The United States and Houthis in Yemen reached a deal to halt American airstrikes against the group after the Iranian-backed militants agreed to cease attacks against American vessels in the Red Sea, President Trump and Omani mediators said Tuesday.

Mr. Trump broke the news of the truce during an unrelated Oval Office meeting with Canada’s prime minister, surprising even his own Pentagon officials.

A recent decision by the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association (NIAA) is costing the conference two longtime member schools from California, and one more may soon leave as well. 

Who is leaving the NIAA?

Starting this fall, North Tahoe and Truckee, two Northern California schools close to the Nevada border, have decided to leave the NIAA because of the association’s vote to ban transgender athletes from playing in girls sports. According to the Reno Gazette Journal, South Tahoe High School will remain in the NIAA for now.  

On Tuesday, April 3, the NIAA voted to ban transgender girls from playing girls’ sports. Athletes on girls’ teams will have to prove their sex assigned at birth if a school raises a claim that they are transgender.

The athletic association said they are following President Donald Trump’s executive order banning transgender athletes in girls’ and women’s school sports. Attorney Paul Anderson said not approving the transgender policy puts Nevada schools at risk of losing federal funding.

What are the California schools saying about the move?

The two California schools making the move away from the Nevada conference believe they have to abide by California laws that bar discrimination based on sex or gender identity. 

“We are a California school district, and so we must adhere to California state law,” Amber Burke, spokesperson for Truckee schools, told the Gazette Journal.

Truckee Tahoe Unified School District’s Superintendent Kerstin Kramer explained the school’s decision to leave the NIAA in a letter to parents.

“We understand how incredibly important high school sports are to so many of our students, families, and community members. Please know that this decision, while driven by our requirement to comply with California state law, was not taken lightly,” Kramer said. “Recent NIAA policy changes regarding student-athlete eligibility based solely on biological sex directly conflict with California laws protecting gender identity and expression, including AB 1955, which guarantees students’ rights to privacy and protects them from discrimination.”

Why is the move upsetting to parents and students?

The schools are moving to the California Interscholastic Federation, but that means much longer trips for games and other activities. Many opponents will be an hour or more away in the Sacramento suburbs.  

Truckee High School is a football powerhouse, winning two of the past three state Nevada 3A football championships. In all, Truckee has won 14 state football championships in Nevada.

How are other states trying to navigate Trump’s executive order?

Several states have had to grapple with President Trump’s executive order banning transgender athletes from competing in girls’ sports. In February, Attorney General Pam Bondi warned officials in Maine, California and Minnesota to comply with President Trump’s executive orders or face legal action. 

Maine Gov. Janet Mills, D, previously sparred with Trump at a National Governors Association meeting over her state’s refusal to implement the ban. She responded to the President’s threat to take away Maine’s federal funding with a curt “See you in court.”

There are currently several cases challenging Trump’s executive order making their way through state and federal courts.

FLINT – Check out what happened around the Flint-area high school sports scene on May 5.

Coaches and athletic directors are encouraged to email results, highlights, and comments about the results of each game for any sport to jszczepaniak@mlive.com.

Baseball

Goodrich 2, Clio 1: Cross Darby pitched another gem for the Martians Monday night as he went six innings with one earned run and five strikeouts.

Darby and Parker Pannell had back-to-back RBI-doubles to score both runs for Goodrich in the win.

Goodrich’s Thomas Niles went 2–for-3 with a stolen base.

Goodrich 9, Clio 3: Parker Pannell took the ball in game two and was dominant, tossing 6.2 innings with seven strikeouts to help Goodrich earn the win.

Owosso 5, Corunna 3: Pitching and timely hitting helped Owosso earn the win in game one as Camden Caswell contributed four innings and Jackson Valasek allowed only one hit in his three innings of relief.

Eden Ackley paced the Owosso offense with two hits and two RBIs in the seventh inning to seal the win while Liam Patrick and Ryan Maier each added a hit.

Owosso 6, Corunna 0: A complete game shutout from Jack Sydow led Owosso to the final win of the night as he allowed only one hit.

Eden Ackley had two hits (including a triple) while Ryan Maier also added two hits.

Carson Moore, Blake Binger, Santi Aguirre, Austin Blaha, and Jackson Valasek all added a hit in the win.

Owosso improves to 15-4 on the year.

Scores

Chesaning 3, Mt. Morris 0

Chesaning 10, Mt. Morris 0

Fenton 4, Flushing 2

Fenton 2, Flushing 1

Flint Powers Catholic 7, Davison 6

Flint Powers Catholic 6, Davison 3

Lake Fenton 6, Ortonville Brandon 1

Mayville 10, Dryden 1

Ortonville Brandon 5, Lake Fenton 4

Swartz Creek 7, Holly 1

Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes 6, Genesee Christian 5

Boys Golf

Charger Invitational results

Clarkston took the top spot by seven strokes Monday at Powers Catholic’s Charger Invitational.

