“THE SCOREBOARD”
***********INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCHEDULE WEEK 7***********
ADAMS CENTRAL (6-0) AT SOUTHERN WELLS (1-5)
ANDERSON (2-4) AT KOKOMO (5-1)
ANDREAN (3-3) AT INDIANAPOLIS CHATARD (6-0)…..INDIANA SRN BROADCAST
ATTICA (0-6) AT RIVERTON PARKE (1-5)
BATESVILLE (5-1) AT GREENSBURG (0-6)
BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE (4-2) AT FLOYD CENTRAL (5-1)
BEECH GROVE (2-4) AT INDIANAPOLIS RITTER (3-3)
BLOOMINGTON SOUTH (5-1) AT COLUMBUS NORTH (3-3)
BLUFFTON (6-0) AT HERITAGE (5-1)
BOONE GROVE (4-2) AT WHITING (2-4)
BOONVILLE (3-3) AT PRINCETON (1-5)
BREBEUF JESUIT (3-2) AT TERRE HAUTE SOUTH (2-4)
BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL (5-1) AT MADISON (1-5)
CALUMET (2-4) AT WHEELER (3-3)
CAMBRIDGE CITY LINCOLN (1-4) AT UNION CITY (1-5)
CARMEL (4-2) AT BEN DAVIS (5-1)
CASCADE (4-2) AT OWEN VALLEY (2-4)
CASTLE (3-3) AT JASPER (4-2)
CENTER GROVE (5-1) AT PIKE (1-5)
CENTERVILLE (6-0) AT UNION COUNTY (0-6)
CHARLESTOWN (3-3) AT CORYDON CENTRAL (0-6)
CHURUBUSCO (2-4) AT CENTRAL NOBLE (2-4)
CLINTON CENTRAL (1-4) AT CARROLL (FLORA) (6-0)
CLINTON PRAIRIE (4-2) AT TAYLOR (1-5)
COLUMBUS EAST (2-4) AT BLOOMINGTON NORTH (6-0)
CONNERSVILLE (2-4) AT EAST CENTRAL (6-0)
COVENANT CHRISTIAN (3-3) AT CHRISTEL HOUSE MANUAL (2-4)…..INDIANA SRN BROADCAST
COVINGTON (3-3) AT SEEGER (5-1)
CRAWFORDSVILLE (0-6) AT LEBANON (2-4)
CULVER (0-6) AT CASTON (0-6)
DANVILLE (4-2) AT FRANKFORT (1-5)
DECATUR CENTRAL (4-2) AT GREENWOOD (4-2)
DELPHI (2-4) AT SHERIDAN (5-1)
DELTA (5-1) AT PENDLETON HEIGHTS (4-2)
EAST NOBLE (4-2) AT COLUMBIA CITY (5-1)
EASTBROOK (4-2) AT ELWOOD (1-5)
EASTERN (GREENTOWN) (4-2) AT TRI-CENTRAL (1-5)
EASTERN (PEKIN) (2-4) AT SALEM (1-5)
EASTERN GREENE (3-3) AT RED HILL (ILL.)
EASTSIDE (4-2) AT FREMONT (1-5)
ELKHART (2-4) AT SOUTH BEND ADAMS (1-5)
EVANSVILLE HARRISON (0-6) AT EVANSVILLE CENTRAL (0-6)
EVANSVILLE MATER DEI (1-5) AT EVANSVILLE BOSSE (1-5)
EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL (6-0) AT EVANSVILLE REITZ (6-0)……INDIANA SRN BROADCAST
FAIRFIELD (4-2) AT GARRETT (2-4)
FOREST PARK (4-2) AT NORTH POSEY (5-1)
FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA (0-6) AT FORT WAYNE WAYNE (3-3)
FORT WAYNE DWENGER (3-3) AT FORT WAYNE LUERS (4-2)
FORT WAYNE NORTH (2-4) AT FORT WAYNE SOUTH (1-5)
FORT WAYNE NORTHROP (0-6) AT FORT WAYNE SNIDER (5-1)
FOUNTAIN CENTRAL (4-2) AT SOUTH VERMILLION (5-1)
FRANKLIN (4-2) AT PLAINFIELD (5-1)
FRANKLIN CENTRAL (4-2) AT FISHERS (4-2)
FRANKLIN COUNTY (3-3) AT SOUTH DEARBORN (3-3)
FRANKTON (3-3) AT MADISON-GRANT (5-1)
FRONTIER (4-2) AT TRI-COUNTY (2-3)
GARY WEST (3-3) AT GRIFFITH (3-3)
GIBSON SOUTHERN (4-2) AT WASHINGTON (2-4)
GOSHEN (0-6) AT PLYMOUTH (2-4)
GREENCASTLE (4-2) AT CLOVERDALE (2-4)
GREENFIELD-CENTRAL (5-1) AT YORKTOWN (4-2)
GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN (3-3) AT CLARKSVILLE (0-6)
GUERIN CATHOLIC (4-2) AT NORTHVIEW (5-1)
HAGERSTOWN (5-1) AT WINCHESTER (4-2)
HAMILTON HEIGHTS (6-0) AT TIPTON (1-5)
HAMMOND CENTRAL (4-2) AT HAMMOND MORTON (2-3)
HAMMOND NOLL (2-4) AT RIVER FOREST (3-3)
HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE) (5-1) AT INDIANAPOLIS TECH (0-6)
HERITAGE HILLS (5-1) AT MOUNT VERNON (POSEY) (4-2)
HIGHLAND (2-4) AT MUNSTER (2-4)
HOBART (5-1) AT HANOVER CENTRAL (6-0)
HOMESTEAD (3-3) AT CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) (4-2)
INDIAN CREEK (3-3) AT SPEEDWAY (2-4)
INDIANAPOLIS ATTUCKS (5-1) AT INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE (3-3)
INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL (4-2) AT CINCINNATI LASALLE (OHIO)
INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN (6-0) AT MONROVIA (5-1)
INDIANAPOLIS RONCALLI (3-3) AT LOUISVILLE MALE (KY.)
INDIANAPOLIS SCECINA (4-2) AT TRITON CENTRAL (5-1)
INDIANAPOLIS TINDLEY (3-3) AT WES-DEL (1-5)
IRVINGTON PREP ACADEMY (0-6) AT EDINBURGH (0-6)
JAY COUNTY (4-2) AT SOUTH ADAMS (3-3)
JEFFERSONVILLE (0-6) AT NEW ALBANY (1-5)
KNOX (6-0) AT PIONEER (4-2)
LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC (3-3) AT TWIN LAKES (4-2)
LAKE CENTRAL (3-3) AT CHESTERTON (2-4)
LAKE STATION (2-4) AT SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS) (2-4)
LAKELAND (5-1) AT WEST NOBLE (6-0)
LAPEL (2-4) AT HERITAGE CHRISTIAN (5-1)…..INDIANA SRN BROADCAST
LAPORTE (1-5) AT CROWN POINT (6-0)
LAVILLE (5-1) AT JOHN GLENN (4-2)
LAWRENCE CENTRAL (2-4) AT NORTH CENTRAL (INDIANAPOLIS) (0-6)
LAWRENCEBURG (4-2) AT RUSHVILLE (2-4)
LEO (4-2) AT HUNTINGTON NORTH (1-5)
LEWIS CASS (3-3) AT MACONAQUAH (4-2)
LINTON-STOCKTON (5-1) AT NORTH KNOX (4-2)
LOWELL (2-4) AT KANKAKEE VALLEY (2-4)
MANCHESTER (2-4) AT WHITKO (1-5)
MARTINSVILLE (3-3) AT PERRY MERIDIAN (2-4)
MCCUTCHEON (3-3) AT LAFAYETTE JEFF (3-3)
MERRILLVILLE (5-1) AT VALPARAISO (4-2)
MILAN (4-2) AT PROVIDENCE (6-0)
MISHAWAKA (5-1) AT NORTHWOOD (4-2)
MISHAWAKA MARIAN (2-4) AT ANGOLA (0-6)
MISSISSINEWA (6-0) AT BLACKFORD (0-6)
MITCHELL (2-4) AT SCOTTSBURG (3-3)
MONROE CENTRAL (2-4) AT EASTERN HANCOCK (3-3)
MOUNT VERNON (FORTVILLE) (2-4) AT NEW CASTLE (1-5)
MUNCIE CENTRAL (1-5) AT MARION (2-4)
NEW HAVEN (6-0) AT BELLMONT (0-6)
NOBLESVILLE (3-3) AT HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN (5-1)
NORTH DAVIESS (4-2) AT NORTH DECATUR (3-3)
NORTH JUDSON (4-2) AT TRITON (4-2)
NORTH MIAMI (1-5) AT WABASH (0-6)
NORTH PUTNAM (1-5) AT WEST VIGO (1-5)
NORTH WHITE (6-0) AT SOUTH NEWTON (3-3)
NORTHFIELD (2-4) AT ROCHESTER (4-2)
NORTHRIDGE (5-1) AT CONCORD (4-2)
NORWELL (1-5) AT DEKALB (3-3)
OAK HILL (3-3) AT ALEXANDRIA (5-1)
PAOLI (5-1) AT CRAWFORD COUNTY (0-6)
PARKE HERITAGE (2-4) AT NORTH VERMILLION (4-2)
PHALEN ACADEMY (1-4) AT PARK TUDOR (6-0)
PIKE CENTRAL (1-5) AT TELL CITY (3-3)
PORTAGE (0-6) AT MICHIGAN CITY (3-3)
PRAIRIE HEIGHTS (0-6) AT BREMEN (3-3)
PURDUE POLYTECHNIC (2-4) AT INDIANAPOLIS WASHINGTON (3-3)
RENSSELAER CENTRAL (2-4) AT BENTON CENTRAL (1-4)
RICHMOND (1-5) AT LOGANSPORT (2-4)
SEYMOUR (3-3) AT JENNINGS COUNTY (3-3)
SHELBYVILLE (3-3) AT NEW PALESTINE (4-2)
SHENANDOAH (1-5) AT NORTHEASTERN (5-1)
SILVER CREEK (4-2) AT NORTH HARRISON (5-1)
SOUTH BEND RILEY (6-0) AT NEW PRAIRIE (5-1)
SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH (3-3) AT PENN (5-1)
SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON (2-4) AT JIMTOWN (2-4)
SOUTH PUTNAM (5-1) AT BROWN COUNTY (1-5)
SOUTHRIDGE (4-2) AT SOUTH SPENCER (2-4)
SOUTHWOOD (4-2) AT PERU (6-0)
SULLIVAN (3-3) AT EDGEWOOD (1-5)
SWITZERLAND COUNTY (4-2) AT SOUTH DECATUR (5-1)
TECUMSEH (0-6) AT SPRINGS VALLEY (5-1)
TERRE HAUTE NORTH (0-6) AT SOUTHPORT (0-6)
TIPPECANOE VALLEY (6-0) AT WEST LAFAYETTE (4-1)
TRI (3-3) AT KNIGHTSTOWN (3-3)
TRI-WEST (5-1) AT NORTH MONTGOMERY (4-2)
VINCENNES LINCOLN (5-1) AT EVANSVILLE NORTH (4-2)
WARREN CENTRAL (3-3) AT LAWRENCE NORTH (4-2)
WAWASEE (1-5) AT WARSAW (5-1)
WEST WASHINGTON (4-2) AT PERRY CENTRAL (3-3)
WESTERN (2-4) AT NORTHWESTERN (3-3)
WESTERN BOONE (4-2) AT SOUTHMONT (4-2)
WESTFIELD (5-1) AT AVON (0-6)
WHITELAND (3-3) AT MOORESVILLE (2-4)
WINAMAC (1-5) AT WEST CENTRAL (6-0)
WOODLAN (2-4) AT CULVER ACADEMY (2-4)
ZIONSVILLE (3-3) AT BROWNSBURG (6-0)
CONFERENCE STANDINGS: http://scoreboard.homestead.com/football/conf.htm#loaded
SECTIONAL STANDINGS: http://scoreboard.homestead.com/football/sect.htm#loaded
SAGARIN RANKINGS: http://scoreboard.homestead.com/football/classrate.htm#loaded
******************INDIANA GIRLS SOCCER SECTIONAL PAIRINGS***************
3A
1. LAKE CENTRAL (5)
M1: LAKE CENTRAL VS. EAST CHICAGO CENTRAL.
M2: HAMMOND MORTON VS. MUNSTER.
M3: HAMMOND CENTRAL VS. M1 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M2 WINNER VS. M3 WINNER.
2. HOBART (6)
M1: HOBART VS. PORTAGE.
M2: MERRILLVILLE VS. VALPARAISO.
M3: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M4: CHESTERTON VS. CROWN POINT.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
3. PENN (6)
M1: MISHAWAKA VS. SOUTH BEND ADAMS.
M2: MICHIGAN CITY VS. PENN.
M3: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M4: LAPORTE VS. SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
4. PLYMOUTH (5)
M1: PLYMOUTH VS. ELKHART.
M2: GOSHEN VS. NORTHRIDGE.
M3: CONCORD VS. M1 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M2 WINNER VS. M3 WINNER.
5. HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE) (5)
M1: HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE) VS. LAFAYETTE JEFFERSON.
M2: MCCUTCHEON VS. KOKOMO.
M3: LOGANSPORT VS. M1 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M2 WINNER VS. M3 WINNER.
6. DEKALB (5)
M1: FORT WAYNE NORTH SIDE VS. CARROLL (FORT WAYNE).
M2: FORT WAYNE SOUTH SIDE VS. DEKALB.
M3: FORT WAYNE SNIDER VS. M1 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M2 WINNER VS. M3 WINNER.
7. WARSAW COMMUNITY (6)
M1: HOMESTEAD VS. HUNTINGTON NORTH.
M2: WARSAW COMMUNITY VS. FORT WAYNE NORTHROP.
M3: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M4: COLUMBIA CITY VS. FORT WAYNE WAYNE.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
8. HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN (6)
M1: HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN VS. ANDERSON.
M2: NOBLESVILLE VS. MUNCIE CENTRAL.
M3: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M4: PENDLETON HEIGHTS VS. FISHERS.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
9. PIKE (7)
M1: BEN DAVIS VS. BROWNSBURG.
M2: AVON VS. PIKE.
M3: DECATUR CENTRAL VS. MOORESVILLE.
M4: PLAINFIELD VS. M1 WINNER.
M5: M2 WINNER VS. M3 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M4 WINNER VS. M5 WINNER.
10. CARMEL (6)
M1: INDIANAPOLIS CRISPUS ATTUCKS VS. CARMEL.
M2: NORTH CENTRAL (INDIANAPOLIS) VS. WESTFIELD.
M3: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M4: INDIANAPOLIS ARSENAL TECHNICAL VS. ZIONSVILLE.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
11. PERRY MERIDIAN (6)
M1: LAWRENCE NORTH VS. LAWRENCE CENTRAL.
M2: SOUTHPORT VS. INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL.
M3: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M4: WARREN CENTRAL VS. PERRY MERIDIAN.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
12. SHELBYVILLE (6)
M1: MT. VERNON (FORTVILLE) VS. EAST CENTRAL.
M2: SHELBYVILLE VS. NEW PALESTINE.
M3: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M4: GREENFIELD-CENTRAL VS. RICHMOND.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
13. WHITELAND COMMUNITY (7)
M1: GREENWOOD COMMUNITY VS. FRANKLIN CENTRAL.
M2: FRANKLIN COMMUNITY VS. RONCALLI.
M3: WHITELAND COMMUNITY VS. COLUMBUS NORTH.
M4: COLUMBUS EAST VS. M1 WINNER.
M5: M2 WINNER VS. M3 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M4 WINNER VS. M5 WINNER.
14. BLOOMINGTON SOUTH (6)
M1: TERRE HAUTE SOUTH VIGO VS. TERRE HAUTE NORTH VIGO.
M2: MARTINSVILLE VS. BLOOMINGTON NORTH.
M3: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M4: CENTER GROVE VS. BLOOMINGTON SOUTH.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
15. BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE (6)
M1: JEFFERSONVILLE VS. JENNINGS COUNTY.
M2: SEYMOUR VS. FLOYD CENTRAL.
M3: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M4: BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE VS. NEW ALBANY.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
16. CASTLE (5)
M1: EVANSVILLE CENTRAL VS. EVANSVILLE REITZ.
M2: CASTLE VS. EVANSVILLE HARRISON.
M3: EVANSVILLE NORTH VS. M1 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M2 WINNER VS. M3 WINNER.
2A
17. HANOVER CENTRAL (6)
M1: GRIFFITH VS. LOWELL.
M2: HIGHLAND VS. BOONE GROVE.
M3: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M4: HANOVER CENTRAL VS. RIVER FOREST.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
18. KANKAKEE VALLEY (5)
M1: WEST LAFAYETTE VS. TWIN LAKES.
M2: NEW PRAIRIE VS. KANKAKEE VALLEY.
M3: RENSSELAER CENTRAL VS. M1 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M2 WINNER VS. M3 WINNER.
19. MISHAWAKA MARIAN (5)
M1: SOUTH BEND RILEY VS. MISHAWAKA MARIAN.
M2: GLENN VS. JIMTOWN.
M3: SOUTH BEND CLAY VS. M1 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M2 WINNER VS. M3 WINNER.
20. LAKELAND (6)
M1: WAWASEE VS. NORTHWOOD.
M2: EAST NOBLE VS. WEST NOBLE.
M3: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M4: ANGOLA VS. LAKELAND.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
21. NORTHWESTERN (6)
M1: PERU VS. MACONAQUAH.
M2: MISSISSINEWA VS. NORTHWESTERN.
M3: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M4: OAK HILL VS. WESTERN.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
22. LEO (5)
M1: FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA LUTHERAN VS. CULVER
ACADEMIES.
M2: TIPPECANOE VALLEY VS. FORT WAYNE BISHOP DWENGER.
M3: LEO VS. M1 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M2 WINNER VS. M3 WINNER.
23. NORWELL (6)
M1: WOODLAN VS. NORWELL.
M2: MARION VS. BELLMONT.
M3: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M4: NEW HAVEN VS. HERITAGE.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
24. YORKTOWN (6)
M1: CENTERVILLE VS. DELTA.
M2: JAY COUNTY VS. HAMILTON HEIGHTS.
M3: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M4: YORKTOWN VS. NEW CASTLE.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
25. TRI-WEST HENDRICKS (6)
M1: CRAWFORDSVILLE VS. WESTERN BOONE.
M2: TRI-WEST HENDRICKS VS. NORTH MONTGOMERY.
M3: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M4: DANVILLE COMMUNITY VS. FRANKFORT.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
26. SPEEDWAY (5)
M1: BREBEUF JESUIT VS. SPEEDWAY.
M2: INDIANAPOLIS BISHOP CHATARD VS. LEBANON.
M3: GUERIN CATHOLIC VS. M1 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M2 WINNER VS. M3 WINNER.
27. BEECH GROVE (6)
M1: INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE VS. CONNERSVILLE.
M2: HERRON VS. CHRISTEL HOUSE.
M3: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M4: RUSHVILLE CONSOLIDATED VS. BEECH GROVE.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
28. BATESVILLE (6)
M1: SOUTH DEARBORN VS. FRANKLIN COUNTY.
M2: LAWRENCEBURG VS. BATESVILLE.
M3: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M4: GREENSBURG VS. MADISON CONSOLIDATED.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
29. MONROVIA (6)
M1: INDIAN CREEK VS. EDGEWOOD.
M2: NORTHVIEW VS. MONROVIA.
M3: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M4: WEST VIGO VS. OWEN VALLEY.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
30. JASPER (6)
M1: JASPER VS. SOUTHRIDGE.
M2: WASHINGTON VS. PIKE CENTRAL.
M3: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M4: PRINCETON COMMUNITY VS. VINCENNES LINCOLN.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
31. SILVER CREEK (6)
M1: SALEM VS. CORYDON CENTRAL.
M2: SILVER CREEK VS. CHARLESTOWN.
M3: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M4: SCOTTSBURG VS. NORTH HARRISON.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
32. HERITAGE HILLS (6)
M1: HERITAGE HILLS VS. EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL.
M2: MT. VERNON VS. GIBSON SOUTHERN.
M3: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M4: BOONVILLE VS. EVANSVILLE BOSSE.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
1A
33. ILLIANA CHRISTIAN (6)
M1: WHEELER VS. ILLIANA CHRISTIAN.
M2: DEMOTTE CHRISTIAN VS. HEBRON.
M3: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M4: ANDREAN VS. HAMMOND BISHOP NOLL.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
34. KOUTS (6)
M1: WESTVILLE VS. MARQUETTE CATHOLIC.
M2: MORGAN TOWNSHIP VS. KOUTS.
M3: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M4: WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP VS. OREGON-DAVIS.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
35. ARGOS (6)
M1: ARGOS VS. CULVER COMMUNITY.
M2: TRINITY GREENLAWN VS. ROCHESTER COMMUNITY.
M3: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M4: BREMEN VS. LAVILLE.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
36. CENTRAL NOBLE (4)
M1: WESTVIEW VS. ELKHART CHRISTIAN.
M2: BETHANY CHRISTIAN VS. CENTRAL NOBLE.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
37. SHERIDAN (7)
M1: SHERIDAN VS. TAYLOR.
M2: TRI-CENTRAL VS. ELWOOD COMMUNITY.
M3: EASTERN (GREENTOWN) VS. ROSSVILLE.
M4: TIPTON VS. M1 WINNER.
M5: M2 WINNER VS. M3 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M4 WINNER VS. M5 WINNER.
38. BENTON CENTRAL (6)
M1: BENTON CENTRAL VS. LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC.
M2: DELPHI COMMUNITY VS. NORTH WHITE.
M3: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M4: FAITH CHRISTIAN VS. COVINGTON.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
39. WABASH (5)
M1: NORTH MIAMI VS. EASTBROOK.
M2: BLACKFORD VS. MANCHESTER.
M3: WABASH VS. M1 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M2 WINNER VS. M3 WINNER.
40. FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK CHRISTIAN (5)
M1: SOUTH ADAMS VS. FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK CHRISTIAN.
M2: FORT WAYNE BISHOP LUERS VS. FORT WAYNE
CANTERBURY.
M3: LAKEWOOD PARK CHRISTIAN VS. M1 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M2 WINNER VS. M3 WINNER.
41. SOUTHMONT (5)
M1: CASCADE VS. SOUTHMONT.
M2: SOUTH VERMILLION VS. NORTH PUTNAM.
M3: GREENCASTLE VS. M1 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M2 WINNER VS. M3 WINNER.
42. INDIANAPOLIS CARDINAL RITTER (4)
M1: INDIANAPOLIS CARDINAL RITTER VS. COVENANT
CHRISTIAN.
M2: UNIVERSITY VS. BETHESDA CHRISTIAN.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
43. HERITAGE CHRISTIAN (5)
M1: INDIANAPOLIS SCECINA VS. LAPEL.
M2: GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN VS. HERITAGE CHRISTIAN.
M3: PARK TUDOR VS. M1 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M2 WINNER VS. M3 WINNER.
44. TRITON CENTRAL (5)
M1: WAPAHANI VS. TRITON CENTRAL.
M2: KNIGHTSTOWN VS. MUNCIE BURRIS.
M3: UNION COUNTY VS. M1 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M2 WINNER VS. M3 WINNER.
45. SWITZERLAND COUNTY (6)
M1: OLDENBURG ACADEMY VS. SWITZERLAND COUNTY.
M2: RISING SUN VS. MILAN.
M3: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M4: SHAWE MEMORIAL VS. SOUTH RIPLEY.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
46. TRINITY LUTHERAN (5)
M1: BROWN COUNTY VS. SOUTHWESTERN (HANOVER).
M2: AUSTIN VS. PROVIDENCE.
M3: TRINITY LUTHERAN VS. M1 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M2 WINNER VS. M3 WINNER.
47. SOUTH KNOX (7)
M1: SULLIVAN VS. SOUTH KNOX.
M2: WHITE RIVER VALLEY VS. NORTH KNOX.
M3: BLOOMFIELD VS. WASHINGTON CATHOLIC.
M4: VINCENNES RIVET VS. M1 WINNER.
M5: M2 WINNER VS. M3 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M4 WINNER VS. M5 WINNER.
48. SOUTH SPENCER (7)
M1: EVANSVILLE CHRISTIAN VS. NORTHEAST DUBOIS.
M2: FOREST PARK VS. SOUTH SPENCER.
M3: TELL CITY VS. NORTH POSEY.
M4: EVANSVILLE MATER DEI VS. M1 WINNER.
M5: M2 WINNER VS. M3 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M4 WINNER VS. M5 WINNER.
******************INDIANA BOYS SOCCER SECTIONAL PAIRINGS****************
3A
1. HIGHLAND (6)
M1: MUNSTER VS. EAST CHICAGO CENTRAL.
M2: HAMMOND MORTON VS. LAKE CENTRAL.
M3: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M4: HIGHLAND VS. HAMMOND CENTRAL.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
2. MERRILLVILLE (7)
M1: PORTAGE VS. VALPARAISO.
M2: KANKAKEE VALLEY VS. CROWN POINT.
M3: HOBART VS. MERRILLVILLE.
M4: LOWELL VS. M1 WINNER.
M5: M2 WINNER VS. M3 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M4 WINNER VS. M5 WINNER.
3. SOUTH BEND RILEY (7)
M1: MICHIGAN CITY VS. LAPORTE.
