THE INDIANA SRN “SPORTSPAGE” MONDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

“THE SCOREBOARD”

****INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL WEEK 4 SCHEDULE****

FRIDAY NIGHT

ADAMS CENTRAL (3-0) AT JAY COUNTY (3-0)

ANDERSON (1-2) AT MARION (1-2)

ANDREAN (1-2) AT MUNSTER (1-2)

ANGOLA (0-3) AT WEST NOBLE (3-0)

ATTICA (0-3) AT PARKE HERITAGE (1-1)

BEECH GROVE (1-2) AT INDIANAPOLIS SCECINA (3-0)

BELLMONT (0-3) AT NORWELL (0-3)

BLACKFORD (0-3) AT MADISON-GRANT (2-1)

BLOOMINGTON NORTH (3-0) AT BLOOMINGTON SOUTH (3-0)

BLUFFTON (3-0) AT WOODLAN (1-2)

BOONE GROVE (2-1) AT SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS) (1-2)

BOWMAN ACADEMY (0-1) AT EAST CHICAGO CENTRAL (0-3)

BREMEN (2-1) AT TRITON (2-1)

BROWNSBURG (3-0) AT AVON (0-3)

CALUMET CHRISTIAN AT FRONTIER (1-2)

CARMEL (2-1) AT LOUISVILLE TRINITY (KY.)

CARROLL COUNTY (KY.) AT MADISON (0-3)

CENTERVILLE (3-0) AT WINCHESTER (2-1)

CHARLESTOWN (2-1) AT NORTH HARRISON (3-0)

CINCINNATI MOELLER (OHIO) AT CENTER GROVE (2-1)

CLINTON CENTRAL (0-2) AT SHERIDAN (2-1)

CLOVERDALE (2-1) AT CASCADE (2-1)

COLUMBIA CITY (3-0) AT HUNTINGTON NORTH (0-3)

COLUMBUS EAST (0-3) AT JENNINGS COUNTY (2-1)

COLUMBUS NORTH (2-1) AT INDIANAPOLIS RONCALLI (1-2)

CONCORD (2-1) AT WARSAW (3-0)

CONNERSVILLE (2-1) AT SOUTH DEARBORN (1-2)

CROWN POINT (3-0) AT LAKE CENTRAL (2-1)

CULVER (0-3) AT WEST CENTRAL (3-0)

DANVILLE (2-1) AT CRAWFORDSVILLE (0-3)

DELPHI (0-3) AT CARROLL (FLORA) (3-0)

EAST CENTRAL (3-0) AT FRANKLIN COUNTY (2-1)

EAST NOBLE (2-1) AT DEKALB (2-1)

EASTBROOK (2-1) AT FRANKTON (2-1)

EASTERN (PEKIN) (1-2) AT SILVER CREEK (1-2)

EASTERN GREENE (1-2) AT MITCHELL (0-3)

EASTSIDE (1-2) AT CHURUBUSCO (0-3)

EDGEWOOD (1-2) AT OWEN VALLEY (1-2)

ELKHART (1-2) AT MASSILLON WASHINGTON (OHIO)

ELWOOD (0-3) AT ALEXANDRIA (3-0)

EVANSVILLE BOSSE (1-2) AT JASPER (1-2)

EVANSVILLE CENTRAL (0-3) AT VINCENNES LINCOLN (2-1)

EVANSVILLE HARRISON (0-3) AT CASTLE (2-1)

EVANSVILLE MATER DEI (1-2) AT EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL (3-0)

EVANSVILLE NORTH (2-1) AT EVANSVILLE REITZ (3-0)

FAIRFIELD (2-1) AT CULVER ACADEMY (2-1)

FOREST PARK (2-1) AT TECUMSEH (0-3)

FORT WAYNE DWENGER (1-2) AT CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) (2-1)

FORT WAYNE LUERS (1-2) AT FORT WAYNE WAYNE (2-1)

FORT WAYNE NORTH (0-3) AT FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA (0-3)

FORT WAYNE NORTHROP (0-3) AT HOMESTEAD (1-2)

FORT WAYNE SOUTH (0-3) AT FORT WAYNE SNIDER (3-0)

FOUNTAIN CENTRAL (2-1) AT COVINGTON (2-0)

FRANKFORT (1-2) AT SOUTHMONT (2-1)

GARRETT (1-2) AT LAKELAND (3-0)

GARY WEST (1-2) AT RIVER FOREST (3-0)

GIBSON SOUTHERN (2-1) AT SOUTH WARREN (KY.)

GOSHEN (0-3) AT MISHAWAKA (2-1)

GREENCASTLE (1-2) AT SOUTH PUTNAM (3-0)

GREENFIELD-CENTRAL (3-0) AT PENDLETON HEIGHTS (3-0)

GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN (1-2) AT EDINBURGH (0-3)

GRIFFITH (0-3) AT WHITING (2-1)

GUERIN CATHOLIC (3-0) AT BREBEUF JESUIT (2-1)

HAGERSTOWN (2-1) AT UNION COUNTY (0-3)

HAMILTON HEIGHTS (3-0) AT NORTHWESTERN (1-2)

HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN (3-0) AT FISHERS (3-0)

HAMMOND CENTRAL (3-0) AT HIGHLAND (2-1)

HAMMOND MORTON (1-2) AT PENN (2-1)

HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE) (2-1) AT MCCUTCHEON (1-2)

HERITAGE (3-0) AT SOUTH ADAMS (2-1)

HERITAGE CHRISTIAN (2-1) AT EASTERN HANCOCK (2-1)

HERITAGE HILLS (3-0) AT SOUTH SPENCER (1-2)

HOBART (2-1) AT KANKAKEE VALLEY (1-2)

IMG ACADEMY (FLA.) AT BEN DAVIS (3-0)

INDIANAPOLIS ATTUCKS (2-1) AT CHRISTEL HOUSE MANUAL (1-2)

INDIANAPOLIS CHATARD (3-0) AT INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL (2-1)

INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN (3-0) AT LAPEL (1-2)

INDIANAPOLIS TINDLEY (1-2) AT INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE (2-1)

INDIANAPOLIS WASHINGTON (1-2) AT LAKE STATION (1-2)

IRVINGTON PREP ACADEMY (0-3) AT BROWN COUNTY (0-3)

JEFFERSONVILLE (0-3) AT LOUISVILLE FERN CREEK (KY.)

JOHN GLENN (2-1) AT JIMTOWN (1-2)

LAFAYETTE JEFF (1-2) AT RICHMOND (0-3)

LAPORTE (1-2) AT CHESTERTON (0-3)

LAWRENCE NORTH (3-0) AT NORTH CENTRAL (INDIANAPOLIS) (0-3)

LAWRENCEBURG (2-1) AT GREENSBURG (0-3)

LINTON-STOCKTON (2-1) AT SULLIVAN (2-1)

LOGANSPORT (0-3) AT INDIANAPOLIS TECH (0-3)

LOWELL (1-2) AT HANOVER CENTRAL (3-0)

MANCHESTER (2-1) AT ROCHESTER (2-1)

MARTINSVILLE (1-2) AT DECATUR CENTRAL (2-1)

MICHIGAN CITY (2-1) AT VALPARAISO (2-1)

MISHAWAKA MARIAN (1-2) AT NEW PRAIRIE (2-1)

MISSISSINEWA (3-0) AT OAK HILL (3-0)

MONROE CENTRAL (1-2) AT TRI (2-1)

MONROVIA (3-0) AT TRITON CENTRAL (2-1)

MOORESVILLE (1-2) AT GREENWOOD (3-0)

MOUNT VERNON (FORTVILLE) (1-2) AT NEW PALESTINE (1-2)

MOUNT VERNON (POSEY) (2-1) AT WASHINGTON (1-2)

MUNCIE CENTRAL (0-3) AT KOKOMO (3-0)

NEW ALBANY (1-2) AT BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE (1-2)

NEW HAVEN (3-0) AT LEO (2-1)

NOBLESVILLE (2-1) AT WESTFIELD (3-0)

NORTH DECATUR (2-1) AT SHENANDOAH (1-2)

NORTH JUDSON (2-1) AT KNOX (3-0)

NORTH KNOX (2-1) AT BOONVILLE (1-2)

NORTH MIAMI (0-3) AT LEWIS CASS (1-2)

NORTH MONTGOMERY (2-1) AT LEBANON (0-3)

NORTH NEWTON (0-3) AT SOUTH NEWTON (2-1)

NORTH PUTNAM (0-3) AT COVENANT CHRISTIAN (1-2)

NORTHEASTERN (3-0) AT CAMBRIDGE CITY LINCOLN (1-2)

NORTHFIELD (0-3) AT SOUTHWOOD (1-2)

NORTHRIDGE (2-1) AT NORTHWOOD (3-0)

PAOLI (2-1) AT PERRY CENTRAL (1-2)

PARK TUDOR (3-0) AT FREMONT (1-2)

PERRY MERIDIAN (1-2) AT PLAINFIELD (3-0)

PIKE (0-3) AT SOUTHPORT (0-3)

PIKE CENTRAL (1-2) AT SOUTHRIDGE (2-1)

PIONEER (2-1) AT CASTON (0-3)

PLYMOUTH (1-2) AT WAWASEE (1-2)

PORTAGE (0-3) AT MERRILLVILLE (2-1)

PRAIRIE HEIGHTS (0-3) AT CENTRAL NOBLE (0-3)

PRINCETON (0-3) AT NORTH DAVIESS (2-1)

PROVIDENCE (3-0) AT CLARKSVILLE (0-3)

PURDUE POLYTECHNIC (1-2) AT NOBLESVILLE HOMESCHOOL

RUSHVILLE (0-3) AT BATESVILLE (3-0)

SALEM (0-3) AT BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL (3-0)

SCOTTSBURG (2-1) AT CORYDON CENTRAL (0-3)

SEEGER (2-1) AT RIVERTON PARKE (1-2)

SEYMOUR (2-1) AT FLOYD CENTRAL (2-1)

SHELBYVILLE (2-1) AT NEW CASTLE (1-2)

SOUTH BEND RILEY (3-0) AT SOUTH BEND CLAY (0-3)

SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH (2-1) AT SOUTH BEND ADAMS (1-2)

SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON (0-3) AT CALUMET (1-2)

SOUTH DECATUR (2-1) AT CRAWFORD COUNTY (0-3)

SPEEDWAY (1-2) AT INDIANAPOLIS RITTER (1-2)

SPRINGS VALLEY (2-1) AT WEST WASHINGTON (3-0)

SWITZERLAND COUNTY (3-0) AT MILAN (1-2)

TAYLOR (1-2) AT EASTERN (GREENTOWN) (2-1)

TELL CITY (2-1) AT NORTH POSEY (3-0)

TERRE HAUTE SOUTH (0-3) AT TERRE HAUTE NORTH (0-3)

TIPTON (1-2) AT TIPPECANOE VALLEY (3-0)

TRI-CENTRAL (1-2) AT CLINTON PRAIRIE (3-0)

TRI-COUNTY (1-2) AT NORTH WHITE (3-0)

TRI-WEST (2-1) AT WESTERN BOONE (3-0)

TWIN LAKES (2-1) AT RENSSELAER CENTRAL (2-1)

UNION CITY (0-3) AT KNIGHTSTOWN (1-2)

WABASH (0-3) AT PERU (3-0)

WARREN CENTRAL (1-2) AT LAWRENCE CENTRAL (1-2)

WES-DEL (0-3) AT SOUTHERN WELLS (1-2)

WEST LAFAYETTE (2-1) AT LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC (1-2)

WEST VIGO (0-3) AT NORTHVIEW (3-0)

WESTERN (1-2) AT BENTON CENTRAL (1-2)

WHEELER (0-3) AT HAMMOND NOLL (1-2)

WHITELAND (2-1) AT FRANKLIN (2-1)

WHITKO (1-2) AT MACONAQUAH (2-1)

WINAMAC (0-3) AT LAVILLE (3-0)

YORKTOWN (2-1) AT DELTA (3-0)

ZIONSVILLE (2-1) AT FRANKLIN CENTRAL (2-1)

SATURDAY

COVINGTON (2-0) AT NORTH VERMILLION (1-1)

PARKE HERITAGE (1-1) AT SOUTH VERMILLION (1-1)

PHALEN ACADEMY (1-1) AT BOWMAN ACADEMY (0-1)

******INDIANA SRN FOOTBALL POLLS WEEK 4******

1 BEN DAVIS

2 HSE

3 WESTFIELD

4 FISHERS

5 CROWN POINT

1 FW SNIDER

2 BLOOMINGTON SOUTH

3 PLAINFIELD

4 CASTLE

5 BLOOMINGTON NORTH

1 EAST CENTRAL

2 EVANSVILLE REITZ

3 KOKOMO

4 NORTHWOOD

5 EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL

1 BISHOP CHATARD

2 GUERIN CATHOLIC

3 WESTERN BOONE

4 HANOVER CENTRAL

5 WEST LAFAYETTE

1 SCECINA

2 EASTBROOK

3 LINTON STOCKTON

4 BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL

5 HERITAGE CHRISTIAN

1 INDY LUTHERAN

2 ADAMS CENTRAL

3 NORTH JUDSON

4 SOUTH PUTNAM

5 PROVIDENCE

*******INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SAGARIN RATINGS******

1 CENTER GROVE

2 BROWNSBURG

3 CATHEDRAL

4 FISHERS

5 BEN DAVIS

6 CROWN POINT

7 LAWRENCE NORTH

8 HSE

9 FRANKLIN CENTRAL

10 WESTFIELD

1 FW SNIDER

2 VALPO

3 BLOOMINGTON SOUTH

4 PLAINFIELD

5 MISHAWAKA

6 WHITELAND

7 MICHIGAN CITY

8 MERRILLVILLE

9 FRANKLIN

10 HARRISON

1 EAST CENTRAL

2 NORTHWOOD

3 EVANSVILLE REITZ

4 EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL

5 NEW PALESTINE

6 KOKOMO

7 PENDLETON HEIGHTS

8 RONCALLI

9 GREENFIELD-CENTRAL

10 LEO

1 BISHOP CHATARD

2 HERITAGE HILLS

3 GUERIN CATHOLIC

4 OAK HILL

5 YORKTOWN

6 SOUTHRIDGE

7 WEST LAFAYETTE

8 TRI-WEST

9 HAMILTON HEIGHTS

10 HANOVER CENTRAL

1 BLUFFTON

2 TRITON CENTRAL

3 SCECINA

4 BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL

5 NORTH POSEY

6 CASCADE

7 LAVILLE

8 ANDREAN

9 PAOLI

10 LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC

1 INDY LUTHERAN

2 ADAMS CENTRAL

3 SOUTH PUTNAM

4 CARROLL FLORA

5 PROVIDENCE

6 NORTH JUDSON

7 NORTH DECATUR

8 SOUTH ADAMS

9 MADISON GRANT

10 TRI

*****WEEK 1 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE*****

DETROIT LIONS AT KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (THU) 7:20P (CT) 8:20P NBC

CAROLINA PANTHERS AT ATLANTA FALCONS 1:00P (ET) 1:00P FOX

HOUSTON TEXANS AT BALTIMORE RAVENS 1:00P (ET) 1:00P CBS

CINCINNATI BENGALS AT CLEVELAND BROWNS 1:00P (ET) 1:00P CBS

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS AT INDIANAPOLIS COLTS 1:00P (ET) 1:00P FOX

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS AT MINNESOTA VIKINGS 12:00P (CT) 1:00P CBS

TENNESSEE TITANS AT NEW ORLEANS SAINTS 12:00P (CT) 1:00P CBS

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS AT PITTSBURGH STEELERS 1:00P (ET) 1:00P FOX

ARIZONA CARDINALS AT WASHINGTON COMMANDERS 1:00P (ET) 1:00P FOX

GREEN BAY PACKERS AT CHICAGO BEARS 3:25P (CT) 4:25P FOX

LAS VEGAS RAIDERS AT DENVER BRONCOS 2:25P (MT) 4:25P CBS

MIAMI DOLPHINS AT LOS ANGELES CHARGERS 1:25P (PT) 4:25P CBS

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES AT NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 4:25P (ET) 4:25P CBS

LOS ANGELES RAMS AT SEATTLE SEAHAWKS 1:25P (PT) 4:25P FOX

DALLAS COWBOYS AT NEW YORK GIANTS 8:20P (ET) 8:20P NBC

BUFFALO BILLS AT NEW YORK JETS (MON) 8:15P (ET) 8:15P ESPN/ABC

****MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL****

NY METS 6 SEATTLE 3

TORONTO 7 COLORADO 5

BALTIMORE 8 ARIZONA 5

DETROIT 3 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 2

BOSTON 7 KANSAS CITY 3

TEXAS 6 MINNESOTA 5

OAKLAND 10 LA ANGELS 6

TAMPA BAY 6 CLEVELAND 2

NY YANKEES 6 HOUSTON 1

CHICAGO CUBS 15 CINCINNATI 7

PHILADELPHIA 4 MILWAUKEE 2

MIAMI 6 WASHINGTON 4

ST. LOUIS 6 PITTSBURGH 4

LA DODGERS 3 ATLANTA 1

SAN DIEGO 4 SAN FRANCISCO 0

BOX SCORES: http://hosted.stats.com/mlb/scoreboard.asp

STATS: http://hosted.stats.com/mlb/index.asp

PLAYER NEWS: http://hosted.stats.com/mlb/news.asp

****MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL****

BUFFALO 8 INDIANAPOLIS 3

FT. WAYNE 2 SOUTH BEND 0

****WNBA SCOREBOARD****

NEW YORK 86 CHICAGO 69

INDIANA 97 DALLAS 84

MINNESOTA 86 PHOENIX 73

LOS ANGELES 72 WASHINGTON 64

****MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER****

PHILADELPHIA 4 NEW YORK 1

MIAMI 3 LAFC 1

*****COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCORES*****

#18 OREGON STATE 42 SAN JOSE STATE 17

#8 FLORIDA STATE 45 #5 LSU 24

RUTGERS 24 NORTHWESTERN 7

TONIGHT

#9 CLEMSON AT DUKE 8:00

WEEK 2 SCHEDULE

THURSDAY, SEPT. 7

LOUISVILLE VS. MURRAY STATE | 7:30 P.M. | ACC NETWORK

FRIDAY, SEPT. 8

INDIANA VS. INDIANA STATE | 7 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK

RHODE ISLAND VS. STONY BROOK | 7 P.M. | FLOSPORTS

KANSAS VS. ILLINOIS | 7:30 P.M. | ESPN2

SATURDAY, SEPT. 9

WAKE FOREST VS. VANDERBILT | 11 A.M. | ACC NETWORK

ARMY VS. DELAWARE STATE | 12 P.M. | CBSSN

COLORADO VS. NEBRASKA | 12 P.M. | FOX

GEORGIA VS. BALL STATE | 12 P.M. | SEC NETWORK

OHIO STATE VS. YOUNGSTOWN STATE | 12 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK

PENN STATE VS. DELAWARE | 12 P.M. | PEACOCK

VIRGINIA TECH VS. PURDUE | 12 P.M. | ESPN2

BAYLOR VS. UTAH | 12 P.M. | ESPN

NC STATE VS. NOTRE DAME | 12 P.M. | ABC

BOSTON COLLEGE VS. HOLY CROSS | 12 P.M. | ESPN+/ACCN+

VIRGINIA VS. JAMES MADISON | 12 P.M. | ESPNU

KANSAS STATE VS. TROY | 12 P.M. | FS1

GEORGETOWN VS. SACRED HEART | 12:30 P.M. | ESPN+

GEORGIA TECH VS. SOUTH CAROLINA STATE | 1 P.M. | ESPN+/ACCNX

PRESBYTERIAN VS. VIRGINIA LYNCHBURG | 1 P.M. | ESPN+

CENTRAL MICHIGAN VS. NEW HAMPSHIRE | 1:30 P.M. | ESPN+

BOWLING GREEN VS. EASTERN ILLINOIS | 2 P.M. | ESPN+

SOUTH DAKOTA VS. ST. THOMAS (MINN.) | 2 P.M. | ESPN+

CLEMSON VS. CHARLESTON SOUTHERN | 2:15 P.M. | ACC NETWORK

WESTERN CAROLINA VS. SAMFORD | 2:30 P.M. | ESPN+

KENTUCKY VS. EASTERN KENTUCKY | 3 P.M. | ESPN+/SECN+

BYU VS. SOUTHERN UTAH | 3 P.M. | ESPN+

THE CITADEL VS. CAMPBELL | 3 P.M. | ESPN+

IOWA STATE VS. IOWA | 3:30 P.M. | FOX

MIAMI (FLA.) VS. TEXAS A&M | 3:30 P.M. | ABC

MICHIGAN VS. UNLV | 3:30 P.M. | CBS

MICHIGAN STATE VS. RICHMOND | 3:30 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK

NORTHWESTERN VS. UTEP | 3:30 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK

TULANE VS. OLE MISS | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN2

UMASS VS. MIAMI (OHIO) | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN+

UTSA VS. TEXAS STATE | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN+

NAVY VS. WAGNER | 3:30 P.M. | CBSSN

NORTHERN ILLINOIS VS. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN+

TOLEDO VS. TEXAS SOUTHERN | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN+

SYRACUSE VS. WESTERN MICHIGAN | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN+/ACCNX

NORTH DAKOTA STATE VS. MAINE | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN+

