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the Cleveland Cavaliers’
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scoring list this season.
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on Thursday afternoon.
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Tennis
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Boys Singles
Junior Coria-Coria (U) def.
Adolfo Bedolla 8-5
Luis Gonzalez (R) def. Douglas Gomez 8-5
Boys Doubles
Austin Thompson/Bryan Altamarino (R) def. Giovani
Armenta-Madrigal/Edgar Madrigal (U) 8-4.
Joel Escamilla/Leonel Corona-Garcia (U) def. Dono-
van Caunaoub/Brandon Juarez (R) 8-0
Girls Singles
Sidney Webb (U) def. Gema Juarez (R) 8-0
Adriona Lial (R) def. Meydelins Lopez Ortega (U) 8-3
Jennifer Vazquez (U) def. Viki
Coria (R) 8-6
Zalena Goyton (R) def. Daisy
Garcilazo (U) 9-7
Girls Doubles
Alejandra Munoz-Ordaz/Cin-
thia Rodriguez-Mendoza (U) win
by default
Yessenia Garcia-Sanchez/
Fatima Sanchez (U) def. Jessica
Calvillo/Mosquieda (R) 8-6
U. Coline/Sayra Diaz (R)
def. Chyanne Hinsley/Diana
Gutierrez (U) 8-4
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Aminu’s career night lifts Blazers
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By MALIKA ANDREWS
Associated Press
HOUSTON (AP)
— Denzel Valentine of
Michigan State is The
Associated Press Player
of the Year, edging out
Oklahoma’s Buddy Hield
three votes.
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only unanimous selections to
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— Anthony Lazard
Iowa State senior
football player in an
interview with The Des
Moines Register,
recounting events from
a spring break trip to
South Padre Island,
Texas on March 16
where Lazard and two
other teammates — Jack
Spreen and Joe Doran
— pulled a woman out
of her sinking car after
the woman wrecked her
car and plunged into a
nearby canal.
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Boys Singles
Caleb Olson (W) def. Erik Jones (H) 8-6
Kellen Fairchild (W) def. Allen Holden (H) 6-0
Ryan Schmidtgall (W) def. Moro Gabriel (H) 6-0.
Girls Singles
Lynne Roberts (H) def. Johanna Albert (W) 8-4
Macaila Espey (H) def. Emmaline Irvine (W) 6-3
Pro Basketball
Michigan State
guard named AP
Player of the Year
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Thursday afternoon.
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celebrate.
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NBA
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Portland
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entered as the East’s fourth seed, but fell
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Portland Trail Blazers forward Al-Farouq Aminu, right, dunks in front of Boston Celtics forward
Amir Johnson during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Portland, Ore., Thursday,
March 31, 2016.
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MLB
Overhauled Mariners great unknown in AL West
Seattle starts season at
Texas on Monday
By TIM BOOTH
AP Sports Writer
SEATTLE — Through all the
various remodels over the course
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