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State boys tennis: SPA brings home Class A doubles title

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:38 GMT

St. Paul Academy tennis coach Luke Eilefson will be busy next week re-arranging the school’s trophy case.A day after he watched his team claim a second straight Class A team title, the doubles tandem of Leo Benson and Maik Nguyen added more hardware to be taken back to school with a solid win in the Class A doubles tournament at Reed-Sweatt Tennis Center in Minneapolis on Friday afternoon. The junior pair broke the serves of Litchfield’s Alex Draeger and Braden Olson early and often en route to a 6-3, 6-1 decision.Earlier in the day, Benson and Nguyen used the same tactics to put away Mounds Park’s Aarti Prochnow and Garrett Webb in straight sets in the semis.It was the first state title doubles win for a Spartans pair in four years. SPA came close to grabbing some individual hardware as well, but eighth grader Zahir Hassan came up just short, falling in a tiebreaker in the third-place match.“All season long, we built towards this week,” Eilefson said. “We knew we were very capable....

Greene County man killed after Colonie motorcycle crash

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:38 GMT

COLONIE, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- A Greene County man is dead after a motorcycle crash in Colonie on Friday.Around 1:30 p.m., police said a motorcycle was heading east on Cohoes Crescent Road when it crossed into the westbound lane and crashed into a car. The driver of the car called 911 and tried to render aid to the motorcyclist. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Alexander Ortiz, Jr., 74, was taken to Albany Medical Center where he later died. Police are unsure why he crossed into traffic.The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to contact police.

Mother of Christian Ferguson pushing for a new alert system in his memory

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:38 GMT

ST. LOUIS - This weekend marks the 20th anniversary of when Christian Ferguson went missing. His father was convicted of Ferguson’s murder, but the child’s body was never found.Ferguson’s mother, Theda Person, is pushing for a new alert system she believes will save lives. She joined St. Louis Alderwoman Shameem Clark Hubbard Friday to announce the effort to make the alert system a reality.“We can’t just lay back,” Person said. “We can’t be complacent. We have to do what we can while we have time.”She’s pushing for an alert system that would alert the public when someone with a medical condition or disability is missing. The CTF Medical Alert would be named after Christian Taylor Ferguson. Person said she welcomes feedback from anyone who could help make the idea a reality. St. Louis County town tows cars from driveways with expired tags “Some mothers probably would have crawled up, balled up, and went away, but Theda, we thank you as a community for not doing that,” Hubbard said....

St. Charles announces new plan to crack down on reckless driving

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:38 GMT

ST. CHARLES, Mo. - The City of St. Charles is launching a new summer crackdown on reckless driving in the area.Mayor Dan Borgmeyer said it’s a growing problem that puts neighborhoods in danger. He and the police want to diminish the issue before it gets out of hand."It’s called "zero tolerance." One of my primary complaints that I’m receiving from the mayor’s office is speeding, all kinds of speeding," Borgmeyer said. "We were kind of a quiet little community, and now our 25 mile-per-hour speed limits, we are starting to see people coming to court with tickets of 45, 55, even 65 miles per hour. It’s unsafe, it's intolerable, and we’re just at the point where we're going to draw the line now, and if you’re speeding in St. Charles, you’re going to be ticketed, and you're going to be fined." St. Louis County town tows cars from driveways with expired tags The crackdown started this week and will run through August. The mayor said they are also going to put an end to kids illegally dr...

Over $1.2 million worth of fake luxury watches seized at Los Angeles Airport

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:38 GMT

Over $1.2 million worth of fake luxury watches were seized at the Los Angeles International Airport.U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers assigned to LAX seized a total of 41 counterfeit watches “bearing luxury trademarks" over a five-week period from April 12 to May 22. “If genuine, the seized watches would have had an estimated manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $1,294,500,” authorities said.The counterfeit goods arrived through individual packages via air cargo from China to destinations across the U.S.In what authorities say was an attempt to evade detection by officers, the watches were falsely declared as “Bracelet,” “Belt,” “Decoration,” “Watch Box,” and “Wall Clock.”Among the confiscated watches, authorities found 37 Rolexes, one Luminor Panerai, one Patek Philippe, one Audemars Piguet and one Omega watch.Over $1.2 million worth of fake luxury watches were seized at Los Angeles International Airport.(U.S. Customs and Border Protection)Over $1.2 million worth of f...

