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Twins trade Alcala to Red Sox for Minor League infielder Andy Lugo

TRADE DETAILSTwins get: INF Andy LugoRed Sox get: RHP Jorge Alcala Alcala, 29, pitched parts of seven seasons with the Twins, compiling a career record of 9-13 with a 4.32 ERA and one save. He was viewed as a potential high-leverage reliever at times during his career and was having a strong 2024 season, but […]

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Twins get: INF Andy Lugo
Red Sox get: RHP Jorge Alcala

Alcala, 29, pitched parts of seven seasons with the Twins, compiling a career record of 9-13 with a 4.32 ERA and one save. He was viewed as a potential high-leverage reliever at times during his career and was having a strong 2024 season, but he hit a major snag after allowing five runs in just two-thirds of an inning at Texas on Aug. 18 and couldn’t find his way back.

Over his final 12 outings last year, Alcala posted a 7.30 ERA and allowed five home runs in just 12 1/3 innings. This year was mostly more of the same, as he pitched to an ERA of 8.88 with 15 walks in 24 1/3 innings.

“Jorge did a lot of great things for this organization, and I told him that when I brought him into the room to tell him about the trade,” Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said. “He’s got a lot of productivity left in him, and he’s gonna have a nice, long career.”

Lugo, who turned 21 in March, signed with the Red Sox out of the Dominican Republic in 2021. This season, he’s slashing .265/.327/.430 in 171 plate appearances with High-A Greenville.

Meanwhile, Wentz was activated on Thursday and was eager to start making contributions to his new organization.

“When I found out I was coming here … I was pretty pumped,” Wentz said. “Playing against the Twins, it’s a lot of the same guys, it seems like, from last year and the year before. Seems like really good leadership. Everybody comes prepared. Just try to play my role and help out any way I can.”

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CC To Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Women’s Sports

Story Links Join the Colorado College Athletic Department during the 2025-26 season to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Women’s Sports at CC.  Kicking things off with be a signature event during homecoming weekend (Oct. 3-5).   50th Anniversary Celebration of Women in Athletics  Saturday, October 4 | 3:30–5:00 p.m.  Packard Hall and […]

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Join the Colorado College Athletic Department during the 2025-26 season to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Women’s Sports at CC. 

Kicking things off with be a signature event during homecoming weekend (Oct. 3-5).

 

50th Anniversary Celebration of Women in Athletics 

Saturday, October 4 | 3:30–5:00 p.m. 

Packard Hall and Courtyard 

This commemorative event will feature a dynamic panel of accomplished CC alumnae sharing stories of how their athletic experience at Colorado College shaped their personal and professional journeys. It’s a chance to reconnect, reflect, and recognize the trailblazing spirit of CC women athletes and leaders — past and present. 

 

Whether you competed, coached, cheered, or supported — you are part of this legacy. 

 

We can’t wait to welcome you back to campus to celebrate this milestone together. 

 

Light appetizers and refreshments will be provided. 

To register for the homecoming event, CLICK HERE.

 

 



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Alumni Match Gives Husker Volleyball Unique Tune-Up

The kernel of an idea formed in a spring informal brainstorm. Nebraska’s volleyball coaches, including their new head coach, were kicking around notions of how to make the Huskers’ fall practice sessions go by without dragging. Preseason No. 1 Nebraska was marked to open the season at the AVCA First Serve Showcase, three weeks after […]

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The kernel of an idea formed in a spring informal brainstorm. Nebraska’s volleyball coaches, including their new head coach, were kicking around notions of how to make the Huskers’ fall practice sessions go by without dragging.

Preseason No. 1 Nebraska was marked to open the season at the AVCA First Serve Showcase, three weeks after starting fall workouts on July 31. That was three weekends to fill. 

One would be taken up by the team’s annual Red-White Scrimmage, traditionally held the week before the season opener. But NU coaches felt the team needed more to break up the monotony of fall camp, even with the increased amount of practice scrimmaging Dani Busboom Kelly favors over her predecessor, John Cook.

In search of new blood to test a team with eight newcomers, Nebraska turned to, well…old bloods.

Hey, no bad ideas in a brainstorm, right?

“It was just a real short idea where we started asking around alumni who were still playing, and there was a lot of interest,” said NU assistant Kelly (Hunter) Natter.