M2: SOUTH BEND RILEY VS. SOUTH BEND ADAMS.
M3: CHESTERTON VS. PENN.
M4: NEW PRAIRIE VS. M1 WINNER.
M5: M2 WINNER VS. M3 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M4 WINNER VS. M5 WINNER.
4. GOSHEN (7)
M1: MISHAWAKA VS. CONCORD.
M2: EAST NOBLE VS. ELKHART.
M3: PLYMOUTH VS. NORTHRIDGE.
M4: GOSHEN VS. M1 WINNER.
M5: M2 WINNER VS. M3 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M4 WINNER VS. M5 WINNER.
5. MARION (7)
M1: LEBANON VS. KOKOMO.
M2: MARION VS. MCCUTCHEON.
M3: HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE) VS. LOGANSPORT.
M4: LAFAYETTE JEFFERSON VS. M1 WINNER.
M5: M2 WINNER VS. M3 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M4 WINNER VS. M5 WINNER.
6. NEW HAVEN (6)
M1: FORT WAYNE SOUTH SIDE VS. CARROLL (FORT WAYNE).
M2: FORT WAYNE NORTH SIDE VS. DEKALB.
M3: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M4: FORT WAYNE SNIDER VS. NEW HAVEN.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
7. HUNTINGTON NORTH (6)
M1: HOMESTEAD VS. FORT WAYNE WAYNE.
M2: COLUMBIA CITY VS. WARSAW COMMUNITY.
M3: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M4: HUNTINGTON NORTH VS. FORT WAYNE NORTHROP.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
8. NOBLESVILLE (6)
M1: ANDERSON VS. PENDLETON HEIGHTS.
M2: MUNCIE CENTRAL VS. NOBLESVILLE.
M3: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M4: FISHERS VS. HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
9. PLAINFIELD (7)
M1: MOORESVILLE VS. BROWNSBURG.
M2: PLAINFIELD VS. AVON.
M3: DECATUR CENTRAL VS. PIKE.
M4: BEN DAVIS VS. M1 WINNER.
M5: M2 WINNER VS. M3 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M4 WINNER VS. M5 WINNER.
10. ZIONSVILLE (7)
M1: WESTFIELD VS. CARMEL.
M2: INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE VS. NORTH CENTRAL
(INDIANAPOLIS).
M3: INDIANAPOLIS CRISPUS ATTUCKS VS. HERRON.
M4: ZIONSVILLE VS. M1 WINNER.
M5: M2 WINNER VS. M3 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M4 WINNER VS. M5 WINNER.
11. WARREN CENTRAL (7)
M1: PERRY MERIDIAN VS. SOUTHPORT.
M2: LAWRENCE CENTRAL VS. INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL.
M3: LAWRENCE NORTH VS. WARREN CENTRAL.
M4: INDIANAPOLIS ARSENAL TECHNICAL VS. M1 WINNER.
M5: M2 WINNER VS. M3 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M4 WINNER VS. M5 WINNER.
12. NEW PALESTINE (7)
M1: GREENFIELD-CENTRAL VS. CONNERSVILLE.
M2: RICHMOND VS. MT. VERNON (FORTVILLE).
M3: SHELBYVILLE VS. EAST CENTRAL.
M4: NEW PALESTINE VS. M1 WINNER.
M5: M2 WINNER VS. M3 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M4 WINNER VS. M5 WINNER.
13. COLUMBUS NORTH (7)
M1: WHITELAND COMMUNITY VS. FRANKLIN CENTRAL.
M2: FRANKLIN COMMUNITY VS. COLUMBUS EAST.
M3: COLUMBUS NORTH VS. GREENWOOD COMMUNITY.
M4: RONCALLI VS. M1 WINNER.
M5: M2 WINNER VS. M3 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M4 WINNER VS. M5 WINNER.
14. TERRE HAUTE SOUTH VIGO (6)
M1: MARTINSVILLE VS. TERRE HAUTE NORTH VIGO.
M2: BLOOMINGTON SOUTH VS. BLOOMINGTON NORTH.
M3: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M4: TERRE HAUTE SOUTH VIGO VS. CENTER GROVE.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
15. JEFFERSONVILLE (6)
M1: JENNINGS COUNTY VS. JEFFERSONVILLE.
M2: FLOYD CENTRAL VS. SEYMOUR.
M3: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M4: NEW ALBANY VS. BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
16. EVANSVILLE HARRISON (6)
M1: CASTLE VS. EVANSVILLE REITZ.
M2: EVANSVILLE NORTH VS. JASPER.
M3: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M4: EVANSVILLE CENTRAL VS. EVANSVILLE HARRISON.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
2A
17. RIVER FOREST (6)
M1: HANOVER CENTRAL VS. RIVER FOREST.
M2: BOONE GROVE VS. HAMMOND BISHOP NOLL.
M3: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M4: GRIFFITH VS. ILLIANA CHRISTIAN.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
18. WEST LAFAYETTE (5)
M1: FRANKFORT VS. RENSSELAER CENTRAL.
M2: WEST LAFAYETTE VS. BENTON CENTRAL.
M3: TWIN LAKES VS. M1 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M2 WINNER VS. M3 WINNER.
19. SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH (5)
M1: GLENN VS. BREMEN.
M2: SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH VS. MISHAWAKA MARIAN.
M3: SOUTH BEND CLAY VS. M1 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M2 WINNER VS. M3 WINNER.
20. NORTHWOOD (6)
M1: WEST NOBLE VS. WAWASEE.
M2: ANGOLA VS. LAKELAND.
M3: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M4: NORTHWOOD VS. GARRETT.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
21. OAK HILL (7)
M1: OAK HILL VS. PERU.
M2: MACONAQUAH VS. WESTERN.
M3: EASTERN (GREENTOWN) VS. TIPTON.
M4: NORTHWESTERN VS. M1 WINNER.
M5: M2 WINNER VS. M3 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M4 WINNER VS. M5 WINNER.
22. FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA LUTHERAN (7)
M1: MANCHESTER VS. CULVER ACADEMIES.
M2: FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA LUTHERAN VS. WABASH.
M3: ROCHESTER COMMUNITY VS. TIPPECANOE VALLEY.
M4: FORT WAYNE BISHOP DWENGER VS. M1 WINNER.
M5: M2 WINNER VS. M3 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M4 WINNER VS. M5 WINNER.
23. WOODLAN (7)
M1: LEO VS. BELLMONT.
M2: NORWELL VS. HERITAGE.
M3: FORT WAYNE CANTERBURY VS. WOODLAN.
M4: FORT WAYNE BISHOP LUERS VS. M1 WINNER.
M5: M2 WINNER VS. M3 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M4 WINNER VS. M5 WINNER.
24. MISSISSINEWA (8)
M1: JAY COUNTY VS. YORKTOWN.
M2: CENTERVILLE VS. NEW CASTLE.
M3: BLACKFORD VS. EASTBROOK.
M4: MISSISSINEWA VS. DELTA.
M5: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M6: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M5 WINNER VS. M6 WINNER.
25. DANVILLE COMMUNITY (7)
M1: DANVILLE COMMUNITY VS. SOUTHMONT.
M2: CRAWFORDSVILLE VS. NORTH MONTGOMERY.
M3: MONROVIA VS. CASCADE.
M4: WESTERN BOONE VS. M1 WINNER.
M5: M2 WINNER VS. M3 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M4 WINNER VS. M5 WINNER.
26. GUERIN CATHOLIC (6)
M1: BREBEUF JESUIT VS. GUERIN CATHOLIC.
M2: HERITAGE CHRISTIAN VS. HAMILTON HEIGHTS.
M3: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M4: INDIANAPOLIS CARDINAL RITTER VS. TRI-WEST
HENDRICKS.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
27. INDIANAPOLIS BISHOP CHATARD (6)
M1: SPEEDWAY VS. CHRISTEL HOUSE.
M2: PURDUE POLYTECHNIC-DOWNTOWN VS. BEECH GROVE.
M3: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M4: INDIANAPOLIS BISHOP CHATARD VS. INDIANAPOLIS
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
28. RUSHVILLE CONSOLIDATED (7)
M1: SOUTH DEARBORN VS. GREENSBURG.
M2: LAWRENCEBURG VS. FRANKLIN COUNTY.
M3: MADISON CONSOLIDATED VS. RUSHVILLE CONSOLIDATED.
M4: BATESVILLE VS. M1 WINNER.
M5: M2 WINNER VS. M3 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M4 WINNER VS. M5 WINNER.
29. NORTHVIEW (8)
M1: EDGEWOOD VS. WEST VIGO.
M2: BROWN COUNTY VS. NORTHVIEW.
M3: SOUTH VERMILLION VS. OWEN VALLEY.
M4: GREENCASTLE VS. INDIAN CREEK.
M5: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M6: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M5 WINNER VS. M6 WINNER.
30. SCOTTSBURG (7)
M1: CORYDON CENTRAL VS. SILVER CREEK.
M2: SALEM VS. CHARLESTOWN.
M3: SCOTTSBURG VS. PROVIDENCE.
M4: NORTH HARRISON VS. M1 WINNER.
M5: M2 WINNER VS. M3 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M4 WINNER VS. M5 WINNER.
31. GIBSON SOUTHERN (7)
M1: GIBSON SOUTHERN VS. PRINCETON COMMUNITY.
M2: PIKE CENTRAL VS. VINCENNES LINCOLN.
M3: WASHINGTON VS. SULLIVAN.
M4: SOUTHRIDGE VS. M1 WINNER.
M5: M2 WINNER VS. M3 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M4 WINNER VS. M5 WINNER.
32. EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL (6)
M1: MT. VERNON VS. HERITAGE HILLS.
M2: BOONVILLE VS. EVANSVILLE BOSSE.
M3: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M4: EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL VS. EVANSVILLE MATER DEI.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
1A
33. ANDREAN (6)
M1: KOUTS VS. HEBRON.
M2: WHEELER VS. DEMOTTE CHRISTIAN.
M3: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M4: ANDREAN VS. HAMMOND S&T.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
34. MORGAN TOWNSHIP (5)
M1: MORGAN TOWNSHIP VS. WESTVILLE.
M2: OREGON-DAVIS VS. MARQUETTE CATHOLIC.
M3: WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP VS. M1 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M2 WINNER VS. M3 WINNER.
35. BETHANY CHRISTIAN (5)
M1: ELKHART CHRISTIAN VS. LAKELAND CHRISTIAN.
M2: LAVILLE VS. BETHANY CHRISTIAN.
M3: TRINITY GREENLAWN VS. M1 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M2 WINNER VS. M3 WINNER.
36. CENTRAL NOBLE (5)
M1: PRAIRIE HEIGHTS VS. WESTVIEW.
M2: CENTRAL NOBLE VS. FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK CHRISTIAN.
M3: LAKEWOOD PARK CHRISTIAN VS. M1 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M2 WINNER VS. M3 WINNER.
37. ARGOS (6)
M1: CASTON VS. WINAMAC COMMUNITY.
M2: NORTH MIAMI VS. NORTH WHITE.
M3: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M4: ARGOS VS. CULVER COMMUNITY.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
38. CARROLL (FLORA) (6)
M1: DELPHI COMMUNITY VS. LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC.
M2: FAITH CHRISTIAN VS. COVINGTON.
M3: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M4: ROSSVILLE VS. CARROLL (FLORA).
CHAMPIONSHIP: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
39. SHERIDAN (6)
M1: ANDERSON PREPARATORY VS. TRI-CENTRAL.
M2: MUNCIE BURRIS VS. TAYLOR.
M3: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M4: LIBERTY CHRISTIAN VS. SHERIDAN.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
40. PARK TUDOR (6)
M1: INDIANAPOLIS SCECINA VS. INTERNATIONAL.
M2: TINDLEY VS. LAPEL.
M3: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M4: PARK TUDOR VS. UNIVERSITY.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
41. COVENANT CHRISTIAN (6)
M1: COVENANT CHRISTIAN VS. BETHESDA CHRISTIAN.
M2: MTI SCHOOL OF KNOWLEDGE VS. RIVERSIDE.
M3: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M4: NORTH PUTNAM VS. PROVIDENCE CRISTO REY.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
42. INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN (5)
M1: INDIANA MATH & SCIENCE VS. CENTRAL CHRISTIAN.
M2: INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN VS. HAUSER.
M3: SOUTHWESTERN (SHELBYVILLE) VS. M1 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M2 WINNER VS. M3 WINNER.
43. WHITE RIVER VALLEY (4)
M1: WHITE RIVER VALLEY VS. GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN.
M2: BLOOMFIELD VS. LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
44. KNIGHTSTOWN (6)
M1: KNIGHTSTOWN VS. MORRISTOWN.
M2: SETON CATHOLIC VS. OLDENBURG.
M3: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M4: UNION COUNTY VS. WAPAHANI.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
45. JAC-CEN-DEL (7)
M1: SOUTH RIPLEY VS. MILAN.
M2: SOUTHWESTERN (HANOVER) VS. SWITZERLAND COUNTY.
M3: RISING SUN VS. SHAWE MEMORIAL.
M4: JAC-CEN-DEL VS. M1 WINNER.
M5: M2 WINNER VS. M3 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M4 WINNER VS. M5 WINNER.
46. TRINITY LUTHERAN (7)
M1: HENRYVILLE VS. TRINITY LUTHERAN.
M2: ROCK CREEK VS. EASTERN GREENE.
M3: CHRISTIAN ACADEMY VS. AUSTIN.
M4: LANESVILLE VS. M1 WINNER.
M5: M2 WINNER VS. M3 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M4 WINNER VS. M5 WINNER.
47. NORTHEAST DUBOIS (8)
M1: WASHINGTON CATHOLIC VS. NORTH KNOX.
M2: MITCHELL VS. VINCENNES RIVET.
M3: BARR-REEVE VS. NORTHEAST DUBOIS.
M4: SHOALS VS. SOUTH KNOX.
M5: M1 WINNER VS. M2 WINNER.
M6: M3 WINNER VS. M4 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M5 WINNER VS. M6 WINNER.
48. FOREST PARK (7)
M1: EVANSVILLE DAY VS. EVANSVILLE CHRISTIAN.
M2: FOREST PARK VS. SOUTH SPENCER.
M3: NORTH POSEY VS. WOOD MEMORIAL.
M4: TELL CITY VS. M1 WINNER.
M5: M2 WINNER VS. M3 WINNER.
CHAMPIONSHIP: M4 WINNER VS. M5 WINNER.
***************AP TOP 25 COLLEGE FOOTBALL POLL*****************
| RANK | SCHOOL | VOTES | PREV |
| 1 | GEORGIA (4-0) | 1566 (57) | 1 |
| 2 | MICHIGAN (4-0) | 1481 (2) | 2 |
| 3 | TEXAS (4-0) | 1380 (3) | 4 |
| 4 | FLORIDA STATE (4-0) | 1378 (1) | 3 |
| 5 | USC (4-0) | 1296 | 5 |
| 6 | OHIO STATE (4-0) | 1291 | 6 |
| 7 | PENN STATE (4-0) | 1217 | 7 |
| 8 | WASHINGTON (4-0) | 1194 | 8 |
| 9 | NOTRE DAME (4-1) | 1066 | 9 |
| 10 | OREGON (4-0) | 942 | 13 |
| 11 | UTAH (4-0) | 921 | 12 |
| 12 | LSU (3-1) | 805 | 14 |
| 13 | ALABAMA (3-1) | 796 | 10 |
| 14 | OREGON STATE (3-1) | 715 | 16 |
| 15 | OLE MISS (3-1) | 657 | 17 |
| 16 | OKLAHOMA (4-0) | 606 | 19 |
| 17 | NORTH CAROLINA (4-0) | 567 | 20 |
| 18 | DUKE (4-0) | 530 | 21 |
| 19 | COLORADO (3-1) | 509 | 18 |
| 20 | MIAMI (FL) (4-0) | 359 | 22 |
| 21 | WASHINGTON STATE (4-0) | 278 | 23 |
| 22 | UCLA (3-1) | 204 | 24 |
| 23 | TENNESSEE (3-1) | 198 | 11 |
| 24 | IOWA (3-1) | 125 | 25 |
| 25 | FLORIDA (3-1) | 103 | NR |
OTHERS: CLEMSON (76) , MISSOURI (72) , KANSAS STATE (54) , TCU (21) , FRESNO STATE (17) , KANSAS (15) , TULANE (13) , KENTUCKY (10) , MARYLAND (4) , BYU (3) , SYRACUSE (2) , WISCONSIN (2) , AUBURN (1) , LOUISVILLE (1)
***************COACHES FOOTBALL TOP 25 POLL******************
| RANK | SCHOOL | VOTES | PREV |
| 1 | GEORGIA (4-0) | 1598 (62) | 1 |
| 2 | MICHIGAN (4-0) | 1514 (1) | 2 |
| 3 | FLORIDA STATE (4-0) | 1396 | 3 |
| 4 | OHIO STATE (4-0) | 1394 (1) | 4 |
| 5 | USC (4-0) | 1325 | 5 |
| 6 | TEXAS (4-0) | 1312 | 6 |
| 7 | PENN STATE (4-0) | 1224 | 7 |
| 8 | WASHINGTON (4-0) | 1164 | 8 |
| 9 | NOTRE DAME (4-1) | 1044 | 11 |
| 10 | UTAH (4-0) | 967 | 12 |
| 11 | OREGON (4-0) | 946 | 13 |
| 12 | ALABAMA (3-1) | 886 | 10 |
| 13 | LSU (3-1) | 808 | 14 |
| 14 | OKLAHOMA (4-0) | 683 | 16 |
| 15 | OREGON STATE (3-1) | 660 | 17 |
| 16 | OLE MISS (3-1) | 602 | 19 |
| 17 | NORTH CAROLINA (4-0) | 592 | 18 |
| 18 | DUKE (4-0) | 469 | 20 |
| 19 | COLORADO (3-1) | 435 | 21 |
| 20 | TENNESSEE (3-1) | 362 | 9 |
| 21 | MIAMI (FL) (4-0) | 298 | 23 |
| 22 | IOWA (3-1) | 206 | 24 |
| 23 | CLEMSON (2-2) | 193 | 22 |
| 24 | WASHINGTON STATE (4-0) | 160 | NR |
| 25 | UCLA (3-1) | 156 | 25 |
OTHERS: KANSAS STATE (114) , MISSOURI (44) , FRESNO STATE (43) , FLORIDA (41) , KENTUCKY (28) , TCU (26) , MARYLAND (19) , KANSAS (17) , AUBURN (16) , TEXAS A&M (11) , SYRACUSE (10) , AIR FORCE (9) , TULANE (7) , UCF (5) , OHIO (3) , WYOMING (3) , JAMES MADISON (3) , WAKE FOREST (2) , LOUISVILLE (2) , ARKANSAS (1) , BYU (1) , MEMPHIS (1)
**************COLLEGE FOOTBALL WEEK 5***************
THURSDAY, SEPT. 28
MIDDLE TENNESSEE AT WESTERN KENTUCKY | 7:30 P.M. | CBSSN
TEMPLE AT TULSA | 7:30 P.M. | ESPN
JACKSONVILLE STATE AT SAM HOUSTON | 8 P.M. | ESPNU
FRIDAY, SEPT. 29
LOUISVILLE AT NC STATE | 7 P.M. | ESPN
COLUMBIA AT PRINCETON | 7 P.M. | ESPNU
UTAH AT OREGON STATE | 9 P.M. | FS1
LOUISIANA TECH AT UTEP | 9 P.M. | CBSSN
CINCINNATI AT BYU | 10:15 P.M. | ESPN
SATURDAY, SEPT. 30
USC AT COLORADO | 12 P.M. | FOX
PENN STATE AT NORTHWESTERN | 12 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK
FLORIDA AT KENTUCKY | 12 P.M.
TEXAS A&M AT ARKANSAS | 12 P.M.
LOUISIANA AT MINNESOTA | 12 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK
UTAH STATE AT UCONN | 12 P.M. | CBSSN
CLEMSON AT SYRACUSE | 12 P.M. | ABC
UAB AT TULANE | 12 P.M. | ESPN2
SOUTH ALABAMA AT JAMES MADISON | 12 P.M. | ESPNU
BUFFALO AT AKRON | 12 P.M. | ESPN+
HOWARD AT ROBERT MORRIS | 12 P.M. | ESPN+
MORGAN STATE AT YALE | 12 P.M. | ESPN+
VIRGINIA LYNCHBURG AT DELAWARE STATE | 1 P.M. | ESPN+
DARTMOUTH AT PENN | 1 P.M. | ESPN+
EAST TENNESSEE STATE AT SAMFORD | 1 P.M. | ESPN+
EASTERN MICHIGAN AT CENTRAL MICHIGAN | 1:30 P.M. | ESPN+
VIRGINIA AT BOSTON COLLEGE | 2 P.M. | CW NETWORK
NORTH CAROLINA A&T AT NORFOLK STATE | 2 P.M. | ESPN+
AUSTIN PEAY AT LINDENWOOD | 2 P.M. | ESPN+
COLGATE AT CORNELL | 2 P.M. | ESPN+
SOUTH DAKOTA AT NORTH DAKOTA STATE | 2 P.M. | ESPN+
YOUNGSTOWN STATE AT UNI | 2 P.M. | ESPN+
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE AT VALPARAISO | 2 P.M. | ESPN+
DRAKE AT MOREHEAD STATE | 2 P.M. | ESPN+
WESTERN CAROLINA AT THE CITADEL | 2 P.M. | ESPN+
MIAMI (OHIO) AT KENT STATE | 2:30 P.M. | ESPN+
ARIZONA STATE AT CAL | 3 P.M. | PAC-12 NETWORK
WEBER STATE AT NORTHERN COLORADO | 3 P.M. | ESPN+
NORTH DAKOTA AT SOUTH DAKOTA STATE | 3 P.M. | ESPN+
GEORGIA AT AUBURN | 3:30 P.M. | CBS
MICHIGAN AT NEBRASKA | 3:30 P.M. | FOX
KANSAS AT TEXAS | 3:30 P.M. | ABC
INDIANA AT MARYLAND | 3:30 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK
ILLINOIS AT PURDUE | 3:30 P.M. | PEACOCK
WAGNER AT RUTGERS | 3:30 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK
BOWLING GREEN AT GEORGIA TECH | 3:30 P.M. | ACC NETWORK
HOUSTON AT TEXAS TECH | 3:30 P.M.
BAYLOR AT UCF | 3:30 P.M.