ARKANSAS VS. KENT STATE | 4 P.M. | SEC NETWORK

EAST CAROLINA VS. MARSHALL | 4 P.M. | ESPNU

WYOMING VS. PORTLAND STATE | 4 P.M. | MOUNTAIN WEST NETWORK

SAN JOSE STATE VS. CAL POLY | 4 P.M. | NBC SPORTS BAY AREA

WESTERN ILLINOIS VS. ILLINOIS STATE | 4 P.M. | ESPN+

NORTH DAKOTA VS. NORTHERN ARIZONA | 4 P.M. | ESPN+

NORTHERN COLORADO VS. UIW | 4 P.M. | ESPN+

WASHINGTON VS. TULSA | 5 P.M. | PAC-12 NETWORK

SOUTH ALABAMA VS. SE LOUISIANA | 5 P.M. | ESPN+

TENNESSEE VS. AUSTIN PEAY | 5 P.M. | ESPN+/SECN+

UNI VS. WEBER STATE | 5 P.M. | ESPN+

NORTH CAROLINA VS. APPALACHIAN STATE | 5:15 P.M. | ACC NETWORK

EAST TENNESSEE STATE VS. CARSON-NEWMAN | 5:30 P.M. | ESPN+

LIBERTY VS. NEW MEXICO STATE | 6 P.M. | ESPN+

OLD DOMINION VS. LOUISIANA | 6 P.M. | ESPN+

DUKE VS. LAFAYETTE | 6 P.M. | ESPN+/ACCNX

OKLAHOMA VS. SMU | 6 P.M. | ESPN+

WEST VIRGINIA VS. DUQUESNE | 6 P.M. | ESPN+

GEORGIA SOUTHERN VS. UAB | 6 P.M. | ESPN+

FLORIDA ATLANTIC VS. OHIO | 6 P.M. | ESPN+

AKRON VS. MORGAN STATE | 6 P.M. | ESPN+

BUFFALO VS. FORDHAM | 6 P.M. | ESPN+

BRYANT VS. LONG ISLAND | 6 P.M. | ESPN+

ROBERT MORRIS VS. ST. FRANCIS (PA) | 6 P.M. | ESPN+

BUCKNELL VS. VMI | 6 P.M. | ESPN+

GARDNER-WEBB VS. ELON | 6 P.M. | ESPN+

CHATTANOOGA VS. KENNESAW STATE | 6 P.M. | ESPN+

FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL VS. NORTH TEXAS | 6:30 P.M. | ESPN+

PITT VS. CINCINNATI | 6:30 P.M. | CW NETWORK

ALABAMA VS. TEXAS | 7 P.M. | ESPN

COASTAL CAROLINA VS. JACKSONVILLE STATE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+

GEORGIA STATE VS. UCONN | 7 P.M. | ESPN+

LOUISIANA TECH VS. NORTHWESTERN STATE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+

MISSOURI VS. MIDDLE TENNESSEE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+/SECN+

WESTERN KENTUCKY VS. HOUSTON CHRISTIAN | 7 P.M. | ESPN+

TEXAS TECH VS. OREGON | 7 P.M. | FOX

BOISE STATE VS. UCF | 7 P.M. | FS1

RICE VS. HOUSTON | 7 P.M. | NFL NETWORK

SOUTH FLORIDA VS. FLORIDA A&M | 7 P.M. | ESPN+

ARKANSAS STATE VS. MEMPHIS | 7 P.M. | ESPN+

NEVADA VS. IDAHO | 7 P.M. | NSN/MOUNTAIN WEST NETWORK

STEPHEN F. AUSTIN VS. ALCORN STATE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+

SOUTHERN VS. JACKSON STATE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+

CENTRAL ARKANSAS VS. TEXAS COLLEGE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+

TARLETON STATE VS. NORTH ALABAMA | 7 P.M. | ESPN+

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE VS. MONTANA STATE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+

UT MARTIN VS. MISSOURI STATE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+

SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE VS. LINDENWOOD | 7 P.M. | ESPN+

DRAKE VS. NORTHWESTERN (IOWA) | 7 P.M. | ESPN+

MERCER VS. MOREHEAD STATE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+

STETSON VS. WEBBER INTERNATIONAL | 7 P.M. | ESPN+

FLORIDA VS. MCNEESE | 7:30 P.M. | ESPNU

LSU VS. GRAMBLING | 7:30 P.M. | ESPN+/SECN+

MARYLAND VS. CHARLOTTE | 7:30 P.M. | NBC

MINNESOTA VS. EASTERN MICHIGAN | 7:30 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK

MISSISSIPPI STATE VS. ARIZONA | 7:30 P.M. | SEC NETWORK

RUTGERS VS. TEMPLE | 7:30 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK

SOUTH CAROLINA VS. FURMAN | 7:30 P.M. | ESPN+/SECN+

WASHINGTON STATE VS. WISCONSIN | 7:30 P.M. | ABC

SAN DIEGO STATE VS. UCLA | 7:30 P.M. | CBS

SAM HOUSTON VS. AIR FORCE (NRG STADIUM IN HOUSTON, TEXAS) | 8 P.M. | CBSSN

TCU VS. NICHOLLS | 8 P.M. | ESPN+

UL MONROE VS. LAMAR | 8 P.M. | ESPN+

NEW MEXICO VS. TENNESSEE TECH | 8 P.M. | MOUNTAIN WEST NETWORK

FLORIDA STATE VS. SOUTHERN MISS | 8:30 P.M. | ACC NETWORK

OREGON STATE VS. UC DAVIS | 9 P.M. | PAC-12 NETWORK

UTAH TECH VS. MONTANA | 9 P.M. | ESPN+

FRESNO STATE VS. EASTERN WASHINGTON | 9 P.M. | UNIMÁS/MOUNTAIN WEST NETWORK

SACRAMENTO STATE VS. TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE | 10 P.M. | ESPN+

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BASEBALL

Major League Baseball

American League

BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Activated RHP Jorge Lopez. Reinstated OF Aaron Hicks from the 10-day IL. Optioned OF Colton Cowser to Norfolk (IL). Designated RHP Austin Voth for assignment.

BOSTON RED SOX — Reinstated LHP Brennan Bernardino from the COVID-19 related IL. Placed RHP Garrett Whitlock on the bereavement list.

CLEVELAND GUARDIANS — Reinstated INF Josh Naylor from the 10-day IL. Optioned OF Oscar Gonzalez to Columbus (IL). Sent C Eric Haase outright to Columbus.

DETROIT TIGERS — Sent RHP Blair Calvo outright to Toledo (IL).

HOUSTON ASTROS — Designated INF Rylan Bannon for assignment. Claimed LHP Bennett Sousa off waivers from Detroit.

KANSS CITY ROYALS — Sent RHP Joe Barlow outright to Omaha (IL).

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Reinstated C Matt Thaiss from the 10-day IL. Optioned INF Andrew Velazquez to Salt Lake (PCL). Placed C Max Stassi on the restricted list.

MINNESOTA TWINS — Reinstated INF/OF Willi Castro from the 10-day IL. Placed OF Michael A. Taylor on the 10-day IL.

NEW YORK YANKEES — Recalled RHP Greg Weissert from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Placed RHP Ian Hamilton on the 15-day IL, retroactive to Ag. 31.

TAMPA BAY RAYS — Placed RHP Jason Adam on the 15-day IL, retroactive to Aug. 31. Recalled RHP Taj Bradley from Durham (IL).

National League

COLORADO ROCKIES — Placed RHP Daniel Bard on the 15-day IL, retroactive to Sept. 2. Reinstated RHP Chase Anderson from the 15-day IL.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Sent RHP Walker Buehler to Oklahoma City (PCL) on a rehab assignment.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Sent OF Bryce Johnson outright to Sacramento (PCL).

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Sent RHP Thaddeus Ward to Harrisburg (EL) on a rehab assignment.

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MLB ROUNDUP: RANGERS WALK OFF TWINS TO END SLIDE

Adolis Garcia led off the bottom of the ninth inning with a walk-off home run and the Texas Rangers snapped a three-game losing streak with a 6-5 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday afternoon in Arlington, Texas.

Garcia, who had struck out in his four previous at-bats, drilled a 2-2 fastball by Twins reliever Josh Winder (2-1) 430 feet into the second deck in left for his 34th homer of the season.

Mitch Garver went 4-for-4 with two home runs and four RBIs, Jonah Heim and Leody Taveras each had two doubles and Corey Seager had two hits and a run for the Rangers, who won for just the fourth time in their last 16 games. Cody Bradford (3-1) picked up the win with a 1-2-3 ninth as Texas moved within one game of the first-place Seattle Mariners in the American League West.

Royce Lewis went 3-for-5 with a home run, four RBIs and two runs, Carlos Correa went 3-for-5 with an RBI and Edouard Julien had two hits and a run for Minnesota.

Athletics 10, Angels 6

Ryan Noda and Seth Brown hit two-run home runs and Oakland, no-hit for five innings, exploded late for a victory and a three-game sweep of visiting Los Angeles.

Scoring four runs in the sixth and six in the seventh, the A’s overcame a 3-0 deficit en route to their first three-game series sweep since June 9-11 at Milwaukee. Angels starter Tyler Anderson took a no-hitter into the sixth before things fell apart big-time shortly after Zack Gelof beat out an infield single.

Noda followed with his 13th home run of the season, and three batters later, the pinch-hitting Brown greeted reliever Andrew Wantz with his 13th of the year, giving the A’s a 4-3 lead. Eduardo Escobar and Luis Rengifo went deep for Los Angeles.

Phillies 4, Brewers 2

Alec Bohm and J.T. Realmuto hit back-to-back home runs in the seventh inning to help visiting Philadelphia rally for a win against Milwaukee and avoid a three-game series sweep.

Trea Turner had two hits and an RBI to extend his hitting streak to 14 games for the Phillies, who had lost three straight. Left-hander Ranger Suarez pitched four innings in his first start since Aug. 13 because of a strained right hamstring. Suarez allowed two runs and five hits with five strikeouts and two walks.

Brewers starter Wade Miley (7-4) had a no-hitter for 5 2/3 innings, but ended up taking the loss after allowing four runs and four hits in 6 1/3 frames. William Contreras extended his hitting streak to 13 with a homer, while Mark Canha also went deep.

Cubs 15, Reds 7

Mike Tauchman went 4-for-6 with a double and three RBIs and keyed a seven-run eighth inning to power visiting Chicago past Cincinnati for a four-game series split.

After Reds reliever Derek Law (4-5) allowed the first three batters to reach in the eighth on two singles and a hit batsman, Alexis Diaz came on for the Reds but gave up two-run singles to Nick Madrigal and Tauchman. Brett Kennedy relieved Diaz and surrendered Cody Bellinger’s RBI sacrifice fly and Dansby Swanson’s two-run double. The Cubs added Jeimer Candelario’s solo shot and Ian Happ’s two-run double in the ninth.

Bellinger homered and drove in three runs for Chicago. For the Reds, Tyler Stephenson finished 3-for-3 with a homer, a walk and three RBIs.

Mets 6, Mariners 3

Pete Alonso homered twice, finished with three hits and collected four RBIs for host New York, which beat Seattle in the rubber game of a three-game series.

The Mets won a series for just the fourth time since Aug. 1. The Mariners, who led Houston by a half-game in the AL West before the Astros’ game Sunday night, lost for the fourth time in 18 games. Dominic Canzone and Mike Ford hit back-to-back homers for Seattle.

Alonso has 41 homers and 100 RBIs — the third time he’s hit at least 40 homers and racked up at least 100 RBIs in five big-league seasons. Mets starter Tylor Megill (8-7) gave up three runs on five hits and two walks while striking out six over 5 1/3 innings.

Marlins 6, Nationals 4

Miami scored the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth inning when Washington failed to turn a double play and went on to complete a four-game series sweep.

On Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s grounder, an errant throw to first by CJ Abrams allowed Miami to take the lead. Bryan De La Cruz then added a run-scoring single. Marlins starter Sandy Alcantara (7-12) worked eight innings for the victory. Tanner Scott worked the ninth for his fourth save, escaping after the Nationals had two runners on base with one out.

Luis Arraez opened the game with a home run, and the Marlins extended the lead to 3-0 later in the inning, but let it get away. Lane Thomas (3-for-5) homered in the bottom of the first for Washington’s first run and hit a go-ahead single in a three-run fifth inning for the Nationals, who have a five-game losing streak.

Tigers 3, White Sox 2

Spencer Torkelson belted a tiebreaking solo home run in the seventh inning and Tarik Skubal pitched seven strong innings as visiting Detroit defeated Chicago to secure a three-game sweep.

Detroit has won four straight for the first time since rolling off five consecutive victories from May 3-6. Skubal (4-3) allowed two runs and five hits in seven innings with two walks and seven strikeouts. He recorded each of his outs at the plate or in the infield.

Chicago lost for the fifth time in six games, but shortstop Tim Anderson went 2-for-4 for his first multi-hit game since Aug. 27. Anderson doubled to lead off the game, notching the 1,000th hit of his career.

Red Sox 7, Royals 3

Masataka Yoshida and Adam Duvall homered and Chris Sale earned his first win since May 26, leading Boston past host Kansas City in the rubber game of the three-game series.

Yoshida’s three-run fly barely cleared the right-center field wall for his 14th home run and a 3-0 advantage with one out in the fourth inning. The rookie had two of the Red Sox’s nine hits. Sale (6-3) allowed two singles and two walks in five innings, striking out five.

Salvador Perez got the Royals on the scoreboard with an RBI single off reliever Mauricio Llovera in the sixth. Dairon Blanco’s two-run single in the ninth capped the scoring.

Cardinals 6, Pirates 4

Alec Burleson and Nolan Gorman each drove in two runs as St. Louis defeated visiting Pittsburgh.

Jordan Walker had a homer, a double and two runs for the Cardinals, who avoided a three-game sweep. St. Louis starter Zack Thompson (4-5) pitched a career-best seven innings while allowing three runs on seven hits.

Miguel Andujar hit a homer and drove in two runs for the Pirates, whose five-game winning streak came to an end. Pittsburgh starter Johan Oviedo (8-14) allowed five runs (three earned) on four hits and six walks in 3 2/3 innings.

Blue Jays 7, Rockies 5

Spencer Horwitz homered among his three hits, Vladimir Guerrero also went deep and finished with two hits, and Toronto beat Colorado in Denver.

Ernie Clement also had three hits, Chad Green (1-0) pitched one inning for his first win since April 20, 2022, and Jordan Romano got the final three outs for his 32nd save for Toronto. The Blue Jays trail Texas by 1 1/2 games in the American League wild-card race.

Hunter Goodman had two hits for Colorado (50-86), and Chase Anderson was activated from the 15-day injured list to make his first start since late July for the Rockies. He allowed two runs on four hits in four innings.

Orioles 8, Diamondbacks 5

Cedric Mullins produced three hits and Gunnar Henderson and Ryan O’Hearn each had two hits and two RBIs to lead Baltimore over Arizona in Phoenix.

O’Hearn hit a double to start Baltimore’s four-run rally in the sixth inning that put the Orioles ahead 8-4. Mullins hit a single to score O’Hearn and Ramon Urias followed with another single to move Mullins to second. Jordan Westburg then had an RBI double and Adley Rutschman hit a two-run double.

Arizona’s Christian Walker closed the scoring with his 30th home run of the season, a solo shot in the ninth inning. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit his 22nd home run of the season and Corbin Carroll added his 24th for the Diamondbacks.

Dodgers 3, Braves 1

Miguel Rojas hit a go-ahead RBI double and rookie Bobby Miller went seven strong innings as Los Angeles avoided a four-game sweep at the hands of visiting Atlanta.

Mookie Betts had an RBI single among his three hits for the Dodgers, while the hard-throwing Miller gave up one run with three hits in his 17th career start, earning his second win against the top team in the National League.

Matt Olson hit his 44th home run for the Braves to tie Shohei Ohtani for the major league lead. Charlie Morton gave up two runs on six hits but could not get out of the fifth inning, when he allowed two runs after giving up one combined run over his last four outings (24 innings).

Padres 4, Giants 0

Juan Soto homered in the first inning for a third straight game, and right-hander Seth Lugo and three relievers blanked visiting San Francisco on four hits as San Diego scored a third straight win to conclude the National League West rivals’ four-game series.

Xander Bogaerts was 4-for-4 in the game with a double and three singles. Manny Machado was 3-for-4. Lugo (6-6) gave up three hits and a walk with four strikeouts in six innings. Nick Martinez, Scott Barlow and Josh Hader followed with scoreless innings, the Padres’ closer getting three strikeouts around a walk.

Alex Cobb (7-6) gave up all four Padres runs on six hits and no walks with three strikeouts in just three innings. He threw 58 pitches after throwing 131 in his complete game last Tuesday. The Giants are 9-18 over their last 27 games and 4-17 in their last 21 road games.

Rays 6, Guardians 2

Taylor Walls hit a go-ahead, two-out RBI single in the eighth inning to help lift visiting Tampa Bay over Cleveland.

The Rays added three insurance runs in the ninth on RBI singles by Brandon Lowe and Isaac Paredes and Randy Arozarena’s fielder’s-choice grounder that plated Lowe. They avoided a sweep in the three-game series and put an end to the Guardians’ four-game winning streak.

Ramon Laureano and Josh Naylor hit RBI singles for the Guardians. Naylor was in the lineup for the first time since July 31 after being reinstated from the injured list earlier Sunday.

NFL NEWS

2023 NFL KICKOFF GUIDE

The NFL returns for the 2023 season as Kickoff Weekend signals the start of a 272-game journey, one that promises hope for each of the league’s 32 teams as they set their sights on Super Bowl LVIII, which will be played on Sunday, February 11, 2024, at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.

2022 was one of the most competitive seasons ever as the average final score margin of 9.70 points was the lowest for a full season since 1932 (9.13). The 2023 season will be filled with memorable moments, as young players emerge, familiar faces continue their climb up the record books and teams vie to make their mark in the postseason. Every team enters the season with hope and a trip to Las Vegas for Super Bowl LVIII in mind. Below are a few reasons why:

Nineteen teams remained in Super Bowl contention on the final day of the 2023 regular season, the most such teams since 2006 (20).
Four teams clinched a division title after not winning their division last year (Jacksonville, Minnesota, Philadelphia and San Francisco) and at least two teams have won their divisions the season after missing the playoffs in 19 of the past 20 years.
Jacksonville clinched the AFC South after finishing in last place in the division in 2021 and in 18 of the past 20 seasons, at least one team finished in first place in their division the season after finishing in last or tied for last.
Seven teams clinched playoff berths after missing the postseason in 2021 (Baltimore, Jacksonville, the Los Angeles Chargers, Miami, Minnesota, the New York Giants and Seattle) and since 1990 – a streak of 33 consecutive seasons – at least four teams have qualified for the playoffs in every season that were not in the postseason the year before.
The Kansas City Chiefs won Super Bowl LVII and for an 18th consecutive season, the NFL had a new Super Bowl champion, extending the longest streak without a repeat winner in league history. Only eight teams have repeated as champions since the first Super Bowl in 1967, with the 2004 Patriots (Super Bowls XXXVIII and XXXIX) being the last team to accomplish the feat.

Among the many notable accomplishments players and coaches can achieve during the 2022 season:

Kansas City quarterback PATRICK MAHOMES (24,241 passing yards and 192 touchdown passes) can surpass Peyton Manning (29,442 passing yards) and Dan Marino (220 touchdown passes) for the most in each category by a quarterback in his first seven seasons in NFL history.
New York Jets quarterback AARON RODGERS, who enters 2023 with 59,055 passing yards and 475 touchdown passes, can continue to climb the all-time passer ranks. He can surpass Philip Rivers (63,440) for the sixth-most passing yards in NFL history and Brett Favre (508) for the fourth-most touchdown passes all-time.
Tennessee running back DERRICK HENRY needs 10 rushing touchdowns to become the third running back all-time with at least 10 rushing touchdowns in six-or-more consecutive seasons.
San Francisco running back CHRISTIAN MCCAFFREY can become the fourth running back in NFL history with at least four career seasons with at least 1,000 rushing yards and 500 receiving yards.
Minnesota wide receiver JUSTIN JEFFERSON (324 receptions and 4,825 receiving yards) can become the third player with at least 400 receptions in his first four career seasons and can surpass Michael Thomas (5,512) for the most receiving yards by a player in his first four career seasons in NFL history.
Las Vegas wide receiver DAVANTE ADAMS can join Marvin Harrison as the only players in NFL history with 100 receptions, 1,000 receiving yards and 10 touchdown receptions in four consecutive seasons.
Tampa Bay wide receiver MIKE EVANS needs 1,000 receiving yards to join Jerry Rice (11 consecutive seasons from 1986-96) as the only players ever with at least 1,000 receiving yards in 10 consecutive seasons.
Kansas City tight end TRAVIS KELCE (814 receptions and 10,334 receiving yards) can become the fourth tight end all-time with 900 receptions and fourth tight end ever with 11,000 receiving yards.
San Francisco defensive lineman NICK BOSA can become the third player since 1982 with at least 15 sacks in three of his first five career seasons, joining J.J. Watt and Reggie White.
Dallas linebacker MICAH PARSONS needs 13 sacks to become the second player since 1982 with at least 13 sacks in each of his first three seasons, joining Reggie White.
New England head coach BILL BELICHICK ranks second all-time with 329 total victories (298 regular-season wins and a league-record 31 playoff victories) and needs two regular-season wins to join Don Shula (328 regular-season wins) and George Halas (318) as the only head coaches in NFL history with 300 career regular-season victories.
Kansas City head coach ANDY REID ranks fifth all-time in both total wins (269) and regular-season wins (247) and can surpass Tom Landry (270 total wins, 250 regular-season wins) for fourth place on both lists, while becoming the fifth coach in league history to reach the 250-win milestone in the regular season.
Pittsburgh head coach MIKE TOMLIN is the first head coach in NFL history to lead his team to a .500-or-better record in each of his first 16 career seasons and can surpass George Halas (16 consecutive seasons from 1933-51) for the third-longest such streak for a coach at any point in his career in NFL history.