Once both Nebraska assistant coaches, Kelly (Hunter) Natter, left, and Jordan Larson, will be teammates on Nebraska's alumni

Once both Nebraska assistant coaches, Kelly (Hunter) Natter, left, and Jordan Larson, will be teammates on Nebraska’s alumni team on Saturday / Amarillo Mullen

The whole thing may not have come off if not for Natter, who will have a foot in both worlds Saturday during the 6 p.m. CDT exhibition at the Devaney Center. Having finished her college playing career in 2017, Natter’s not exactly being brought out of mothballs to be the alumni team’s starting setter. 

But being connected to multiple generations of Husker players – those who played with her, as well as those who came both before and after her – made Natter the nexus of Nebraska’s alumni outreach. The MVP? Her cell phone, and she put it to work calling and emailing former teammates like Kenzie Maloney Hoppes and Annika Albrecht Moulder, as well as former NU assistant Jordan Larson, a four-time Olympian who will play another professional season in 2026 with LOVB Nebraska.

Nebraska eventually got enough commitments from alumni players to bring the idea to fruition, which came as a bit of a shock to the current Huskers.

Call it a living history lesson for players like junior outside hitter Harper Murray. Evidence they’ve been smashing volleyballs and hanging banners around here for a long time.

“I was a little confused. I had heard comments made about it during our beach season, but I just didn’t think it was actually going to become a thing,” Murray said.

“Honestly, I barely know some of the people who are going to be playing with Kelly. It’ll be exciting, but it’s also going to be interesting. It’ll be the first time we have a true lineup out there and not mixing around as much.”

Nebraska outside hitter Harper Murray confers with Head Coach Dani Busboom Kelly after a call during the Red-White Scrimmage

Nebraska outside hitter Harper Murray confers with Head Coach Dani Busboom Kelly after a call during the Red-White Scrimmage on Aug. 9, 2025. / Kenny Larabee, KLIN

Busboom Kelly didn’t need to be sold too hard on the idea. She had floated doing an alumni scrimmage at Louisville. And though many of the faces will be familiar to the coach, who played with or coached many of the alumni team’s members as a Nebraska assistant from 2012-16, Saturday’s exhibition allows her to run things like a match against a true opponent.

And the Huskers have a doozy of an opener Friday, Aug. 22, against No. 3 Pittsburgh at Pinnacle Bank Arena.

“We’ll look at some potential lineups and be able to make changes within those lineups that we’d potentially make the following weekend,” Busboom Kelly said. “You can just learn a lot more. It’s an exhibition against another team that a lot of programs do this time of year. This is our version of that, except it’s against alumni, which makes it more fun for our fans.”

Dani Busboom Kelly speaks to the media.

Dani Busboom Kelly speaks to the media. / Amarillo Mullen

Fun for the participants, too. Murray said she recalled watching Maloney, a two-year starting libero who finished her college career in 2018, when Murray was in eighth grade and first beginning to dream of playing in college.

And Natter said she grew up idolizing Gina (Mancuso) Prososki, one of the alumni team’s outside hitters who shares Natter’s hometown of Papillion, Neb. Prososki played for the Huskers from 2009-12.

Other alumni players include outside hitters Ally Batenhorst and Lindsay Krause, and middle blockers Leyla Blackwell and Callie Schwarzenbach. The team will be coached by former Husker and current Omaha Skutt coach Renee Saunders.

But once the Huskers clear any stars from their eyes, it figures to be helpful business. While the Red-White Scrimmage allows coaches to evaluate individual players, the splitting of teams into two rosters means some players had to play roles they normally wouldn’t during the regular season.

The Alumni Match will be formatted like a regular best-three-out-of-five match, finally allowing the current Huskers to get reps against an opponent before facing another 2024 Final Four participant less than a week later.

“The depth is pretty amazing. Our practices are really tough. That’s just going to make us stronger in the end,” Busboom Kelly said. “That’s why I’m very excited to play against somebody else, even if it’s alumni this weekend, to really see how our eight players can perform together – seven or eight – without playing against each other. It’s very hard to tell how good we are, how good one individual is, because the line is so thin between our top outside and maybe our fourth outside. It’s razor thin.”

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Saturday will be a chance to soak in a little Husker history, but provide maybe a more meaningful look at what matches could look like in the near future.

“You want to scrimmage because you want to see what lineups go well, who passes next to each other well, who can block together,” Murray said. “I think it’s smart on Dani’s part to have us play as much as we do just because we get to see and feel out our lineups and feel who we play next to.”

Trash talk? Or respect your elders?

With 17 players – one of the biggest rosters in program history – most of whom were star-studded recruits, there’s no shortage of bravado in Nebraska’s practices. 

