MLB  – Major League Baseball
Yesterday

  St.  Louis Cardinals 1, Chicago Cubs 0

  Kansas  City Royals 6, Chicago White Sox 4

Tigers  were off

Cardinals 1, Cubs 0 – Pujols homers as Montgomery,  Cardinals blank Cubs 1-0 

  Albert Pujols hit career homer No. 693, Jordan  Montgomery pitched a one-hitter and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago  Cubs 1-0 for their season-high eighth straight victory. Pujols led off the  seventh with a drive to left-center for his seventh homer in his last 10 games  and No. 14 overall in his final big league season. There was a noticeable round  of cheers from the Wrigley Field crowd of 29,719 as the three-time NL MVP  rounded the bases on his second hit of the night. That one run was all  Montgomery needed. The left-hander struck out seven and walked none in his  first career complete game,

Royals 6, White Sox 4 – Waters breaks tie with walk,  Royals beat White Sox 6-4 

  Drew Waters drew a bases-loaded walk to break an  eighth-inning tie in his major league debut, boosting the Kansas City Royals to  a 6-4 win over the Chicago White Sox in a game rescheduled because of the  lockout in April. Joe Kelly, the seventh of eight White Sox pitchers, hit a  pair of batters to start the inning. Ryan O’Hearn singled, and Waters drew a  five-pitch walk with one out to break a 4-all tie. The White Sox rallied from a  four-run deficit after their starter, Michael Kopech, exited the game having  faced just four hitters. The team said he departed with left knee soreness.

Today

  St.  Louis (Wainwright 9-8) at Chicago Cubs (Assad 0-0), 2:20 p.m. – Game 1

  St.  Louis (Woodford 2-0) at Chicago Cubs (Sampson 1-3), 8:05 p.m. – Game 2

  Chicago  White Sox (Cease 12-5) at Baltimore (Voth 3-1), 7:05 p.m.

  San  Francisco (Rodón 11-6) at Detroit (Hutchison 1-6), 7:10 p.m.        WSJM/WCSY 6:50

MLB  – Cubs’ Hendricks to miss rest of season with shoulder issue

  Chicago  Cubs right-hander Kyle Hendricks will not return this season after he was  hampered by shoulder trouble for much of the year. Hendricks finishes with a  4-6 record and a career-high 4.80 ERA in 16 starts. The 32-year-old Hendricks  says he was first diagnosed with tendinitis. But another MRI showed a capsular  tear. Hendricks says the injury is from years of usage, and he doesn’t think he  is going to need surgery to fix the issue.

NFL  – National Football League – Preseason Week 2
Last  Night

  New  York Jets 24, Atlanta Falcons 16

Jets 24, Falcons 16 – Mariota, Ridder solid for  Falcons in 24-16 loss to Jets 

  Marcus Mariota led Atlanta to scores on two of his  three drives in the Falcons’ 24-16 loss against mostly New York Jets backups.  Mariota strengthened his hold on the starting job by going 6 of 10 for 132  yards and a touchdown to Olamide Zaccheaus before giving way to rookie Desmond  Ridder with a 10-0 lead in the second quarter. Ridder went 10 of 13 for 143  yards and leading the Falcons to two field goals in three series.  Fourth-stringer Chris Streveler led the Jets on two late touchdown drives to  give New York the victory. The Jets’ Bradlee Anae returned a fumble 30 yards  for a score.

NCAAHKY  – Michigan and Ohio State to face off outside in Cleveland

  The  University of Michigan and rival Ohio State will face off against each other in  an outdoor game to be held on Saturday February 18 at First Energy Stadium in  Cleveland.  The game at the home of the  NFL’s Cleveland Browns will be the 9th such outdoors game for the  University of Michigan and first since the 2018-19 season when they defeated  Norte Dame in South Bend at Notre Dame Stadium as part of the NHL’s Winter  Classic.   The two teams will face each  other two days prior in Columbus.  The  game was announced as the 2022-23 Big Ten hockey schedule was made public.  Michigan has a 4-2-2 record in playing outside. 

WNBA  – Women’s National Basketball Association – 2022 Playoffs – Round 1 (best of 3)
Tonight

  Chicago  Sky at New York Liberty, 9:00 p.m.                                 (Series Tied 1-1) 

NCAAFB  – Pick Six: Critical games dot the schedule as 2022 commences

  The  college football schedule offers a weekly selection of marquee games between  top teams, and some will hit the ground running this year. Two September 3  showdowns will shuffle the preseason Top 25 quickly as No. 5 Notre Dame and new  coach Marcus Freeman play at No. 2 Ohio State and No. 3 Georgia, the defending  national champion, plays No. 11 Oregon in Atlanta. Reaching across Power Five  lines ends, eventually, and then long-held bitter rivalries take over later as  teams grapple for championships and bowl positioning. Here are some of the  premier matchups to anticipate.

