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Amid Masters prep, McIlroy and DeChambeau among players agreeing that divided golf isn't ideal

Apr. 03, 2024 18:07 PM EDT

DORAL, Fla. (AP) — Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau will be the in the same place next week, when they head to Augusta National for the Masters. They're saying the same things this week, albeit a golf world apart. Sounding an alarm going into the year's first...

Wayzata's Jackson McAndrew, bound for Creighton, is Minnesota boys basketball AP Player of Year

Mar. 26, 2024 18:28 PM EDT

The 2024 Associated Press All-State team for Minnesota high school boys basketball, as voted on by statewide media: PLAYER OF THE YEAR Jackson McAndrew, Wayzata FIRST TEAM Jackson McAndrew, senior, Wayzata Isaac Asuma,...

West Virginia governor vies for Manchin's US Senate seat, while moonlighting as girls hoops coach

Mar. 12, 2024 19:58 PM EDT

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — When West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice recently returned to the spotlight, it wasn’t as the state's top executive. Or a wealthy businessman. Or even as a candidate for the U.S. Senate. The term-limited Republican was instead back on the court, guiding a high...

Girls are falling in love with wrestling, the nation's fastest-growing high school sport

Mar. 12, 2024 11:59 AM EDT

MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Jody Mikhail was a sophomore at Pennsylvania's Cumberland Valley High School when a poster for a new girls’ wrestling club caught her eye. So Mikhail, a senior now, tried the sport. “I fell in love with it the first time,” she said. ...

New Jersey appeals court rejects high school's petition to overturn game it lost on blown call

Mar. 08, 2024 21:10 PM EST

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey court has denied an appeal from a high school that lost a state basketball tournament game when referees wrongly overturned a buzzer-beating basket. The state appellate division ruled late Friday that it would not grant Manasquan school officials'...

Texas Class 5A prep football players of year are QB Hauss Hejny and LB Davhon Keys from Aledo

Feb. 15, 2024 18:47 PM EST

BRYAN, Texas (AP) — Quarterback Hauss Hejny and linebacker Davhon Keys from Division 1 state champion Aledo were named the Blue Bell/Texas Sports Writers Association’s Class 5A prep football players of the year on Thursday. Hejny threw for 2,773 yards with 27 touchdowns and added...