Sports

MCC Pioneers drop pair of high-scoring affairs

Scoring more than 100 points doesn’t guarantee a victory in junior college basketball.

At least that’s what Miles Community College is finding out this season.

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Towns leads T-Wolves over Suns

MINNEAPOLIS — Karl-Anthony Towns’ scoring actually meant something this time.

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The Belles: These gals hunt without their gents

BOZEMAN (AP) — The second year Judy Cornell’s husband and son went hunting without her, she loaded her Subaru with her black lab and her Remington and headed out to hunt alone.

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No. 20 Marqutte women beat Montana 87-68 in Cancun Challenge

CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — Natisha Hiedeman made six 3-pointers and scored 21 points, Allazia Blockton had 17 points, six rebounds and four assists, and No. 20 Marquette beat winless Montana 87-68 on Friday night south of the border in the Cancun Challenge in Cancun, Mexico.

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Nov. 27 Sports Briefs

Rorie helps Montana hold off pesky Carroll College, 86-75

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Ahmaad Rorie scored 13 of his 20 points in the first half and Montana held off a dogged squad from in-state NAIA rival Carroll College 86-75 on Sunday night.

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Eastern A All-Conference FB teams loaded with Custer County Cowboys

Winning eight straight games — that’s what the Custer County District High School football team did — certainly caught the attention of the Eastern A Conference coaches.

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Vikings beat Lions 30-23, add to division lead

DETROIT — Case Keenum stood in the pocket to take a hit, dipped his right shoulder to slip out of a sack and shuffled his feet in the pocket to give his receivers more time to get open.

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MCC Pioneers take their show on the road

The Miles Community College men’s basketball team doesn’t get the Thanksgiving weekend off, but the Pioneers aren’t traveling until after Turkey Day.

The Pioneers play this weekend in Gillette, Wyoming, facing two North Dakota teams they were recently defeated by.

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QB Paxton Lynch to start for Broncos

ALAMEDA, Calif. — It’s time to see conclusively if quarterback Paxton Lynch is a bust or just a late bloomer.

The Denver Broncos’ former first-round draft pick will make his first start this weekend at Oakland, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on Tuesday.