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More positives, still no points for Wild in 3-2 loss to Colorado

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:43:15 GMT

With his team 12 points back in the Central Division, and seven out of a playoff spot, Wild coach Dean Evason was asked Friday how he keeps his team focused on each game instead of the hole Minnesota has dug early this season.The Wild entered Friday night’s game against division rival Colorado on a five-game losing streak (0-3-2) and just five victories in 17 games.“We know where we’re at in the standings, and that we haven’t won some games here as of late,” Evason said. “But we have to instill the positivity (related to) how we’re playing. If we weren’t playing well, obviously we wouldn’t be so positive.”It’s true Minnesota played better in a pair of losses in the NHL Global Series in Sweden last weekend, falling to Ottawa, 2-1, in a shootout and to Toronto, 3-2, in overtime. But at some point — some point soon — playing well must turn into wins.Ross Colton, Valeri Nichushkin and Kurtis MacDermid scored goals, and Alexandar Georgiev made 19 saves as Colorado beat the Wild, 3-2, at ...

High school football: Centennial edges Edina in Class 6A championship, claims first state crown

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:43:15 GMT

The team with a blue-collar, lunch-pail mentality left U.S. Bank Stadium with gold medals.Forget the flash, the glitz or the glamour, Centennial wants to line up against its opponent and go mano a mano.Marcus Whiting had two rushing touchdowns and a game-saving stop, Daylen Cummings ran for a score and passed for another and the bruising Cougars held off Edina 28-27 Friday in the Class 6A championship game for the school’s first state football crown.“We’ve been dreaming about this since we were little kids,” Cummings said.If you’ve been waiting that long, why not do it with some late-game excitement?Sonny Villegas had a 21-yard touchdown reception from Mason West with 16 seconds left to get the Hornets within one.Coach Jason Potts had Edina, down 28-14 early in the fourth quarter, go for the win. Edina got within one touchdown on a West 6-yard run with 3:47 left.“With the way they were moving the football … I think we had an advantage of going for it,” Potts said.But Whiting stopped...

Columbine beats Chatfield to advance to seventh Class 5A championship game under Andy Lowry

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:43:15 GMT

LAKEWOOD — Moments after Columbine defeated rival Chatfield 35-16 on Friday at Jeffco Stadium to clinch the program’s seventh state championship game appearance under Andy Lowry, a single tear streamed down the coach’s cheek.Lowry, in his 30th season leading Columbine, has steered the Rebels through it all. Five Class 5A state titles, including the program’s first about six months after the 1999 shooting at the school. Over 300 wins. And a program built off brotherhood that’s long been a Colorado force.But the battle he’s reluctant to talk about had Lowry in an emotional knot after the emphatic win over Chatfield. His wife, Janet, has been fighting cancer for the past six-plus years. She is the warrior behind the coach; the person who keeps him humble no matter his success between the lines.“I love her and she’s the toughest person I know,” a choked-up Lowry said. “I’m just there to support her. To hug her. She’...

3 hospitalized in Long Beach pursuit crash

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:43:15 GMT

Three people were hospitalized after a Long Beach pursuit ended in a destructive multi-vehicle crash on Friday.Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies were in pursuit of a stolen vehicle, which appeared to be a gray Dodge Charger, at around 3:45 p.m.As the chase continued, the suspect crashed into a white pickup truck near a Shell gas station at the intersection of Artesia and Long Beach Boulevards.Images from the scene show the collision toppled over a traffic signal pole while destroying concrete barriers. At one point, the suspect's vehicle was in flames as fire crews worked to extinguish the wreck.Three people were hospitalized after a pursuit ended with a destructive crash in Long Beach on Nov. 24, 2023. (Citizen)Three people were hospitalized after a pursuit ended with a destructive crash in Long Beach on Nov. 24, 2023. (Citizen)Three people were hospitalized after a pursuit ended with a destructive crash in Long Beach on Nov. 24, 2023. (KTLA)Three people were hospitalized after...

Protests held in South Bay, San Francisco seeking permanent end to fighting in Gaza

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:43:15 GMT

Palestinian supporters organized multiple protests across the Bay Area on Friday, calling for an end to Israel’s invasion of Gaza and for the current pause in fighting across the region to become permanent.The protests — including one at Westfield Valley Fair Mall in the South Bay and another at San Francisco’s City Hall — came as a delicate, four-day truce took hold in Gaza. The cease-fire marked the first pause in fighting across the war-torn area in nearly seven weeks — helping to ensure the release of 24 hostages held by Hamas in an internationally-brokered deal that also included the release of numerous prisoners held by Israel.The war began when Hamas fighters stormed Israel on Oct. 7 and killed at least 1,200 people while taking about 240 others hostage. In response, Israel has bombarded and invaded Gaza in a campaign that has left more than 13,000 Palestinians dead, including thousands of children.In San Francisco, hundreds of Palestinian supporters gathered outs...