NCAAFB  – Transfer portal provides more hits, fewer misses for coaches

  Mississippi,  Southern California, LSU and Nebraska were among the most active teams  recruiting players from the transfer portal ahead of the college football  season. Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin sought experienced players who could fill  immediate needs. USC’s Lincoln Riley and LSU’s Brian Kelly went in looking for  star power as they attempt quick rebuilds. Nebraska’s Scott Frost is simply  trying to save his job. The top-ranked portal class belongs to Riley at USC but  Kiffin is right behind at No. 2.

NCAAFB  – 2 Indiana State football players among 3 killed in crash

  Two  freshman members of the Indiana State University football team were among the  three students who were killed in a weekend crash. School officials said Monday  that two other football team members who were injured in the crash are out of intensive  care but remain hospitalized in serious condition. The crash happened at around  1:30 a.m. Sunday when the vehicle went off a highway and struck a tree about 10  miles from the university’s Terre Haute campus. Those killed were identified as  18-year-old Christian Eubanks of Waukegan, Illinois; 19-year-old Jayden Musili  of Fort Wayne, Indiana; and 19-year-old Caleb VanHooser of Liberty Township,  Ohio. Eubanks was a freshman linebacker, and VanHooser was a freshman defensive  back.

Gary Gaines, coach of ‘Friday Night  Lights’ fame, dead at 73

  Gary Gaines, coach of the Texas high  school football team made famous in the book and movie “Friday Night Lights,”  has died. He was 73. Gaines’ family says the former coach died in Lubbock after  a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Gaines made many stops in West Texas  during a 30-year coaching career. He was best known for a four-year stint  leading the highly successful program at Odessa Permian. His 1988 team was  chronicled in Buzz Bissinger’s bestselling book. It portrayed a program that  favored football over academics but had a sympathetic view of Gaines.

Tennis  – Tennis star Nick Kyrgios has court case adjourned to October

  Tennis  star Nick Kyrgios has not had to appear in an Australian court when a charge of  common assault was listed for the first time. The 27-year-old Kyrgios was  represented by his lawyer Michael Kukulies-Smith in the Australian Capital  Territory Magistrates Court. He was not required to enter a plea or apply for  bail. Magistrate Louise Taylor adjourned the case to Oct. 4. Kyrgios remains in  the United States preparing for the U.S. Open which begins next week. The  charge relates to an incident in January 2021 that was reported to Australian  Capital Territory Police in December. Australian media has reported it involves  Kyrgios’ former girlfriend.

MILB  – Midwest League Baseball
Last Night

  No  games last night 

Tonight

  South  Bend Cubs at West Michigan Whitecaps, 6:35 p.m.

  Fort  Wayne Tin Caps at Great Lakes Loons, 7:05 p.m.

  Lansing  Lugnuts at Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, 7:40 p.m.   

MHSAA  – High School Sports
Last Night
Boys Soccer

  Andrews  Academy 9, Our Lady of the Lake 1

  Edwardsburg  9, Bangor 1

  Schoolcraft  2, Watervliet 1

  Allegan  8, Coloma 0

  Bridgman  7, Saugatuck 1

  Hartford  8, Niles 0

  Howardsville  Christian 6, Berrien Springs 2

  South  Haven 3, Constantine 2

  Three  Rivers 7, Cassopolis 1

  Delton-Kellogg  8, Lawton 1

  Plainwell  5, Dowagiac 2

  Kal.  Hackett 1, Kal. Christian 1 – TIE 

  Gull  Lake 7, Otsego 0

  Vicksburg  8, Battle Creek Pennfield 0

Volleyball

  Buchanan  3, Cassopolis 0

Girls Golf

  SMAC  West at Mattawan

Team  Standings
Portage Northern    178
St. Joseph                180
Lakeshore                185
Portage Central       190
Mattawan                194

Top  10 Finishers
KT Leinwand              (PN)      39
Charlotte Stenger      (MAT)   40
Abby Liddell               (PC)      41
Margaret Cox             (SJ)      42
Morgan Guzzo            (SJ)      43
Brook Randall         (PN)      43
Zoey Quinn              (PN)      44
Lydia Bixby               (LKS)    44
Natalia Najera         (LKS)    46
Grace Rommell         (SJ)      47
Paige Benedict         (LKS)    47

St.  Joseph

  Margaret  Cox    42

  Morgan  Guzzo   43

  Grace  Rommell   47

  Clara  Berry       48

  Regan  Igoe        51

  Tess  Kapelke      56

Lakeshore

  Lydia  Bixby        44

  Natalia  Najera   46

  Paige  Benedict   47

  Megan  Wurster  48

Today
Boys Soccer

  Our  Lady of the Lake at Howardsville Christian, 6:00 p.m.

