Adrian, MI – Here is the 96.5fm The Cave Sports Update for Monday, July 14th-
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Little League Baseball (Hosted by Tecumseh Area Little League)
Ash Carleton defeated Plymouth Canton, 3-0. The championship game will be a rematch tonight at 6pm at Field number one.
9-11 Year Old Baseball (Hosted by Plymouth Canton Little League)
Two games are set for today… Tecumseh vs. Plymouth Canton at 6pm, and Ash Carleton vs. Lenawee Christian at 8pm.
8-10 Year Old Baseball (Hosted by Tecumseh Area Little League)
Tecumseh American defeated Ash Carleton, 10-6. Plymouth Canton American defeated Blissfield National, 8-3.
Up Next for today…
Ash Carleton vs. Blissfield American and Plymouth Canton National vs. Blissfield National.
9-11 Year Old Softball (Hosted by Clinton Little League)
The 9-11 Softball District Tournament continues with Clinton taking on Plymouth Canton.
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Former Michigan football staff member Connor Stalions, whose actions triggered an NCAA investigation into sign-stealing, says he knew almost every signal opponents used in seven games over two seasons.
Stalions shared those details Saturday on social media, responding to TCU coach Sonny Dykes telling On3 that his team changed some signs in advance of its win over the Wolverines in the 2022 College Football semifinals.
Stalions bristled at the latest attempt to suggest Michigan won or lost games because of his sign-stealing role with the team.
Nearly a year ago, the NCAA alleged in a notice relating to Michigan’s sign-stealing investigation that current coach Sherrone Moore violated rules as an assistant under former coach Jim Harbaugh.
Moore also was accused of deleting text messages with Stalions, before they were recovered and provided to the NCAA. Moore has said he has and will continue to cooperate with the NCAA’s investigation.
The NCAA does not have rules against stealing signs, but it does prohibit schools from sending scouts to the games of future opponents and using electronic equipment to record another team’s signals.
Stalions initially was placed on leave by Michigan and later resigned.
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The Detroit Pistons have recently won two summer league games… Sunday they defeated Houston 98-83, and Friday they took-down New York 104-86.
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Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers each produced remarkably efficient stat lines in their first professional matchup Sunday.
Clark helped Indiana dominate the second quarter, leading the Fever past the Dallas Wings 102-83. Clark had 14 points and a season-high 13 assists, needing only 25 minutes to earn the 19th double-double of her two-year career. Bueckers wound up with 21 points, four rebounds, four assists and four turnovers in 33 minutes.
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The Detroit Tigers were showered with a smattering of boos as they walked off the field for the last time before the All-Star Game.
Seattle defeated Detroit 8-4 on Sunday, sealing a three-game sweep that gave the Major League-leading Tigers a season-high, four-game losing streak.
The Tigers are 59-38, giving them the best record going into the All-Star Game for the seventh time in team history and first since 2006.
Detroit has an 11 1/2-game lead over second-place Minnesota in the Central, giving it the largest lead in the division or league at the break in franchise history.
The Tigers are seeking their first division title in 11 years and to secure home-field advantage in the playoffs, hoping to win a World Series for the first time since 1984.
Ahead of the July 31st trade deadline, general manager Scott Harris may make moves to bolster the bullpen and perhaps the lineup.
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The Washington Nationals selected Oklahoma high school shortstop Eli Willits on Sunday night with the No. 1 pick in Major League Baseball’s amateur draft in a selection seen by some as a surprise.
The 17-year-old Willits is the youngest player taken No. 1 overall since Ken Griffey Jr. with Seattle in 1987.
The Willits pick kicked off a record total of 17 shortstops out of 32 first-round picks. The Tigers went shortstop in the first round Sunday… selecting high schooler Jordan Yost from Florida.
In the Competitive Balance Round A, Detroit took high school catcher from New York, Michael Oliveto.
The New York Mets took Mitch Voit from the University of Michigan in the first round.
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Veronika Kudermetova secured her first Grand Slam title by teaming up with Elise Mertens to win the women’s doubles final at Wimbledon on Sunday, rallying to beat Hsieh Su-Wei and Jelena Ostapenko 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 on Centre Court.
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Carlos Alcaraz was 5-0 in title matches at the majors until Sunday, when his reign at Wimbledon ended with a four set defeat against No. 1 Jannik Sinner.
Alcaraz had won 20 matches in a row at the All England Club, grabbing the 2023 and 2024 championships with victories over Novak Djokovic.
He came into Sunday on a career-long 24-match unbeaten streak this season.
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Another road course win was so expected for Shane van Gisbergen that Trackhouse Racing had extra tires ready for his Sonoma Raceway victory celebration.
Van Gisbergen won for the third time in five races and second straight on Sunday when he dominated on the California road course. The New Zealander led 97 of 110 laps to win from pole at Sonoma Raceway.
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The three-time Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes was voted the NFL’s No. 1 quarterback by The Associated Press in a preseason survey.
This time, he had more competition for the top spot after being a unanimous choice in 2023 and 2024.
A panel of eight AP Pro Football Writers ranked the top five players at quarterback, basing selections on current status entering the 2025 season.
Mahomes finished with five first-place votes in the latest poll. Reigning NFL MVP Josh Allen got two, finishing second. Joe Burrow received the other first-place vote and came in third.
Two-time NFL MVP Lamar Jackson finished fourth and Jalen Hurts, who outplayed Mahomes in Philadelphia’s dominant Super Bowl victory over Mahomes and the Chiefs, was fifth. Jayden Daniels and C.J. Stroud also received votes.
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Kansas City Chiefs Head Coach Andy Reid was a near-unanimous choice for the NFL’s No. 1 coach by The Associated Press in a preseason survey.
Reid, who has three Super Bowl rings and leads two different franchises in victories, received seven first-place votes and one second. Nick Sirianni, who led the Philadelphia Eagles to a 40-22 victory over Reid and the Chiefs in the Super Bowl, got the other first-place vote.
Baltimore’s John Harbaugh finished one point ahead of Sirianni for second place on the list. Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay came in fourth and Buffalo’s Sean McDermott was fifth.
Los Angeles Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh, Denver’s Sean Payton, Green Bay’s Matt LaFleur, Minnesota’s Kevin O’Connell, San Francisco’s Kyle Shanahan, New England’s Mike Vrabel and Pittsburgh’s Mike Tomlin also received votes.
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