The Justin-Siena baseball team improved its playoff chances and seeding with a 5-2 win over visiting Sonoma Valley in a make-up game on Wednesday. The Braves wrapped up their fifth-place Vine Valley Athletic League record at 6-6 and improved to 12-9 overall, hoping to make the North Coast Section Division 4 playoffs when the brackets … [Read more…]
Every weekday, The Detail makes sense of the big news stories. This week, the mission to rid Aotea Great Barrier Island of pests and bring back the birdsong, what’s going on at KiwiRail with cancellations and line failures galore, the cavalier attitude to workplace safety that’s affecting our cohort of trade apprentices, whether self-tests are the answer to … [Read more…]
Haley Parks, Haylene Gonzalez and Kayla Traylor made All-SWAC teams. COURTESY OF B-CU ATHLETICS Three Wildcats were named 2023 Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) All-Conference on Monday. Sophomore pitcher Haylene Gonzalez was named All-SWAC First Team. She went 14-13 and finished seventh in the SWAC in earned run average (2.95) and fourth in opposing batting average … [Read more…]
The two-year-old Snitzel filly Hip Hip Hurrah kept her record at a perfect two for two with a fighting win in a thrilling Listed Kia Ora Woodlands Stakes (1100m) at Scone on Saturday. Ridden by Brett Prebble for Michael Freedman, Hip Hip Hurrah was not the best to begin, but Prebble used the inside barrier … [Read more…]
The Parks Telescope in Australia. (Photo by Amanda Slater via Wikimedia Commons) By Mark Waghorn via SWNS Mysterious radio signals have reached Earth…from a galaxy far, far away. The strange beams are known as fast radio bursts (FRBs) – and last only a millisecond. Each pulse carries as much energy as our Sun emits in a … [Read more…]
Ismail El Haddad of Wydad challenged by Anele Ngcongca of Sundowns during the 2018/19 CAF Champions League football match between Sundowns and Wydad Casablanca at Lucas Moripe Stadium, Pretoria on 04 May 2019 ©Gavin Barker/BackpagePix by Graeme Jackson Friday May 12, 2023. 15:00 Wydad Casablanca and Mamelodi Sundowns are set for a thrilling clash when … [Read more…]
Bafana Bafana international Percy Tau played a vital role in helping Al Ahly thrash Esperance in Friday’s Caf Champions League clash. Tau scored on either side of the interval Kahraba grabbed the third goal Al Ahly will now host Esperance in Egypt WHAT HAPPENED?: The Egyptian giants thrashed the Tunisian champions 3-0 in a semi-final … [Read more…]
Thapelo Morena © Gallo Images Wydad Casablanca and Mamelodi Sundowns will renew their continental rivalry when they meet in the semifinal of the CAF Champions League, with the first-leg match set for Stade Mohamed V in Casablanca on Saturday night. Kick-off is at 9pm CAT (SA, GMT+2). Wydad earned their place in … [Read more…]
Frederick L. Cadman II LAKEVILLE – Frederick L. Cadman II passed away Friday, May 5, 2023, at Hartford Hospital surrounded by his loving family. Born May 30, 1959, in New Rochelle, N.Y., he was the son of the late Carolyn Scoville (Fisher) Cadman and Samuel Parkes Cadman II. Fred grew up in Pelham, N.Y. He … [Read more…]
In a dominant display, Percy Tau of South Africa propelled Al Ahly to a near-certain place in the CAF Champions League final with a 3-0 away victory against Tunisia’s Esperance on Friday. Tau, who celebrated his 29th birthday the following day, netted in the eighth and 55th minutes of the first leg of the semi-final, … [Read more…]