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USA Today
27-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Former Tennessee baseball transfer commit to play in Knoxville
Former Tennessee baseball transfer commit to play in Knoxville Ryan Galanie committed to Tennessee baseball on July 2, 2023. He never played for the Vols after transferring from Wofford. The 2023 Southern Conference Player of the Year was selected by the White Sox in the 13th round of the 2023 MLB draft (No. 389 overall). "To the Tennessee fans that supported me, I appreciate all the love," Galanie said. "There wasn't a fan base in college baseball that could've supported me more with pure class. I know I never got to suit up for the Vols, but I can't say thank you enough." Galanie was assigned to Chicago's Double-A affiliate Birmingham on April 29 from High-A Winston-Salem. The former Tennessee transfer commit will play in Knoxville, Tuesday-Sunday, against the Smokies at Covenant Health Park. More: Former Tony Vitello recruit hits two-run walk-off bunt for Smokies Galanie started 58 games at first base in 2023 for Wofford. He recorded 17 home runs, 88 hits, 66 RBIs, 73 runs, 40 walks, 35 stolen bases and a .383 batting average, earning Southern Conference Player of the Year and All-Southern Conference First-Team honors. Galanie started 59 games at third base for Wofford in 2022. He appeared in 28 games, including nine starts at third base and one start as a designated hitter, in 2021. First pitch for Tuesday's series opener between the Smokies and Barons is scheduled for 7 p.m. EDT. The former Tennessee commit enters the series in Knoxville with a .313 batting average in 22 games with the Barons. He has totaled 25 hits (two home runs, six doubles, one triple), 13 RBIs, 11 runs, six walks and two stolen bases. Follow Vols Wire on Facebook and X (formerly Twitter).
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Wofford rolls past The Citadel 12-4 in SoCon baseball tournament
GREENVILLE, S.C. (Wofford SID) – The No. 7 Wofford baseball team earned a 12-4 victory Thursday night at Fluor Field as Kenny Michaels shoved in a complete game gem over No. 3 The Citadel. Wofford improves to 33-25 as the Terriers advance in the Southern Conference Championship presented by Holston Gases. The Bulldogs drop to 30-25. Kenny Michaels (5-3) secured the win as he pitched a complete game, the first by a Terrier since Matthew Marchal in 2023 against UNCG, also in the SoCon Tournament. Over his 9.0 innings, Michaels struck out five while allowing four runs on seven hits and two walks. Andrew Stanely (5-3) took the loss for The Citadel as the starter. He tossed 3.1 innings with four runs (three earned) on four hits and three walks. The Terriers posted a 16-7 hits advantage, led by Tanner Hardin and Cade Collins with three each. The three base knocks are a career high for Collins, who added four RBI for his first-career multi-RBI effort. Hardin tallied one RBI. The quartet of Niko Brini, Tyler Bak, Andrew Mannelly, and Lucas Manning all collected two hits. Brini posted four RBI as Bak, Mannelly, and Tyler Hare each posted one. Brini, Hardin, Manning, and Collins all notched doubles. Bak swiped Wofford's lone steal in the contest. With two walks and a hit by pitch, Mannelly reached safely all five times he stepped to the plate. The Terriers struck first in the top of the first. Ryan Wynn walked and advanced when a pick-off throw got away. From there he scored when Tanner Hardin dropped a double into right center, giving Wofford a quick 1-0 lead. Wofford tacked on one more in the second. A walk and hit by pitch put two on for Niko Brini, whose single plated one to double to margin to 2-0. The lead doubled once more in the fourth. Andrew Mannelly walked, and Lucas Manning doubled to put two in scoring position. Cade Collins then smacked his own double to left center that plated both runners for a 4-0 advantage. The Citadel cracked onto the board in the bottom of the fifth with a trio of runs. A two-run double opened the scoring for the Bulldogs, and a sacrifice squeeze bunt pushed across another. However, the damage was limited when a heads-up throw by Tyler Hare to Collins at third caught a Bulldog too far off the base to close the inning, but The Citadel was within 4-3. In the top of the sixth, Wofford got all three of those runs back. A hit batsman and two singles loaded the bases for Brini, who delivered a bases-clearing double to right center. Wofford's lead stood at 7-3. Four more crossed the plate in the top of the seventh for the Terriers. Hare and Mannelly hit back-to-back RBI singles before Collins brought in two with his single. Wofford led 11-3 at stretch time. An RBI single by Tyler Bak in the top of the eighth stretched the margin to nine runs at 12-3. The Citadel added a solo homer in the bottom of the ninth, but it was all they could scratch across. Kenny Michaels held firm to polish off the complete game and secure the 12-4 Terrier victory. Wofford advances to face No. 2 Samford tomorrow afternoon at 12:30 p.m. in a rematch of last season's SoCon Championship Final. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Yahoo
Body found in Santa Fe National Forest identified as 1950s grappler
Human remains discovered more than two decades ago in the Santa Fe National Forest have been identified as Keeble Wofford Sr., known in the 1950s as actor and wrestler Kimo Mahi, who had been missing since 1992. The case is the fourth in New Mexico in which state officials have been able to positively identify someone using the DNA testing technology of forensic genealogy company Othram, the firm claims. Wofford's bones were found by hikers in the forest in Sandoval County in 2001 and reported to the Sandoval County Sheriff's Office, Othram said in a news release. Deputies entered the case into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System as Sandoval County John Doe, whose identity remained a mystery. Kimo Kimo Mahi In 2021, the sheriff's office and the state Office of the Medical Investigator sent the remains to the lab of Texas-based Othram, which used a process it calls "forensic-grade genome sequencing" to build a DNA profile from the remains, the news release states. Othram compared a DNA sample from Wofford's daughter to the unidentified remains and was able to positively identify them, the company said. A death certificate was then drafted for Wofford, and his cremated remains were returned to his daughter. Investigators believe Wofford had been traveling from Pueblo, Colo., to Albuquerque in September 1992 for a business meeting and "was never heard from again," the news release says. Wofford competed as wrestler Kimo Mahi in the 1950s and '60s. He was described in an El Paso Herald-Post column as a "plucky Hawaiian grappler." He also appeared in at least one film — Twilight for the Gods, starring Rock Hudson and Cyd Charisse — and several television shows, according to IMDb, including the series Hawaiian Eye and Sea Hunt. Othram's technology has been used in the past to identify the remains of two women found in and near Albuquerque as well as a suspect in a 1987 rape and murder case in Carlsbad, according to the company. "People should know that it doesn't matter how old a case is, or whether it was hopeless in the past, there is technology here today that is able to bring answers to families like in this case," Kristen Mittelman, the company's chief development officer, said in a statement. "This was a well-known man who just disappeared more than 20 years ago and now he has his name again."