ARKANSAS STATE AT UMASS | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN+
SOUTH FLORIDA AT NAVY | 3:30 P.M. | CBSSN
OLD DOMINION AT MARSHALL | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN+
BALL STATE AT WESTERN MICHIGAN | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN+
NORTHERN ILLINOIS AT TOLEDO | 3:30 P.M. | ESPNU
BUCKNELL AT LAFAYETTE | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN+
MISSOURI AT VANDERBILT | 4 P.M. | SEC NETWORK
BOISE STATE AT MEMPHIS | 4 P.M. | ESPN2
NEW MEXICO AT WYOMING | 4 P.M. | MOUNTAIN WEST NETWORK
CAMPBELL AT NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL | 4 P.M. | ESPN+
TARLETON STATE AT SE LOUISIANA | 4 P.M. | ESPN+
IDAHO AT EASTERN WASHINGTON | 4 P.M. | ESPN+
IDAHO STATE AT MONTANA | 4 P.M. | ESPN+
PORTLAND STATE AT MONTANA STATE | 4 P.M. | ESPN+
VMI AT MERCER | 4 P.M. | ESPN+
HARVARD AT HOLY CROSS | 5 P.M. | ESPN+
MISSOURI STATE AT SOUTHERN ILLINOIS | 5 P.M. | ESPN+
LSU AT OLE MISS | 6 P.M. | ESPN
KENNESAW STATE AT CHARLESTON SOUTHERN | 6 P.M. | ESPN+
CHATTANOOGA AT WOFFORD | 6 P.M. | ESPN+
OREGON AT STANFORD | 6:30 P.M. | PAC-12 NETWORK
IOWA STATE AT OKLAHOMA | 7 P.M. | FS1
EAST CAROLINA AT RICE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
ABILENE CHRISTIAN AT NORTH TEXAS | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
COASTAL CAROLINA AT GEORGIA SOUTHERN | 7 P.M. | NFL NETWORK
TROY AT GEORGIA STATE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
TEXAS STATE AT SOUTHERN MISS | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
ABILENE CHRISTIAN AT NORTH TEXAS | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
GRAMBLING AT PRAIRIE VIEW A&M | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
EASTERN KENTUCKY AT NORTH ALABAMA | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
INDIANA STATE AT MURRAY STATE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
LAMAR AT HOUSTON CHRISTIAN | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
EASTERN ILLINOIS AT NORTHWESTERN STATE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE AT STEPHEN F. AUSTIN | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
TENNESSEE STATE AT UT MARTIN | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
NOTRE DAME AT DUKE | 7:30 P.M. | ABC
SOUTH CAROLINA AT TENNESSEE | 7:30 P.M. | SEC NETWORK
MICHIGAN STATE AT IOWA | 7:30 P.M. | NBC/PEACOCK
CHARLOTTE AT SMU | 7:30 P.M. | ESPNU
PITT AT VIRGINIA TECH | 8 P.M. | ACC NETWORK
WEST VIRGINIA AT TCU | 8 P.M. | ESPN2
APPALACHIAN STATE AT UL MONROE | 8 P.M. | ESPN+
SAN DIEGO STATE AT AIR FORCE | 8 P.M. | CBSSN
CENTRAL ARKANSAS AT SOUTHERN UTAH | 8 P.M. | ESPN+
UC DAVIS AT CAL POLY | 8 P.M. | ESPN+
NICHOLLS AT MCNEESE | 8 P.M. | ESPN+
ALABAMA AT MISSISSIPPI STATE | 9 P.M. | ESPN
NORTHERN ARIZONA AT SACRAMENTO STATE | 9 P.M. | ESPN+
WASHINGTON AT ARIZONA | 10 P.M. | PAC-12 NETWORK
NEVADA AT FRESNO STATE | 10:30 P.M. | FS1
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WEEK 3 SCOREBOARD
INDIANAPOLIS 22 BALTIMORE 19 OT
CLEVELAND 27 TENNESSEE 3
DETROIT 20 ATLANTA 6
GREEN BAY 18 ORLAND 17
HOUSTON 37 JACKSONVILLE 17
MIAMI 70 DENVER 20
LA CHARGERS 28 MINNESOTA 24
NEW ENGLAND 15 NY JETS 10
BUFFALO 37 WASHINGTON 3
SEATTLE 37 CAROLINA 27
ARIZONA 28 DALLAS 16
KANSAS CITY 41 CHICAGO 10
PITTSBURGH 23 LAS VEGAS 18
BOX SCORES: HTTP://HOSTED.STATS.COM/FB/SCOREBOARD.ASP
MONDAY
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES AT TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (MON) 7:15P (ET) 7:15P ABC
LOS ANGELES RAMS AT CINCINNATI BENGALS (MON) 8:15P (ET) 8:15P ESPN
WEEK 4 SCHEDULE
DETROIT LIONS AT GREEN BAY PACKERS (THU) 7:15P (CT) 8:15P PRIME VIDEO
ATLANTA FALCONS VS JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (WEMBLEY) 2:30P (BST) 9:30A ESPN+
MIAMI DOLPHINS AT BUFFALO BILLS 1:00P (ET) 1:00P CBS
MINNESOTA VIKINGS AT CAROLINA PANTHERS 1:00P (ET) 1:00P FOX
DENVER BRONCOS AT CHICAGO BEARS 12:00P (CT) 1:00P CBS
BALTIMORE RAVENS AT CLEVELAND BROWNS 1:00P (ET) 1:00P CBS
PITTSBURGH STEELERS AT HOUSTON TEXANS 12:00P (CT) 1:00P CBS
LOS ANGELES RAMS AT INDIANAPOLIS COLTS 1:00P (ET) 1:00P FOX
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS AT NEW ORLEANS SAINTS 12:00P (CT) 1:00P FOX
WASHINGTON COMMANDERS AT PHILADELPHIA EAGLES 1:00P (ET) 1:00P FOX
CINCINNATI BENGALS AT TENNESSEE TITANS 12:00P (CT) 1:00P FOX
LAS VEGAS RAIDERS AT LOS ANGELES CHARGERS 1:05P (PT) 4:05P CBS
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AT DALLAS COWBOYS 3:25P (CT) 4:25P FOX
ARIZONA CARDINALS AT SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS 1:25P (PT) 4:25P FOX
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS AT NEW YORK JETS 8:20P (ET) 8:20P NBC
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS AT NEW YORK GIANTS (MON) 8:15P (ET) 8:15P ESPN
****************MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL****************
ARIZONA 7 NY YANKEES 1
TORONTO 9 TAMPA BAY 5
CHICAGO WHITE SOX 3 BOSTON 2
BALTIMORE 5 CLEVELAND 1
MINNESOTA 9 LA ANGELS 3
KANSAS CITY 6 HOUSTON 5
TEXAS 9 SEATTLE 8
DETROIT 2 OAKLAND 0
WASHINGTON 3 ATLANTA 2
CINCINNATI 4 PITTSBURGH 2
MIAMI 6 MILWAUKEE 1
CHICAGO CUBS 4 COLORADO 3
SAN DIEGO 12 ST. LOUIS 2
PHILADELPHIA 5 NY METS 2
ATLANTA 8 WASHINGTON 5
LA DODGERS 3 SAN FRANCISCO 2 (10)
BOX SCORES: HTTP://HOSTED.STATS.COM/MLB/SCOREBOARD.ASP
******************MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL****************
INDIANAPOLIS 5 ROCHESTER 1
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LOS ANGELES 3 ARIZONA 2
PITTSBURGH 3 COLUMBUS 2
BUFFALO 4 WASHINGTON 3
OTTAWA 3 TORONTO 2
MINNESOTA 4 COLORADO 3
BOSTON 3 NY RANGERS 0
WINNIPEG 2 EDMONTON 1
DALLAS 7 ARIZONA 0
COLUMBUS 4 PITTSBURGH 3
ANAHEIM 3 LOS ANGELES 2
SAN JOSE 5 VEGAS 2
CALGARY 10 VANCOUVER 0
********************WNBA SCORES*********************
CONNECTICUT 78 NEW YORK 63
LAS VEGAS 97 DALLAS 83
******************MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER****************
AUSTIN 3 LA 3
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NFL ROUNDUP: DOLPHINS SCORE 70 POINTS IN ROUTING BRONCOS
De’Von Achane and Raheem Mostert had career days with four touchdowns apiece and Tua Tagovailoa completed his first 17 pass attempts as the Miami Dolphins crushed the Denver Broncos 70-20 on Sunday in Miami Gardens, Fla.
Miami (3-0) put together its highest-scoring performance in franchise history while also coming within two points of matching the NFL record. Achane rushed for two touchdowns and caught two more. He ran for 203 yards on 18 carries as Miami racked up 726 yards of total offense.
Tagovailoa finished with 309 yards and four TDs on 23-of-26 passing, while Tyreek Hill made nine catches for 157 yards and a touchdown.
Russell Wilson completed 23 of 38 passes for 306 yards with a touchdown and an interception for the Broncos (0-3), who lost three turnovers.
Chargers 28, Vikings 24
Linebacker Kenneth Murray Jr. made a game-saving interception in the end zone with seven seconds to go, and Los Angeles escaped with a win over Minnesota in Minneapolis.
Justin Herbert completed 40 of 47 passes for 405 yards and three touchdowns for the Chargers (1-2). Keenan Allen caught a career-high 18 passes for 215 yards, and he threw a touchdown pass on a trick play to Mike Williams. Kirk Cousins completed 32 of 50 passes for 367 yards, three touchdowns and an interception for Minnesota (0-3). Justin Jefferson had seven catches for 149 yards and a touchdown.
Minnesota marched to the Chargers’ 6-yard line in the final seconds. Cousins tried to fire a pass to T.J. Hockenson, but the ball was deflected and Murray came down with it in the end zone.
Cardinals 28, Cowboys 16
Joshua Dobbs threw for 189 yards and a pivotal fourth-quarter touchdown as Arizona cracked the code on the previously impenetrable Dallas defense in the upset win in Glendale, Ariz.
Dobbs completed 17 of 21 passes while adding 55 yards on the ground. In giving coach Jonathan Gannon his first NFL win, Arizona (1-2) rolled up 400 total yards and averaged 7.5 yards per play against a team that allowed only 10 points combined in dominant wins over the New York Giants and New York Jets.
Dak Prescott completed 25 of 40 passes for 249 yards and a touchdown for the Cowboys, while Tony Pollard rushed for 122 yards on 23 carries. But Prescott also tossed a game-clinching interception to Kyzir White in the end zone with three minutes left.
Browns 27, Titans 3
Deshaun Watson went 27-of-33 passing for 289 yards and two touchdowns to lead Cleveland to a home win over Tennessee.
Amari Cooper caught seven passes for 116 yards and a touchdown, and Elijah Moore caught nine passes for 49 yards for the Browns (2-1). The Browns’ defense dominated, sacking Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill five times and limiting Derrick Henry to just 20 yards rushing on 11 carries.
Cleveland’s Myles Garrett was credited with 3 1/2 sacks.
Tannehill completed 13 of 25 passes for 104 yards, while guiding Tennessee (1-2) to just six first downs and 94 yards of total offense.
Lions 20, Falcons 6
Behind two total touchdowns by quarterback Jared Goff and a stout defensive effort, Detroit earned a victory over visiting Atlanta.
Goff passed for 243 yards, while Lions wideout Amon-Ra St. Brown had a team-high nine receptions for 102 yards. Tight end Sam LaPorta added eight receptions for 84 yards and a touchdown for Detroit (2-1).
Desmond Ridder, under constant pressure from the Lions defense, completed 21 of 38 passes for 201 yards. Rookie tailback Bijan Robinson, the NFL’s second-leading rusher entering the game, was limited to 33 yards on 10 carries for the Falcons (2-1). He also added four receptions for 27 yards.
Packers 18, Saints 17
Jordan Love ran for a touchdown and threw for another during an 18-point fourth-quarter blitz that gave host Green Bay a comeback victory against New Orleans.
The winning points came when Love engineered his second 80-yard touchdown drive and threw an 8-yard touchdown to Romeo Doubs to put Green Bay (2-1) ahead with 2:56 left. In Love’s first start at Lambeau Field, he completed 22 of 44 for 259 yards with one touchdown and his first interception of the season. Rashan Gary had three sacks, including the one that knocked Carr out of the game with 10:39 left in the third quarter.
New Orleans rookie Blake Grupe was wide right from 46 yards with 1:05 left. The Saints (2-1) rolled to a 17-0 halftime lead, but went scoreless in the second half as quarterback Derek Carr was lost to a shoulder injury in the third quarter. Jameis Winston replaced Carr and completed 10 of 16 for 101 yards.
Texans 37, Jaguars 17
Fullback Andrew Beck returned a kickoff 85 yards for a touchdown and C.J. Stroud passed for 280 yards and two scores to lead Houston to an upset of host Jacksonville in an AFC South battle.
Tank Dell caught five passes for a career-high 145 yards and a touchdown, and Brevin Jordan also had a scoring reception for the Texans (1-2). Dameon Pierce rushed for a touchdown, Blake Cashman made a key interception and Will Anderson III blocked a field goal to help Houston beat the Jaguars (1-2) for the 10th time in the past 11 meetings.
Trevor Lawrence completed 27 of 40 passes for 279 yards, one touchdown and one interception for the Jaguars. Tank Bigsby rushed for a score and Christian Kirk had a touchdown catch for Jacksonville. Travis Etienne Jr. rushed for 88 yards on 19 carries and had four receptions for 50 yards for the Jaguars.
Bills 37, Commanders 3
Visiting Buffalo intercepted four Sam Howell passes and sacked him nine times in a rout of Washington.
Josh Allen passed for one touchdown and ran for another as the Bills (2-1) won their second straight. He completed 20 of 32 passes for 218 yards, while Stefon Diggs had eight catches for 111 yards. Bills linebacker Terrel Bernard had an interception, a fumble recovery and two sacks.
Howell finished 19-of-29 for 170 yards for the Commanders (2-1).
Patriots 15, Jets 10
Matthew Judon recorded a safety with 2:19 to go and visiting New England preserved a win over New York on a rainy day in East Rutherford, N.J.
The Patriots (1-2) extended their winning streak against their AFC East rival to 15 games, dating to 2015. That ties Kansas City’s run against Denver for the NFL’s longest active streak against a single opponent. Mac Jones went 15-of-29 passing for 201 yards and a touchdown, and Ezekiel Elliott rushed for a season-high 80 yards on 16 carries.
Zach Wilson and the Jets (1-2) attempted to salvage a dismal offensive performance with an 87-yard touchdown drive in the fourth quarter that cut their deficit to 13-10. But after New York got the ball back, Judon beat left tackle Mekhi Becton on third-and-long and took down Wilson in the end zone for his second sack of the day.
Colts 22, Ravens 19 (OT)
Matt Gay’s 53-yard field goal with 1:09 left in overtime, his fifth field goal of the day and fourth of more than 50 yards, lifted Indianapolis over host Baltimore.
Indianapolis (2-1) got the ball with 3:21 remaining when Lamar Jackson’s fourth-and-3 pass at the Colts’ 47-yard line for Zay Flowers fell incomplete. Zack Moss rushed four times for 18 yards to set up Gay’s game-winner, which dropped the Ravens to 2-1.
Moss finished with 30 rushes for 122 yards and a receiving touchdown. Backup quarterback Gardner Minshew, who started with rookie Anthony Richardson in concussion protocol, completed 27 of 44 passes for 227 yards with a touchdown.
Jackson hit 22 of 31 passes for 202 yards for Baltimore while rushing 14 times for 101 yards and two scores. The Ravens outgained Indianapolis 364-327 but lost two fumbles.
Chiefs 41, Bears 10
Patrick Mahomes passed for 272 yards and three touchdowns and Isiah Pacheco rushed for 62 yards and a score as host Kansas City routed skidding Chicago. Kansas City (2-1) scored the first 41 points of the game.
Mahomes led the way, going 24-of-33 passing while hooking up with Jerick McKinnon for two touchdowns. The Chiefs’ Travis Kelce had seven catches for 69 yards and a touchdown.
Chicago (0-3) has lost 13 in a row dating to last season, yielding at least 25 points in each game. Justin Fields was 11-for-22 passing for 99 yards with a touchdown and interception. Fields also was the team’s leading rusher with 47 yards.
Seahawks 37, Panthers 27
Kenneth Walker III rushed for two touchdowns and Jason Myers kicked five field goals as host Seattle kept Carolina winless in three games.
Walker gained a game-high 97 yards rushing on 18 carries and added three catches for 59 yards as the Seahawks (2-1) posted their second consecutive victory. Seattle’s Geno Smith was 23-of-36 passing for 296 yards, with one touchdown — a 5-yarder to rookie Jake Bobo with 4:17 left — and one interception. DK Metcalf had six catches for 112 yards.
Veteran quarterback Andy Dalton started for the Panthers in place of the injured Bryce Young (ankle), the No. 1 overall pick in this spring’s NFL draft. Dalton completed 34 of 58 passes for 361 yards with two touchdowns. Adam Thielen made 11 receptions for 145 yards, including a 15-yard TD with 1:40 remaining.
SEVEN FROM SUNDAY
A look at seven statistical highlights from games played during the 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. ET windows on Sunday, September 24, the third week of the 2023 season.
- In Week 3, two teams advanced to 3-0: MIAMI and SAN FRANCISCO. One of Philadelphia (2-0) or Tampa Bay (2-0), who meet on Monday (7:15 PM ET, ABC) can join this group.
The MIAMI DOLPHINS recorded 726 total yards of offense in their 70-20 victory over Denver in Week 3 and became the fourth team in NFL history, including the postseason, to score at least 70 points in a game and the first in 57 years, joining CHICAGO (73 points in the 1940 NFL Championship on December 8, 1940), WASHINGTON (72 points on November 27, 1966) and the LOS ANGELES RAMS (70 points on October 22, 1950).
The Dolphins are the second team in NFL history, including the postseason, to record at least 700 yards of total offense in a single game, joining the LOS ANGELES RAMS on September 28, 1951 (735 yards of offense).
Miami has recorded 1,651 total yards of offense this season and surpassed the 2011 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (1,621 yards of offense) for the most-ever by a team through its first three games of a season.
The Dolphins have scored 130 points so far this season and surpassed the 2013 DENVER BRONCOS (127 points) and 1966 DALLAS COWBOYS (127) for the second-most ever by a team through its first three games of a season. Only the 1968 DALLAS COWBOYS (132 points) had more.
For the 11th time in NFL history and third time in the past six seasons (2018, 2021 and 2023), a game has gone to overtime in each of the first three weeks of the season. The INDIANAPOLIS COLTS defeated Baltimore, 22-19, in overtime as MATT GAY became the first kicker in NFL history to convert four field goals of 50-plus yards in the same game.
Gay is the fifth kicker ever to convert a game-tying 50-yard field goal in the final two minutes of regulation and kick a game-winning 50-yard field goal in overtime, joining MATT BRYANT (September 7, 2014), MATT PRATER (December 11, 2011), MIKE VANDERJAGT (November 24, 2002) and GREG ZUERLEIN (December 2, 2012). Gay kicked the game-tying 53-yard field goal with 57 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter and the game-winning 53-yard field goal with 1:09 left in overtime in Week 3.
The GREEN BAY PACKERS trailed 17-0 entering the fourth quarter and defeated New Orleans, 18-17, in Week 3. They are the third team since 2000 to be shutout through three quarters and overcome a deficit of 17-or-more points in the fourth quarter to win, joining the CAROLINA PANTHERS on October 21, 2018 (at Philadelphia) and TENNESSEE TITANS on November 26, 2006 (vs. the New York Giants).
With three games remaining in Week 3, seven games have been within one score (eight points) in the fourth quarter and three teams – Green Bay, Indianapolis and the LOS ANGELES CHARGERS – came back to win after trailing in the fourth quarter. - Miami rookie running back DE’VON ACHANE totaled 233 scrimmage yards (203 rushing, 30 receiving) and four touchdowns (two rushing, two receiving) while running back RAHEEM MOSTERT totaled 142 scrimmage yards (82 rushing, 60 receiving) and four touchdowns (three rushing, one receiving) in the Dolphins’ Week 3 win.
Achane and Mostert are the second pair of teammates in NFL history to each score four touchdowns in the same game, joining Kansas City’s DERRICK BLAYLOCK and PRIEST HOLMES (four touchdowns each) on October 24, 2004.
Achane is the second player in NFL history with at least 200 rushing yards, two rushing touchdowns and two touchdown receptions in a single game, joining BILLY CANNON (216 rushing yards, three rushing touchdowns and two touchdown receptions on December 10, 1961). - Kansas City quarterback PATRICK MAHOMES passed for 272 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions for a 127.3 rating in the Chiefs’ 41-10 win over Chicago.
Mahomes has 25,044 passing yards in 83 career games and became the fastest player in NFL history to reach 25,000 career passing yards, surpassing MATTHEW STAFFORD, who reached the mark in 90 games.
Head coach ANDY REID recorded his 271st career win, including the playoffs, and surpassed Pro Football Hall of Famer TOM LANDRY (270 total wins) for the fourth-most wins by a head coach, including the postseason, in NFL history. Only Pro Football Hall of Famers DON SHULA (347) and GEORGE HALAS (324) as well as New England head coach BILL BELICHICK (330) have more. - Los Angeles Chargers quarterback JUSTIN HERBERT completed 40 of 47 pass attempts (85.1 percent) for 405 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions for a 123.8 rating while wide receiver KEENAN ALLEN registered 18 receptions for 215 yards and threw a 49-yard touchdown pass in the team’s 28-24 win at Minnesota.
Herbert has 15,028 passing yards in 52 career games and surpassed MATTHEW STAFFORD (53 games) as the second-fastest player ever to reach 15,000 career passing yards. Only PATRICK MAHOMES (49 games) reached the milestone quicker.
Herbert has 100 touchdown passes in 52 career games and surpassed Pro Football Hall of Famer JOHNNY UNITAS (53 games) and DESHAUN WATSON (53) as the fourth-fastest player ever to reach 100 career touchdown passes. Only PATRICK MAHOMES (40 games) and Pro Football Hall of Famers DAN MARINO (44) and KURT WARNER (50) reached the mark in fewer games.
Herbert has 1,406 career completions and surpassed Ryan Tannehill (1,392 completions) for the most completions by a player in his first four seasons.
Allen’s 18 receptions are tied with Pro Football Hall of Famer TOM FEARS (December 3, 1950), BRANDON MARSHALL (September 14, 2008) and JASON WITTEN (October 28, 2012) for the third-most receptions in a regular-season game in NFL history. Only Marshall (21 receptions on December 13, 2009) and Pro Football Hall of Famer TERRELL OWENS (20 receptions on December 17, 2000) had more.
Allen, who had 16 receptions in Week 11 of the 2020 season and 15 receptions on Kickoff Weekend in 2015, is the first player in NFL history with three career games with at least 15 receptions in NFL history.
Allen is the fourth player in NFL history with at least 10 receptions and a touchdown pass in a single game, joining TARIK COHEN (December 2, 2018), Pro Football Hall of Famer JERRY RICE (December 24, 1995) and JAMES WILDER (December 2, 1984). - Houston rookie quarterback C.J. STROUD passed for 280 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions for a 118.8 rating, rookie defensive end WILL ANDERSON blocked a field goal and fullback ANDREW BECK returned a kickoff 85 yards for a touchdown in the Texans’ 37-17 win at Jacksonville.
Stroud has 906 passing yards in his first three career starts and is the third player in NFL history with at least 900 passing yards in his first three career games, joining CAM NEWTON (1,012 passing yards in 2011) and JUSTIN HERBERT (931 in 2020).
The Texans are the first team with a blocked field goal and kickoff-return for a touchdown in the same game since the NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS on October 4, 2010. - Detroit rookie tight end SAM LAPORTA had eight receptions for 84 yards and one touchdown in the Lions’ 20-6 win over Atlanta.
LaPorta, who had five receptions in both Week 1 and Week 2, is the first rookie tight end in NFL history with at least five receptions in each of his first three career games.
LaPorta has 18 receptions this season and surpassed KEITH JACKSON (17 receptions in 1988) for the most receptions by a tight end in their first three career games in NFL history. - Minnesota quarterback KIRK COUSINS passed for 367 yards and three touchdowns while wide receiver JUSTIN JEFFERSON registered seven receptions for 149 yards and one touchdown on Sunday.
Cousins is the fifth player ever with at least 325 passing yards and two touchdown passes in each of his team’s first three games of a season, joining TOM BRADY (2011), DEREK CARR (2021), RYAN FITZPATRICK (2018) and PATRICK MAHOMES (2019).
Jefferson has 458 receiving yards this season, tied with WES WELKER (458 receiving yards in 2011) for the most receiving yards by a player in his team’s first three games of a season in NFL history.
- Additional notes from Sunday include:
- Dallas quarterback DAK PRESCOTT recorded 25 completions in his 100th career start on Sunday.
Prescott has 2,254 completions in 100 career games and surpassed JARED GOFF (2,250 completions) and MATT RYAN (2,242) for the third-most completions ever by a player in his first 100 career games. Only MATTHEW STAFFORD (2,410) and DEREK CARR (2,272) had more.
- Baltimore quarterback LAMAR JACKSON totaled 303 yards (202 passing, 101 rushing) and two rushing touchdowns while defensive back KYLE HAMILTON registered three sacks and kicker JUSTIN TUCKER kicked a 50-yard field goal on Sunday.
Jackson has 13 career games with at least 100 rushing yards, the most such games by a quarterback in NFL history, and became the first quarterback ever with three career games with at least 100 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns.
Hamilton, at 22 years and 192 days old, is the youngest defensive back to record three sacks in a single game since 1982, when the individual sack became an official statistic.
Hamilton is the sixth defensive back overall with three sacks in a game since 2000, joining JAMAL ADAMS (November 17, 2019), MIKE HILTON (December 25, 2017), LAWYER MILLOY (November 21, 2004), Pro Football Hall of Famer TROY POLAMALU (September 18, 2005) and ADRIAN WILSON (November 20, 2005).
Tucker has 58 career 50-yard field goals, tied with SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI (58) for the second-most made field goals of at least 50 yards in NFL history. Only Arizona’s MATT PRATER (73) has more.
- Arizona kicker MATT PRATER converted a 62-yard field goal in the Cardinals’ 28-16 win over Dallas, his third-career 60-yard field goal.
Prater the third kicker all-time with at least three made field goals of 60-or-more yards, joining BRETT MAHER (four) and GREG ZUERLEIN (three).
- Dallas quarterback DAK PRESCOTT recorded 25 completions in his 100th career start on Sunday.
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (2-0) AT TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (2-0)
DATE: Monday, September 25, 2023 GAME TIME: 7:15 PM ET
ABC: Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Lisa Salters
Westwood One: Mike Mayock
SiriusXM (also available on the SXM App) PHI: 81 or 226 TB: 83 or 225 National: 104 or 227
ALL-TIME SERIES HISTORY
REG. SEASON: Series tied, 8-8 (TB has won past 3)
POSTSEASON: TB leads series, 3-2
THE LAST TIME …
REG. SEASON: 10/14/21: TB 28 at PHI 22
POSTSEASON: 1/16/22 NFC-WC: PHI 15 at TB 31
EAGLES NOTES: • PHILADELPHIA is 2-0 for 2nd-consecutive season. • QB JALEN HURTS had 3 TDs (2 rush, 1 pass) in Week 2. Has 9 games with 2+ rush TDs, trailing only Cam Newton (10) for most such games by QB all-time. Has 28 rush TDs in 47 games, tied with Newton (28) for most rush TDs by QB in 1st 50 career games. Had 3 TDs (2 rush, 1 pass) in last reg. season meeting. Has 325+ pass yards in 2 of his past 3 Monday games. Aims for his 3rd in row on MNF with both pass & rush TD. • RB D’ANDRE SWIFT rushed for career-high 175 yards & had 19th-career rush TD in Week 2, most rush yards by PHI RB since LeSean McCoy (217 rush yards on 12/8/13). • WR DEVONTA SMITH had 4 catches for 131 yards & rec. TD in Week 2, his 8th-career game with 100+ rec. yards. Aims for his 3rd in row with TD catch. • WR A.J. BROWN had TD catch in his only career game vs. TB (10/27/19 w/ Ten.). Has 5+ catches in 3 of his 4 career MNF games. Has 50+ rec. yards in 8 of his 9 road games with Phi. • TE DALLAS GOEDERT led team with 6 catches last week. Had 6 catches for 92 yards in 2021 NFC-WC at TB (1/16/22). • DE JOSH SWEAT had 30th-career sack & 6th-career FF last week. Has 9 sacks in his past 8 games. Aims for his 4th in row in primetime with sack. • DT FLETCHER COX had 14th-career FR last week. • DT JORDAN DAVIS had 1st-career full sack in Week 2 & aims for his 3rd in row with 0.5+ sacks & TFL. • DT JALEN CARTER (rookie) aims for his 3rd in row with TFL. • LB HAASON REDDICK has TFL in 6 of his past 7 road games. • CB DARIUS SLAY aims for his 4th in row with PD. Has 12 PD & 3 INTs in his past 7 primetime games.