2023 Kickoff Weekend schedule:

DATE	GAME	TIME (ET)	TV
Thursday, September 7	Detroit Lions at Kansas City Chiefs	8:20p	NBC
Sunday, September 10	Carolina Panthers at Atlanta Falcons	1:00p	FOX
	Houston Texans at Baltimore Ravens	1:00p	CBS
	Cincinnati Bengals at Cleveland Browns	1:00p	CBS
	Jacksonville Jaguars at Indianapolis Colts	1:00p	FOX
	Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Minnesota Vikings	1:00p	CBS
	Tennessee Titans at New Orleans Saints	1:00p	CBS
	San Francisco 49ers at Pittsburgh Steelers	1:00p	FOX
	Arizona Cardinals at Washington Commanders	1:00p	FOX
	Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears	4:25p	FOX
	Las Vegas Raiders at Denver Broncos	4:25p	CBS
	Miami Dolphins at Los Angeles Chargers	4:25p	CBS
	Philadelphia Eagles at New England Patriots	4:25p	CBS
	Los Angeles Rams at Seattle Seahawks	4:25p	FOX
	Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants	8:20p	NBC
Monday, September 11	Buffalo Bills at New York Jets	8:15p	ESPN/ABC

ALL-PRO DT CHRIS JONES FAILS TO REPORT TO CHIEFS FOR START OF REGULAR-SEASON GAME PREP

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Chris Jones did not report to the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday to begin preparing for their season opener against Detroit, making it highly unlikely that the All-Pro defensive tackle will play against the Lions on Thursday night.

Jones has been holding out while trying to get a long-term contract. He is entering the final year of a four-year, $80 million pact, and has been racking up millions in fines for missing offseason workouts, training camp and all three preseason games.

The 29-year-old pass rusher will forfeit about $1.1 million for each regular-season game he misses.

“You’re never sure how it’s going to work out. You deal with too many people in this type of thing,” said Chiefs coach Andy Reid, who declined to discuss his own involvement in the negotiations before the first significant practice of game week.

“These things can go any direction. I don’t want to spend too much time on it,” Reid added. “We had 90 guys in the offseason that I was making sure were going in the right direction, and now we’re getting ready to play a game. That’s how I go about it.”

Reid was more hopeful that wide receiver Kadarius Toney and cornerback L’Jarius Sneed would be ready for the opener. Toney missed most of training camp after surgery for a torn meniscus and Sneed, one of the Chiefs’ best cornerbacks, has been out for more than a month with swelling in his knee.

Most of the attention remains on Jones, though, given his importance to the Kansas City defense. He tied a career high with 15 1/2 sacks last season, picked up his first postseason sacks and helped the Chiefs beat Philadelphia in the Super Bowl.

Chiefs general manager Brett Veach said last week communication with Jones’ representatives picked up after a long impasse ahead of the regular season.

Veach even said he was “certainly hopeful” that a deal could be reached in time for Jones to report to practice and be on the field when the Chiefs raise their latest title banner at Arrowhead Stadium.

“I don’t know what his agenda is,” Reid said, “or when he is coming.”

Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, who is close with Jones, went on his “New Heights” podcast with his brother, Eagles center Jason Kelce, and implored his teammate to report to practice. Kelce sounded much like Reid, telling Jones: “You must know something I don’t know because I just don’t get it. I really want to win another Super Bowl ring with you, brother.”

“I mean, at this point you just prepare to play the game with the guys that are in the building,” Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes added before Sunday’s sweltering practice, “and let the front office handle that. We have a tough test and we’re going to focus on how we can win with the guys we have here.”

Indeed, the Chiefs are preparing to face one of the league’s top offenses. Led by quarterback Jared Goff and wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown, the Lions had the third-most yards in the NFL last season and finished fourth in touchdowns.

Jones’ absence is compounded by the fact that pass rusher Charles Omenihu, who was signed to replace defensive end Frank Clark, is suspended for the first six weeks of the season for violating the NFL’s personal-conduct policy.

“It’s the same thing as if a guy got hurt in the middle of the season,” Chiefs safety Justin Reid said. “The situation is what it is. Chris is one of the best players in the NFL. But we have to go with what we’ve got.”

Chiefs linebacker Nick Bolton, who carries the green dot and is responsible for getting the defense set, pointed out that Kansas City has been without Jones throughout the offseason and training camp. That’s given time for Derrick Nnadi and Turk Wharton to get more reps in the base defense and backups Keondre Coburn and Malik Herring extra work at the tackle spot.

“We gave a lot of people a chance to play,” Bolton said. “A lot of guys that don’t get a lot of playing time with Chris here will get a lot of opportunities. The guys we’ve got, we’ve got, and we’re going to go out there and try to dominate Week 1.”

COWBOYS, OFFENSIVE TACKLE TERENCE STEELE AGREE ON $86.8 MILLION EXTENSION

FRISCO, Texas (AP) The Dallas Cowboys and right tackle Terence Steele agreed Sunday on an $86.8 million, five-year extension, a huge payday for an undrafted player coming off an ACL injury.

Steele will get $50 million guaranteed in a contract with a $17 million annual average, which puts the 26-year-old in the top 10 among right tackles. The deal could be worth up to $91.8 million.

ESPN first reported the agreement. The Cowboys signed Steele to a second-round tender at $4.3 million as a restricted free agent after his three-year rookie contract expired.

Steele was cleared for most of training camp despite tearing the ACL in his left knee 13 games into last season.

Undrafted out of Texas Tech, Steele started 14 games as a rookie in 2020 when he replaced an injured La’el Collins. He has started 40 of 45 games.

The deal with Steele comes about three weeks after right guard Zack Martin agreed to a $36.9 million, two-year contract to give the six-time All-Pro a raise and end a camp holdout.

Dallas also signed cornerback Trevon Diggs to $97 million, five-year extension at the start of camp.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS

JORDAN TRAVIS’ FOUR TOUCHDOWNS LEAD NO. 8 FLORIDA STATE PAST NO. 5 LSU

Jordan Travis threw four touchdown passes, Keon Coleman caught three of them and No. 8 Florida State defeated No. 5 LSU 45-24 in the nonconference season opener for both teams Sunday night in Orlando, Fla.

Travis, who had a 1-yard touchdown run to give the Seminoles (1-0) the lead for good late in the third quarter, completed 23 of 31 for 342 yards. Coleman caught nine passes for 122 yards, including scoring plays of 40, 21 and 7 yards, and Johnny Wilson added 104 yards on seven catches.

Jayden Daniels completed 22 of 37 for 347 yards and one touchdown — a 75-yarder to Brian Thomas Jr. with 1:15 left to produce the Tigers’ only second-half points after the Seminoles had scored 31 straight.

On the first possession of the third quarter FSU drove 60 yards to Ryan Fitzgerald’s 33-yard field goal that tied the score at 17.

The Seminoles’ next possession featured a fourth-and-1 conversion on which Travis passed to Lawrance Toafili for a 41-yard completion that set up Travis’ 1-yard touchdown run.

That gave FSU a 24-17 lead at the end of the third quarter and Travis and Coleman teamed for their third touchdown pass — from 7 yards with 10:18 remaining.

Travis added a 44-yard touchdown pass to Jaheim Bell, who completed FSU’s scoring with a 4-yard touchdown run with 1:26 remaining.

Daniels threw completions of 55 and 15 yards on the first two plays from scrimmage, giving LSU (0-1) first and goal at the 5, but he was sacked on fourth and goal from the 1.

On the ensuing possession Travis threw a 40-yard touchdown pass to Coleman to give FSU a 7-0 lead.

LSU responded with a 75-yard drive that ended with Tre Bradford’s 1-yard touchdown run that produced a seven-all tie at the end of the first quarter.

Noah Cain’s 1-yard touchdown run gave LSU a 14-7 lead midway through the second quarter.

Travis’ 21-yard touchdown pass to Coleman tied the score before Damian Ramos’ 36-yard field goal as time expired gave the Tigers a 17-14 halftime lead.

DJ UIAGALELEI HAS STRONG DEBUT, NO. 18 OREGON ST. TOPS SAN JOSE ST.

DJ Uiagalelei completed 20 of 25 passes for 239 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for two more touchdowns, and No. 18 Oregon State cruised to a 42-17 win over San Jose State on Sunday afternoon in San Jose, Calif.

Deshaun Fenwick added a rushing touchdown for the Beavers (1-0), who picked up where they left off after winning seven of their last eight games to end the 2022 season. Jack Velling, Jeremiah Noga and Anthony Gould had one touchdown reception apiece.

Chevan Cordeiro completed 18 of 32 passes for 143 yards for San Jose State (0-2).

Oregon State opened the scoring with 5:51 to go in the first quarter. Uiagalelei, in his team debut after transferring from Clemson, kept the ball and scored on a 1-yard run to finish off an 11-play, 82-yard drive.

San Jose State pulled within 7-3 with 9:24 left in the second quarter when Kyler Halvorsen made a 41-yard field goal.

The Beavers responded with two touchdowns in the final five minutes of the first half to grab a 21-3 lead heading into the break.

First, Uiagalelei connected with Velling for a 14-yard touchdown with 4:21 to play. Uiagalelei added his second rushing touchdown with 14 seconds to go in the half.

Oregon State maintained its dominance in the third quarter, as Uiagalelei found Noga for a 31-yard touchdown with 6:02 left in the frame. That increased the Beavers’ lead to 28-3.

San Jose State notched its first touchdown of the game with 14:52 left in the fourth quarter. Cordeiro fumbled near the goal line, and tight end Sam Olson pounced on the ball in the end zone for a score.

The Beavers made it 35-10 on Uiagalelei’s 28-yard touchdown pass to Gould with 10:13 to go.

Fenwick added a 3-yard rushing touchdown for Oregon State with 3:13 remaining.

San Jose State capped the scoring on a 19-yard touchdown pass from backup quarterback Jay Butterfield to Branden Alvarez with four seconds left.

RUTGERS ROLLS, EXTENDS NORTHWESTERN’S SKID TO 12

Gavin Wimsatt scored with his arm and his legs, his teammates on defense stood tall and Rutgers opened its season with a Big Ten victory, beating visiting Northwestern 24-7 on Sunday afternoon in Piscataway, N.J.

Entering the season as Rutgers’ No. 1 quarterback, Wimsatt completed 17 of 29 passes for 163 yards and one touchdown. He added a rushing touchdown in the second quarter and combined with Kyle Monangai and freshman Ja’shon Benjamin for 122 rushing yards.

The Scarlet Knights (1-0) possessed the ball for 37:59 of game time and held Northwestern to 201 total yards.

Northwestern (0-1) struggled in the program’s first game since a hazing scandal led to the firing of longtime coach Pat Fitzgerald in July. The Wildcats lost their 12th straight game after finishing last season on an 11-game skid.

David Braun, in his debut as interim head coach, went with Cincinnati transfer Ben Bryant at starting quarterback. Bryant went 20-for-35 passing for just 169 yards; he was intercepted twice and sacked five times.

The Scarlet Knights converted two fourth downs on their opening drive, the latter when Wimsatt completed a pass on the run to Christian Dremel for 17 yards.

Wimsatt hit freshman Ian Strong on a fade to the back-left corner of the end zone. It was initially ruled no catch, but a review showed Strong got his left toes down in bounds, and Rutgers was awarded the touchdown.

Wimsatt scored early in the second quarter on a 6-yard keeper up the middle. Rutgers’ first two drives each took 16 plays, gaining 75 and 80 yards, respectively.

The Wildcats tried a fake punt and Hunter Renner completed the pass to Rod Heard II, but he was brought down short of the line to gain. Rutgers responded with Jai Patel’s 32-yard field goal, making it 17-0 with 7:42 left in the half.

Northwestern was stopped on fourth down a second time before Bryant bobbled a snap and Max Melton intercepted Bryant’s rushed throw. But Patel’s second field goal try hit the right upright before the half ended.

Monangai cruised 15 yards to the end zone with 4:05 left in the third quarter after the defense bit on Wimsatt’s fake.

Robert Longerbeam made a leaping interception of Bryant’s deep pass early in the fourth quarter.

Rutgers’ Rashad Rochelle muffed a punt during the final 3 minutes of the game, allowing Northwestern a second chance to avoid a shutout. Backup quarterback Brendan Sullivan took over, guided the Wildcats to the Rutgers 1-yard line and rolled out to toss a touchdown to running back Caleb Komolafe with 19 seconds left.

BLUE-CHIP OL DEANDRE CARTER COMMITS TO AUBURN

DeAndre Carter, ranked as the No. 1 interior offensive lineman prospect in the country by 247Sports, announced Sunday he will play at Auburn next fall.

Ranked as the No. 55 overall prospect in the Class of 2024 per 247Sports, the Santa Ana (Calif.) Mater Dei standout chose Auburn over Michigan State and Texas.

“I have a great relationship with the coaches at Auburn and felt really felt comfortable on my visits out there,” Carter told 247Sports. “I loved the culture and the family environment out there and it just felt like home for me.”

Carter hasn’t missed a start since joining the lineup in the final game of his freshman season. At 6-foot-4 and 330 pounds, he excels as both a run blocker and pass protector.

AP TOP 25 TAKEAWAYS: BELIEVE THE HYPE! COACH PRIME DELIVERS A THRILLING UPSET IN HIS COLORADO DEBUT

Believe the hype.

Deion Sanders’ debut as Colorado coach was billed as a big deal, but there was plenty of skepticism about just how good the Buffaloes could be after an unprecedented roster makeover in Boulder.

“We told you we were coming. You thought we were joking. We keep receipts,” Sanders said after Colorado upset No. 17 TCU 45-42 on Saturday in a performance that exceeded even the most lofty expectations.

The team with nearly 90 new players beat the team that played for the national championship last season.

Where to begin?

Sanders’ son, Shedeur, set a school record with 510 yards passing in his first major college football game after transferring with his father from Jackson State.

Receiver/cornerback Travis Hunter played 129 snaps and had 11 catches for 119 yards, but his best and biggest play was an interception with TCU in the red zone.

“No, I’m not tired, I’m ready to go back in,” said Hunter, who wore a T-shirt with an image of his Hall of Fame coach on it during postgame.

Freshman Dylan Edwards, whom Coach Prime lured away from Notre Dame, had 159 yards from scrimmage on 11 touches and scored four touchdowns, including the winner late in the fourth quarter.

Colorado snapped a 27-game losing streak against ranked teams on the road.

And when it was over, Sanders called out the doubters.

He asked one reporter: “Do you believe now? I read through that bull junk you wrote. Do you believe?”

It’s only one game, but it’s hard not to believe that Colorado is going to be fun and relevant and that Sanders did a heck of job not just reconstructing a roster almost from scratch but getting it ready to play Power Five football.

Offensive coordinator Sean Lewis, who left a head coaching job at Kent State to join Sanders’ staff, seems to have been a particularly good hire.

Next week Colorado plays its first home game against Nebraska, another team with a much-hyped new coach, but one coming off a very different debut.

The Cornhuskers lost under Matt Rhule at Minnesota on a walk-off field goal Thursday.

Folsom Field should be in a frenzy for the old Big Eight rivalry renewed.

So what’s the ceiling for the Buffs?

The defense left a lot to be desired against TCU and the offense probably is going to need to run the ball better to take some of the pressure off Shedeur Sanders. But that makes Colorado look like a lot of teams in the Pac-12 this season.

And Hunter playing 120 plays per game seems unsustainable.

But add an explosive CU team to a league that also includes No. 6 USC and Heisman winner Caleb Williams; No. 10 Washington and Michael Penix Jr.; and No. 15 Oregon and Bo Nix — along with No. 14 Utah and No. 18 Oregon State — and the Pac-12 just got even more exciting.

If you’re already growing a little weary of Coach Prime, be prepared: You’re going to see a lot of CU this September.

Fox is giving next week’s home opener the Big Noon treatment again. That’s a 10 a.m. local kickoff.

After facing rival Colorado State the next week, the Buffaloes end September with back-to-back games against Oregon and USC.

You have our attention, Coach Prime.

PAC-12 SWAN SONG

What might be the final season of Pac-12 football is off to a great start on the field.

With No. 18 Oregon State still to play Sunday at San Jose State, the Pac-12 is the only unbeaten league in the country. Every other conference has at least two losses.

Off the field, there are only two schools left committed to the Pac-12 beyond this school year, Oregon State and Washington State.

The rest will be dispersed to other Power Five conferences, including Colorado as one of four Pac-12 teams heading to the Big 12 next year.

Failures in leadership and poor decision-making by those in charge have put the onetime Conference of Champions on life support. Even if it does survive in some patchwork form, it will never be the same.

It’s sad and made sadder by just how entertaining and competitive the conference has a chance to be.

The opening weekend provided a taste.

It started Thursday night when Utah roughed up Florida of the SEC in Salt Lake City without its starting quarterback.

On Friday, Stanford won at Hawaii in its first game under coach Troy Taylor.

Saturday brought CU’s upset of TCU; Washington overwhelming Boise State; California romping at North Texas; UCLA unveiling five-star freshman quarterback Dante Moore against Coastal Carolina; and Oregon dropping 80 on an FCS opponent.

Meanwhile, Washington State went to Colorado State of the Mountain West — which could be a future conference trip for the Cougars — and put up 50 on the Rams.

NEW QBs

No. 3 Ohio State’s quarterback competition might not be over. No. 4 Alabama seemed to gain clarity at the position.

Kyle McCord and the Buckeyes’ offense were uninspiring in a workmanlike victory against Indiana that was also the debut of the Big Ten on CBS.

McCord was 20 for 32 for 239 yards and an interception. Backup Devin Brown, who Ohio State coach Ryan Day insisted was neck and neck with McCord most of the offseason, only got a taste of action.

Brown was 1 for 3 and ran once for a total of minus-5 yards. Day said he didn’t play Brown as much he wanted.

“I didn’t want to run the risk of putting ourselves in a bad spot by continuing to move those guys in and out,” Day told reporters. “But going in, really wanted to play Devin some more, would like to do that moving forward.”

The Buckeyes have home games against Youngstown State and Western Kentucky to get things sorted out before a trip to No. 13 Notre Dame on Sept. 23.

Alabama doesn’t have that luxury with No. 11 Texas coming to Tuscaloosa next week, but Jalen Milroe might have eased some worries for Nick Saban.

The 71-year-old coach wasn’t in the mood to speculate about what’s next for his quarterbacks.

“This is a Coke bottle, not a crystal ball,” Saban said, holding up the ever-present soft drink on his postgame podium.

Milroe, the third-year quarterback who filled in for Bryce Young last season, had three touchdown passes and two TD runs in a rout against Middle Tennessee State.

No. 1 Georgia had the easiest opener among top-five teams against Tennessee-Martin. Carson Beck, Stetson Bennett’s replacement, was 21 for 31 for 294 yards and a touchdown.

The most impressive performance among the new starting quarterbacks for highly ranked teams came in Happy Valley.

Drew Allar looked very much like a former five-star recruit, passing for 325 yards and three touchdowns as No. 7 Penn State cruised past West Virginia.

AROUND THE COUNTRY: Fresno State, Northern Illinois and Texas State pulled off the sweetest upsets against Power Five opponents: ones that come with a big check. Fresno State won at Purdue in coach Ryan Walters’ debut, a trip the Bulldogs were paid $1.35 million to make. Northern Illinois knocked off Boston College in overtime and received $1.1 million for its time. Texas State beat Baylor for its first victory against a Power Five team and got $375,000 for making the 2-hour drive to Waco. Quite a debut for Bobcats coach G.J. Kinne. … The day’s most notable Group of Five over P5 upset came in Wyoming, where the Cowboys knocked off Texas Tech in overtime. … Iowa offensive coordinator Brian Ferentz needs the 25th-ranked Hawkeyes to average 25 points per game this season to keep his job. So far, he’s a little behind. Iowa jumped out to 14-0 lead in the first quarter against Utah State before settling into a very Hawkeye-like performance. … No. 19 Wisconsin’s first game with a new Air-Raid-ish offense: 312 yards rushing and four touchdowns in a victory against Buffalo.

BUFFS’ SHEDEUR SANDERS, TRAVIS HUNTER VAULT UP HEISMAN LISTS

The shockwaves generated by Colorado’s win over No. 17 TCU in coach Deion Sanders’ debut continued to be felt a day after the Buffaloes’ massive upset in Fort Worth, Texas.

Colorado, which equaled its win total from all of 2022 on Saturday, saw its odds of winning the Pac-12 championship shorten from +10000 last week to +5000 at BetRivers.

The Buffaloes are also now -140 at DraftKings to win more than five games this season, compared to +120 to win three or fewer games the rest of the way. The market had been at 3.5 games before kickoff.

Quarterback Shedeur Sanders became a household name overnight, completing 38 of 47 passes for a school-record 510 yards and throwing four touchdowns. His odds of winning the Heisman Trophy moved from +20000 to +500 at BetRivers, where he’s now among the top 16 favorites.

Those are the same odds as two-way star Travis Hunter, whose +30000 Heisman odds last week were shortened even more dramatically after he caught 11 passes for 119 yards and also recorded an interception.

Both players are now being offered at +3000 by DraftKings, which reported Hunter to be the most bet-on player to win the Heisman since the Buffaloes’ 45-42 shootout victory. Just behind him has been Sanders, who opened at +15000 at the book. Hunter opened at +10000.

“I really think we got a couple of guys that should be a frontrunner for the Heisman right now,” Deion Sanders said. “That’s how I feel and I want to promote my kids.”

Meanwhile, Colorado had drawn the most new bets placed on the CFP championship winner. The Buffaloes’ odds have shortened from +15000 to +10000 at DraftKings. That ties the Buffaloes with fourth other teams for the 19th-shortest championship odds at the book.

The victory was stunning as Deion Sanders took over a 1-11 team and orchestrated an offseason roster shakeup. Only 10 of last season’s 84 scholarship players remain with the program.

“I am so proud of these young men,” Deion Sanders said. “I’m so proud of everybody because it was a collective effort. It truly was.”

WORLD BASKETBALL NEWS

US FALLS TO LITHUANIA AT BASKETBALL WORLD CUP BUT STILL QUALIFIES FOR PARIS OLYMPICS

MANILA, Philippines (AP) The U.S. is assured of going to the Paris Olympics. That’s good. It also has a quarterfinal game at the World Cup awaiting Tuesday. That’s also good.

Thing is, the only celebrating in Manila on Sunday night was done by the guys in the other locker room.

It will not be an undefeated summer for the Americans, not after Lithuania – with a mix of pizzazz from outside and power down low – led for all but a few very early moments against the only World Cup team composed entirely of NBA players.

The final score: Lithuania 110, U.S. 104. The winners went a staggering 9 for 9 from 3-point range to open the game and set a tone, bullied their way to a 43-27 rebounding edge and had seven players in double figures with two others just one point shy of joining that club.

