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BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP

H.S. FOOTBALL: OHSAA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

BUCKEYE RALLY CRY REPOSITORY RAY STEWART

■ Clyde running back Gunner Golden scores against Licking Valley during Saturday’s OHSAA

Division IV final at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton. See more photos at FridayNightOhio.com.

DIVISION IV: CLYDE 42, LICKING VALLEY 14

Going eight to one Golden scores four TDs to lead Fliers to title — he didn’t want to be a guard.”

On Saturday afternoon, the powerful 5-foot-11, 195-pounder with CANTON When Gunner Golden the wispy middle school beard ran started his freshman year at Clyde like a man, carrying 28 times for 114 High School, his coach threatened to yards and four touchdowns to lead add another G to the front of his name. Clyde to a dominant 42-14 victory “We told him he needed to figure over Newark Licking Valley in the out how to run it or be a guard,” Division IV state final at Tom Benson Fliers coach Ryan Carter said. “He Hall of Fame Stadium. was like, ‘I’m not gonna be a guard.’

SEE FLIERS, E7 “That’s why he’s the runner he is

By Joe Scalzo

The Canton Repository

AP MICHAEL CONROY

■ Ohio State wide receiver K.J. Hill (center) celebrates a touchdown with teammates, includ-

ing Massillon graduate Thayer Munford (right), during the second half of Saturday’s Big Ten Championship in Indianapolis.

Ohio State overcomes 14-point deficit to top Wisconsin for title The Columbus Dispatch

INDIANAPOLIS Wisconsin threw

a minor scare into Ohio State in October.

The Badgers did more than that Saturday night in the Big Ten Championship.

But No. 1 Ohio State took several roundhouse punches from No. 8 Wisconsin before rallying for a 34-21 victory in front of a partisan Buckeyes crowd 66,649 at Lucas Oil Stadium.

K.J. Hill, who became Ohio State’s career leader in receptions, caught two touchdown passes in the second half as the Buckeyes rallied from a 21-7 halftime deficit.

The Buckeyes won their third straight conference championship, becoming the first Big Ten team ever to win three outright titles.

Now the question is whether the victory was enough to keep the Buckeyes atop the final College Football Playoff rankings when they are announced today.

The Badgers kept Ohio State offkilter throughout the first half, as the Buckeyes had trouble protecting Justin Fields, who was playing with a knee brace to protect a sprained left knee.

Wisconsin played Ohio State tough into the third quarter of their Oct. 26 game in Columbus. The Buckeyes led only 10-7 after a Badgers touchdown early in the third quarter of their Oct. 26 game in Columbus before scoring the game’s final 28 points.

The Buckeyes needed a similar second half Saturday. A 50-yard completion from Justin Fields to Chris Olave set up a 16-yard, one-handed touchdown catch to Jeremy Ruckart to pull the Buckeyes within 21-14.

Ohio State’s defense followed with a three-and-out, and Wisconsin

DIVISION VII: MARION LOCAL 28, LUCAS 6

Record 11

By Bill Rabinowitz

Flyers tie state mark for titles by topping Cubs

By Steve Doerschuk The Canton Repository

AP MICHAEL CONROY

■ Ohio State running back J.K. Dobbins goes in

for a touchdown against Wisconsin cornerback Faion Hicks during the first half of Saturday’s game.

punter Anthony Lotti dropped the ball as he attempted to kick it. The Buckeyes took over at the 16 but had to settle for a field goal.

After Wisconsin missed a 49-yard field goal, the Buckeyes drove 69 yards for the go-ahead score. Hill had a 10-yard catch on third down to break David Boston’s career record of 191 to start the drive. He ended it with a 16-yard touchdown catch to give Ohio State its first lead, 24-21, with 2:23 left in the third quarter.

The swarming Buckeyes defense shut down the Badgers again, and Ohio State followed with another touchdown drive, with Fields connecting on a 13-yard to Hill for the score.

Fields finished 19-of-31 for 299 yards. J.K. Dobbins had 172 yards on 33 carries.

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CANTON The Lucas Cubs were up against the big bear of littleschool football.

Maria Stein Marion Local played its 13th final four in the last 14 years. Lucas was in its first. Ever.

Sometimes the bear gets you.

Marion Local plowed to a 28-6 win in the Division VII state final, securing its 11th OHSAA playoff championship. The “11” ties Cleveland St. Ignatius for the most Ohio state football playoff titles in the playoff era.

“I’m a football guy, and I know what Ignatius has done,” said 20th-year Marion Local head coach Tim Goodwin. “Ignatius SEE RECORD, E7

REPOSITORY RAY STEWART

■ Maria Stein Marion Local running back Dylan

Heitkamp (right) scores the Flyers’ first touchdown during Saturday’s OHSAA Division VII final.

DIVISION V: KIRTLAND 17, IRONTON 7

NEO finally gets its title

Hornets’ win streak reaches 30 in win vs. Fliers

By Joe Scalzo The Canton Repository

Kirtland’s defense made sure Northeast Ohio didn’t get shut out on championship weekend.

The Hornets stymied Ironton’s powerful running attack and did just enough on offense to top the Fliers 17-7 in Saturday’s Division V state final at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium.

It was Kirtland’s second straight state championship and fifth in the last decade. The win also handed Northeast Ohio its only championship in three games this weekend at Benson Stadium, with Massillon (Division II) and New Middletown Springfield (VI) losing on Thursday and Friday, respectively.

Mason Sullivan carried 23 times for SEE HORNETS, E6

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SUNDAY SPECIAL Finals draw positive reviews JOE SCALZO’S

But after three straight years in Canton, future of games is up in the air

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ttendance has gotten worse.

Just about everything else has gotten better.

That was my early impression of this year’s state football championships, which were held at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium for the third straight year.

“It’s been great,” said Beau Rugg, who administers football for the Ohio High School Athletic Association. “It’s been a little better every year logistically.

You always improve the more you’re at a location. You learn stuff that you like to do differently and the stadium people have been very accommodating about what we need to do.”

Attendance through six games was 40,699, which meant that this year’s games will draw fewer fans than they did in 2017 (61,132) and 2018 (52,390). Some of that may have been due to matchups — there were just three northeast Ohio teams (Massillon, Kirtland and New Middletown Springfield) — and some may be due to the declining attendance trend in high school sports.

But there is more to hosting the games than attendance, especially since Canton is willing to make financial guarantees to the OHSAA to secure an event that makes a $4 million annual impact on Stark County. Canton can’t match Columbus’ location, but it has other advantages.

“I think their welcoming attitude and genuine desire to have us is a huge plus,” said Rugg, who spoke from his Benson Stadium suite before Saturday’s final game, the Division V state championship between Kirtland and Ironton. “The venue is on par with all the other great venues in the state and I think, venuewise, it’s only going to get better.”

I’ll have more on this weekend’s games in the coming days, but here’s four early takeaways about the future of the state finals, based on conversations with a variety of people involved in the games this week: n The OHSAA wants to make a decision on next year’s football finals in January and the organization wants a long-term partnership, not the year-toyear deals it has made with Canton over the past three years. The OHSAA will look beyond just Columbus and Canton, but those are the two favorites. n If the Hall of Fame Village project can get some momentum — something that finally looks promising — it will help Canton’s chances. n In order to boost attendance (and at least get rid of the Friday morning game), the OHSAA would like to move one or two of the state finals to Sunday afternoon. The Hall of Fame isn’t thrilled with that idea but Ohio State would probably insist on it, since there isn’t much parking around Ohio Stadium on Friday mornings when students are in session.

The OHSAA has started holding more and more Sunday tournament games in other sports because it’s gotten more difficult to get students out of class during the week. n The finals were split between Canton and Massillon from 1990-2013, but the OHSAA doesn’t want to split locations anymore, both because of the logistics of operating at two different sites and because Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium is basically a small NFL stadium.

Replay debuts The OHSAA debuted replay at this weekend’s state finals, with the first review coming in the first quarter of Thursday’s Massillon-Cincinnati La Salle game. The call was reversed, with La Salle running back Gi’Bran Payne getting awarded a 6-yard touchdown run after initially being ruled down shy of the goal line.

All reviews this weekend were initiated by the officials in the booth, which included one Mid-American Conference replay official and one NFL replay official. There were four monitors in the booth, and the officials could buzz down to the head official if they saw a play that should be reviewed.

“It’s in good hands,” Snodgrass said.

That said, Snodgrass isn’t a video replay fan.

“I sometimes think the death of high school sports is video replay,” he said.

REPOSITORY RAY STEWART

n Fans watch Saturday’s Division IV title game between Clyde and Licking Valley at Canton’s Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium.

REPOSITORY RAY STEWART

n The Lucas Cubs take the field for the Division VII state final against Maria Stein Marion Local at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium on Saturday.

“After every single game — sometimes a week later — someone texts us a picture ... and they want the game replayed.

And it’s from mom’s cell phone in Row 22. And I say, ‘Well, you know what, you might have that picture. But there was a game play in little Vanlue, Ohio, last week and no one had a cell phone at that angle, so we’re supposed to let that one go.

“That’s one of the reasons why we don’t use video replay in high school anywhere in the nation.”

Online ticketing explained This also was the first season for the OHSAA’s online playoff ticketing platform, HomeTown Ticketing. The organization started using it during the second round of the playoffs, partly to cut costs and partly because studies have shown that 75 percent of customers now want an online ticket purchase option.

“We wanted to serve our people a little bit better,” Snodgrass said.

The OHSAA was spending $16,000 a year to have a courier service take two footballs, a (site) manager’s manual and (paper) tickets to each of those sites to drop off.

“Sixteen thousand bucks!” Snodgrass said. “Now, some of the young staffers in our office, they offered to do it for $15,000.”

Originally, the OHSAA wasn’t going to supply any paper tickets, but backed off on that idea. Instead, it shipped out

the paper tickets overnight, which only cost about $1,000. The online tickets did have a $1.50 surcharge, but the OHSAA “doesn’t make a dime off that,” Snodgrass said.

In all reality, it’s really a time when coaches should use their benches more.

“So, I’ve never been a proponent of it in basketball, but I could see it changing.”

All football games, regular season or This and that postseason, have a running clock in the n Of the five states that produce second half of games with a 30-point the most NFL players (Florida, Texas, differential.

California, Georgia, Ohio), Ohio is the “I thought it would ruin a lot of high only one without some form of spring school football games because I thought football, banning even flag football or it would change the game, from record7-on-7. holders to everything (else),” Snodgrass Snodgrass isn’t pushing to change said. “You know what? I was wrong. that.

I think it’s been a good change for the “The strong feeling has been, why sport.” break something that isn’t broken?” n If Ohio expands the football playSnodgrass said. “A lot of times people offs, it won’t be because the OHSAA is in the football world — especially the pushing for extra revenue. parents — will say, ‘Well, they do this in For one thing, the current proposal, Indiana! Or they do this in Minnesota!’ put forth by the Ohio High School FootAnd (longtime assistant commissioner) ball Coaches Association, wouldn’t add Henry Zaborniak, who used to work in any games. Instead, 12 teams from each our office, used to say, ‘So let me get this region would qualify (up from eight) and right: You want Ohio football to be like the top four would get a bye.

Indiana, huh?’ ” For another, these types of moves n The running clock could be coming typically don’t result in extra money. to regular season basketball.

“Every sport in the last 16 years that Ohio already has a running clock for we’ve added a division to, or expanded, basketball tournament games, which we’ve actually lost money,” Snodgrass begins when the score differential said. “Here’s what people don’t like to reaches 35 points and remains in effect hear. We’re a nonprofit business. We until it drops below 30 points. have a business to run.”

“This past weekend I saw girls basketLast month, the OHSAA sent out a ball scores that were unbelievable; I’m survey to every football school in the talking 60- to 80-point differences,” state, asking coaches for their feelings Snodgrass said. “The difference in bas- about the move. Snodgrass said he has ketball is the game is so much shorter. yet to see those results.

Downings to speak

Around the NFL

Former Michigan/San Francisco 49ers guard Walt Downing and his son, former GlenOak and Ohio State guard T.J. Downing, will speak at Monday’s Hall of Fame Luncheon Club meeting at Tozzi’s on 12th.

n Indianapolis Colts WR Ashton Dulin (Malone) recorded his first NFL reception in a 31-17 loss to the Tennessee Titans, gaining 13 yards on a wide receiver screen late in the second quarter. He played

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a career-best 39 snaps on offense and six on special teams. n New Orleans Saints WR Krishawn Hogan (Walsh) played 10 snaps on offense and 10 on special teams in a 26-18 win over the Atlanta Falcons on Thanksgiving. n Houston Texans CB Gareon

Conley (Massillon) was not active for a 28-22 win over the New England Patriots due to a hip injury. n Dallas Cowboys WR Devin Smith (Massillon) was not active for Thursday’s 31-24 loss to the Chicago Bears or the 26-15 loss to the Buffalo Bills on Thanksgiving.

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: OHIO STATE

Bucks put up 100 points Wesson brothers combine for 43 during rout of Penn State The Associated Press

COLUMBUS Penn State pulled within eight points of Ohio State just 8 minutes into the second half, and it looked like the game was on.

The Buckeyes had other plans.

Kaleb Wesson scored 28 points and had 10 rebounds for his ninth career double-double, and No. 6 Ohio State scored 43 points in the game’s final 12 minutes to rout Penn State 106-74 on Saturday.

The Buckeyes scored 100 points against a Big Ten rival for the first time since 1991.

“I hit some shots today,” Wesson said.

“My teammates found me in the right spots, which makes for easy basketball.”

Four players hit double figures for Ohio State (9-0, 1-0 Big Ten), who shot 57.4 percent from the field. Andre Wesson scored 15, and sophomores Duane Washington Jr. and Luther Muhammad each had 14.

“What makes Kaleb different and special, I believe, is his ability to play out on the perimeter, to play through him some as a passer in the high post or outside the 3, to pick and pop with him,” Ohio State head coach Chris Holtmann said. “That’s his strength. That’s who he is a player. He is unique in that sense.”

Izaiah Brockington scored 19 points and Seth Lundy added 10 for the Nittany Lions (7-2, 0-1), who lost for the second time in four games and gave up 100 points for

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The Buckeyes were led by Washington, who hit four straight. Kaleb Wesson shot 4 for 6 from long range, including three straight in the second half.

Ohio State now has backto-back games with 10 or more 3-pointers.

“I thought in the second half we were playing much better, obviously until Lamar picked up his fifth foul,” Penn State coach Patrick Chamber said. “Even so there were a couple of minutes where we competed and we did some good things.

“Wesson was terrific today. He was making 1.5 (3 pointers) per game. We wanted to see if he could make 1 or 2 before we had to adjust. Obviously, he was feeling pretty good out there.”

