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class=""></a> <a href="https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/02/15/magoon-gwath-san-diego-state-blast-boise-state/" title="SDSU’s Nick Boyd, Magoon Gwath bully Boise State on the way to a much-needed win"> <div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Put simply: The team needed this." title="Put simply: The team needed this." subtitle="" class="lazyload size-section_three_one_alt" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/SUT-L-azhoop-0216-01.jpg?w=526" data-srcset="https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/SUT-L-azhoop-0216-01.jpg?w=526 620w,https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/SUT-L-azhoop-0216-01.jpg?w=643 780w,https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/SUT-L-azhoop-0216-01.jpg?w=511 605w,https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/SUT-L-azhoop-0216-01.jpg?w=354 420w,https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/SUT-L-azhoop-0216-01.jpg?w=398 470w" ></div> </a> </figure> <div class="article-info"> <header> <h3 class="entry-title"> <div class="entry-section"><a href="https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/mlb/san-diego-padres/">San Diego Padres | </a></div> <a class="article-title" href="https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/02/15/magoon-gwath-san-diego-state-blast-boise-state/" title="SDSU’s Nick Boyd, Magoon Gwath bully Boise State on the way to a much-needed win"> <span class="dfm-title metered"> SDSU’s Nick Boyd, Magoon Gwath bully Boise State on the way to a much-needed win </span> </a> </h3>  </header> <div class="excerpt"> Put simply: The team needed this. </div> </div> </article> </div> <ul class="headline-list"> <li> <article class=" headline-only archive-view has-image post-9213830 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-college-sports category-latest-headlines 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category-high-school-sports category-latest-headlines category-pomerado-news category-pomerado-news-sports category-sports" data-id="9213944" data-timestamp="1739650326" > <figure> <a href="https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/02/15/roundup-poway-dominates-division-1-meet-while-bonita-vista-brawley-shine/" title="Wrestling roundup: Poway dominates Division 1 meet, while Bonita Vista, Brawley shine" class=""></a> <a href="https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/02/15/roundup-poway-dominates-division-1-meet-while-bonita-vista-brawley-shine/" title="Wrestling roundup: Poway dominates Division 1 meet, while Bonita Vista, Brawley shine"> <div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="A look at how San Diego's boys wrestlers fared in Saturday's meets " title="A look at how San Diego's boys wrestlers fared in Saturday's meets " subtitle="" class="lazyload size-section_three_one_alt" data-sizes="auto" 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