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CCS, NCS baseball playoffs: Friday’s championship results, Saturday’s matchups

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:42 GMT

NEW: PREP SPORTS MAILBAGThe Bay Area News Group is introducing a high school sports mailbag in May. Get your questions in as soon as possible. Our debut edition is an open forum. Got questions about spring sports playoffs, coaching changes, an early peek at football season, etc.? Send them to [email protected]. Please include “mailbag” in the subject line.Central Coast SectionDivision ISaturday’s finalNo. 6 Hollister (23-6) vs. No. 1 Valley Christian (28-3) at Excite Ballpark, 7 p.m.Friday’s finalNo. 2 Bellarmine 2, No. 4 Leigh 0Division IIISaturday’s finalNo. 3 Carmel (17-12) vs. No. 1 Branham (22-7) at Excite Ballpark, 4 p.m.Division IVRelated ArticlesHigh School Sports | NCS baseball playoffs: De La Salle captures sixth consecutive Division I crown High School Sports | CCS, NCS softball playoffs: Friday’s championship results, Saturday’s matchups High School Sports | Oakland Section pitchers c...

Third-inning issues haunt Oakland A’s in loss to Houston Astros

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:42 GMT

OAKLAND – The Oakland A’s game against the Houston Astros on Friday night got out of hand in a hurry.Within a span of a few minutes, and thanks in part to their own miscues, the A’s two-run deficit turned into a seemingly insurmountable five-run hole as the Astros went on a fairly comfortable 5-2 win before an announced crowd of 13,345 at the Coliseum.With the A’s trailing 2-0 in the third inning with one out, an Alex Bregman fly ball fell between outfielder Seth Brown and third baseman Jace Peterson — landing right on the left field line — allowing Jose Altuve to score.After right-handed starter James Kaprielian got Jose Abreu to pop out with the bases loaded, A’s catcher Carlos Pérez had a slider pop right out of his glove to allow Yordan Alvarez to score for a 3-0 Houston lead with two outs.Corey Julks then followed that with a two-RBI single to center, giving the Astros a 5-0 advantage after just 2.5 innings.Brown hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning, but the As...

Woman working for Alameda County juvenile center accused of sex acts with teen

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:42 GMT

(BCN) -- A juvenile institutional officer in the Alameda County Probation Department has been accused of sex acts with a teenager that occurred more than 17 years ago. Nicole Perales, 50, faces charges including oral copulation with a boy who was 15 at the time, the District Attorney's Office said in a statement Friday. Perales allegedly met the boy in custody at the Alameda Juvenile Justice Center. The acts purportedly took place between Aug. 27, 2004, and Aug. 26, 2005. Brewers’ Adames hospitalized after being hit by line drive in dugout against Giants If convicted, Perales could face up to three years and eight months behind bars, according to the district attorney's statement. The statement said the case involved the prosecutor's Public Accountability Unit, created by District Attorney Pamela Price in January. Copyright © 2023 Bay City News, Inc.

Oklahoma ties Division I softball mark with 47th straight win, topping Clemson in super regionals

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:42 GMT

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Haley Lee’s grand slam helped put Oklahoma in the history books.The Sooners matched the longest winning ever in Division I softball, claiming their 47th straight victory with a 9-2 win over Clemson on Friday in super regional play. Oklahoma tied Arizona’s run that started in 1996 and stretched into the 1997 season.Oklahoma (55-1) handled Clemson pitcher Valerie Cagle — one of three finalists for USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year. Cagle gave up eight runs on seven hits in four innings.Top-seeded Oklahoma can gain sole possession of the record with a win over the 16th-seeded Tigers on Saturday. A victory also would send the two-time defending national champion Sooners back to the Women’s College World Series. A Clemson win would force a winner-take-all game on Sunday.Oklahoma, which entered the super regional leading the nation in fielding percentage, committed two errors in the fifth. Clemson scored two runs in the inning and loaded the bases with ...

Wave, Thorns score last-minute goals, play to draw in NWSL

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:42 GMT

The San Diego Wave and Portland Thorns exchanged goals in the final minutes and played to a 1-1 draw in the National Women’s Soccer League on Friday night. The match was played in front of 18,130 fans at Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego.Sofia Jakobsson ran onto Jaedyn Shaw’s long pass and tried to slip the ball around goalkeeper Bella Bixby, who blocked it. The rebound went to Jakobsson, who capitalized on her second chance in the 86th minute. On Portland’s 10th corner kick of the game, rookie Reyna Reyes scored her first professional goal on a header from the far post in the 90th minute. Sam Coffey earned the assist. The Thorns (4-1-4) finished with 28 shots, while San Diego goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan made seven saves. The draw keeps San Diego (5-3-1) even with Portland atop the NWSL standings. DASH 2, CURRENT 0Diana Ordonez scored late in the first half and Houston went on to beat Kansas City.Ally Prisock added a second goal for the Dash in front of 9,897 fans at ...