How about that?

AP JAY LAPRETE

■ Ohio State’s Kaleb Wesson shoots over Penn State’s John Harrar

during the second half of Saturday’s game in Columbus. Wesson sxored 28 points in the Buckeyes’ win.

the first time since 2017.

Penn State managed just 25 rebounds, far below its average of 44.

Senior Lamar Stevens, Penn State’s leading scorer averaging 17.9 points, managed just 11 against the Buckeyes and

fouled out after getting a technical with 13:26 left in the second half.

Ohio State started the first half 1 for 6 from beyond the arc, but started draining 3-pointers in the second half, hitting 14 of 26 for 53.8 % for the game.

Ohio State is the fourth team in AP poll history to beat two top-10 teams by at least 25 points in the same season, joining Villanova (2015-16), Duke (2000-01) and UCLA (1967-1968). Each of the previous three went on to win the national championship.

League leader Ohio State leads the NCAA in biggest scoring margin over its opponents. In nine games, the Buckeyes have outscored their opponents by an average of 26.3 points.

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COLLEGE RESULTS M. BASKETBALL NO. 6 OHIO ST. 106, PENN ST. 74

PENN ST. (7-2) Stevens 4-8 2-2 11, Watkins 3-8 0-0 6, Wheeler 0-1 2-4 2, M.Jones 3-7 1-1 9, Dread 1-6 2-2 5, Harrar 1-2 0-0 2, Lundy 3-4 2-4 10, Buttrick 1-1 0-0 2, McCloskey 0-1 0-1 0, Brockington 7-13 3-4 19, C.Jones 2-8 2-2 8. Totals 25-59 14-20 74.

OHIO ST. (9-0) K.Wesson 9-16 6-6 28, Young 3-3 3-4 9, Washington 5-7 0-0 14, Muhammad 4-6 2-2 14, Walker 2-5 5-6 9, Gaffney 0-0 0-0 0, Ahrens 1-2 0-0 3, A.Wesson 5-9 4-6 15, Liddell 1-3 3-4 5, Hummer 0-0 1-2 1, Carton 1-3 6-7 8. Totals 31-54 30-37 106.

Halftime—Ohio St. 46-35. 3-Point Goals— Penn St. 10-29 (Lundy 2-3, M.Jones 2-5, Brockington 2-5, C.Jones 2-7, Stevens 1-3, Dread 1-6), Ohio St. 14-26 (Muhammad 4-5, K.Wesson 4-6, Washington 4-6, Ahrens 1-2, A.Wesson 1-3, Walker 0-2, Liddell 0-2).

Fouled Out—Stevens. Rebounds—Penn St. 19 (Stevens, Harrar, Watkins 3), Ohio St. 31 (K.Wesson 10). Assists—Penn St. 7 (Wheeler, Harrar 2), Ohio St. 15 (Walker 7). Total Fouls—Penn St. 25, Ohio St. 18.

Technicals—Stevens.

CEDARVILLE 80, MALONE 66

CEDARVILLE (4-4, 2-0): TenHove 6-8 0-1 13, Van Horn 9-11 3-4 21, Parker 7-12 1-1 19, Maughmer 5-9 2-2 13, Green 1-4 0-0 3, Speelman 2-8 0-0 6, McKeeman 2-3 0-0 5, Drees 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 32-57 6-8 80.

MALONE (5-5, 0-1): Ernst 4-11 1-2 9, Mouliom 4-6 0-2 8, Haynie 2-6 5-9 10, Ramsey 1-3 0-0 2, Majestic 3-14 5-5 13, Myers 7-14 6-9 24, Seiler 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 21-55 17-27 66.

Halftime: Cedarville 42-31. 3-Point Field Goals: Cedarville 10-24 (TenHove 1-2, Parker 4-8, Maughmer 1-2, Green 1-3, Speelman 2-6, McKeeman 1-1, Drees 0-2), Malone 7-21 (Ernst 0-1, Haynie 1-1, Ramsey 0-1, Majestic 2-9), Myers 4-9). Total fouls: Cedarville 2213. Fouled out: None. Rebounds: Cedarville 35 (TenHove 7, Green 7), Malone 29 (Ernst 10). Assists: Cedarville 26 (Maughmer 8), Malone 12 (Haynie 4). Steals: Malone 5-4.

Turnovers: Cedarville 17-10.

MOUNT UNION 81, OHIO NORTHERN 60

OHIO NORTHERN (2-3, 0-1): Napier 8-14 3-4 21, Berner 4-7 0-0 9, Waugh 0-5 0-0 0, Allemeier 2-7 1-2 6, Long 6-12 1-1 15, Good 2-2 0-0 4, Scott 1-5 0-0 2, Bryan 0-4 0-0 0, Staten 0-1 0-0 0, Phillips 1-3 0-0 3. Totals 24-60 5-7 60.

MOUNT UNION (5-2, 2-0): Poole 3-4 0-0 7, Carroll 0-1 0-0 0, Gurley 7-15 0-0 18, BowerMalone 1-7 0-0 2, Slack 4-6 1-2 9, Johnson 0-1 0-0 0, Carbon 1-1 0-0 3, Painter Jr. 1-3 0-1 2, Berry 0-3 0-0 0, Newsom 1-2 0-0 3, Friga 7-8 0-0 16, Caywood 3-3 0-0 6, Hill 7-10 0-2 15. Totals 35-64 1-5 81.

Halftime: Mount Union 41-33. 3-Point Field Goals: Ohio Northern 7-16 (Napier 2-4, Berner 1-1, Waugh 0-1, Allemeier 1-4, Long 2-4, Phillips 1-2), Mount Union 10-17 (Poole 1-1, Gurley 4-8, Bower-Malone 0-1, Carbon 1-1, Painter Jr. 0-1, Berry 0-1, Newsom 1-1, Friga 2-2, Hill 1-1). Total fouls: Mount Union 12-7. Fouled out: None. Rebounds: Ohio Northern 34 (Waugh 9), Mount Union 33 (Hill 7). Assists: Ohio Northern 15 (Long 4), Mount Union 13 (Bower-Malone 5). Steals: Mount Union 8 (Bower-Malone 2, Friga 2), Ohio Northern 3. Turnovers: Ohio Northern 14-7.

LAKE ERIE 88, WALSH 85, OT

LAKE ERIE (6-4, 1-1): Peterson 3-9 0-2 7, Vaughn 2-8 0-0 5, Plantz 5-8 4-4 15, Kynard 11-19 10-11 34, Riggs 3-9 2-4 9, James 1-6 0-0 2, Jones 2-4 0-0 6, Loomis 1-5 0-0 2, Williams 0-0 0-2 0, Burdyshaw 3-5 1-2 8.

Totals 31-73 17-25 88.

WALSH (6-1, 0-1): Christy 8-15 8-16 25, Canter 4-6 1-2 9, Montague 4-16 2-2 10, Straughter 9-16 0-0 25, Mokros 3-6 3-3 10, Bogan 0-1 0-0 0, Baity 1-7 0-1 3, Wess 1-1 0-0 3. Totals 30-68 14-24 85.

Halftime: 39-39. End of regulation: 79-79.

3-Point Field Goals: Lake Erie 9-26 (Peterson 1-3, Vaughn 1-3, Plantz 1-4, Kynard 2-5, Riggs 1-4, James 0-2, Jones 2-3, Burdyshaw 1-2), Walsh 11-24 (Christy 1-1, Montague

0-4, Straughter 7-11, Mokros 1-3, Baity 1-4, Wess 1-1). Total fouls: Walsh 20-18. Fouled out: Vaughn. Rebounds: Lake Erie 47 (Plantz 11), Walsh 42 (Christy 12). Assists: Lake Erie 7 (Riggs 2, James 2), Walsh 11 (Christy 7). Steals: Lake Erie 6 (Kynard 2, Riggs 2), Walsh 3 (Mokros 2). Turnovers: Walsh 12-10.

KENT ST. 81, CLEVELAND ST. 59

CLEVELAND ST. (4-6) Eichelberger 6-9 2-5 14, Thomas 1-4 0-0 3, Gomillion 5-8 2-3 13, Sanchez 0-0 0-0 0, Penn 3-8 0-0 7, D.Williams 0-1 0-0 0, Johnson 3-9 4-4 10, Beaudion 2-5 1-3 6, Patton 0-2 0-0 0, Potoma 1-3 0-0 3, Ferreira 1-4 0-0 3. Totals 22-53 9-15 59.

KENT ST. (8-1) Pippen 2-9 1-2 6, Whittington 7-10 0-0 14, Santiago 0-2 0-0 0, Simons 5-9 0-0 13, A.Williams 8-13 3-4 19, Bainbridge 0-0 0-0 0, Beck 2-2 0-1 4, Castillo 1-2 0-0 3, Bennett 0-0 0-0 0, Williamson 3-4 1-1 7, Roberts 4-10 2-2 11, Peterson 1-2 2-2 4. Totals 33-63 9-12 81.

Halftime—Kent St. 48-29. 3-Point Goals— Cleveland St. 6-23 (Thomas 1-3, Beaudion 1-3, Potoma 1-3, Gomillion 1-3, Ferreira 1-4, Penn 1-5, Johnson 0-1, Eichelberger 0-1), Kent St. 6-19 (Simons 3-5, Roberts 1-2, Castillo 1-2, Pippen 1-7, Santiago 0-1, A.Williams 0-2). Fouled Out—None.

Rebounds—Cleveland St. 30 (Eichelberger 8), Kent St. 29 (Peterson 7). Assists— Cleveland St. 11 (Beaudion 4), Kent St. 14 (Roberts, Simons 3). Total Fouls—Cleveland St. 15, Kent St. 18. A—2,176 (6,327).

W. BASKETBALL WALSH 84, LAKE ERIE 55

LAKE ERIE (3-9, 0-2): West 2-5 0-0 4, Bauer 9-11 0-0 19, Chaddock 5-12 5-10 16, Flannery 1-5 0-0 2, Wyndgarden 1-4 0-0 2, Benner 2-6 0-0 5, Billing 2-5 0-0 4, Joseph 0-2 0-2 0, Voss 1-3 0-0 3. Totals 23-53 5-12 55.

WALSH (7-2, 1-0): May. Sales 6-13 0-0 12, Borck 7-10 1-2 16, Scarton 3-10 1-2 8, Carter 8-16 4-5 20, Newkirk 3-4 3-5 9, Dean 5-9 0-0 11, Halloran 0-1 0-0 0, Maj. Sales 2-4 1-1 5, Blake 1-1 0-0 3. Totals 35-68 10-15 84.

Lake Erie 11 15 18 11 — 55 Walsh 21 15 19 29 — 84 3-Point Field Goals: Lake Erie 4-17 (Bauer 1-2, Chaddock 1-3, Flannery 0-1, Wyndgarden 0-1, Benner 1-4, Billing 0-2, Joseph 0-1, Voss 1-3), Walsh 4-16 (Sales 0-1, Borck 1-4, Scarton 1-5, Carter 0-1, Dean 1-3, Halloran 0-1, Blake 1-1). Total fouls: Lake Erie 17-14. Fouled out: None. Rebounds: Lake Erie 35 (Bauer 7), Walsh 35 (Borck 6).

Assists: Lake Erie 11 (Chaddock 6), Walsh 18 (Borck 5). Steals: Walsh 6 (Maj. Sales 2), Lake Erie 2. Turnovers: Lake Erie 20-6.

OHIO NORTHERN 58, MOUNT UNION 57

MOUNT UNION (5-3, 0-2): Hessel 2-3 2-2 6, Peoples-O’Neil 0-2 0-2 0, Rauhe 5-13 4-4 15, Rappach 2-5 0-0 5, Maynard 3-7 1-3 9, Sauter 0-4 0-0 0, Sweeney 1-4 0-0 3, Turley 1-1 0-0 2, Hensley 0-2 0-0 0, Gassman 4-11 0-1 10, Palamone 1-2 2-2 5, Schaefer 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 20-57 9-14 57 OHIO NORTHERN (5-0, 1-0): Parks 0-1 0-0 0, Mescher 5-8 2-4 12, Weeks 3-10 8-9 16, Jacobs 2-10 0-0 4, Yankle 4-7 0-0 9, Brock 2-6 0-0 6, Hale 0-2 0-0 0, Iliff 2-4 1-2 6, Serbin 2-5 0-0 5, Ward 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 20-54 11-15 58.

Mount Union 18 10 18 11 — 57 Ohio Northern 12 15 16 15 — 58 3-Point Field Goals: Mount Union 8-31 (Rauhe 1-6, Rappach 1-4, Maynard 2-6, Sauter 0-3, Sweeney 1-4, Hensley 0-2, Gassman 2-3, Palamone 1-1, Schaefer 0-2), Ohio Northern 7-24 (Weeks 2-5, Jacobs 0-3, Yankle 1-4, Brock 2-5, Hale 0-2, Iliff 1-1, Serbin 1-4). Total fouls: Mount Union 16-15.

Fouled out: None. Rebounds: Mount Union 23 (Rauhe 7), Ohio Northern 27 (Weeks 8). Assists: Mount Union 14 (Sauter 3), Ohio Northern 12 (Yankle 5). Steals: Ohio Northern 11-4. Turnovers: 17-17.

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Logan Hill had a season-high 15 for Mount Union, which MOUNT UNION 81, OHIO improved to 5-2 overall and NORTHERN 60 The Purple 2-0 in the OAC. The Purple Raiders used a 30-14 second Raiders shot 54.7 % from the half run to close out the Polar field, including 10 of 17 from 3-point range.

Bears in Ohio Athletic ConCEDARVILLE 80, MALONE ference action. Collen Gurley scored 18 points, D’Vontay 66 Bo Myers hit four 3s and scored a career-high Friga finished with 16 and

24 points for the Pioneers in their loss to the Yellow Jackets. Malone trailed 42-31 at halftime and fell behind by as many as 17 in the second half. Jaret Majestic scored 13 points and Daylan Haynie finished with 10 for the Pioneers. Kollin Van Horn led Cedarville with 21.

LAKE ERIE 88, WALSH 85, OT Gabe Kynard’s 3-pointer

at the buzzer lifted the Storm to a stunning comefrom-behind win over the previously-unbeaten Cavaliers. Lake Erie stormed back from a 19-point deficit with just over nine minutes remaining. Walsh needed a Sterling Christy free throw with 27 left to send the game into overtime. Christy finished with 25 points and 12 rebounds for the Cavs.

Walsh’s Darryl Straughter hit seven 3s and also scored 25 points.

