT” tras el partido. “Cueste lo que cueste, con la espalda co...

McMahon’s go-ahead homer in 7th lifts Rockies over Mets 10-7

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:00:38 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Ryan McMahon hit a go-ahead homer in the seventh inning and the Colorado Rockies outslugged the New York Mets 10-7 on Saturday night after blowing an early six-run lead.Charlie Blackmon’s two-run double in a five-run second helped the Rockies race out to a 6-0 advantage against Justin Verlander after three innings.Pete Alonso’s major league-high 20th homer started New York’s comeback in the fourth, and the Mets tied it 6-all when rookie Francisco Álvarez capped a five-run sixth with a three-run homer off reliever Jake Bird.Starling Marte’s two-out RBI single in the seventh put New York in front, but Elias Díaz doubled leading off the bottom half against Jeff Brigham (0-1) and McMahon followed with a two-run shot to right field that traveled a projected 439 feet.“I felt like I threw my best pitch in a decent spot and I thought McMahon put a good swing on it,” Brigham said. “I’m not going to chalk it up to Coors Field. I’m just bummed ...

Walsh hits go-ahead homer, Oregon beats Arizona 5-4, wins Pac-12 Tournament

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:00:38 GMT

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Jacob Walsh hit the go-ahead home run in the bottom of the sixth inning and Oregon held on to beat Arizona 5-4 Saturday night and win the Pac-12 Conference Tournament. No. 6 seed Oregon (36-20) has won six games in a row and clinched the program’s first conference title in nearly 50 years. The Ducks have advanced to the regionals in three consecutive seasons following coach Mark Wasikowski’s first season at the helm — the 2020 campaign that was shortened by the COVID pandemic. Walsh’s solo shot gave Arizona a one-run lead and, after Drew Cowley and Sabin Ceballos were each hit by a pitch, Cowley scored on a single to right by Tanner Smith to make it 5-3 in the seventh.No. 8 seed Arizona (33-23) trimmed its deficit to 5-4 on Tony Bullard’s two-out solo homer in the eighth inning but the Ducks held on from there. Oregon took a 3-1 when Gavin Grant and Rikuu Nishida hit back-to-back RBI singles in the bottom of the fourth. Arizona got a run ba...

Tafari scores in stoppage time to help Dallas tie Earthquakes 1-1

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:00:38 GMT

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Nkosi Tafari scored in the fourth minute of second-half stoppage time to rally FC Dallas to a 1-1 draw with the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday night.Neither team scored until Benjamin Kikanović found the net for San Jose (5-5-4) in the 70th minute with an assist from Tanner Beason. It was the first goal of the season for Kikanović after scoring six times last season.Tafari, a defender, used assists from Alan Velasco and José Martínez to score the equalizer for Dallas (6-3-5). San Jose’s Judson Silva Tavares was hit with a red card in the 10th minute of stoppage time.The two clubs have played to draws in six of the last eight match-ups with each team winning once. The Earthquakes are 4-1-7 in the last 12 meetings with Dallas, including 2-0-5 in seven home matches. Tafari’s goal was just the fourth surrendered by the Earthquakes at home this season.Dallas was trying to win two straight on the road for the first time since May of 2018 when it beat Toront...

Polls open in Turkey’s presidential runoff in which Erdogan seeks to extend 20-year rule

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:00:38 GMT

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Polls open in Turkey’s presidential runoff in which Erdogan seeks to extend 20-year rule.Source

Morris, Frei lead Sounders to 1-0 victory over Red Bulls

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:00:38 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Jordan Morris ended an eight-match scoreless streak with a first-half goal and Stefan Frei made it stand up in the Seattle Sounders’ 1-0 victory over the New York Red Bulls on Saturday night.Morris ended his scoring drought when he took passes from Léo Chú and Albert Rusnák and found the net in the 22nd minute. Morris, who scored eight goals in his first six appearances this season, had not scored a goal since a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy on April 1. Seattle (8-5-2) held on for the win despite being forced to play a man down from the 75th minute on after João Paulo was tagged with a red card.Frei finished with three saves to earn his league-leading eighth clean sheet of the season, helping the Sounders snap a two-match skid at home. Carlos Coronel did not make a save for the Red Bulls.The Red Bulls (3-5-7) had a 9-8 edge in shots and a 3-1 advantage in shots on goal.The home team has won each of the last seven match-ups between the clubs. Neither te...

White House, Republicans reach agreement in principle on US debt limit

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:00:38 GMT

White House and congressional Republican negotiators have reached an agreement in principle to avert a debt default. Now they have to get it to President Joe Biden’s desk in time.Hill leaders will now race to draft and pass the deal as quickly as possible — through both the House and Senate — ahead of the June 5 deadline. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said he expected the bill text would be finalized Sunday and that the House would vote on the legislation Wednesday.And both Biden and McCarthy still have to sell their respective parties on the agreement, navigating fraught votes in both chambers. McCarthy immediately hosted a call with members after the deal was announced, calling it a “big win” and claiming Democrats didn’t get “one thing” that they wanted out of the negotiations on a member-wide conference call, according to three people on the call.While conservative Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.) vocally criticized the agreement — saying he was “extremely disappointed” that the deal didn’t...

‘That’s legendary.’ Derrick White’s incredible buzzer-beater saves Celtics’ season in wild Game 6 win

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:00:38 GMT

MIAMI — More than an hour after the final buzzer sounded, after the Celtics’ season was saved under improbable, unfathomable circumstances, Jayson Tatum sat up on a podium and buried his face in his hands.He still couldn’t believe what had just happened, what he had just witnessed.“Ooh-whee. Oh, my God,” he said. “That was incredible. …“I’m still like in disbelief. That s— was crazy.”The Celtics’ season looked suddenly lost in the final seconds of Game 6 on Saturday night in Miami. They needed a miracle after they had just blown yet another double-digit lead in the fourth quarter, after Jimmy Butler rose from the dead to put his Heat in front and on the cusp of the NBA Finals, after a wild sequence.But these Celtics thrive when they’re counted out.With three seconds on the clock, the Celtics trailing by one, Derrick White inbounded the ball to Marcus Smart, who heaved a last-second 3-pointer. It rattled in and out. But White didn’t give up on the play, he didn’t quit on ...