“We’re fortunate that the loss doesn’t hurt us in terms of our goal, which is to win the gold medal,” U.S. coach Steve Kerr said. “But it’s a great game for us to experience because this is FIBA. There’s some great teams that have continuity, that understand what they’re doing, that execute and I thought Lithuania was brilliant tonight. They deserved to win.”

Vaidas Kariniauskas scored 15 points, Mindaugas Kuzminskas added 14 and Lithuania (5-0) wound up winning its second-round group, which really only matters for seeding purposes. Lithuania gets Serbia in Tuesday’s quarterfinals, while the U.S. will face Italy.

The other quarterfinals are Wednesday: Germany vs. Latvia and Canada vs. Slovenia.

“In (the) locker room, I said to our guys to celebrate shortly and save all the energy and emotions also for the upcoming game,” Lithuania coach Kazys Maksvytis said. “It’s very hard. We got one of the biggest wins in our career, but we don’t have time to celebrate this. Serbia’s waiting and they’re not waiting for us with flowers and the red carpet.”

The loss – the first for the U.S. in 10 games this summer, counting five exhibitions on the way to the World Cup – came on a night when the Americans officially clinched a berth in the Paris Games.

And the loss won’t change the mission going forward in the World Cup medal chase, either. Win Tuesday, win Friday and win next Sunday, and the Americans are gold medalists. Sounds simple. But Lithuania showed it won’t be.

“Got to give them credit,” U.S. point guard Jalen Brunson said. “They came out ready to play. Lot of respect to them.”

But it was a still a shocker, especially for a U.S. team that was the overwhelming favorite to win the gold. Anthony Edwards led the U.S. with 35 points, his high of the summer, while Brunson and Mikal Bridges each added 14.

“We’ll get to play again,” Edwards said. “That’s all I’m thinking about is the next game.”

For Lithuania (5-0), it became another night to remember against USA Basketball. And the nation once famous for the tie-dyed T-shirts – some of them were worn by fans in the building Sunday night, who chanted and waved flags from the moment they entered until long after the final buzzer – sent a clear message to the Americans and anyone else still in this World Cup.

Lithuania has pushed the U.S. to the limit, and beyond, more than a few times. Lithuania lost to the Americans by nine in a preliminary game at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, then escaped with a two-point win in the semifinals – and remained unbeaten in the Dream Team Olympic era – when Sarunas Jasikevicius’ 3-point try as time expired fell short.

Those weren’t the only close calls or worse. Lithuania beat the U.S. at the 1998 world championships (what the World Cup was called then) and in the early rounds of the 2004 Athens Olympics. It also gave the Americans all they wanted in the 2012 London Olympics, falling 99-94 in a preliminary round matchup where the U.S. briefly trailed in the fourth quarter.

“It’s a big win for our country, for players, for coaches, to play against the best in the world,” Kariniauskas said. “I’m happy for my country … and we don’t need to stop now.”

In a game that didn’t matter much as far as medal hopes, considering both teams came into Sunday with spots secured for the quarterfinals, there was a lot to unpack.

Lithuania rode that 9-for-9 start from 3-point range on the way to an early 21-point lead, and the U.S. became Paris-bound in the third quarter when Serbia’s win over the Dominican Republic clinched an Olympic berth for the Americans.

And right around the time Serbia closed out its win, the U.S. kicked into high gear.

It took the Americans less than half of the third quarter – 4 minutes and 16 seconds – to cut what was a 17-point halftime deficit down to four, and the comeback attempt was on. But Lithuania never lost the lead, no matter what the U.S. tried.

The Americans secured an automatic berth into the Paris Games as one of the two highest finishers from the Americas Region at the Basketball World Cup. Canada got the other berth later Sunday when it ousted defending World Cup champion Spain from this tournament.

“It doesn’t ease the pain of the loss that we had tonight for us,” Kerr said. “But to be honest, I’m not worried about this Olympics. I’m worried about this. We want to win the World Cup. That’s our focus.”

TIP-INS

Lithuania: Kariniauskas had a viral moment when he wagged his tongue at U.S. guard Austin Reaves after a first-half score. Turns out, it was planned. Kariniauskas played this past season with Reaves’ brother Spencer – and Austin’s brother encouraged his teammate to talk trash. “That’s it. Nothing special,” Kariniauskas said. … Lithuania has won its last six World Cup games, the second-longest active streak behind Germany’s eight in a row.

USA: Edwards was 14 for 26 from the field. … The U.S. is averaging 101.8 points in the tournament and bidding to average at least 100 points per game for the sixth time in its 19 World Cup appearances. … The U.S. fell to 133-30 all-time in World Cup play.

UP NEXT

Lithuania: Faces Serbia in a quarterfinal game Tuesday in Manila.

USA: Faces Italy in a quarterfinal game Tuesday in Manila.

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

FORMER KANSAS, GONZAGA COMMIT MARCUS ADAMS JR. TO PLAY AT BYU

Former top-50 prospect Marcus Adams Jr. has decided to transfer to BYU, his third collegiate commitment before his freshman year begins.

Adams, a four-star wing from California, originally chose Kansas over UCLA and Syracuse back in March. After enrolling at Kansas and attending summer workouts, he requested a release from his national letter of intent in July.

Adams committed to Gonzaga the following week. He then entered the transfer portal in late August.

He now heads to Provo, Utah, to play for Gonzaga’s former West Coast Conference rival BYU and coach Mark Pope. The Cougars are entering their first season in the Big 12.

“A lot of people are wondering why I jumped around from school to school but it’s obviously for personal reasons and I can’t explain it just yet,” Adams told 247Sports on Saturday. “For me I was just trying to find the best place for me, not just playing wise but scholarly and personally.

“Overall I wanted to go to BYU because it’s beautiful, the people are beautiful, and are probably some of the nicest people in the world. They’re so kind, nice, respectful and they help support you. I just went on a visit for a long day and it was amazing. It’s a beautiful city and was a beautiful time.”

Adams said he had “no idea yet” whether the NCAA will approve a waiver to ensure he’s eligible to play in 2023-24 after the double-transfer.

The 6-foot-8 Adams was ranked No. 49 overall in the Class of 2023 by 247Sports and No. 104 overall in the 247Sports composite rankings.

WNBA NEWS

22-0 RUN IN 4TH QUARTER PUSHES LIBERTY PAST SKY

Breanna Stewart collected 26 points and 14 rebounds to lift the visiting New York Liberty to an 86-69 victory over the Chicago Sky on Sunday.

Stewart made 10 of 22 shots from the floor for the Liberty (30-7), who benefited from a 22-0 run in the fourth quarter en route to securing their sixth straight victory.

New York’s Courtney Vandersloot recorded 20 points, 10 assists and six steals in her return to Chicago. She spent her first 12 WNBA seasons with the Sky before signing with the Liberty in February.

Betnijah Laney scored 17 points and Jocelyn Willoughby added 10 off the bench for New York, which shot 47.2 percent from the floor to move within 1 1/2 games of the first-place Las Vegas Aces (32-6).

Liberty star Sabrina Ionescu sat out for the second straight game due to a right calf injury.

Kahleah Copper scored 23 points for the Sky (15-22), who saw their modest two-game winning streak come to an end and fell to 6-13 at home this season.

Rookie Sika Kone made a basket to give Chicago a 61-60 lead early in the fourth quarter before Stewart responded with a 3-pointer on the ensuing possession. That shot ignited New York, which saw Vandersloot convert three times from beyond the arc and Willoughby and Laney each sink a 3-pointer during a 22-0 run.

Kone made a layup as the Sky erased an eight-point deficit and claimed a two-point lead at 51-49 with 3:17 remaining in the third quarter. Undaunted, the Liberty finished the quarter on a 10-6 run to seize a two-point advantage.

Copper made a pair of baskets late in the second quarter to bring Chicago within one point at 37-36 before New York countered with the final two buckets of the half.

Willoughby made a driving layup and Stewart added a short bank shot to stake the Liberty to a five-point lead at halftime.

SPARKS GAIN PLAYOFF POSITIONING WITH WIN OVER MYSTICS

Layshia Clarendon’s 15 points led a balanced attack Sunday as the Los Angeles Sparks jumped into the WNBA’s final playoff spot with a week left in the regular season, dumping the Washington Mystics 72-64 in Los Angeles.

Jordin Canada added 14 and Dearica Hamby put up a 12-point, 10-rebound double-double as the Sparks (16-21) went a full game ahead of Chicago with three games left. The Sky lost earlier Sunday to New York 86-69.

Brittney Sykes scored 14 points for Washington (17-20), while Li Meng and Myisha Hines-Allen each came off the bench to add 11. But leading scorer Elena Delle Donne made only 4 of 14 shots and finished with eight points, nine under her average.

Los Angeles took the lead for good when Karlie Samuelson and Clarendon converted consecutive 3-point plays for a 63-58 advantage with 4:40 left. Canada iced the game in the final minute by canning four straight free throws.

The Sparks were 21 of 24 at the foul line, while the Mystics made only 6 of 7. Los Angeles also carved out a 19-9 advantage in points off turnovers.

Washington got off to a strong start offensively by canning 9 of its first 14 shots and opening up a 21-19 first quarter lead. But one troubling sign was already popping up on the stat sheet: A half-dozen turnovers that helped Los Angeles more than double the Mystics in points off turnovers.

The Sparks started the second period with eight straight points, capping the run with a 3-pointer from Samuelson. While Washington fought back and briefly led later in the quarter, Los Angeles took a 38-34 edge to halftime on two free throws by Canada in the final minute.

Clarendon made two foul shots at the 4:59 mark of the third quarter for a 46-38 lead but the Mystics went on a 14-5 run to end the period. Delle Donne’s turnaround jumper with 3.2 seconds left gave them a 52-51 lead going to the fourth.

NAPHEESA COLLIER POWERS LYNX TO WIN OVER MERCURY, PLAYOFF BERTH

Napheesa Collier produced her third straight double-double, scoring 22 points and grabbing 16 rebounds as the Minnesota Lynx punched their ticket to the WNBA playoffs with an 86-73 victory over the Phoenix Mercury Sunday in Minneapolis.

Kayla McBride led all Minnesota scorers with 23 points and Dorka Juhasz chipped in 10 to help carry the Lynx (19-19) to their second consecutive win and the franchise’s 14th postseason appearance.

The Mercury (9-28) dropped their eighth consecutive game in a season to forget despite a game-high 32 points from Moriah Jefferson, who scored 16 in each half. Brittany Griner added 17 points.

Tied 41-41 at halftime, the Lynx dominated the second half. Collier’s layup at the 9:23 mark of the third quarter gave Minnesota the lead for good at 43-41. McBride’s jumper with 4:50 to play put the Lynx on top by double digits (56-46) for the first time.

Shaking off a slow start, it appeared as if Minnesota had settled in on fan appreciation night, leading 18-12 with 1:17 to play in the opening quarter after Rachel Banham’s shot from distance.

The Mercury answered with a 14-0 run that spanned the final minute of the opening period and first minute and a half of the second and was fueled, in part, by a 3-pointer from Kadi Sissoko and a pull-up jumper from Jefferson as Phoenix surged ahead 26-18.

Back-to-back 3-pointers from Bridget Carleton and Tiffany Mitchell pulled the Lynx even at 31-31 with 2:49 remaining before a long distance shot by Aerial Powers nudged Minnesota ahead 34-33.

Banham’s second 3-ball of the half and ensuing free throw gave Minnesota a 41-39 edge with under a minute left. Sug Sutton’s jumper tied the game going into halftime.

There was added energy inside the Target Center prior to tip-off as Collier was presented with the first ever Sylvia Fowles Altruism Award, which recognizes a Lynx player that best embodies altruistic traits of kindness, selflessness and overall regard for the well-being of others in the community.

MEN’S GOLF NEWS

MATT FITZPATRICK, ROBERT MACINTYRE SECURE RYDER CUP SPOTS FOR TEAM EUROPE

Europe’s six automatic qualifiers for the 2023 Ryder Cup are set, with Matt Fitzpatrick and Robert MacIntyre securing the final two spots on Sunday.

They join Tyrrell Hatton, Viktor Hovland, Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm as the first players in for Team Europe and captain Luke Donald.

The Ryder Cup will be contested Sept. 29-Oct. 1 at Marco Simone Golf & Country Club near Rome. The United States is the defending champion but has not won in Europe since 1993.

Fitzpatrick qualified via the world points list after his third-place finish Sunday in the Omega European Masters in Switzerland. MacIntyre went the route of the European points list and qualified despite a 55th-place finish.

Fitzpatrick, an Englishman who won the 2022 U.S. Open, will be making his first Ryder Cup appearance on European soil. He played in the United States in 2016 and 2021.

MacIntyre, from Scotland, is a Ryder Cup rookie.

“There are many major milestones in every Ryder Cup journey but there is no question that finalizing the automatic qualifiers for Team Europe is most definitely one of them,” Donald said.

“These six players have been standout performers throughout the qualification period and I am delighted to welcome each and every one of them officially to the 2023 team.”

The team is led by Northern Ireland’s McIlroy, the World No. 2 who will be making his seventh straight Ryder Cup appearance. Rahm, the World No. 3 from Spain, won the Masters Tournament this year and is a veteran of two World Cup teams.

Hovland, the FedEx Cup champion, became the first Norwegian to play in the Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits, Wis., in 2021. Hatton will be making his third straight Ryder Cup appearance.

Donald is scheduled to announce his six captain’s picks Monday morning.

U.S. captain Zach Johnson unveiled his six captain’s picks earlier this week.

The team he takes to Italy consists of the automatic qualfiers — World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, Wyndham Clark, Brian Harman, Patrick Cantlay, Max Homa and Xander Schauffele — plus his picks. They are Sam Burns, Rickie Fowler, Brooks Koepka, Collin Morikawa, Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas.

AUTO RACING NEWS

ALEX PALOU WINS PORTLAND FOR EARLY CLINCH OF INDYCAR CHAMPIONSHIP. SPANIARD HAS 2 TITLES IN 3 YEARS

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Alex Palou is a two-time IndyCar champion with Chip Ganassi Racing following a dominant run Sunday at Portland International Raceway.

Palou earned his fifth win of the season to lock up the title with one weekend remaining in the 17-race schedule. It is the first time in IndyCar the championship has been settled before the finale since the late Dan Wheldon won in 2005.

“I never thought I’d be an IndyCar champion and to be a two-time IndyCar champion just feels amazing, like a dream,” Palou said. “It was an amazing weekend. We just raced how we’ve been doing all season.”

Palou this year led IndyCar in nearly every measurable statistic: wins, poles, podiums, top-five finishes, top-10 finishes, races led and laps completed. In fact, Palou finished all but two laps all season and could have had a sixth victory but was spun on pit road during the Indianapolis 500 and had to drive his way back to a fourth-place finish in a race he seemed poised to win.

Palou started the race with a comfortable points lead over Ganassi teammate Scott Dixon, the only driver mathematically eligible to challenge the Spaniard for the title. But it didn’t matter what Dixon did in the race because if Palou podiumed, the championship would be over.

He did far more than podium at Portland.

Palou led 69 of the 110 laps to score a decisive victory over runner-up Felix Rosenqvist, who finished 5.4353 seconds back. Dixon, the six-time IndyCar champion, finished third for the third consecutive time at Portland.

“I don’t know if we had enough speed for Alex, he was definitely fast,” Dixon said in lauding his teammate. “He kind of does everything right. He’s a hell of a competitor, a huge talent.”

It is the second title in three seasons for Palou, who won both titles driving for Ganassi, and the 15th IndyCar title for the team owner. Of Ganassi’s many title winners, Palou joins Dixon (six), Dario Franchitti (two) and Alex Zanardi (two) as drivers with multiple championships.

“He’s certainly special,” Ganassi said. “He’s part of our team and we couldn’t be more happy about that. He likes to win, he told me that. He told me before the race, I said ‘Let’s go wrap this up today,’ he looked at me and said ‘I’m going to wrap it up with a win.’ I said ‘OK, great.’ He called his shot today.”

Ganassi then ensured that “Alex Palou is going to be in our car, I can tell you that, for sure.”

Palou was supposed to leave Ganassi at the end of the season for a move to Arrow McLaren Racing, where he was also McLaren’s test and reserve Formula One driver.

But Palou informed McLaren last month he’s not moving to the team and McLaren has filed suit in the United Kingdom seeking at least $20 million in damages and recoup of money already advanced to Palou.

MAX VERSTAPPEN WINS ITALIAN GP FOR RECORD 10TH STRAIGHT F1 VICTORY

MONZA, Italy (AP) Runaway Formula One leader Max Verstappen secured a record 10th straight win with victory at the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday, with a Red Bull one-two on Ferrari’s home track.

“That’s a nice stat,” Verstappen said on team radio immediately after the win.

Another flawless performance from the two-time defending champion saw Verstappen beat teammate Sergio Pérez by 6.064 seconds. Carlos Sainz Jr. was third, 11.193 behind Verstappen and less than two tenths of a second ahead of Charles Leclerc as the two Ferrari drivers battled for the final spot on Monza’s iconic podium.

“I never would have believed that was possible but we had to work for it today and that made it definitely a lot more fun,” Verstappen said.

Verstappen had started second, behind Sainz, but eventually got past him at the start of lap 15 and from then on – just like the rest of the season – no one could match the Red Bull pace.

The record became all but a foregone conclusion as Verstappen began to pull away, swiftly building an advantage of more than five seconds five laps later.

“Very tough, very tough. It can’t get any tougher than it was today,” Sainz said. “To keep up with the Red Bulls, I paid the price with the rear tires but I did everything I could to defend.”

The victory also saw Verstappen increase his huge championship lead to 145 points in a crushingly dominant season for the 25-year-old Dutchman.

Verstappen has won 12 of the 14 races for unbeaten Red Bull and matched Sebastian Vettel’s F1 record of nine straight victories last weekend at the Dutch GP. He is closing in on his own F1 record of 15 wins set last year and onto 47 overall.

Pérez has the other two victories this season and Red Bull has also won 24 of the past 25 races, including last year.

There are eight more races remaining for Red Bull to try to complete the first perfect year by a F1 team.

“I’m very proud also of the whole team effort, the whole year already,” Verstappen said. “What we are doing at the moment, winning every race this year, it’s something that we definitely are enjoying because I don’t think these kind of seasons come around very often.

“That’s the same of course with winning 10 in a row.”

It was a second straight victory for Verstappen at Monza. Before last year he had never finished the Italian GP higher than fifth.

His record bid got off to a slightly delayed start, however, as Yuki Tsunoda went off on the formation lap with a suspected power unit failure. There had to be an aborted start and, with the drivers effectively doing three formation laps, the race was shortened by two laps.

Ferrari was hopeful of its first win at the Temple of Speed since 2019 and Sainz, who turned 29 on Friday, got off to a great start as he held off Verstappen into the first corner – much to the delight of the thousands of passionate red-clad tifosi.

Sainz managed to defend several attempts by Verstappen to get past in a tense fight between the two. That didn’t last long, however, as Sainz locked his brakes going into the first chicane on lap 15 and that allowed Verstappen to get past him on the exit and pull away.

Sainz was left to fend off Perez for second place but lost that battle too with four laps remaining and was then forced to fight hard again to keep Leclerc behind for the final podium place.

“Very happy because a P3 in Monza in front of the tifosi is as good as it can get, at least for this weekend because clearly Red Bull were in the end quite a bit quicker than us today as we expected,” Sainz said. “It was a day to try, and I tried everything I could to keep them behind.”

George Russell was fifth, ahead of Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton, despite both drivers receiving five-second penalties in separate incidents.

Alex Albon matched his best finish of the season with seventh. Lando Norris, Fernando Alonso and Valtteri Bottas completed the top 10.

TENNIS NEWS

COCO GAUFF TELLS COACH BRAD GILBERT TO STOP TALKING DURING HER US OPEN WIN OVER CAROLINE WOZNIACKI

NEW YORK (AP) Coco Gauff is the first American teen since Serena Williams more than two decades ago to reach the U.S. Open quarterfinals two years in a row, so the 19-year-old from Florida knows her way out of trouble on a tennis court.

As the second set slipped away against Caroline Wozniacki in the fourth round Sunday at Arthur Ashe Stadium, Gauff needed a chance to think things through after handing over a break with a pair of double-faults and a stumble that left her doing the splits.

So Gauff turned in the direction of the near-constant chatter coming from Brad Gilbert, one of her two coaches sitting in a front-row seat, and said, “Please stop.” A couple of minutes later, Gauff said, “Stop talking.”

That was while Wozniacki was grabbing four consecutive games to go up a break in the third set. And then, just as the match seemed to be slipping away thanks in part to a slew of unforced errors, Gauff straightened out her strokes and pulled way. She collected the last six games for a 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 victory over Wozniacki, the 33-year-old mother of two who recently came out of retirement.

“I was getting frustrated. It wasn’t really directed at him. It was just that I needed to reset,” the sixth-seeded Gauff said. “In that moment, I just didn’t want to hear anything. I just wanted to think about what I was doing.”

Her next opponent will be No. 20 seed Jelena Ostapenko, the 2017 French Open champion. Ostapenko beat defending champion Iga Swiatek 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 on Sunday night, after 23-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic picked up a 6-2, 7-5, 6-4 victory over qualifier Borna Gojo.

Djokovic faces No. 9 Taylor Fritz of the U.S. on Tuesday. It’ll be Djokovic’s 13th quarterfinal at Flushing Meadows, and Fritz’s first.

Gauff, whose best showing at a major was reaching the final at the 2022 French Open before losing to Swiatek, has now won 15 of her past 16 matches.

That run follows a first-round exit at Wimbledon in July and includes the two biggest titles of her career, at the DC Open and in Cincinnati. It also coincides with the additions of Pere Riba as her full-time coach and Gilbert in a role that’s been described as a temporary consultant.

TV microphones have been picking up Gilbert repeatedly offering his thoughts to Gauff during matches over the past week.

Against Wozniacki, the 2018 Australian Open champion and twice the runner-up in New York, Gauff was trying to find the right balance between being the aggressor (what she wanted) and not going for too much (what Gilbert wanted).