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Enjoy the May gray weekend in SoCal because an extended heat wave is coming
Chilly temperatures and even some drizzle are in store for Southern Californians this weekend, but summer lovers can rejoice because a rapid warmup is right around the corner. A strong onshore flow and persistent marine layer will bring more May gray conditions to the Southland this weekend, with temperatures ranging about 10 to 15 degrees below normal, said Mike Wofford, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard. Some overnight and early-morning drizzle is possible Saturday and Sunday. Temperatures are expected to linger in the 60s across most of Los Angeles County on Saturday and heat up slightly into the low 70s on Sunday, according to the weather service. "There will probably be more sunshine on Sunday," Wofford said. "And next week it'll be warming up quite a bit, especially when we get into Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Those are going to be the hottest days where we're looking at temperatures in the valleys probably getting close to 100 degrees again." The mercury could rise enough to topple records in some areas. By Wednesday, temperatures along the coast will reach the mid- to high 70s. Inland will be warmer with downtown Los Angeles expected to see temperatures up to 87 degrees. Woodland Hills is expected to reach 96 degrees by Thursday, according to the weather service. "Temperatures are definitely going to be way above normal," Wofford said. Read more: Two dozen people rescued for heat issues during SoCal scorcher The National Weather Service's Sacramento office issued a fire weather watch for the Sacramento Valley and adjacent lower hills beginning 8 a.m. Sunday to 8 p.m. Monday warning of gusty winds up to 35 mph and low humidity. While experts say the fire risk will not be extreme, grasses have already started to cure in some areas, increasing the risk of a destructive wind-driven blaze. Unlike last weekend's brief warmup, this heat wave is forecast to be a bit more persistent. It could also foreshadow a notably hot and potentially fiery summer for much of the West, including California, said Daniel Swain, a UCLA climate scientist. Models show a very high likelihood that July through September temperatures may end up making this summer among the hottest in the last 20 years, Swain wrote in a Thursday post on his website. "The month of May will likely, in the end, indeed end up being much warmer than average and probably also drier than average across most or all of California," Swain wrote. Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Los Angeles Times
16-05-2025
- Climate
- Los Angeles Times
Enjoy the May gray weekend in SoCal because an extended heat wave is coming
Chilly temperatures and even some drizzle are in store for Southern Californians this weekend, but summer lovers can rejoice because a rapid warmup is right around the corner. A strong onshore flow and persistent marine layer will bring more May gray conditions to the Southland this weekend, with temperatures ranging about 10 to 15 degrees below normal, said Mike Wofford, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard. Some overnight and early-morning drizzle is possible Saturday and Sunday. Temperatures are expected to linger in the 60s across most of Los Angeles County on Saturday and heat up slightly into the low 70s on Sunday, according to the weather service. 'There will probably be more sunshine on Sunday,' Wofford said. 'And next week it'll be warming up quite a bit, especially when we get into Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Those are going to be the hottest days where we're looking at temperatures in the valleys probably getting close to 100 degrees again.' The mercury could rise enough to topple records in some areas. By Wednesday, temperatures along the coast will reach the mid- to high 70s. Inland will be warmer with downtown Los Angeles expected to see temperatures up to 87 degrees. Woodland Hills is expected to reach 96 degrees by Thursday, according to the weather service. 'Temperatures are definitely going to be way above normal,' Wofford said. The National Weather Service's Sacramento office issued a fire weather watch for the Sacramento Valley and adjacent lower hills beginning 8 a.m. Sunday to 8 p.m. Monday warning of gusty winds up to 35 mph and low humidity. While experts say the fire risk will not be extreme, grasses have already started to cure in some areas, increasing the risk of a destructive wind-driven blaze. Unlike last weekend's brief warmup, this heat wave is forecast to be a bit more persistent. It could also foreshadow a notably hot and potentially fiery summer for much of the West, including California, said Daniel Swain, a UCLA climate scientist. Models show a very high likelihood that July through September temperatures may end up making this summer among the hottest in the last 20 years, Swain wrote in a Thursday post on his website. 'The month of May will likely, in the end, indeed end up being much warmer than average and probably also drier than average across most or all of California,' Swain wrote.