BUCS NOTES: QB BAKER MAYFIELD completed 26 of 34 atts. (76.5 pct.) for 317 yards & TD pass vs. 0 INTs for 114.5 rating in Week 2, his 11th-career game with 300+ pass yards. Passed for 204 yards with 86.2 rating in his only career start vs. Phi. (11/22/20 w/ Cle.). • RB RACHAAD WHITE had 5 catches with 103 scrimmage yards (73 rush, 30 rec.) & 2nd-career rush TD in Week 2, his 3rd-career game with 100+ scrimmage yards. Had 6 catches, 69 scrimmage yards (41 rec., 28 rush) & TD catch in his only career Monday game (12/5/22 vs. NO). • WR MIKE EVANS had 6 catches for 171 yards & rec. TD in Week 2, his 8th-career game with 170+ rec. yards, 2nd-most among active players. Is only player with 6+ catches & TD catch in each of 1st 2 weeks. Had 10 catches for 83 yards & rec. TD in last home meeting. Has 5 catches & rec. TD in 6 of his 7 career Monday games. • WR CHRIS GODWIN had 5 catches for 58 yards last week, his 16th-straight game with 5+ receptions, longest active streak in NFL. Has rec. TD in 3 of his past 4 on Monday. Aims for his 5th in row on Monday with 5+ catches & 50+ rec. yards. Had 5 catches for 56 yards & rec. TD in last home meeting. • TE CADE OTTON tied his career high with 6 catches last week. • LB LAVONTE DAVID has 55 tackles (7.9 per game) & 10 TFL in 7 career Monday games. Had FR in last home meeting. • LB DEVIN WHITE aims for his 5th in row on MNF with 5+ tackles. • LB SHAQUIL BARRETT had 1st sack of season & 1st-career INT-TD in Week 2. Had sack & 2 TFL in last meeting. • LB JOE TRYON-SHOYINKA had 2nd-career 2-sack game last week. • DL VITA VEA had 1.5 sacks in Week 2. Aims for his 3rd in row with TFL. Had half sack in last meeting.
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) The Philadelphia Eagles and Tampa Bay Buccaneers insist they aren’t listening to “noise” outside their locker rooms.
The unbeaten NFC rivals meet in prime time Monday night, each sporting 2-0 records that have spawned questions about realistic expectations for the season.
Jalen Hurts and the Eagles have been less dominant than many felt they’d be coming off a Super Bowl appearance last winter. The Bucs have been better than anticipated with much-traveled Baker Mayfield following Tom Brady at quarterback.
“Listen, are we going to be playing the same football we played on Feb. 12 last year right now? No, we’re not. Nobody is,” Eagles coach Nick Sirianni said. “We’re on this climb. We’re starting back from the beginning.”
Philadelphia held off New England on the road and survived a home test against Minnesota the past two weeks.
With Mayfield playing turnover-free ball, the Bucs defeated the Vikings on the road and then handed the struggling Bears their 12th consecutive loss last week.
“The thing we did best last year was take it one day at a time, one game at a time, everything. Little bits at a time,” Sirianni said. “It’s a hard mindset to have because you want to have the expectations. … And, it’s not necessarily the expectations of us. It’s expectations of the outside world.”
The “outside” chatter about the Bucs in the aftermath of Brady’s retirement has mostly painted a picture of gloom and doom for the season.
Mayfield is with his fourth team in two years and coming off a season in which he lost eight of 10 starts with the Carolina Panthers and Los Angeles Rams.
The No. 1 overall pick from the 2018 draft is accustomed to being second-guessed. He said the Bucs didn’t allow negative prognostications to bother them in the offseason, so there’s no need to listen to what’s being said now that they’ve won two games.
“That’s been the narrative, but we’ve known the whole time what we have in this locker room and the team that we’re trying to build, where we’re trying to head,” Mayfield said. “The important part now is not letting the outside noise affect us in the building. We didn’t let it affect us before, why let it do it now?”
Sirianni said the Eagles, who lost twice (including postseason) to the Brady-led Bucs two seasons ago, are simply trying to improve week to week.
“We understand everybody is going to have opinions, and we just have to focus on ourselves,” the coach added. ”We have to focus on getting better every day. It’s really as boring and monotonous as that. Just put your head down, go to work, block out noise if you’re somebody that gets affected by that.”
The Bucs, meanwhile, embrace the challenge of facing the defending NFC champions. Coach Todd Bowles, though, stopped short of calling it a litmus test for his team.
“We look at every week like that. The fact that they’re 2-0 and went to the Super Bowl doesn’t bother us. We’re trying to go 3-0,” Bowles said.
“There’s going to be challenges every week for us. They’re going to be bigger as the weeks go on,” the Bucs coach added. “We’re looking to get better as a team, no matter who we’re playing.”
RIVALRY
For teams that have never been paired in the same division, the Eagles and Bucs have developed quite a rivalry.
Tampa Bay leads the all-time series 11-10, including a 3-2 edge in the postseason. In the most recent matchup, Brady led the Bucs to a 31-15 win in a NFC wild-card game at home in January 2022. Three months earlier, Tampa Bay won a prime-time, regular-season matchup 28-22 in Philadelphia.
MEMORIES
Eagles fans probably best remember Hall of Famer Ronde Barber for clinching Tampa Bay’s win over Philadelphia in the 2002 NFC championship game with a 92-yard interception return for a touchdown, sending the Bucs to the Super Bowl for the first time.
Tampa Bay lost in Philadelphia in the first round of the playoffs each of the previous two seasons.
Barber, the fourth member of that team to be enshrined in Canton, Ohio, will receive his Hall of Fame Ring of Excellence during a halftime ceremony Monday night.
RUN EAGLES RUN
The Eagles have the NFL’s No. 2 ranked rushing offense, averaging 178 yards per game. Hurts ran for two TDs and threw for a third against the Vikings, while D’Andre Swift finished with a career-high 175 rushing on 28 carries.
“We’re going to ride the hot hand. Do I think it’s sustainable? Shoot, his body is ready to go,” Sirianni said of Swift’s workload. “I don’t ever want to put an expectation on anybody. If he’s got the hot hand on Monday night, we’ll keep rolling with him.”
For the record, the Bucs are allowing 52 yards per game rushing, second-fewest in the NFL. The Eagles are No. 1, yielding 51 a game.
LOS ANGELES RAMS (1-1) AT CINCINNATI BENGALS (0-2)
DATE: Monday, September 25, 2023 GAME TIME: 8:15 PM ET
ESPN: Chris Fowler, Louis Riddick, Dan Orlovsky, Laura Rutledge
Westwood One: Kevin Harlan, Kurt Warner
SiriusXM (also available on the SXM App) LAR: 85 or 229 CIN: 158 or 228 National: 88
ALL-TIME SERIES HISTORY
REG. SEASON: CIN leads series, 8-6 (won 3 of past 4)
POSTSEASON: LAR leads series, 1-0
THE LAST TIME …
REG. SEASON: 10/27/19: CIN 10 at LAR 24
POSTSEASON: 2/13/22 SB LVI: LAR 23 at CIN 20
RAMS NOTES: QB MATTHEW STAFFORD passed for 307 yards in Week 2 & is 1 of 2 (Kirk Cousins) with 300+ pass yards in each of 1st 2 weeks. Has 59 career 300-yard games, 2nd-most among active QBs. Has 52,723 career pass yards in 193 games & surpassed HOFer Peyton Manning (52,606) for 3rd-most pass yards by QB in 1st 200 career games in NFL history. Passed for 283 yards & 3 TDs in SB LVI vs. Cin. • RB KYREN WILLIAMS set career highs in catches (6) & scrimmage yards (100) & had 1st-career game with rush TD & rec. TD last week. Is only player with 2 TDs in each of 1st 2 weeks & can become 5th player since 2000 with 2+ TDs in each of his team’s 1st 3 games of season. • WR PUKA NACUA (rookie) had15 receptions for 147 yards in Week 2, most receptions by rookie in single game in NFL history. Is 1st player all-time with 10+ catches & 100+ rec. yards in each of his 1st 2 games. Leads NFL with 25 catches, most catches by player in 1st 2 career games. Is 3rd player ever (Michael Thomas & Andre Rison) with 25+ catches in his team’s 1st 2 games of season. • WR TUTU ATWELL had career-high 7 receptions for 77 yards last week. Aims for his 3rd in row with 6+ catches & 75+ rec. yards. • DT AARON DONALD had 2 sacks in SB LVI vs. Cin. Had sack & 3 TFL in last reg. season meeting. Has 14 TFL in his past 9 on road. • LB ERNEST JONES led team with 10 tackles in Week 2, his 5thcareer game with 10+ tackles. Had 7 tackles, 2 TFL, sack & PD in SB LVI vs. Cin. Aims for his 3rd in row on road with TFL & 3rd in row overall with 9+ tackles. • LB BYRON YOUNG (rookie) aims for his 3rd in row with 0.5+ sacks. • LB MICHAEL HOECHT aims for his 3rd in row on road with 0.5+ sacks. • DB JORDAN FULLER had 1st-career FF last week.
BENGALS NOTES: QB JOE BURROW passed for 222 yards & 2 TDs last week. Had 263 pass yards & TD pass vs. 0 INTs with 100.9 rating in SB LVI vs. LAR, only career start vs. Rams. Has 1,400 pass yards (280 per game) with 11 TDs (10 pass, 1 rush) vs. 2 INTs for 101.3 rating in 5 career starts in primetime. • RB JOE MIXON led team with 95 scrimmage yards (59 rush, 36 rec.) last week. Aims for 3rd in row with 70+ scrimmage yards. Has 150 scrimmage yards (75 per game) & rec. TD in 2 career games vs. LAR (incl. SB LVI). • WR JA’MARR CHASE has 5+ catches in 10 straight games, tied 2nd-longest active streak in NFL. Had 5 catches for 89 yards in SB LVI vs. LAR. Has 80+ rec. yards in 8 of his past 9 at home. Has 50+ rec. yards in each of 3 career games in primetime. • WR TEE HIGGINS led team with 8 catches for 89 yards & 2 TDs last week, 3rd-career game with 2 rec. TDs. Had 4 catches for 100 yards & 2 TDs in SB LVI vs. LAR. Has TD catch in 2 of his past 3 in primetime, incl. in his last game on MNF (10/31/22 at Cle.). • WR TYLER BOYD had 6 catches for 52 yards in Week 2. Has 5+ catches in each of 2 career games vs. LAR, incl. SB LVI. • DE TREY HENDRICKSON aims for his 3rd in row vs. LAR with sack, incl. postseason. Has 5.5 sacks in 5 career games on MNF, with 0.5+ sacks in each game. • LB LOGAN WILSON aims for his 7th in row with 8+ tackles & 3rd in row with TFL. Had 9 tackles, 3 TFL & PD in SB LVI vs. LAR. • LB GERMAINE PRATT aims for 3rd in row with 9+ tackles. • CB CHIBODE AWUZIE had PD in Week 2. Has PD in each of 4 career games vs. LAR, incl. INT in SB LVI. • S DAX HILL led team with career-high 11 tackles & had PD last week. Aims for 3rd in row with 6+ tackles & PD.
CINCINNATI (AP) As Joe Burrow goes, so go the Bengals. And neither is in a good place right now.
The Pro Bowl quarterback is day to day with the lingering effects of a right calf strain suffered early in training camp. He didn’t practice Thursday and doesn’t know if he’ll be able to go when the Bengals host the Los Angeles Rams on Monday night.
If he can’t, backup Jake Browning – a former practice squad QB who had his first and only NFL pass attempt in Week 1 – will get the nod. He won the job in training camp.
“You have to be ready, and Browning is an excellent capable backup, as well,” Rams coach Sean McVay said. “But I think you’d have to be silly not to prepare for one of the best. We’ll find out probably later on in the week – or maybe 90 minutes before kickoff – whether he’s going or not.”
Whether it was Burrow’s injury or his lack of practice time, or a little of both, the Cincinnati offense has been slow to rev up and the defending AFC North champion lost its first two games for the second consecutive season.
Late in last Sunday’s 27-24 loss to the Ravens, Burrow aggravated the calf injury and limped off the field.
It’s no time to panic, Cincinnati coach Zac Taylor said.
“I would argue that this isn’t adversity. That comes (with losses) later in the year, typically,” Taylor said. “We know that this season’s a marathon. We stumbled out the box, but again, we’ll pick up the pace, and (I) feel like we’ll be in good shape as the season goes.”
The Rams (1-1) won at Seattle in Week 1, then came away with plenty of positives in a 30-23 loss to powerhouse San Francisco last week.
Rookie receiver Puka Nacua, second-year running back Kyren Williams and third-year wideout Tutu Atwell led the way in a 386-yard effort by the Matthew Stafford-led offense.
Stafford threw for 307 yards and topped Peyton Manning’s NFL record for the most yards passing by a quarterback in his first 200 games.
BUSY MAN
With Cooper Kupp sidelined with a hamstring injury, Nacua set a single-game rookie record with 15 catches for 147 yards last week, giving him an NFL-leading 25 receptions already this season.
But that workload has come at a cost to the fifth-round draft pick from BYU, who sustained an oblique injury in his debut at Seattle. McVay said he has been careful with Nacua in practice and is looking for ways to minimize the wear and tear.
MIXON IN THE MIX
His numbers haven’t been gaudy, but Bengals running back Joe Mixon has been a steady presence for an inconsistent offense. The seventh-year pro carried 13 times for 56 yards in Week 1, and 13 times for 59 yards last week.
THROW ME SOMETHING
Cincinnati’s Ja’Marr Chase was vocal after last week’s game about not getting enough deep balls thrown his way. The 2021 Offensive Rookie of the Year had five catches for just 31 yards against the Ravens. The longest was 13 yards. In Week 1 he had five receptions for 39 yards, with a long of 12.
Offensive coordinator Brian Callahan said opponents’ defensive schemes, not to mention the lousy weather in Week 1, have kept the Bengals from throwing deep more often.
“I think sometimes Ja’Marr talks, and it just comes out his mouth,” Callahan joked. “He’s frustrated because his production isn’t what he’s accustomed to, and that’s OK. I don’t have a problem with that. We’ll still keep trying to find ways to get him the ball, as many ways as we can.”
SUPER PIECES
While the current Rams are largely unrecognizable from the team that defeated the Bengals in the Super Bowl after the 2021 season, their defense still has two key pieces that tormented Burrow. Defensive tackle Aaron Donald had two sacks and two tackles for loss in that game, and middle linebacker Ernest Jones had a sack and two tackles for loss.
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AP TOP 25: COLORADO FALLS OUT OF RANKINGS AFTER FIRST LOSS AND OHIO STATE MOVES UP TO NO. 4
(AP) — Colorado and Deion Sanders fell out of The Associated Press college football poll on Sunday after a resounding loss in one of the weekend’s showcase games, and the teams toward the top of the rankings were shuffled and tightened.
A season-high six teams received first-place votes, the most since the 2016 preseason poll. Georgia is still where it started at No. 1 in the AP Top 25, but it is down to 55 first-place votes out of a possible 63.
Michigan remained No. 2 and got a first-place vote. Texas stayed at No. 3 with two first-place votes. Ohio State moved up two spots to No. 4 and got a first-place vote after beating Notre Dame with a touchdown on its final offensive play.
The Fighting Irish slipped to two spots to No. 11.
Florida State dropped a spot to No. 5 after a victory at Clemson, but it nevertheless received three first-place votes.
No. 6 Penn State and No. 7 Washington each moved up a spot. The Huskies received a first-place vote.
Southern California fell three places to No. 8 while No. 9 Oregon and No. 10 Utah each moved up a spot to give the Pac-12 four teams in the top 10 for the first time in the history of the conference.
The Ducks’ blowout of Sanders’ Colorado team knocked the Buffaloes all the way out of the AP Top 25 from No. 19.
Colorado has been the story of the early season, starting 3-0 after winning just one game last season. The Buffs jumped into the rankings with an opening week upset of TCU, last season’s national runner-up.
After the Buffaloes were dominated at Oregon, USC comes to Boulder next week to give Colorado a chance to either jump back in the rankings or become an afterthought for voters for the rest of the season.
Utah’s victory over UCLA sent the Bruins falling out of the poll, leaving the Pac-12 with six ranked teams after two weeks with a conference-record eight.
Alabama, which fell out of the top 10 last week for the first time since 2015, inched up a spot to No. 12 after beating Mississippi.
The Rebels dropped five spots to No. 20.
Six teams receiving first-place votes is the most in a regular-season poll since Nov. 1, 2015.
In that poll, Ohio State was the No. 1 team, and like Georgia it had been that way since the preseason as the defending national champion. The Buckeyes received only 39 first-place votes.
No. 2 Baylor got six first-place votes as did No. 3 Clemson. No. 4 LSU got five. No. 5 TCU received four and No. 7 Alabama had one.
Three teams entered the rankings this week, all for the first time this season:
– No. 23 Missouri is ranked for the first time since a brief stay in 2019.
– No. 24 Kansas is ranked for the second consecutive season. The Jayhawks have not had two straight years with poll appearances of any kind since 2008-09.
– No. 25 Fresno State, which has won 13 straight games, the second-longest streak in the country behind Georgia, finished last season at No. 24.
Joining Colorado and UCLA in falling out the poll was Iowa.
The Hawkeyes have yo-yoed in and out of the rankings and did not receive a single point this week after getting shut out at Penn State.
The Southeastern Conference moves back into the top spot, though more than half are in the bottom batch.
SEC – 7 (Nos. 1, 12, 13, 20, 21, 22, 23).
Pac-12 – 6 (Nos. 7, 8, 9, 10, 16, 19).
Big Ten – 3 (Nos. 2, 4, 6).
ACC – 4 (Nos. 5, 15, 17, 18).
Big 12 – 3 (Nos. 3, 14, 24).
Mountain West – 1 (No. 25).
Independent – 1 (No. 11).
No. 10 Utah at No. 19 Oregon State. First ranked matchup between the two after 25 meetings.
No. 24 Kansas at No. 3 Texas. The first time the Jayhawks have played the Longhorns when they are ranked.
No. 13 LSU at No. 20 Mississippi. The 11th ranked matchup in the rivalry.
No. 11 Notre Dame at No. 17 Duke. Maybe the biggest home game in Duke history will be the first trip to Durham, North Carolina, for ESPN’s “College GameDay.” With Duke off the board, only six schools in Power Five conferences have not hosted the pregame show: California, Illinois, Maryland, Rutgers, Syracuse and Virginia.
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MLB ROUNDUP: LOWLY ROYALS FINISH 3-GAME SWEEP OF ASTROS
Nelson Velazquez produced his second career multi-homer game and the Kansas City Royals capped a stunning three-game road series sweep of the reeling Houston Astros with a 6-5 victory on Sunday.
The Royals notched their sixth consecutive win and 10th in 11 games, with five of those victories coming against the stumbling Astros, who have dropped nine of 12 games since taking a 2 1/2-game lead in the American League West on Sept. 10. Houston lost 18 of its last 23 home games and finished their home season 39-42.
The Royals clubbed four homers off Astros rookie right-hander Hunter Brown (11-13). Brown allowed six runs on six hits and one walk with four strikeouts over six innings.
Bulk pitcher Alex Marsh (3-8) picked up the win. He went 5 1/3 innings following opener Seven Cruz. Marsh allowed four runs, three earned, on three hits and two walks with six strikeouts. James McArthur worked a scoreless ninth for his third save.
Blue Jays 9, Rays 5
George Springer’s three-run inside-the-park homer in a five-run second inning headlined Toronto’s win over Tampa Bay in St. Petersburg, Fla. The right fielder also had an assist and saved a run with a diving catch in the third inning for the Blue Jays, who hit four home runs.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered twice and Bo Bichette went deep, while reliever Trevor Richards (2-1) pitched one-hit ball over two scoreless frames.
Isaac Paredes was 2-for-4 with his 30th homer, a walk and three RBIs. Harold Ramirez went 3-for-5 and scored as the Rays closed out their regular-season home schedule with a 53-28 record.
Orioles 5, Guardians 1
Kyle Gibson pitched into the eighth inning and Baltimore moved a step closer to the American League East title by beating host Cleveland.
Gibson (15-9) allowed one run on five hits with one walk and four strikeouts. Danny Coulombe and DL Hall combined to record the final six outs in Baltimore’s final road game of the season.
The Orioles earned a split of the four-game series and moved 2 1/2 games ahead of the second-place Tampa Bay Rays in the AL East. The win reduced Baltimore’s magic number to win the division to three.
Marlins 6, Brewers 1
The red-hot Jon Berti homered twice and Josh Bell went deep and reached base four times as postseason-seeking Miami bashed visiting Milwaukee.
Bryan De La Cruz singled in two runs and Jazz Chisholm Jr. finished with two hits and two runs as the Marlins kept the pressure on the Chicago Cubs, whom they are chasing for the third wild-card spot in the National League. Miami remains one game behind Chicago, which beat the Colorado Rockies 4-3 on Sunday.
The Brewers missed a chance to clinch the NL Central after entering with a magic number of one. William Contreras and Carlos Santana each had two of Milwaukee’s eight hits, and Tyrone Taylor singled home the Brewers’ only run.
Rangers 9, Mariners 8
Marcus Semien hit a pair of solo home runs and Texas hit six overall to close out a series sweep of Seattle in Arlington, Texas.
Texas built a five-run cushion with a four-run fourth inning, all on home runs. Adolis Garcia led off with a solo shot, Leody Taveras drove in Mitch Garver with a two-run blast and Semien hit the second of his homers to cap the inning. The Rangers maintained their lead the rest of the way, but not without Seattle pushing Texas throughout.
The Mariners — looking to avoid losing ground on the Rangers and pull ahead of Houston, which suffered a weekend sweep against Kansas City — totaled 13 hits.
Phillies 5, Mets 2
Nick Castellanos hit a two-run homer to cap a four-run fourth inning for host Philadelphia, which reduced its magic number for clinching a National League playoff spot to one by beating New York.
The Phillies completed a four-game sweep of the Mets. Philadelphia leads the Miami Marlins, the fourth-place team in the race for three NL wild-card spots, by six games with six left to play, but the Marlins hold the tiebreaker.
J.T. Realmuto had a two-run single in the fourth for the Phillies, one batter before Castellanos homered, and Bryce Harper added an RBI single in the fifth. Cristopher Sanchez (3-5) allowed two runs on three hits and one walk while striking out 10 — tying a career high — over seven innings.
Padres 12, Cardinals 2
Juan Soto hit a 461-foot, three-run homer in the first, added an RBI double in the fourth and made three excellent catches in left as San Diego closed out its home season with a rout of St. Louis in the rubber match of a three-game series.
The Padres, who have won nine of their last 10 games, scored at least one run in each of the first six innings and finished with nine extra-base hits in a season-high-tying 18-hit attack. Padres right-hander Michael Wacha (13-4) gave up two runs on six hits and a walk with six strikeouts in seven innings.
Cardinals left-hander Drew Rom (1-4) gave up eight runs (six earned) on 11 hits and a walk with four strikeouts in 3 1/3 innings.
White Sox 3, Red Sox 2 (6 innings)
Starting pitcher Mike Clevinger allowed two runs in six innings to help visiting Chicago defeat Boston in a game that ended after six innings because of rain.
Clevinger (9-8) gave up five hits and didn’t walk or strike out a batter as the White Sox won a series for the first time since Aug. 7-9 against the Yankees. Elvis Andrus hit a two-run double.
Wilyer Abreu and Adam Duvall homered for the Red Sox.
Reds 4, Pirates 2
TJ Friedl homered in the sixth inning and hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the seventh as Cincinnati topped Pittsburgh to avoid a series sweep.
Christian Encarnacion-Strand also homered for the Reds, who snapped a four-game losing streak in their final regular-season home game.
Jack Suwinski homered and Jason Delay added an RBI single for the Pirates, who had won four in a row. Pittsburgh rookie Quinn Priester pitched five no-hit innings before allowing two runs and two hits over six innings, with four strikeouts and five walks.
Diamondbacks 7, Yankees 1
Zac Gallen pitched six strong innings and withstood heavy rain as visiting Arizona beat New York. Gallen (17-8) allowed three hits, struck out eight and walked two. He joined the Atlanta Braves’ Spencer Strider as 17-game winners.
The Diamondbacks won for the sixth time in seven games and remained a half-game ahead of the Chicago Cubs for the National League’s second wild-card spot. Arizona also secured its first winning season since 2019.
The Yankees were officially eliminated from the AL playoff race with seven games remaining. They can win no more than 85 games and will miss the playoffs for the first time since 2016.