  Paw  Paw at Bloomingdale, 6:00 p.m.

  Caledonia  at Kalamazoo Central, 6:30 p.m.

  Okemos  at Portage Central, 6:30 p.m.

Volleyball

  Berrien  Springs at Coloma, 6:30 p.m.

  Comstock  at Galesburg-Augusta, 6:00 p.m.

  Kalamazoo  Heritage at Kalamazoo Hackett, 6:30 p.m.

  Battle  Creek Academy at Howardsville Christian, 5:00 p.m.

Niles  at Hamilton Tournament, 4:00 p.m.

Boys Tennis

Kalamazoo  Hackett at Our Lady of the Lake, 4:30 p.m.

Girls Swimming and Diving

  Kalamazoo  Central at St. Joseph, 6:00 p.m.

Bridgman/Lakeshore  at Portage Northern, 6:00 p.m.

Cross Country

  St.  Joseph Invitational, 4:30 p.m.                  (at  Riverview Park)

St.  Joseph, Lakeshore, Kalamazoo Central, Kalamazoo Hackett, Kalamazoo Christian,  Battle Creek Lakeview, Portage Northern, Mattawan, South Haven, Sturgis,  Vicksburg, Berrien Springs, Holland Black River, Holland, Holland West Ottawa,  Hudsonville, Saugatuck, GR South Christian, Ann Arbor Pioneer, Hobart (IN), Sturgis.

