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Christina Aguilerais once again commanding attention with adaring bodysuit lookand signature diva energy in astriking new dance video on Instagram, instantly setting social media buzzing. This clearly left her fans and followers gushing and gasping for more. Further, Aguilera also paired this look with matching black fishnet stockings, which perfectly elongated and highlighted her toned physique.
Have a look at Christina Aguilera’s latest Instagram video featuring a fresh dance performance below:
In the clip, the “Genie in a Bottle” crooner rocked a dramatic black and burgundy bodysuit, featuring sheer detailing, structured buckle accents, and ultra-high-cut styling paired with fishnet tights.
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The bold outfit, combined with Aguilera’s thigh-high pearl- embellished gloves and futuristic silver sunglasses, gave the entire look a fierce pop-star edge. She also rounded out her look with matching black calf-length grunge boots, which gave her outfit some extra sass.
Additionally, Christina Aguilera left her blonde tresses open, sporting full glam makeup with glossy pink lips and dramatic eyeshadow. As she danced stylishly to Adéla’s “KGB,” fans were mesmerized. One commented, “QueenTina,” with another adding, “OH MY GOD. I love you so much.” As of writing, her video has garnered 95.2K likes.
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PALM BAY — Bayside, fresh off capturing the district championship last week, returned home to host Sebastian River on Thursday, May 7, in the Class 5A, Region 4 quarterfinals.
The two sides met for the second time in a week after the Bears won at Sebastian River in extras to earn the right to host the regional quarterfinal as the No. 6 seed.
Bayside missed an early opportunity at a big inning, opening the door for Sebastian River to score the final 4 runs of the game to defeat Bayside 5-1.
“We knew it was going to be tough. The last game we played was against them. Both games this year went eight innings,” Bayside head coach Brandon Sherrill said. “They made more plays than we did. That’s the bottom line. Proud of our girls. Just fell short.”
The Sharks scored in the top of the first inning, but Bayside answered on an RBI single by freshman Bella Tenta. Bayside loaded the bases with nobody out, but Sebastian River pitcher Gabrielle Espich limited the damage to one after a force out at home plate, a strikeout and a ground out.
Espich went on to retire 13 straight Bear hitters. She allowed two singles in the fifth, but both runners were thrown out on a double play.
“That broke us a little bit because bases loaded, nobody out and we can only get one. That was tough,” Sherrill said. “Then we go into the second inning after that, a couple mistakes, a couple seeing-eye singles and opens the game up a little bit.”
Sebastian River broke the tie with 3 runs in the second inning against Bayside pitcher Emily Lowe. Sharks sophomore Payge Hunter hit an RBI single to make it 2-1. After an intentional walk with 2 outs, junior Alexa Pittman came up with the clutch 2-run single to make it 4-1.
Lowe allowed a 2-out solo home run to freshman Kendra Powers in the fifth in her final batter faced. The junior pitched 4 2/3 innings, allowing five runs, two earned, on seven hits.
“She (Lowe) threw well. The defense kind of had some snafus,” Sherrill said. “They didn’t. They only hit a couple balls hard on her. They just had the timely hits that we did not have.”
Bayside entered the postseason on a 4-game losing streak. However, the young Bears squad turned things around in the district tournament with 3 wins in 4 days to earn a spot in the state playoffs.
“It’s huge. Obviously, we had a lot of adversity,” Sherrill said. “We just didn’t play well when we needed to, but we were able to kind of pick up the missing pieces. We played well against Westwood and then Legacy, who was another really good team. We were playing good ball. Just not (Thursday).”
Bayside ends the season with a 14-10 record. The nucleus of the roster returns next season with only two seniors graduating.
“There’s a lot of ups and downs. Our youth kind of showed at times,” Sherrill said. “Overall, I’m proud of the girls. They gave everything they had and I couldn’t be more proud.”
Sebastian River(16-6) 130 010 0 – 5 9 0
Bayside(14-10) 100 000 0 – 1 5 1
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No. 1 Pembroke Pines Charter 10, No. 8 Heritage 0
The Panthers mustered 1 hit and struck out 14 times against PPC pitcher Destiney Ortega. PPC scored 3 runs in the first inning and 7 runs in the third inning.