Twins 9, Angels 3
Ryan Jeffers homered, tripled and drove in three runs and Jorge Polanco and Max Kepler also went deep as Minnesota cruised past Los Angeles in Minneapolis.
Matt Wallner had two hits and two runs and Trevor Larnach and Kepler also had two RBIs for the Twins, who won for the fourth time in the last five games. Joe Ryan (11-10), vying for a starting spot in Minnesota’s playoff rotation, struck out 10 while picking up his second win since July 21. He allowed three runs on seven hits over six innings and didn’t walk a batter.
Brandon Drury had a two-run double, Zach Neto went 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI and a run, and Randal Grichuk had a double and scored twice for the Angels.
Tigers 2, Athletics 0
Eduardo Rodriguez threw seven shutout innings, Spencer Torkelson delivered the game’s only runs with a third-inning single and Detroit celebrated Miguel Cabrera’s last road game with a shutout of Oakland.
Cabrera, who will retire after the Tigers’ season-ending homestand, went 0-for-4 with a walk in his 44th and final regular-season performance in Oakland. Rodriguez (12-9) teamed with Jason Foley and Alex Lange on a seven-hitter, with the veteran left-hander allowing five hits and four walks in his seven innings. He struck out five.
A’s starter JP Sears (5-13) was pulled after five innings, having allowed two runs on six hits. He walked two and struck out seven. Shea Langeliers had a pair of doubles.
Cubs 4, Rockies 3
Patrick Wisdom hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the sixth inning and Chicago held on to win to complete a three-game sweep of visiting Colorado.
Chicago trailed 3-1 after 5 1/2 innings, but Seiya Suzuki led off the bottom of the sixth with a double against Rockies starter Ty Blach (3-3). He went to third on Dansby Swanson’s single and scored on Yan Gomes’ sacrifice fly.
Wisdom then sent a drive well up into the left-field bleachers for his 22nd home run, which gave the Cubs a one-run lead and ended the day for Blach, who allowed four runs, six hits, three walks and hit two batters over 5 1/3 innings.
Nationals 3, Braves 2
Jacob Young drove in two runs and Jackson Rutledge earned his first career victory as Washington defeated visiting Atlanta in the opening game of a doubleheader.
Rutledge (1-1) gave up one run and three hits in five innings of his third major league start. He struck out four and walked two. Young stretched the lead to 3-1 with a sixth-inning double. He joined teammates Jake Alu and Joey Meneses with two hits apiece.
Atlanta starter Allan Winans (1-2) surrendered two runs in five innings while striking out six. He issued two walks and allowed seven hits. Sean Murphy provided the final run when the Atlanta catcher homered with two outs in the ninth inning. It was his 21st homer of the season.
Braves 8, Nationals 5 (Game 2)
Kevin Pillar and Forrest Wall homered from the bottom of Atlanta’s batting order as the Braves secured their 100th victory of the season by defeating host Washington in the second game of the doubleheader.
Braves starter Spencer Strider (19-5) picked up the win. He allowed four runs on seven hits and a walk with four strikeouts. Atlanta has back-to-back seasons with at least 100 wins for the first time since 2002 and 2003.
It marked the home finale for the Nationals, who finished 34-47 at Nationals Park.
Dodgers 3, Giants 2 (10 innings)
Chris Taylor lined a walk-off single to right field with one out in the 10th inning, allowing Los Angeles to wrap up its regular-season home schedule with a victory over San Francisco.
It took just three pitches in the inning for the Dodgers to send the crowd home happy. Amed Rosario was pinch running for the designated runner, and he took third on Kolten Wong’s infield out on the first pitch he saw. Taylor then fell behind 0-1 before finding open space in right field with his game-winner off Giants closer Camilo Doval (6-6).
The loss, which left San Francisco five games out of the final National League wild-card spot with just six games to play, came where the Giants had been at their best this season. They had been 11-3 in extra-inning games, whereas the Dodgers had been 5-6.
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ACES OPEN SEMIFINALS WITH CONVINCING WIN OVER WINGS
A’ja Wilson had 34 points and eight rebounds and the No. 1 seed Las Vegas Aces pulled away from the visiting Dallas Wings for a 97-83 victory in Game 1 of their WNBA semifinal series Sunday.
Wilson made 15 of 21 field-goal attempts. Jackie Young had 19 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists, Kelsey Plum scored 25 points and Chelsea Gray scored 13 for the defending champion Aces. Game 2 of the best-of-five series is Tuesday night in Las Vegas.
Satou Sabally had 16 points, seven rebounds and seven assists for the No. 4 seed Wings. Arike Ogunbowale had 12 points and six assists, Natasha Howard had 11 points and seven rebounds and Kalani Brown, Odyssey Sims and Crystal Dangerfield scored 10 apiece.
Dallas’ bench outscored its Las Vegas counterparts 27-4, but the Wings’ starters couldn’t keep up with the Aces’ starters.
The Wings trailed by four at halftime and drew within 49-47 to start the third quarter. Gray made a basket and Plum made consecutive 3-pointers for a 57-47 lead.
Ogunbowale answered with a 3-pointer and the Wings got within seven once more before the Aces expanded the lead.
Wilson scored 14 points during an 18-7 run that put Las Vegas in command with a 75-57 lead at the end of the third quarter.
Dallas opened the fourth quarter on a 7-0 run to get within 11 points, but two consecutive 3-pointers by Young soon quashed that potential rally.
Teaira McGowan scored five early points and Odyssey Sims had four to help the Wings edge in front, 17-16. But Wilson and Young combined for 18 points in the first quarter to help Las Vegas take a 20-10 lead at the end of one.
Gray scored the Aces’ first five points of the second quarter and Wilson made three consecutive baskets to push the lead to 33-26.
Plum’s 3-pointer gave Las Vegas its biggest lead of the half at nine points, but baskets by Brown and Howard and a 3-pointer by Sabally pulled Dallas within 49-45 at halftime.
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BYRON ADVANCES TO NASCAR’S ROUND OF 8 WITH WIN AT TEXAS, THE 300TH OVERALL FOR HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) William Byron got a milestone victory for Rick Hendrick while advancing into the round of eight of NASCAR playoffs.
Bubba Wallace felt like he let one get away.
Byron took the lead for the first time right after the final restart with six laps left Sunday at Texas, staying in front after going underneath Wallace and Chase Briscoe, to win the opener of the second round of the playoffs and get the 300th victory for Hendrick Motorsports.
“I choked … I had my worst restart,” said Wallace, who after just sneaking into the round of 12 started from the pole and led a career-high 111 laps. “This one is going to sting for a little bit.”
The top five finishers were all playoff contenders, with Ross Chastain second, ahead of Wallace, Christopher Bell and Denny Hamlin. Retiring driver Kevin Harvick was sixth and playoff driver Brad Keselowski seventh.
“We’ve just been kind of steady Eddie through the first three or four races and we haven’t shown any flashes, but today I thought we had a good car if we could have just get to the front,” Byron said. “At the end there we were really fast.”
Byron finished 1.863 seconds ahead of Chastain for his sixth win of the season, the most in the Cup series. He maintained the points lead he had starting the second round.
Hamlin, Chris Buescher, Bell, Martin Truex Jr., Chastain, Keselowski and Kyle Larson round out the top eight of the playoff standings behind Byron. Wallace moved up three spots to ninth, still one below the cutoff line when this three-race round is done, with Tyler Reddick, Ryan Blaney and Kyle Busch behind him.
There are two more races in the round of 12, at Talladega next weekend and then the Roval at Charlotte.
After an earlier restart with 20 laps to go in the 267-lap race, when Larson and Wallace hadn’t taken fresh tires, they were side-by-side going into Turn 1 when Larson got loose on the inside. Larson’s car went up the track and slammed hard into the wall to end his day, but didn’t make contact with Wallace.
But there was still one more restart, after six cars got caught up in an accident in the back of the field, including playoff contenders Ryan Blaney and Tyler Reddick, last year’s winner at Texas.
That is what set up the 25-year-old Byron in the No. 24 Chevrolet, instead of Larson, getting the milestone victory for Hendrick. It was Byron’s 10th career win.
Byron said he wasn’t sure he could put into words what it meant to get No. 300, expressing his thanks to “Mr. Hendrick for his investment in me, and telling me at 17 years old that he was going to take me to Cup racing. So just appreciate everything he’s done for me. This is awesome.”
Denny Hamlin was racing with damage to his right side after being hit by Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Ty Gibbs on pit road in the first stage.
“Once we got the damage, (the car) just wasn’t as fast as it was before,” Hamlin said. “Still, considering how much damage it had, it was a top-three car. A bunch of carnage happened there in the end, and we avoided it, so we are in a better spot than when we entered.”
Kyle Busch knew something was wrong with his car when trying to get to the end of first stage. The playoff contender didn’t make it that far, with No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet getting loose and slamming hard into the outside wall in Turn 1 before coming down to the inside of the track.
“I felt like I had a flat right front (tire) , and I was going to come to pit road. I second-guessed it, and said ‘I don’t think so, man. It’s just something’s wrong. Something’s not right, but it’s not a flat’,” Busch said. “And just all on its own, just turned into the bottom of the race track in Turn one and it just swapped ends on me. That’s the rear, not the front, not having grip.”
Busch had the car in reverse, backing down the entire backstretch, through the third and fourth turns all the way to his pit stall. He finished only 73 laps and was 34th in the 36-car field, dropping from sixth to 12th in the playoff standings.
For the first time since Texas opened in 1997, the race wasn’t scheduled for 501 miles, and was 100 miles shorter. … Playoff contenders have won each of the first four playoff races this season, after non-playoff drivers did so in the first four last year. … The outside temperature reached 101 degrees, making it the hottest Cup race ever at Texas, which opened in 1997. The track temperature was 140 degrees early in the race.
Two cars lost right rear wheels in a span of 13 laps early in the race. Austin Dillon’s No. 3 Chevrolet when racing full speed near Turn 3 on lap 41, bringing out the first caution soon after the first cycle of green-flag pit stops had mostly been completed. Then 12 laps later, after another caution, the right rear came off the No. 51 ord driving by Todd Gilliland.
The series returns to Talladega Superspeedway, where Busch won double overtime and under caution in April. Blaney and Buescher finished second and third in that race that had 57 lead changes among 21 drivers.
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BRYSON DECHAMBEAU WINS LIV GOLF-CHICAGO, 2ND VICTORY OF SEASON ON SAUDI-FUNDED TOUR
SUGAR GROVE, Ill. (AP) Bryson DeChambeau shot 6-under 28 on the back nine, closed with one last birdie on his penultimate hole and won LIV Golf-Chicago on Sunday by one shot over Marc Leishman and Anirban Lahiri.
DeChambeau finished with an 8-under 63 at Rich Harvest Farms and a 54-hole total of 13-under 200. He began on the fourth hole under LIV’s shotgun start format, made his only bogey on the par-4 ninth and then reeled off four birdies in five holes.
It was the second win of the season on the Saudi-funded tour for DeChambeau, whose Crushers – including Lahiri – won the team competition by three shots. That means DeChambeau takes home $5.25 million – $4 million for the individual trophy.
DeChambeau closed with a 12-under 58 to win at The Greenbrier in early August.
Leishman shot 66. Lahiri, who started on the first hole in the final pairing with second-round leader Sebastian Munoz, bogeyed the par-4 18th to fall out of a tie with DeChambeau.
Munoz, who led by three after 36 holes, closed with a 73.
Brooks Koepka, playing his final tournament before the Ryder Cup in Italy, shot 71 to finish at 5 under. Koepka, who won the PGA Championship in May and was picked to the U.S. team by captain Zach Johnson, will be the only LIV player participating in the biennial team competition.
There are two events remaining on LIV’s 2024 schedule, next month in Saudi Arabia and at Trump National Doral in Florida.
TOP INDIANA RELEASES/NEWS
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MATT GAY KICKS 4 FGS OVER 50 YARDS, INCLUDING OT WINNER, AS COLTS BEAT RAVENS 22-19
BALTIMORE (AP) Matt Gay capped a terrific day of kicking with a 53-yard field goal in overtime, giving the Indianapolis Colts a 22-19 victory over the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday.
Gay made a record four kicks from beyond 50 yards, including a 53-yarder that tied it in the final minute of regulation. His chance in overtime didn’t come until after both teams had been stopped on fourth down near midfield.
The Ravens (2-1) swarmed Zack Moss on fourth-and-1 from the Baltimore 46, stopping the Indianapolis running back and taking over the ball with 4:10 remaining. Then the Ravens went for it on fourth-and-3 from the Indy 47.
Lamar Jackson threw incomplete as Baltimore called in vain for a penalty on linebacker E.J. Speed, who appeared to impede receiver Zay Flowers going over the middle.
There was no flag, and the Colts (2-1) were able to drive in position for Gay’s fifth field goal of the game with 1:09 remaining.
Gardner Minshew, playing in place of injured rookie Anthony Richardson, threw for 227 yards and a touchdown for the Colts.
Jackson ran for 101 yards and two TDs for the Ravens but couldn’t take advantage of two opportunities in overtime when Baltimore started with great field position.
The Ravens had the ball at the Indianapolis 48 – with star kicker Justin Tucker looming – after the Colts punted on their first overtime drive. But the Indianapolis defense forced a three-and-out.
Tucker came up short on a 61-yard kick with 1 second left in regulation that could have won it.
Tucker made a 50-yard field goal with 7:33 remaining in the fourth quarter to give the Ravens a one-point lead, and a late punt by Jordan Stout pinned the Colts on their 2 with 2:14 left. On third-and-long, Minshew accidentally stepped out of the back of the end zone for a safety while under heavy pressure. That made it 19-16.
But after a fair catch on the ensuing free kick, Baltimore started its drive with 2:03 on the clock, and thanks to the two-minute warning, a timeout and a Baltimore penalty, the Colts got the ball back with 1:41 left. They drove into range for Gay to tie it with 57 seconds left.
Safety Kyle Hamilton had three sacks for the Ravens, all in the first half. Jackson threw for 202 yards.
Jackson completed all seven of his first-half passes and his first 10 overall and the Ravens looked on their way to an easy win at first. The star quarterback opened the scoring with an 8-yard run in the first quarter, and Baltimore was on the move again before practice squad call-up Kenyan Drake fumbled at the end of a 24-yard gain.
Then the Indianapolis defensive front began imposing its will a bit. Jackson fumbled and had to fall on the ball at his 8 on one third-down play. The Colts took the ensuing punt and tied the game when Minshew found Moss for a 17-yard TD.
Jackson fumbled again inside his 20, and this time Indianapolis recovered and kicked a field goal. The Ravens had four first-half fumbles in all on a wet day, losing two.
The Colts had issues with Baltimore’s pressure as well. Safety blitzes were particularly effective, with Geno Stone picking up a sack in addition to Hamilton’s three.
The Colts led 13-7 in the third quarter before Jackson guided his team on a 10-play, 81-yard drive. He scored on a 10-yard draw to put Baltimore ahead. Gay gave Indianapolis the lead in the fourth with a 53-yard kick, but Tucker answered for the Ravens.
INJURIES
Baltimore had several key players out for this game, including receiver Odell Beckham Jr. (ankle), cornerback Marlon Humphrey (foot) and two starters on the offensive line. Linebacker David Ojabo left with an early ankle injury and running back Gus Edwards was evaluated for a concussion.
COLTS COACH SHANE STEICHEN POST GAME: https://www.colts.com/video/shane-steichen-colts-at-ravens-postgame
COLTS QB GARDNER MINSHEW POST GAME: https://www.colts.com/video/gardner-minshew-colts-at-ravens-postgame
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HOOSIERS SWEPT BY NO. 1 BADGERS
MADISON, Wis. – The Indiana Volleyball team (11-4, 1-1) saw an eight-match winning streak come to an end on Sunday afternoon (Sept. 24) at the UW Field House in Madison.
A tough battle in the second set, with the Hoosiers fighting off a pair of set points, wasn’t enough to topple the nation’s top-ranked team with No. 1 Wisconsin beating IU in straight sets (13-25, 23-25, 18-25) in front of a sold-out crowd.
Senior outside hitter Morgan Geddes, coming off the bench, recorded a team-high 10 kills with senior middle blocker Savannah Kjolhede providing seven kills and five blocks.
IU returns to action next weekend with matches in Wilkinson Hall against Iowa (Friday) and No. 2 Nebraska (Saturday).
Stats and Notes
Team
• IU out dug Wisconsin 35-33 but were bested by the hosts in every other major statistical category including a near-200 point difference in hitting percentage.
• The Hoosiers fall to 0-14 all-time against the nation’s top-ranked team. IU’s last three losses against No. 1 teams have come against Wisconsin.
• An eight-game winning streak came to an end for IU, marking the longest string of consecutive wins since the 2017 season.
#10 Haworth, Camryn
• IU’s setter went for 30 assists, three digs and two blocks in the match. She failed to record a service ace for the first time in the last 17 matches.
#15 Kjolhede, Savannah
• The senior continued an outstanding blocking week, putting together a team-high five blocks in the loss to Wisconsin. She added seven kills and two digs on the afternoon.
#16 Geddes, Morgan
• A first-set substitution saw Geddes inserted on right to make an immediate impact. She went for a team-high 10 kills on 26 attempts.
• Today’s efforts marked the third time this season she’s gone for 10+ kills.
#32 Gary, Ramsey
• Another solid day defensively for the freshman, Gary tallied 16 digs, extending her streak of 15+ digs out to five-straight matches.
• On the week, she had 40 digs across seven sets and continues to lead all freshmen in the conference in digs. She’s up to 207 in the first five weeks of the season.
Scoring Recap
Set 1: Wisconsin 25, Indiana 13
• The hosts jumped out to a massive advantage in the first set behind 11 kills on 21 swings (.476) and five team blocks.
• Indiana hit negative in the opening frame despite the efforts of Kjolhede and graduate student middle blocker Kaley Rammelsberg with three kills apiece.
• The Wisconsin lead got as big as 13 (22-9) in the first set. The Hoosiers got a pair of late kills from Haworth and Kjolhede but the Badgers won the first set 25-13.
Set 2: Wisconsin 25, Indiana 23
• Sophomore outside hitter Candela Alonso-Corcelles went for five kills in the second set as the Hoosiers fended off two set points and forced the Badgers into a deuce game.
• Out of a timeout, down five, IU rattled off five straight points to draw the game even at 16-all. An ace from junior outside hitter Mady Saris leveled the match before a Wisconsin timeout.
• A stuff from Rammelsberg drew IU within one point at 23-24 but out of the timeout, Wisconsin middle blocker Anna Smrek dropped a ball just past the arms of Alonso-Corcelles to win the set.
Set 3: Wisconsin 25, Indiana 18
• IU tallied four blocks and 17 digs in the final set, turning up the defensive pressure but the top-ranked Badgers proved too much.
• The Hoosiers drew within three, down 10-13, but would never get closer the rest of the way despite four kills in the frame from Rammelsberg.
• Two late points to draw within six were negated by a match-winning kill from Wisconsin opposite hitter Devyn Robinson.
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PAREDES EARLY GOAL SERVES AS GAME WINNER IN VICTORY OVER NO. 18 NORTHWESTERN, 1-0
BLOOMINGTON, lnd. – Indiana junior midfielder Hope Paredes netted the game winner to defeat the No. 18 Northwestern Wildcats (7-2-0, 0-2 B1G) at Bill Armstrong Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
KEY MOMENTS
• Indiana (9-0-2, 3-0 B1G) took an early lead as Paredes put one in the back of the net in the second minute of the match off a throw in by junior defender Lauren Costello. Costello threw a ball inside the six-yard box. The Wildcats attempted to clear it out, but the header would find the foot of Paredes for the goal.
• Indiana continued to attack seeing another opportunity by Paredes in the 11th minute. Another throw-in would send the ball into the 18-yard box as Paredes sent one to the top of the net, but NU’s keeper tipped it for the save.
• IU held the Cats to zero shots in the first half. They saw their first shot in the 53rd minute but it was off the mark. Their next opportunity came in the 61st minute, but junior goalkeeper made a diving save in the box.
• Senior midfielder Sofia Black saw Indiana’s second-best chance in the 77th minute after redshirt sophomore Ava Akeel found her on the outside corner of the box but the Cats keeper would make a diving save.
• In the 82nd minute, the Wildcats saw another chance after senior midfielder Meg Boade took a shot in the middle of the goalie box on a breakaway, but junior goalkeeper Jamie Gerstenberg came up with a phenomenal save as she pounced on the ball to secure the shutout.
HOOSIER POINTS
GOALS: Hope Paredes (2′)
ASSISTS: Lauren Costello
NOTABLES
• Indiana improves to 9-0-2 and 3-0 in the conference, tying the most wins under head coach Erwin van Bennekom.
• The Hoosiers are undefeated through the first 11 games this season for their best start since 2013.
• Paredes scored her first goal of the season.
• Costello earns her fifth assists on the year tallying her seventh point.
• The win over the No. 18 Wildcats is the first victory over a ranked opponent since the Hoosiers defeated #23 SMU on Sept. 8, 2017.
• IU is now 13-13-4 all-time against Northwestern.
• IU extended its current win streak to six, It is the longest under van Bennekom and the longest since 2009.
• Gerstenberg made three saves against the Wildcats to earn her ninth victory this season to tie her single season record set in 2021. Her nine wins rank sixth all-time in season victories.
QUOTEABLES
Indiana head coach Erwin van Bennekom
“Big time win against a top program in our league and obviously a ranked opponent. It’s a huge win for our team. I think they’re starting to see the evidence of the work we are put in with the pressing and the running. I am so happy for them. It’s a great start to the Big Ten season. I told them at the end I’m not even surprised anymore. Maybe a little bit at the start, but this is the new normal.”
UP NEXT
IUWS will travel to Columbus on Thursday, Sept. 28 for against Ohio State. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. ET on B1G+.
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FIELD HOCKEY WINS THRILLER OVER JAMES MADISON IN HOME OPENER
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. ––– It was an exciting Sunday for Indiana Field Hockey as the team climbed back from a 2-1 deficit in the third period to win the game, 3-2, on Sunday in their home opener.
Following the win, the Hoosiers’ record now stands at 4-5 on the season.
KEY MOMENTS
• Graduate forward Sarah Charley found the back of the cage in the 11th minute to put Indiana in front 1-0.
• James Madison scored two goals within two minutes at the 35th and 36th-minute marks in the third period to go up 2-1 after trailing nearly the entire game to that point.
• Junior midfielder Meredith Lee tied the game up at 2-2 with a goal shortly after the start of the fourth period in the 48th minute. The penalty corner helped facilitate Lee’s goal with assists being credited to Sarah Charley and Sydney Keld.
• Indiana drew a penalty corner with 50 seconds left in the game, the play panned out with senior Meghan Dillon tapping in the game-winning goal as Indiana gained a 3-2 lead in the final seconds. Sarah Charley and Sydney Keld also assisted on the play.
NOTABLES
• Charley’s goal was her fourth of the year.
• Charley and Keld each notched two assists in the game.
• Indiana took 15 shots with 10 of them being on goal.
• The Hoosiers led James Madison in penalty corners with a 7-0 advantage.
• Lee’s goal was the first of her career.
• Dillon’s goal was her second of the season.
UP NEXT
• IU will be back at home next weekend on Friday, Sep. 29 to take on Michigan at Deborah Tobias Field.
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#19 PURDUE SWEEPS RUTGERS
PISCATAWAY, N.J. – No. 19 Purdue volleyball earned its second sweep of the season with the 3-0 (25-19, 25-20, 25-21 ) victory at Rutgers on Sunday afternoon.
With the win, Purdue improves to 8-3 (2-0 Big Ten) heading into its Big Ten home-opener Friday, while handing Rutgers its fifth loss of the season (8-5, 0-2 Big Ten).
The Boilermakers out-hit the Knights .234% vs. .118% in the match. It is the fifth straight match Purdue has recorded a .234 or higher hitting %.
Two setters saw time with setter Lorrin Poulter checking in during Set 2 and closing out the match, dishing out 22 assists, three digs and two block assists in a set and a half of action.
Freshman outside hitter Kenna Wollard had a career-setting day with six kills and just one error (.385 attack %) alongside four total blocks.
Purdue recorded six total blocks in Set 1, led by Wollard’s three (1 solo, 3 assisted)
The Boilermakers out-blocked the Knights, 11-7, marking the sixth consecutive match Purdue has secured double-digit blocks.
Ali Hornung and Maddie Schermerhorn each totaled 12 digs
Eva Hudson led the team in each of the Big Ten matches, closing the day with 15 kills at Rutgers.
Chloe Chicoine was two digs shy of earning a double-double with 12 kills and eight digs.
Raven Colvin led the team with six total blocks (1 solo, 5 assisted).
Purdue’s last sweep was vs. UCF (9/14).
Purdue improves to 17-0 all-time vs. Rutgers.
Purdue returns to Holloway Gymnasium next weekend for a Friday/Sunday matchup. First, Purdue will face No. 2 Nebraska at 7 p.m. ET on Friday, which fans can watch live on Big Ten Network. Then, the team will host Northwestern for a 2 p.m. showdown on Sunday on B1G+.
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WEEKEND-HIGH 5 SINGLES WINS ON DAY THREE
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Boilermakers light up the Louisville Cardinals for five singles wins on the final day of the June Stewart Invitational.