Ohio Northern to a comefrom-behind win over Mount Union. The Polar Bears scored 10 straight points in the final 5:02 to snatch the win and hand the Purple Raiders their second straight Ohio Athletic Conference loss. Elena Rauhe scored 15 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead Mount Union.

INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD MOUNT UNION TOY DRIVE INVITE The Purple Raiders

men’s and women’s teams combined to win 13 events during Saturday’s annual WALSH 84, LAKE ERIE 55 Sha Toy Drive Invite at Peterson Carter poured in 20 points Field House. Sophomore pole to lead the Cavaliers to a vaulter Bri Aveni was among convincing win in their Great the seven women’s event Midwest Athletic Conferwinners. She set a school ence. Walsh took command record with a vault of 12 feet, in the fourth quarter by out- 2.75 inches. Defending coscoring 29-11. Kimmie Borck national champions Connor scored 16 points, Mayci Sales Troyer and Mason Plant finished with 12 and Alyssa finished 1-2 in the 60-meter Dean added 11 for the Cavs. hurdles. Troyer won in 8.17 OHIO NORTHERN 58, MOUNT seconds, followed by Plant UNION 57 Lexi Jacobs’ jumper in 8.18. Mount Union also with 13 seconds left lifted claimed the top six spots in

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the men’s 400 with freshman Matt McBride winning in 49.43 seconds.

WRESTLING PURPLE RAIDERS REPEAT AT PETROFES Sixth-ranked

Mount Union had 14 placers and won the team title for the second straight year at the Petrofes Invitational in Grantham, Pa. David Massey (133 pounds), Luke Hernandez (149), Antwon Pugh (157) and Conner Homan (174) won individual titles for the Purple Raiders. Mount Union finished with 216 points.

Tournament host and 17thranked Messiah was second with 173.5.

SWIMMING AND DIVING WOOSTER INVITATIONAL

Mount Union’s Brett Scheib won the 1,650-yard freestyle in 16:23.9 at the Wooster Invitational. The Purple Raiders finished second in the men’s team standings and fourth in the women’s division.

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BENGALS AT BROWNS: FOUR THINGS TO WATCH

GAME PREVIEW: BENGALS AT BROWNS

■ Browns

running back Kareem Hunt scores a touchdown during last Sunday’s game in Pittsburgh.

AP GENE J. PUSKAR

AP FRANK VICTORES

■ The Bengals will start Andy

Dalton again today against the Browns.

Hunt for red-zone December

KICKOFF: 1 p.m.

TV: CBS (WOIO Channel

19) with Beth Mowins, Tiki Barber LINE: Browns by 8 ½ WEATHER: High around 50, breezy, little chance of rain SCOREBOARD: Bengals (1-11) have been outscored 298-179; Browns (5-7) have been outscored 272-246.

BENGALS ON ROAD (0-6):

Lost 21-20 at Seattle Sept. 8, lost 21-17 at Buffalo Sept. 22, lost 27-3 at Pittsburgh Sept.

30, lost 23-17 at Baltimore Oct. 13, lost 24-10 at LA Rams Oct. 27, lost 17-10 at Oakland Nov. 24.

BROWNS AT HOME (3-3):

Lost 43-13 to Tennessee Sept. 8, lost 20-13 to LA Rams Sept. 22, lost 32-28 to Seattle Oct. 13, beat Buffalo 19-16 Nov. 10, beat Pittsburgh 21-7 Nov. 14, beat Miami 41-24 Nov. 24.

HEAD SET: While quarterbacking at Nebraska, Zac Taylor was Big-12 Offensive Player of the Year in 2006.

Taylor has had a rocky ride in his first year as Bengals head coach. His coordinators are 35-year-old Brian Callahan (offense) and 53-year-old Lou Anarumo (defense).

QB VS. QB: Andy Dalton is back in Cincinnati’s saddle after getting benched for three games in favor of rookie Round 4 pick Ryan Finley. Finley went 0-3 while completing 47 % of his passes. Dalton is 1-8 in his nine starts this year, but he still has a career record of 69-58-2. In last Sunday’s 22-6 win over the Jets, Dalton went 22 of 37 for 243 yards, with a TD, no interceptions and one sack. ...

Two of Baker Mayfield’s 12 career victories came against the Bengals late last season, 35-20 and 26-18. His passer ratings in those games were 143.9 and 121.9, second- and third-best among his 25 Browns starts.

RUNNING MEN: In a recent home game against Baltimore, Joe Mixon posted season highs in carries (30) and yards (114), but it didn’t get the Bengals far in a 49-13 loss. Ironically, Mixon got almost nowhere last Sunday against the Jets (19 carries, 44 yards), but the Bengals won 22-6. Mixon rushed for 1,274 yards in his final year at Oklahoma (2016), when the Sooners won their last nine games behind Mayfield. ...

Nick Chubb leads the NFL with 1,175 rushing yards.

The second-leading rusher in the AFC North is Ravens QB Lamar Jackson with 977 yards.

HANDS TEAM: Tyler Boyd leads the Bengals with 68 catches for 758 yards. Auden Tate has 39 catches for 559 yards in 2019. ... Browns WR Jarvis Landry ranks 10th in the league with 919 receiving yards and 17th with 65 catches. Odell Beckham Jr. ranks 24th in yards (805) and 29th in catches (57).

HITS AND PICKS: The Bengals have given up 41 sacks.

They have made 20 sacks, with Carlos Dunlap and Sam Hubbard combining for more than half of them. The Bengals have five interceptions. Mayfield ranks 12th with 2,983 passing yards but his TDs-to-interceptions ratio, 15-14, is one reason his passer rating is among the league’s worst, at 79.9, just behind Dalton’s 80.0. ...

Browns LB Joe Schobert leads the AFC in overall tackles (103) and is third in the NFL in solo tackles (72). Thirteen players have made either four or five picks. Schobert is the only one who isn’t a DB. Fourth-year Bengal Nick Vigil leads the Bengals with 94 tackles.

WILD-CARD WATCH: Buffalo (9-3) a 5 ½-point home underdog vs. Baltimore; Pittsburgh is a 2-point favorite at Arizona; Indianapolis (6-6) a 3-point underdog at Tampa Bay; Tennessee (7-5) a 2 ½-point favorite at Oakland (6-6).

NEXT: The Browns finish the regular season at Arizona next Sunday, home to Baltimore on Dec. 22 and at Cincinnati on Dec. 29.

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■ Browns head coach Freddie Kitchens says today’s game

against the Bengals is a test of his team’s character.

Character to be tested How will Kitchens’ team react following big loss to Pittsburgh?

By Nate Ulrich Akron Beacon Journal

CLEVELAND Browns head coach Freddie Kitchens isn’t in denial about today’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals being a test of his team’s character.

“Collectively and individually, it certainly is,” Kitchens said.

The playoff chances of the Browns (5-7) were reduced to the longest of long shots when Kitchens and Co. suffered a devastating 20-13 loss at Pittsburgh last Sunday.

The ESPN Football Power Index gives the Browns a 5.2 % chance to reach the postseason, with a wild-card berth the only remaining path.

So with four games left in the regular season and the Bengals (1-11) visiting a week after they earned their first victory of the year, will the Browns pack it in or continue to fight?

“I think our character will be demonstrated (today) on how we go out and play,” Kitchens said.

“I know we prepared well during the course of the week. Now we have to take it to Sunday. I have confidence that these guys will do that.”

A first-year head coach, Kitchens probably needs the underachieving Browns to prevail more than anyone else because it would only be logical for a home loss to a one-win AFC North foe to harm his job security.

Whether Kitchens’ players continue to scratch and claw for him will be under the microscope.

Special teams coordinator Mike Priefer admitted a somber mood permeated Browns headquarters Monday in the aftermath of the loss in Pittsburgh — “we were pretty down,” he said — but he sensed attention to detail from the players when work resumed Wednesday.

Left guard Joel Bitonio and wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. said they are taking a waitand-see approach when asked about whether the Browns have what it takes to rebound. “(Last week) was disappointing, for sure, but I think we do have the right guys in this (locker) room to respond,” Bitonio said.

“I definitely think so and I would hope so,” Beckham said. “But it’s the same with everything else — only time can

STEVE’S PICK ■ Good luck figuring out

where the Browns’ heads are after they led 10-0 then fell apart at Pittsburgh. Luck has tended to improve for teams facing Cincinnati.

BROWNS 30-20

tell.”

Like Bitonio, center JC Tretter and defensive tackle Larry Ogunjobi were with the Browns in 2017, when they became just the second team in NFL history to finish 0-16. Tretter and Ogunjobi said the Browns never gave up then and won’t this time around, either.

“I don’t feel like anybody’s throwing in the towel,” Ogunjobi said.

“I think the guys want to keep fighting,” Tretter said. “It’s pride, first off.

We haven’t gotten eliminated (from sneaking into the playoffs). I don’t think anybody’s heading for the exits.”

If nothing else keeps the Browns focused, the minuscule shot they have to live their playoff dreams should.

After they host the Bengals, they will visit Arizona (Dec. 15), host Baltimore (Dec. 22) and visit Cincinnati (Dec. 29).

They would need to win out and receive help from other teams because they are behind the Bills (9-3), Steelers (7-5), Titans (7-5), Raiders (6-6) and Colts (6-6) in the race for the AFC’s two wild-card spots.

“We cawn’t have any slipups,” quarterback Baker Mayfield said.

66-yard catch and run by David Njoku at the two-minute mark to end the threat.

The Browns still are gauging how to Mayfield led the Browns to leads in the maximize the Nick Chubb-Kareem Hunt tag last two games before both opponents went team. on 17-0 runs.

Hunt has played four Steve DOERSCHUK games since returnCincinnati, seriously ing from his suspension.

Projecting his quarterGiven their losses to replacement QBs season production across Brandon Allen and “Duck” Hodges, who 16 games, he would rush assumes anything about the Browns’ ability for 500 yards (he led the to avoid a bloody lip against the Bengals? league with 1,327 as a 2017 Cincinnati has gone back to a quarterback Chiefs rookie) and catch who has Cleveland’s number.

80 passes.

Prior to losing 35-20 to Cleveland in 2018, steve.doerschuk Hunt is averaging just Andy Dalton had won seven straight starts @cantonrep.com 5.9 yards a catch. As a 2018 against the Browns. (Dalton did not play in Chief, he averaged 14.5. the rematch.)

Hunt is heating up as a runner, with 15 The Jets were on a three-game win carries for 83 yards (5.5 average) in the last streak last Sunday when Cincinnati, behind two games.

Dalton, spanked them 22-6. The Jets had Chubb should soon become the leading taken down the New York Giants 34-27, single-season rusher of the expansion era.

Washington 34-17 and Oakland 34-3 before He leads the league with 1,175 yards. Jamal the Cincinnati surprise.

Lewis rushed for 1,304 yards in 16 games in 2007.

Dalton’s tour of Cleveland This could be the game that the tag team tears it up. Hunt was going strong with For a million dollars, it’s iffy whether Kansas City last year when the Chiefs Dalton could name all of the quarterbacks blasted the Bengals 45-10. He ran 15 times for 86 yards, caught five passes for 55 yards, who have played for the Browns in the 15 games he has started against them. and scored three TDs. We looked it up. The cast: Colt McCoy in 2011 (twice), Brandon When Rudolph roared Weeden in 2012 (twice), Brian Hoyer in 2013 and ’14, Jason Campbell in 2013, Johnny It remains to be seen whether Baker May- Manziel in 2014 and ’15, Austin Davis in field can bring his A game to the season’s 2015, Cody Kessler, Kevin Hogan and second home game against an AFC foe (the Robert Griffin III in 2016, DeShone Kizer in last one will be against Baltimore Dec. 22).

2017 (twice), and Baker Mayfield in 2018.

This might be encouraging: That’s 11 Browns QBs facing Dalton in When the Steelers got a chance to throw eight years. into Cincinnati’s secondary in Pittsburgh, It does not appear Dalton will be hangMason Rudolph went 24-of-28 for 229 ing around to forge a rivalry with Mayfield. yards, with no picks and no sacks in a 27-3 There seems a better chance Mayfield will win; running back James Conner caught last through the next few Cincinnati QBs. eight passes for 83 yards.

Mayfield has started 25 consecutive Mayfield is 3-0 in home games against games, which, by Browns standards, is AFC North teams, most recently playing a Cal Ripken streak. The second longest in the 21-7 win over Pittsburgh on Nov. such streak of the expansion era was Derek 14. Against the Bengals last Dec. 23, he led Anderson’s 23 games. Back in the day, Bernie the Browns to a 23-0 lead through three Kosar’s longest such streak was 24 games. quarters. Cincinnati rallied behind quarterback Jeff Driskel to pull to within 26-18 Reach Steve at 330-580-8347 or steve.doerschuk@cantonrep.com with three minutes left. The Browns got a On Twitter: @sdoerschukREP

Njoku activated David Njoku’s wait will end today.

As expected, the Browns activated the starting tight end from injured reserve Saturday.

In a corresponding roster move, they also placed backup cornerback Robert Jackson (ankle) on IR. Njoku revealed Friday he had been told the Browns planned to activate him so he could play against the Bengals.

Njoku suffered a broken right wrist Sept.

16 against the New York Jets, landed on IR four days later, eventually underwent surgery and missed 10 games.

The Browns designated him for return from IR on Nov. 20, when he resumed practicing.

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HIGH SCHOOL RESULTS BOYS BASKETBALL JACKSON 61, LOUISVILLE 53

JACKSON (2-1, 1-0): James 4 3-5 11, Sullivan 1 1-2 3, Boggs 2 0-0 5, Geissinger 1 0-0 2, Skeriotis 3 6-7 14, Jones 3 1-2 10, Gelal 2 0-0 4, Byers 0 2-2 2, Aleman 4 0-0 10. Totals 20 13-18 61.

LOUISVILLE (1-3): Grownow 5 1-1 11, Pukys 2 0-0 4, Burick 2 0-0 4, Chambers 6 0-0 14, Hoffman 1 0-0 2, Staley 1 0-0 2, Jones 3 0-0 9, Noble 3 1-1 7.

Totals 23 2-2 53.

Jackson 15 17 21 8 — 61 Louisville 9 20 16 8 — 53 3-Point Field Goals: T. Jones 3, C. Jones 3, Skeriotis 2, Aleman 2, Chambers 2, Boggs. Total fouls: Louisville 18-12. Fouled out: Pukys. JV: Louisville 44-42.

GLENOAK 74, CENTRAL CATHOLIC 51

Rebounds: Minerva 22 (C. Miller 6, Foutz 6), Canton South 21 (Porter 9). JV: Minerva 29-27.