Gilbert’s “scouting reports are quite accurate,” Gauff said. “Sometimes you have to change things up. Today I had to change things up.”

It was the hottest day of the event so far, with the temperature reaching 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 Celsius), and Gauff kept missing the mark in the second set, to the tune of 22 unforced errors. But she cleaned that up considerably down the stretch, with just eight miscues in the last set. Also key in the third: Gauff compiled an 11-2 edge in winners.

“She’s always been a great athlete. She’s always had the backhand, the serve, the fighting spirit,” Wozniacki said. “I feel like right now, it’s all kind of coming together for her.”

In the third set, with the playing surface covered in shadows, Wozniacki told chair umpire Louise Azemar Engzell it was difficult to see the ball and requested that the stadium lights be turned on.

“I would really appreciate it,” Wozniacki said.

Didn’t happen.

“She’s back and it’s like she never left,” Gauff said, “To be out here on the court with her today was an honor.”

Another women’s quarterfinal matchup will be No. 10 Karolina Muchova against No. 30 Sorana Cirstea.

There is guaranteed to be at least one American man in the semifinals for the second year in a row. That’s because No. 10 Frances Tiafoe, who got to that stage 12 months ago, and unseeded Ben Shelton set up a quarterfinal meeting with wins Sunday.

Fritz made it three men from the United States in the quarterfinals – the most since Andre Agassi, James Blake and Robby Ginepri got there in 2005 – by overwhelming Swiss qualifier Dominic Stricker 7-6 (2), 6-4, 6-4.

In the day’s first match in Ashe, the 20-year-old Shelton hit a pair of aces at 149 mph (240 kph) – the fastest by anyone all tournament – in a single game and earned a debut trip to the quarterfinals at Flushing Meadows by eliminating No. 14 Tommy Paul 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.

When the match ended, the muscle-shirt-wearing Shelton flexed his left biceps while standing under the section of seats where his father, a former touring pro who now coaches Ben, mother and sister were.

“Straight adrenaline,” Shelton said about those big lefty serves.

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INDIANS BASEBALL

BISONS’ FIVE-RUN SEVENTH SPELLS DOOM FOR INDIANS IN SIX-GAME SWEEP

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Chris Owings lined a two-run home run in the third inning and Nick Gonzales went deep in the ninth, but the Buffalo Bisons scored five runs on seven hits – five for doubles – in the seventh inning to top the Indianapolis Indians 8-3 on Sunday afternoon at Sahlen Field.

Tied at two after the stretch, Buffalo (67-63, 33-22) erupted against southpaw reliever Nick Dombkowski in his Triple-A debut with five runs on four consecutive run-scoring doubles by Rafael Lantigua, Addison Bargar, Damiano Palmegiani and Orelvis Martinez. Lantigua then knocked in Steward Berroa with a two-out single off Kyle Nicolas in the eighth to push the margin to six.

The Bisons struck first in the opening frame thanks to a leadoff walk, stolen base and coinciding throwing error by catcher Dom Nuñez that put Lantigua at third base with no outs. Following a strikeout, Palmegiani hit a sacrifice fly. The 1-0 score held until Owings’ 11th home run of the season, which snapped Indianapolis’ (59-71, 26-30) season-high stretch of six games without a long ball.

Indy starter Cam Alldred, who allowed just one earned run in 5.0 one-hit innings on Tuesday, yielded one unearned run on two hits and two walks with four strikeouts in 4.0 frames. Dombkowski (L, 0-1) took over in the fifth and gave up a leadoff double and stolen base to Cam Eden, who trotted home one out later on a game-tying single by Lantigua. He pitched around another leadoff double in the sixth by Palmegiani but couldn’t escape trouble in the decisive seventh and was charged with six earned runs on 10 hits in 3.0 innings of relief.

Buffalo right-hander Mitch White held the Indians to two earned runs in 5.0 innings pitched after throwing 5.0 shutout innings on Tuesday. Connor Cooke (W, 2-0) worked a hitless seventh to earn the win.

Domingo Leyba tallied three singles in the loss, accounting for half of Indy’s hits. Jared Triolo went 0-for-4 to snap his career-high 24-game on-game streak, and Malcom Nuñez and Aaron Shackelford went hitless to end their respective seven- and six-game hitting streaks.

The Indians return to Victory Field on Tuesday for the opener of a six-game set against the Toledo Mud Hens. First pitch is at 6:35 PM ET. Neither team has announced probable starting pitchers for the series.

ON DECK AT THE VIC: UNIVERSITY NIGHT WITH BUTLER UNIVERSITY, JI HWAN BAE BOBBLEHEAD GIVEAWAY, TEAM AUTOGRAPHS AND PRINCESSES MEET-AND-GREET HIGHLIGHT SEPT. 5-10 HOMESTAND

INDIANAPOLIS – The Indianapolis Indians return to Victory Field on Tuesday, Sept. 5, to open a six-game series against the Toledo Mud Hens, Triple-A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers. Tuesday Dollar Menu, Thirsty Thursday™, Indy Eleven Night and an appearance by Butler University Men’s Basketball guard Posh Alexander lead into Prospects Weekend as the Indians celebrate their affiliation with the Pittsburgh Pirates with Friday Fireworks, a Young Bucs jersey auction, team autographs, Ji Hwan Bae bobblehead giveaway and three consecutive days with the Pirate Pierogies in attendance. Pirate Parrot then joins the fun for the series finale on Sunday, Sept. 10, while young fans can meet their favorite princesses in the Center Field Plaza.

The Indians today announced a Labor Day weekend sale on tickets for the Sept. 5-10 homestand. Now through 11:59 PM ET on Labor Day, all Lawn, Reserved and Box seats are 50% off. The offer does not include premium tickets or Bark in the Park packages.

September is also National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, and the Indians have partnered with 988 to highlight its commitment to mental health and substance abuse awareness through in-park activations and signage during every September home game. The 988 number is a free, 24-hour suicide and crisis lifeline and was activated in Indiana this year.

Tuesday, Sept. 5 – Tuesday Dollar Menu presented by Eisenberg

Fans can load up on their favorite ballpark snacks with hot dogs, peanuts, potato chips, Cracker Jack® and popcorn all available for one buck at concessions.

Gates Open: 5:30 PM | First Pitch: 6:35 PM

Wednesday, Sept. 6 – Payoff Pitch, Half-Price Tix presented by Eleven Fifty Academy

For fans who miss out on half-price tickets during the Labor Day weekend sale, don’t fret! Every Wednesday night game includes the Payoff Pitch, Half-Price Tix offer. Fans receive 50% off Lawn, Reserved and Box tickets by entering the code HALF in the coupon code field before selecting their seats.

Gates Open: 5:30 PM | First Pitch: 6:35 PM

Thursday, Sept. 7 – Thirsty Thursday™ presented by Sun King Brewery, University Night with Butler University, Bark in the Park presented by Noah’s Animal Hospitals and PetSuites, Circle City Night, Indy Eleven Night

The best drink specials in Indy happen on Thirsty Thursday™ at Victory Field, where $2 Pepsi fountain drinks, $3 domestic drafts and $5 premium and craft drafts are available. DJ Lockstar will perform before and during the game outside the Elements Financial Club.

The Indians will welcome Butler Bulldogs Men’s Basketball guard Posh Alexander to the Vic for pregame autographs and photos with fans from 5:30-6:10 PM in the Center Field Plaza before he throws a ceremonial first pitch. Alexander will become the sixth and final member of the Indians’ NIL Class of 2023. He was the 2021 BIG EAST Freshman of the Year and Co-Defensive Player of the Year at St. John’s University before transferring to Butler.

Bring your four-legged fan to the ballpark and enjoy the game from the left and center field lawn. Fans must purchase the dog ticket package in advance, which guarantees one (1) giveaway item for the pup. Pup cups will be available for purchase out of the Classic Eats stand located in the Center Field Plaza. Dog ticket packages are limited.

The Shop will be printing limited-edition Circle City shirts near the Standings & Lineup Board behind Section 109. The shirts will also be available at the Center Field merchandise stand.

The Indy Eleven will be activating in the Center Field Plaza, too.

Gates Open: 5:30 PM | First Pitch: 6:35 PM

Friday, Sept. 8 – Friday Fireworks presented by FOX59, Prospects Weekend presented by Hoosier Lottery

Bring the family and have a blast with a ballgame and postgame fireworks, and keep an eye out for the Pirates Pierogies, who bring their flavorful entertainment from PNC Park to Victory Field.

On the field, the Indians will wear Young Bucs jerseys. Fans can bid on the game-worn autographed jerseys until the end of the seventh inning of the game played on Saturday, Sept. 9, with all proceeds benefiting Indianapolis Indians Charities. Text VICTORY to 79230 to bid.

Gates Open: 6 PM | First Pitch: 7:05 PM

Saturday, Sept. 9 – Prospects Weekend presented by Hoosier Lottery

The chance to secure autographs from your favorite Indianapolis Indians is here! Arrive early for team autographs on the concourse from 4:45-5:30 PM. The first 1,000 fans through the gates also receive a Ji Hwan Bae bobblehead. Bae was Indianapolis’ Team MVP in 2022. During the game, the Pirates Pierogies return to spice up the entertainment.

The Indians will again wear their Young Bucs jerseys on the field. The jersey auction concludes at the end of the seventh inning. Text VICTORY to 79230 to bid.

Gates Open: 4:45 PM | First Pitch: 6:35 PM

Sunday, Sept. 10 – Kids Eat Free Sunday presented by Meijer and Moe’s Southwest Grill, Sunday Characters with Princesses (and Pirates!) presented by MHS, Knot Hole Kids Club Giveaway presented by Riley Children’s Health and Williams Comfort Air

Every Sunday, all children 14 and under receive a free hot dog, bag of chips and Capri Sun® juice pouch with price of admission.

Young fans can meet princesses from their favorite fairy tales in the Center Field Plaza before and during the game. The Pirates Pierogies will be joined by Pirate Parrot – the official mascot of the Pittsburgh Pirates – for in-game entertainment.

Knot Hole Kids Club members may pick up a coloring book at the table near the Standings & Lineup Board behind Section 109, while supplies last. This is the first of two chances to receive a coloring book in September. Knot Hole members must have their membership card to redeem. All Knot Hole members can run the bases after the game.

Gates Open: 12:30 PM | First Pitch: 1:35 PM

Single-game tickets are available along with group and premium reservations. For more on the Indians, visit IndyIndians.com or contact the Victory Field Box Office at (317) 269-3545 or Tickets@IndyIndians.com.

INDIANA FEVER BASKETBALL

GAME RECAP: MITCHELL AND SMITH’S 30-POINT OUTINGS LEAD FEVER TO OVERTIME WIN AT DALLAS

DALLAS – Kelsey Mitchell and NaLyssa Smith both scored 30 points on Sunday to become the first pair of Fever teammates to ever reach 30 in the same game as Indiana (12-25) won, 97-84, in overtime against the Dallas Wings at College Park Center. Indiana outscored Dallas, 19-6, in the overtime period, which ties the largest overtime scoring margin in league history, per Across the Timeline. The duo also became the 11th pair of teammates in WNBA history to score at least 30 points each in the same game.

Mitchell netted 30 points in the win on 10-of-20 shooting on the floor, including seven 3-pointers on 11 attempts. Along with the win, Mitchell set new franchise records for both points and field goals made in a regular season for a Fever player. Through 37 games of the season, Mitchell has recorded 679 points and 228 field goals, allowing her to surpass Tamika Catchings’ 671 points and 221 field goals in 2003. Smith recorded a career best 30 points on 12-of-18 shooting from the court while also pulling down five rebounds.

All-Star Aliyah Boston contributed a double-double of 13 points and 11 rebounds in the win to go along with five assists. Boston ended the night with 310 rebounds through the first 37 games of the season, which allowed her to set a new franchise record for most rebounds in a single season. Her two blocks on the day also move her into fourth in the franchise ranks for most blocks in a single season as she ended the matchup with 50 blocks.

Erica Wheeler neared a double-double with a team-high 11 assists and nine points, while Victoria Vivians also added nine points and seven rebounds. Vivians led the Indiana reserves to outscore the Dallas reserves, 13-2.

After opening the matchup 0-of-9 from the floor allowing Dallas to take a five point lead, the Fever proceeded to complete their next five field goal attempts. Indiana’s first bucket from Mitchell at the 6:18 mark initiated an eventual 19-7 scoring run through the next roughly four minutes. The Fever concluded the final roughly six minutes of the quarter shooting 9-of-12 from the floor after their cold start, led by Mitchell’s 11 points a 4-of-8 shooting clip. The first frame ended with Indiana leading, 23-20.

Both teams shot 40 percent (6-of-15) in the second quarter, and Indiana was led by Smith’s seven points on a 3-of-3 shooting clip. The Wings took off on an 11-2 scoring run to take possession of their first lead since the 5:39 minute mark in the first quarter, but Indiana responded by holding Dallas to zero field goals in the final three and a half minutes of the second frame. After two lead changes in the quarter, the Fever came out of the half with a 39-36 advantage.

The Fever were led by Smith’s 11 points in the third quarter on a 5-of-7 shooting clip, while Indiana’s defense held the Wings to 35 percent (7-of-20) shooting from the court. A 13-5 Dallas scoring run allowed the Wings to record the first of the four third-quarter lead changes. The third quarter concluded with a 3-pointer from Mitchell that left 3.6 seconds remaining on the clock, giving Indiana a 56-55 lead going into the fourth frame.

Dallas opened the first five minutes of the fourth quarter shooting 6-of-10 from the floor, while Indiana shot 3-of-8 from the court. Nine points from Mitchell and two 3-pointers from Vivians shifted Indiana’s momentum and helped the Fever respond to a 14-6 Wings scoring run. After three lead changes within the quarter, Mitchell netted her third 3-pointer of the quarter with 26.6 seconds left on the clock to tie the score and ultimately send the two teams into overtime.

Indiana sped ahead with an 11-0 scoring run to open the overtime period and eventually extended its scoring run to 22-6. Led by Smith and Mitchell’s six points a piece on a perfect 2-of-2 shooting clips, Indiana shot 63.6 percent (7-of-11) from the floor in the overtime period. Dallas was held to one field goal on seven attempts in extra time while scoring three of its six overtime points at the free throw line.

For Dallas, Satou Sabally and Arike Ogunbowale each netted 22 points. Sabally also recorded nine rebounds, a team-high five assists and two steals. Natasha Howard added 15 points, four rebounds, four assists and three blocks. Teaira McCowan pitched in 12 points and 10 rebounds, while Crystal Dangerfield added 11 points.

Indiana held the Wings, who average 43.8 percent shooting, to 38.6 percent shooting (32-of-83) from the floor. Dallas also shot 7-of-29 from 3-point range on the night.

Fever guard Kristy Wallace left the game in the first quarter with a right knee injury and did not return.

UP NEXT

The Fever return home to take on the Chicago Sky on Tuesday at 7 p.m. ET. Tuesday’s game will be broadcast on Bally Sports Indiana.

INDIANA FIELD HOCKEY

INDIANA DOWNS SAINT FRANCIS (PA) IN OXFORD

OXFORD, Ohio. ––– The Indiana Field Hockey maintained control from start to finish in their Sunday afternoon matchup against Saint Francis (PA) as part of the Theresa Check Invitational.

The Hoosiers topped the Red Flash by a score of 3-1 to give Indiana its first win of the season. The win puts Indiana’s season record at 1-2.

KEY MOMENTS

• Senior Meghan Dillon gave Indiana the momentum for the game right away as she capitalized on a Saint Francis defensive lapse in the fourth minute of the game.

• Graduate student Sarah Charley scored the game’s second goal in the 18th minute off a penalty corner. Junior Sofia Arrebola Garcia and freshman Inés Garcia Prado assisted on the goal.

• Midway through the second period Saint Francis had two good looks at a goal with back-to-back penalty corner opportunities. The Indiana defense collapsed on Saint Francis’ shooters and prevented any real chance to score.

• Saint Francis got on the scoreboard with a goal from Consu De Castro in the 33rd minute to cut it to a 2-1 game.

• Garcia Prado sealed the win for the Hoosiers when she found the back of the cage in the 58th minute to extend the lead to 3-1.

NOTABLES

• Dillon’s goal was her first of the season and seventh of the season.

• Charley’s goal was the second of the year for her and her second score in three games.

• Garcia Prado’s goal was her second of the season. She has scored in back-to-back games.

• Shannon McNally made her second start in the cage this year and recorded three saves.

UP NEXT

• IU will stay in Oxford and play the host of the Theresa Check Invitational, the Miami RedHawks, tomorrow at 1 p.m. This is the second time the Hoosiers will have played Miami this year after the two faced off in a preseason exhibition game in August.

INDIANA MEN’S SOCCER

NO. 3 INDIANA, SETON HALL MEET MONDAY IN ADIDAS/IU CREDIT UNION CLASSIC FINALE

BLOOMINGTON — No. 3-ranked Indiana men’s soccer (1-1-1) will host 2022 NCAA Tournament team Seton Hall (3-0-0) on Monday (Sept. 4) night on Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium in the finale of the adidas/IU Credit Union Classic.

Fans can stream the match on the Big Ten Plus digital platform, with kickoff set for 8 p.m. ET.

The first 500 fans at Monday’s match will receive a free Indiana men’s soccer supporter’s scarf. Students that arrive early will also receive free pizza as part of Student Appreciation Night.

SETTING THE SCENE

• Indiana men’s soccer is looking to bounce back from its first loss of the season Friday to No.

9-ranked Washington. IU doubled Washington’s shots 14-7, but the Huskies broke through the scoreless tie in the 77th minute to win 1-0. IU has not suffered back-to-back regular season losses in its last 149 matches.

• IU owns a 355-71-52 record all-time at “The Bill,” and the Hoosiers were 9-3-1 on their home ground last season.

• Seton Hall is one of seven teams on IU’s schedule that played in the 2022 NCAA Tournament as well as one of eight that finished top-40 in RPI (38).

ABOUT THE PIRATES

• Seton Hall has yet to allow a goal in a perfect 3-0-0 start to the season. The Pirates defeated Ohio State 1-0 in the opening match of the adidas/IU Credit Union Classic on Friday night with an 81st-minute winner.

• The Pirates are led by sixth-year head coach Andreas Lindberg, who has compiled a 38-30-17 record at Seton Hall.

• Seton Hall has scored five goals from four different scorers. Graduate student James Boote leads the way with two.

SERIES HISTORY

• Indiana has won all three matchups in the all-time series with Seton Hall. The programs have met just once in the last 35 years.

• That most recent matchup was a significant one, though, as IU beat the No. 6-ranked Pirates to advance to the NCAA College Cup during the adjusted 2020-21 season. Ryan Wittenbrink and Thomas Warr scored, and current Hoosier Maouloune Goumballe assisted the latter as IU appeared in its 21st final four on the way to a national runner-up finish.

• The previous meeting was also an NCAA Quarterfinal matchup, this time on the way to Indiana’s third NCAA Championship in 1988. An own goal turned out to be IU’s winner, bookended by Sean Shapert and Mike Correia scores in a 3-1 result.

• The two programs had met for the first time the year before in a 1987 regular season match that IU won 3-2.

PURDUE WOMEN’S SOCCER

PURDUE FALLS AT COLORADO

BOULDER, Colo. – The Purdue soccer team lost at Colorado, 3-0, on Sunday afternoon in Boulder, Colorado.

The Buffaloes (5-1-0) scored two first-half goals, in the 24th and 30th minutes, and followed it up with a score in the 85th minute. The Boilermakers (2-4-0) suffered their first loss to CU in four games and wrapped up a two-game roadtrip, their first games away from home this season, with the loss.

Purdue was held to seven shots, three on target, and Colorado had 14 shots, nine on frame. CU held a 3-1 advantage in corner kicks. The Buffaloes had 11 fouls called against them and the Boilermakers had eight.

Sophomore forward Kayla Budish recorded two shots, one on goal to lead Purdue. Senior goalkeeper Charlotte Cyr stopped six shots, a season-best total, while her CU counterpart made three saves.

It was a warm and mostly-sunny afternoon at Prentup Field, though light rain passed through intermittently. The second half was preceded by a weather delay of 35 minutes due to lightning in the area.

Colorado recorded the game’s first three shots within the opening six minutes, and Cyr made saves on the first two before the third was forced wide.

Budish’s first chance came in the 10th minute after a run down the right side of the field, but her ball into the six went wide. Senior midfielder Nicole Kevdzija sent a shot off target in the 16th minute before two Colorado chances, one wide and another blocked.

Freshman midfielder Lauren Adam sent a shot on goal that was saved in the 20th minute before the Buffaloes found their first goal. At 23:15, Amaya Gonzalez scored unassisted. A shot saved by freshman midfielder Lauren Omholt quickly followed.

CU added to its lead at 29:32 thanks to Faith Leyba. She scored off a corner kick by Gonzalez. Cyr made another save in the 32nd minute, and her fourth stop of the half came in the 44th minute.

Purdue was outshot 10-4 in the first half, and the Buffs held a 6-2 advantage in shots on target. The home side earned both corner kicks in the opening 45 minutes.

Ten minutes into the second half, Cyr made a great save on a deflected ball inside the six-yard box. Less than a minute later, Budish had a chance from the edge of the penalty area on the far right side near the goal line, but her ball in was scooped up by the Colorado keeper.

The Boilermakers had the next two shots, blocked by senior forward Zoie Allen in the 63rd minute and high by senior midfielder Emily Mathews in the 65th. Mathews earned her opportunity on a breakaway and took a shot from the top of the 18.

Another Cyr save, diving to her right on a shot from the left side, took place in the 79th minute before the Buffaloes made it 3-0 at 84:00. Hope Leyba scored from Ava Priest.

That ended up being the final shot of the game, as CU held a 4-3 edge in shots in the second half and a 3-1 advantage in shots on target. Both teams had one corner kick, while the Boilermakers were called for seven fouls to the Buffs’ two.