After dropping two of three doubles matches against the Cardinals on day two, the Boilers came back with a fury to clinch a weekend high five singles wins. Three Boilermakers ran through their competition in straight sets.
Csilla Fodor defeated Jamilah Snells in a confident 6-3, 6-2 victory. Kennedy Gibbs ran away with her match after taking a tight first set 7-5. Both players have won in straight sets over their last two matches.
Juana Larranaga found her stride on day three as she picked up a straight set victory over Elena Noguero. She puts up two wins through the tournament and progressively got better over the course of the weekend.
Tara Milic picked up her first win of the fall as she defeated Ibifuro Clement in super tiebreak that she dominated 10-5.
Carmen Gallardo Guevara and Gibbs both finished their opening weekend on a high note as they leave Music City with 3-0 records in singles play.
The Boilers return to Indiana for a quick turnaround as they travel to Bloomington for the Hoosier Classic Sept. 29-Oct. 1.
SINGLES
Csilla Fodor (PUR) def. Jamilah Snells (LOU) 6-3, 6-2
Carmen Gallardo Guevara (PUR) def. Berta Miret (LOU) 6-1, 3-6, 10-7
Kennedy Gibbs (PUR) def. Germany Davis (LOU) 7-5, 6-3
Lillian Mould (LOU) def. Calissa Dellabarca (PUR) 4-6, 6-3, 11-9
Juana Larranaga (PUR) def. Elena Noguero (LOU) 6-3, 6-2
Tara Katarina Milic (PUR) def. Ibifuro Clement (LOU) 6-1, 4-6, 10-5
DOUBLES
#59 Celia-Belle Mohr/Holly Staff (VAN) def. Csilla Fodor/Kennedy Gibbs (PUR), 6-4
Anessa Lee/Bridget Stammel (VAN) def. Carmen Gallardo Guevara/Tara Katrina Milic (PUR) 6-1
Valeria Ray/Amy Stevens (VAN) def. Juana Larranaga/Calissa Dellabarca (PUR), 7-6 (7-2)
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BOILERMAKERS BEGIN BUSY STRETCH AT WINDON MEMORIAL IN CHICAGO
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue men’s golf team begins a busy stretch as it heads to the Chicago Northside for the Windon Memorial Classic, hosted by Northwestern.
The Boilermakers kick off three straight weeks of competition on Monday with 36 holes at Sunset Ridge Golf Club in Northfield, Illinois, starting in 8:30 a.m. CT, shotgun start. Tuesday’s tee times will start at 8 a.m. CT.
Purdue is one of 15 teams in a field that features nine squads that were selected to NCAA Regionals a year ago. Thirteen of the 15 teams were ranked in Golfweek’s final top-100 rankings. The Boilermakers will be one of five Big Ten teams in the field (Purdue, Northwestern, Indiana, Michigan State, Wisconsin).
THE FIELD (Golfweek Rankings / final 2023 rankings)
30 Northwestern (NCAA Qualifier – 5 seed)
33 East Tennessee State (NCAA Qualifier – 6 seed)
40 North Florida (NCAA Qualifier – 8 seed)
47 Little Rock (NCAA Qualifier – 9 seed)
48 Purdue (NCAA Qualifier – 7 seed)
53 Notre Dame
57 Indiana (NCAA Qualifier – 11 seed)
61 Michigan State (NCAA Qualifier – 10 seed)
66 Wisconsin (NCAA Qualifier – 11 seed)
69 Marquette (NCAA Qualifier – 10 seed)
72 Kent State
79 Memphis
97 South Florida
102 Minnesota
133 UC Davis
LAST TIME OUT
Purdue proved it can play with the nation’s best teams at the Olympia Fields Invitational, finishing tied for 11th out of 15 teams, but just seven shots out of sixth place and five shots out of seventh place. The Boilermakers tied 2022 National Champion and defeated perennial powers Oklahoma State and Stanford by shooting a 13-over par 573 (286-287). Herman Sekne paced the Boilermakers with a T-13 finish at 1-under par 139.
TEAM NOTES
Purdue finished tied for third at the season-opening Marquette Intercollegiate. The Boilermakers held the 18, and 36-hole lead but couldn’t hang on in the final round.
Purdue did not record a double-bogey or worse in 180 combined holes at the Olympia Fields Invitational.
Purdue’s head-to-head wins this year feature victories against Oklahoma State and Stanford and ties with Pepperdine and Texas A&M.
Purdue has advanced to eight of nine possible NCAA Regionals during the Rob Bradley era. However, Purdue’s last appearance in the NCAA Championships came in 2017.
The Kampen-Cosler course will host the NCAA Regional Championships in mid-May for the first time since 2017. The course has undergone a massive renovation with new bunkers, new shaping on ponds and a new clubhouse (in progress) that exceeds a $20 million price tag.
In school history, there have been 16 tournament occurrences of rounds of 276 or better. Fifteen of them have come under Bradley.
Eight of the nine-lowest team season stroke averages have come under Bradley, including last year’s 287.77 – second in school history.
The event will have a distinct Purdue feel to it, as East Tennessee State (Jake Amos) and Little Rock (Austin Eoff) are coached by former Rob Bradley assistants at Purdue.
PURDUE LINEUP
Herman Sekne – Senior; Oslo, Norway
Continues to be a force atop Purdue’s lineup.
A 2023 third-team All-American – Purdue’s first All-American since 2002 (Lee Williamson – 1st team)
Owns the school records already for stroke average (71.61) and rounds in the 60s (27).
Has 18, top-20 and 14, top-10 finishes in just 29 career events.
Currently a cumulative 2-under par on the season, despite playing elite courses in Erin Hills and Olympia Fields.
Ranked No. 25 in World Amateur Golf Rankings (9th-ranked international player) and competed in the Arnold Palmer Cup, Bonallack Trophy and U.S. Amateur this summer.
Nels Surtani – Junior; Indianapolis, Indiana
Continues to play well early in the 2023-24 season.
Owns two, top-30 finishes so far, including a T-12 showing at the Marquette Intercollegiate.
Won his second straight Northern Amateur title this summer.
Has had just one double-bogey or worse in 90 holes this season.
Lone top-10 finish last year came at prestigious Isleworth Collegiate (T-7).
Sam Easterbrook – Freshman; Tomworth, England
Has shown his early talent, shooting 1-under par rounds at both Erin Hills and Olympia Fields.
Had an outstanding scholastic career, winning the 2021 Scottish Boys U-16 Open Championship and finishing second at the English U-18 Amateur Stroke Play Championship.
Competed at the European Boys Team Championship and finished 40th at the European Amateur Championships this past summer.
Was the stroke-play medalist in the 2022 English Men’s Amateur Championship.
Also reached the match play portion at the 2022 Amateur Championship.
Peyton Snoeberger – 5th Year; Williamsport, Indiana
Posted a 73.32 stroke average a year ago
Placed third at the prestigious Monroe Invitational this summer.
Has had a counting score in 18 straight rounds dating to last season.
Finished tied for fourth at the Boilermaker Invitational after being the 36-hole leader.
Advanced to the round of 32 at the 2022 U.S. Amateur.
Kent Hsiao – Junior; Taipei, Taiwan
Enters the lineup after a strong week of qualifying. Has played in two events this fall, placing T-40 as an individual at Erin Hills.
Hsiao had a breakout spring campaign, averaging 73.38 strokes per round and nine rounds of par or better for the entire season.
Worked his way into the lineup after a strong winter session.
Placed T-4 at the Purdue Fall Individual and T-8 at the Badger Individual to start the season.
Finished T-23 at the Big Ten Championships (78-70=148).
THE COURSE
Celebrating its 100th year, Sunset Ridge Country Club will play just over 6,700 yards and par 71 for this week’s Windon Memorial. Keeping the ball in the fairway is required at Sunset Ridge as most of the fairways are lined with trees that have been there for the better part of the course’s history.
It marks the first time in event history that Sunset Ridge will host the Windon Memorial.
WINDON MEMORIAL CLASSIC HISTORY
This marks Purdue’s first appearance in the Windon Memorial Classic since the 2019-20 season, but the seventh appearance under head coach Rob Bradley. The Boilermakers have had moderate success in the event, winning in 2015 with a tournament-record (and third in school history) score of 830 (281-272-277; -22). Winning by 15 shots in 2015, it was Purdue’s largest margin of victory since 2007, and Brian Carlson won medalist honors at 6-under par, leading four Purdue players in the top three. However, Purdue’s last two appearances have resulted in 12th (2019) and T-12th (2018) finishes.
WEATHER FORECAST
Monday: A chance of showers, partly sunny; 68 degrees
Tuesday: Partly sunny; 68 degrees
LIVE SCORING
Will be available on golfstat.com.
****************BUTLER WOMEN’S SOCCER*******************
BUTLER WOMEN’S SOCCER GETS BIG EAST WIN AT MARQUETTE
MILWAUKEE, Wis. – The Butler women’s soccer team picked up its first conference win of the season, defeating Marquette by the final score of 2-0. The Bulldogs (5-4-2, 1-0-1 BIG EAST) scored two second-half goals and limited the Golden Eagles (4-5-2, 1-1-0 BIG EAST) to only two shots.
Key Moments
23′ | Talia Sommer feeds a sprinting Abigail Isger, but defenders close in and block a shot from eight yards out.
**HALFTIME**
52′ | Marquette breaks past the Butler defense, but Anna Pierce is in position and makes the save.
61′ | Isger draws a foul in the penalty area. Sommer converts the PK. Dawgs lead, 1-0.
71′ | Alana Woods sends in a cross from the left corner which is punched in a crowd by Marquette’s keeper. Alli Leonard strikes the deflection, and it ricochets off a Golden Eagles defender and the goalkeeper, and then continues into the net. Butler is up two goals.
Butler Points Summary
GOALS: Talia Sommer, Alli Leonard
ASSISTS: (none)
Bulldog Bits
Talia Sommer’s goal was her fourth of the season and the ninth of her career.
Alli Leonard’s goal was her first of the season and the twelfth of her career. She now has at least one goal in four successive seasons.
Anna Pierce (4-2-2) earned her second solo shutout of the season and the fifth of her career.
Butler’s defense limited Marquette to two total shots with one on goal.
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BULLDOGS EARN PFL PLAYER OF THE WEEK ACCOLADES
ST. LOUIS – The Pioneer Football League handed out weekly awards on Sunday afternoon and two Bulldogs would be recognized after Week 4 as Butler went to Stetson and found the win column over the weekend. Jyran Mitchell was tabbed Offensive Player of the Week and Devaon Holman was recognized as the PFL Defensive Player of the Week.
PFL Offensive Player of the Week
Jyran Mitchell, Butler (Grad., Running Back, Chicago, Illinois)
Mitchell put together the FCS’s fourth-best rushing performance this season, running for 238 yards as Butler opened its PFL slate with a 28-18 victory at Stetson Saturday. He also scored three touchdowns in the win, including a 43-yard touchdown run with 1:46 remaining that sealed the victory. Mitchell also had touchdown runs of 28 yards in the second quarter and 58 yards in the third quarter. He finished Week 4 with 521 rushing yards this season – third among FCS rushers – and his seven touchdown runs are tied for second in the subdivision.
PFL Defensive Player of the Week
Devaon Holman, Butler (Fr., Defensive Back, Indianapolis, Indiana)
Holman joined a group of 16 FCS defenders to pick off two passes in a game this season, helping Butler secure a 28-18 PFL victory at Stetson Saturday. His first pick came after the Butler scoring drive that built a 21-7 lead late in the third quarter. After Mitchell’s third touchdown extended the Bulldogs’ lead back to 10 points, Holman picked off a pass on the first play of the ensuing drive and returned it 64 yards to seal the win.
PFL Special Teams Player of the Week
Matthew Rink, St. Thomas (So., Tight End, Lincoln, Nebraska)
Rink blocked a punt and returned it for a touchdown to help St. Thomas down Morehead State, 35-28, in Saturday’s PFL action. With a Morehead State drive stalled at its 33-yard line, Rink broke through the line to block a punt. He then picked up the loose ball at the two-yard line and carried it into the end zone for a touchdown.
Butler will end the month of September with a home game vs. Presbyterian on Saturday. The 1 PM kick-off will be the first-ever meeting between the two programs and the first conference home game for the Bulldogs.
******************IUPUI WOMEN’S SOCCER****************
DEFENSE LEADS WOMEN’S SOCCER TO 1-0 ROAD WIN AT YOUNGSTOWN STATE
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The IUPUI women’s soccer team dialed up an impressive defensive performance and got a second half penalty kick goal from
Sam Slimak
Sam Slimak as the Jaguars extended their unbeaten streak to seven straight games. Redshirt junior Ashton Kudlo earned the shutout in goal for the Jaguars while Slimak tallied her fourth score of the year, three coming from the penalty spot.
IUPUI (8-2-2, 2-0-2 HL) limited Youngstown State to 12 shots and one corner kick, but more importantly, just four shots were on frame as Kudlo was rarely targeted in the rainy conditions.
“I thought we all played really well in the first half by keeping it on their end of the field, which gave us some good chance,” freshman Emily Tobin said. “Our defense really stuck it out and that allowed us to keep our lead until the end.”
The Jaguars controlled possession and pace, pinging passes all over the yard in the opening half, but never finding a crease against the Penguins (5-5-1, 1-3 HL). Leah Shumate had an early attempt from the right side that flew high of frame and Slimak had a shot cleared off the line in the 37th minute after getting past YSU keeper Brooklynn Kirkpatrick.
IUPUI finally broke the ice in the 61st minute when freshman Caroline Kelley was kicked to the turf well within the penalty area, leading to a PK opportunity. Slimak did the rest, lining a shot to the right, leaving Kirkpatrick frozen on the play.
The game opened up in both directions in the second half, but Kudlo was flawless behind a stout defensive third. The Jags just missed some late insurance when Lindsey Castillo got behind Kirkpatrick on the run, but was unable to redirect a finishing touch on frame.
Slimak and Tobin led the Jaguars with three shots apiece and Kudlo registered four saves in the win. Sophomore Kailyn Smith played all 90 minutes on the back line while freshman Katie Hoog and Tobin played 85 apiece.
IUPUI will now head into its bye week and not compete again until Thursday, Oct. 5 at Wright State.
**************BALL STATE FIELD HOCKEY******************
FIELD HOCKEY EXTENDS WIN STREAK TO FIVE; EARNS WIN AT HOME OVER LINDENWOOD, 5-0
MUNCIE, Ind. – The Ball State field hockey team (5-4) extended its win streak to five after the Cardinals shutout Lindenwood (1-5) 5-0 at the Briner Sports Complex Sunday afternoon. The five-game win streak is a first for the Cardinals since the 2006 season.
“I am extremely proud of the girls,” Ball State head field hockey coach Caitlin Walsh said. “I think we had a great weekend. It was a good team win today and on Friday.”
It was a defensive battle between the two squads in the opening minutes of play. The Cardinals were awarded a penalty shot at the 11:55 mark where Michaela Graney was able to convert to give Ball State the 1-0 edge over Lindenwood.
After that, the Cardinals offense was on fire connecting on all cylinders. Fleur Knopert found the back of the cage twice in the third quarter and added another one in the 51st minute of the final frame of action that pushed the Cardinals cushion to 4-0 versus the Lions.
With just 30 seconds remaining, Grace Clokie put the icing on the cake after taking advantage of a wide-open scoring circle to claim the Cardinals fifth goal of the day. Clokie got help from her teammate Nadine Loeps as she provided the assist. It was both a career first for Cloakie and Loeps.
Knopert led the team offensively after registering five shots, with three finding the cage. For the weekend, she scored six goals in total in two games and now has 11 goals on the season while also collecting 20 for her career.
Defensively, Ball State held Lindenwood scoreless for the full 60-minutes of play for its second-straight shutout win of the season. Goalie Hannah Johnston earned her fifth victory by fending off three LMU corners while also collecting a save.
The Ball State field hockey team remains home Saturday when it hosts Kent State in a Mid-American Conference showdown at the Briner Sports Complex. The game is slated for noon.
*****************BALL STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER***************
FRALEY GOAL LIFTS SOCCER TO DRAW AT EASTERN MICHIGAN
YPSILANTI, Mich. – – Junior forward Lexi Fraley notched her second goal of the season in the third minute of the second half to help the Ball State soccer team secure a 1-1 draw versus Eastern Michigan Sunday afternoon at Scicluna Field.
It was one of a game-high four shots on goal for the Lafayette, Indiana, native who also led all players with six total shots over her 82 minutes of play in the second Mid-American Conference contest for both programs.
While the Cardinals (3-5-1; 1-0-1 MAC) had the first two scoring opportunities Sunday, the Eagles (1-4-5; 1-0-1 MAC) used a 20th-minute goal Lily Spotak to take an early edge.
The lead could have been larger, however, if not for the play of redshirt junior goalkeeper Bethany Moser who made a brilliant save late in the 17th minute and stopped a penalty kick in the 19th minute. Moser would finish the match with five saves and help the Cardinals fend off 10 corner kicks by the Eagles.
Trailing by one heading into the second half, Ball State put some early pressure on Eastern Michigan, as Fraley put one wide of the goal just 57 seconds into the final 45′.
Moments later, graduate defender Maya Turner found Fraley with a pass, which was promptly deposited into the EMU goal in the 48th minute.
Both teams would have chances late, including 90th minute shot by Fraley which was saved by the EMU keeper.
The Ball State soccer team returns to action Thursday when it hosts Toledo for a 4 p.m. kick off at the Briner Sports Complex. The match will be broadcast live on ESPN+.
****************NOTRE DAME VOLLEYBALL****************
IRISH REMAIN UNDEFEATED AT HOME WITH WIN OVER SYRACUSE
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Notre Dame Fighting Irish maintain their undefeated record inside of Purcell Pavilion as the Irish (8-2, 2-0) are on a six game win streak after today’s win over Syracuse (2-10, 0-2). The Irish won 26-24, 25-9, and 25-18 for a 5-0 record at home.
Sydney Palazzolo led the Irish with 13 kills and a .588 hitting percentage as she continues to lead the conference with 4.30 kills per set. She was followed by Phyona Schrader with 10 kills, hitting at a .643 clip. Nicole Drewnick dished out 34 assists for the Irish while also recording two solo blocks.
Set One
While both squads struggled to pull away from the other, there were 16 ties and five lead changes in the first set of the day. It was back and forth in set one as the Irish and the Orange swapped points up to the 7-7 mark. Notre Dame captured a 14-11 lead, but a 4-0 run from Syracuse lifted the Orange to a 15-14 advantage. Tied at 23-23, a kill from Schrader followed by an Orange kill made it 24-all. Back-to-back errors from Syracuse gave the Irish their final two points to take home set one 26-24.
Set Two
The Irish dominated set two as they led the entirety of the set with a 7-2 lead to get things started. The Irish extended their lead to seven at 16-9 before going on a 10-0 to close it out, which included four service aces from Palazzolo.
Set Three
Leading 2-0, the Irish looked to complete the sweep and take set three but the Orange weren’t going down without a fight. Trailing 15-13, a solo block from Drewnick sparked a nine point run for the Irish as they claimed a 22-15 advantage. The Irish and Orange traded points until Palazzolo put away one last kill to secure the Irish win 25-18.
Up Next
Notre Dame will host the Louisville Cardinals on Wednesday, Sept. 27 at 7 PM inside of Purcell Pavilion as the Irish look to extend their winning streak.
****************NOTRE DAME MEN’S TENNIS******************
IRISH OPEN FALL SEASON AT FARNSWORTH HIDDEN DUALS
PRINCETON, N.J. – The University of Notre Dame men’s tennis team kicked off the 2023 fall season at the Farnsworth Hidden Duals hosted by Princeton. The three day event saw the Fighting Irish play a dual match format against Memphis first on Friday, the host Princeton on Saturday and then wrapping up with Tulane on Sunday morning. Each day started with four doubles matchups and then singles to follow.
Opening up the weekend, the Irish took on the Memphis Tigers outdoors. Although competitive doubles matches up and down, and a match point at the #1 position in the tiebreak, the Irish would come up empty in the win column to start the day. But in singles, a trio of wins would come by graduate transfer Nil Giraldez, junior Brian Bilsey and sophomore Noah Becker. Nil would garner his first career victory wearing the ND uniform with a straight-set win at #4 while Becker also picked up his win in straight sets at #8. Bilsey would go the distance and be the last man on the court for opening day but left victorious with a three-set victory. Freshman Chase Thompson, who played at the top spot in the lineup for his first competition wearing the blue and gold, would fall in three sets to the #35 player in the country.
Rain Saturday would force the match against the host Princeton Tigers indoors. Giraldez and Zhang teamed up to get the 8-2 win in doubles to start the match. In singles, Thompson would secure his first career victory as well as defeating his first ranked opponent, the #73 player in the country in straight sets. Classmate Kyran Magimay would also get his first ever win with a straight set win at the #7 position. Becker and Bilsey won their matches as well at the #6 and #8 positions respectively, Bilsey again in three sets, to make it a 4-4 split on the day in singles.
The final day of play would remain indoors as the Irish took on the Tulane Green Wave. Becker and Bilsey would get a quick doubles win while the other courts would not go the way of the Irish. In singles, Thompson got another win at the #1 spot with a 6-3, 2-6, 1-0(9) victory to move to 2-1 on the weekend in singles. Magimay would also improve to 2-1 overall with a 6-3, 7-6 win at #5.
Bilsey and Becker both left the weekend with an unblemished 3-0 record in singles and a doubles win to their name as well. Both freshman went 2-1 in singles as well in their maiden tournament as members of the Notre Dame men’s tennis team.
Up Next:
The team will take to the courts again in two weeks but at home for the Bobby Bayliss Invitational. The event will take place from October 6th-8th in South Bend and feature teams from the Big Ten, SEC and ACC amongst others.
Friday Notre Dame vs. Memphis
Doubles
Rock/Gannon(MEM) def. Thompson/Malkowski(ND) 8-7(6)
Fanlo/Alemany(MEM) def. Lee/Bilsey(ND) 8-4
Barry/Reeve(MEM) def. Giraldez/Zhang(ND) 8-6
Berghaus/Kudernatsch(MEM) def. Becker/Magimay(ND) 8-6
Singles
#35 Alemany(MEM) def. Thompson(ND) 0-6, 6-3, 6-4
Berghaus(MEM) def. Zhang(ND) 6-4, 7-6(4)
Gannon(MEM) def. Malkowski(ND) 6-4, 6-2
Giraldez(ND) def. Rock(MEM) 6-3, 7-6(4)
Fanlo(MEM) def. Lee(ND) 6-2, 6-4
Kudernatsch(MEM) def. Magimay(ND) 6-4, 7-6(4)
Bilsey(ND) def. Zabala(MEM) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
Becker(ND) def. Barry(MEM) 6-1, 6-3
Saturday Notre Dame vs. Princeton
Doubles
Inchauspe/Ardila(PRIN) def. Thompson/Malkowski(ND) 8-3
Short/Astreinidis(PRIN) def. Lee/Zhang(ND) 8-4
Giraldez/Zhang(ND) def. Bosamcic/Mitric(PRIN) 8-2
Kam/Mahoney(PRIN) def. Magimay/Becker(ND) 8-4
Singles
Thompson(ND) def. #73 Nidunjianzan(PRIN) 7-6, 7-5
Inchauspe(PRIN) def. Zhang(ND) 6-4, 6-4
#118 Sec(PRIN) def. Giraldez(ND) 6-3, 6-4
Short(PRIN) def. Malkowski(ND) 6-3, 6-2
Ardila(PRIN) def. Lee(ND) 7-6, 5-7, 6-4
Bilsey(ND) def. Astreinidis(PRIN) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
Magimay(ND) def. Mitric(PRIN) 6-4, 6-3
Becker(ND) def. Mahoney(PRIN) 6-4, 6-2
Sunday Notre Dame vs. Tulane
Doubles
Bancila/Hoeijmans(TUL) def. Thompson/Malkowski(ND) 6-3
Suarez/Elkordy(TUL) def. Lee/Zhang(ND) 7-5
Becker/Bilsey(ND) def. Jacobson/de Alba(TUL) 6-1
Kesterson/Scherer(TUL) def. Magimay/Devaiah(ND) 6-3
Singles
Thompson(ND) def. Petrovic(TUL) 6-2, 2-6, 1-0(9)
Hoeijmans(ND) def. Zhang(ND) 6-4, 6-3
Suarez(TUL) def. Lee(ND) 6-1, 6-1
Bilsey(ND) def. Gaudin(TUL) 6-4, 6-3
Magimay(ND) def. Scherer(TUL) 6-3, 7-6(6)
Becker(ND) def. Jacobson(TUL) 2-6, 7-5, 1-0(11)
***************NOTRE DAME WOMEN’S SOCCER***************
#10 IRISH SETTLE FOR 1-1 DRAW AT PITT
PITTSBURGH – It was scoreless at the half between the No. 10 Notre Dame women’s soccer team and Pittsburgh. Then ND’s Kristina Lynch put the Irish out front in the 60th minute. Right when it was starting to look like a perfect road swing for the Irish (6-1-3, 2-0-1), the Panthers (8-2-1, 1-1-1) scored off of a corner kick in the 83rd minute.
Lynch scored her fourth goal of the season, which now ties Maddie Mercado for the team lead. Lynch now has three goals in the last four games. Eva Gaetino recorded the assist on the play, her second on the year.