WEST BRANCH 72, BOARDMAN 38

BOARDMAN (1-3): Knatib 1 0-2 2, Triveri 0 1-4 1, Moore 2 2-4 7, Tomarsky 1 1-4 3, Burkey 3 3-6 10, Haus 1 0-0 2, Torres 0 4-4 4, Mills 0 0-1 0, Stump 3 0-0 6, Olexa 1 0-0 3. Totals 12 11-25 38.

WEST BRANCH (2-1): Egli 3 0-0 7, Pidgeon 4 0-0 9, Scarpitti 5 2-2 14, Laut 1 0-0 2, Tuel 2 3-4 7, Ridgway 4 3-3 11, Lippiatt 1 0-0 3, Alazaus 6 0-0 15, Bock 2 0-0 4. Totals 28 8-9 72.

Boardman 8 8 13 9 — 38 West Branch 13 18 19 22 — 72 3-Point Field Goals: Alazaus 3, Scarpitti 2, Moore, Burkey, Olexa, Egli, Lippiatt, Pidgeon. Total fouls: West Branch 16-10. Fouled out: None. Rebounds: West Branch 41 (Alazaus 9), Boardman 27. JV: West Branch 35-30, 3OT.

FAIRLESS 32, ORRVILLE 31

LAKE CENTER CHRISTIAN 66, SOUTHEAST 59

NORTHWEST: Spradling 4 3-8 11, G.Kuhn 0 1-2 1, Sickman 0 2-2 2, Wyman 3 1-3 8, Marecek 1 0-1 2, Bottomley 1 3-4 5. Team 9 10-20, 29 TUSLAW (4-1, 2-0): Stewart 3 2-2 8, Yost 3 2-2 10, Koons 1 0-0 2, Fitzgerald 1 0-0 2, Leedy 3 0-0 7, Frascone 3 0-1 6, Stookey 3 0-0 6, Hoiles 1 0-0 2. Team 18 4-5 43 Northwest 9 5 9 6 — 29 Tuslaw 6 19 10 8 — 43 3-Point Field Goals: Yost 2, Leedy, Wyman. Total fouls: 12-6. Fouled out: None.

CARROLLTON 58, WEST HOLMES 48

CARROLLTON (2-1): Bagozzi 0 2-2 2, Chaney 6 7-8 19, Birong 3 3-6 9, Timberlake 0 1-2 1, Benner 7 3-5 17, Gotschall 1 0-0 2, Poole 2 3-4 8. Totals 19 19-27 58.

WEST HOLMES: Goudy 1 0-2 2, Stair 1 1-2 4, Hay 3 0-0 9, Proper 1 0-0 3, Morrison 2 1-1 5, Shrock 0 2-2 2, Baker 1 0-0 2, Eastep 2 1-4 5, Zimmerly 2 0-0 5, Hammond 4 3-6 11. Totals 17 8-17 48.

Carrollton 8 16 17 17 — 58 West Holmes 10 11 15 12 — 48 3-Point Field Goals: Hay 3, Stair, Proper, Zimmerman, Poole. Rebounds: Carrollton 32 (Chaney 9), West Holmes 22 (Hammond 8). JV: West Holmes 51-39.

CARDINAL MOONEY 52, ST. THOMAS AQUINAS 46

Friday AQUINAS: O’Neal 1 0-2 2, Owens 5 6-13 17, Brown 3 4-4 10, Wheeler 1 2-2 5, May 6 0-0 12. Totals 15 10-15 46.

MOONEY: Rodriguez 2 2-4 7, Colosimo 1 3-3 6, Fire 2 3-4 7, Pelini 6 1-2 16, Herganrother 2 0-0 4, Torres 3 2-2 8, Jenkins 1 2-4 4. Totals 18 10-15 52.

Aquinas 13 8 15 10 — 46 Mooney 7 12 16 17 — 52 3-Point Field Goals: Pelini 3, Rodriguez, Colosimo, Fire, Owens, Wheeler. Total fouls: Aquinas 11-10.

Fouled out: None. Rebounds: Aquinas 37 (Owens 15), Mooney 32 (Torres 10).

CVCA 54, NORTHWEST 48

Friday NORTHWEST: Smith 4 3-3 11, Miletich 4 5-7 15, Hyrne 0 2-2 2, Luhring 7 0-0 15, Leeders 2 0-0 5.

Totals 17 10-12 48.

CVCA: T.Williams 3 0-0 8, Smith 3 0-0 6, Hendricks 2 8-8 12, Darr 0 2-2 2, A.Wililams 4 5-7 13, Scott 5 3-5 13. Totals 17 18-22 54.

Northwest 11 13 6 18 — 48 CVCA 13 13 10 18 — 54 3-Point Field Goals: Miletich 2, T.Williams 2, Luhring, Leeders. JV: CVCA 55-36.

GIRLS BASKETBALL GLENOAK 49, HOOVER 38

GLENOAK (4-0, 2-0): Metz 0 0-0 0, Kleptach 0 0-0 0, Vance 0 0-0 0, Lemire 5 6-6 18, Hall 4 2-6 10, Green 4 0-0 8, Williams 5 2-4 13, Weir 0 0-0 0.

Totals 18 10-16 49.

HOOVER (1-4, 0-3): Haubert 4 0-0 8, Davis 7 5-7 20, Roshak 0 2-4 2, Miller 2 2-4 6, Collins 0 0-0 0, Walker 0 0-0 0, Craig 0 2-4 2. Totals 13 11-19 38.

3-Point Field Goals: Lemire 2, Williams, Davis.

Total fouls: Hoover 17-14. JV: Hoover won.

MCKINLEY 76, PERRY 34

McKINLEY (3-3, 2-1): Terrell 8 1-2 20, Foster 6 0-1 12, Rampey 6 0-0 12, Gillians 4 0-0 10, Boykins 4 0-0 9, Snell 2 0-0 4, Stokes 1 1-4 3, Davis 1 0-0 2, Bowden 1 0-0 2, Dabney 1 0-0 2 Totals: 34 2-9 76 PERRY (2-3, 0-1): K.Wolf 2 6-8 12, Randulic 1 4-4 6, Takacs 2 0-2 4, Centeno 2 0-0 4, Guscoff 1 1-2 3, Wilson 1 0-0 3, H.Wolf 1 0-0-2, Wise 0 0-2 0, Seery 0 0-2 0 Totals: 10 11-18 34 McKinley 26 22 14 14 — 76 Perry 5 11 9 9 — 34 3-Point Field Goals: Terrell 3, Gillians 2, K.Wolf 2, Boykins, Wilson. Total fouls: 14-14. JV: McKinley 17-8.

LAKE 42, GREEN 36

LAKE: Begue 2 0-2 6, Dyrlund 4 2-7 10, LeBeau 1 0-0 3, Stephens 7 4-7 20, Casey 1 1-2 3. Totals 15 7-18 42.

GREEN: Henson 0 0-2 0, Payne 4 2-6 12, Chmielewski 2 2-4 8, Piercy 2 0-0 4, Anenson 2 1-2 5, Wise 0 1-2 1, Zeihler 3 0-0 6. Totals 13 6-16 36.

Lake 6 11 14 11 — 42 Green 7 10 10 9 — 36 3-Point Field Goals: Begue 2, Stephens 2, Payne 2, Chmielewski 2, LeBeau 1. Total fouls: Green 17-15. Rebounds: Green 38 (Zeihler 11), Lake 27 (Stephens 11). Turnovers: Green 25-13.

DALTON 60, MASSILLON 48

DALTON (3-1): Lunsford 1 2-2 5, Clos 1 1-2 3, Tenning 5 0-0 10, Geiser 5 1-4 12, Shoup 4 2-3 10, Weaver 3 0-0 7, Beatty 5 0-0 13. Totals 24 6-11 60.

MASSILLON: Duplain 4 0-0 9, Victorio 4 0-0 10, Berry 3 0-1 6, Fisk 1 0-0 2, Duely 7 2-2 16, Atkinson 2 1-2 5,. Totals 21 3-5 48.

Dalton 10 21 15 12 — 60 Massillon 8 4 14 21 — 48 3-Point Field Goals: Beatty 3, Victorio 2, Duplain, Lunsford, Geiser, Weaver. Total fouls: Dalton 13-12. Fouled out: None. Rebounds: Dalton 29 (Dennig 7, Clos 6), Massillon 24. JV: Dalton 31-18.

MARLINGTON 46, CARROLLTON 29

MARLINGTON (4-0, 2-0): Warner 3 0-0 6, Springer 1 0-0 2, Lacher 4 5-6 13, M. Mason 4 3-4 11, E. Mason 1 0-0 3, Lambdin 2 0-0 6, Thompson 0 1-2 1, Hall 1 0-0 2, McElroy 0 2-2 2. Totals 16 11-15 46.

CARROLLTON (0-4, 0-1): Laizure 4 0-0 12, King 0 1-4 1, Marmo 0 2-3 2, Hutchison 0 2-2 2, Potts 1 0-1 2, Moore 1 1-2 4, Pridemore 1 1-2 3, Leslie 1 1-4 3. Totals 8 8-18 29.

Marlington 11 8 14 13 — 46 Carrollton 12 5 6 6 — 29 3-Point Field Goals: Laizure 4, Lambdin 2, E. Mason, Moore. Total fouls: Carrollton 16-15.

Fouled out: None. Rebounds: Carrollton 30 Marlington 29 (M. Mason 6). JV (2 quarters): Marlington 19-18.

MINERVA 38, CANTON SOUTH 35

MINERVA (3-2, 1-0): Imler 3 0-0 7, Foutz 1 1-2 3, Walton 0 3-4 3, C. Miller 6 4- 5 18, L. Miller 2 0-0 4, Cassidy 1 1-2 3. Totals: 13 9-13 38.

CANTON SOUTH: Dalton 3 1-2 7, Denmark 4 0-2 8, Porter 3 1-2 7, Holston 1 0-0 2, Horning 4 0-0 11.

Totals 15 2-6 35.

Minerva 11 6 11 10 — 38 Canton South 14 2 6 13 — 35 3-Point Field Goals: Horning 3, C. Miller 2, Imler.

Fouls: Canton South 12-9. Fouled out: None.

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HIGH SCHOOL REPORT

GLENOAK (3-1): Jackson 1 0-0 2, Richardson 2 0-0 4, Marshall 5 0-0 10, Oliver 5 1-3 12, Davis, 3 0-0 7, Jasser 5 0-0 10, Scott 2 4-8 8, 7 0-2 15, Miller 1 0-0 3, Wiery 1 0-0 3. Totals 32 5-13 74.

CENTRAL CATHOLIC (0-1): Seran 3 1-4 8, McAfee 3 1-2 8, Campbell 3 3-3 9, Nupp 0 1-2 1, Talkington 0 2-2 2, Boron 4 2-4 11, Milini 3 1-2 10, Benjamin 1 0-0 2. Totals 17 11-19 51.

GlenOak 21 18 23 12 — 74 Central Catholic 5 16 8 22 — 51 3-Point Field Goals: Milini 3, Seran, McAfee, Boron, Oliver, Davis, Parker, Miller, Wiery.

Total fouls: GlenOak 19-8. Fouled out: None. JV: GlenOak 53-51.

SOUTHEAST (1-3, 0-1): Knoch 3 1-1 8, Klouda 6 7-8 24, Kurtz 1 0-1 3, Fischer 2 0-0 4, Dunn 1 0-0 2, Sherish 4 0-0 10, Muldouney 2 5-6 8. Totals 20 13-16 59.

LAKE CENTER CHRISTIAN (3-1, 2-0): Jaber 1 0-0 2, Sommers 4 5-8 18, Starcher 7 2-6 19, Underation 1 0-2 2, Graham 1 0-0 3, Nowak 4 4-4 12, Ebbott 4 0-2 8. Totals 23 11-23 66.

Southeast 14 16 16 13 — 59 Lake Center 19 23 10 14 — 66 3-Point Field Goals: Starcher 3, Klouda 3, Sommers 2, Sherrish 2, Graham, Knoch, Kurtz.

Total fouls: Southeast 21-18. Fouled out: Muldouney. Rebounds: Lake Center Christian 27-17. JV: Southeast 51-44

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ORRVILLE: Slaughter 0 1-2 1, D.Hargrove 3 0-0 6, Gonzales 0 0-1 0, A.Hamsher 3 0-0 7, K.Troyer 1 0-0 2, Haley 0 0-2 0, Amstutz 2 0-0 4, Goodard 4 0-0 9, K.Hargrove 1 0-0 2. Totals 14 1-2 31.

FAIRLESS (2-2, 1-1): Pavlik 0 1-2 1, Brady 1 0-0 3, Snavely 1 0-0 2, Lyon 5 0-0 10, Woods 1 0-4 2, Cole 3 0-0 9, Ashton 2 1-2 5 Totals 13 2-8 32.

Orrville 5 7 13 6 — 31 Fairless 1 12 8 11 — 32 3-Point Field Goals: Cole 3, Brady, A.Hamsher, Goodard. JV: Orrville 39-36.

TUSLAW 43, NORTHWEST 29

KIDRON CENTRAL CHRISTIAN 38, CENTRAL CATHOLIC 27

KIDRON CENTRAL CHRISTIAN (2-2): Nussbaum 4 3-3 14, Eberly 0 0-0 0, Sa. Pertee 0 1-2 1, Mast 0 2-2 2, Eshenauer 0 0-0 0, Badertscher 6 1-2 13, Yoder 1 0-0 2, Orr 2 2-2 6. Totals 14 9-11 38.

CENTRAL CATHOLIC (1-4): L. McCue 1 0-0 2, Marshall 2 0-0 4, Heather 5 0-0 14, N. McCue 1 0-0 3, Turner 2 0-0 4. Totals 11 0-0 27.

Kidron Central 6 11 12 9 — 38 Central Catholic 9 10 6 12 — 27 3-Point Field Goals: Heather 4, N. McCue, Nussbaum. Total fouls: Central Catholic 12-11.

Fouled out: None. JV: Kidron Central Christian 33-10.

TUSKY VALLEY 55, MALVERN 21

MALVERN (1-3): Bower 2 0-0 6, Coblentz 1 0-2 2, Morris-Moore 2 3-4 7, Powers 2 1-2 6. Totals 7 4-8 21.

TUSKY VALLEY (4-1, 2-0): Williams 2 0-0 4, Ohler 1 1-2 3, Levengood 7 0-0 18, Peterson 3 0-0 8, Shane 4 3-3 11, Galigher 1 0-0 3, Merrick 2 0-0 4, Burrier 2 0-0 4. Totals 22 4-5 55.