But will that show its head on Saturday, or will the current Huskers have more of a “Respect thy elders” approach?

Natter’s ready for a stream of chatter when she’s on the opposing side of the net from her current charges.

“Being in the gym with these guys, they’re so competitive. They’re always talking smack to each other, and they’ll make little comments to me sometimes,” Natter said. “It’s really playful and really fun right from the start. I think it’ll be more joking competitiveness than serious, but I’m sure there will be some of those serious moments too.”

With a number of alumni players no longer playing regularly, some well past the end of their playing careers, Busboom Kelly said she’s heard a few of the alumni players might be hoping for a quick evening.

“I know there are some that are hoping it stays at three (sets), but I’m secretly hoping for a four-setter,” Busboom Kelly said. “We won’t be playing extra if it’s a sweep one way or the other.”

The alumni group hasn’t officially practiced, Natter said. But will be getting together to go over rotations on Saturday afternoon. Look for the alumni team to wear t-shirts instead of playing jerseys.

Setting a work in progress

Busboom Kelly said that after evaluating the Red-White Scrimmage, Nebraska’s setters Bergen Reilly and Campbell Flynn “have a lot of work to do” when it comes to location and tempo of sets to the pins, especially back sets to the right side of the court.

But, that’s nothing she didn’t expect two weeks into fall practice. Normally, the team would have another week of practice to refine those things before showing them to the public in the intrasquad scrimmage.

Nebraska setter Bergen Reilly during the Red-White Scrimmage on Aug. 9, 2025

Nebraska setter Bergen Reilly during the Red-White Scrimmage on Aug. 9, 2025 / Kenny Larabee, KLIN

NU’s coach hasn’t been stingy with praise for her setting duo this fall, saying she thinks they’re the best unit in the country. They’re doing well at the things Busboom Kelly would hope at this point in the preseason – blocking, defense, and decision making. Consistency on the ball placement will come with more repetitions in the gym.

“They’re playing confident,” Busboom Kelly said. We already talked about their well-rounded games. Campbell has improved a ton from a defensive standpoint. A lot of those things you can’t really work on every day to get better at, we’re great. It’s the location and some of the tempo that we’ll continue to work on that’ll continue to get better and better the more we play and settle into a lineup.”

Quick sideouts

Busboom Kelly said Wednesday that while Nebraska doesn’t chart every serve in practice, libero Laney Choboy and freshman opposite hitter Virginia Adriano have stood out as servers in workouts. Adriano fired back-to-back aces in last weekend’s Red-White Scrimmage.

“We want to be one of the best serving and passing teams in the country,” she said. “Nebraska always is, and this team is no different. We want to continue to fine-tune that. That’s a pretty big priority going into the First Serve Showcase.”

Murray said the team celebrated senior middle blocker Rebekah Allick being named the team’s “Lifter of the Year” at the Red-White Scrimmage because of her dedication.

Nebraska middle blocker Rebekah Allick poses with Director of Olympic Sports Performance Brian Kmitta.

Nebraska middle blocker Rebekah Allick (right) poses with Director of Olympic Sports Performance Brian Kmitta after being named the team’s 2025 Lifter of the Year. / Kenny Larabee, KLIN

“She’s put in a lot of work, and I know she’s expressed how committed she is this year to putting in so much work and love into her senior year because this is her last year here and she’s from here,” Murray said. “She takes the culture and the family feel of Nebraska volleyball very seriously because she grew up watching it.”

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TNT Sports Brazil’s TikTok Playbook: Scaling Digital Performance

How this major player redefined their TikTok strategy for success What if the roar of the crowd is no longer the most powerful sound in sports? In theage of TikTok, a new, more dynamic currency is emerging, forever changing how fans connect with the game. While reach and awareness remain foundational, publishers are now realizing […]

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How this major player redefined their TikTok strategy for success

What if the roar of the crowd is no longer the most powerful sound in sports? In the
age of TikTok, a new, more dynamic currency is emerging, forever changing how fans connect with the game.

While reach and awareness remain foundational, publishers are now realizing that true victory lies in genuine connections, viral search visibility, and a relentless stream of fresh content.

This shift presented a unique challenge for TNT Sports Brazil (@tntsportsbr). Despite boasting one of the largest TikTok followings among sports publishers in the country, their impressive fan base wasn’t translating into significant video views. They had the audience, but they needed to unlock its full potential. So, TNT Sports decided it was time to move beyond mere reach and implement a bold new strategy designed to deliver deeper, sustained engagement and create meaningful impact through increased visibility.