Flushing finished second while Davison (T-4th) and Fenton (9th) were the only two Flint-area teams to reach the top ten.

Flushing’s AJ Gasper shot a 70 and finished in third while Davison’s Jay Morris finished in fifth with a 71.

Flushing’s Garrett Morrison shot a 73 and finished tied for seventh.

Holly 163, Owosso 182: Chase Couchman shot a 36 to lead the Bronchos to a win Monday night.

Colton Swartz added a 38 for Holly while Owen Feldausch led Owosso with a 43.

MMAC Midseason Meet

Chesaning took the top spot by 16 strokes while Birch Run’s Cole Beldyga (79) and Mason Reis (80) had the two best scores of the day.

Flint-area top performers include New Lothrop’s Kevin Heslip (85) and Cameron Naessens (88), who finished eighth and tenth respectively, and Durand’s Travis Hull (87), who finished ninth.

New Lothrop finished in third and Durand finished in fourth.

Swartz Creek 164, Corunna 180: Josh Cooney shot a 34 and topped the leaderboard to lead Swartz Creek to a win Monday.

Boston Koebke and Bowden Griwatsch added a 42 for the Dragons while Lukas Homola (42) and Aidan Roka (43) paced Corunna.

Girls Lacrosse

Scores

Grand Ledge 13, Swartz Creek 7

Howell 16, Grand Blanc 13

Midland Dow 8, Lapeer 2

Boys Lacrosse

Fenton 11, Chelsea 6: A pair of goals by Evan Crane, Nate Roberts, and Jonah Andrews led Fenton to a win Monday night.

Other contributing scorers for the Tigers were Aiden McKenna, Lawson Perry, Owen Mueller, Brady Brogren, and Cuyler Fielhauer with a goal each.

Scores

Goodrich 15, Bay City Western 11

Midland Dow 19, Flint Powers Catholic 12

Girls Soccer

Flushing 2, Fenton 0: Flushing picked up its fourth-straight win Monday night as Liv Gioventu and Kayla Rousseau each tallied a goal.

Tessa Slogor tallied the only assist while Alana Babcock earned the shutout in net.

Flushing improves to 11-2 on the season.

Scores

Genesee Christian 8, Brighton Charyl Stockwell Prep 0

Goodrich 8, Clio 0

Holly 1, Swartz Creek 0

Lake Fenton 3, Flint Kearsley 1

Midland 5, Grand Blanc 0

Midland Dow 3, Davison 0

Mount Pleasant 2, Lapeer 0

Ortonville Brandon 3, Owosso 0

Yale 7, Imlay City 0

Softball

Fenton 16, Flushing 3: Ally Turkowski launched a home run and had five RBIs to lead the Tigers in game one.

Izzy MacCaughan had three hits while Taryn Craven, Abby Golen, Lexi Shouse, and Olivia Ferrari all had two hits each.

Golen drove in three runs and combined with Lillian Tillier for six strikeouts in six innings of work on the mound.

Fenton 17, Flushing 0: The Tigers kept the offense going in game two as Tillier went 3-for-4 with a double and six RBIs.

Taryn Craven and Olivia Ferrari each had three hits while Abby Golen and Lily Underwood added two in the win.

Golen pitched all four innings and tallied four strikeouts in the win.

Goodrich 7, Clio 4: It took nine innings to decide a winner, but Goodrich walked away with the win in game one.

Jayden Gohs pitched all nine innings for the Martians and recorded eight strikeouts while also launching a home run in the win.

Sophie Swanson went 3-for-3 with a double and two RBIs while Anna Light had a pair of hits and Ayannah Jackson had a hit and two RBIs for Goodrich.

Clio was led by a home run from Summer Stevens and a double from Payton Malin and Karlie Bicknell.

Addie Taylor pitched all nine innings for the Mustangs and recorded nine strikeouts.

Goodrich 5, Clio 1: Clio would put a run on the board in the first inning but couldn’t get anything going afterwards as Goodrich would score five unanswered.

Abby Stefanski went 2-for-3 with a home run and four RBIs to pace the Goodrich offense while Jayden Gohs and Alisyn Raether each had two hits in the win.

Stefanski went seven innings and tallied four strikeouts for the Martians.

Veronica Tate went seven innings for Clio and tallied the only RBI while Samantha Rinks led the team with two hits.

Lake Fenton 10, Ortonville Brandon 1: Freshman Avery Cochrane paved the way for the Blue Devils’ offense in game one, driving in five runs on three hits to lead the Blue Devils past Brandon 10-1 on Monday.

