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Oklahoma State men, N.C. State women win cross country titles; Blanks, Valby win individual crowns

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:50 GMT

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Harvard’s Graham Blanks won the men’s race and Florida’s Parker Valby won the women’s at the NCAA cross country championships on Saturday while the Oklahoma State men and North Carolina State women captured team titles.Oklahoma State, which lost a tiebreak to Northern Arizona last year, handily beat the three-time defending champion Lumberjacks on the 10,000-meter course with 49 points. Northern Arizona had 71 and BYU was third with 196 points.The Cowboys put five runners in the top 15, led by freshman Denis Kipngetich, who was fourth in 28-minutes, 59.7 seconds. Brian Musau (29:11) and Fouad Messaoudi (29:13.3) were eighth and 10th, respectively. Victor Shitsama was 12th and Alex Maier 15th to round out the OSU scorers.Blanks finished 28:37.7, taking the lead in the last 1,000 meter with an uphill kick. He is the first Ivy League man to win the NCAA title. He was three seconds in front of Habtom Samuel of New Mexico with Ky Robiss...

South Alabama is bowl eligible after 28-0 victory over Marshall

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:50 GMT

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Carter Bradley threw two touchdown passes, La’Damian Webb had a touchdown catch and ran for a score and South Alabama became eligible for a bowl game with a 28-0 victory over Marshall on Saturday night.Diego Guajardo kicked 47- and 43-yard field goals and Bradley connected with Jamaal Pritchett for a 25-yard touchdown before hitting Webb for the two-point conversion and South Alabama (6-5, 4-3 Sun Belt Conference) led 14-0 after one quarter.Bradley had an 8-yard touchdown toss to Webb late in the second quarter to put the Jaguars up 21-0. Webb ran for a 6-yard touchdown early in the fourth quarter to complete the scoring.Bradley completed 17 of 23 passes for 176 yards for South Alabama. Webb rushed for 117 yards on 24 carries. Caulin Lacy had nine receptions for 126 yards.Freshman Cole Pennington, the son of former Marshall and NFL quarterback Chad Pennington, totaled 159 yards on 22-of-36 passing with three interceptions. The Thundering Herd (5-6, 2-5) man...

Brooks powers Texas Tech past UCF 24-23 as blocked PAT plays key role

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:50 GMT

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Tahj Brooks ran for a career-high 182 yards while powering a game-clinching drive after E’Maurion Banks blocked a potential tying extra-point kick, and Texas Tech rallied for a 24-23 victory over UCF on Saturday night. Behren Morton threw for two touchdowns in the home finale as the Red Raiders (6-5, 5-3 Big 12) won their third consecutive game in a battle for bowl eligibility. In coach Joey McGuire’s debut last season, Texas Tech won its final four games, including a Texas Bowl victory over Mississippi.The Knights (5-6, 2-6), making their Big 12 debut, will have to win at home against Houston next weekend to secure an eighth consecutive season of bowl eligibility.UCF couldn’t hold a 14-0 lead, didn’t get any points from inside the Texas Tech 5-yard line by letting time run out before halftime and settled for a short field goal on fourth-and-3 when trailing by a touchdown early in the fourth quarter.Despite all that, the Knights were a P...

Clemson defense, Klubnik take down No. 22 North Carolina for third straight win 31-20

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:50 GMT

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Will Shipley is finally glad to see Clemson on the right side of the turnover game. The Tigers recovered two first-quarter fumbles from ACC leading rusher Omarion Hampton and Clemson’s defense clamped down on high-scoring No. 22 North Carolina in a 31-20 victory Saturday night. Shipley, Clemson’s all-ACC tailback, was front-and-center of his team’s issues at the start of the season, losing two fumbles in a season-opening, surprise loss at Duke. This time, it was the Tar Heels (8-3, 4-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) who melted down when they could’ve — many would say should’ve — led 21-0 in the opening period. “It’s like coach Swinney always says, ‘The worm is turning,’” Shipley said with a smile. “Have any of y’all heard that? I hadn’t other than from him.” It means, for those of Shipley’s generation, that the mistakes Clemson (7-4, 4-4) made too often during its 4-4 start have been cut down in its past three wi...

Nix throws for 404 yards, 6 TDs as No. 6 Oregon rolls to 49-13 win over Arizona State

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:50 GMT

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Coach Dan Lanning watched with pride as his veteran quarterback threw touchdowns all over the field, admired his playmakers as they made tough catches and marveled as his defense adjusted to anything and everything Arizona State tried to run.For two glorious quarters on Saturday, the Oregon Ducks achieved football nirvana.Bo Nix threw for 404 yards and a career-high six touchdowns, Patrick Herbert and Troy Franklin both caught two touchdown passes and No. 6 Oregon rolled to a 49-13 win.“We talk about playing to our standard,” Lanning said. “I think the first half is the definition of that standard.”The Ducks buried the Sun Devils with an avalanche of offense on the way to a 42-0 lead, scoring touchdowns on their first six drives and gaining 444 total yards. Nix — a Heisman Trophy candidate — had touchdown passes of 23, 49, 16, 45, 71 and 16 yards.And then the second half started.“Feels awesome — it’s a complete team win,” Nix said. “We played really good on...

