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Venezuela scores a first

MIAMI (AP) — Venezuela won the World Baseball Classic for the first time, rebounding from a blown eighth-inning lead to beat the United States 3-2 Tuesday night on Eugenio Suarez’s tiebreaking double in the ninth. Maikel Garcia’s third-inning sacrifice fly and Wilyer Abreu’s fifth-inning homer off rookie Nolan McLean built a 2-0 lead before a roaring pro-Latin America crowd. Meanwhile, left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez and lights-out relievers limited the Americans to two hits through the seventh. Bobby Witt Jr. walked with two outs in the eighth and Bryce Harper drove the second ...

AROUND THE HORN

Benefit turkey shoot NEW MANCHESTER, W.Va. — The Chester-Newell Sportsmens Club, 131 Gas Valley Road, is hosting a benefit turkey shoot and Chinese auction with proceeds going to medical expenses for 26-year-old Marine/National Guard Tyler Rawson, who was severely injured in a motorcycle accident in October. The outdoor shoot starts at 10 a.m. Cost is $3 per round. The club’s regular turkey shoots are every Sunday. Signups start at 9:30 a.m. and the shoot at 10 a.m. Five in Circle of Champions DAYTON – The Ohio High School Athletic Association will honor five Ohio greats ...

Howard notches first tourney win

DAYTON (AP) — Bryce Harris had 19 points and 14 rebounds, and he sank a turnaround jumper with 13 seconds remaining that sent Howard to its first NCAA Tournament victory in program history, 86-83 over UMBC (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) in the First Four at the University of Dayton Arena on Tuesday night. Ose Okojie scored a career-high 23 points to lead the Bison (24-10), who entered with an 0-4 record in March Madness and had to hold off a late rally by the Retrievers (24-9). “We’ve done a lot of things in our program, but let’s check off the box of winning an ...

Texas survives late NC State rally

DAYTON (AP) — Tramon Mark hit a fadeaway jumper from just inside the 3-point line with 1.1 seconds left, and Texas survived a late rally to beat N.C. State 68-66 on Tuesday night in a First Four matchup of power-conference teams that limped into March Madness. Mark scored 17 points to lead the Longhorns (19-14), who had lost five of six entering the NCAA Tournament. Texas moved into the bracket as the No. 11 seed in the West region and will face sixth-seeded BYU on Thursday night in Portland, Oregon. Coach Sean Miller’s Longhorns led 62-53 on Chendall Weaver’s two free throws ...

Michigan looks like team to beat

There was a time when the NCAA men’s college basketball tournament was wildly unpredictable. Hard as it may seem to believe, there was one season where a No. 4 seed, two No. 5 seeds and a No. 9 seed all reached the Final Four. And a year later, a No. 11 seed got to the national semifinals as well. Ah, 2023 and 2024 feel so long ago. Last year’s tournament, for those who love upsets, was a complete and utter dud. Excluding the First Four games, teams seeded No. 11 through No. 16 went 3-24. The regional finals had three No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchups, and the other was No. 1 vs. No. ...

Dayton takes center stage

DAYTON — March Madness tips off with the First Four, featuring one of this season’s best stories in Miami (Ohio) and a matchup of formerly embattled head coaches in Texas’ Sean Miller and NC State’s Will Wade. Coming off their only loss of the season, the RedHawks have a chance to silence some skeptics against fellow No. 11 seed SMU (20-13) on Wednesday night. The RedHawks, who are back in the tournament for the first time since 2007, were rewarded with a game in Dayton, roughly 43 miles from campus. “It’s going to be a great environment,” RedHawks coach Travis Steele ...