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A's catcher MacIver gets go

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Willie MacIver hit a go-ahead single in the eighth inning of his major league debut. Minutes later, the 28-year-old catcher threw out a runner trying to steal second for the final out that ended the Athletics’ 11-game losing streak. “I woke up hoping for a Gatorade bath at the end […]

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“I woke up hoping for a Gatorade bath at the end of the game and, man, I’ve never felt such a good feeling with such cold water,” he said after the A’s beat Philadelphia 5-4 on Sunday and stopped the Phillies’ nine-game win streak.

MacIver was among five players brought up from the minors on Friday. He started Sunday in place of Shea Langeliers in the day game after a night game.

“This is part of the talk that we had in spring training, it was going to take the whole army that was in the room,” said manager Mark Kotsay, who watched the end from the clubhouse following his first ejection this season.

MacIver, hitting .389 with two homers and 30 RBIs at Triple-A Las Vegas, grounded out in the second and fourth against Jesús Luzardo, then struck out in the sixth.

After Trea Turner homered in the eighth off Hogan Harris for a 4-3 lead, another Friday call-ups sparked the rally.

Logan Davidson walked and scored on Lawrence Butler’s triple against Matt Strahm. MacIver fouled off a fastball, then drove a cutter into center field to bring home the go-ahead run.

“I’m always upset about walks,” Strahm said. “I just feel like I’ve had too many too close together.”

A day after blowing a ninth-inning lead, Mason Miller allowed a two-out single in the ninth to Alec Bohm. Johan Rojas pinch ran and MacIver, who had been in the minors since 2018, threw to shortstop Jacob Wilson, who tagged the sliding Rojas on an elbow.

“I had family here, friends, teammates, ex-teammates,” MacIver said. “It’s a dream come true. I can’t even put it into words.”

Rojas at 29.9 feet per second has the fifth-highest sprint speed in the majors among players with 10 or more opportunities, according to Statcast.

MacIver was selected by Colorado in the ninth round of the 2018 amateur draft from the University of Washington. He played in the 2021 Futures Game with Bobby Witt Jr., Julio Rodríguez and Spencer Torkelson.

MacIver became a minor league free agent last November and signed a minor league contract with the Athletics a month later.

“I’m so grateful for my family and for my support system,” he said. “They’ve been everything to me and I obviously wouldn’t be here without them and like I can’t thank them enough. … The fact that they could be here and see my first hit and how that game ended, man, it’s awesome.”

Davidson started at first a day after Nick Kurtz left the game because of a left hip issue. He had two hits and two RBIs a day after a forgettable debut.

Davidson entered as a pinch runner for Kurtz in the 10th inning. He was thrown out at the plate, called for obstruction and ended a 9-6 loss by striking out.

“There’s a lot of confidence that I have in this kid,” Kotsay said. “I’ve invested a lot of time, we’ve had a lot of conversations through the last two seasons about what it was going to take for him to be a big leaguer and he has not backed down from anything that I’ve given him and to see the reward come today and just his first start and contributing and having such an impact to the win, was awesome.”

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CAA Athletes Earn All-American Nods After Performance at 2025 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

CAA Athletes Earn All-American Nods After Performance at 2025 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships 6/17/2025 5:00:00 PM Ben Kane EUGENE, Ore. (June, 17, 2025) – The outdoor track and field season is officially in the books, with several CAA athletes garnering All-American honors following their performances at the NCAA […]

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CAA Athletes Earn All-American Nods After Performance at 2025 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

6/17/2025 5:00:00 PM

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EUGENE, Ore. (June, 17, 2025) – The outdoor track and field season is officially in the books, with several CAA athletes garnering All-American honors following their performances at the NCAA Track and Field Championship at Historic Hayward Field.

Three female athletes and four men, alongside two relay teams, were awarded for their accomplishments at the national championship, with all but two honors going to North Carolina A&T.

Monmouth’s Yasmeen Tinsley earned a spot on the second team after her 15^th-place effort in the 400m hurdles with a time of 57.53. Tinsley became just the sixth woman ever from Monmouth to be named a Division I Track & Field All-American.

Two female athletes from A&T were recognized with Spirit Morgan ranking the highest as a second-team All-American in the high jump with a ninth-place 1.84m leap. Her teammate Olivia Dowd became an honorable mention selection with a 12.46m performance in the triple jump that placed 23^rd.

In the men’s 110m hurdles, both Northeastern’s Ethan Exilhomme (18th at 13.66) and A&T’s Isaiah Taylor (22nd at 14.30) collected honorable mention All-America status.

The Aggies’ quartet of Jaeden Gumbs, Xzaviah Taylor, Brandon Nya, and Correy McManus Jr. competed in the 4×100 and were listed as honorable mentions in the event thanks to a 40.43 performance that was 23^rd overall.

Elijah Taylor, Xzaviah Taylor, Gurnell, and Dyimond Walker also received honorable mention accolades in the 4x400m finishing 18th overall with a time of 3:05.77.

