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Washington welcomes a stellar March Madness quartet

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jon Scheyer is the coach at Duke, the NCAA Tournament's No. 1 overall seed and arguably the top brand in college basketball. Among his peers in the East Region, however, he's also the neophyte. His opponent in the Sweet 16 — Rick Pitino — coached in his first Final ...

Gold Medal Classic adds to its Hall of Fame

HERMANSVILLE — Six people were inducted into the Gold Medal Classic Hall of Fame during the recently completed 87th tournament. The inductees included Michelle Bal from Carney and Norway, who said the tournament is a big thing for the local community. “I didn’t know they had a Hall of ...

Brewers crush White Sox 14-2 in opener

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jacob Misiorowski struck out 11 while allowing one run over five innings and the Milwaukee Brewers trounced the Chicago White Sox 14-2 on Thursday. Jake Bauers hit a three-run homer, Sal Frelick had a two-run blast and William Contreras delivered a three-run double as the ...

LadyCats earn top conference awards

Florence landed three players on the Northern Lakes Conference girls basketball first team and swept honors for offensive and defensive player of the year. LadyCats junior Cecelia Mills was a unanimous pick for the first team and was named Offensive Player of the Year. Kelsi Chrisman, a ...

McGonigle has 4 hits in electric debut for Tigers

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Kevin McGonigle got four hits and drove in two runs in his auspicious major league debut during the Detroit Tigers' 8-2 victory over the San Diego Padres on Thursday. The 21-year-old McGonigle hit a two-run double with the bases loaded on the first big league pitch he saw ...

Dexter’s, Dave’s Auto repeat as Gold Medal champs

HERMANSVILLE — Like all things, both good or bad, the 87th Gold Medal Classic Independent Basketball Tournament has come to an end. Throughout the 12-day tournament – which was interrupted for two days due to Blizzard Elsa on March 15 and 16 – some of the defending champions in their ...