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No. 10 Texas tops Alabama once during Bevo Classic, fall in extra innings twice

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 09:33:30 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas Longhorns softball team ran its winning streak to 13 games before falling in back-to-back extra-inning games at the Bevo Classic.On Sunday, the No. 10 Longhorns lost to Texas State in nine innings 5-4 to close out the tournament with a 3-2 record. Bobcats center fielder Piper Randolph hit a triple down the right-field line to score Hannah Earls in the top of the ninth to give Texas State the lead. MORE THAN THE SCORE: Stay up to date on sports stories like these, and sign up for our More than the Score sports newsletter at kxan.com/newslettersTexas put the tying run on third and the winning run on first in the bottom half, but Texas State pitcher Jessica Mullins got a flyout to end the game and strand the two runners.Freshman infielder Leighann Goode finished the game 3-for-4 with a double and a home run while Mia Scott had a pair of hits.Bevo Classic box scoresFriday, March 10: vs. Wisconsin, 5-1 W; vs. Alabama, 5-3 WSaturday, March 11, vs. Wisconsin, 7-4 ...

Oscars 2023: Best and worst looks from the Academy Awards

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 09:33:30 GMT

The 95th Academy Awards returned to the Dolby Theatre on Sunday, with Jimmy Kimmel hosting Hollywood’s big night. The show started on a champagne-colored carpet (yes, you read that right), where the stars showed off glamorous looks.Check out the best and worst fashion moments at this year’s event.HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 12: Janelle Monáe attends the 95th Annual Academy Awards on March 12, 2023 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 12: Dwayne Johnson attends the 95th Annual Academy Awards on March 12, 2023 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images )HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 12: Salma Hayek attends the 95th Annual Academy Awards on March 12, 2023 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 12: Cara Delevingne attends the 95th Annual Academy Awards on March 12, 2023 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA ...

Mehlville School District pushes Prop E to raise money to hire more staff

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 09:33:30 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – The Mehlville School District in south St. Louis County is one of many in our area struggling with a shortage of workers in important positions.“Oh, my goodness. It’s been a pretty challenging thing to deal with since COVID, really. We’ve been running 80% or less staff than a lot of our support areas,” Superintendent Dr. Chris Gaines said. “Bus drivers, food service, custodians, we’re doing a little bit better than we were last year, but we’re still challenged, especially among our bus drivers and custodians.”Gaines says the district is short 15 custodians, 13 bus drivers, and four nutrition services technicians. There’s even a shortage of some teaching positions. They had to outsource their groundskeeping with a $94,000 contract. Altercation inside Creve Coeur store leads to parking lot shooting Bus drivers have also been forced to adapt.“Well, for bus drivers, we’ve had to double-up on routes, so that’s making some routes longer,” Gaines said. “We’ve had ...

Dorofeyev's 1st NHL goal helps Golden Knights top Blues 5-3

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 09:33:30 GMT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Pavel Dorofeyev scored his first NHL goal and Jiri Patera made 30 saves in his debut to help the Vegas Golden Knights beat the St. Louis Blues 5-3 on Sunday night.Michael Amadio, Jonathan Marchessault, William Karlsson and Alex Pietrangelo also scored to help Vegas win for the sixth time in seven games to expand its lead over Los Angeles atop the Pacific Division to three points.Jordan Kyrou, Jakub Vrana and Tyler Pitlick scored for St. Louis, and Jordan Binnington stopped 26 of 30 shots as the Blues dropped to 3-7-2 since Feb. 18.Pietrangelo sealed the victory when he scored an empty-net goal with 7 seconds remaining. Trending: Battlehawks set attendance record, win in home-opener Dorofeyev, playing in his fourth game this season, used his helmet to deflect Karlsson’s rebound past Binnington in the third period just 1:42 after Pitlick tied the game at 3 at the 3:41 mark.Kyrou scored his team-leading and career-best 30th goal to cut Vegas' lead to 3-2 with 4:41 re...

Keeler: From TCU ‘Froghorns’ to Gonzaga, Bryce Drew and Scott Drew, Denver is March Madness’ first big winner

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 09:33:30 GMT

We got the Froghorns! (Love ya, TCU.)We got a former national champion, Nuggets icon David Thompson’s alma mater. (Love ya, NC State.)We got Omaha coming west on I-80 for reasons other than watching a Nebraska football team get absolutely punked by the Buffs again. (Love ya, Creighton.)We got either Bobby Hurley or Steve Alford. (Love ya, Arizona State. You, too, Nevada.)We got a Final Four sleeper — love ya, Gonzaga — on one side of the Ball Arena floor with the guy who made the biggest shot in NCAA Tournament history — love ya, Grand Canyon — on the other.The Zags vs. Bryce Drew, kids.In Upset City.Is this gonna be fun, or what?With all apologies to Houston, Alabama, Kansas and Purdue, Denver was the biggest winner when the 2023 NCAA Tournament bracket came out late Sunday afternoon.We got something for everybody.Well, except tickets.The Big Dance is coming back to Chopper Circle for the first time since 2016, and it’s back with a vengeance.We got two No. 3 seeds with a championsh...