MLB – Major League Baseball 
 Yesterday 
 St. Louis Cardinals 1, Chicago Cubs 0 
 Kansas City Royals 6, Chicago White Sox 4 
Tigers were off
Cardinals 1, Cubs 0 – Pujols homers as Montgomery, Cardinals blank Cubs 1-0 
 Albert Pujols hit career homer No. 693, Jordan Montgomery pitched a one-hitter and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 1-0 for their season-high eighth straight victory. Pujols led off the seventh with a drive to left-center for his seventh homer in his last 10 games and No. 14 overall in his final big league season. There was a noticeable round of cheers from the Wrigley Field crowd of 29,719 as the three-time NL MVP rounded the bases on his second hit of the night. That one run was all Montgomery needed. The left-hander struck out seven and walked none in his first career complete game,
Royals 6, White Sox 4 – Waters breaks tie with walk, Royals beat White Sox 6-4 
 Drew Waters drew a bases-loaded walk to break an eighth-inning tie in his major league debut, boosting the Kansas City Royals to a 6-4 win over the Chicago White Sox in a game rescheduled because of the lockout in April. Joe Kelly, the seventh of eight White Sox pitchers, hit a pair of batters to start the inning. Ryan O&rsquo;Hearn singled, and Waters drew a five-pitch walk with one out to break a 4-all tie. The White Sox rallied from a four-run deficit after their starter, Michael Kopech, exited the game having faced just four hitters. The team said he departed with left knee soreness.
Today 
 St. Louis (Wainwright 9-8) at Chicago Cubs (Assad 0-0), 2:20 p.m. – Game 1 
 St. Louis (Woodford 2-0) at Chicago Cubs (Sampson 1-3), 8:05 p.m. – Game 2 
 Chicago White Sox (Cease 12-5) at Baltimore (Voth 3-1), 7:05 p.m. 
 San Francisco (Rodón 11-6) at Detroit (Hutchison 1-6), 7:10 p.m.        WSJM/WCSY 6:50
MLB – Cubs&#8217; Hendricks to miss rest of season with shoulder issue 
 Chicago Cubs right-hander Kyle Hendricks will not return this season after he was hampered by shoulder trouble for much of the year. Hendricks finishes with a 4-6 record and a career-high 4.80 ERA in 16 starts. The 32-year-old Hendricks says he was first diagnosed with tendinitis. But another MRI showed a capsular tear. Hendricks says the injury is from years of usage, and he doesn&rsquo;t think he is going to need surgery to fix the issue.
NFL – National Football League – Preseason Week 2 
 Last Night 
 New York Jets 24, Atlanta Falcons 16
Jets 24, Falcons 16 – Mariota, Ridder solid for Falcons in 24-16 loss to Jets 
 Marcus Mariota led Atlanta to scores on two of his three drives in the Falcons&rsquo; 24-16 loss against mostly New York Jets backups. Mariota strengthened his hold on the starting job by going 6 of 10 for 132 yards and a touchdown to Olamide Zaccheaus before giving way to rookie Desmond Ridder with a 10-0 lead in the second quarter. Ridder went 10 of 13 for 143 yards and leading the Falcons to two field goals in three series. Fourth-stringer Chris Streveler led the Jets on two late touchdown drives to give New York the victory. The Jets&#8217; Bradlee Anae returned a fumble 30 yards for a score.
NCAAHKY – Michigan and Ohio State to face off outside in Cleveland 
 The University of Michigan and rival Ohio State will face off against each other in an outdoor game to be held on Saturday February 18 at First Energy Stadium in Cleveland.  The game at the home of the NFL&rsquo;s Cleveland Browns will be the 9th such outdoors game for the University of Michigan and first since the 2018-19 season when they defeated Norte Dame in South Bend at Notre Dame Stadium as part of the NHL&rsquo;s Winter Classic.   The two teams will face each other two days prior in Columbus.  The game was announced as the 2022-23 Big Ten hockey schedule was made public.  Michigan has a 4-2-2 record in playing outside. 
WNBA – Women&rsquo;s National Basketball Association – 2022 Playoffs – Round 1 (best of 3) 
 Tonight 
 Chicago Sky at New York Liberty, 9:00 p.m.                                 (Series Tied 1-1) 
NCAAFB – Pick Six: Critical games dot the schedule as 2022 commences 
 The college football schedule offers a weekly selection of marquee games between top teams, and some will hit the ground running this year. Two September 3 showdowns will shuffle the preseason Top 25 quickly as No. 5 Notre Dame and new coach Marcus Freeman play at No. 2 Ohio State and No. 3 Georgia, the defending national champion, plays No. 11 Oregon in Atlanta. Reaching across Power Five lines ends, eventually, and then long-held bitter rivalries take over later as teams grapple for championships and bowl positioning. Here are some of the premier matchups to anticipate.
NCAAFB – Transfer portal provides more hits, fewer misses for coaches 
 Mississippi, Southern California, LSU and Nebraska were among the most active teams recruiting players from the transfer portal ahead of the college football season. Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin sought experienced players who could fill immediate needs. USC&rsquo;s Lincoln Riley and LSU&rsquo;s Brian Kelly went in looking for star power as they attempt quick rebuilds. Nebraska&rsquo;s Scott Frost is simply trying to save his job. The top-ranked portal class belongs to Riley at USC but Kiffin is right behind at No. 2.