Xzaviah Taylor earned his second accolade in the 400m-hurdles finishing 55.63 to place 11th and garner second-team All-America status while his brother Isaiah Taylor was named an honorable mention for the event after a 24^th-place outing (55.63).

A&T’s Xavier Partee was named an honorable mention All-American in the triple jump for his 15.32m leap that ranked 17^th in his first career NCAA Championship appearance.

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Twelve Boys U19 Athletes Selected for 2025 Pan American Cup

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. (June 17, 2025) – USA Volleyball has selected 12 members of the 2025 Boys U19 National Team to compete at the NORCECA U19 Pan American Cup, July 8-13, in Cuernavaca, Mexico. The 12 athletes were chosen from the 28 who participated in a training block June 1-7 at the National Team Training […]

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COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. (June 17, 2025) – USA Volleyball has selected 12 members of the 2025 Boys U19 National Team to compete at the NORCECA U19 Pan American Cup, July 8-13, in Cuernavaca, Mexico.

The 12 athletes were chosen from the 28 who participated in a training block June 1-7 at the National Team Training Center in Anaheim, Calif. The Pan Am Cup participants will also attend a training block in Orlando, Fla., from July 3-5 before traveling to Mexico.

The NORCECA U19 Pan American Cup will feature eight teams divided into two pools, with the U.S. sharing Pool A with Venezuela, Puerto Rico and Canada. Chile, Suriname, Mexico and Panama are in the other pool.

The U.S. Boys U19 Team won the gold medal at the 2024 NORCECA Continental Championship and has won the last two Pan American Cup tournaments in 2022 and ’23. The 2023 Boys U19 Team finished fourth at the World Championship, its best finish ever.

Three members of the 2025 national team have previous experience with the squad. Thomas Demps IV, Dante Cayaban and Thomas Phung were all on the 2024 U19 National Team, with Demps and Cayaban part of the team that won gold at the 2024 NORCECA Continental Championship.

Mountain View Volleyball Club’s Jonah Carson will coach the Pan Am team.

“The staff and I are excited to work with this group of U19 athletes,” Carson said. “The opportunity to represent the USA in an international tournament is a special experience that I know we all take seriously. With the addition of this tournament and the growth of the NTDP, it’s an exciting time to be part of USA volleyball.”

2025 Boys U19 National Team Pan American Cup Roster

Name (Pos., Ht., Hometown, School, USAV Region)

2 Ben Bayer (L, 6-1, Menomonee Falls, Wisc., Sussex Hamilton HS, Badger)
3 Thomas Phung (L, 5-10 Garland, Texas, Harvard University, Southern)
6 Thomas Demps IV (OH, 6-4, Raleigh, N.C., Broughton HS, Carolina)
9 Dante Cayaban (MB, 6-7, Saint Cloud, Fla., Saint Cloud HS, Florida)
13 Logan Hutnick (OH, 6-6, Huntington Beach, Calif., Huntington Beach HS, Southern California)
15 Blake Fahlbusch (OH, 6-8, Manhattan Beach, Calif., Loyola HS of Los Angeles, Southern California)
17 Peter Chriss (S, 6-6, Menlo Park, Calif., Menlo Atherton HS, Northern California)
18 Brett Novak (S, 6-6, Lancaster, Calif., Paraclete HS, Southern California)
22 Kale Cochran (OH, 6-7, Roseville, Calif., Whitney HS, Northern California)
23 Corbin Batista (OPP, 6-7, St. George, Utah, Alta HS, Intermountain)
24 Isiah Powell (MB, 6-7, Silver Spring, Md., Springbrook HS, Chesapeake)
25 Brodie Heshler (MB, 6-7, Harrisburg, Pa., Central Dauphin HS, Keystone)

Coaches

Head Coach: Jonah Carson (MVVC)
Assistant Coach: Sean Byron (Marist College)
Assistant Coach: Spencer Wickens (Stanford)
Performance Analyst: AJ Ruttenberg (UCLA)
Team Doctor: Dr. Chris Cornell (Coduhi Clinic)
Team Lead: Brandon Oswald (NTDP)

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All times PDT

July 8: USA vs. Venezuela, 1 p.m.
July 9: USA vs. Canada, 3 p.m.
July 10: USA vs. Puerto Rico, 3 p.m.
July 11: Quarterfinals
July 12: Classification 7/8, 5/6 and semifinals
July 13: Medal matches

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Twelve Warriors Named CSC Academic All-District

Story Links Conway, Ark.- The College Sports Communicators have released their Academic All-District teams for the Men & Women’s At-Large teams, with twelve Warriors making the list. To be nominated, Student-athletes must be at least a sophomore academically and athletically with at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale). Men’s Golf […]

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Conway, Ark.- The College Sports Communicators have released their Academic All-District teams for the Men & Women’s At-Large teams, with twelve Warriors making the list. To be nominated, Student-athletes must be at least a sophomore academically and athletically with at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale).

