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With Patrick Mahomes rooting, NiJaree Canady’s pitching and a walk-off hit power Texas Tech over Oklahoma in WCWS
If you’re wondering what Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was doing on Monday night, it’s not hard to find the answer. Just head to his X account, where he was firing off tweets about his alma mater’s softball team. Seeded 12th in the NCAA Tournament, Texas Tech is still alive in its first ever…
USC baseball loses to Oregon State NCAA regional tournament
CORVALLIS, Ore. — There’s levels to a proper program build. Baby steps have to sometimes be taken, even if everyone involved would like to jump past several of those. Lessons have to be learned. Experiences, both positive and negative, have to be endured. USC suffered through one of those difficult experiences, getting manhandled by national championship contender…
Roman Martin grand slam powers UCLA baseball past Arizona State
UCLA’s Ian May came out of the bullpen and induced Kien Vu to ground into a double play in the fourth to cut short a potential big inning and the Bruins never looked back during an 11-5 victory over Arizona State at the Los Angeles Regional. The top-seeded Bruins (43-16) advance to the regional final…
Prep baseball: West Ranch defeats Mater Dei for Division 2 title
It was a night when gnats came out by the hundreds at Cal State Fullerton’s Goodwin Field. Fans swatted them away. Players endured. “In my ears, on my eyes,” said West Ranch pitcher Hunter Manning of the insect invasion. “You have to keep going.” After 101 pitches in the Southern Section Division 2 championship game…
Prep softball: Norco wins its seventh Southern Section title
From the beginning of the season, Norco was considered the team to beat in Southern Section Division 1 softball. There were a few blips along the way, but the Cougars proved Saturday night they are No. 1. Norco (29-3) won its seventh Southern Section softball title with a 3-0 victory over El Modena at Bill…
Dodgers finish with 18 runs and 21 hits in blowout win over Yankees
It was a statement, a reminder and a warning all wrapped into one. The Dodgers might not have been playing their best baseball entering this weekend’s World Series rematch against the New York Yankees. But in a ceaseless offensive onslaught in the opening two innings on Saturday, things seemed to suddenly, profoundly and perhaps permanently…
Prep talk: Top-seeded Norco goes for seventh Southern Section softball title
Norco High’s softball program under coach Richard Robinson has been setting the standard for excellence in the Southern Section for years. The top-seeded Cougars will seek to add a seventh section title on Saturday in the Division 1 final against El Modena in a 7 p.m. game at Bill Barber Park in Irvine. This team…
UCLA baseball crushes Fresno State in NCAA regional opener
Michael Barnett flipped a weighted baseball into his hand and threw it against the side of the strength-training room next to UCLA’s clubhouse. Jostling through folding tables, water coolers, television stands and a postgame news conference podium, he resumed his starting pitcher routine, as he would for any start, moving inside the weight room to…
St. John Bosco stuns No. 1 Corona 2-0 in Southern Section Division 1 semifinals
Jack Champlin, a junior pitcher for St. John Bosco, surveyed the memorable scene Tuesday afternoon. There were fans standing everywhere — down the lines, around the outfield walls, in the press box. It was the top of the seventh inning, and No. 1 Corona had two runners aboard trying to rally in the Southern Section…
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