The Winning Formula

In early January 2025, TNT Sports introduced a series of platform-first adjustments centered on six key pillars: frequency, discoverability, timeliness, creativity, personality, and content longevity.

Let’s take a look at how they pivoted to better align with the way modern audiences discover, consume and engage with sports content.

1. Scaled Up Their Posts

Within a week, TNT Sports more than doubled its posting volume, creating more touchpoints with fans and improving their chances of capturing attention. This shift allowed for increased experimentation and positioned the brand to respond quickly to emerging trends. For publishers, this means prioritizing volume and agility over rigid content calendars. Embracing a test-and-learn approach is the easiest way to scale up your posting cadence and deliver content that truly resonates.





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Girls’ Volleyball Roundup: Santa Barbara Downed in Four Sets by Powerhouse Saugus

A season opening matchup with a powerhouse Saugus team was an opportunity for the Santa Barbara High girls’ volleyball team to grow. The Dons battled and avoided the sweep, but came away with a 25-20 24-26, 25-14, 25-17 loss on Tuesday night at J.R. Richards Gymnasium. “They are all super bought in. I am proud […]

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A season opening matchup with a powerhouse Saugus team was an opportunity for the Santa Barbara High girls’ volleyball team to grow.

The Dons battled and avoided the sweep, but came away with a 25-20 24-26, 25-14, 25-17 loss on Tuesday night at J.R. Richards Gymnasium.

“They are all super bought in. I am proud of them for the first match,” said Santa Barbara coach Kristin Hempy. “From the first set until the end it got better and that’s what we want to do, especially during preseason.”

Middle blockers Lola Heckman and Jaqueline Durling led the way for Santa Barbara with six and five kills respectively. On the outside Blake Saundders and Aeryn Alexander both chipped in four kills.

After dropping the first set, The Dons trailed 24-20 in set two when a Saugus serving error cut the deficit to 24-21 and brought Paylin Marcillac to the service line. Marcillac delivered back-to-back ace serves, cutting the deficit to 24-23.

Payton Marcillac delivered four ace serves against Saugus. Photo Credit: Gary Kim

Another tough serve by Marcillac resulted in a Saugus overpass that Heckman cleaned up to tie the score at 24-24. After a Saugus hitting error put the Dons ahead 25-24, another kill by Heckman clinched the improbable comeback as Santa Barbara ran off six consecutive points.

“We have a lot of really strong consistent servers. That’s something that we work on a lot,” Hempy said. “It’s important to be able to execute that when the time matters. I was really proud of them in that clutch moment when the pressure was on.”

In set three, Saugus displayed its elite resilience. The Centurions finished with a 40-3 overall record last season and jumped out to a 9-3 lead in set three to regain control of the match.

The Dons will travel to another strong opponent in Mayfield of Pasadena for a non-league contest on Thursday.

San Marcos, 3; Arroyo Grande, 1

The Royals outlasted a strong Arroyo Grande team 25-11, 25-20, 23-25, 25-21 in head coach Erica Menzel-Downing’s return to the sideline.

Downing previously served as head coach from 2008-2016 and is now back at the helm of San Marcos where she was a standout player before continuing her volleyball career at UCSB.



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CC To Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Women's Sports

Story Links Join the Colorado College Athletic Department during the 2025-26 season to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Women’s Sports at CC.  Kicking things off with be a signature event during homecoming weekend (Oct. 3-5). 50th Anniversary Celebration of Women in Athletics Saturday, October 4 | 3:30–5:00 p.m. Packard Hall and Courtyard  This commemorative event will feature a […]

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Join the Colorado College Athletic Department during the 2025-26 season to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Women’s Sports at CC. 

Kicking things off with be a signature event during homecoming weekend (Oct. 3-5).
 
50th Anniversary Celebration of Women in Athletics 
Saturday, October 4 | 3:30–5:00 p.m. 
Packard Hall and Courtyard 

This commemorative event will feature a dynamic panel of accomplished CC alumnae sharing stories of how their athletic experience at Colorado College shaped their personal and professional journeys. It’s a chance to reconnect, reflect, and recognize the trailblazing spirit of CC women athletes and leaders — past and present. 
 
Whether you competed, coached, cheered, or supported — you are part of this legacy. 
 
We can’t wait to welcome you back to campus to celebrate this milestone together. 
 
Light appetizers and refreshments will be provided. 

To register for the homecoming event, CLICK HERE.
 