Avery Cochrane hit a grand slam to left field in the third inning for her first high school home run and had an RBI single.

Maddie Stanton had 10 strikeouts on the mound while Laureena Baehl, Avery Stanton, Jocelyn DeMonaco, Maddie Stanton, and Emma Highfield each added a hit in the win.

Lake Fenton 16, Ortonville Brandon 1: Avery Stanton earned the win on the mound with four strikeouts as the offense exploded in game two.

Laureena Baehl and Parker Beardsley were a force together in the lineup, collecting three hits for Lake Fenton while Baehl added three RBIs. Baehl went 3-for-4 with a single, a double, and a triple. Mia Merrell and Avery Cochrane had two hits each and Jocelyn DeMonaco added a triple.

Lydia Slater, Avery Stanton, Avery Heil, and Elizabeth Lawrence each had one hit.

Linden 15, Flint Kearsley 0: It was a milestone night for Linden’s Morgan Piotrovsky.

Collecting six hits in the doubleheader, Piotrovsky became the 116th player in MHSAA softball history to reach 200 career hits.

Piotrovsky finished the doubleheader 6-for-7 with six runs scored and seven RBIs and threw a shutout inning in game two.

Kayla Widner earned the win in game two behind three scoreless innings while Piotrovsky had three hits and six RBIs in the win.

Addi Siegwald and Ella Kenyon both delivered two hits each as Linden improves to 16-2 on the season.

Linden 13, Flint Kearsley 0: The Linden bats exploded in game one behind a grand slam from Sophia Helm and Addi Siegwald’s first-career home run.

Siegwald and Morgan Piotrovsky each had three hits while Addy Sturgis and Tessa Zilisch each had two hits in the win.

Zilisch and Kayla Widner combined for nine strikeouts in five innings of work to earn the shutout.

Swartz Creek 7, Holly 5: Avery Ludwig led the team with three hits while Madeline Pier and Macey Merinsky each added two to lead the Dragons.

Selah Fader earned the win on the mound.

Molly Charboneau went 4-for-4 with a double and three RBIs to lead the Bronchos. She tallied two stolen bases in the loss.

Swartz Creek 9, Holly 2: Selah Fader earned the win on the mound in game two while Avery Ludwig, Avery Nuffer, and Reese Redlich each had two hits to lead Swartz Creek.

Scores

Burton Bentley 14, Morrice 4

Burton Bentley 18, Morrice 8

Byron 12, Montrose 0

Byron 15, Montrose 3

Chesaning 15, Mt. Morris 0

Chesaning 18, Mt. Morris 3

Girls Tennis

Flint Kearsley 6, Flint Carman-Ainsworth 2:

Singles:

No. 1 – Veronica Neahusan, Flint Kearsley def. Noor Aftab, Flint Carman-Ainsworth, 6-0 , 6-2

No. 2 – Kaedyn Brown, Flint Carman-Ainsworth def. Taylor Walters, Flint Kearsley, 7-6 (2), 6-4

No. 3 – Josey Janiga, Flint Kearsley def. Alayah Houston, Flint Carman-Ainsworth, 6-1 , 6-0

No. 4 – Miranda Russell, Flint Kearsley def. Shanita Lee, Flint Carman-Ainsworth, 6-0 , 6-0

Doubles:

No. 1 – Ruby Chambers, Flint Kearsley – Grace Loessel, Flint Kearsley def. Gabby Tucker, Flint Carman-Ainsworth – Samiya Gillbert Jenkins, Flint Carman-Ainsworth, 6-1 , 6-1

No. 2 – Toni Gibson, Flint Carman-Ainsworth – Rania Triplett, Flint Carman-Ainsworth def. Raquel Murphy, Flint Kearsley – Vanessa Hood, Flint Kearsley, 7-5 , 6-3

No. 3 – Lula White, Flint Kearsley – Payton Heystek, Flint Kearsley def. Tamia Hester, Flint Carman-Ainsworth – Eunyse Paige-Williams, Flint Carman-Ainsworth, 6-2 , 6-4

No. 4 – Sophia Marhesic, Flint Kearsley – Adela Vokurkova, Flint Kearsley def. Irelynn Harrington, Flint Carman-Ainsworth – Sophie Pope, Flint Carman-Ainsworth, 6-2 , 6-4

Goodrich 5, Owosso 3: Goodrich took three out of the four singles flights to earn the win Monday night.

Goodrich singles winners: Mia Bremer (2 singles); Alivia Bertolini (3 singles); Charlotte Beamus (4 singles).

