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High school football: San Ramon Valley’s massive first quarter leads to big win over Liberty

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:00:03 GMT

DANVILLE – Liberty’s game plan heading into Friday’s matchup against San Ramon Valley was simple on paper.Maintain control of the ball, minimize turnovers and get first downs. In short, the Lions wanted to keep their offense on the field and, in turn, keep the Wolves’ dynamic offense, led by quarterback Luke Baker, off of it.“I knew that [Baker] was going to come out, they were gonna do things, make players, they were gonna score points and it was gonna be an offensive shootout,” Liberty coach Mike Cable said.But Friday ended up being a one-sided fight after a wild first quarter, dominated by San Ramon Valley’s opportunistic defense and lethal offense, leading to a 66-12 rout of Liberty.Baker did exactly as Cable predicted, wasting no time getting the Wolves on the board. On the fourth play of the opening drive, he connected with receiver Owen Scott, who ran it in for a 41-yard touchdown.Meanwhile, Liberty’s offense looked out of sorts from the st...

Back to old school: De La Salle grinds out physical victory over Folsom

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:00:03 GMT

FOLSOM — It was a throwback to another era for De La Salle on Friday night, a physical display of relentless grit for a team that clearly has put a 0-2 start in the rearview mirror.The Concord powerhouse ran, ran and kept on running behind junior tailbacks Derrick Blanche and Dominic Kelley and their convoy of blockers.On defense, the Spartans were aggressive and mostly dominant against an opponent known for keeping scoreboard operators busy.When it ended, De La Salle had beaten Folsom 14-7, the Spartans’ third consecutive victory after opening the season with losses to Orange Lutheran and Serra.Blanche rushed for 126 yards and a touchdown in 22 carries. Kelley had 102 yards in 25 carries. De La Salle finished with 293 yards on the ground and 16 through the air.De La Salle quarterback Toa Fa’avae (13) congratulates teammate Derrick Blanche (22) after scoring on a three-yard touchdown against Folsom in the first quarter of their game at Folsom High School in Folsom,...

Redwood City police seek public’s help in identifying assault suspects

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:00:03 GMT

REDWOOD CITY — Authorities are asking for the public’s help in identifying a couple who reportedly assaulted a man Thursday night at a gas station in Redwood City.Officers were initially called to the intersection of Veterans Boulevard and Whipple Avenue around 11:10 p.m. for a report of an intoxicated man who was walking in and out of traffic, the Redwood City Police Department said in a news release.Police said officers found the man unconscious on the ground at an Arco gas station in the 500 block of Whipple Avenue. He was taken to a hospital with head injuries.Witnesses told police the victim was involved in an altercation with a couple driving a blue Kia Sol at the gas station. The male suspect knocked the victim out and the female suspect attacked the victim while he was on the ground, police said.Police described the suspects as Latinx and in their 20s. The man had short curly hair and was last seen wearing a sweatshirt with “cookies” lettering. The woman had brown shoulder-l...

A's fans redirect money from season tickets to NV teachers group against Las Vegas ballpark funding

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:00:03 GMT

(KRON) -- The Oakland A’s continue their final homestand of the season this weekend against the Detroit Tigers at the Oakland Coliseum. Fans say this weekend is bittersweet now that A’s owner John Fisher has chosen to move the team to Las Vegas. But diehard fans are still holding out hope and taking action in hopes the move will not happen. A’s roasted for giving Miguel Cabrera $80 bottle of wine We’ve seen the "Sell" shirts and the "Doris get your kid" billboards, and the reverse boycott games that filled the Coliseum. Now those trying to keep the A’s in Oakland are trying something else"From my standpoint, I think that there's sort of only one way that we could keep the A's. And that's if the Nevada falls through," said Hal Gordon, a former A's vendor known as "Hal the hot dog guy." Gordon proposes A’s fans redirect some of the money they would spend on A’s games and send it to Schools over Stadiums. That‘s the Nevada Teachers Union group now gathering signatures to get an init...