NCAAFB – 2 Indiana State football players among 3 killed in crash 
 Two freshman members of the Indiana State University football team were among the three students who were killed in a weekend crash. School officials said Monday that two other football team members who were injured in the crash are out of intensive care but remain hospitalized in serious condition. The crash happened at around 1:30 a.m. Sunday when the vehicle went off a highway and struck a tree about 10 miles from the university&rsquo;s Terre Haute campus. Those killed were identified as 18-year-old Christian Eubanks of Waukegan, Illinois; 19-year-old Jayden Musili of Fort Wayne, Indiana; and 19-year-old Caleb VanHooser of Liberty Township, Ohio. Eubanks was a freshman linebacker, and VanHooser was a freshman defensive back.
Gary Gaines, coach of &#8216;Friday Night Lights&#8217; fame, dead at 73 
 Gary Gaines, coach of the Texas high school football team made famous in the book and movie &ldquo;Friday Night Lights,&rdquo; has died. He was 73. Gaines&rsquo; family says the former coach died in Lubbock after a long battle with Alzheimer&rsquo;s disease. Gaines made many stops in West Texas during a 30-year coaching career. He was best known for a four-year stint leading the highly successful program at Odessa Permian. His 1988 team was chronicled in Buzz Bissinger&rsquo;s bestselling book. It portrayed a program that favored football over academics but had a sympathetic view of Gaines.
Tennis – Tennis star Nick Kyrgios has court case adjourned to October 
 Tennis star Nick Kyrgios has not had to appear in an Australian court when a charge of common assault was listed for the first time. The 27-year-old Kyrgios was represented by his lawyer Michael Kukulies-Smith in the Australian Capital Territory Magistrates Court. He was not required to enter a plea or apply for bail. Magistrate Louise Taylor adjourned the case to Oct. 4. Kyrgios remains in the United States preparing for the U.S. Open which begins next week. The charge relates to an incident in January 2021 that was reported to Australian Capital Territory Police in December. Australian media has reported it involves Kyrgios&#8217; former girlfriend.
MILB – Midwest League Baseball 
 Last Night 
 No games last night 
Tonight 
 South Bend Cubs at West Michigan Whitecaps, 6:35 p.m. 
 Fort Wayne Tin Caps at Great Lakes Loons, 7:05 p.m. 
 Lansing Lugnuts at Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, 7:40 p.m.   
MHSAA – High School Sports 
 Last Night 
 Boys Soccer 
 Andrews Academy 9, Our Lady of the Lake 1 
 Edwardsburg 9, Bangor 1 
 Schoolcraft 2, Watervliet 1 
 Allegan 8, Coloma 0 
 Bridgman 7, Saugatuck 1 
 Hartford 8, Niles 0 
 Howardsville Christian 6, Berrien Springs 2 
 South Haven 3, Constantine 2 
 Three Rivers 7, Cassopolis 1 
 Delton-Kellogg 8, Lawton 1 
 Plainwell 5, Dowagiac 2 
 Kal. Hackett 1, Kal. Christian 1 – TIE 
 Gull Lake 7, Otsego 0 
 Vicksburg 8, Battle Creek Pennfield 0
Volleyball 
 Buchanan 3, Cassopolis 0
Girls Golf 
 SMAC West at Mattawan
Team Standings
<ol>
<li>Portage Northern    178</li>
<li>St. Joseph                180</li>
<li>Lakeshore                185</li>
<li>Portage Central       190</li>
<li>Mattawan                194</li>
</ol>
Top 10 Finishers
<ol>
<li>KT Leinwand             (PN)      39</li>
<li>Charlotte Stenger      (MAT)   40</li>
<li>Abby Liddell               (PC)      41</li>
<li>Margaret Cox             (SJ)      42</li>
<li>Morgan Guzzo            (SJ)      43</li>
<li>Brook Randall         (PN)      43</li>
<li>Zoey Quinn              (PN)      44</li>
<li>Lydia Bixby               (LKS)    44</li>
<li>Natalia Najera         (LKS)    46</li>
<li>Grace Rommell         (SJ)      47</li>
<li>Paige Benedict         (LKS)    47</li>
</ol>
St. Joseph 
 Margaret Cox    42 
 Morgan Guzzo   43 
 Grace Rommell   47 
 Clara Berry       48 
 Regan Igoe        51 
 Tess Kapelke      56
Lakeshore 
 Lydia Bixby        44 
 Natalia Najera   46 
 Paige Benedict   47 
 Megan Wurster 48
Today 
 Boys Soccer 
 Our Lady of the Lake at Howardsville Christian, 6:00 p.m. 
 Paw Paw at Bloomingdale, 6:00 p.m. 
 Caledonia at Kalamazoo Central, 6:30 p.m. 
 Okemos at Portage Central, 6:30 p.m.
Volleyball 
 Berrien Springs at Coloma, 6:30 p.m. 
 Comstock at Galesburg-Augusta, 6:00 p.m. 
 Kalamazoo Heritage at Kalamazoo Hackett, 6:30 p.m. 
 Battle Creek Academy at Howardsville Christian, 5:00 p.m. 
Niles at Hamilton Tournament, 4:00 p.m.
Boys Tennis 
Kalamazoo Hackett at Our Lady of the Lake, 4:30 p.m.
Girls Swimming and Diving 
 Kalamazoo Central at St. Joseph, 6:00 p.m. 
Bridgman/Lakeshore at Portage Northern, 6:00 p.m.
Cross Country 
 St. Joseph Invitational, 4:30 p.m.                  (at Riverview Park) 
St. Joseph, Lakeshore, Kalamazoo Central, Kalamazoo Hackett, Kalamazoo Christian, Battle Creek Lakeview, Portage Northern, Mattawan, South Haven, Sturgis, Vicksburg, Berrien Springs, Holland Black River, Holland, Holland West Ottawa, Hudsonville, Saugatuck, GR South Christian, Ann Arbor Pioneer, Hobart (IN), Sturgis.

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MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday St. Louis Cardinals 1, Chicago Cubs 0 Kansas City Royals 6, Chicago White Sox 4 Tigers were off Cardinals 1, Cubs 0 – Pujols homers as Montgomery, Cardinals blank Cubs 1-0