Malvern 3 3 8 6 — 21 Tusky Valley 19 9 17 7 — 55 3-Point Field Goals: Levengood 4, Bower 2, Peterson 2, Powers, Galigher. Total fouls: Tusky Valley 8-6. Fouled out: None. Rebounds: Malvern 21 (Morris-Moore 4, Bower 4), Tusky Valley 39 (Shane 8). JV: Tusky Valley 29-12 (2 quarters).

WRESTLING PERRY 45, BEAVERCREEK 33 106: McBurney (P) tech. fall Monk. 113: Dulcie (P) p. Besecker. 120: Martin (B) p, Giltz. 126: Waller (P) maj. d. Bullen. 132: Kuba (B) won by forfeit. 138: Thompson (P) p. Weckler. 145: Randolph (B) d. Koontz. 152: Ristoff (P) p. Webb.

160: Golden (B) p. Robbins. 170: Scott (P) p.

Dillon. 182: Shields (B) won by forfeit. 195: Shephard (P) p. Hicks. 220: Coomer (B) won by forfeit. HWT: Millin (P) p. Knipper.

WESTERVILLE NORTH 50, PERRY 36 106: McBurney (P) p. Mueller. 113: Dulcie (P) won by forfeit. 120: Gooding (WN) p. Giltz.

126: Waller (P) won by forfeit. 132: Double forfeit. 138: Euton (WN) tech. Fall Thompson.

145: Bockaire (WN) d. Koontz. 152: Grant (WN) p. Ristoff. 160: Candido (WN) p. Robbins. 170: Williams (WN) p. Scott. 182: Reed (WN) won forfeit. 195: Shephard (P) p. Johnson WN. 220: Owusu (WN) won by forfeit. HWT: Millin (P) p.

Saggio.

ST. EDWARD 52, PERRY 22 106: Richter (SE) p. McBurney. 113: Seefeldt (SE) maj. d. Dulcie. 120: Giltz (P) won by forfeit. 126 Elmore (SE) d. Waller. 132: Richter (SE) won by forfeit. 138: Bennett (SE) tech. Fall Thompson.

145: Geog (SE) tech. fall Koontz. 152: Hepner (SE) p. Ristoff. 160: Gallagher (SE) tech. fall Robbins. 170: Scott (P) won by forfeit. 182: Garcar (SE) won by forfeit. 195: Shephard (P) maj. d. Robinson. 220: Lisco (SE) won by forfeit.

HWT: Millin (P) p. Cox.

HOOVER 36 OAK HARBOR 32 106: Rahm (OH) maj. d. Guenther 12-3. 113: Judge (OH) won by forfeit. 120: Niera (H) p.

Dewitz 1:53. 126 (OH) d. Kling 2-0. 132: Carter Paulus (H) maj. d. Jensen 10-2. 138: Buhro (OH) p. Tracy 3:34. 145: Daubenspeck (H) tech. Filipiak 23-8. 152: Dewitz (OH) maj. d. Wolff 9-0. 160: Sage (OH) d, Sullivan 15-8. 170: Bowen (H) p, B.Mansor 2:19. 182: Miller (OH) won by forfeit.

195: DeGuzman (H) p. N.Mansor 3:42. 220: Johnson (H) d. Barr 7-2. 285: Columber (H) won by forfeit.

HOOVER D. MEDINA BUCKEYE 106: Smith (B) p. Guenther :46. 113: Cravatas (B) won by forfeit. 120: Pinc (B) p. Niera 1:16.126 Kling (H) p.Martin 1:58. 132: Paulus (H) won by forfeit. 138: DiMarco (B) p. Tracy 2:43. 145: Daubenspeck (H) tech. Brunst 19-3. 152: Badiu (B) tech. Wolff 18-1. 160: Hunter Mora (B) d.

Sullivan 6-4. 170: Bowen (H) p.Maitland 1:53. 182: Chipgus (B) won by forfeit. 195: DeGuzman (H) p.

Kichurchak :59. 220: Johnson (H) won by forfeit.

285: Columber (H) won by forfeit.

HOOVER 42 EATON 33 106: Guenther (H) d. Abner 9-5. 113: Littrel (E) won by forfeit. 120: Niera (H) won by forfeit.126 Kling (H) p. Trantanella 1:22. 132: Paulus (H) p.

Finfrock :28. 138: Hewitt (E) won by forfeit. 145: Daubenspeck (H) p. Isaacs 1:05. 152: Bales (E) p. Wolff :59. 160: Hess (H) p. James 1:10. 170: Schmidt (E) p. Sullivan 1:07. 182: Chapin (E) p.

Bowen 1:15. 195: DeGuzman (H) d. Austin 2-1.

220: Schaffer (E) d. Johnson 3-1. 285: Columber (H) won by forfeit.

OLMSTED FALLS 52 HOOVER 12 106: Russell (OF) p. Guenther 2:54. 113: Double Forfeit. 120: Niera (H) p. Power 2:28.126 Stang (OF) d. Kling 9-3. 132: Atkins (OF) maj. d. Paulus 10-2. 138: Salti (OF) p. Tracy :51. 145: Urry (OF) d. Daubenspeck 10-3. 152: Burkhart (OF) p. Wolff 4:58. 160: Simon (OF) p. Sullivan 1:32. 170: Miner (OF) p. Bowen 1:24. 182: Kabra (OF) won by forfeit. 195: DeGuzman (H) d. Caraballo 6-0. 220: Jaeckin (OF) p. Johnson 1:04. 285: Columber (H) d. White 5-2

MIAMI EAST 51 HOOVER 24 106: Guenther (H) won by forfeit. 113: Shore (ME) won by forfeit. 120: Niera (H) d. Rust 5-0.

126 Shore (ME) p. Kling 1:39. 132: Kowalak (ME) p. Paulus 3:50. 138: Dav.Davis (ME) p. Tracy :40.

145: Demmitt (ME) won by forfeit. 152: Dan.Davis (ME) p. Wolff 3:43. 160: Ott (ME) p. Hess 1:30.

170: Williams (ME) p. Sullivan 2:20. 182: Bowen (H) won by forfeit. 195: DeGuzman (H) d. Winner 6-5. 220: Winner (ME) d. Johnson 5-0. 285: Columber (H) p. Skeebey :13

BOYS BASKETBALL JACKSON 61, LOUISVILLE 53 Michael Skeriotis scored 14 points as the Polar Bears beat the Leopards to complete a weekend road sweep. Skeriotis poured in a career-high 21 points on Friday to lift Jackson past Lake in its Federal League opener. Trent Jones scored 11 points and Kevin James finished with 10 against Louisville. Colin Chambers led the Leopards with 14 points. Scott Gronow added 11.

GLENOAK 74, CENTRAL CATHOLIC 51

Christian Parker scored 15 points in leading the Golden Eagles to a nonleague win at home. Sam Oliver added 12 points for GlenOak, while Jordan Marshall and Alex Jasser each added 10. Sophomore Jude Boron scored 11 points to lead the Crusaders and Angelo Milni added 10 points, hitting three 3-pointers.

LAKE CENTER CHRISTIAN 66, SOUTHEAST 59 Matt Starcher scored 19

points and Blake Sommers added 18 to lead the Tigers to a Portage Trail Conference win.

CARROLLTON 58, WEST HOLMES 48

Adam Chaney scored 19 points to power the Warriors to a road win.

LOUISVILLE 71, HUBBARD 41 Collin Chambers scored 23 points to lead the way for the Leopards in a home win Friday. Dakota Hoffman and Cory Noble added 10 and nine points, respectively. Louisville took a 14-4 lead in the first quarter and pulled away from there.

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■ Lexi Lemire passes the ball to teammate Breezy Williams during Saturday’s game

against Hoover. See more photos at CantonRep.com.

EAST CANTON 56, NEWCOMERSTOWN 46 A big fourth quarter helped the

East Canton claim an Inter-Valley Conference win and improve to 2-0 under first-year head coach Keith McLeod. Turner Giles hit a couple of 3s in the fourth for the Hornets, who ended the game on a 19-11 run. Gavin Schoeneman led East Canton with 14 points. Luke Riley finished with 10.

GIRLS BASKETBALL GLENOAK 49, HOOVER 38 The Golden Eagles stayed perfect this season behind Lexi Lemire’s 18 points, as they won at home in the Federal League. Lemire hit three 3-pointers and went 6-for-6 at the foul line.

Breezie Williams added 13 points, Hall scored 10 and Makenzie Green had eight for GlenOak (4-0, 2-0). Peyton Davis scored 20 to lead Hoover, while Kate Haubert scored eight points.

MCKINLEY 76, PERRY 34 Junior guard Nakyah Terrell scored 20 points in leading McKinley to a win at Perry in a Federal League game. Kyla Foster and Jazzameire Rampey each added 12 points, while Ayanna Gillins and Alison Boykin scored 10 and nine, respectively for the Bulldogs. They led 26-5 after one quarter and never looked back. Kiley Wolf scored 12 points to lead Perry.

LAKE 42, GREEN 36 A double-double

by Abby Stephens helped lead Lake to a win at Green in the Federal League.

Stephens went for 20 points with 11 rebounds. Kiley Dyrlund added 10 points for Lake. Olivia Payne’s 12 REPOSITORY CORRESPONDENT PHOTOS BOB ROSSITER points led Green, which turned the ball over 25 times compared to just 13 ■ GlenOak’s Christian Parker grabs a rebound against Central Catholic’s Riley Campturnovers by the Blue Streaks. bell during Saturday’s game. See more photos at CantonRep.com.

MARLINGTON 46, CARROLLTON 29

The Dukes stayed unbeaten with an EBC road win behind a combined 24 points from Allison Lacher and Mary Mason. Lacher scored 13 and Mason added 11. Abby Laizure scored 12 points, hitting four 3s for the Warriors.

MINERVA 38, CANTON SOUTH 35

Coletta Miller scored 18 points and grabbed six rebounds to help the Lions edge the Wildcats in an Eastern Buckeye Conference game. Carrigan Horning led Canton South with 11 points.

SALEM 54, ALLIANCE 37 Salem opened up EBC play with a road win, as Kyla Jamison scored 19 points.

Jaden Hamilton and Casey Johnson each added nine points for the Quakers (4-1, 1-0), with. Johnson also making five steals.

WEST BRANCH 72, BOARDMAN 38

Peyton Alazaus hit three 3-pointers and scored 15 points in the Warriors’ convincing win over the Spartans.

Carly Scarpitti scored 14 points and Hannah Ridgway added 11 for West Branch.

FAIRLESS 32, ORRVILLE 31 Emily Cole hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to lift the Falcons to a PAC-7 home win.

It was her third 3 of the game, as she scored nine points. Grace Lyon scored 10 points to lead the Falcons (2-2, 1-1).

TUSLAW 43, NORTHWEST 29 Selah Yost scored 10 points to lead the Mustangs to a PAC-7 home win.

Tuslaw (4-1, 2-0) took command of the game by outscoring Northwest 19-5 in the second quarter for a 25-14 halftime lead. Payton Stewart added eight points and four steals, while Taylor Leedy had seven points and three steals for the Mustangs.

Vanessa Frascone and Brook Stookey combined for 12 points and eight rebounds for Tuslaw. Carly Spradling scored 11 points to lead Northwest DALTON 60, MASSILLON 48 Strong all-around games from Camille Beatty and Makenna Geiser led the Bulldogs to a nonleague road win.

■ GlenOak’s Avery Scott (left) and Central Catholic’s Angelo Milini battle for a rebound

during Saturday’s game.

Beatty put up 13 points, four rebounds and three assists. Geiser went for 12 points, four rebounds and eight assists. Tess Denning and Kelsey Shoup each added 10 points. Denning also grabbed seven rebounds.

KIDRON CENTRAL CHRISTIAN 38, CENTRAL CATHOLIC 27 Leyna Heather hit

Morris-Moore led Malvern with 7 points.

GARRETTSVILLE 65, LAKE CENTER 27

The Tigers were outscored 14-2 in the second quarter, falling behind 26-10 at the half in losing at home.

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four 3-pointers and scored 14 points to lead the Crusaders in their home loss to Kidron Central Christian.

LAKE DUALS The Blue Streaks went 4-0 in their own invitational. Their wins were 41-36 over Carrollton, 39-26 over Mayfield, 71-11 over BedTUSKY VALLEY 55, MALVERN 21 Arora Levengood scored 18 points and ford and 49-27 over Tuslaw.

BOARDMAN DUALS Massillon went Ali Shane finished with 11 points and 1-4 in the meet, beating Jefferson eight rebounds to lead the Trojans past the Hornets in Inter-Valley Con- Area 48-27. The Tiger losses were 57-18 to Alliance, 51-21 to Madison, ference action. Tusky Valley jumped 77-6 to Fitch and 57-18 to Boardman. out to a 19-3 lead after one quarter and was never threatened. Jazmariah REPOSITORY STAFF REPORT

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GAME SUMMARIES MARIA STEIN MARION LOCAL 28, LUCAS 6 Division VII championship Lucas 0 0 6 0 — 6 Marion Local 7 7 7 7 — 28 ML--Heitkamp 1 run (Klosterman kick) ML--Fleck 8 run (Klosterman kick) ML--Fleck 6 run (Klosterman kick) L--Hauger 96 kickoff return (kick failed) ML--Fleck 3 run (Klosterman kick) L ML First Downs 14 18 Rushes-Yards 45-71 37-227 Comp-Att-Int 10-17-1 8-12-2 Passing Yards 121 55 Fumbles-Lost 3-1 1-0 Penalty Yards 4-45 3-25 Records 12-3 13-2 Total Yards 192 282 Punts-Avg. 4-35.3 1-32.0

CLYDE 42, LICKING VALLEY 14 Division IV state final Licking Valley 0 7 0 7 — 14 Clyde 7 7 14 14 — 42 C--Lozier 1 run (Guzman-Moreno kick) LV-Ford 8 run (Pennington kick) C--Golden 2 run (Guzman-Moreno kick) C--Golden 1 run (Guzman-Moreno kick) C--Golden 1 run (Guzman-Moreno kick) C--Lozier 1 run (Guzman-Moreno kick) C--Golden 5 run (Guzman-Moreno kick) LV--Conley 4 pass from Bragg (Pennington kick) LV C First Downs 10 24 Rushes-Yards 12-28 57-237 Comp-Att-Int 11-22-2 8-9-0 Passing Yards 107 96 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-2 Penalty Yards 3-27 4-40 Records 14-1 11-4 Total Yards 135 333 Punts-Avg. 3-45.0 0-0

KIRTLAND 17, IRONTON 7 Division V state final Ironton 0 0 7 0 — 7 Kirtland 7 3 7 0 — 17 K--Sullivan 27 run (Rodin kick) K--FG Rodin 21 K--Powers 18 pass from Sullivan (Rodin kick) I--Grizzle 77 pass from Salyers (Book kick) I K First Downs 11 14 Rushes-Yards 28-48 46-123 Comp-Att-Int 7-18-0 5-7-0 Passing Yards 205 121 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-0 Penalty Yards 2-10 4-35 Records 13-2 15-0 Total Yards 253 244 Punts-Avg. 2-39.5 4-36.8

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■ Kirtland running back Anthony DeMarco makes a catch after after almost being stopped by Ironton’s Gage Salyers during Saturday’s Division V title game at Canton’s

Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. See more photos at FridayNightOhio.com.