A’s Kaprielian has strong spring debut as Oakland beats Padres

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 09:33:30 GMT

A’s pitcher James Kaprielian took another positive step toward beginning the season in Oakland’s starting rotation with a solid spring training debut Sunday.Kaprielian, who had off-season AC shoulder joint surgery, started the A’s 8-6 split-squad win over the San Diego Padres and threw 1.2 scoreless innings, with all five of his outs coming on strikeouts. The 29-year-old right-hander gave up one hit and walked three while throwing 43 pitches during his one time through a Padres lineup full of backups at Hohokam Park in Mesa, Ariz.Kaprielian showed good velocity – his fastball was 94-96 mph and touched 97 – but his command was a bit off. His encouraging start came four days after a simulated game and showed he’s well on his way back to reclaiming a rotation spot he held for most of last season, when he went 5-9 with a 4.23 ERA in 26 starts. “I’m expecting to be ready to go for the start of the season,” Kaprielian told the San Francisco Chronicle’s Matt Kawahara Sund...

49ers welcome back safety Tashaun Gipson after one-year fun

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 09:33:30 GMT

SANTA CLARA – Tashaun Gipson Sr. waited until August for the 49ers to sign him last summer. On the eve of another trip into free agency, Gipson re-signed with the 49ers on Sunday night.After he started every game last season at free safety, the 49ers welcomed him back on a one-year deal worth up to $2.9 million, with $2.1 million guaranteed, according to multiple reports.“If there’s anywhere I want to be, it’s San Francisco,” Gipson said as the 49ers cleaned out their locker room Jan. 31. “You get to the age where you don’t want to be the new kid at school. You start laying your roots.”Gipson, 32, made for a stellar complement to fellow safety Talanoa Hufanga, who made All-Pro and the Pro Bowl in his second season. Ward and Tarvarius Moore remain slated for free agency, with contract negotiations opening at 1 p.m. Monday and signings elsewhere starting on Wednesday.Gipson’s return further decreases the likelihood of Jimmie Ward coming back for a 10th season. Ward’s hamstring injury ...

‘Complete panic’: Pajaro residents seek shelter as the next atmospheric river is on its way

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 09:33:30 GMT

The waters will be rising again, and the worries are mounting.Dozens of Monterey County residents who packed up their lives after fleeing Pajaro River floodwaters spent Sunday sheltering at evacuation centers, thumbing through piles of hand-me-down clothing, filling up with plates of warm food — and fretting about the future.Pajaro residents Lucia Mendoza and her husband, Francisco Curiel, had been jolted awake at 1 a.m. Saturday by wailing police sirens and voices over loudspeakers warning of a coming flood and urging evacuation. As quickly as they could, the two rushed to grab their three daughters and snatch any valuables they could.“I was in complete panic,” Mendoza said through tears in the middle of the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds, where evacuated families are sheltering after a 100-foot breach opened up on the 74-year-old levee along the Pajaro River. “We got our kids’ documents and our immigration documents and that’s it. We didn’t bring anything else, and I’m worrie...

Columbia, Kansas, UMass, Oregon headline WNIT field

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 09:33:30 GMT

Columbia, Kansas, UMass and Oregon just missed playing in the women’s NCAA Tournament as the first four teams out of the field. All four will be part of the 64-team WNIT field that was announced Sunday night.Other top teams in the field include Bowling Green and Green Bay, which each won 27 games this season. Stephen F. Austin had 26 victories and Ball State 25.Thirty-five of the teams in the bracket won at least 20 games and 17 of them either won or tied for first in their conference’s regular season.This season’s field features 32 automatic qualifiers, which are the next-highest finishers in the conference’s regular season that weren’t selected for the NCAA Tournament. The 32 at-large teams were chosen by WNIT officials.The first round will be played from Wednesday to Friday this week. The championship game is on April 1.The NCAA is in discussions to host a second women’s basketball tournament of its own in the future to create an equitable situ...

Picking the Bracket: Houston wins, 40 years after ’83 loss

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 09:33:30 GMT

If you’re like most of the country, you probably didn’t count on a No. 8 seed reaching the national title game last year — or a No. 15 seed making it to the Elite Eight.Thank you North Carolina and Saint Peter’s, who made sure there’s nowhere for our brackets to go but up in 2023.This season, of course, picking the March Madness bracket comes with its own set of potential pitfalls. How do you account for injuries at Houston and UCLA? Can defending champ Kansas make another run after losing handily in the Big 12 Tournament final? Is this the year you can trust the Big Ten?Here’s one way to go with the bracket:SOUTH REGIONFirst Four: Texas A&M Corpus Christi over Southeast Missouri State.First round winners: Alabama, West Virginia, San Diego State, Virginia, Creighton, Baylor, Utah State and Arizona.Maryland was terrific at home this season and not very good on the road. At a neutral site, the Terrapins get a tough first-round matchup against a West Virgini...