Freshman Atlee Olofson started again in net and came up big down the stretch, recording six saves.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Notre Dame owned a majority of the possession in the first half, as the ball was mostly found being pushed into Pitt’s side of the field. However, the game remained scoreless heading into halftime.
Notre Dame’s best chance in the half came in the 43rd minute. Five minutes after being subbed into the midfield, Erin Hohnstein hit a volley that cascaded off the crossbar.
Morgan Roy and Maddie Mercado both had good looks on goal in the Pitt box in the early going of the second half, but it was Lynch in the 60th minute who broke the Irish through and put them on the board.
Gaetino played a brilliant through ball up the middle and behind the Pitt defense. Lynch then had a breakaway and was left one-on-one with the goalie. The Granger native tucked it away with her left foot for the goal.
A dangerous moment occurred in the 70th minute, but Olfoson made an athletic save, timing her jump perfectly to punch the shot over the goal.
Yet, just when it looked like the Irish were going to cap off a great road swing, the Panthers struck off of a corner kick, as Deborah Abiodun’s header was perfectly placed between the Irish keeper and a defender on the near post.
Olofson was tested in the final minutes but came big time and time again to preserve the 1-1 draw.
UP NEXT
The Irish return home for a rare Saturday night contest under the lights against the Louisville Cardinals. That match will kick off at 7 p.m. ET on Sept. 30.
***************INDIANA STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER****************
SYCAMORES UNABLE TO OVERCOME EARLY VALPARAISO GOALS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Valparaiso scored two goals in the first half and held off a pressing second-half attack from Indiana State as the Sycamores fell to the visiting Beacons on Sunday afternoon at Memorial Stadium, 2-0.
The Sycamores (1-3-6, 0-1-1) outshot the Beacons (5-2-3, 1-0-1) 9-8 and held the 6-1 edge in corner kicks on Sunday afternoon in the second MVC contest for both teams. Indiana State pressed the attack in the second half with five hots including four on target over the final 45 minutes, but Valparaiso goalkeeper Nikki Coryell posted seven saves in posting the shutout.
Valparaiso scored in the second and the 22nd minutes of the contest to take the early lead against the Sycamores. Chase Ray scored at the 1:12 mark on a failed ISU clearance inside the box to give the Beacons the early 1-0 lead. Sam Gountounas found the back of the net at the 21:09 mark off the cross from Lindsey Dusatko to give Valpo the 2-0 lead.
Mackenzie Kent was a force at the top of the Indiana State offense as the forward posted a trio of shots with all three on target in the contest. Her ability to draw the defense allowed Alexa Mackey, Audrey Stephens, Brooklyn Woods, Anna Chor, and Lina Fasquelle to launch shots in the contest.
Following Valparaiso’s early goals, the Sycamores pressed the attack late in the first half. Carlie Jensen lofted a cross into the box to an unmarked Anna Chor in the 43rd minute, but the pass deflected off the Sycamore midfielder and into the hands of Valpo’s Coryell to end ISU’s best scoring opportunity in the first half.
The Sycamore keepers had several key plays in the second half to keep the game within striking distance. Maddie Alexander advanced out of the net to corral a 1v1 opportunity in the 53rd minute, while Alexa Seiler had a pair of key plays in the box to keep it a two-score game.
ISU had several scoring opportunities late in attempting to pull the game back within reach. Mackey connected on a shot that hit the bottom of the crossbar in the 77th minute, while Kent and Woods both had shots on target in the final eight minutes, but every attempt was stymied by Coryell to close out the match.
Alexander finished the contest with four saves over 72:16 minutes in the net. Seiler played the final 17:44 without recording an official save.
News & Notes
Indiana State’s seven shots on goal tied for the second-most by the Sycamores in the 2023 season equaling the mark set at both Robert Morris and Eastern Illinois.
Indiana State’s 6-1 advantage on corner kicks gives the Sycamores a 10-2 edge in the category over the last two matches as ISU’s offense continues to be aggressive in conference play.
Mackenzie Kent remains ISU’s leading shot taker on the season with 22 shots overall with 13 on goal.
Maddie Alexander has a team-high 41 saves and a .804 save percentage through 10 starts on the year.
Alexa Seiler made her second appearance of the 2023 season and first since September 7 against UT Martin when she played the final 44:06 in the contest.
Up Next
Indiana State heads back on the road this week as the Sycamores open the trip on Thursday night in Des Moines, Iowa, taking on Drake University. Kickoff at Drake Stadium is set for 8 p.m. ET.
***************PURDUE FT. WAYNE WOMEN’S SOCCER***************
SAMANTHA CASTANEDA LEADS PURDUE FORT WAYNE TO DRAW WITH NORTHERN KENTUCKY
HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. – Purdue Fort Wayne women’s soccer stayed unbeaten in the Horizon League on Sunday (Sept. 24) after picking up a 0-0 draw at Northern Kentucky.
Samantha Castaneda was the biggest reason why the Mastodons were able to shut out their seventh opponent of the season. Castaneda faced 18 shots and came up with nine saves, which marked a season-high. In Horizon League play, Castaneda is the league-leader in goals against average, saves, saves per game and shutouts per game, making an early argument to repeat as the Horizon League Goalkeeper of the Year.
Northern Kentucky maintained possession and control for the majority of Sunday’s contest. The ‘Dons had two of their shots come in a one-minute stretch early in the match when Zoe Greenhalge had one that was saved. After the subsequent corner kick, Gigi Ricciardi had a chance that missed.
The ‘Dons had four shots in the second half, the last of which was the most dangerous. Malia Velker sent a long ball into the box that NKU’s Mickayla Kowalski gobbled up.
Castaneda had to make a pair of saves in the final seven minutes following Velker’s chance. One of those took Castaneda extending her leg out to clear a shot that was taken in the box. After the ensuing NKU corner kick, the ‘Dons were able to be stout enough defensively to keep the Norse off the board for the remainder.
This was the Mastodons’ first positive result on Northern Kentucky’s pitch in the series history.
Purdue Fort Wayne moves to 5-3-4, 2-0-2 in Horizon League play. NKU moves to 3-2-6, 0-1-3. The Mastodons will put their unbeaten league record up against Youngstown State on Saturday (Sept. 30) with a 1 p.m. start.
**************SOUTHERN INDIANA WOMEN’S SOCCER************
STRONG OFFENSE POWERS GOLDEN EAGLES PAST USI WOMEN’S SOCCER
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – University of Southern Indiana Women’s Soccer fell 7-0 against Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville, Tennessee on Sunday afternoon. The match concluded a two-game road swing to begin Ohio Valley Conference play for the Screaming Eagles.
Sunday’s defeat ended USI’s four-match unbeaten streak, as the Screaming Eagles moved to 1-6-4 overall and 0-1-1 in OVC action. Tennessee Tech, the reigning OVC regular-season champions, improved to 3-4-3 this season and 2-0-0 in the OVC.
The game started with a solid pace both ways in the first 10 minutes, but the flow quickly switched a couple of minutes later. Tennessee Tech jumped onto the scoreboard when the Golden Eagles’ Yao Giada Zhou converted a penalty kick. Zhou scored twice on Sunday. Tennessee Tech scored again three minutes later. Despite Southern Indiana’s late first-half efforts to get the offense going and get a shot past Tennessee Tech’s goalkeeper, the Golden Eagles’ offensive pressure led to a 4-0 halftime lead for the home team.
USI came out of the intermission with some good possessions, leading to a few shot opportunities. However, about 15 minutes into the second half, Tennessee Tech’s attacking barrage picked up where it left off in the first half. The Golden Eagles added three more goals in a span of seven and a half minutes. The Screaming Eagles continued to fight, firing several shots late in the second stanza but could not find the back of the net on Sunday.
Southern Indiana totaled 14 shots with six on goal, while Tennessee Tech took 19 shots with 11 on goal. Offensively, for USI, sophomores Emma Thurston (Leawood, Kansas) and Peyton Murphy (Bargersville, Indiana) each took two shots alongside junior Adriana Berruti (Berwyn, Illinois). Thurston placed one shot on goal and Murphy put both of her shots on target. In goal, redshirt freshman Anna Markland (Hoover, Alabama) made three saves in the first half and junior Zoe Lintner (Wildwood, Missouri) had one save in the second half.
The Screaming Eagles will return to action next Sunday at 1 p.m. from Strassweg Field against Morehead State University. Next Sunday’s game will be the cancer awareness pink game for USI. All in attendance are welcome to wear pink in support.
**************VALPO WOMEN’S SOCCER****************
EARLY GOAL PROPELS SOCCER TO WIN AT INDIANA STATE
Senior Chase Ray (Bellevue, Ohio/Bellevue) scored one of the quickest goals to open a match in program history, finding the back of the net 72 seconds into Sunday’s MVC match at Indiana State, and junior Sam Gountounas (Tinley Park, Ill./Andrew) added another tally midway through the first half as the Valpo soccer team came away with three road points courtesy of a 2-0 win over the Sycamores.
How It Happened
Fans barely had time to settle into their seats Sunday before Ray gave Valpo a quick 1-0 lead. With the game just over one minute old, senior Lindsey DuSatko (Plainfield, Ill./North) got to the end line and crossed into the box from the right. A Sycamore defender got a foot on the cross to knock it away from the goal line, but that only served to set it up for Ray to crash the box and drill it from 12 yards out inside the left post.
DuSatko’s play helped set up the first goal, but while she didn’t get an assist on that play, she picked one up on Valpo’s insurance tally in the 22nd minute. Again, DuSatko used her speed to beat her marker toward the end line and set up another cross. This time, it was Gountounas making a run and getting to the ball between two ISU backs to put it away from close range inside the near post to make it 2-0.
From there, the result was all but academic, as Valpo’s team play prevented Indiana State from getting many good looks at goal. Senior goalkeeper Nikki Coryell (Aurora, Ill./Metea Valley) did make seven saves, but most of those were low-percentage efforts and easy stops for the Beacon netminder. ISU hit the crossbar in the 77th minute on a long-range chance, but that was as close as the Sycamores came to halving the margin.
Inside the Match
Combined with Thursday’s draw at Evansville, this is the fourth straight season Valpo has been unbeaten through its first two MVC matches of the season.
Valpo is 16-2-4 in its last 22 MVC regular season fixtures and has surrendered one goal or fewer in 27 of its last 28 MVC regular season matches.
The Beacons have won five straight against Indiana State and are 7-1-0 against their in-state rivals since joining the Valley.
Ray entered the weekend having played in 56 matches in her time at Valpo without finding the back of the net, but has now tallied goals in consecutive contests with her goal Sunday — the first match-winner of her career.
Ray’s goal came at the 1:12 mark, just missing cracking the program’s top-five fastest goals to start a match all-time. It is Valpo’s quickest opening goal since Rita Craven hit just 64 seconds in against Green Bay on Oct. 17, 2015.
Gountounas also tallied her second goal of the season with her insurance goal and owns three career goals.
Six different Valpo players have scored multiple goals this season, matching the most by a Valpo side since the 2007 squad had seven players score at least twice.
DuSatko cracked Valpo’s all-time best in career assists on Sunday, as her fourth helper of the season was her 10th career assist, moving her into a tie for sixth in program history.
Coryell kept her third clean sheet of the season to help Valpo earn three points on Sunday, making a season-high seven saves.
Fifth-year center back Nicole Norfolk (Menomonee Falls, Wis./Divine Savior Holy Angels) has played all 900 minutes to date this season, making all 10 starts to give her 76 career starts in the Valpo uniform — tied for eighth-most in program history. She is one appearance shy of cracking the program’s top-10 for matches played as well.
Thoughts From Coach Marovich
“We just wanted to have a really aggressive, front-foot kind of start today. We are always trying to learn from every competition, and so we were just diligent today about coming out on the front foot properly in the first 15 minutes. We did that, and we were rewarded for it.”
“Chase is obviously in good form, scoring for a second straight game — she’s always been a quality individual who does all the hard work, winning headballs, and she’s been rewarded for that work this weekend.”
“Getting that second goal was very important. We knew we were going to be in a tough match today against an Indiana State side which had a week to prepare for the game — they have the ability to score goals, the ability to defend and are a hard-working group. So having the two-goal lead, it became a matter of let’s make sure we see the game through and limit the times that we get exposed. I think that’s what led to our overall performance and how the game went — once we had the lead, we did smart things and didn’t expose ourselves much.”
“I thought we got some great performances by players off the bench today. Cass came in and did what she does, winning balls and helping us build through the midfield. Lauren came in at the end of the first half and stayed out there to begin the second half, putting in really hard work and putting players under pressure — that mentality was good. Obviously, Sam scoring her second goal of the season, seeing how she just put her body on the line for that one was great. Daisy came in and really finished off the game well at right back — it’s exciting to see her continue to grow and build through experience.”
“Overall, I just loved our effort today, our mentality, the togetherness we played with. I’m just proud to be a Beacon today!”
Next Up
After five consecutive road matches, Valpo (5-2-3, 1-0-1 MVC) returns home to Brown Field for its next three fixtures — the first of which comes Thursday night at 7 p.m. against a Missouri State side which was the only team to deal the Beacons a regular season defeat in Valley play last season. Thursday’s match can be seen live on ESPN+.
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************MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL STANDINGS***********
| American League | |||||||||||
| East | |||||||||||
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Home | Road | East | Central | West | Last 10 | Streak |
| Y-Baltimore | 97 | 59 | .622 | – | 45 – 30 | 52 – 29 | 30 – 18 | 22 – 10 | 21 – 11 | 6 – 4 | W 2 |
| Y-Tampa Bay | 95 | 62 | .605 | 2.5 | 53 – 28 | 42 – 34 | 27 – 20 | 23 – 9 | 18 – 14 | 5 – 5 | L 1 |
| Toronto | 87 | 69 | .558 | 10 | 41 – 34 | 46 – 35 | 19 – 27 | 22 – 10 | 16 – 16 | 7 – 3 | W 1 |
| NY Yankees | 78 | 77 | .503 | 18.5 | 41 – 39 | 37 – 38 | 20 – 29 | 17 – 12 | 19 – 13 | 5 – 5 | L 1 |
| Boston | 76 | 80 | .487 | 21 | 39 – 40 | 37 – 40 | 22 – 24 | 19 – 13 | 15 – 17 | 2 – 8 | L 2 |
| Central | |||||||||||
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Home | Road | East | Central | West | Last 10 | Streak |
| X-Minnesota | 83 | 73 | .532 | – | 45 – 33 | 38 – 40 | 13 – 19 | 29 – 23 | 18 – 11 | 7 – 3 | W 1 |
| Cleveland | 74 | 83 | .471 | 9.5 | 41 – 38 | 33 – 45 | 16 – 16 | 22 – 27 | 17 – 15 | 5 – 5 | L 2 |
| Detroit | 73 | 83 | .468 | 10 | 32 – 43 | 41 – 40 | 7 – 25 | 30 – 16 | 15 – 17 | 6 – 4 | W 1 |
| Chi White Sox | 60 | 96 | .385 | 23 | 30 – 45 | 30 – 51 | 11 – 20 | 23 – 29 | 12 – 21 | 4 – 6 | W 2 |
| Kansas City | 54 | 102 | .346 | 29 | 31 – 47 | 23 – 55 | 7 – 23 | 20 – 29 | 11 – 20 | 9 – 1 | W 6 |
| West | |||||||||||
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Home | Road | East | Central | West | Last 10 | Streak |
| Texas | 87 | 68 | .561 | – | 50 – 31 | 37 – 37 | 20 – 12 | 19 – 13 | 26 – 19 | 6 – 4 | W 5 |
| Houston | 85 | 71 | .545 | 2.5 | 39 – 42 | 46 – 29 | 16 – 17 | 14 – 17 | 30 – 19 | 3 – 7 | L 3 |
| Seattle | 84 | 71 | .542 | 3 | 41 – 33 | 43 – 38 | 13 – 18 | 20 – 13 | 29 – 16 | 4 – 6 | L 3 |
| LA Angels | 70 | 86 | .449 | 17.5 | 35 – 40 | 35 – 46 | 14 – 18 | 18 – 14 | 19 – 27 | 2 – 8 | L 1 |
| Oakland | 48 | 108 | .308 | 39.5 | 26 – 55 | 22 – 53 | 8 – 24 | 13 – 16 | 13 – 36 | 2 – 8 | L 1 |
| National League | |||||||||||
| East | |||||||||||
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Home | Road | East | Central | West | Last 10 | Streak |
| X-Atlanta | 100 | 56 | .641 | – | 48 – 27 | 52 – 29 | 34 – 15 | 19 – 9 | 21 – 12 | 4 – 6 | W 1 |
| Philadelphia | 87 | 69 | .558 | 13 | 47 – 31 | 40 – 38 | 24 – 25 | 17 – 11 | 18 – 15 | 8 – 2 | W 5 |
| Miami | 81 | 75 | .519 | 19 | 46 – 35 | 35 – 40 | 25 – 24 | 16 – 14 | 14 – 17 | 6 – 4 | W 2 |
| NY Mets | 71 | 85 | .455 | 29 | 39 – 36 | 32 – 49 | 21 – 25 | 13 – 19 | 18 – 14 | 3 – 7 | L 4 |
| Washington | 69 | 88 | .439 | 31.5 | 34 – 47 | 35 – 41 | 17 – 32 | 14 – 19 | 15 – 16 | 4 – 6 | L 1 |
| Central | |||||||||||
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Home | Road | East | Central | West | Last 10 | Streak |
| Y-Milwaukee | 88 | 68 | .564 | – | 45 – 30 | 43 – 38 | 18 – 14 | 29 – 17 | 13 – 19 | 6 – 4 | L 2 |
| Chi Cubs | 82 | 74 | .526 | 6 | 45 – 36 | 37 – 38 | 11 – 17 | 29 – 20 | 17 – 16 | 4 – 6 | W 3 |
| Cincinnati | 80 | 77 | .510 | 8.5 | 38 – 43 | 42 – 34 | 15 – 17 | 20 – 29 | 18 – 14 | 4 – 6 | W 1 |
| Pittsburgh | 74 | 82 | .474 | 14 | 38 – 40 | 36 – 42 | 14 – 13 | 25 – 27 | 16 – 15 | 6 – 4 | L 1 |
| St. Louis | 68 | 88 | .436 | 20 | 33 – 45 | 35 – 43 | 14 – 18 | 18 – 28 | 13 – 19 | 3 – 7 | L 1 |
| West | |||||||||||
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Home | Road | East | Central | West | Last 10 | Streak |
| X-LA Dodgers | 96 | 59 | .619 | – | 53 – 28 | 43 – 31 | 17 – 14 | 19 – 14 | 30 – 15 | 8 – 2 | W 2 |
| Arizona | 82 | 73 | .529 | 14 | 43 – 35 | 39 – 38 | 14 – 18 | 20 – 12 | 29 – 23 | 6 – 4 | W 1 |
| San Diego | 77 | 79 | .494 | 19.5 | 44 – 37 | 33 – 42 | 16 – 16 | 11 – 21 | 25 – 24 | 9 – 1 | W 1 |
| San Francisco | 77 | 79 | .494 | 19.5 | 43 – 32 | 34 – 47 | 13 – 18 | 20 – 13 | 24 – 22 | 2 – 8 | L 2 |
| Colorado | 56 | 99 | .361 | 40 | 34 – 40 | 22 – 59 | 14 – 20 | 13 – 17 | 12 – 36 | 3 – 7 | L 7 |
X – Clinched Division, Y – Clinched Playoff Spot
***********WILD CARD STANDINGS***************
| AL Wild Card Standings | |||||||||
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Home | Road | Last 10 | Streak | |
| Y-Tampa Bay | 95 | 62 | .605 | +9.5 | 53-28 | 42-34 | 5-5 | L 1 | |
| Toronto | 87 | 69 | .558 | +2.0 | 41-34 | 46-35 | 7-3 | W 1 | |
| Houston | 85 | 71 | .545 | – | 39-42 | 46-29 | 3-7 | L 3 | |
| Seattle | 84 | 71 | .542 | 0.5 | 41-33 | 43-38 | 4-6 | L 3 | |
| NY Yankees | 78 | 77 | .503 | 6.5 | 41-39 | 37-38 | 5-5 | L 1 | |
| Boston | 76 | 80 | .487 | 9.0 | 39-40 | 37-40 | 2-8 | L 2 | |
| Cleveland | 74 | 83 | .471 | 11.5 | 41-38 | 33-45 | 5-5 | L 2 | |
| Detroit | 73 | 83 | .468 | 12.0 | 32-43 | 41-40 | 6-4 | W 1 | |
| LA Angels | 70 | 86 | .449 | 15.0 | 35-40 | 35-46 | 2-8 | L 1 | |
| Chi White Sox | 60 | 96 | .385 | 25.0 | 30-45 | 30-51 | 4-6 | W 2 | |
| Kansas City | 54 | 102 | .346 | 31.0 | 31-47 | 23-55 | 9-1 | W 6 | |
| Oakland | 48 | 108 | .308 | 37.0 | 26-55 | 22-53 | 2-8 | L 1 |
| NL Wild Card Standings | |||||||||
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Home | Road | Last 10 | Streak | |
| Philadelphia | 87 | 69 | .558 | +5.0 | 47-31 | 40-38 | 8-2 | W 5 | |
| Arizona | 82 | 73 | .529 | +0.5 | 43-35 | 39-38 | 6-4 | W 1 | |
| Chi Cubs | 82 | 74 | .526 | – | 45-36 | 37-38 | 4-6 | W 3 | |
| Miami | 81 | 75 | .519 | 1.0 | 46-35 | 35-40 | 6-4 | W 2 | |
| Cincinnati | 80 | 77 | .510 | 2.5 | 38-43 | 42-34 | 4-6 | W 1 | |
| San Diego | 77 | 79 | .494 | 5.0 | 44-37 | 33-42 | 9-1 | W 1 | |
| San Francisco | 77 | 79 | .494 | 5.0 | 43-32 | 34-47 | 2-8 | L 2 | |
| Pittsburgh | 74 | 82 | .474 | 8.0 | 38-40 | 36-42 | 6-4 | L 1 | |
| NY Mets | 71 | 85 | .455 | 11.0 | 39-36 | 32-49 | 3-7 | L 4 | |
| Washington | 69 | 88 | .439 | 13.5 | 34-47 | 35-41 | 4-6 | L 1 | |
| St. Louis | 68 | 88 | .436 | 14.0 | 33-45 | 35-43 | 3-7 | L 1 | |
| Colorado | 56 | 99 | .361 | 25.5 | 34-40 | 22-59 | 3-7 | L 7 |
Y – Clinched Playoff Spot
*************NFL STANDINGS************
| American Football Conference | |||||||||||||
| East Division | |||||||||||||
| W | L | T | Pct | GB | PF | PA | Home | Road | vs. Conf | vs. Div | Streak | ||
| Miami Dolphins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 130 | 71 | 1-0-0 | 2-0-0 | 3-0-0 | 1-0-0 | 3 W | |
| Buffalo Bills | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.0 | 91 | 35 | 1-0-0 | 1-1-0 | 1-1-0 | 0-1-0 | 2 W | |
| New England Patriots | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 2.0 | 52 | 59 | 0-2-0 | 1-0-0 | 1-1-0 | 1-1-0 | 1 W | |
| New York Jets | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 2.0 | 42 | 61 | 1-1-0 | 0-1-0 | 1-1-0 | 1-1-0 | 2 L | |
| West Division | |||||||||||||
| W | L | T | Pct | GB | PF | PA | Home | Road | vs. Conf | vs. Div | Streak | ||
| Kansas City Chiefs | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 0.0 | 78 | 40 | 1-1-0 | 1-0-0 | 1-0-0 | 0-0-0 | 2 W | |
| Las Vegas Raiders | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 1.0 | 45 | 77 | 0-1-0 | 1-1-0 | 1-2-0 | 1-0-0 | 2 L | |
| Los Angeles Chargers | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 1.0 | 86 | 87 | 0-1-0 | 1-1-0 | 0-2-0 | 0-0-0 | 1 W | |
| Denver Broncos | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 2.0 | 69 | 122 | 0-2-0 | 0-1-0 | 0-2-0 | 0-1-0 | 3 L | |
| North Division | |||||||||||||
| W | L | T | Pct | GB | PF | PA | Home | Road | vs. Conf | vs. Div | Streak | ||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 0.0 | 56 | 70 | 1-1-0 | 1-0-0 | 2-0-0 | 1-0-0 | 2 W | |
| Baltimore Ravens | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 0.0 | 71 | 55 | 1-1-0 | 1-0-0 | 2-1-0 | 1-0-0 | 1 L | |
| Cleveland Browns | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 0.0 | 73 | 32 | 2-0-0 | 0-1-0 | 2-1-0 | 1-1-0 | 1 W | |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 1.5 | 27 | 51 | 0-1-0 | 0-1-0 | 0-2-0 | 0-2-0 | 2 L | |
| South Division | |||||||||||||
| W | L | T | Pct | GB | PF | PA | Home | Road | vs. Conf | vs. Div | Streak | ||
| Indianapolis Colts | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 0.0 | 74 | 70 | 0-1-0 | 2-0-0 | 2-1-0 | 1-1-0 | 2 W | |
| Houston Texans | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 1.0 | 66 | 73 | 0-1-0 | 1-1-0 | 1-2-0 | 1-1-0 | 1 W | |
| Jacksonville Jaguars | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 1.0 | 57 | 75 | 0-2-0 | 1-0-0 | 1-2-0 | 1-1-0 | 2 L | |
| Tennessee Titans | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 1.0 | 45 | 67 | 1-0-0 | 0-2-0 | 1-1-0 | 0-0-0 | 1 L | |
| National Football Conference | |||||||||||||
| East Division | |||||||||||||
| W | L | T | Pct | GB | PF | PA | Home | Road | vs. Conf | vs. Div | Streak | ||
| Philadelphia Eagles | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 59 | 48 | 1-0-0 | 1-0-0 | 1-0-0 | 0-0-0 | 2 W | |
| Dallas Cowboys | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 0.5 | 86 | 38 | 1-0-0 | 1-1-0 | 1-1-0 | 1-0-0 | 1 L | |
| Washington Commanders | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 0.5 | 58 | 86 | 1-1-0 | 1-0-0 | 1-0-0 | 0-0-0 | 1 L | |
| New York Giants | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 1.5 | 43 | 98 | 0-1-0 | 1-1-0 | 1-2-0 | 0-1-0 | 1 L | |
| West Division | |||||||||||||
| W | L | T | Pct | GB | PF | PA | Home | Road | vs. Conf | vs. Div | Streak | ||
| San Francisco 49ers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 90 | 42 | 1-0-0 | 2-0-0 | 2-0-0 | 1-0-0 | 3 W | |
| Seattle Seahawks | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.0 | 87 | 88 | 1-1-0 | 1-0-0 | 2-1-0 | 0-1-0 | 2 W | |
| Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.5 | 53 | 43 | 0-1-0 | 1-0-0 | 1-1-0 | 1-1-0 | 1 L | |
| Arizona Cardinals | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 2.0 | 72 | 67 | 1-1-0 | 0-1-0 | 1-2-0 | 0-0-0 | 1 W | |
| North Division | |||||||||||||
| W | L | T | Pct | GB | PF | PA | Home | Road | vs. Conf | vs. Div | Streak | ||
| Green Bay Packers | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 0.0 | 80 | 62 | 1-0-0 | 1-1-0 | 2-1-0 | 1-0-0 | 1 W | |
| Detroit Lions | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 0.0 | 72 | 63 | 1-1-0 | 1-0-0 | 1-1-0 | 0-0-0 | 1 W | |
| Minnesota Vikings | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 2.0 | 69 | 82 | 0-2-0 | 0-1-0 | 0-2-0 | 0-0-0 | 3 L | |
| Chicago Bears | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 2.0 | 47 | 106 | 0-1-0 | 0-2-0 | 0-2-0 | 0-1-0 | 3 L | |
| South Division | |||||||||||||
| W | L | T | Pct | GB | PF | PA | Home | Road | vs. Conf | vs. Div | Streak | ||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 47 | 34 | 1-0-0 | 1-0-0 | 2-0-0 | 0-0-0 | 2 W | |
| Atlanta Falcons | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 0.5 | 55 | 54 | 2-0-0 | 0-1-0 | 2-1-0 | 1-0-0 | 1 L | |
| New Orleans Saints | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 0.5 | 53 | 50 | 1-0-0 | 1-1-0 | 1-1-0 | 1-0-0 | 1 L | |
| Carolina Panthers | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 2.5 | 54 | 81 | 0-1-0 | 0-2-0 | 0-3-0 | 0-2-0 | 3 L | |
X – Clinched Playoff Spot, Y – Clinched Division, Z – Clinched Home Field Advantage
***********TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY************
1907 Pirates’ third baseman Honus Wagner, in the 14-1 rout of New York at the Polo Grounds, swipes four bags, including second, third, and home in the second inning. Outfielder Fred Clarke also has four stolen bases for Pittsburgh.
