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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kristian Titriyski totaled a match-high 16 kills, the last coming on championship point, and Hawaii beat Big West Conference rival UC Irvine 15-25, 25-18, 25-18, 25-20 on Monday night to claim the NCAA men’s volleyball championship.
Hawaii (30-5) won three straight sets after a slow start to capture the third national championship in program history and first since 2022. The Rainbow Warriors also set a program record for victories in a season.
Tennis has hit the regional tournament in the Kentucky High School Athletic Association postseason and the Ninth and 10th region girls have found their singles and doubles champions.
Conner’s Natalie Elleman won the singles crown while Ryle’s pairing of Avery Love and Niveditha Selvaraju won the doubles bracket for the third consecutive season. In the 10th Region, a pair of Scott players met in the final for the singles title.
Here are the results from the girls 9th and 10th Region tournaments, including the state tournament qualifiers.
Quinlan Ford’s softball season has come to an end and with that comes celebrating all that the student-athletes in the program have accomplished this year. That celebration came in the form of all-district awards.
The Lady Panthers saw five of their members receive academic all-district recognition for their work on the field and in the classroom.
Those athletes were Alexis Earls, Carlie Mabe, Bailey McAlpin, Payton Perez and Ryver Reid.
Perez, Earls, Keely Boyer took home the highest athletic honors with first-team all-district recognition.
Coming into this season, only two girls from Caddo Mills High School had advanced to the state tournament tt in tennis.
Kinzli George re-wrote the history books last week with a trip to the UIL Class 4A state tennis meet in San Antonio.
George officially punched her ticket to the state tournament back on April 20 by advancing to the Class 4A Region II girls singles championship.
George finished as runner-up in her regional championship match, taking home the silver medal and setting her sights on the state tournament.
The San Francisco 49ers were back on the practice field over the weekend as the team hosted their eight picks from the 2026 NFL draft and several undrafted free agents for their rookie minicamp.
Speaking with the media for just the second time since San Francisco selected him, 49ers defensive end Romello Height shared how excited he is to get to work with Nick Bosa.
“I can’t wait to talk to him and see how he goes about his day. See how he carries himself. I can’t wait to be around him,” Height said.
We’ve opened the voting for the Dayton Daily News Athlete of the Week for competitions played the week of May 4-9.
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Nominees must be current high school student-athletes in the Dayton Daily News, Journal-News and Springfield News-Sun coverage area.
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The Wittenberg Tigers will play in the NCAA Division III baseball tournament for the first time since 1994.
Wittenberg (31-11) received an at-large berth when the bracket was announced on Monday, May 11. It will play Webster University (30-14) on Friday, May 15, in Adrian, Mich., at a time to be announced.
Today is an exciting day for our program,” said Wittenberg Head Coach Mitchell Griffiths in a press release. “Finally breaking through and earning a spot in the NCAA Regional for the first time in over 30 years is truly special.
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We’ve opened the voting for the Dayton Daily News Athlete of the Week for competitions played the week of May 4-9.
Use the ballot below to choose from this week’s nominees. Voting will be held through the end of the day Wednesday. The winner will be announced on Friday morning.
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The Golden State Warriors have put together their teams through a variety of ways over the years, yet few approaches have proven as successful as the NBA draft. More than anything else, the most talented players to represent the Warriors have arrived in Golden State either by being selected directly in the annual draft or through trades executed on that same night.
The Golden State Warriors have taken many of their top stars through the draft, but have also landed a number of notable players over the years as well.