Manaea pitches 7 scoreless innings to end skid against Dodgers as Giants beat LA 5-1

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:00:03 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sean Manaea exorcised his Dodger Stadium demons with every pitch he threw. He scattered three hits over seven shutout innings to beat the Dodgers for the first time in his career, and Mike Yastrzemski, Thairo Estrada and Tyler Fitzgerald homered as the San Francisco Giants defeated Los Angeles 5-1 on Friday night.“I have nightmares about coming to this place and facing these guys,” Manaea said. “Obviously, they’re very good and it’s been like that for a long time. I haven’t had much success, if any, here. So to do that, dreams do come true.”Manaea (7-6) has earned the only two wins on the Giants’ road trip. The left-hander struck out two, walked none and improved to 1-5 in 10 career appearances against the Dodgers. He came in with a career 9.00 ERA against LA.“You come here five times in a row and have a combined 13 innings with 30 runs or whatever it is, it can wear down a guy,” Manaea said. “Just keep going up there, go through the embarrassment and go through a...

Ashton Jeanty rushes for 205 yards, 2 touchdowns, Boise State edges San Diego State 34-31

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:00:03 GMT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Ashton Jeanty rushed for a career-high 205 yards and two touchdowns and Boise State defeated San Diego State 34-31 on Friday night in a Mountain West Conference opening game.Jeanty also recovered the onside kick after San Diego State scored in the final minute.Taylen Green threw for a touchdown and ran for another as the Broncos (2-2) won its 24th-straight conference opener, 13 in the MWC.Jalen Mayden threw for 241 yards and a touchdown and ran for 85 yards and a score for the Aztecs (2-3), who have lost three-straight, the previous two against now-ranked Pac-12 teams.Jeanty’s second touchdown came with two minutes left but the Aztecs responded quickly with Mayden scoring on a 10-yard run with 42 seconds to go. That’s when Jeanty got his final touch on the kickoff.Jeanty finished his freshman year with a 178-yard game against North Texas in last season’s Frisco Bowl.San Diego State opened the game with Christon Kenan’s 71-yard kickoff return ...

Michel, Eldridge help Air Force run over San Jose State 45-20 for 8th straight win

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:00:03 GMT

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Emmanuel Michel ran for a career-high 148 yards and three touchdowns, John Lee Eldridge III ran for 102 and two scores and Air Force raced to a 45-20 win over San Jose State on Friday night, the Falcons’ ninth-straight victory.Air Force (4-0, 2-0 Mountain West Conference) took control in the third quarter, opening with a 15-play, 75-yard drive that ended with Eldridge’s five-yard run. After the Spartans ran three plays in 50 seconds, the Falcons started a 13-play, 71-yard drive, capped by Michel’s one-yard run at 12:50 of the fourth quarter.Both running backs went over 1,000 yards for their career.Air Force scored on five-straight drives and had five drives of at least 10 plays. The Falcons finished with 430 total yards, 402 on the ground and had a18-minute advantage in time of possession. San Jose State had not allowed that many rushing yards in 19 seasons.The Falcons wrapped it up when Eldridge went around right end, broke a tackle, hurdle...

40 Home Runs and 40 Stolen Bases

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:00:03 GMT

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Gill sisters, mother face fraud charges

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:00:03 GMT

Criminal charges against three Ontario women accused of defrauding two Inuit organizations came as welcome news to an Iqaluit man whose family was drawn into the controversy.Twin sisters Amira Gill and Nadya Gill, 25, and their mother Karima Manji, are each charged with two counts of fraud over $5,000, the RCMP said in news release issued Thursday.Police said that between October 2016 and September 2022, the women applied for and obtained Inuit beneficiary status as adopted Inuit children, through Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.NTI is the organization responsible for ensuring promises made to Inuit under the Nunavut Agreement are carried out.According to the RCMP, the women used that status to defraud the Kakivak Association and the Qikiqtani Inuit Association of funding that is only available to Inuit beneficiaries by obtaining grants and scholarships.QIA is one of three regional Inuit associations in Nunavut. Kakivak is QIA’s student financial aid department.The RCMP launched its investiga...

Pakistan’s prime minister says manipulation of coming elections by military is ‘absolutely absurd’

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:00:03 GMT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Pakistan’s interim prime minister said he expects parliamentary elections to take place in the new year, dismissing the possibility that the country’s powerful military would manipulate the results to ensure that jailed former premier Imran Khan’s party doesn’t win.In an interview with The Associated Press Friday, Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar said it’s the Election Commission that is going to conduct the vote, not the military, and Khan appointed the commission’s chief at the time, so “why would he turn in any sense of the word against him?” Pakistan has been in deepening political turmoil since April 2022 when Khan was removed from office following a no-confidence vote in Parliament. He was arrested in early August on corruption charges and sentenced to three years in prison, later suspended though he still remains in jail. The country is also facing one of the worst economic crises in its history and recovering from last summer’s devastating floods that killed at leas...