Up next, the Boilermakers return to Folk Field for the final two non-conference games of the season, beginning against TCU on Thursday, September 7, at 7 p.m. ET. Thursday night’s matchup begins a three-game homestand for the Old Gold and Black.

PURDUE MEN’S GOLF

BOILERMAKERS START FAST, END FAST TO TAKE ROUND 1 LEAD

HARTFORD, Wis. – The Purdue men’s golf team started and ended strong en route to the 18-hole lead at the Marquette Intercollegiate on a hot day at Erin Hills.

The Boilermakers totaled a 1-under par 287 to take a two-shot lead over host Marquette after round one at the site of the 2017 U.S. Open. Augusta is in third at 3-over par, while California is in fourth at 6-over par and Chattanooga rounds out the top five at 8-over par.

Purdue started fast, moving to 3-under par through the team’s first five holes, but then stumbled in the middle of the round, playing the next nine holes in a combined 8-over par to fall out of the lead.

But the Boilermakers righted the ship over the finishing stretch, playing the final quartet of holes in 6-under par to take the two-shot lead into Monday’s second round.

Junior Nels Surtani led the Boilermakers with a 2-under par 70, good for third after 18 holes. Surtani played a steady round with 12 pars, four birdies and two bogeys. He was even-par until birdies on 15 and 17 moved him into the top five.

Freshman Sam Easterbrook, playing in his first career event, is tied for sixth at 1-under par 71. Easterbrook birdied hole No. 1, then bogeyed No. 6, to drop to even par. He ended the round with a birdie on his final hole for a 71. He finished with 15 pars, two birdies and a bogey.

Peyton Snoeberger also ended his round in style with birdies on his final two holes, and three of his final four holes, for an even-par 72. He was 3-over par through 14 holes before his late surge. He enters tomorrow’s round in a 12th-place tie.

Herman Sekne is in the top 20 with a 2-over par 74 and Nick Dentino shot a 3-over par 75, currently in the top 30.

In addition, playing as an individual, Luke Prall is tied for third at 2-under par 70.

Purdue will play round two on Monday at Erin Hills.

PURDUE WOMEN’S GOLF

WOMEN’S GOLF BEGINS SEASON AT HOME, HOSTING THE BOILERMAKER CLASSIC

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Women’s Golf begins the 2023-24 fall season at home, welcoming 14 teams to West Lafayette for the Boilermaker Classic (Sept. 4-5). The 54-hole stroke play tournament will be contested on the Kampen-Cosler Course at the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex.

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

Monday, Sept. 4: Rounds 1 and 2 (9 a.m. ET Shotgun Start)

Tuesday, Sept. 5: Round 3 (9 a.m. ET Shotgun Start)

THE LINEUP (+3 INDIVIDUALS)

Jocelyn Bruch – Sr. (Hole No. 1)

Making her 21st appearance as a Boilermaker

Played in 10 tournaments a season ago, producing a 75.69 stroke average

Recorded the team-low round three times throughout the season

Placed 18th at last spring’s Lady Buckeye Invitational for her first career Top 20 finish, carding two rounds of par-or-better (71-76-72—219)

Led Purdue at The Show in Las Vegas last season, tying for 31st at 6-over (75-71-76—222)

Won the Hoosier Amateur over the summer

Two-time Academic All-Big Ten

Momo Sugiyama – Jr. (Hole No. 1)

Big Ten Preseason Watch List

Making her 13th appearance as a Boilermaker after playing in all 12 tournaments a season ago

2022-23 Second Team All-Big Ten

Tied Purdue’s single-season record with six rounds in the 60s

Started the 2022-23 season ranked No. 647 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking and ended it at No. 201

Led the team in stroke average (73.31), team-low round (14), rounds in the 60s (6) and pars (410) last season

In her first season as Boilermaker, recorded three Top 5 performances and led Purdue in six different tournaments

Held a perfect 4.0 GPA throughout the school year, collecting several academic accolades: WGCAA All-American Scholar Team, Big Ten Distinguished Scholar, Academic All-Big Ten

Ashley Kozlowski – Sr. (Hole No. 2)

Big Ten Preseason Watch List

Playing in her 29th tournament as a Boilermaker, more than anyone on the current team

Appeared in 11 of the 12 tournaments a season ago, ranking second on the team with a 73.75 stroke average

Made a team-best four eagles throughout the season

Produced three Top 10 finishes, matching the team high

Tied for fourth at the NCAA Raleigh Regional with a season-low 213 (-3), nearly qualifying for the national championships as an individual

Named B1G Women’s Golfer of the Week (Feb. 15), becoming the first Boilermaker to earn the honor since 2019 after leading the Boilermakers to a win at the Tulane Classic and placing runner-up for the best finish of her career

Starred in the classroom as an aeronautical and astronautical engineering major, earning several academic honors: WGCAA All-American Scholar Team, Big Ten Distinguished Scholar, Academic All-Big Ten

Natasha Kiel – Jr. (Hole No. 2)

Making her first appearance as a Boilermaker, but playing in her 13th collegiate tournament

Transferred to Purdue after two seasons at Vanderbilt

Last season, played in eight tournaments and produced a 74.4 stroke average

Fired a career-low 66 in the second round of the Mason Rudolph Championship last fall

Landed on the SEC Academic Honor Roll at the conclusion of last season

Named to the 2021-22 SEC All-Freshman Team

Kan Bunnabodee – Sr. (Hole No. 3)

Big Ten Preseason Watch List

Enters her fifth season at Purdue and will be making her 28th appearance as a Boilermaker

Played in all eight spring tournaments after missing the fall due to injury, recording a 74.57 stroke average

Cracked the Top 20 in four tournaments last season

Made 14 birdies to lead the 87-player field at last spring’s Lady Buckeye Invitational on her way to tying for 14th with a season-best 217 (+1)

2021-22 First Team All-Big Ten

Two-time Academic All-Big Ten

Jasmine Kahler – Fr. (Competing as an individual, Hole No. 17)

Making her Purdue debut

Produced a 72.5 stroke average during her final high school season, including a 34.8 average for nine-hole matches

Won the San Diego Section CIF (California Interscholastic Federation) at Torrey Pines and led her team to a fifth-place finish at the CIF State Championship to become the 2022 CIF San Diego Player of the Year

First team all-league honoree all four years of high school, while posting the lowest scoring differential in the CIF San Diego Section back-to-back years as a junior and senior

Jade Gu – Jr. (Competing as an individual, Hole No. 17)

Competing in her ninth tournament as a Boilermaker

Played in eight tournaments last season, cracking the lineup five times and tallying a 76.54 stroke average

Tied for 26th in her Purdue debut, second best on the team, at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship with a 3-over 216 (73-71-72); her second round 71 was a career best

Was a star in the classroom, earning several academic honors: WGCAA All-American Scholar Team, Big Ten Distinguished Scholar, Academic All-Big Ten

Lana Malek – Fr. (Competing as an individual, Hole No. 18)

Making her Purdue debut

Recorded a 74.5 stroke average last year and qualified for the 2022 World Amateur Team Championship

Was a member of the Slovenian National Team

Won the Hungarian Cup and the Hungarian Junior Open Championship

THE FIELD

Alabama

Ball State

Charlotte

Georgia Southern

Indiana

James Madison

Long Beach State

Louisville

Mercer

Minnesota

Notre Dame

Old Dominion

Purdue

Rutgers

Western Kentucky

THE COURSE

Two championship 18-hole courses make up the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex, both designed by legendary golf course architect Pete Dye.

The Boilermaker Classic will be contested on the Kampen-Cosler Course, a links-style par 72 that will play at 6,299 yards.

Kampen-Cosler is rated one of the top collegiate courses in the nation and has been awarded 4.5 stars on Golf Digest’s “Places to Play.” Kampen-Cosler is ranked as one of the most difficult golf courses in Indiana.

The course hosted a number of prestigious collegiate and public tournaments, including the 2003 NCAA Women’s Golf Championship and the 2005 Women’s Western Amateur.

HISTORY AT HOME

The Boilermakers will be hosting a tournament on one of their home courses for the first time since 2019, when the Boilermaker Classic was held on the Ackerman-Allan Course.

In the 2019 Boilermaker Classic, assistant coach Lauren Guiao placed fifth on the individual leaderboard with rounds of 73 (+1) and 72 (E).

The last time Purdue hosted an event on the Kampen-Cosler Course occurred during the 2013-14 season; the Boilermakers went head-to-head against Kent State and Iowa in the Purdue Rainy Day Shootout.

OLD GOLD AND BLACK IS THE NEW GOLD AND BLACK

One of the newest Boilermakers is trading in her old gold and black for the official Old Gold and Black, as Natasha Kiel joins the team after spending the past two seasons at Vanderbilt.

Kiel made 12 tournament appearances throughout her two years with the Commodores, including eight a season ago.

The New Hope, Pennsylvania, native recorded a 74.4 stroke average both seasons, and her sophomore campaign was highlighted by a career-low 66 in the second round of the Mason Rudolph Championship.

Kiel is the second transfer recruited to Purdue under head coach Zack Byrd, joining 2022 Second Team All-Big Ten honoree Momo Sugiyama (Hawaii).

PRESEASON B1G HONOREES

A trio of Boilermakers were named Big Ten Preseason Women’s Golf Watch List, the conference office announced ahead of the season. Kan Bunnabodee, Ashley Kozlowski and Momo Sugiyama received the recognition.

Bunnabodee, a 2022 First Team All-Big Ten honoree, enters her fifth season at Purdue and has appeared in 27 tournaments as a Boilermaker. She played in all eight spring tournaments last season after missing the fall due to injury.

Kozlowski is another veteran, having played in 28 tournaments over her career to lead the 2023-24 squad. Last season, Kozlowski posted a 73.75 stroke average over 32 rounds (11 tournaments) to rank second on the team. Thirteen of those rounds were par-or-better, a team best, which included a season-low 68.

Sugiyama earned Second Team All-Big Ten accolades after leading Purdue in stroke average (73.31), team-low rounds (14), rounds in the 60 (6) and Top 5 finishes (3) throughout the 2022-23 campaign. Her six rounds in the 60s matched a single-season school record, and she fired a 2-under 142 (73-69) at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic for the second-best 36-hole total in program history.

2022-23 RECAP

In the first season under head coach Zack Byrd, the Boilermakers earned their eighth straight NCAA Regional berth and nearly qualified for the NCAA Championships for the second year in-a-row.

Byrd’s first spring in charge was highlighted by leading Purdue to the team title at the Tulane Classic, the first tournament victory since 2018.

Purdue produced four Top 5 finishes throughout the season.

Momo Sugiyama provided an immediate impact in her first season as a Boilermaker. The Hawaii transfer recorded six rounds in the 60s to tie a single-season school record, while earning Second Team All-Big Ten honors at the end of the season.

Four Boilermakers appeared in at least 10 of the 12 tournaments on the schedule: Sugiyama (12), Danielle du Toit (12), Ashley Kozlowski (11) and Jocelyn Bruch (10). Du Toit graduated, but Purdue returns the other three starters.

After missing the fall due to injury, Kan Bunnabodee bounced back by playing in all eight spring tournaments and cracked the Top 20 in four of them.

A LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE

After the season-opening home tournament, the Boilermakers travel to nine different states and Puerto Rico as part of their schedule.

The 2023-24 slate features four tournaments in the fall before six spring tournaments prep Purdue for the Big Ten Championship and NCAA Regionals.

Purdue will host its second tournament of the year in the spring, except it will take place in Puerto Rico. A regular on the Purdue schedule from 2003-2020, the Puerto Rico Classic makes its triumphant return following a three-year hiatus.

NEXT ON THE TEE

Purdue goes from West Lafayette to East Lansing for the Mary Fossum Invitational (Sept. 17-18), hosted by Michigan State.

BUTLER WOMEN’S GOLF

BAYLOR MAKES BEST OF OPPORTUNITIES TO DEFEAT BUTLER WOMEN’S SOCCER

INDIANAPOLIS – The Butler women’s soccer team created numerous shots but was unable to finish in a 2-0 loss to Baylor. While the two sides were even at the break with five shots apiece, the Bulldogs (2-4-0, 0-0-0 BIG EAST) produced 13 offensive opportunities in the second half. After scoring both goals in the first half, the visiting Bears (3-1-1, 0-0-0 Big Twelve) withstood the pressure and held on for the win.

Key Moments

19′ | Baylor’s Skylar Zinnecker steals the ball from Butler’s defensive line and passes outside to Jenna Patterson. With a give-and-go, Petterson sends the ball back in to a wide-open Zinnecker who skoots it into the right side of the net. The Bears take a 1-0 lead.

35′ | Baylor’s Natalie Vatter plays the ball from the middle of the field to teammate Tyler Isgrig on the left side. After a couple of touches forward, Isgrig sends the ball to the six-yard line and Hallie Augustyn heads it into the right side of the net. The Bears are not up by two.

Butler Points Summary

GOALS: (none)

ASSISTS: (none)

Bulldog Bits

Butler outshot Baylor, 18-6. Abigail Isger led the Bulldogs’ offensive attack with four shots, while Norah Jacomen and Talia Sommer each had three.

The Bulldogs had five shots on goal compared to four for the Bears. In addition to Isger, Jacomen, and Sommer, Aliya Diagne and Sara Trandji each put one on frame.

Anna Pierce (2-2-0) made two saves in the match.

BUTLER MEN’S SOCCER

BULLDOGS AT WESTERN MICHIGAN FOR THIRD CONSECUTIVE ROAD MATCH

The Butler men’s soccer team plays its third consecutive match on the road, this time traveling to Western Michigan for a Labor Day Holiday contest. The Bulldogs (0-2) are coming off a 3-1 loss at SIUE, while the Broncos most recently defeated Air Force, 1-0.

Bulldog Bits

Palmer Ault was named the 2023 Preseason BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Year and to the Preseason All-BIG EAST Team. He finished the 2022 season with the following BIG EAST and (national) rankings: game-winning goals-1st (6th), goals-2nd (25th), points-3rd (22nd), assists-6th (98th), .442 shot accuracy-8th, 2.26 shots per game-10th

The Bulldogs’ 2023 roster – which features 10 newcomers – includes players from nine different states. Eight players are from Michigan, and there are three each from both Indiana and Illinois. There is also international representation from four different countries. There are three each from both England and the Netherlands and one each from France and Spain.

Butler’s 2023 schedule features five teams who were ranked in the Preseason Top 25 national rankings: No. 24 Saint Louis (8/24), No. 2 Indiana (9/19), No. 17 Georgetown (9/29), No. 8 Creighton (10/7), and No. 22 Akron (10/28).

In 2022, the Bulldogs were ranked as high as No. 12 in the Sept. 4 poll. Butler went 1-2-1 vs. ranked opponents: No. 14 Marshall W, 1-0, No. 15 Indiana L, 1-2, No. 19 Xavier T, 3-3, No. 17 Georgetown L, 1-2 (2OT).

at SIUE

Palmer Ault’s goal was his second of the season and the 12th of his career.

Butler outshot SUIE, 11-7, and 5-4 on goal.

Ault led the Bulldogs with three shots. Hemi Nasser had two shots, both on goal, and Jan Quispel also had a pair, with one on frame.

The Matchup

SERIES RECORD: series tied, 4-4-0

LAST MEETING: Aug. 25, 2022 – Indianapolis, Ind. – Butler 2, Western Michigan 0

Western Michigan won the 2021 contest in Kalamazoo, 2-0.

The Broncos have won two of the last three matches in the series, but the Bulldogs have won three of the last five.

The teams first met in 2013 in Indianapolis (Butler 2, Western Michigan 1).

Scouting Western Michigan

Previous match: at Air Force W, 1-0

Western Michigan also has a win over Utah Valley (3-1). The Broncos lost to No. 12 Vermont (2-0).

Individual Statistics

Offensive standouts for Western Michigan include:

#27 Carson Hodgson (2g, 1a)

#25 Charlie Sharp (2g, 1a)

#1 Ethan Brandt (2-1) has tended the net for the Broncos in all three matches this season. He has allowed three goals and has made 15 saves. He has one shutout.

IUPUI WOMEN’S SOCCER

JAGUARS THUMP TENNESSEE TECH, 5-2

INDIANAPOLIS – The IUPUI women’s soccer team had an offensive eruption, scoring the game’s first five goals en route to an easy 5-2 home win over Tennessee Tech on Sunday (Sept. 3). Head coach Chris Johnson’s squad got goals from five different offensive sources with senior Jessica Jacobs netting the game-winner late in the first half. Freshman Lindsey Castillo had a goal and an assist and senior Leah Shumate had a pair of assists in the victory.

“To have five different people score today was just super exciting,” Castillo said. “I think we really needed it after our past couple games were a little rough, so I think today really put us on a good note going into next week’s game against Dayton.”

The five goals were the Jaguars’ most since scoring eight in a win over Marian in August 2016 and matched the program’s most against a Division I opponent since scoring five against Youngstown State in October 2001.

Senior Emma Manolovic cracked open the scoring in the 14th minute, scoring from in close after a combination of passes. The Illinois-native had just learned of her first career start earlier that morning and responded with her first collegiate goal in her 35th appearance.

“I was a little shocked,” Manolovic said of learning that she was among the starting lineup. “I was at a wedding yesterday, so I found out this morning and I also found out I was starting center back, which I hadn’t even practiced there before, but thankfully (Kailyn Smith) was a good partner in crime there.”

Castillo followed with a goal just off the near post in the 32nd minute for her first collegiate score, setup by a Shumate pass. Jacobs made it 3-0 just before halftime when she cleaned up Castillo’s back post service for her second score of the season.

The IUPUI (4-2) attack kept the heat on early in the second half, netting two goals in a 45-second span to build a five-goal advantage. Smith headed home a Shumate corner kick in the 49th minute for her first career score and freshman Avery Bangert followed with a quality finish off a feed from Emma Antoine in the 50th minute.

IUPUI finally conceded a score in the 53rd minute when Katie Toney snuck a shot inside the far post against Cailynn Junk and Bailey Taylor tallied in transition in the 69th minute.

IUPUI finished with a dominant 23-14 shot advantage and earned 10 corner kicks. Thirteen of the Jaguars’ 23 shot attempts were on frame, keeping the TTU goalkeeping duo of Maggie Conrad and Kendall Curran busy. Ashton Kudlo made two saves for the Jaguars in a clean first half while Junk made two saves after halftime.

Senior Sam Slimak had a team-high five shot attempts off the IUPUI bench while Antoine had three attempts.

IUPUI will return to action on Thursday (Sept. 7) when it faces Dayton at 7:00 p.m. on ESPN+.

BALL STATE MEN’S GOLF

MEN’S GOLF OPENS 2023 FALL SEASON AT GOLFWEEK KICKOFF

MUNCIE, Ind. – The Ball State men’s golf team opens its fall season at the 2023 GolfWeek Collegiate Kickoff at the Dalhousie Golf Club in Columbia, Mo. The 54-hole event will be hosted by the University of Missouri featuring 12 NCAA Division I teams from around the country, Sept. 4-5.

The 12-team field consists of Ball State, Louisiana-Monroe, LSU, Missouri, New Mexico State, Oral Roberts, Sam Houston State, Stetson, Texas-Arlington, UTEP, UT-Martin and UTRGV.

Monday’s play will be a 36-hole day with a 10 a.m. ET shotgun. The Cardinals will then end play Tuesday with 18-holes which is set to begin at 9:30 a.m. ET.

Ball State’s five-man lineup consists of junior Kash Bellar, sophomore Carter Smith, junior Griffin Hare, freshman Alec Cesare and junior Braxton Kuntz. The two individuals competing for the Cardinals will be grad student Trey Wilson and junior Ali Khan.

The Cardinals look to build off a successful 2023 spring campaign that saw Ball State place second at the Mid-American Conference Championships while also earning a bid to the postseason National Golf Invitational where Bellar won the individual title.

NOTRE DAME WOMEN’S SOCCER

#15 IRISH ANSWER ROAD TEST WITH 2-1 WIN AT MICHIGAN ST

EAST LANSING, Mich. – The first true road test of the season for No. 15 Notre Dame women’s soccer team (3-0-2) and it came against the 2022 Big Ten champions (RV) Michigan State (4-2-0). The Fighting Irish passed the test admirably with a 2-1 victory on Sunday afternoon.

The star of the match was none other than Ellie Ospeck, who recorded three points on the day. The senior, who scored the late-match equalizer in the draw against top-10 ranked Arkansas, carried that momentum into East Lansing where she scored in the 10th minute of the game. Leah Klenke registered her second assist on the season on Ospeck’s goal.

However, Ospeck wasn’t done there, for she picked up the assist on Notre Dame’s second goal that came in the 51st minute. Ospeck crossed to forward Maddie Mercado who tallied her second goal on the season.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Irish didn’t waste much time to get on the scoreboard, doing so in the 10th minute – connecting pass-after-pass, it was a beautiful setup. Holding the ball in the middle of the field, Kiki Van Zanten distributed the ball out wide to Leah Klenke on the left. Klenke then hit a dangerous low cross that found a sliding Ellie Ospeck for the goal.

From there on, not too many chances for either squad for both teams went into halftime with one shot on goal. The one shot Michigan State had though, Irish keeper Ashley Naylor came up big. With the ball floating around Notre Dame’s own six-yard box and a Spartan player winding up for the tap-in goal, Naylor sprung into action and gobbled the ball up and the impending kick.

The second Irish goal came in the 51st minute and it came on the counter-attack. In a similar fashion, Van Zanten delivered the ball out wide, but this time to Ospeck on the right side. Opseck then crossed it back to the left to Mercado at the top of the box. After she beat her defender with a move, Mercado fired off the shot to the far post and in.

Opseck almost netted a brace in the 62nd minute. Van Zanten delivered a nice through ball into the Michigan State box. Ospeck, who was bumping shoulder-to-shoulder with a Spartan defender, got to the ball first and got a shot off, but the keeper made a kick save.

Just minutes later, Van Zanten took the ball down the right side and hit another beautiful ball to the back post, but no Irish player could get there in time.

Fast forward to the 81st minute and the combo of Ospeck and Van Zanten nearly obtained goal number three in the match on a breakaway attempt. Van Zanten got the shot off but it was blocked at the last second.

