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Baker had 22 carries for 371 yards and five touchdowns in a 60-28 win over Longview in a 6A-II area playoff game on Friday.

The bottom line, of course, is all that matters, and it showed Coach Dave Smith’s Cowboys with 57 points to runner-up New ...

Brendan McCrone (OHST) over Nico Calello (KENT) (MD 9-0) 133: #2 Ben Davino (OHST) over Nick Molchak (KENT) (TF 20-4 5:15) ...

Fifty pupils abducted from St. Mary Private Primary and Secondary Schools in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area, Niger State, have reportedly escaped from their captors and reunited with their ...

The Catholic Diocese of Kontagora, Niger state, has released the names of 50 students of St. Mary’s School in the Papiri community of Agwara LGA. On November 21, armed men attacked the school and ...

The last thing the Indiana State University football program needed Saturday afternoon was another reminder that the Missouri Valley Football Conference is pretty good at what it does. After facing ...

Fifty pupils abducted from St. Mary Catholic Private Primary and Secondary Schools in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area, ...