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Pro Soccer: Union eliminated from postseason contention
SEASIDE — Perhaps knowing before it even set foot on the pitch that had been eliminated from the playoffs left Monterey Bay F.C. numb. For the second straight game, the Union couldn’t find the net, falling in their regular season finale Saturday 1-0 to playoff bound Orange County at Cardinale Stadium. At 11-15-8, the Union…
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High School football: Nunes, Dukes lift Palma past Aptos
APTOS — Their battles over the years have been epic. One possession games, wild shootouts with title implications decided in the waning seconds. Yet, instead of a game that is often looked upon as a playoff tune-up, Saturday’s meeting between Palma and Aptos — both of which shared a piece of the Gabilan Division title…
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College football: Fiery start for Lobos fades in falling to state-ranked Foothill
MONTEREY — That postseason type vibe, where the adrenaline oozed through players veins, as well as a vibrant crowd, fueled the fire of two programs a combined 9-1. Meeting the challenge of facing a state-ranked and unbeaten football program had Monterey Peninsula College playing with an edge. Maintaining that inferno that had the Lobos leading…
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Republican Jeff Landry wins the Louisiana governor’s race, reclaims office for GOP
Landry will replace current Gov. John Bel Edwards, who was unable to seek reelection due to consecutive term limits. Edwards is the only Democratic governor in the Deep South.
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First woman to play in HBCU D-I football game knows she belongs
Jackson State’s Leilani Armenta fights through injuries, adversity to make college football history
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Piper Laurie, Oscar-nominated ‘Carrie’ and ‘Twin Peaks’ actress, dies at 91
She died Saturday in Los Angeles. No cause of death was provided.
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Teacher to run in Baltimore for 50th marathon in 50th state
A high school teacher is inspiring many runners by taking part in her 50th marathon in 50 states, culminating with the Baltimore Running Festival.
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High school senior looking at millions of dollars in college scholarship offers
“This is only the beginning,” star student Dana Bolden says.
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Ex-Connecticut police officer suspected of burglaries in 3 states
A newly unsealed warrant says former Glastonbury Police Officer Patrick Hemingway is believed to have targeted safes and cash registers at restaurants and businesses.
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The man behind the return of the Western Flyer
When 10-year-old John Gregg checked out a copy of John Steinbeck’s “The Log From the Sea of Cortez” from a bookmobile in his rural coastal Georgia town he had no idea he would one day buy the Western Flyer fishing boat. That’s the vessel that, in 1940, took Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts on their marine…