Police searching for at least one suspect in deadly Westminster shooting

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:50 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Westminster Police Department said officers were searching for at least one suspect in a shooting Saturday evening.Police said it happened near 92nd Ave. and Federal Blvd. Inmate located in Larkspur after manhunt, shelter in place One man was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.Southbound Federal Blvd. was closed and 92nd Ave. was open.Police were asking the public to avoid the area as officers searched for possibly two suspects. Police said K-9 units from the Adams County Sheriff's Office and WPD were searching the area.At 8:35 p.m., police said they were unable to locate any suspects and they believe the suspects had left the area.Police are asking anyone with information about the shooting to call 303-658-4360.This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.

Snow and rain to bring weather woes to millions of Thanksgiving travelers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:50 GMT

(CNN) — Multiple storm systems could impact Thanksgiving travelers.Two separate systems will impact holiday travelers Saturday – one in New England and the other along the West Coast – both bringing rain and snow and the possibility of travel delays.The system in the East will push rain and gusty winds into coastal New England and some snow showers across the White and Green Mountains.If you have travel flexibility, and are driving instead of flying, it may be best to wait until Sunday for most of New England. Travelers in and out of Boston will likely encounter rain showers, patchy fog and wind gusts up to 30 mph Saturday. By Sunday, the sunshine will return and winds will decrease to 10 to 20 mph.The West Coast system will begin Saturday in the Portland, Oregon, area and will stretch down through San Diego.Rain will also spread into desert cities, including Phoenix, Las Vegas, and Albuquerque – and will continue Sunday from Seattle down through Eureka, California.More than 6 ...

DeSantis and Ramaswamy share personal stories on campaign trail of their wives’ miscarriages

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:50 GMT

(CNN) — GOP presidential candidates Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy shared their wives’ experiences with miscarriages at the Family Leader Thanksgiving forum on Friday.“Unfortunately, we lost that first baby,” DeSantis said, describing how he and his wife, Casey, struggled to grow their family. “And it was a tough thing because this is something that we had so much hopes for. So much aspirations, but, you know, we just kept the faith.”Both men, speaking to the gathering of evangelical Christians in Iowa two months ahead of the state’s first-in-the-nation GOP caucuses, stressed the role of their religion in coping with their losses, which they had not previously shared on the campaign trail.“We wanted to have a family and it didn’t happen at first,” DeSantis said, sitting at a table with Ramaswamy, fellow GOP primary rival Nikki Haley and Family Leader CEO and President Bob Vander Plaats, a longtime GOP powerbroker who is expected to endorse a candidate in the Republica...

Trent Frederic scores twice as the Bruins roll past the Canadiens 5-2

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:50 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Trent Frederic scored two goals, Brad Marchand collected his 500th career assist and the Boston Bruins cruised past longtime rivals the Montreal Canadiens 5-2 on Saturday night.Facing the Canadiens for the second time in eight days, Boston got some payback for a 3-2 overtime loss in Montreal last Saturday.Pavel Zacha, Charlie McAvoy and James van Riemsdyk also scored for the Bruins (13-1-2), who have lost just once in regulation this season.Boston posted NHL records for wins (65) and points (135) last season.On a night when members of the 1970 and ’72 Stanley Cup-winning teams — led by Hall of Famers Bobby Orr and Johnny Bucyk — got to finally raise a banner to the rafters, the Bruins jumped out fast in the 759th regular-season meeting between the Original Six clubs.Montreal lost its fourth straight. Juraj Slafkovsky and Johnathan Kovacevic scored for the Canadiens.The Bruins are 11-0-1 in their last 12 games against Montreal.With Boston skating on a two...

Newton North outlasts Barnstable to win the Div. 1 state volleyball title

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:50 GMT

WORCESTER — Volleyball fans had a feeling Saturday’s championship match between Newton North and Barnstable would go right down to the wire.They were proven right.Propelled by junior outside hitter Devon Burke and rising freshman Sasha Selivan, the Tigers were able to resume their dynasty. The duo were catalysts all night, as Newton North won its second straight Div. 1 girls volleyball title with an unforgettable 3-2 heartstopper over the Red Hawks at Worcester State.“That energy was the most energy I’ve felt in a long time,” said Newton North coach Nile Fox. “Just being in an atmosphere like this, and to win another one is a blessing. Just having these girls that worked hard all year play like this in this game was really big.”It was the fifth championship for Newton North (25-1) since the 2014 season, but attaining it proved anything but straightforward. Most were expecting a classic between the two vaunted programs, with both having decorated coaching staffs coupled with unlimite...