Man who killed teen at American Canyon Safeway sentenced to life in prison

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:38 GMT

(KRON) -- The man who was convicted of killing a Fairfield teen in an American Canyon Safeway parking lot has been sentenced to life in prison without parole, the Napa County District Attorney's Office announced Friday. Christopher "Roly" Young, 26, of Martinez, was proven guilty of killing Nathan Gabriel Garza, 18, on August 16, 2020. San Mateo father who threw newborn baby to be sentenced The DA said that Garza was completing curbside delivery orders at the grocery store when he was shot twice in the back by Young. Young sped off in a Cadillac sedan that he was driving while he shot Garza, per the DA's office. He abandoned the car on Cattail Drive and was arrested by Napa County Sheriff's deputies after he reportedly hopped fences and went into backyards of neighboring homes. Several of Garza's friends and family were in court on Friday when Young was sentenced."My world, my family, my very being was shattered when Nathan was taken from us," said his mother, Tracy Garza. "It has...

Hayes has career night, Pirates send Mets to 7th straight loss with 14-7 romp

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:38 GMT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ke’Bryan Hayes tied career highs with five hits and four RBIs and the Pittsburgh Pirates drilled the mistake-prone New York Mets 14-7 on Friday night.The Pirates bounced back from a series loss to lowly Oakland by jumping on Tylor Megill (5-4) early to send the reeling Mets to their seventh straight loss. Hayes had a two-run single in the third against Megill and followed with a two-run double in the fifth off reliever Zach Muckenhirn while extending his hitting streak to eight games. The Pittsburgh third baseman is hitting .558 (19 of 34) with 11 RBIs during the streak, which began when he was briefly dropped to seventh in the order with his batting average languishing at .221. Jack Suwinski went 3 for 4 with his 12th home run of the season. Carlos Santana had two hits, including his fourth home run. Josh Palacios also had two hits for the Pirates. Andrew McCutchen singled in the third inning for his 1,999th career hit.Rich Hill (6-5) worked seven innings fo...

Whitlock pitches Red Sox over Yanks 3-2 in rivals’ 1st meeting this year

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:38 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Garrett Whitlock got his second win since replacing Corey Kluber in the Red Sox rotation, Rafael Devers and Kiké Hernández homered, and Boston beat the New York Yankees 3-1 on Friday night in the first meeting this year of a rivalry cut to 13 games by the new balanced schedule.Gerrit Cole (7-1) lost for the first time this season after going unbeaten in his first 13 starts.Whitlock (3-2) allowed two runs — one earned — and seven hits in 6 1/3 innings with six strikeouts and one walk. The right-hander, who turns 27 on Sunday, was put in the rotation in late May after Kluber, a two-time Cy Young Award winner, started 2-6 with a 6.26 ERA in his first nine outings.Whitlock was an 18th-round pick by the Yankees in the 2017 amateur draft and was taken by Boston in the December 2020 winter meeting draft of unprotected players.Kenley Jansen gave up two-out singles to Billy McKinney and Gleyber Torres in the ninth before retiring Anthony Volpe on popout for his 14th save in 1...

Rookie star Corbin Carroll hits 1st grand slam, Diamondbacks pound Tigers 11-6

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:38 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — Arizona rookie Corbin Carroll hit his first grand slam in a seven-run seventh inning for his second homer of the night and the Arizona Diamondbacks handed the Detroit Tigers their seventh straight loss, 11-6 on Friday.Carroll also doubled in the ninth. On Wednesday night in a 6-2 victory in Washington in NL West-leading Arizona’s previous game, the speedy outfielder was 4 for 5 with a homer and two RBIs. He’s hitting .307.Merrill Kelly (8-3) improved to 7-0 in his last six starts, allowing three runs on seven hits and two walks in 6 1/3 innings. He struck out five.Jake Rogers homered twice for Detroit, and Javier Báez homered in the ninth.The game was tied a 2 after six innings, with Carroll’s grand slam capping the seven-run seventh.Christian Walker and Emmanuel Rivera led off the seventh with doubles, giving Arizona a 3-2 lead. After a sacrifice bunt, Jake McCarthy punched a single over the drawn-in infield to put make it 4-2.Arizona loaded the bas...

Paredes has 2 homers, 6 RBIs, Glasnow gets 1st win in 2 years, Rays beat Rangers 8-3

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:38 GMT

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Isaac Paredes homered twice and drove in a career-high six runs, Tyler Glasnow got his first win in two years, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Texas Rangers 8-3 on Friday night in a matchup of teams with the best records in the majors.Paredes had an RBI double with two outs in the first inning and made it 4-1 with a three-run homer in the third off Andrew Heaney (4-4). His second home run, a two-run shot off Spencer Howard, came in a four-run sixth that put Tampa Bay ahead 8-1.Glasnow (1-0) gave up one run, one hit and struck out six over six innings in his third start this year. It was the 6-foot-8 right-hander’s first win since June 8, 2021. He missed most of last season after Tommy John surgery and started 2023 on the injured list with a left oblique strain.Kevin Kelly and Luis Patiño completed a three-hitter as Tampa Bay won its seventh straight game.The announced crowd was 17,447. Tampa Bay started the day averaging 16,961 at home.Leody Taveras...