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High school football: El Cerrito uses proven formula in season-opening win over Division I school

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:34 GMT

PLEASANTON – A hard-fought nonleague win over Division I Amador Valley last year helped propel the El Cerrito High School football team to an undefeated regular season.Gauchos coach Jacob Rincon would gladly take the same end result in 2023, and he might have the defense to do it.El Cerrito’s defense made a two-touchdown lead in the first-half stand as the Gauchos held on to a 14-7 win over Amador Valley on Friday in the season-opening game for both teams.Running back Micah Avery, a transfer from Clayton Valley Charter, scored on a 69-yard touchdown run with 3:46 left in the first quarter and fellow senior Michael Vanhook scored on a quarterback keeper just before halftime, providing just enough offense to help No. 14 El Cerrito extend its regular season win streak to 16 games.Avery had 95 yards on 13 carries and Vanhook completed 8 of 15 passes for 72 yards. El Cerrito’s second touchdown drive was aided by an 85-yard run from another newcomer in Zaire Eastman, who attended De...

SpaceX launches a new space station crew with four astronauts from four countries

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:34 GMT

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX launches a new space station crew with four astronauts from four countries.Source

Seattle hosts Chicago after Loyd’s 32-point game

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:34 GMT

Chicago Sky (13-21, 3-14 Eastern Conference) at Seattle Storm (10-24, 7-9 Western Conference)Seattle; Sunday, 6 p.m. EDTBOTTOM LINE: Seattle hosts the Chicago Sky after Jewell Loyd scored 32 points in the Seattle Storm’s 90-86 loss to the Indiana Fever.The Storm are 4-14 on their home court. Seattle is sixth in the Western Conference with 17.5 assists per game led by Loyd averaging 3.3.The Sky are 7-9 in road games. Chicago ranks sixth in the WNBA allowing 83.6 points while holding opponents to 45.6% shooting.The teams meet for the fourth time this season. The Sky won 102-79 in the last meeting on Aug. 23. Dana Evans led the Sky with 23 points, and Loyd led the Storm with 26 points.TOP PERFORMERS: Ezi Magbegor is averaging 13.9 points, eight rebounds and 1.9 blocks for the Storm. Loyd is averaging 24.7 points over the last 10 games for Seattle.Courtney Williams is averaging 10 points, 5.7 rebounds and six assists for the Sky. Marina Mabrey is averaging 16.6 points over the las...

McCowan leads Dallas against Phoenix after 23-point performance

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:34 GMT

Dallas Wings (18-16, 9-9 Western Conference) at Phoenix Mercury (9-24, 2-14 Western Conference)Phoenix; Sunday, 6 p.m. EDTBOTTOM LINE: Dallas faces the Phoenix Mercury after Teaira McCowan scored 23 points in the Wings’ 90-81 loss to the Minnesota Lynx.The Mercury are 2-14 in conference play. Phoenix ranks third in the Western Conference with 19.3 assists per game led by Sug Sutton averaging 4.4.The Wings’ record in Western Conference play is 9-9. Dallas scores 86.8 points and has outscored opponents by 2.6 points per game.The two teams square off for the fourth time this season. The Wings defeated the Mercury 77-62 in their last matchup on June 28. Arike Ogunbowale led the Wings with 23 points, and Brittney Griner led the Mercury with 20 points.TOP PERFORMERS: Griner is shooting 57.0% and averaging 17.9 points for the Mercury. Diana Taurasi is averaging 17.9 points over the last 10 games for Phoenix.Ogunbowale is averaging 20.7 points, 4.5 assists and 1.7 steals for the...

Atlanta visits Indiana after Mitchell’s 36-point performance

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:34 GMT

Atlanta Dream (16-17, 10-8 Eastern Conference) at Indiana Fever (10-24, 4-13 Eastern Conference)Indianapolis; Sunday, 4 p.m. EDTBOTTOM LINE: Indiana plays the Atlanta Dream after Kelsey Mitchell scored 36 points in the Indiana Fever’s 90-86 victory against the Seattle Storm.The Fever are 4-13 against Eastern Conference opponents. Indiana is the Eastern leader with 9.0 offensive rebounds per game led by Aliyah Boston averaging 3.1.The Dream are 10-8 against Eastern Conference teams. Atlanta averages 14.1 turnovers per game and is 6- when winning the turnover battle.The teams meet for the fourth time this season. In the last matchup on Aug. 6 the Dream won 82-73 led by 24 points from Rhyne Howard, while Boston scored 25 points for the Fever.TOP PERFORMERS: Mitchell is averaging 17.9 points and 3.1 assists for the Fever. NaLyssa Smith is averaging 15.1 points and 9.3 rebounds over the past 10 games for Indiana.Howard is averaging 17.8 points and 3.2 assists for the Dream. Allisha...