Vasilevskiy wins his season debut and Brayden Point has a hat trick as Lightning beat Hurricanes 8-2

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:43:15 GMT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Tampa Bay goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy made 22 saves in his season debut and the Lightning had a hat trick and two assists from Brayden Point in an 8-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday night.Nikita Kucherov had two goals and four assists, while Steven Stamkos, Brandon Hagel and Luke Glendening also scored for the Lightning, which won for the fourth time in five games and holds a five-game points streak.Vasilevskiy, a past winner of the Vezina Trophy (league’s top goalie) and Conn Smyth Trophy (playoff MVP), was in his first NHL game since April following offseason surgery. The Lightning announced earlier in the day that he would be in the net for the team’s first game of a three-game road stretch.The Lightning scored three power-play goals in the first six minutes of the second period. Those were Tampa Bay’s first three shots on the period after putting the puck on goal only once in the first.Stefan Noesen and Michael Bunting scored for the Hurricanes, wh...

No. 12 Texas women send High Point to a low point dumping Panthers by 62 points

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:43:15 GMT

ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) — Shaylee Gonzales scored 15 points and reserve Aaliyah Moore scored 13 points and No. 12 Texas thrashed High Point 101-39 on Friday night.The 62-point win just missed reaching a place in the top 10 for largest margin of victory in program history. In 1995, 2002 and 2003 Texas teams won games by 65 points, the ninth-highest margin of victory all time.Texas (6-0) scored the game’s first 32 points before High Point’s Anna Hager made a jump shot with 10 seconds left in the first quarter. The Longhorns’ Gisella Maul made 3-pointer at the buzzer and the Longhorns lead 35-2 at the end of one.Texas outscored the Panthers 22-6 in the second quarter and led 57-8 at halftime. The Longhorns shot 71% (22 for 31) including 4 for 6 (66.7%) from 3 in the first half. High Point was 14.8% shooting (4 for 27) and missed all eight of its 3-point attempts in the first half.High Point (3-3) picked up the pace in the third and Texas only outscored th...

Meadow’s 12 help Boise State knock off VCU 65-61

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:43:15 GMT

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Andrew Meadow scored 12 points as Boise State beat VCU 65-61 on Friday night in the ESPN Events Invitational.Meadow shot 5 for 10, including 2 for 3 from beyond the arc for the Broncos (3-2). Tyson Degenhart scored 10 points and Cam Martin finished with eight points.Max Shulga led the way for the Rams (3-3) with 24 points and eight rebounds. VCU also got 14 points and nine rebounds from Toibu Lawal. In addition, Zeb Jackson finished with eight points, six rebounds and two steals.___The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.Source

No. 11 Penn State closes season with 42-0 win over Michigan State, awaits New Year’s Six bowl bid

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:43:15 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — Drew Allar threw for 292 yards and two touchdowns and Kaytron Allen ran for a career-high 137 yards, providing No. 11 Penn State with plenty of offense in a 42-0 win over Michigan State Friday night.The Nittany Lions (10-2, 7-2 Big Ten, No. 11 CFP ) had 586 yards of offense in a game they controlled from the start.The Spartans (4-8, 2-7) closed a tumultuous season that was stunted by Mel Tucker getting suspended and fired. It also hurt that a slew of injuries left them with about 50 scholarship players healthy enough to play in the finale at Ford Field.Allar completed 17 of 26 passes, a week after getting knocked out against Rutgers with a hard hit to his right shoulder.Nicholas Singleton had 118 yards rushing and a touchdown along with two catches for 68 yards for the Nittany Lions, representing a balanced offense that had 303 yards on the ground and 283 through the air.Penn State stalled on its first three drives that ended with making two of three field goals befor...

4 of the 10 Thai hostages released by Hamas had not been listed as abducted

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:43:15 GMT

BANGKOK (AP) — Hamas freed 10 Thai nationals Friday alongside Israeli hostages who were part of the first swap under a new cease-fire deal — including four Thais who had not been officially listed as abducted, Thailand’s Foreign Ministry announced Saturday morning. Thais were the single biggest group of foreigners taken hostage when Hamas took some 240 people during its Oct. 7 surprise attack on southern Israel. Thais working in Israel are mostly employed as semi-skilled farm laborers, at wages considerably higher than those at they can earn at home. The ministry said the group of 10 Thais in all — nine men and one woman — were undergoing health checks at a medical center in Israel. They were to stay there for at least 48 hours before flying home to Thailand. It released photos of the freed hostages in the Israeli hospital where they were taken Friday after their release. There was confusion overnight about the number of those freed, with Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin writin...