30 straight games — the best current streak in From Page E1 Ohio — with the last loss coming to Marion Local in 101 yards and a touchthe 2017 Division V state down for the top-ranked final.

Hornets (15-0), who Ohio State recruit Reid defeated Maria Stein Carrico carried 12 times Marion Local in last year’s for 40 yards for Ironton Division VI final before (13-2), which was lookmoving up a division ing to win its third state in the offseason. Gage title and first since 1989.

Sullivan caught three The Fliers managed just passes for 85 yards and 48 yards on 28 rushing a touchdown and Liam attempts.

Powers completed 4 of 5 passes for 114 yards in the Big play victory.

The game’s biggest play The Hornets have won came just before halftime.

Trailing 10-0, Ironton quarterback Gage Salyers hit Jordan Grizzle for a 60-yard pass down to the Kirtland 2 with 37 seconds left in the second quarter.

The Hornets then stuffed Carrico and Salyers on consecutive plays, draining the final seconds off the first half clock before Ironton (which had no timeouts) could run another play. The Hornets ran off the field like they had won a state title, then had to come back to the sideline as the play was reviewed. The call stood

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and Kirtland celebrated again.

The Hornets all but put the game away with a dominant drive to start the third quarter that featured a wide receiver pass on fourth-and-6, with Powers catching a 7-yard pass from Joey Grazia to the Ironton 19. Two plays later, Sullivan finished off the nine-play, 56-yard drive with an 18-yard touchdown pass from Powers, making it 17-0.

Ironton finally got on the board at the end of the third quarter, with Salyers hitting Grizzle for a 77-yard TD pass to make it 17-7. But the Fliers’ next possession ended with a turnover on downs at their own 42 and Kirtland picked up two first downs to run out the clock.

Salyers was just 7 of 18 passing for 205 yards, with Grizzle catching two of those passes for 137 yards.

The game drew a crowd of 4,881 fans, bringing the weekend total to 45,580. That number is down from the previous two seasons at Benson, with the 2017 games drawing 61,312 and last year’s event drawing 52,390.

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was absolutely dominant in the late ’80s into the ’90s. I know the history because my dad took me to some of the Ignatius games.

“This is pretty cool.”

Those Cubs were pesky, though. Lucas was driving late with a chance to make it a one-possession game before a turnover reshaped the finish.

“I loved the way our kids played so hard to the very end,” said Lucas’ 11th -year head coach, Scott Spitler. “Hats off to Marion Local. We look at them as ‘the bar’ in smallschool football.”

Marion Local lost 18 starters from last year’s team that fell to Kirtland in the Division VI state finals.

“We didn’t bring home the trophy last year,” Goodwin said. “It’s not like we come over here and win ‘em all.”

Brandon Fleck led a group of 2019 seniors who grew nicely. He dented Lucas with 133 rushing yards and three touchdowns on offense. As an inside linebacker, he had three tackles for loss and two quarterback sacks.

Fleck led the Flyers to a 21-0 lead, partly because they solved Lucas’ unusual offense, whose blockers lined up in front of running back Tommy Zirzow (20 carries, 66 yards) as closely as if they had practiced in a closet.

“That’s a unique offense,” Goodwin said.

“We haven’t seen anything close to that.”

The Cubs got back into it, trailing 21-6 midway through the third quarter, on a state-record 96-yard kickoff return for a TD by Carson Hauger.

“That means nothing to me,” Hauger said. “This was about the team, doing

The Fliers (11-4) began the playoffs as the final qualifier in Region 14 — they needed to beat rival Bellevue in Week 10 just to make it by two-tenths of a point — and nearly ended the postseason with a running clock, becoming just the second No. 8 seed to win a state championship in Ohio history, joining St. Henry in 2004. However, that St. Henry team went 9-1 in the regular season; Clyde was 5-4 before going on an epic playoff run that handed the school its second state championship, joining the 1995 team.

“This group never wavered; they did not blink,” Carter said. “They just said, ‘You know, hey, we’re gonna get it done.

We’re gonna get in (the playoffs) and we’ll figure it out.’

“I made the statement a while ago — if we get in, we’ve got a shot.”

After some early jitters — Clyde fumbled the ball away twice early in the first quarter — the Panthers took control of the line of scrimmage, proving that if you keep gaining 3 or 4 yards a play, you’ll eventually find yourself in the end zone. Clyde went 6-for-6 on fourth downs, had scoring drives of 13 and 16 plays and finished with a 34:39-13:21 edge in time of possession.

“It’s hard to generate a lot of offense when you don’t have it (the ball), Licking Valley coach Randy Baughman said.

“Our kids were out there battling on defense and so many times we thought we had a stop. But with the size of their backs, they were just able to get the first down.”

Ryan Lozier carried 14

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n Maria Stein Marion Local defender Matt Everman knocks the ball

loose from Lucas Cubs quarterback Logan Niswander during the first half in the Division VII state final Saturday.

2012 and 2011 in the last decade alone.

Overall, the league has 35 state titles in football, by far the most of any Ohio league.

Lucas hails from Richland County, near Malabar Farms, where Humphrey Bogart married Lauren Bacall in 1945. The state title game attracted quite a following, with the Lucas crowd (part of a n Lucas senior lineman Blake crowd of 4,451) outnumCoffman holds the runner-up bering Marion Local’s. trophy for Division VII. Of course, Lucas is much closer to Canton everything we could for than Maria Stein. The each other against a great game was not expected to team. This is a day we’ll be close. Lucas had won never forget.” its four playoff games, Marion Local High including one against St. School is located in the Thomas Aquinas, by a western Ohio town of combined 92-66 score.

Maria Stein, in Mercer Marion Local won its County. The Flyers play regional final and semifiin the Midwest Athnal games by a combined letic Conference, whose 67-6. amazing run in football Lucas’ coach said his includes, within the last 10 years, state champion- team’s effort reflected the ships from Minster (2017, fiber of a strong community and life lessons 2014), Fort Recovery learned and applied.

(2015), Coldwater (2015, “When I’m dead and 2014, 2013, 2012), Delphos St. John’s (2010) and Anna under,” Spitler said, “my record’s not going to be on (Friday). my tombstone.”

Then there is Marion Marion Local football, Local, which added a state meanwhile, is as alive as it title to trophies won in 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013, has ever been.

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n Licking Valley defensive back Luke Miller recovers a fumble

against Clyde during the Division IV state final Saturday.

times for 84 yards and a pair of 1-yard touchdowns for Clyde, while Golden’s TD runs covered 2, 1, 1 and 5 yards. Lozier also completed 8 of 9 passes for 96 yards.

Mitchell Ford, Licking Valley’s first team All-Ohio running back, managed just 32 yards on eight carries, as the Panthers finished with just 28 net yards rushing on 12 attempts.

Ford scored on an 8-yard run early in the second quarter, tying the game 7-7, before Clyde scored 35 unanswered points. Licking Valley stopped the bleeding — and the running clock — with Logan Bragg’s 4-yard TD pass to Carson Conley with 55 seconds left.

“How good was our defense?” Carter said,

shaking his head.

Bragg completed 11 of 22 passes for 107 yards and two interceptions for Licking Valley (141), which dropped to 0-3 in state championship games — all under Baughman.

“Some other states might claim they have better high school football than Ohio, but they’d have to show me,” Baughman said. “Ohio football, in my mind, is the best there is. So to make it here in what is the best football state is a tremendous honor.

“This atmosphere, this is something the kids will treasure forever. It hurts now, but one day they’ll realize how special this whole thing is.”

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Men’s basketball Southern at Akron, 2 Women’s basketball Kent State at Purdue, Noon Akron at Butler, 2

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AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA New England 10 2 0 .833 322 145 Buffalo 9 3 0 .750 257 188 N.Y. Jets 4 8 0 .333 204 280 Miami 3 9 0 .250 200 377 South W L T Pct PF PA Houston 8 4 0 .667 293 271 Tennessee 7 5 0 .583 276 234 Indianapolis 6 6 0 .500 261 257 Jacksonville 4 8 0 .333 220 292 North W L T Pct PF PA Baltimore 10 2 0 .833 406 219 Pittsburgh 7 5 0 .583 236 225 Cleveland 5 7 0 .417 246 272 Cincinnati 1 11 0 .083 179 298 West W L T Pct PF PA Kansas City 8 4 0 .667 348 265 Oakland 6 6 0 .500 237 324 Denver 4 8 0 .333 198 237 L.A. Chargers 4 8 0 .333 244 241 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Dallas 6 7 0 .462 334 267 Philadelphia 5 7 0 .417 274 284 Washington 3 9 0 .250 173 290 N.Y. Giants 2 10 0 .167 230 339 South W L T Pct PF PA x-New Orleans 10 2 0 .833 298 248 Carolina 5 7 0 .417 280 320 Tampa Bay 5 7 0 .417 340 346 Atlanta 3 9 0 .250 260 323 North W L T Pct PF PA Green Bay 9 3 0 .750 289 255 Minnesota 8 4 0 .667 319 242 Chicago 7 6 0 .538 243 232 Detroit 3 8 1 .292 280 315 West W L T Pct PF PA San Francisco 10 2 0 .833 349 183 Seattle 10 2 0 .833 329 293 L.A. Rams 7 5 0 .583 283 250 Arizona 3 8 1 .292 255 351 Thursday’s games Chicago 31, Dallas 24 Today’s games Washington at Green Bay, 1 Detroit at Minnesota, 1 Carolina at Atlanta, 1 San Francisco at New Orleans, 1 Cincinnati at Cleveland, 1 Indianapolis at Tampa Bay, 1 Denver at Houston, 1 Miami at N.Y. Jets, 1 Baltimore at Buffalo, 1 L.A. Chargers at Jacksonville, 4:05 Tennessee at Oakland, 4:25 Kansas City at New England, 4:25 Pittsburgh at Arizona, 4:25 Seattle at L.A. Rams, 8:20 Monday’s games N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia, 8:15 Thursday’s game N.Y. Jets at Baltimore, 8:20 Dec. 15 games Denver at Kansas City, 1 Tampa Bay at Detroit, 1 Houston at Tennessee, 1 Miami at N.Y. Giants, 1 Seattle at Carolina, 1 Chicago at Green Bay, 1 New England at Cincinnati, 1 Philadelphia at Washington, 1 Cleveland at Arizona, 4:05 Jacksonville at Oakland, 4:05 Minnesota at L.A. Chargers, 4:05 Atlanta at San Francisco, 4:25 L.A. Rams at Dallas, 4:25 Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 8:20 Dec. 16 game Indianapolis at New Orleans, 8:15

GOLF HERO WORLD CHALLENGE

Saturday At Albany Nassau, Bahamas Yardage: 7,309; Par: 72 Final Henrik Stenson, $1,000,000 69-67-68-66—270 Jon Rahm, $400,000 70-66-69-66—271 Patrick Reed, $250,000 66-66-74-66—272 Tiger Woods, $175,000 72-66-67-69—274 Justin Rose, $147,500 69-70-71-65—275 Justin Thomas, $147,500 69-69-67-70—275 Kevin Kisner, $137,500 71-70-70-65—276 Gary Woodland, $137,500 66-69-68-73—276 Rickie Fowler, $125,000 69-69-72-68—278 Tony Finau, $115,000 79-68-69-65—281 Xander Schauffele, $115,000 73-70-70-68—281 Webb Simpson, $115,000 73-68-71-69—281 Chez Reavie, $109,000 68-73-69-73—283 Matt Kuchar, $108,000 71-70-70-73—284 Bryson DeChambeau, $107,000 76-71-70-68—285 Jordan Spieth, $106,000 75-70-69-72—286 Patrick Cantlay, $105,000 74-72-71-71—288

TODAY’S ODDS NBA

FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG Denver 3½ 209 BROOKLYN CHARLOTTE 3 224½ Atlanta PHILADELPHIA 3 210½ Toronto MIAMI 7 212 Chicago WASHINGTON OFF OFF LA Clippers DALLAS 7½ 216 Sacramento PORTLAND 3½ 223 Oklahoma City LA LAKERS OFF OFF Minnesota

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FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG VIRGINIA 5 North Carolina Houston 2 SOUTH CAROLINA OKLAHOMA ST 5½ Wichita St FLORIDA ST 11 Clemson VALPARAISO 1½ Cent. Michigan RICHMOND 7 South Alabama William & Mary 2 FAIRFIELD TOLEDO 12 Marshall OHIO 12 Tennessee Tech SAN DIEGO ST 28 San Jose St Texas 9½ TEXAS A&M PURDUE 14½ Northwestern UCLA 18 Denver Nebraska-Omaha 5½ N. ARIZONA DEPAUL 9 Buffalo EASTERN WASH. 7½ North Dakota N. KENTUCKY 14 Eastern Kentucky Gonzaga 2½ WASHINGTON MICHIGAN ST 15 Rutgers Seton Hall 1 IOWA ST Saint Louis 5 Tulane Dayton 3½ Saint Mary’s, Ca Liberty 8½ Grand Canyon

NHL

FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE WINNIPEG -160 Anaheim +150 FLORIDA OFF San Jose OFF CHICAGO -108 Arizona -102 VEGAS -205 NY Rangers +185 EDMONTON -166 Buffalo +156

NFL

FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG Baltimore 6 44 BUFFALO GREEN BAY 13 41½ Washington HOUSTON 9 42½ Denver NEW ORLEANS 2 44½ San Francisco CLEVELAND 7 41½ Cincinnati ATLANTA 3½ 47½ Carolina MINNESOTA 13 43½ Detroit NY JETS 5 46 Miami TAMPA BAY 3 47 Indianapolis LA Chargers 3 43 JACKSONVILLE NEW ENGLAND 3 49 Kansas City Pittsburgh 2 43½ ARIZONA Tennessee 3 47½ OAKLAND LA RAMS 1 47½ Seattle Monday PHILADELPHIA 9½ 45½ NY Giants

PRO HOCKEY NHL

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 30 20 4 6 46 105 73 Florida 28 14 9 5 33 100 98 Buffalo 30 13 11 6 32 93 93 Montreal 30 13 11 6 32 97 102 Toronto 31 14 13 4 32 100 103 Tampa Bay 27 14 10 3 31 102 87 Ottawa 30 12 17 1 25 79 95 Detroit 31 7 21 3 17 66 124 Metropolitan GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 31 22 4 5 49 115 88 N.Y. Islanders 27 19 6 2 40 80 65 Philadelphia 30 17 8 5 39 96 85 Pittsburgh 30 17 9 4 38 103 81 Carolina 30 18 11 1 37 97 82 N.Y. Rangers 28 14 11 3 31 88 91 Columbus 29 11 14 4 26 71 91 New Jersey 28 9 14 5 23 70 103 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central GP W L OT Pts GF GA St. Louis 31 18 7 6 42 92 83 Colorado 29 19 8 2 40 107 79 Winnipeg 29 17 10 2 36 84 80 Dallas 30 16 11 3 35 79 75 Minnesota 30 14 12 4 32 90 98 Nashville 27 12 10 5 29 89 88 Chicago 29 12 12 5 29 80 89 Pacific GP W L OT Pts GF GA Edmonton 31 18 10 3 39 95 90 Arizona 31 17 10 4 38 85 72 Vegas 31 15 11 5 35 93 88 Vancouver 30 15 11 4 34 103 91 Calgary 30 14 12 4 32 77 89 San Jose 31 15 14 2 32 87 106 Anaheim 29 12 13 4 28 77 87 Los Angeles 30 11 17 2 24 74 98 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs.