Heritage completes the season with a 5-14 record.
Heritage(5-14) 000 00 – 0 1 2
Pembroke Pines Charter(19-8) 307 0X – 10 11 0
No. 2 Melbourne 2, No. 7 Oviedo 0
Melbourne freshman Addison Balavender hurled a 1-hit shutout, striking out 14 Oviedo hitters.
The Bulldogs scored 1 run in the first and third innings to provide Balavender enough run support. Junior Madison Rider scored on a double play in the first and junior Layna Ayala singled home Rider in the third.
Melbourne advances to the regional semifinals to host No. 3 Bloomingdale on Tuesday.
Oviedo (9-14)000 000 0 – 0 1 2
Melbourne (26-1)101 000 X – 2 4 0
No. 3 Bloomingdale 9, No. 6 Viera 0
Bloomingdale threw a combined 3-hit shutout with the Bulls scoring 2 runs in the first, 5 runs in the third and 2 runs in the fourth.
Viera ends the season with a 14-12 record.
Viera(14-12) 000 000 0 – 0 3 1
Bloomingdale(19-8) 205 200 X – 9 13 1
This article originally appeared on Florida Today:Bayside softball falls in regional quarterfinals, Melbourne advances
HOUSTON (AP) — Houston’s Carlos Correahas a torn tendonin his left ankle that will require season-ending surgery, the star infielder said Wednesday.
Correa was injured Tuesday while taking swings in the batting cage before a gameagainst the Los Angeles Dodgers.
“I was hitting in the cage, normal day, feeling great,” he said. “I went through my whole routine, took a swing and just felt a pop. It just completely snapped on me and then I fell to the ground and couldn’t put weight on it.”
Correa was on crutches and in a walking boot Wednesday morning at the ballpark after seeing a foot specialist. He said he would seek some other opinions before scheduling the surgery.
Correa, 31, said the injury was a “complete tear” and his recovery is expected to take six to eight months.
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It’s yet another blow to an Astros team that has dealt with scores of injuries this season, includingan oblique injury to Yainer Diazthat landed the catcher on the injured list Tuesday.
Correa, who is back with the Astros after last summer’s blockbuster trade from the Twins, played third base for Houston last season with Jeremy Peña at shortstop. But Correa has been playing shortstop recently with Peña out with a hamstring injury.
Correa is batting .279 with three home runs and 16 RBIs.
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Things change.
Like all the time for the Livonia Churchill softball team, which was forced to face rivals Stevenson and Franklin on back-to-back nights on May 5 and 6 because of weather delays.
That’s a big deal because all three entered the week in contention to win not only the City championship but also the Kensington Lakes Activities Association-East title.
Belleville upset Stevenson (13-7, 7-1) early in the season, but the Spartans handed Franklin its first league loss during a 3-0 win on April 22. Then, Stevenson sophomore pitcher Allie Cramer struck out 13 and recorded her 100th strikeout of the season during a 9-2 win over Churchill on May 5.
Entering May 6, all three teams had one league loss, making Churchill and Franklin’s matchup almost a do-or-die situation. A five-run second inning helped the Chargers (14-4, 5-1) beat the Patriots (20-2, 6-2) 7-3, though nothing is safe yet.
When the three teams face each other during this weekend’s City tournament, any one of them can walk away with rivalry bragging rights and a lead in the East standings. Stevenson and Churchill, though, hold the edge over Franklin with a one-game advantage.
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“For them to come back today after losing here last night, where everyone is in the same boat, I thought they responded very well,” Chargers coach Abe Vinitski said. “It was a big win for us, and it puts us in a spot for Saturday where we control everything we need to control.”
Churchill might also have a big advantage.
Usually, Madonna University hosts the annual four-team round-robin tournament, which also includes Livonia Clarenceville from the Michigan Independent Athletic Conference. Except the college accidentally double-booked the facility.
So Churchill stepped up at the last minute and will host the six games on May 9.
