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“This is football heaven.”
The town of Canton, Ohio will be bursting at the seams this weekend in what is an unprecedented celebration never seen before in the 58 years since the Hall was christened with its first class in 1963.
The 2020 year was supposed to be more special than normal. Honoring the 100th anniversary of the National Football League, the Hall planned for its regular class to be enshrined in August and then a Centennial Class in September in conjunction with that Sept. 17 birth of the league.
Unfortunately, the pandemic intervened and everything was delayed a year. That meant the 28-person class from 2020 would join the 2021 class in a weekend that has put pressure on hotels and everything associated with this phenomenal event.
YOUTH SOFTBALL
Lakeshore Tribe continues World Series play: The Lakeshore Tribe, a local club from Robbertsdale, has two teams playing in the Babe Ruth Softball World Series, which is taking place in Jensen Beach/Stuart, Florida. The 14U team is 1-5 after a 5-2 loss to South Shore on Saturday morning. The Tribe played a game later in the day. They will play Sunday against an undetermined opponent. 18U team is 0-5 after Saturday s 11-1 loss to the MSA Ospreys. Lakeshore plays twice Sunday, including a 9 a.m. game against JPRD West.
MEN S BASKETBALL
Former Notre Dame player dies in shooting: A former St. Louis high school basketball star who played briefly for Notre Dame and Missouri in college was shot and killed in north St. Louis County, police said. Cameron Biedscheid, 27, was killed Friday on the block where he lived. Police did not indicated whether they have any suspects in the shooting. Biedscheid spent his freshman college season at Notre Dame, averaging 6.2 points and 1.4
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Camden Scheidt broke Highland s record for triples in a season with his seventh of the year in a 7-1 win over Portage in the Trojans regular-season finale.