Friday’s games Chicago 2, New Jersey 1, SO Montreal 2, N.Y. Rangers 1 Pittsburgh 2, Arizona 0 Edmonton 2, Los Angeles 1 Washington 3, Anaheim 2 Saturday’s games Philadelphia 4, Ottawa 3 Vancouver 6, Buffalo 5, OT Colorado 4, Boston 1 Carolina 6, Minnesota 2 Tampa Bay 7, San Jose 1 Toronto 5, St. Louis 2 Florida 4, Columbus 1 Pittsburgh 5, Detroit 3 New Jersey at Nashville, late N.Y. Islanders at Dallas, late Los Angeles at Calgary, late Today’s games Anaheim at Winnipeg, 3 San Jose at Florida, 5 N.Y. Rangers at Vegas, 7 Arizona at Chicago, 7 Buffalo at Edmonton, 8 Monday’s games N.Y. Islanders at Tampa Bay, 7 Columbus at Washington, 7 Boston at Ottawa, 7:30 Calgary at Colorado, 9 Tuesday’s games Tampa Bay at Florida, 7 Montreal at Pittsburgh, 7 St. Louis at Buffalo, 7:30 San Jose at Nashville, 8 Detroit at Winnipeg, 8 Anaheim at Minnesota, 8 New Jersey at Dallas, 8:30 Calgary at Arizona, 9 Carolina at Edmonton, 9 Toronto at Vancouver, 10 Chicago at Vegas, 10 N.Y. Rangers at Los Angeles, 10:30

PANTHERS 4, BLUE JACKETS 1

Columbus 0 0 1 — 1 Florida 1 1 2 — 4 First Period—1, Florida, Dadonov 11 (Yandle, Barkov), 0:18.

Second Period—2, Florida, Brown 2 (Huberdeau, Barkov), 8:53.

Third Period—3, Florida, Connolly 13 (Hoffman, Yandle), 6:09 (pp). 4, Columbus, Gavrikov 2 (Texier, Anderson), 10:34. 5, Florida, Hoffman 11 (Sceviour), 17:37.

Shots on Goal—Columbus 10-14-1034. Florida 3-15-927.

Power-play opportunities—Columbus 0 of 3; Florida 1 of 4.

Goalies—Columbus, Merzlikins 0-4-3 (26 shots-23 saves). Florida, Bobrovsky 10-6-4 (34-33).

A—11,640 (19,250). T—2:22.

Referees—Gord Dwyer, Tim Peel. Linesmen— Brad Kovachik, Bryan Pancich.

TRANSACTIONS BASEBALL American League KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Signed RHP Trevor Rosenthal to a minor league contract.

National League NEW YORK METS — Designated RHP Chris Flexen for assignment.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Named Don Kelly Bench Coach.

BASKETBALL Women’s NBA MINNESOTA LYNX — Signed coach and general manager Cheryl Reeve to a multiyear contract extension.

FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Fined the Detroit Lions $75,000, coach Matt Patricia $25,000 and general manager Bob Quinn $10,000, for violating the NFL’s injury report policy before quarterback Matthew Stafford missed a Nov. 10 game at Chicago.

ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed CB Jalen Davis from the practice squad. Released DL Caraun Reid.

ATLANTA FALCONS — Placed P Matt Bosher on IR. Waived TE Carson Meier. Activated G Chris Lindstrom off IR. Signed P Ryan Allen.

BUFFALO BILLS — Released DE Wyatt Ray. Signed LB Tyrel Dodson and OT Brandon Hitner to the practice squad.

PRO BASKETBALL NBA

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Boston 16 5 .762 — Toronto 15 6 .714 1 Philadelphia 16 7 .696 1 Brooklyn 12 10 .545 4½ New York 4 19 .174 13 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 16 6 .727 — Orlando 11 11 .500 5 Charlotte 9 15 .375 8 Washington 7 14 .333 8½ Atlanta 5 17 .227 11 Central Division W L Pct GB Milwaukee 20 3 .870 — Indiana 15 8 .652 5 Detroit 9 14 .391 11 Chicago 8 15 .348 12 Cleveland 5 17 .227 14½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB Dallas 16 6 .727 — Houston 14 7 .667 1½ San Antonio 9 14 .391 7½ Memphis 6 15 .286 9½ New Orleans 6 17 .261 10½ Northwest Division W L Pct GB Denver 14 6 .700 — Utah 12 10 .545 3 Minnesota 10 11 .476 4½ Oklahoma City 9 12 .429 5½ Portland 9 14 .391 6½ Pacific Division W L Pct GB L.A. Lakers 20 3 .870 — L.A. Clippers 16 7 .696 4 Phoenix 10 11 .476 9 Sacramento 8 13 .381 11 Golden State 5 19 .208 15½ Friday’s games Brooklyn 111, Charlotte 104 Detroit 108, Indiana 101 Orlando 93, Cleveland 87 Boston 108, Denver 95 Golden State 100, Chicago 98 Miami 112, Washington 103 Oklahoma City 139, Minnesota 127, OT Milwaukee 119, L.A. Clippers 91 San Antonio 105, Sacramento 104, OT L.A. Lakers 136, Portland 113 Saturday’s games Dallas 130, New Orleans 84 Indiana 104, New York 103 Philadelphia 141, Cleveland 94 Phoenix at Houston, late Memphis at Utah, late Today’s games Denver at Brooklyn, 3 Atlanta at Charlotte, 5 Chicago at Miami, 6 L.A. Clippers at Washington, 6 Toronto at Philadelphia, 6 Sacramento at Dallas, 7 Oklahoma City at Portland, 9 Minnesota at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 Monday’s games L.A. Clippers at Indiana, 7 Cleveland at Boston, 7:30 Detroit at New Orleans, 8 Orlando at Milwaukee, 8 Sacramento at Houston, 8 Toronto at Chicago, 8 Minnesota at Phoenix, 9 Oklahoma City at Utah, 9 Memphis at Golden State, 10:30

CAVALIERS 141, 76ERS 94

FG FT Reb CLEVE. Min M-A M-A O-T A PF PTS Love 20:03 2-7 1-1 0-7 1 0 6 Osman 19:11 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 Thompsn 22:19 5-10 2-3 2-3 4 3 12 Garland 30:35 7-20 0-0 3-5 3 2 17 Sexton 24:57 3-13 4-5 0-0 2 0 10 Porter Jr. 27:04 2-5 2-2 0-4 4 3 7 Nance Jr. 17:31 1-4 0-0 0-2 1 3 3 Knight 16:20 3-7 0-2 0-1 2 1 7 Clarkson 15:51 3-7 3-3 1-3 1 0 10 Henson 13:41 3-7 0-0 2-3 1 1 6 Zizic 12:00 2-3 1-1 1-4 0 1 5 McKinnie 12:00 2-7 0-0 2-3 0 1 5 Dellavedova 8:28 2-4 0-0 0-0 0 1 4 Totals 240:00 36-96 13-17 11-35 20 17 94 Percentages: FG .375, FT .765.

3-Point Goals: 9-35, .257 (Garland 3-9, Clarkson 1-3, Nance Jr. 1-3, Porter Jr. 1-3, Love 1-4, McKinnie 1-4, Knight 1-5, Osman 0-1, Sexton 0-1, Henson 0-2).

Team Rebounds: 11. Team Turnovers: 17 (29 PTS).

Blocked Shots: 0.

Turnovers: 17 (Porter Jr. 5, Love 3, Garland 2, Nance Jr. 2, Thompson 2, Clarkson, McKinnie, Sexton).

Steals: 4 (Dellavedova, Porter Jr., Sexton, Zizic).

Technical Fouls: None.

FG FT Reb PHILA. Min M-A M-A O-T A PF PTS Harris 22:19 6-10 2-2 1-4 3 1 15 Scott 24:12 9-12 0-0 2-6 2 2 21 Horford 20:46 3-4 0-0 0-5 3 3 8 Korkmaz 18:59 2-5 0-0 0-4 3 0 5 Simmons 25:39 12-14 9-12 0-3 7 2 34 O’Quinn 27:14 5-10 0-0 3-11 3 4 10 Burke 26:35 9-12 2-3 2-2 8 2 21 Neto 22:21 4-6 0-0 0-0 6 1 9 Ennis III 19:14 3-6 1-2 0-7 3 0 8 Pelle 12:00 2-3 1-2 2-8 1 1 5 Milton 12:00 2-6 1-2 0-1 3 0 5 Thybulle 8:41 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Totals 240:00 57-90 16-23 10-51 43 16 141 Percentages: FG .633, FT .696.

3-Point Goals: 11-26, .423 (Scott 3-5, Horford 2-3, Ennis III 1-1, Simmons 1-1, Neto 1-2, Burke 1-3, Harris 1-3, Korkmaz 1-3, O’Quinn 0-1, Milton 0-2, Thybulle 0-2).

Team Rebounds: 7. Team Turnovers: 8 (9 PTS).

Blocked Shots: 8 (O’Quinn 4, Simmons 2, Horford, Thybulle).

Turnovers: 8 (O’Quinn 3, Harris 2, Korkmaz, Neto, Simmons).

Steals: 13 (Burke 4, Horford 3, Neto 2, Simmons 2, Ennis III, Korkmaz).

Technical Fouls: O’Quinn, 00:16 second.

Cleveland 18 18 26 32 — 94 Philadelphia 36 41 31 33 — 141 A—20,844 (20,478). T—2:01.

Officials—Kevin Cutler, Josh Tiven, Jenna Schroeder

NBA G LEAGUE

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Delaware 8 4 .667 — Maine 7 4 .636 ½ Westchester 4 7 .364 3½ Raptors 3 7 .300 4 Long Island 2 9 .182 5½ Central Division W L Pct GB Wisconsin 11 1 .917 — Canton 8 4 .667 3 Grand Rapids 9 5 .643 3 Windy City 5 5 .500 5 Fort Wayne 3 9 .250 8 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Lakeland 7 5 .583 — Capital City 6 6 .500 1 College Park 5 6 .455 1½ Greensboro 4 8 .333 3 Erie 4 8 .333 3 WESTERN CONFERENCE Midwest Division W L Pct GB Memphis 10 1 .909 — Iowa 6 5 .545 4 Sioux Falls 5 7 .417 5½ Oklahoma City 3 5 .375 5½ Pacific Division W L Pct GB Stockton 7 3 .700 — South Bay 6 5 .545 1½ Santa Cruz 6 6 .500 2 Agua Caliente 5 5 .500 2 Northern Arizona 2 8 .200 5 Southwest Division W L Pct GB Salt Lake City 7 2 .778 — Texas 6 5 .545 2 Austin 6 6 .500 2½ Rio Grande Valley 2 11 .154 7 Thursday’s games Long Island 117, Raptors 116 Canton 116, Rio Grande Valley 109 Erie 131, Fort Wayne 124, 3OT Wisconsin 123, Maine 118 Memphis 130, Northern Arizona 104 Salt Lake City 113, South Bay 100 Agua Caliente 105, Windy City 102 Friday’s games Delaware 110, Capital City 109 Grand Rapids 116, College Park 100 Lakeland 112, Greensboro 111 Santa Cruz 119, Long Island 109 Austin 116, Sioux Falls 107 Saturday’s games Capital City 113, Canton 108 Delaware 128, Maine 123 Fort Wayne 102, Raptors 101 Greensboro 104, Lakeland 94 Westchester 123, Erie 106 Iowa 128, Austin 115 South Bay 125, Memphis 118 Rio Grande Valley at Wisconsin, late Stockton at Oklahoma City, late Northern Arizona at Salt Lake City, late Today’s games Grand Rapids at College Park, 2 Texas at Oklahoma City, 8 Windy City at Santa Cruz, 8 Monday’s games Memphis at Agua Caliente, 2 Raptors at Long Island, 7

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SPORTS IN BRIEF NBA

76ers roll past Cavs Ben Simmons hit his second career 3-pointer and scored a career-high 34 points, and the Philadelphia 76ers didn’t need Joel Embiid’s help to rout the Cleveland Cavaliers 141-94 Saturday night.

Simmons made 12 of 14 field goals, including his only 3-point attempt, and hit 9 of 12 free throws to help Philadelphia improve to 11-0 at home.

Embiid sat out with a left hip contusion.

Darius Garland had 17 points for the Cavaliers, who have lost six in a row and 12 of 13.

Philadelphia has been projected to be an NBA title contender, but the 76ers haven’t been able to consistently field its starting five of Simmons, Embiid, Josh Richardson, Tobias Harris and Al Horford. They have only started nine games together due to injuries and Embiid’s two-game suspension for fighting Minnesota’s Karl-Anthony Towns.

The 76ers needed little more than Simmons in a dominant first half that ended with them ahead 77-36.

Simmons attacked the basket often and showed off a rarely seen mid-range game when he drained an 11-foot jumper with 6:04 left in the second quarter. That had 76ers fans cheering, but it was just an appetizer for Simmons.

With 3:41 left in the half, Simmons took a cross-court pass from Trey Burke and knocked down a 3 from the left wing, his second this season after going 0 for 17 during his first two seasons. That send the sold-out crowd into a frenzy, and the roars continued when Simmons finished an alley-oop dunk from Burke on Philadelphia’s ensuing possession.

Simmons received a standing ovation at the next stoppage.