Michigan State got its lone goal in the 88th minute, scoring off of a corner kick.

UP NEXT

The Irish will look to check off another Big Ten foe when Michigan comes to South Bend on Thursday, Sept. 7, at 7 p.m. ET. The matchup against the Wolverines will be their Irish Wear Green game. We are encouraging all fans in attendance to match the Irish as they don their new green jerseys.

INDIANA STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER

SYCAMORES DROP 2-0 DECISION AT YOUNGSTOWN STATE TO CLOSE OUT ROAD TRIP

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Youngstown State scored in both halves on Sunday afternoon and Indiana State’s attempt at a late answer was denied as the Sycamores fell on the road at Farmers National Bank Field, 2-0.

Youngstown State (4-1-1) scored on Maddie Keister’s goal on the 18th minute and Lianna Van Sice’s putaway shot in the 84th to give the Penguins the win over the visiting Sycamores. Indiana State (0-2-4) had its chances throughout the match including a trio of shots point-blank inside the box in the 82nd minute, but Mackenzie Kent’s attempt that clipped the bottom of the crossbar and went to the turf was not called in favor of ISU as the Sycamores were unable to a goal on the board in the contest.

The Sycamores pounded the net with 14 shots on Sunday marking their third consecutive game with double-digit attempts paced by Kent’s four. Brooklyn Woods and Alexa Mackey both had two shots on goal in ISU defeat.

Maddie Alexander faced 14 shots from the Youngstown State offense in the contest and posted five saves in the match. The senior goalkeeper was challenged constantly throughout the match, but stood strong during a few one-on-one situations to keep Indiana State within striking distance.

YSU took advantage of six corner kicks in the match with Keister finding the back of the net first in the 18th minute off the assist from Van Sice. The Penguins added a late goal thanks to strong ball movement with passes from Chloe Weiland and Elis Spindola finding Van Sice in front of the net to provide the final scoring margin.

YSU keeper Brooklyn Kirkpatrick recorded her second shutout the season securing seven saves in the win. Weiland and Abriana Rondin combined for five of Youngstown State’s 14 shot attempts in the match.

News & Notes

Mackenzie Kent recorded a season-high four shots on Sunday afternoon to pace the Sycamore offense. The ISU forward leads the Sycamores with 12 shots on the season.

Alexa Mackey and Maddie Alexander went all 90 minutes for the Sycamores again. The duo remain the lone ISU players to play all 540 minutes to date in the season.

The Sycamores posted 14 shots on Sunday afternoon marking the third consecutive match ISU has reached double-digit shot attempts. The last time ISU accomplished the feat was back over October 22-31 against Illinois State, Southern Illinois, and Evansville at the end of the 2021 season.

Maddie Alexander is closing in on becoming the fifth ISU goalkeeper to post 200 career saves following her five-save effort on Sunday afternoon. The Sycamore keeper sits with 196 career saves following the first six matches of the 2023 season.

Up Next

Indiana State returns home to Memorial Stadium on Thursday, September 7, as the Sycamores welcome UT Martin to Terre Haute for a mid-afternoon match. Kickoff time is set for 3 p.m. ET with the match set to be streamed on ESPN+.

PURDUE FT. WAYNE WOMEN’S SOCCER

MORGAN GALLAGHER SCORES FIRST CAREER GOAL IN ‘DONS’ WIN OVER VALPARAISO

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Morgan Gallagher scored the first goal of her career on Sunday (Sept. 3) in Purdue Fort Wayne’s 1-0 win over Valparaiso.

The Mastodons have held their opponents without a goal for the last 350:16, which stands as a program record. The last three results for the ‘Dons have been shutouts: 1-0 win at Southern Indiana, 0-0 draw vs. Eastern Illinois and 1-0 win vs. Valparaiso. The ‘Dons also held SIUE scoreless over the final 80:16 prior to the active shutout streak.

The ‘Dons have four shutouts in six games, halfway to the program record of eight set last season. The Mastodons are also unbeaten at home over their last 12 matches, a streak which extends back to the 2021 season.

This was the fourth win in a row for Purdue Fort Wayne over Valparaiso, a team that won 13 of the prior 16 meetings.

In Sunday’s match, Gallagher and Morgan Reitano teamed up deep in the Beacons’ territory in minute 21, drawing the Valpo goalkeeper out of the box. This allowed Gallagher to go one-on-one with keeper Nikki Coryell and score. This was the Mastodons’ fourth shot of the game, as the two teams traded several shots early.

With the Beacons on their heels, Purdue Fort Wayne spent the rest of the contest either pushing the offensive envelope or locking up the Valpo offense on the other side of the field. Samantha Castaneda shut down any opportunities the Beacons had, coming up with seven saves in the match, which was a season-high. She now owns 14 career shutouts, extending her program record.

Bella Reitano took a team-high four shots with two on-target.

Purdue Fort Wayne improves to 3-2-1, while Valparaiso falls to the same record. The Mastodons remain at home this week when Eastern Michigan comes to Fort Wayne on Thursday (Sept. 7) for a 7 p.m. match.

SOUTHERN INDIANA WOMEN’S SOCCER

EAGLES FALL IN DUEL AGAINST HAWKS

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Women’s Soccer continued its strong stretch of play on Sunday afternoon, but the Screaming Eagles began their three-match homestand on the wrong end of a 2-0 loss against the University of North Dakota.

Sunday’s result moved USI to 0-5-1 on the season, as the Screaming Eagles push forward in non-conference play and their preparation for the Ohio Valley Conference season. For North Dakota, out of the Summit League, the Fighting Hawks won their second consecutive match and extended their unbeaten streak to four.

The match started with both teams trying to assert their style of play. USI sophomore keeper Anna Markland (Hoover, Alabama) and North Dakota’s fifth-year senior keeper Madi Livingston made a pair of saves early in the first half. Livingston stopped shots from USI sophomore defender Charli Grafton (Sunriver, Oregon) and freshman forward Pilar Torres (Chula Vista, California). The Screaming Eagles turned up the pressure on North Dakota’s defensive half of the field, controlling the possession.

Following the first-half hydration break, North Dakota quickly took back the momentum. As play resumed, the Fighting Hawks raced up the field and dropped a pass back that was put into the back of the net at the 22-minute mark. However, the Screaming Eagles continued to be the aggressors, getting a couple of shots on goal a few minutes later from sophomore midfielder Peyton Murphy (Bargersville, Indiana) and senior midfielder Paige Vanek (St. Charles, Missouri). Within the last minute of the first half, sophomore forward Deklan Larring (Franklin, Tennessee) sent in a strong strike that forced Livingston to make a high, punch-away save, keeping the score 1-0 North Dakota at the intermission.

Out of halftime, USI continued to control the flow of the match, despite the game’s pace and physicality increasing in the second half. Vanek recorded her second shot on goal in the 50th minute but was saved by Livingston. USI also added to its high tally of corner kicks, getting opportunities off set pieces and the Screaming Eagles’ relentless pressure. Midway into the second half, USI’s reserves helped maintain the pressure up front.

In the latter minutes of the second half, USI started to push its numbers forward to try and find an equalizing goal. North Dakota’s defensive unit held tight, getting stops and creating counter opportunities in the other direction. In the 86th minute, North Dakota’s sophomore midfielder Amelia Loeffler had her shot punched away by Markland. Loeffler was coming off a two-goal game on Thursday and scored the game-winner in 2022 against USI. With North Dakota still ahead 1-0, USI went back in the other direction, getting a final chance from sophomore defender Brynn Quick (Cottage Grove, Minnesota), whose shot missed high. Inside the final minute, North Dakota took advantage of the high numbers from USI and countered for a second goal that closed out the match.

For the contest, both programs totaled 10 shots apiece. USI placed six shots on goal compared to North Dakota’s five. Southern Indiana doubled up North Dakota in corner kicks, 8-4. Vanek led USI as the only player to take two shots, putting both on frame. In goal, Markland finished with three saves.

Southern Indiana continues its homestand at Strassweg Field on Thursday at 7 p.m. against Austin Peay State University. Thursday’s match can be seen with a subscription to ESPN+.

VALPO WOMEN’S SOCCER

SOCCER DROPS ONE-GOAL DECISION AT PURDUE FORT WAYNE

A goal midway through the first half proved to be the difference Sunday afternoon in Fort Wayne, Ind., as the Valpo soccer team fell 1-0 at Purdue Fort Wayne to kick off a stretch of five consecutive road matches.

How It Happened

After absorbing pressure from the Mastodons over the game’s first few minutes, the Beacons controlled the vast majority of the final 38 minutes of the first half.

In fact, Purdue Fort Wayne had just one shot attempt over that stretch, but it was a decisive one, as a defensive miscue led to a goal for Morgan Gallagher.

Meanwhile, Valpo kept the pressure on, racking up 12 shot attempts and four corner kicks in the opening half. But Mastodon goalkeeper Samantha Castaneda stopped all five Beacon efforts on goal to keep the Mastodons in front.

Valpo goalkeeper Nikki Coryell (Aurora, Ill./Metea Valley) stopped a trio of shots in the second half to keep the Mastodons on one goal, but the Beacons were unable to find the equalizer in the final 45 minutes.

Inside the Match

The game was the first of five consecutive on the road for the Beacons, who will not play at home on Brown Field until Sept. 28.

Valpo out-shot PFW 14-10 for the match and put seven shots on goal to the Mastodons’ six.

Coryell finished with five saves, while Castaneda made seven stops for PFW.

Four Valpo field players played the entire 90 minutes on Sunday, including fifth-year defender Nicole Norfolk (Menomonee Falls, Wis./Divine Savior Holy Angels), who is the lone field player to play all 540 minutes this season.

Thoughts From Head Coach John Marovich

“Finding results on the road is challenging normally, but especially if you give up a goal early on.”

“Our performance today didn’t have the same fluidity as in our other matches. We played a bit more rushed, which fed into our finishing in the box to be rushed.”

“We learned that we can be flexible in our shape when chasing the game. Although the result went against us today, the lessons we learned are valuable to our continued growth as a team.”

Next Up

Valpo (3-2-1) continues its stretch of road matches with its final weekend of nonconference play next weekend, beginning Friday night at 6 p.m. CT at Youngstown State. That match can be seen live on ESPN+.

VALPO VOLLEYBALL

RAVOTTO MVP OF POPCORN CLASSIC; BLACKKETTER, JANUSKI EARN ALL-TOURNAMENT HONORS

The Valpo volleyball team had a trio of players honored for their contributions to the Beacons’ Popcorn Classic championship with spots on the All-Tournament Team. Fifth-year outside hitter Bella Ravotto (Mishawaka, Ind./Marian) was tabbed Tournament MVP and was joined on the All-Tournament Team by senior right side Olivia Blackketter (Bloomington, Ind./Bloomington South [Winthrop]) and senior middle hitter Mallory Januski (Bourbonnais, Ill./Bradley-Bourbonnais).

Ravotto averaged a team-high 3.30 kills/set on the weekend while hitting at a .247 clip and also delivered 4.30 digs/set. She opened the weekend with a team-best nine kills on .421 hitting and nine digs in the sweep of Western Illinois. Versus Eastern Michigan, Ravotto led all players with 16 kills and added 18 digs in the thrilling five-set win, and against Oakland, she tied for team-high honors with eight kills and led all players with 16 digs.

With the score tied at 18-18 in the second set against the Eagles, she came up with back-to-back kills and later served out the final four points of the set. Then, trailing 2-1 in the match in set four and with what had been an 11-5 lead cut to 11-10, Ravotto came up with three straight kills for the Beacons to start a stretch which saw Valpo out-score EMU the rest of the match, 29-10. In the win over Oakland, Ravotto came up with a big four-point service run in the second set to turn an 18-15 deficit into a 19-18 lead as Valpo eventually won the frame, 25-22.

Januski hit .434 with 2.40 kills/set and 10 blocks over the three victories. She had a huge performance in the win over Eastern Michigan, finishing with 14 kills on .591 hitting — the third-best hitting percentage in a five-set match in program history — and a team-best five blocks. Januski posted three kills and two blocks in limited action in the sweep of WIU and closed the tournament with seven kills on .368 hitting and three blocks in the victory over Oakland.

Januski saved her best for the decisive set against Eastern Michigan. Valpo’s edge was just 4-3 before Januski tallied four kills over the next eight points, part of a 6-2 Beacon spurt which pushed the lead to 10-5 and kicked off a larger 11-3 run to close out the come-from-behind victory.

Blackketter was instrumental in Valpo’s win over Oakland to close out the tournament, matching her high in the Beacon uniform with seven kills on .333 hitting while adding three blocks. The timing of her contributions was impeccable against the Golden Grizzlies, starting with a block and a kill on consecutive points to close out Valpo’s 5-0 run to finish out its comeback to take the second set. Then, trailing 16-13 in the second set, Blackketter came up with three kills as part of a 6-1 Valpo spurt which gave the Beacons the lead for good.

For Ravotto, she earned the third All-Tournament Team accolade of her career, including her second MVP honor. Januski picked up her second career All-Tournament Team award, while Blackketter earned her first career All-Tournament honor. The trio were joined by Oakland’s Patti Cesarini and Kennedy Dolmage, Eastern Michigan’s Elle McLoughlin and Western Illinois’ Maggie Craker to round out the All-Tournament Team.

Ravotto, Blackketter and Januski and their teammates return to the court on Friday afternoon at Austin Peay’s Stacheville Challenge.

MARIAN WOMEN’S SOCCER

MARIAN BATTLES EMBRY-RIDDLE TO A 2-2 DRAW IN TOP-10 SHOWDOWN

PRESCOTT, Ariz. – The No. 2 Marian women’s soccer team battled through wild weather with No. 9 Embry-Riddle to kick off their Arizona trip. The game was nothing short of a top-10 battle as it was a fight on both sides from start to finish. The Knights ended in a 2-2 draw with the Eagles, bringing their record to 3-0-1.

The first half of action proved to be fairly even fight as both teams were challenging each other on both sides of the pitch. Embry-Riddle was the first to strike with a shot over the goal, before Grace Crawford took the first shot on target, forcing the goalie to make the early save. The hosts fired off the next three shots, but it was Crawford again and Delaney Taylor putting shots on frame that would end in the hands of the keeper.

With the score still locked at 0-0, both teams were trying to find the first goal in hopes of taking the 1-0 lead. Marian and Embry-Riddle continued to go back and forth, with both teams getting shots off in the final seven minutes. Katie Koger had two close attempts at the end of the first half, making the goalie work on the first and hitting the crossbar on the second. Neither team could find the back of the net in the first 45 minutes, as the score was tied 0-0 at the break.

Marian came out firing first to begin the second half, with Koger and Crawford taking the first four shots. The Eagles saw their chance next, but were unable to execute on the attempt. After 59 minutes of play, the Knights found themselves on the scoreboard first, with Silvia Quezada striking one in the back of the net. Embry-Riddle had a quick answer, as they matched the Knights’ goal at the 66th minute.

After tying the score at 1-1, the Eagles had their chance to take the lead after being awarded the penalty kick in the 80th minute. However, Kristen Morgan came up huge for the Knights, making the diving save and keeping the score deadlocked at 1-1.

Embry-Riddle out shot Marian in the next 13 minutes minutes of play, but it was Koger finding Naomi Walters in the box, who then headed it home to give Marian the 2-1 lead at the 81:57 mark. The Eagles spoiled the Marian lead minutes later with a solid strike of the ball to even the score 2-2 with less than five minutes to go. With time winding down, Koger took one last shot in hopes for the game-winning goal, but the Eagles’ goalie managed to come up with save and end the game at a 2-2 draw.

Quezada and Walters each scored for Marian, taking one and two shots, respectively. Koger had five shots and an assist, while Crawford dished out one assists and added four shots. Morgan played the full 90 minutes in goal, registering six saves and allowing two goals.

Marian will be back in action on Monday when they go up against (RV) Ottawa (Ariz.) at 11 a.m. to wrap up their Arizona trip.

MARIAN MEN’S SOCCER

MARIAN DEADLOCKS WITH LOURDES 0-0

SYLVANIA, Ohio – The Marian men’s soccer team fought hard, but never found back netting in a 0-0 draw against Lourdes. The tie brings Marian’s record to 1-0-2 overall.

The first 45 minutes proved to be back and forth, with Marian holding the one-shot advantage in the half, 6-5. Sebastian Gonzalez wasted no time as the senior forward blasted a shot wide in the first 45 seconds of the game. A little over five minutes later, Kent Bailey and Yoshiaki Takeishi each had shots go wide. Lourdes responded with four straight shots before Phillip Seifert took a chance at a header that ended wide. The two teams continued to look for their first goal, but would end the first half at 0-0.

Marian was the first to strike in the second half, with Agon Hoxa taking the header that found the hands of the keeper. The host came back with two shots of their own but would come up empty on their attempts. Both teams were firing off shots in search for the game-winning goal, but neither were able to find back netting. The Knights would outshoot their opponent, but the score still stayed locked at 0-0 for the full 90 minutes.

In Marian’s 14 shots, Tenorio, Seifert, Gonzalez, and Bailey all took two. Takeishi, Anton Bezborodov, Hoxa, and Gerald Ramirez added one. Juan Torres was in goal for the Knights, making five saves in his 90 minutes of action.

The Knights will return back home for their next game, as they host Trinity Christian at 7 p.m. on September 6.

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*****MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL STANDINGS*****

American League
East
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Home	Road	East	Central	West	Last 10	Streak
Baltimore	85	51	.625	–	42 – 26	43 – 25	26 – 15	20 – 8	16 – 10	7 – 3	W 2
Tampa Bay	83	54	.606	2.5	45 – 23	38 – 31	22 – 15	21 – 8	13 – 12	7 – 3	W 1
Toronto	75	62	.547	10.5	35 – 30	40 – 32	12 – 25	19 – 10	14 – 11	5 – 5	W 1
Boston	71	66	.518	14.5	36 – 33	35 – 33	19 – 14	18 – 11	14 – 15	4 – 6	W 2
NY Yankees	68	69	.496	17.5	36 – 33	32 – 36	16 – 26	15 – 11	19 – 13	7 – 3	W 3
Central
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Home	Road	East	Central	West	Last 10	Streak
Minnesota	71	66	.518	–	40 – 29	31 – 37	12 – 17	24 – 21	16 – 10	6 – 4	L 1
Cleveland	66	71	.482	5	35 – 34	31 – 37	14 – 14	21 – 22	13 – 12	6 – 4	L 1
Detroit	63	74	.460	8	29 – 40	34 – 34	6 – 23	28 – 15	10 – 15	5 – 5	W 4
Chi White Sox	53	84	.387	18	28 – 40	25 – 44	9 – 19	19 – 20	12 – 21	3 – 7	L 3
Kansas City	42	96	.304	29.5	24 – 45	18 – 51	7 – 20	13 – 27	6 – 19	2 – 8	L 2
West
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Home	Road	East	Central	West	Last 10	Streak
Seattle	77	59	.566	–	39 – 29	38 – 30	12 – 15	20 – 13	24 – 12	6 – 4	L 1
Texas	76	60	.559	1	43 – 26	33 – 34	14 – 11	19 – 10	21 – 15	4 – 6	W 1
Houston	77	61	.558	1	35 – 34	42 – 27	15 – 15	13 – 12	26 – 17	5 – 5	L 3
LA Angels	64	73	.467	13.5	32 – 33	32 – 40	13 – 13	14 – 8	18 – 25	3 – 7	L 3
Oakland	42	95	.307	35.5	23 – 45	19 – 50	7 – 22	11 – 14	10 – 30	6 – 4	W 3

National League
East
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Home	Road	East	Central	West	Last 10	Streak
Atlanta	90	46	.662	–	44 – 22	46 – 24	27 – 8	16 – 6	21 – 12	8 – 2	L 1
Philadelphia	75	61	.551	15	41 – 26	34 – 35	16 – 19	15 – 10	16 – 14	6 – 4	W 1
Miami	70	67	.511	20.5	38 – 31	32 – 36	19 – 21	13 – 10	12 – 16	5 – 5	W 4
NY Mets	63	74	.460	27.5	35 – 33	28 – 41	18 – 19	12 – 17	15 – 13	4 – 6	W 1
Washington	62	76	.449	29	29 – 40	33 – 36	15 – 28	12 – 14	14 – 14	3 – 7	L 5
Central
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Home	Road	East	Central	West	Last 10	Streak
Milwaukee	76	60	.559	–	40 – 28	36 – 32	12 – 10	25 – 14	13 – 19	7 – 3	L 1
Chi Cubs	73	64	.533	3.5	37 – 31	36 – 33	11 – 17	28 – 18	9 – 8	6 – 4	W 1
Cincinnati	71	68	.511	6.5	33 – 36	38 – 32	13 – 16	18 – 25	18 – 14	4 – 6	L 1
Pittsburgh	63	74	.460	13.5	32 – 36	31 – 38	10 – 10	19 – 24	16 – 15	6 – 4	L 1
St. Louis	59	78	.431	17.5	31 – 40	28 – 38	11 – 15	15 – 24	12 – 17	4 – 6	W 1
West
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Home	Road	East	Central	West	Last 10	Streak
LA Dodgers	84	52	.618	–	47 – 24	37 – 28	14 – 11	19 – 14	26 – 12	6 – 4	W 1
Arizona	70	67	.511	14.5	36 – 34	34 – 33	13 – 15	14 – 11	25 – 22	4 – 6	L 2
San Francisco	70	67	.511	14.5	38 – 31	32 – 36	13 – 18	20 – 10	19 – 14	4 – 6	L 3
San Diego	65	73	.471	20	38 – 34	27 – 39	15 – 14	9 – 20	20 – 23	4 – 6	W 3
Colorado	50	86	.368	34	29 – 38	21 – 48	14 – 20	11 – 13	8 – 27	2 – 8	L 1

*****TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY*****

1906 The Highlanders beat the Boston Americans, 1-0, at Huntington Avenue Grounds, ending a run in which the team played five consecutive doubleheaders in six days. New York’s overtime pays off when the team sweeps all of the twin bills, posting a 10-0 record during the streak.

