All-Star reliever Elroy Face, who saved 3 games for Pirates in 1960 World Series, dies at 97
Elroy Face, an All-Star reliever for the Pittsburgh Pirates who saved three games in the 1960 World Series to help them upset the New York Yankees, has died. In a news release Thursday, the Pirates announced they confirmed Face's death. Team historian Jim Trdinich said the club was contacted by Face's son, Elroy Jr., and informed the former pitcher died earlier in the day at an independent senior living facility outside Pittsburgh in North Versailles, Pennsylvania.
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Izzy Moore's big night propels Northern State past Beavers at Sanford Center
Feb. 12—BEMIDJI — Izzy Moore was a handful on both ends of the floor. Northern State's senior guard had 15 points and eight boards at the half, giving the Wolves a 10-point lead over the Bemidji State women's basketball team. She wasn't done there, either. Moore finished with a game-high 26 points and 11 rebounds. She went 7-for-8 from the free-throw line and 9 of 17 from the field, pushing ...
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Lumberjacks pull away from Thunderhawks at 218 Basketball Showcase
Feb. 12—BEMIDJI — Jayden Bondy always thought it'd be cool to play a basketball game at the Sanford Center. The Bemidji High School boys basketball senior was part of the first group of Lumberjacks to get that opportunity. The last of three 218 Sports Showcases commenced on Thursday afternoon. It was the first of a Bemidji hoops quadrupleheader that saw each team from BHS and Bemidji State ...
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