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West Suburban nails down spot in quarters

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KIRKLAND, Wash. — The West Suburban 14U softball team moved to 2-1 in the Little League Junior World Series on Tuesday with a 12-1, five-inning victory over the Southwest representative, Shiner, Texas. West Suburban secured a spot in Thursday’s quarterfinals. Olivia O’Roark led the way for West Suburban by giving up just two hits and allowing no runs in three innings in the circle while also collecting two hits and two RBIs. Bryn Roberts also had two hits and two RBIs for West Suburban, Adalyn Hines and Kylie Sweeney each drove in a pair of runs, and Reese Pinizzotto and Jerzy ...

Eldorado Civics gets hot at right time in taking Teener Major title

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Eldorado Civics Association was the sixth and final entry in the Altoona Teener League 15U playoffs when the regular season ended. The coach, Mike Akins, believes they were coming together. “We gelled probably two weeks ago. I kept telling the team ‘I wouldn’t want to be the team playing us,’” he said. “We proved that we’re good enough to win.” A recipe comparable to Monday night repeated itself on Tuesday as ECA swept No. 4 Sheetz, 3-2, in game 2, to win the best-of-3 series. The offense started things in the second as Xavier Farabaugh reached on a single, scoring ...

Imler’s Poultry falls to Buffalo in AAABA tourney

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PORTAGE — Altoona’s Imler’s Poultry fell in game 2 of the All American Amateur Baseball Tournament in Pool D to Buffalo East Coast Pipeline, 7-3, at Pete Haschak Memorial Field on Tuesday, falling to 1-1. Buffalo’s offense was too hard for Imler’s pitching staff to handle. From top ...

Offense lacking for Pirates

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MILWAUKEE — Jackson Chourio and Andrew Vaughn homered, Logan Henderson allowed two runs in six innings to win his sixth consecutive decision, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-2 on Tuesday night. Henderson (6-1), whose only loss was in early May, allowed four hits, ...

Coaches place Penn State football at No. 17

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Ohio State and Oregon hold down the top two spots and the Southeastern Conference has five of the top 10 teams in the USA Today preseason coaches football poll released Tuesday. The Buckeyes received 38 of the 72 first-place votes and were well ahead of the Ducks, who got six first-place votes. Penn State was ranked No. 17. No. 3 Georgia received seven first-place votes, No. 4 Texas got two and No. 5 Notre Dame five. Defending national champion Indiana was No. 6 with 14 first-place votes and was followed by Miami, the team it beat in the College Football Playoff championship game. ...