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Happy Birthday Matt Stairs Share this story Today is Matt Stairs’ 53rd birthday. Matt, as you know, is a good Canadian boy. He played two seasons with the Blue Jays and started his major league career with the Expos back in 1992. Of his two years with the Jays, the first was terrific. He hit 21 home runs, 64 RBI, with a .289/.373/.549. The Jays signed him with the idea he could be a bench player, but he got into 125 games playing first base, left and right field, and a little DH. In his ...

Oskaloosa News Recap For February 4th, 2021  SpaceX’s latest prototype exploded while landing on Tuesday. The steel Starship prototype Serial Number (SN9) went up in flames at the end of a successful high-altitude test from Boca Chica, Texas. After launching, the rocket reached an altitude of 32,800 feet before turning to a horizontal “belly flop” position. It then attempted to land upright, but came in “too fast and at a bad angle” before ending in a fiery explosion, according t...

Happy Birthday Dan Plesac Share this story Blue Jay, Dan Plesac turns 59 today. Plesac had an 18-year MLB career, pitching in 1064 games (all but 14 as a reliever). He finished with a 3.64 ERA and 158 saves. Dan spent five seasons as a closer, at the start of his career, for the Brewers . In 1989 he set a career-high with 33 saves and a career-low with a 2.35 ERA. For most of the rest of his career, he was a setup man or a LOOGY. He played five seasons with the Jays, in two stints: 1997-1999...

Then, it all came crashing down. "I knew something wasnt right for sure just because I couldnt really put too much pressure on (my left knee)," Glass said. "But for the first week, I didnt even know that (my left ACL) was torn, and our trainers were telling me that it might have been something with my hamstring. I didnt find out until about a week later when I took an MRI. "Thats when they told me." Glass said he sustained his season-ending knee injury after catching a pass and planting awkward...

“She’s certainly one of the top all-arounders in the state."

"Thats what its all about, putting Region basketball on a platform for everyone to see."

Ethan Ferba had big plans for the offseason. The Hobart diver got a taste of competing against the best when he finished 26th at the IHSAA state swimming and diving competition last February in Indianapolis. When Ferba returned to Northwest Indiana, he sat down with Hobart diving coach Katharine Rinas and the two put together a summer workout plan that would allow the then-sophomore to take his diving to the next level. Then COVID-19 hit and pools around the Region shutdown, including Hobartâ�...

Nothing couldve prepared him for the news he would receive during his shift. "I actually got a text that morning from a college coach saying, Dwayne, congratulations! I saw you on (TV)," Johnson said. "It caught me off guard because I wasnt even aware of it. I just asked him, Where did you see it? And then I ended up getting a video sent to me by my mother." On Saturday, Calumets standout defensive back was announced as the recipient of the NFLs Way to Play award for a tackle he made on a kicko...

It was the seventh rejection that proved to be the most important. In the closing seconds of yet another tight matchup with Penn, Crown Points 6-foot-4 forward swatted a running right-handed shot by Kingsmen guard Grace Schutt to seal the Bulldogs 44-42 home victory Dec. 5. The Purdue commit fell to the floor as the final buzzer sounded, while the rest of her teammates jumped for joy. "I was actually on the ground when everybody else was celebrating, but they all lifted me up. Theyre great team...

Hammond coach Larry Moore Jr. knows Harold Woods wishes he had another chance. The Wildcats senior guard missed a short jump shot against Lawrence North that wouldve capped off an upset victory over the Wildcats, who are ranked as the No. 1 team in the state by the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association. Instead, No. 20 Hammond left the Sneakers for Santa Shootout at Brownsburg on Dec. 5 with a 52-51 loss. Woods finished the game with two points on 1-of-8 shooting from the field. "He was defini...