1925 The Cardinals fine and suspend Rogers Hornsby for the remainder of the season when he refuses to play a game against the Robins. The Redbird infielder claims to be feeling ill despite the team doctor’s opinion, who believes that the infielder is well enough to take the field.
1929 At Fenway Park, a telegram is shared at home plate with the Yankees during the fifth inning, informing the team of the death of their manager Miller Huggins. The crowd rises, and the centerfield flag is lowered to half-staff when home plate umpire Bill McGowan requests a moment of silence in memory of the Bronx Bomber skipper.
1930 With four games remaining in the campaign, Cubs skipper Joe McCarthy (442-331) ‘resigns’ and is replaced by Rogers Hornsby, named by owner William Wrigley Jr. as Chicago’s player-manager for next year. McCarthy, who was not offered a contract for the upcoming season with his team still mathematically alive in the pennant race, will agree in October to manage New York, winning seven World Series in his 15 seasons with the Yankees.
1932 At home, the sixth-place Cardinals play their last games of the campaign with a doubleheader split against Pittsburgh, having drawn 279,219 fans to Sportsman’s Park during the season. The Columbus Red Birds, the team’s minor league affiliate in the American Association, outdraw their parent club, attracting over 310,000 patrons, thanks to a new stadium, night games, and radio broadcasts.
1941 Combined with a Cardinal defeat, the Dodgers win their first pennant in 21 years when they beat Boston at Braves Field, 6-0. Whitlow Wyatt throws a five-hitter, and Pete Reiser hits a homer in the winning cause.
1949 After spending 113 days in the air at Municipal Stadium waiting for the Tribe to take first place or face elimination from the pennant race, Charley Lupica climbs down from his flagpole perch in front of a cheering crowd of 33,977 attending the Indians’ final home game. After leaving his nest, shifted five miles from his confectionery store to the ballpark on a hydraulic lift, the wobbly loyal fan kisses the home plate, receiving a new automobile from team owner Bill Veeck, in addition to receiving a 50-foot flagpole as a souvenir.
1954 A crowd of 14,175 Fenway faithful fans pays tribute to retiring Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams, playing his last game at home. The Splendid Splinter’s retirement lasts only until May, when his divorce becomes finalized, keeping his contract from being part of the settlement.
1954 Early Wynn loses his bid for a no-hitter when the Tigers scratch out two ninth-inning hits, producing a meaningless run in the Indians’ 11-1 triumph at Cleveland Stadium. The victory is the Tribe’s 111th of the season, surpassing the 1927 Yankees for the wins in American League history.
1955 Al Kaline, at the age of 20, becomes the youngest player to win a batting title, finishing his sophomore season with a .340 average. Ty Cobb was one day older than the Tiger outfielder when he claimed the crown, batting .350 in 1907, also playing for Detroit.
1956 Dodger right-hander Sal Maglie, walking only two batters, no-hits the Phillies at Ebbets Field, 5-0. The 39-year-old Barber’s gem helps second-place Brooklyn to keep pace in the pennant race, staying a half-game behind the Braves with the victory.
1960 The Yankees clinched the American League flag with a 4-3 victory over Boston at Fenway Park. The title will be 70-year-old Casey Stengel’s tenth and last pennant after being dismissed and replaced by the team’s hitting coach Ralph Houk when the Bronx Bombers lose the World Series to the Pirates in seven games.
1960 Eddie Yost, dubbed the ‘Walking Man’ due to his propensity for getting base on balls, hits his 28th career leadoff home run in the Tigers’ 6-5 victory over the A’s at Detroit’s Briggs Stadium, establishing a record for round-trippers to start a game. The third baseman’s total will be surpassed in 1975 by Yankee outfielder Bobby Bonds, who will extend the mark to 35 during his 14-year major league tenure.
1962 After appearing in 62 games over two years, Dodger reliever Ed Roebuck suffers his first loss. The LA right-hander gives up a tenth-inning home run to Colt .45s outfielder Al Spangler, breaking the 2-2 deadlock at Chavez Ravine.
1963 Team owner August A. Busch announces the Cardinals will permanently retire Stan Musial’s uniform #6. Stan the Man is also appointed the Redbirds’ vice president, a duty he’ll begin at the end of this season after completing his 22-year Hall of Fame career as a player.
1965 At the alleged age of 60, Satchel Paige becomes the oldest major leaguer. The future Hall of Fame right-hander blanks the Red Sox for three innings, striking out one and yielding a lone hit to Carl Yastrzemski as the starter in the A’s 5-2 victory at KC’s Municipal Stadium.
1965 At age 34, Willie Mays becomes the oldest player to slug 50 home runs in a single season. The Giants’ center fielder was also the youngest to accomplish the feat, hitting 51 homers in 1955.
1965 Twins right-hander Mudcat Grant throws a one-hitter to beat the Senators at D.C. Stadium, 5-0, becoming the first black player in the American League to win twenty games. Don Blasingame’s third-inning double spoils the 30-year-old right-hander’s bid for a no-hitter.
1965 Willie Mays, who hit 51 round-trippers in 1955, joins Ralph Kiner as only the second National Leaguer to have more than one 50-home run season. The milestone homer, a fourth-inning two-run blast off Bob Sadowski, helps the Giants beat Milwaukee at Candlestick Park, 7-5.
1966 The Mets, for the first time in the franchise’s five-year history, will not end their season in last place. The Amazins, who will finish ahead of the Cubs, clinch ninth place by beating Cincinnati at Crosley Field, 8-4.
1968 After going for 1-for-3, Mickey Mantle, with two outs in the ninth inning, steps up to the plate for his last Yankee Stadium at-bat. The aging superstar works out a walk against Cleveland starter Luis Tiant, who will strike out the next batter to complete a 3-0 complete-game victory at the Bronx ballpark.
1973 “I look at the kids over here, the way they’re playing, the way they’re fighting for themselves, and it tells me one thing: ‘Willie, say good bye to America’.” – WILLIE MAYS, bidding farewell to his fans at Shea Stadium. Willie Mays Night takes place in Flushing as the Mets honor the fan-favorite player in an emotional 55-minute ceremony at Shea Stadium after their 2-1 victory over the Expos. The ‘Say Hey Kid’ tells the crowd of more than 50,000 fans, “Just to hear you cheer like this for me and not be able to do anything about it makes me a very sad man. This is my farewell.”
1974 In the first-of-its-kind operation, Dr. Frank Jobe transplants a tendon from Tommy John’s right wrist to the Dodger pitcher’s left elbow. The revolutionary ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction, which will become a standard surgical procedure better known as Tommy John surgery, enables the southpaw to win an additional 164 games, more than half of his career total of 288 victories.
1979 Behind the solid pitching of Frank Tanana, the Angels defeat the Royals, 4-1, to win their first American League West title. Jim Fregosi’s 88-74 team, finishing three games ahead of second-place Kansas City, loses the best-of-five ALCS to Baltimore in four games.
1980 The Padres become the first team in baseball history to have three players steal more than 50 bases in a season when Jerry Mumphrey and Ozzie Smith swipe their 50th sack in a 5-3 extra-inning loss to Cincinnati. Fellow Friar Gene Richard, who will lead the club with 61 stolen bases, reached the milestone at the end of last month.
1980 Brian Kingman loses his 20th game when the White Sox defeats the A’s at the Oakland Coliseum, 6-4. The 26-year-old right-hander, who will win his next decision to finish the season with an 8-20 record, will become the last 20-game loser of this century and the first to hurl for a winning team since Dolf Luque posted a 13-23 mark for the 1922 second-place Reds.
1984 New York’s pinch-hitter Rusty Staub becomes only the second player to hit a round-tripper as a teenager and one after his 40th birthday when he blasts a walk-off home run off Larry Anderson to give the Mets a 6-4 victory over Philadelphia at Shea Stadium. Ty Cobb was the first major leaguer to accomplish the feat.
1986 The Orioles suffer the 82nd of their 89 defeats this season, a 9-3 loss to Milwaukee at County Stadium, assuring the Birds will finish below .500 for the first time in 18 seasons. The last time Baltimore lost more games than it won in a campaign was in 1967, when the sixth-place team compiled a 76-85 record under Hank Bauer.
1986 The Astros win the National League West when Mike Scott doesn’t yield a hit in his 2-0 complete-game victory over the Giants. The game marks the first time a title has been clinched with a no-hitter, although Allie Reynolds’ second no-no of the season assured the Yankees a tie for the 1951 American League pennant.
1987 A’s rookie Mark McGwire sets an Oakland team record for home runs, going deep for the 48th time this season when he connects off Bobby Thigpen in the bottom ninth inning to tie the score in the team’s eventual extra-inning 2-1 loss to the White Sox. The 23-year-old first baseman’s Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum round-tripper breaks the mark Reggie Jackson established in 1969.
1987 Benito Santiago sets the modern (post-1900) major league record for rookies with a first-inning single, extending his streak to 27 consecutive games with a hit. The 22-year-old Padres catcher surpasses the previous standard set in 1943 by White Sox outfielder Guy Curtright and ties James Williams, who established the all-time longest hitting streak by a freshman while playing for the 1899 Pirates.
1989 The Red Sox announce the team will not exercise its option on 36-year-old Jim Rice, who will retire at the end of the season. Also, Bob Stanley, the club’s all-time saves leader with 173, reports he will also call it quits when this year’s campaign is over.
1989 Wade Boggs extends his own modern major league record when he collects his 200th hit for the seventh consecutive season. The Red Sox third baseman goes 4-for-5 in Boston’s 7-4 victory over the Yankees at Fenway Park.
1996 Giants slugger Barry Bonds draws an intentional walk, which gives him the National League record with 149 bases-on-balls in a season. The free pass is issued in the seventh inning by LA’s Mark Guthrie with two outs and a runner on third base in the team’s 7-5 loss at Dodger Stadium.
1997 NBC’s hit TV show “ER” airs live, using the Cubs telecast in the background in various scenes to authenticate the telecast’s claim of not being pre-recorded. The medical drama cuts to the game just as Brad Ausmus hits a three-run homer, much to the Astros’ catcher’s delight, who is taping his favorite program to watch later, not knowing he would be part of the cast.
1997 Eleven years to the day the club won its last title, the Astros clinch the NL Central Division by beating the Cubs, 9-1. Houston manages to capture the flag despite being only five games over .500.
1997 Joe Carter, donning the uniform number 43 to honor recently fired manager Cito Gaston, becomes the Blue Jays’ career home run leader, hitting his 203rd round-tripper in a 4-3 victory over Baltimore. George Bell, who spent nine seasons in Toronto, had set the franchise mark in 1990.
1997 Pedro Martinez records his final strikeout for the Expos, fanning Dale Daulton in Montreal’s 3-2 victory over Florida at Olympic Stadium. The 25-year-old right-hander, who will be traded to the Red Sox in the off-season for Carl Pavano and Tony Armas, establishes a franchise record with his 305th strikeout of the season.
1998 The Bronx Bombers, with a 6-1 win over the Devil Rays at Yankee Stadium, set an American League record with their 112th win to surpass the 1954 Indians. The 1906 Cubs, who finished the season with a 116-36 record, are the only team to end a campaign with more victories than the 1998 New York club, who will finish the campaign with 114.
1998 Sammy Sosa hits #66 and his final round-tripper of the season, a 462-foot blast at the Astrodome, to take the lead in the home run race. Less than an hour later, Mark McGwire will also hit his 66th, en route to his record-setting 70, in the Cardinals’ 6-5 victory over Montreal, tying the Cub outfielder in the historic home run race.
1998 Ken Griffey, Jr. hits his league-leading 56th homer of the season and 350th of his career, becoming the youngest player to reach the milestone. The 28-year-old outfielder drives in five runs in the Mariners’ 15-4 rout of Texas, who still manages to cop their second consecutive American League West Division title thanks to an Anaheim loss to Kansas City.
1999 For the first time in fifty years, a major leaguer drives in 159 runs when Manny Ramirez gets two RBIs in the Indians’ 9-6 victory over the Blue Jays at the SkyDome. The Cleveland right fielder will finish the season with 165 ribbies and matches Ted Williams’ and Vern Stephens’ output with the Red Sox in 1949.
2000 For only the second time since 1900, three teams play in the same twin bill when the Indians beat the White Sox in the opener, 9-2, and then lose the nightcap to the Twins, 4-3 at the Jake. In 1951 at Sportsman’s Park, the Cardinals played host to the Giants, winning 6-4 before bowing to the Braves, 2-0.
2001 Richie Sexson and Jeromy Burnitz hit three home runs in the Brewers’ 9-4 victory over Arizona at Bank One Ballpark. The teammates’ accomplishment marks the first time in major league history that two players on the same team have gone deep three times in the same game.
2003 Surpassing Mel Ott and Willie Mays, Sammy Sosa becomes the first National Leaguer to have at least 100-RBIs nine seasons in a row. The Cubs’ right fielder also joins Rafael Palmeiro and Jimmie Foxx as the only players in major league history to hit 35 home runs and 100 RBI for nine consecutive seasons.
2003 Carlos Delgado becomes the 15th player in big-league history and only the fifth American League player to hit four home runs in one game. The Blue Jays’ first baseman’s first homer was the 300th of his career, and his barrage gives him 41 for the season.
2003 Friends, family, associates, and former players gather at Shea Stadium on Bob Murphy Appreciation Night to honor the long-time broadcaster. Doing play-by-play for the team since the first game of its inaugural season in 1962, the Hall of Famer calls the last of his more than 6,000 Mets games following the pregame ceremonies.
2007 Brewers’ first baseman Prince Fielder becomes the youngest major leaguer to hit 50 home runs in a season, going deep twice in the team’s 9-1 victory over the Cardinals at Miller Park. The 23-year-old cleanup hitter and his father, Cecil, who hit 51 round-trippers with the Tigers in 1990, are the first father-and-son tandem to accomplish the feat.
2008 The Diamondbacks, defending division champions, lose to St. Louis, 12-3, allowing the Dodgers to clinch the NL West. Unlike his former team, the Yankees, Los Angeles first-year skipper Joe Torre’s 13-year postseason streak continues.
2008 In his ninth complete game, Roy Halladay, giving up six hits and two runs, posts his second 20-win season with an 8-2 victory over the Yankees at the Rogers Centre. The Blue Jays right-hander, en route to the Cy Young Award, compiled a 22-7 record in 2003.
2008 Mark Reynolds strikes out for the 200th time, breaking the major league record set last year by Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard. By season’s end, the Diamondbacks’ third baseman will extend the dubious mark to 204.
2009 In a position where the Mets could not field a reliable everyday player for decades, David Wright establishes a franchise record by starting his 836th game at third base for the Mets, surpassing his hitting coach and friend Howard Johnson. More than 120 players, beginning in 1962 with Don Zimmer, have appeared at the hot corner for the team, but only ten have appeared in as many as 200 games during the club’s 47-year history.
2009 New York clears the fence for the 127th time at the new Yankee Stadium to break the franchise record for most home runs hit by the team at home. Alex Rodriguez’s third-inning poke off Jon Lester in the Bronx Bombers’ 9-5 victory over Boston puts this year’s squad ahead of the 2004 and 2005 clubs, who both went deep 126 times in the old stadium.
2010 In the game where he sets a team record for striking out, Brandon Inge drives in the winning run with a walk-off single in the 13th inning of the Tigers’ 11-10 victory over Minnesota. With the second of his three whiffs, the Detroit third baseman surpasses the franchise record of 1,099, playing more than 1,000 fewer games than Lou Whitaker, who previously held the infamous mark.
2010 Bobby Cox, who will retire after the season ends, earns his 2,500th major league victory as a manager when the Braves blank Washington at Nationals Park, 5-0. The veteran skipper joins Connie Mack, John McGraw, and Tony La Russa as the fourth field boss to reach this milestone.
2010 Limiting the A’s to one hit in 1.1 innings of work in the Rangers’ 4-3 victory, Neftali Feliz records his 38th save of the season. The freshman closer surpasses Mariners’ Kazuhiro Sasaki’s mark of 37 in 2000, establishing the record for the most saves by a rookie closer.
2012 With Zack Greinke fanning 13 batters during his five-inning outing and the bullpen adding another seven, the Angels’ staff combines for 20 strikeouts in the team’s 5-4 victory over Seattle, tying the record for the most ever recorded in a nine-inning game. The Anaheim starter’s performance makes him the first hurler since 1920 to whiff 13 opponents in an outing that lasts less than six innings.
2013 In the final game he plays at Coors Field, Todd Helton homers in his first at-bat, a second-inning solo shot in Colorado’s 15-5 loss to Boston. The 40-year-old first baseman, who announced his retirement last week, has spent his 17-year career with the Rockies.
2014 Derek Jeter makes his last game at Yankee Stadium very memorable when he drives in the winning run in the ninth inning with an opposite-field one-out single off of Evan Meek in the team’s 6-5 walk-off win over Baltimore. The Captain’s heroics help the Bronx Bombers overcome blowing a three-run lead in the top of the frame.
2015 “I owe too much to this organization for the next two years to risk getting hurt for an incentive. My outing (Sept. 12) got rained out and the last inning of my last start got rained out, so for whatever reason, it wasn’t meant to be. There’s a lot bigger problems out there. I’m proud of my season.” – PHIL HUGHES, explaining why he turned an offer to pitch for a $500,000 bonus. Phil Hughes, who finished the final start of his season one out short of reaching 210 innings to receive a $500,000 contract incentive because of yesterday’s 66-minute rain delay, is given the opportunity to make a brief relief appearance for the Twins. The right-hander also turns down the club’s offer, saying he would not have any interest in merely being given the half-a-million-dollar bonus.
2017 In the second inning of the Cubs’ 10-2 rout of the Cardinals at Busch Stadium, Addison Russell dives into the stands chasing a foul ball, spilling a fan’s nachos onto the playing field. The Chicago shortstop hand delivers a fresh order of tortillas covered with cheese to the grateful Redbird fan in the next frame.
2018 Max Scherzer strikes out 300 batters in a single season when he whiffs Marlins rookie Austin Dean after a ten-pitch at-bat. In his final appearance of the year, the Washington ace fans ten hitters to precisely reach the plateau in the team’s 9-4 victory at Nationals Park, becoming just the third pitcher to accomplish the feat in the past 15 years.
2020 Dusty Baker will become the first major league skipper to manage five different teams to the postseason as the Astros clinch a spot in the MLB’s expanded 16-team Fall Frenzy when the Dodgers beat the Angels. The three-time National League Manager of the year (1993, 1997, 2000) had previously won a playoff spot with the Giants (1997, 2000, 2002), Cubs (2003), Reds (2010, 2012, 2013), and Nationals (2016, 2017).
2020 At Yankee Stadium, the Marlins clinch their first playoff berth since 2003 when they beat the Bronx Bombers, 4-3. Miami finishes in second place behind the Braves in the NL East, compiling a 31-29 mark in the COVID-19 shortened season, their first winning season in 11 years.
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3 – 4 – 6 – 35 – 29 – 28 – 1 – 17 – 34 – 10 – 24 – 33 – 26
September 25, 1908 – Chicago Cubs’ Ed Reulbach became the only pitcher to throw doubleheader shutout
September 25, 1926 – NHL grants franchises to Chicago Black Hawks & Detroit Red Wings
September 25, 1932 – Jimmie Foxx, Number 3 of the Philadelphia Athletics hit his 58th HR in last game of season
September 25, 1934 – Lou Gehrig, Number 4 of the Yankees played in his 1,500th consecutive game
September 25, 1955 – Detroit outfielder Al Kaline, wearing Number 6, at just age 20, became the youngest batting champ
September 25, 1956 – Brooklyn Dodger Number 35, Sal Maglie tossed a no-hitter against the Philadelphia Phillies, for 5-0 win
September 25, 1965 – Amazing feat here! 60 year old Satchel Paige, Number 29 of Kansas City Athletics pitches 3 scoreless innings
September 25, 1980 – Jerry Mumphrey (Number 28) joined legends who formerly played for the Padres organization Ozzie Smith (Number 1) and Gene Richards (Number 17) as the only players to steal 50 bases in a season, for the Padres
September 25, 1981 – Houston Astros Number 34, Nolan Ryan‘s 5th career no-hitter as Astros beat Dodgers 5-0
September 25, 1984 – New York Met Rusty Staub (Number 10) joined Ty Cobb, who hit home runs as both a teen and in their 40s in the MLB
September 25, 1985 – Rickey Henderson, Number 24 steals Yankee record 75th base of season
September 25, 1986 – Houston Astro Mike Scott, Number 33 threw a no-hit gem against the San Francisco Giants, for a 2-0 shutout victory
September 25, 1989 – Boston Red Sox Wade Boggs, Number 26 became the first to get 200 hits along with 100 walks in 4 consecutive seasons
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BOWLING
7 p.m.
FS1 — PBA: The Elias Cup, Quarterfinals, Portland, Maine
COLLEGE SOCCER (MEN’S)
7 p.m.
ACCN — Denver at Pittsburgh
MLB BASEBALL
7:30 p.m.
MLBN — Arizona at Chicago White Sox
9:30 p.m.
FS1 — San Diego at San Francisco
NFL FOOTBALL
7:15 p.m.
ABC — Philadelphia at Tampa Bay
8:15 p.m.
ESPN — LA Rams at Cincinnati
ESPN2 — LA Rams at Cincinnati
NHL HOCKEY
7 p.m.
NHLN — Preseason: Ottawa at Toronto
9 p.m.
NHLN — Preseason: Vegas at Colorado
TENNIS
6 a.m.
TENNIS — Zhuhai-ATP, Chengdu-ATP Semifinals; Tokyo-WTA, Ningbo-WTA Early Rounds
10 p.m.
TENNIS — Zhuhai-ATP, Chengdu-ATP Finals; Tokyo-WTA Early Rounds
6 a.m. (Tuesday) TENNIS — Zhuhai-ATP, Chengdu-ATP Finals; Tokyo-WTA Early Rounds