Soler homers in 4th straight game, powers Marlins to 6-2 victory over Angels

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:42 GMT

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Jorge Soler homered for the fourth straight game and the Miami Marlins snapped the Angels’ four-game winning streak with a 6-2 victory Friday night over Los Angeles.Bryan De La Cruz had four hits, including a two-run homer in the seventh inning, and Miami improved to 3-5 on its 10-game trip. Jesús Luzardo (4-3) allowed one run in five innings and struck out seven.Mike Trout had an RBI single, Brandon Drury homered and Gio Urshela had three hits for the Angels.Soler became the first Marlins player in six years to homer in four consecutive games with a solo shot in the third. The outfielder crushed a changeup down the middle by Reid Detmers (0-4) a projected 425 feet over the batter’s-eye hedges in center field to extend Miami’s lead to 3-0.The longest homer streak in the majors this season is five games, shared by the Cubs’ Christopher Morel and Cardinals’ Nolan Arenado.Soler is second in the majors with 16 home runs. He has 11 in ...

Hunter Brown strikes out career-best 10, Astros send A’s to worst 53-game start since 1901

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:42 GMT

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Mark Kotsay will keep searching for the small bright spots as his Oakland Athletics stumble day after day, making sure they maintain their fight. He will celebrate a defensive play here, an at-bat there, a big catch or mighty throw.Hunter Brown struck out a career-high 10 over seven innings and retired 16 straight during one stretch, Corey Julks drove in three runs and the Houston Astros bounced back from being shut out the two previous games to beat the A’s 5-2 on Friday night.Oakland (10-43) now owns the worst 53-game start since 1901. The 1932 Red Sox won their 53rd game to move to 11-42, then lost the next eight and 13 of 14.“This start can test your character, for sure,” said Kotsay, Oakland’s second-year manager. “If we sit here and dwell on the negatives, there’s no chance for us to turn this thing around. Focusing on the positives through a difficult time, it’s not fake because there are positives. The more we can continue in th...

Suspenden la búsqueda de un joven que cayó de un barco en las Bahamas mientras celebraba su graduación

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:42 GMT

(CNN) — Las labores de búsqueda de un joven de 18 años graduado en un instituto de Luisiana que cayó por la borda de una embarcación en las Bahamas esta semana fueron suspendidas, informó el viernes la Guardia Costera estadounidense, citando al ejército del país.Cameron Robbins estaba de viaje de fin de curso tras graduarse en la University High Lab School de Baton Rouge cuando se cayó de la embarcación el miércoles por la noche, según informó a CNN una portavoz de la Universidad Estatal de Luisiana.La Real Fuerza de Defensa de las Bahamas, que había estado buscándolo, comunicó el viernes a los guardacostas estadounidenses que suspendía las labores de búsqueda activa y que no era necesaria más ayuda de los guardacostas, informó la institución estadounidense.Los guardacostas estadounidenses habían colaborado en la búsqueda desde el miércoles hasta el viernes por la noche.“Ofrecemos nuestras más sinceras condolencias a la familia y amigos de Cameron Robbins”, declaró...

Ogunbowale scores 26, Sabally has 17 points, 10 rebounds and five assists as Wings beat Storm 95-91

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:42 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Arike Ogunbowale had 26 points and six assists, Satou Sabally added 17 points, 10 rebounds and five assists and the Dallas Wings beat the Seattle Storm 95-91 Friday night. Dallas is 2-0 for the first time since 2007, when the franchise was known as the Detroit Shock — two relocations ago (the organization moved to Tulsa from 2010-15). Crystal Dangerfield scored 17 points on 6-of-9 shooting and Natasha Howard had 16 points, nine rebounds, five steals and four blocks for Dallas.Kia Nurse hit a 3-pointer, Jewell Loyd made back-to-back jumpers and Nurse added another 3 in a 10-2 run that trimmed Seattle’s deficit to 93-91 with 1:08 to play. Howard was called for an offensive foul a few seconds later but the Storm missed the only shot they attempted from there. The Wings forced a shot-clock violation 29 seconds left and, after Dangerfield missed a 3-point shot on the other end, Sabally’s offensive rebound and putback made capped the scoring with 4.1 seconds left. Loyd scor...

Sale stars again on mound, Red Sox snap skid by beating Diamondbacks 7-2

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:42 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — Chris Sale threw five strong innings, Kiké Hernández smacked a two-run homer and the Boston Red Sox snapped a four-game losing streak by beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-2 on Friday night.It was Sale’s fourth consecutive impressive outing, raising hope that the veteran right-hander is ready to bounce back after four injury-filled seasons. The 34-year-old gave up one run on four hits while striking out three and walking one.After a rough first few starts this season, the seven-time All-Star is now 5-2 with a 4.72 ERA.The Red Sox jumped ahead 3-0 in the second. Rookie Triston Casas and Connor Wong both hit run-scoring doubles while Raimel Tapia drove home the third run with a single through the right side.Boston went up 5-0 on Hernández’s two-run homer into the left-center seats in the fourth. The Red Sox finished with 14 hits, including three each for Alex Verdugo and Casas.It was another mediocre outing from D-backs rookie Brandon Pfaadt (0-2), who gave ...