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Dutchmen, Dutchgirls prepare for college sports

By Will Johnson, Sports Editor Throughout Missouri and Illinois, numerous former Owensville High School (OHS) Dutchmen and Dutchgirls are gearing up for their respective sports seasons at the collegiate level. Among those are eight members of the OHS Class of 2025 going on to compete in women’s soccer, women’s basketball, women’s wrestling, men’s cross country […]

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Throughout Missouri and Illinois, numerous former Owensville High School (OHS) Dutchmen and Dutchgirls are gearing up for their respective sports seasons at the collegiate level.

Among those are eight members of the OHS Class of 2025 going on to compete in women’s soccer, women’s basketball, women’s wrestling, men’s cross country and track along with women’s cross country and track.

Joining Sophia Ashner as the other four-time state medalist in cross country, former Dutchgirl harrier Ilene Limberg will take her talents to the NCAA Division II stage as a member of the Maryville University (MU) Saints track and cross country teams.

Limberg also etched her name forever in OHS Track and Field history becoming just the second athlete in school history to win two state championships in the same meet joining former OHS sprinter Tanner Waits.

She also helped the Dutchgirl track and cross country teams to third-place state trophies in Class 3.

Also a member of both of those OHS teams, Abbie Gibson will join her older sister Mekayla for at least one season as a member of the William Woods University (WWU) Women’s track and cross country teams.

Mekayla graduated with her bachelor’s degree this past May and will continue working on her master while using one more season of athletic eligibility to run with her sister.

A third member of the OHS track and cross country teams will also continue his athletic career in college.

Jayden Stewart ran for four years as a member of the OHS track and cross country teams will take his talents into Jefferson County as a member of the Mineral Area College track and cross country squads.

One of three Dutchgirls to reach 100 career wins in girl’s wrestling, 2025 OHS graduate Elizabeth Adams will become the first Dutchgirl wrestler to take her talents to the college level as a member of the WWU Owls Women’s Wrestling Team.

Two Dutchgirl soccer seniors will be continuing their careers on the pitch this fall and will face each other twice.

Staying close to home will be Katie Loyd at East Central College (ECC) in Union while Lily Reed is heading across the Mississippi River into the Land of Lincoln and Kaskaskia Community College in Kaskaskia, Ill.

They will face each other twice throughout the upcoming fall season on Wednesday, Aug. 27 in Centralia, Ill., and on Wednesday, Sept. 10 in Union.

Both matches will start at 3 p.m., with the one in Union also serving as ECC’s home opener.

On the hardwood, two Dutchgirls that helped them to back-to-back district titles and a trip to the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) Show-Me Showdown back in 2024 will continue their athletic and academic pursuits in college.

Forever known for the shot heard ‘round Owensville during their overtime sectional victory over Strafford this past March, Camryn Caldwell will stay in the Show-Me State heading northeast to the small town of Canton for the next four years at Culver-Stockton College (C-SC).

Camryn is not the only Caldwell that will be competing in the Heart of America Athletic Conference (HAAC).

Her brother Noah Caldwell will be hitting the links next spring in Fayette as a member of the Central Methodist University (CMU) Men’s Golf team.

Causing offensive and defensive nightmares for teams in Missouri over the last four years, Ali Daniels will take her talents west into the Sunflower State at Ottawa University in Kansas.

Along with the Adams and the Gibson sisters at WWU, former OHS distance runners Kyah Weirich and Freddy Zheng will be entering their senior seasons as members of the Owls track and cross country programs.

Ali’s cousin Emma Daniels will look to keep growing her game as a sophomore for the Columbia College Women’s Basketball Team. Fresh off their fourth consecutive American Midwest Conference (AMC) Tournament title, Daniels and the Cougars will look to make it five in a row while also working towards booking passage to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) National Tournament.

Three former Dutchmen football players will also be continuing their gridiron careers at the next level.

Taking a medical red shirt last fall after having surgery following a wrestling injury, Hayden Shoemaker will begin the upcoming season of Missouri S&T football in a Miner uniform as a red shirt freshman.

Isaiah Gates will also be on the gridiron but in Fulton as a member of the Westminster College Blue Jays.

Making the University of Missouri Tiger football team as a walk on, Derek Brandt will be a senior this fall in Columbia joining fellow former Gasconade County football player Daeden Hopkins who was fresh off helping Hermann to a district runner-up finish on the gridiron.

If there any other Owensville athletes playing in college that were not mentioned here, please email that information to wjohnson@wardpub.com so that they can be included in an upcoming issue of The Gasconade County Republican.





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