While home-field advantage didn’t help against Stevenson, it certainly did against Franklin. The Chargers are hoping it helps again in three days.
“Coming in here today, I told them we can’t (lose to Franklin) and give up our position when we’re going to be at home this weekend,” Vinitski said. “That’s an advantage to us, and we can get them (Stevenson) backright here. The three of us have been going back and forth for the KLAA, but now we’re in a position that if we take care of business, we can walk out of here on Saturday with one loss, and everyone else has more than one loss. So we’re in a great spot. We’ve just got to go out there and execute.”
The Chargers certainly executed against the Patriots, who scored first after Makenna Goldman ripped a triple to right field that brought home Kinlee Goldman from second base.
Churchill answered immediately in the second inning.
Jordyn Jackson floated a bloop single to left field that scored Lauren Lowry. Zoe Freeman then brought home Emma Karbowski, and Tayler Fisher narrowly smacked a line drive past Franklin's lockdown shortstop, Savana Mullen, to score Kara Kingery.
Two at-bats later, Aydan Soper, the team’s lone senior and a three-year captain, doubled home Freeman and Fisher for the eventual winning runs.
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“Bouncing back like this, it’s really good for our confidence, especially going into City’s,” said Soper, who went 4-for-4 with three singles. “It’s not an ideal situation to play both rivals back-to-back, but I’m really proud of our team for powering through that challenge, never giving up and keeping going. The way we supported each other today after yesterday’s loss is going to be really good going into City’s this weekend.”
Soper said she took pride in how Churchill responded because it’s a young team with little experience. In most games, the Chargers start at least six underclassmen but sometimes seven. Vinitski jokes that the roster is “Aydan and the kids.”
After graduating leaders Betty Adams (Michigan-Dearborn), Anna Battagin (Madonna) and six other seniors last year, Soper has taken her new leadership role seriously.
“I definitely feel some pressure, even if I think it’s more self-imposed,” she said. “I have so much to live up to from last year’s seniors that I want to make sure that I embody everything I want from this team, from toughness in the field to mental tougheness and picking yourself up after you make an error. I know I’m not perfect, but I’m happy I can at least let it go for that inning and keep going back to the next pitch, the next at-bat and power through because that’s what I want from my teammates. If I can do it, that’s me leading by example and making sure the other kids can do it as well.”
Soper backed that up against Franklin.
Not only did she reach base all four times against pitcher Lily Ruhl, who struck out five, walked two and gave up 13 hits, but she also dove for a foul ball near third base, resulting in her dragging her chin across the turf near the fence.
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“She has hit and played like this all year for us,” Vinitski said. “She’s seeing beach balls at the plate, plus she’s a leader and playing incredible defense. She has been top-notch, leading a very young group that can be super strong at one minute, and then the next minute, you see their eyes get big, like, ‘What’s going on today?’ Today, she helped them refocus.”
Soper’s encouragement worked, even when Franklin fought back.
The Patriots answered with Kinlee Goldman scoring Mullen on a sacrifice fly in the third and Sarah Schniers singling home McKenna Goldman in the fifth, but the Chargers added two insurance runs late. Ella Clenney lined a single to center field that scored Lowry in the fifth, and Kingery, who finished 3-for-3 with two stolen bases, scored on a wild pitch in the sixth.
Clare Carpen also pitched well, striking out seven, walking two and allowing seven hits.
“My message to the team was to make sure we’re focused on making those routine plays, making sure we’re being patient in the box and making sure we’re doing our best we can,” Soper said. “We just really wanted to play hard, play strong and believe in ourselves. We didn’t want to lose sight of each other because we can’t win a game without backing each other up, encouraging each other.”
Essentially, Soper wants her teammates to control what they can control.
They can’t control a postponement pushing the Stevenson game to one night before they faced Franklin, nor can they control Madonna bungling what should’ve been a great showcase atmosphere on a college campus.
But they can control how they respond to adversity. And at least for one night against Franklin, Soper had the Chargers looking resilient.
Brandon Folsom covers high school sports in metro Detroit for Hometown Life. Follow him on his new X.com account at@folsomwrites.
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