Goodrich doubles winners: Anna Hawley/Noelle Mills (1 doubles); Madeline Dunn/Lilliana Barton (4 doubles)

Owosso singles winners: Ginger Golombisky (1 singles)

Owosso doubles winners: Gabrielle Dalley/Megan Hemenway (2 doubles); Lillian Pumford/Cassidy Jones (4 doubles)

Scores

Clio 6, Holly 2

Lansing Catholic 6, Flint Powers Catholic 2

It’s not exactly how either would probably have drawn it up, but old friends — Chestatee’s Mike Herrin and Johnson’s Frank Zamora — were hoping they might get another chance to see each other in the 2025 playoffs. Zamora played for Herrin’s early teams at Chestatee in the 2000s.

After a tough 3-1 loss to Zamora’s Knights in the regular season, Herrin’s War Eagles will head to The Dungeon on Tuesday looking for a measure of revenge in the Class 3A quarterfinals. But it didn’t come without some crazy drama first.

It took four days for the Knights to be able to get past Calhoun in the second round, securing their spot in the Elite 8 with a 2-1 win on Monday in a match that began on Friday and was halted because of weather. Chestatee has been patiently waiting after its 2-1 overtime win over Class 3A No. 2 seed Richmond Academy in PKs (5-4).

The Knights will have to play on back-to-back days for the first time this season and just 24 hours after holding off the Yellow Jackets on the road.

Herrin said after Friday’s win, it didn’t matter to them who they played next. But he acknowledged that getting another crack at the 2024 Class 4A state runner-up Knights was also in the back of their mind.

“Having played Johnson early on and going to OT with them last year (losing in PKs), our kids know they’re capable of playing against good teams when we play our best soccer,” Herrin said. “Our players and their players have competed with and against each other over the years through club, middle school, and now high school teams. “

Both teams have playoff experience and pedigree. The Knights (13-4) have captured three state titles since 2018, two in Class 5A and one in Class 4A, while the War Eagles (14-4) lost the Class 4A state title to Northwest Whitfield in 2018.

Herrin is hoping familiar paths and recent experience will help them against their cross-town rivals.

“The 2018 roster advanced to the second round of the 2017 tournament, and we had the bulk of those guys return with the confidence, and they could go through. It’s kind of the same thing this year,” Herrin said. “We have a great group of seniors who used last year’s experience to help prepare them to be ready to play this year. Richmond Academy gave us everything they had last week. For the boys to outlast the No. 2 seed, that gives them a huge shot of confidence going into this one.”

This will be the second of what could be three matches for Zamora’s Knights in five days as they try to get back to the title match once again. He said before the Calhoun restart on Monday the home team can have a slight advantage. 

However, it did not work out well for the home-standing Yellow Jackets on Monday and Chestatee does not have far to travel on Tuesday.

“Obviously, I believe the home team will always have a little bit of an advantage in situations like this,” he said. “But at the end of the day, we just have to be able to push through and find a way to emerge from all of this.”

But those aren’t the only northeast Georgia area teams looking to advance to the Final 4. East Forsyth has a monumental task in Class 4A traveling to defending Class 4A champion Westminster.

And Habersham Central is trying to continue its best playoff run since 2015. The Region 8-5A champion Raiders take on Region 7-5A champion Milton at Raider Stadium, looking for their first semifinal appearance since 2011.

Milton (14-3) is ranked fourth in the scorbord.com poll. Habersham Central (13-3) is ranked 10th and brings a 7-2 home record into Tuesday’s showdown.

Raiders coach Ric Wallace, much like Herrin and Zamora, said experience could be a huge factor. 

“It will take a collective effort from back to front. We will rely on the experience of team leaders Diego Gonzalez, Everett Rudeseal, Payton Adams, Camden Meads and Israel Pascual, who have been part of the success of the last two seasons.”

Defense could play a major role for both teams. Habersham Central has allowed just 21 goals on the season (1.31 goals/game) and just nine goals over their last 12 matches (0.75 goals/game). Meanwhile, they have five players with 5 or more goals on the season for an offense that is averaging 4.06 goals/game on the season.

Milton has scored just 52 goals (3.05 goals/game) but has yielded just 15 goals (0.88 goals/game) on defense.

“We have been incredibly balanced (on offense) this season,” Wallace said. “We’re not conceding a tremendous amount of goals, but we also have not recorded a great deal of shutouts.”

Wallace knows they will need more of the same on Tuesday to get past the Eagles, who are 7-1 on the road in 2025.

“Milton is very well coached and had a fantastic season. We will have to be disciplined defensively, stand up to the physical nature of the game, and be composed when finishing opportunities present themselves,” Wallace said.

(See the entire schedule of Tuesday’s playoff matches below:)