Los Angeles visits Connecticut after Bonner’s 30-point outing

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:34 GMT

Los Angeles Sparks (14-18, 8-10 Western Conference) at Connecticut Sun (23-11, 13-4 Eastern Conference)Uncasville, Connecticut; Sunday, 1 p.m. EDTBOTTOM LINE: Connecticut plays the Los Angeles Sparks after DeWanna Bonner scored 30 points in the Connecticut Sun’s 95-90 overtime loss to the New York Liberty.The Sun have gone 9-6 in home games. Connecticut leads the Eastern Conference with 39.5 points in the paint led by Alyssa Thomas averaging 11.4.The Sparks have gone 6-10 away from home. Los Angeles ranks third in the Western Conference shooting 33.5% from 3-point range.The teams meet for the second time this season. The Sun won 83-74 in the last matchup on June 18.TOP PERFORMERS: Thomas is scoring 15.9 points per game with 9.9 rebounds and 8.1 assists for the Sun. Bonner is averaging 16.9 points and 6.1 rebounds over the past 10 games for Connecticut.Nneka Ogwumike is averaging 19.3 points, 8.9 rebounds and 1.7 steals for the Sparks. Jordin Canada is averaging 1.7 made 3-poin...

Beloved pets in Canada rescued from wildfires by volunteers who stayed behind

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:34 GMT

Wildfires forced Amanda Dengler to flee her home in Canada’s Northwest Territories three times in the past 18 months, and each time her cats have evaded her attempts to bring them along.The latest time, Dengler had to stay away longer than expected, and joined the many residents who have turned to networks of volunteers who are rescuing animals from communities threatened by Canada’s record year of wildfires.Dengler said she tried to catch her three cats on Aug. 13, when she left her home in the town of Hay River because of a nearby wildfire.“I think they picked up on my fear and it kind of drove their fear a little bit, and they were not cooperative,” she said.So, she took her two dogs, a suitcase of clothes and her electronics with her. She filled a bathtub with water and left an open bag of dry food on the floor for the cats, thinking she’d be gone for a few days. Once it became longer than that, she looked for help. That’s when she saw a message on Facebook from Dr. Michel...

Mariners tie Texas for AL West lead, beat Royals 7-5 behind Suárez 3 hits, 3 RBIs

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:34 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Mariners tied Texas for the AL West lead, beating the Kansas City Royals 7-5 on Friday night behind Eugenio Suárez’s three hits and three RBIs, which included a go-ahead, two-run single in the fourth inning.Seattle was 10 games out of first at 47-48 before play on July 20, but the Mariners have gone on a 25-8 run. At 128 games into the season, this is the latest the Mariners have had a share of first place since 2003. “It’s really big for us,” Suarez said. “We’ve been grinding all year long and now we are on top on the leaders. That means a lot for us. We’ve been grinding. We never quit.”Kansas City led 3-2 before Suárez’s fourth-inning single. Seattle built a 6-3 lead in the fifth when Teoscar Hernández scored on Austin Cox’s wild pitch, and Josh Rojas had an RBI single.Kyle Isbel cut the gap to 6-5 with a two-run homer in the seventh against Matt Brash. Suárez hit a run-scoring double in the eighth off Taylor Hearn and...

49ers trade quarterback Trey Lance to Cowboys for 4th round pick

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:34 GMT

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers have traded quarterback Trey Lance to the Dallas Cowboys for a fourth-round pick less than three years after trading three first-round picks to draft him third overall.Lance had lost the competition to Sam Darnold to be the backup to Brock Purdy in San Francisco earlier in the week, setting the stage for his departure on Friday just hours before the Niners played their exhibition finale against the Los Angeles Chargers.“When we told him that he was going to be the three, if he could find another opportunity that was good, we’d allow him to do that, and he did,” coach Kyle Shanahan said. “We feel he’ll be better for it, and I think we will, too.”The move is a remarkable backtrack following the hefty investment the Niners made in hopes of Lance becoming a franchise quarterback.San Francisco traded three first-round picks and a third-rounder to Miami in 2021 to move up from No. 12 and draft the untested Lance third overall.But th...

Fukushima residents are cautious after the wrecked nuclear plant began releasing treated wastewater

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:34 GMT

IWAKI, Japan (AP) — Fish auction prices at a port south of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant were mixed Friday amid uncertainty over how seafood consumers will respond to the release of treated and diluted radioactive wastewater into the ocean.The plant, which was damaged in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, began sending the treated water into the Pacific on Thursday despite protests at home and in nearby countries that are adding political and diplomatic pressures to the economic worries.Hideaki Igari, a middleman at the Numanouchi fishing port, said the price of larger flounder, Fukushima’s signature fish known as Joban-mono, was more than 10% lower at the Friday morning auction, the first since the water release began. Prices of some average-size flounder rose, but presumably due to a limited catch, says Igari. Others fell.It was a relatively calm market reaction to the water release. But, Igari said, “we still have to see how it goes next week.” The decadeslo...