Men’s Golf

Oliver Naumann

Deqlyn Buttrey

Lail Shaw

Michael Young

Women’s Golf

Amber Alsup

Gianna Miceli

Men’s Lacrosse

Ian Domeika*

Michael DeCaro

Women’s Lacrosse

Peyton Refling

Rayne Thone

Beach Volleyball

Eliana Oden

Mabrey Matz

MEN’S & WOMEN’S GOLF

Eligible nominees must be in the lineup for 70 percent of an institution’s TEAM SCORING events OR in the lineup at the conference championship tournament.

MEN’S & WOMEN’S LACROSSE

Eligible nominees must compete in 90 percent of the institution’s games played OR must start in at least 66 percent of the institution’s games.

WOMEN’S BEACH VOLLEYBALL

Student-athletes must be in the lineup for 70 percent of an institution’s TEAM SCORING events

The 2024-25 Academic All-District® Men’s and Women’s At-Large teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances in competition and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America® program separately recognizes At-Large honorees in five divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, NAIA, and the College Division.

Academic All-District® honorees were considered for advancement to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. Student-athletes selected as CSC Academic All-America® finalists are denoted with an asterisk and will advance to the national ballot to be voted on by CSC members.

NCAA, NAIA and College Division Women’s At-Large Academic All-America® First-, second- and third-team honorees will be announced on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. The Men’s At-Large Teams will be announced on Wednesday, July 9.

The Division II and III CSC Academic All-America® programs are partially financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures to assist CSC with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2024-25 Divisions II and III Academic All-America® programs. The NAIA CSC Academic All-America® program is partially financially supported through the NAIA governance structure. The College Division Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) governance structure.

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Oli Thompson – Creative Services Manager – Men’s Basketball Support Staff

Oli Thompson is in his first year as Manager of Creative Services at UAB. He leads UAB’s creative team and manages both digital and social media content for our athletics teams. Prior to UAB, Thompson was the Video Coordinator of Creative Content at Southern Illinois University, overseeing their creative video content as well as in-venue and […]

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Oli Thompson is in his first year as Manager of Creative Services at UAB. He leads UAB’s creative team and manages both digital and social media content for our athletics teams.

Prior to UAB, Thompson was the Video Coordinator of Creative Content at Southern Illinois University, overseeing their creative video content as well as in-venue and digital media. This included being a part of the media efforts of SIU’s back-to-back softball conference championships in 2023 & 2024.

A native of the United Kingdom, Thompson moved to the US in 2021 and was a Graduate Assistant for Ball State Sports Link, one of the Nation’s top ranked undergraduate programs for video production at Ball State University. This is also where he obtained a Masters in Telecommunications with a focus in Digital Storytelling.

Prior to moving to the US, Thompson worked as a media producer for Cardiff City FC, a professional soccer club, from 2018-2021. This included one season in the Premier League with the Bluebirds.

He also collected a Master’s degree in Sport Broadcast and undergraduate degree in Sport Performance Analysis from Cardiff Metropolitan University. Working with their media department, Cardiff Met Sport TV.

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Jesuit star sprinter flips college commitment from Southern Oregon football to Oregon Ducks track

One of Oregon’s breakout track stars of 2025 just flipped gears completely. On Monday, Jesuit senior Grant Valley announced on his social media that he is committing to Oregon to join the track and field team. Valley was previously committed to Southern Oregon University to play football. At 6-foot-1, 165 pounds, Valley played receiver and […]

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One of Oregon’s breakout track stars of 2025 just flipped gears completely.

On Monday, Jesuit senior Grant Valley announced on his social media that he is committing to Oregon to join the track and field team.

Valley was previously committed to Southern Oregon University to play football.

At 6-foot-1, 165 pounds, Valley played receiver and defensive back for the Crusaders in the fall and helped lead Jesuit to a 9-3 record in 2024. He was named a second team all-state selection in Class 6A as a senior.

But it was in the spring when Valley truly burst onto the scene. After leg injuries derailed a lot of his high school track career, Valley stunned the field and won the 100-meter dash at the Oregon Relays in early April. It was his first non-dual meet track and field win of his high school career.

At a dual meet in May, Valley broke the state record in the 200 as he clocked a 20.86-second finish to break Micah Williams’ mark of 21.03 in 2019. He completed his year by winning Class 6A state championships in the 100, 200 and the 4×400-meter relay.

Valley’s personal best time in the 100 (10.36) is No. 3 all-time in state history, behind Williams’ 10.21 in 2019 and Thomas Tyner’s 10.35 in 2011.

For the Ducks, the men’s sprints was a struggle in the 2024-25 school year. Oregon did not have any men’s sprinters compete in the prelims for the 100 or the 200 at the NCAA Track and Field Outdoor Championships.

— Nik Streng covers high school sports in Oregon. Reach him at nstreng@oregonian.com or @NikStreng

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