1913 In his major league debut, 22-year-old Hal Schwenk pitches 11 innings, giving up 12 hits, but earns a complete-game victory when St. Louis defeats the White Sox at Sportsman’s Park, 5-4. The Browns’ rookie southpaw will never again appear in a big-league game.

1916 Pitching his only game not wearing a Giant uniform, Reds’ player-manager Christy Mathewson, beats his long-time nemesis Mordecai’ Three Finger’ Brown and the Cubs, 10-8. In the 25 contests, the two legends have faced one another, with Matty taking a 13-12 advantage in their final meeting by winning the last decision.

1917 After starting both ends of yesterday’s doubleheader, White Sox right-hander Red Faber throws a 13-6 complete-game victory against the Browns, making his third consecutive start for Chicago in two days. Zack Greinke becomes the next hurler to start three straight games in the same season by pitching the final game before the 2012 All-Star break for the Brewers after being ejected in the first inning the day before and then taking the mound to begin the second half of the season for the Brew Crew.

1923 Sam Jones no-hits the A’s, 2-0 at Shibe Park. The Yankee hurler does not strike out any Philadelphia batters, a feat not repeated until 1969, when Ken Holtzman becomes another pitcher to record a no-hitter without fanning a hitter.

1924 At Braves Field, the Brooklyn Robins take a twin bill from Boston, 9-1 and 5-1, sweeping their fourth doubleheader on the road in four consecutive days. Before arriving in Boston, Brooklyn swept the Phillies in three straight twin bills, winning six times at Philadelphia’s Baker. Bowl.

1927 Pirate teammates Lloyd and Paul Waner become the first pair of brothers to both homer in the same game when they go deep in the team’s 8-4 victory over Cincinnati at Redland Field. The siblings, who will also accomplish the feat in 1929 and 1938, each hit a bounce round-tripper.

1928 The Braves start a streak of playing nine consecutive doubleheaders, establishing a major league record. Boston will drop 14 of the 18 contests played during the twin bill marathon, successively playing the Dodgers (2-2), Phillies (1-3), the Giants (0-8), and the Cubs (1-1).

1941 The Yankees, who will finish 17 games ahead of the second-place Red Sox, clinch their third straight pennant when they beat Boston at Fenway Park, 6-3. The victory marks the earliest date in baseball history that a team has captured a flag.

1957 Orioles’ rookie right-hander Jerry Walker throws a four-hitter, blanking Washington in 10 innings, 1-0. The shutout is the 18-year-old bonus baby’s first major league victory.

1961 At Metropolitan Stadium, Joe Horlen makes his big league debut, hurling four innings of scoreless relief, getting the win in the White Sox’s 9-5 victory over Minnesota. The 24-year-old rookie right-hander, a last-minute call-up, is forced to wear the only road jersey the club has available, one without a number.

1966 The Dodgers become the first team to draw two million fans at home and two million on the road as 18,670 Crosley Field patrons watch Los Angeles beat their hometown Reds, 8-6.

1969 After thirty-one games, the third-longest consecutive game hitting streak in National League history ends when Dick Kelley and Gary Ross keeps Dodger Willie Davis hitless in a 3-0 loss to the Padres at San Diego Stadium. The LA center fielder, who goes 4-for-4 tomorrow, hit .435 in 124 at-bats during the span, including collecting at least one hit in every game the team played in August.

1969 Trailing by three runs entering the top of the ninth, the Orioles quickly tie the score when their first three batters, Frank Robinson, Boog Powell, and Brooks Robinson, hit consecutive solo home runs off Earl Wilson. The Birds score the eventual winning tally later in the frame and will beat the Tigers, 5-4.

1974 After Don Wilson pitched eight no-hit innings against the Reds, Astros’ manager Preston Gomez pulls him from the game in favor of a pinch-hitter. Mike Cosgrove gives up a hit to Tony Perez in the ninth, and Houston loses, 2-1.

1978 In his first major league at-bat, Dorian Boyland strikes out sitting on the bench. The Pirate rookie is removed with a 1-2 count when the Mets make a pitching change, and pinch-hitter Rennie Stennett takes the third strike.

1985 Following a three-homer performance last night, Gary Carter ties a major league record by hitting two solo round-trippers, becoming the 11th player in major league history to hit five home runs in two games. The future Hall of Fame catcher’s offensive output, including a run-producing single, contributes to the Mets’ 9-2 victory over the Padres at Jack Murphy Stadium.

1991 The Statistical Accuracy Committee re-defines a no-hit game as one ending after nine or more innings with one team failing to get a hit. The change removes 50 contests previously considered hitless, including Harvey Haddix’s twelve perfect innings against the Braves in 1959 and Jim Maloney’s 1-0 loss to the Mets in 11-innings 1965.

1991 Following commissioner Fay Vincent’s recommendation, baseball’s committee on statistical accuracy votes to eliminate the distinction of the number of games played in a league’s schedule in determining the all-time home run mark hit in a season. The decision can’t take away an asterisk because it never existed in the record books, but it does remove Babe Ruth’s name, leaving the other Yankee outfielder, Roger Maris, as the undisputed home run champ with 61 he hit in 1961.

1993 Jim Abbott, born without a right hand, no-hits the Indians at Yankee Stadium, 4-0, becoming the first pinstripe pitcher in a decade to throw a no-no. In the ninth inning, leadoff hitter Kenny Lofton is loudly booed by the fans after he fouls off a bunt in an attempt to make the one-handed pitcher field a ball.

1993 With their 6-5 loss to the Reds, the Phillies set a new National League record by not being blanked in 151 straight games. The major league mark for avoiding a shutout is 308 consecutive contests, accomplished by the Yankees.

1995 Robin Ventura becomes the eighth player to hit two grand slams in the same game. The third baseman’s blasts in the fourth and fifth innings power the White Sox past Texas at The Ballpark in Arlington, 14-3.

1996 Babe Dahlgren, who replaced Lou Gehrig at first base to end the streak, dies in Arcadia, California. In the game, he goes 2-for-4, including a home run, in a 22-2 victory over the Tigers at Briggs Stadium.

1998 Defeating the White Sox, 11-6, the Yankees win their 100th game on the earliest date in major league history, besting the 1906 Chicago Cubs and 1954 Cleveland Indians by five days. The 1906 Cubs set the major league record for fewest contests to reach 100 victories, accomplishing the milestone in 132 games.

1999 The Reds set a National League record with nine homers when they rout the Phillies, 22-3. Eddie Taubensee (2), Greg Vaughn, Jeffrey Hammonds, Aaron Boone, Dimitri Young, Pokey Reese, Brian Johnson, and Mark Lewis all go yard for Cincinnati.

2000 The Red Sox honor Hall of Fame catcher Carlton Fisk. The New Hampshire resident, who played his first nine seasons with Boston, joins Bobby Doerr (1), Joe Cronin (4), Carl Yastrzemski (8), and Ted Williams (9) in having his number (27) be retired at Fenway.

2002 In front of 55,528 fans at the Coliseum, the A’s set an American League record by extending their winning streak to 20 consecutive games. After blowing an 11-run lead to the Royals, Scott Hatteberg hits a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving Oakland the historic victory, 12-11.

2004 San Diego retires the uniform #19 worn by future Hall of Fame outfielder Tony Gwynn, who spent twenty seasons with the team, compiling a .338 batting average en route to collecting 3,141 hits. ‘Mr. Padre,’ a 15-time All-Star, won eight batting titles while playing his entire career with the Friars.

2006 With an 8-5 comeback victory over the Diamondbacks, the Marlins improve their record to 69-68. After an 11-31 start, Florida becomes the first club in big league history to have a winning record after falling 20 games under .500.

2006 In a 3-2 Astros loss at Citizens Bank Park, Charlton Jimerson, pinch-hitting for Roger Clemens, homers off Phillies’ southpaw Cole Hamels. The sixth-inning blast to center field makes the Houston rookie the third player in franchise history to hit a home run in his first major league at-bat.

2007 In the fifth inning of Florida’s loss 4-3 to Washington, Miguel Cabrera singles off Shawn Hill to drive home Hanley Ramirez for his 500th career RBI. The Marlin third baseman reaches the milestone at the age of 24-year and 139 days, with only Hall of Famers Mel Ott (23, 74 days) and Ted Williams (24 years, 4 days) getting to the mark at a younger age.

2007 Francisco Cordero establishes a new Milwaukee mark when he gets his 40th save, pitching a scoreless ninth inning in the Brewers’ 5-3 win over Houston. The right-handed reliever surpasses the record previously shared by Dan Kolb (2004) and Derrick Turnbow (2005).

2010 Jim Thome hits a pair of homers to pass Mark McGwire for eighth place on the all-time career list with 584. The Twins designated hitter’s historic round-trippers, which he blasts in the third and fourth innings off Colby Lewis at Target Field, contribute to Minnesota’s 12-4 victory over Texas.

2011 In the HBO comedy series Curb Your Enthusiasm, Bill Buckner, appearing as himself, is promptly thrown out of a shiva service because one of the mourners is a Red Sox fan who hasn’t forgiven him for his infamous error in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. The former Boston first baseman redeems himself when he uses his baseball skills to catch a falling baby, who has ricocheted off the firefighters’ rescue net after being thrown out of a burning building.

2012 An unofficial rain delay occurs in Toronto when the retractable roof of the Rogers Centre closes so slowly that the fans have to run for cover as the stands and field get soaked with rain that begins to fall during the middle of the sixth inning. Surprisingly, there have been six official rain delays in the Rogers Centre, formerly known as the Skydome.

2012 Yadier Molina collects his 1,000th career hit, an infield single in the second inning of the Cardinals’ 5-1 victory against New York at Busch Stadium. The 31-year-old popular Redbird backstop, who enjoys a 2-for-3 night at the plate, will finish the season with a .279 career batting average

2013 Matt Adams becomes the seventh major leaguer to hit two home runs in extra innings of the same game when he goes deep twice in the Cardinals’ 5-4 victory over Cincinnati. The Cardinal first baseman, who entered the game in the fourth inning, hits solo homers in the top of the 14th and 16th frames, with his second blast proving to be the difference in the Great American Ball Park contest.

2013 In a 20-4 rout of the Tigers at Fenway Park, the Red Sox hit eight home runs, matching a franchise record last accomplished 35 years ago. Boston homers in six of eight frames they bat, with Mike Napoli, Ryan Lavarnway, Daniel Nava, Will Middlebrooks, David Ortiz (2), Jacoby Ellsbury, and Stephen Drew all going deep in the Fenway Park contest.

2017 Joining Reds utilityman Scooter Gennett as the second player to accomplish the feat this season, J.D. Martinez becomes the 18th major leaguer to hit four home runs in one game , going deep in the top of the ninth in the Diamondbacks’ 13-0 rout of the Dodgers at Chavez Ravine. The Arizona outfielder, acquired in a trade from the Tigers in July, had one more home run than the opponent’s total amount of hits in the contest.

2021 After blowing a nine-run lead in a scheduled seven-inning contest, the Mets prevail, 11-9, beating the hometown Nationals, thanks to Francisco Lindor’s two-run homer in the ninth. En route to their sixth consecutive victory, New York avoids setting a franchise mark for squandering the largest lead in a defeat, having lost previous games after being ahead by eight runs.

*****BASEBALL HALL OF FAME******

DON SUTTON

Pitcher

“My mother used to worry about my imaginary friends ‘cause I would be out in the yard playing ball,” Don Sutton said in his Hall of Fame induction speech in 1998. “She worried because she didn’t know a Mickey, or a Whitey, or a Yogi, or a Moose, or an Elston, but I played with them every day.”

Not only would Sutton get to join many of his childhood “friends” in the major leagues, Sutton rose to their status in his 23-year career, doubtlessly becoming a player in many children’s fantasy backyard games.

During a remarkably consistent career, Sutton went 324-256 and struck out 3,574 batters. He began his career as a member of the Dodgers’ rotation with fellow Hall of Famers Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale, helping Los Angeles win the NL pennant in his rookie season. In 16 seasons with the Dodgers, Sutton pitched on five pennant winners.

Sutton was the picture of consistency. He won at least 11 games and had 100 strikeouts in 21 seasons. His best season may have been in 1972 when he went 19-9 and threw nine shutouts. He led the NL with a 0.913 WHIP and was named to the All-Star Game, the first of four times he would earn All-Star honors.

That season was the beginning of a strong five-year stretch for Sutton. He won 93 games, posted a 2.73 ERA and finished in the Top 5 of the NL Cy Young voting in each season.

He became a celebrity in Los Angeles in the mid-1970s, making several appearances as a panelist on Match Game on CBS-TV.

Later in his career, Sutton left the Dodgers and pitched for the Astros, Brewers, Athletics and Angels. He won his 300th game on June 18, 1986, with California, at the age of 41. After winning 11 games with the Angels in 1987, Sutton returned to the Dodgers in 1988, making 16 starts for a team that eventually won the World Series.

Sutton was known for his durability, never missing his turn in the rotation over 756 starts – third-most all-time behind only Cy Young and Nolan Ryan. He credited his work ethic to watching his father, who was a sharecropper in Florida.

“Other kids my age were playing for fun,” Sutton told Sports Illustrated in 1982. “I was playing to get to the big leagues.”

Sutton was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1998. He passed away on Jan. 19, 2021.

*****FOOTBALL HISTORY*****

September 4, 1927 – The New York Yankees football franchise joins the NFL on September 4, 1927. The origins of this first New York Yankees pro football franchise (there were several who used that name) predate their NFL entry by one year. The Yankees were the brain child of Charles, C. C. Pyle, whose original intent was to be a member of the NFL.

The 1927 Yankees were a competitive team with a winning record for most of the season. Ironically, Grange injured his knee during a home victory over his former team the Bears, which caused him to miss several games. He was in the lineup for a home-and-home series against the Giants to close out the season, which their rivals from the Polo Grounds swept on their way to the NFL title. Grange played in 118 of the possible 120 minutes on poor fields in those two Giants contests. Tthe first game was played in the snow and the second on in a torrential downpour that reduced the field to a muddy quagmire. Red Grange ended up sitting out the 1928 season to rehabilitate his knee, and without a star to attract fans, the Yankees struggled and ended up folding for good after the season ended. Grange returned to Chicago in 1929 where he played until his retirement in 1933.

September 4, 1993 – Penn State University plays it’s very first football game as a member of the Big -10 Conference. Nittany Lion’s quarterback Joe Sacca threw 4 TD passes to WR Bobby Engram as PSU won 38-20 over the Minnesota Golden Gophers

September 4, 1994 – Miami Dolphin’s QB Dan Marino guided the ‘phins to a 39-35 victory against rival New England with the help of 5 touchdown tosses. This was a career record 18th game for Marino of throwing 4 or more touchdowns in a game.

September 4, 1994 – Known as a coach that always studies the rule book closely, especially new rules, Bill Belichick, the Head Coach of the Cleveland Browns calls in a play that has holder Tom Tupa run a fake extra point into the end zone for the NFL’s first ever two point conversion. The Browns hold on and defeat the Bengals 28-20.

September 4, 2006 – In the Canadian Football League, Toronto Argonaut’s QB Damon Allen surpasses former CFL/NFL quarterback Warren Moon as pro-football’s all-time leading passer as he reaches 70,595 career pasing yards. Toronto won the game over Hamilton 40-6 as Allen tossed for 207 yards and 2 TDs in the game.

September 4, 2018 – Nike names NFL QB Colin Kapernick as the face of Nike’s 30th anniversary advertising campaign.

HALL OF FAME BIRTHDAYS FOR SEPTEMBER 4

September 4, 1874 – Clint Wyckoff was a former Cornell University quarterback. In 1970 the College Hall of Fame enshrined the legendary QB into their museum. He was the very first consensus All-American in history that did not attend Penn, Princeton or Yale. He took over captaining the team right suceeding the legendary Pop Warner.

September 4, 1894 – Bart Macomber was a quarterback /halfback that played for the University of Illinois from 1914 through 1916. After college he went pro playing for the Canton Bulldogs and the Youngstown Patricians. He later went on to coach in the Pacific Coast league in 1926 for the Oakland Oaks. The College Football Hall of Fame enshrined him in 1972.

******FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME******

RICKY BELL

Position: Running Back
Years: 1973-1976
Place of Birth: Houston, TX
Date of Birth: Apr 08, 1955
Place of Death: Los Angeles, CA
Date of Death: Nov 28, 1984
Jersey Number: 42
Height: 6-2
Weight: 220
High School: Los Angeles, CA (John C. Fremont HS)

Originally a linebacker, Ricky Bell survived two position changes to become a member of the College Football Hall of Fame. After spending his freshman season on defense, he was moved to offense spending a season at fullback blocking for Anthony Davis. His relentless bull-like rushing style made him the featured tailback in 1975. That year, he led the nation in rushing with 1,875 yards, became a unanimous All-American, and placed third in the Heisman voting. In the post-season, he was named MVP of the Liberty Bowl. The following season, Bell placed second in the Heisman balloting and repeated as an unanimous All-America selection. He established a single game school record with 51 carries and 347 yards against Washington State. Ricky was also the Conference Player of the Year and played in both the Hula and Japan Bowls. During his career he had 16 games where he exceeded 100-yards rushing. He was the number one overall selection in the 1977 NFL draft. He played six seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Sadly, he died in 1984 at the age of 29 from cardiac arrest brought on by a rare skin and muscle disease. His life story was made into “Triumph of the Heart” a made-for-television movie.

*****INDIANA FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME*****

VINCENT ALLEN

Richmond

Player

Richmond

1973

Named Mr. Football; Best Offensive Player; First Team All-Conference Running Back and Defensive Back; 2nd Team All-State Running Back.

Indiana State University

1977

All-American Division II Freshman of the Year; Honorable Mention 2nd Team All-American Division II; ISU Top Athlete in 1975; ISU Offensive MVP 1974, 1975; 1st Team All-Missouri Valley Conference as Running Back 1977; most yards rushing in Indiana intercollegiate history with 4,335 yards, 5,435 all-purpose yards, and 200 points scored; 4th player in college history with 4 straight 1000-yard seasons.

Inducted into Indiana State University Hall of Fame 1998.

Professional Athletic Background: Played in the Canadian Football League 1978-1979; played with the Chicago Bears in 1980.

******NUMBERS IN SPORTS******

8 – 23 – 9 – 10 – 25 – 13 – 5

September 4, 1916 – Future Baseball Hall of Fame pitchers Christy Mathewson and Mordecai Brown face each other for a final time; after 25 contests Mathewson takes a 13-12 advantage with Reds 10-8 winners over Cubs

September 4, 1923 – New York Yankees pitcher “Sad” Sam Jones no-hits Philadelphia A’s, 2-0

September 4, 1985 – New York Mets catcher Number 8, Gary Carter‘s 2 HRs in a 9-2 win in San Diego ties MLB record of 5 HRs in 2 games

September 4, 1991 – MLB Statistical Accuracy Committee votes to drop asterisk next to Roger Maris‘ (who famously donned the Number 9) 1961 home run record of 61 (passing Babe Ruth‘s 60).

September 4, 1993 – Penn State University plays its first football game in the Big 10, beating Minnesota 38-20; quarterback John Sacca, Number 9 threw 4 touchdown passes to Number 10, Bobby Engram

September 4, 1993 – New York Yankees pitcher Jim Abbott, Number 25 no-hits Cleveland Indians, 4-0 at Yankee Stadium

September 4, 1994 – Browns Quarterback Tom Tupa, Number 7 scored the first 2-point conversion in NFL history, by running in a fake extra point attempt for the Cleveland Browns in a 28-20 win at Cincinnati

September 4, 1994 – Miami quarterback Dan Marino, Number 13 throws 5 touchdown passes in Dolphins’ 39-35 win over New England; sets NFL record with his 18th game of 4-or-more touchdown passes

September 4, 1995 – Chicago White Sox third baseman Robin Ventura, Number 23 hits grand slams in consecutive innings, the 4th and 5th, of a 14-3 rout of the Texas Rangers

September 4, 2005 – 20 year old Kyle Busch in the Number 5 Kelloggs’ Tony the Tiger Chevrolet became the youngest driver to win a NASCAR Cup Series race when he out duels Greg Biffle in the Sony HD 500 at California Speedway

******TV MONDAY ******

AUTO RACING

12 p.m.

FS1 — NHRA: Qualifying, Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, Indianapolis

2 p.m.

FOX — NHRA: The Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals, Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, Indianapolis

CFL FOOTBALL

3:30 p.m.

CBSSN — Toronto at Hamilton

7 p.m.

CBSSN — Edmonton at Calgary

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

7 p.m.

ESPN — Clemson at Duke

ACCN — Clemson at Duke (Command Center)

COLLEGE GOLF

4 p.m.

GOLF — The Folds Of Honor Collegiate: First Round, American Dunes Golf Club, Grand Haven, Mich.

COLLEGE SOCCER (MEN’S)

4 p.m.

PAC-12N — Dartmouth at California

7 p.m.

BTN — Washington at Ohio St.

10 p.m.

PAC-12N — CS Northridge at UCLA

GOLF

9 a.m.

GOLF — Sky Golf European Ryder Cup Picks Show

HORSE RACING

12:30 p.m.

FS2 — Saratoga Live: From Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

LACROSSE (MEN’S)

5 p.m.

ESPN2 — PLL Playoffs: Atlas vs. Cannons, Quarterfinal, Foxborough, Mass.

MLB BASEBALL

2 p.m.

MLBN — Regional Coverage: San Francisco at Chicago Cubs OR Boston at Tampa Bay (4 p.m.)

5:30 p.m.

MLBN — Regional Coverage: Houston at Texas OR Boston at Tampa Bay (Joined in Progress)

7 p.m.

MLBN — Regional Coverage: Philadelphia at San Diego OR Milwaukee at Pittsburgh (Joined in Progress)

9:30 p.m.

FS1 — Baltimore at LA Angels

TENNIS

11 a.m.

ESPN — ATP/WTA: The U.S. Open, Round of 16, Flushing, N.Y.

7 p.m. ESPN2 — ATP/WTA: The U.S. Open, Round of 16, Flushing, N.Y.