Kenta Meada left Thursday afternoon's game with the Red Sox when he was struck in the ankle by a line drive off the bat of Jarren Duran. Boston followed up with a big inning off reliever Emilio Pagán
Ryan Liffrig's Stewartville team finished second in the Class 3A tournament, going 29-3 with a 26-game winning streak.
Connelly arrived from Denver less than a year ago with a strong reputation and a lucrative five-year contract. The Rudy Gobert trade complicates the issue, as does an intriguing opening in Washington.
Transgender athletes whose biological sex assigned at birth was male would be barred from competing on girls or women's sports teams at federally supported schools and colleges under legislation pushed through Thursday by House Republicans checking off another high-profile item on their social agenda.
Member schools voted to disband after 2023-24, driven by widening differences in enrollment. The Minnesota River Conference president said "in the individual interests of the schools, this was the right decision."
Amid injuries and illness, the Gophers women had some euphoric moments. But when the team was down to three healthy players, there was simply too much to overcome to to keep competing.