Simmons finished the tremendous four-possession sequence with assists on Philadelphia’s next two trips, first to Al Horford for a 3-pointer and then to James Ennis III for a jumper.

Finally, Simmons ended the first half scoring with a 9-foot jumper for a 41-point lead entering the break.

NBA G LEAGUE

Charge streak ends CAPITAL CITY GO-GO 113, CANTON CHARGE 108 The Go-Go snapped the Charge’s two-

game winning streak Saturday night by winning at home. Malik Newman scored 24 points, Levi Randolph finished with 22 and Dean Wade had 21 points and 10 rebounds for Canton. In his second appearance with the Charge, Cavs first-round pick Dylan Windler had five points and four rebounds in 19 minutes. The Charge shot just 42.7% from the floor, including 8-for-31 on 3-pointers (25.8%). Capital City shot 52.4% from the floor and had eight players score in double-figures, led by Justin Robinson’s 18 points and Jalen Hudson’s 17. Hudson, who played high school basketball in Akron at St. Vincent-St. Mary, also had five rebounds and four assists. Canton dropped to 8-4 on the season, including 3-3 on the road. The Charge return home Friday night and host the Grand Rapids Drive at Memorial Civic Center.

GOLF

Stenson wins Hero Challenge Henrik Stenson delivered the biggest shot on a back nine filled with them, a 5-wood within inches on the 15th hole for eagle that carried him to a 6-under 66 and a oneshot victory Saturday in the Hero World Challenge.

Tournament host Tiger Woods was among five players who had a chance to win on the back nine, four of them with at least a share of the lead at some point at Albany Golf Club.

Woods fell out with a chip that didn’t make it up the slope on the 14th hole, and he had to scramble for bogey. Justin Thomas had a pair of 12-foot birdie putts burn the edge. Defending champion Jon Rahm, in his final event before getting married in Spain, appeared to seize control with a birdieeagle-birdie stretch to take the lead.

And then Stenson struck the decisive blow.

From 259 yards away on the par-5 15th hole, he hammered 5-wood and couldn’t see beyond a dune as it bounced onto the green, tracked toward the hole and settled about 8

AP MATT SLOCUM

n The Cavaliers’ Collin Sexton goes up for a shot

against Philadelphia’s Al Horford during the first half of Saturday’s game in Philadelphia.

inches away for a tap-in eagle.

That took him from one shot behind to one shot ahead, and he closed with three pars.

FATHER-SON CHALLENGE In Orlando, Fla., Retief Goosen and 16-year-old son Leo shot a 14-under 58 to take a two-shot lead after the first round of the Father Son Challenge scramble event for majors champions.

Bernard and Jason Langer and David and Brady Duval opened with 60s in the 36-hole competition at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club Orlando, Grande Lakes. The Goosens birdied five of the first six holes and closed with eight straight, with Leo making a number of putts. Annika and father Tom Sorenstam were tied for 17th in the 20-team field at 66.

Annika is the first female professional to play the event.

COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL

Kansas tops Colorado Lochai Agbaji scored 20 points and Devon Dotson added 18 points to lead No. 2 Kansas to a 72-58 victory over No. 20 Colorado on Saturday, snapping the Buffaloes’ seasonopening seven-game winning streak.

Ten days after claiming the Maui Invitational title, the Jayhawks (7-1) built an early 6-0 lead over their former conference foes. David McCormack fueled the hot start, contributing six of the Jayhawks’ opening eight points.

Holding leading scorer Tyler Bey scoreless from the field through the first half, Kansas used a 9-0 run to build a 19-9 lead.

Other top 25 NO. 3 MARYLAND 59, ILLINOIS 58 In College Park, Md., Anthony Cowan Jr. made a free throw with 2.1 seconds left and Maryland erased a 15-point deficit in the second half to rally past Illinois in the Big Ten opener for both teams.

NO. 8 KENTUCKY 83, FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 52 In Lexington, Ky., EJ Montgomery scored

a career-high 25 points, Keion Brooks added 15 off the bench and Kentucky dominated Fairleigh Dickinson for its 600th victory at Rupp Arena. Forward Nick Richards, at 6-11, had 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Wildcats (7-1) NO. 18 BAYLOR 63, NO. 12 ARIZONA 58 In Waco, Texas, MaCio Teague scored 19 points, Freddie Gillespie had 17 points and 13 rebounds, and Baylor defeated Arizona for the Wildcats’ first loss.

NO. 13 OREGON 89, HAWAII 64 In Eugene, Ore., Payton Pritchard had 20 points and a season-high 11 assists, and Oregon snapped a two-game losing streak.

NO. 15 MEMPHIS 65, UAB 57 In Birmingham, Ala., Precious Achiuwa scored eight of his 14 points in the final 4 minutes to rally Memphis.

NO. 23 VILLANOVA 78, SAINT JOSEPH’S 66 In Philadelphia,Saddiq Bey scored 22 points, Collin Gillespie had 20 and Villanova held off a second-half comeback from Saint Joseph’s.

NO. 24 BAYLOR 76, FLORIDA 62 In Indianapolis, Sean McDermott and Aaron Thompson each scored 16 points to lead Butler over Florida.

FROM STAFF, WIRE REPORTS

COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCORES MEN

EAST Binghamton 84, Boston U. 79, OT Bucknell 65, Albany (NY) 64 Davidson 70, Northeastern 63 George Washington 66, Delaware 56 Harvard 89, UMass 55 LIU Brooklyn 85, Army 72 La Salle 71, Drexel 63 Lafayette 62, Cornell 59 Loyola (Md.) 64, Mount St. Mary’s 48 Maine 66, CCSU 64 Manhattan 54, Fordham 53, OT Maryland 59, Illinois 58 Mass.-Lowell 94, St. Francis (NY) 63 Missouri 64, Temple 54 Navy 53, Marist 51, OT Quinnipiac 75, New Hampshire 67 St. Bonaventure 73, Hofstra 45 St. Francis (Pa.) 63, UMBC 60 St. John’s 70, West Virginia 68 Stony Brook 79, Brown 63 Vermont 55, Towson 38 Villanova 78, Saint Joseph’s 66 Yale 78, Lehigh 65 SOUTH Alabama A&M 67, Jacksonville St. 62, OT Austin Peay 90, North Florida 83 Charleston Southern 58, NC Central 53 Charlotte 76, UNC-Wilmington 57 Coastal Carolina 92, Winthrop 88 FIU 84, Kennesaw St. 81 George Mason 68, American U. 53 Georgia St. 73, Mercer 61 Hampton 64, Norfolk St. 53 Jacksonville 82, Bethune-Cookman 60 Kentucky 83, Fairleigh Dickinson 52 Memphis 65, UAB 57 Mississippi 83, CS Bakersfield 67 Morgan St. 73, Longwood 65 NC State 91, Wake Forest 82 Robert Morris 64, Florida Gulf Coast 59 SC State 80, Presbyterian 68 Southern Miss. 72, S. Illinois 69 Syracuse 97, Georgia Tech 63 The Citadel 108, Carver 40 UCF 78, NJIT 65 UNC-Greensboro 60, Radford 58 VMI 88, Stetson 61 W. Carolina 78, UNC-Asheville 77 W. Kentucky 86, Arkansas 79, OT Wofford 81, Gardner-Webb 77 MIDWEST Ball St. 102, IUPUI 54 Boston College 73, Notre Dame 72 Bowling Green 68, Oakland 65

Bradley 83, NC A&T 52 Butler 76, Florida 62 Creighton 95, Nebraska 76 Drake 78, SE Missouri 73 E. Illinois 93, Green Bay 80 E. Michigan 55, Detroit 51 Evansville 101, Miami (Ohio) 87 Illinois St. 61, Morehead St. 50 Indiana St. 84, Wright St. 77, OT Kansas 72, Colorado 58 Kent St. 81, Cleveland St. 59 Loyola of Chicago 90, Quincy 59 Ohio St. 106, Penn St. 74 UIC 62, Fort Wayne 49 W. Michigan 66, Youngstown St. 64 Wisconsin 84, Indiana 64 Xavier 73, Cincinnati 66 SOUTHWEST Abilene Christian 102, Dallas Christian 34 Arkansas St. 66, Tulsa 63 Baylor 63, Arizona 58 Incarnate Word 101, Trinity (TX) 65 Lamar 73, Rice 60 North Texas 76, UALR 53 Samford 113, Houston Baptist 90 Texas A&M-CC 81, St. Mary’s (TX) 53 Texas Southern 85, Concordia (TX) 47 UC Santa Barbara 72, Texas-Arlington 68 UTSA 77, Texas State 71 FAR WEST BYU 83, UNLV 50 Nevada 100, Air Force 85 New Mexico 79, Wyoming 65 Oregon 89, Hawaii 64 Pacific 65, Long Beach St. 46 S. Utah 73, Utah Valley 72 Santa Clara 71, California 52 UC Davis 66, N. Illinois 57 Utah 98, Cent. Arkansas 67 Utah St. 77, Fresno St. 70, OT Washington St. 63, New Mexico St. 54

WOMEN

EAST Bowling Green 82, Marshall 69 Buffalo 46, St. Bonaventure 36 Delaware 73, Robert Morris 62 Delaware St. 89, St. Peter’s 66 Duquesne 79, Toledo 74 Fairfield 73, Hofstra 64 George Washington 78, Quinnipiac 67 Harvard 69, Maine 40 Monmouth (NJ) 52, Lafayette 44 NJIT 61, Hartford 52 Penn 81, Stetson 41 Princeton 62, Marist 50 Providence 76, Bryant 32

Rhode Island 89, Brown 44 Rider 70, La Salle 43 Siena 52, Albany (NY) 46 South Carolina 78, Temple 71 Vermont 76, Canisius 53 Villanova 60, Saint Joseph’s 44 Youngstown St. 56, St. Francis (Pa.) 46 SOUTH Bethune-Cookman 68, Palm Beach Atlantic 45 Charleston Southern 92, Virginia-Lynchburg 55 Houston Baptist 72, Louisiana-Monroe 65 Howard 64, Fairleigh Dickinson 56 Mercer 62, Georgia Southern 52 Murray St. 70, Indiana St. 62 Norfolk St. 77, Hampton 56 SE Louisiana 63, Jackson St. 59 South Alabama 62, Tulane 53 UNC-Greensboro 64, Georgia St. 49 Wofford 89, Bob Jones 38 MIDWEST DePaul 76, Green Bay 65 E. Illinois 65, Omaha 52 Indiana 72, North Florida 45 Northwestern 79, Dartmouth 37 Ohio 70, IUPUI 64 SE Missouri 79, S. Illinois 65 South Dakota 82, Coppin St. 44 Texas Rio Grande Valley 72, Texas A&M International 56 W. Illinois 88, Chicago St. 78 W. Kentucky 91, Ball St. 86 Wichita St. 63, E. Michigan 52 SOUTHWEST Arizona 54, UTEP 43 Arkansas 81, Kansas St. 72 North Texas 69, Louisiana-Lafayette 66 Oklahoma 90, LSU 68 Stephen F. Austin 104, Central Christian College of Kansas 46 TCU 80, Auburn 65 Texas A&M-CC 90, Texas Wesleyan 52 Texas Southern 63, Rice 56 UALR 63, Tulsa 51 FAR WEST Air Force 68, Nevada 61 CS Bakersfield 80, Pacific 70 Cal St.-Fullerton 72, San Diego 67 California 73, Boston U. 62 Loyola Marymount 94, Cal State San Bernardino 46 Montana 63, Utah Valley 52 New Mexico St. 77, Weber St. 47 Saint Mary’s (Cal) 84, Cal Poly 67 San Jose St. 84, San Diego St. 67 UCLA 58, CS Northridge 44 Wyoming 73, New Mexico 66

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CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS

NCAA DIVISION III

NCAA DIVISION II

First Round Shepherd 31, Indiana (Pa.) 27 Kutztown 33, Tiffin 31 Notre Dame (Ohio) 31, West Chester 24 West Florida 38, Wingate 17 Carson-Newman 17, Bowie State 9 Lenoir-Rhyne 36, Miles 7 Central Missouri 37, Indianapolis 27 Lindenwood (Mo.) 41, Ouachita Baptist 38 Northwest Missouri State 7, Harding 6 Texas A&M-Commerce 23, Tarleton State 16 Colorado School of Mines 24, Sioux Falls 21 Colorado State-Pueblo 17, Augustana (S.D.) 0 Second Round Notre Dame (Ohio) 20, Kutztown 17 Slippery Rock 51, Shepherd 30 West Florida 38, Valdosta State 35 Ferris State 37, Central Missouri 10 Northwest Missouri State 63, Lindenwood (Mo.) 7 Minnesota State 35, Colorado St.-Pueblo 7 Texas A&M-Commerce 23, Colorado School of Mines 3 Lenoir-Rhyne 49, Carson-Newman 21 Quarterfinals Saturday Slippery Rock 65, Notre Dame (Ohio) 59 West Florida 43, Lenoir-Rhyne 38 Ferris St. 25, Northwest Missouri State 3 Minnesota State 42, Texas A&M-Commerce 21 Semifinals Saturday TBD

NAIA

First Round Morningside 57, Dickinson State 14 Marian (Ind.) 17, Reinhardt 7 Kansas Wesleyan 42, Baker 7 Grand View 31, Concordia (Mich.) 30 Lindsey Wilson 30, St. Francis (Ind.) 26 Saint Xavier 25, Northwestern (Iowa) 20 College of Idaho 70, Ottawa (Ariz.) 23 Cumberlands (Ky.) 28, Keiser 24 Quarterfinals Morningside 51, Saint Xavier 0 Lindsey Wilson 35, Kansas Wesleyan 24 Grand View 14, Coll. of Idaho 6 Marian (Ind.) 30, Cumberlands 0 Semifinals Saturday Marian (Ind.) 34, Lindsey Wilson 24 Morningside 21, Grand View 16 Championship Dec. 21

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PLAYOFFS First Round Huntingdon 27, Berry 24 Wartburg 41, Hope 3 Salisbury 83, NY Maritime 0 Union (N.Y.) 24, Case Western Reserve 21 Muhlenberg 38, MIT 0 Brockport 33, Western New England 28 Mount Union 65, Hanover 14 Wesley 58, Framingham State 21 Delaware Valley 30, Bridgewater (Va.) 22 Mary Hardin-Baylor 43, Redlands 14 Wisconsin-Whitewater 35, Monmouth (Ill.) 10 Wheaton (Ill.) 51, Martin Luther 7 Central (Iowa) 38, Wisconsin-Oshkosh 37, OT Saint John’s (Minn.) 51, Aurora 47 North Central (Ill.) 51, Wabash 15 Chapman 68, Linfield 65, 3OT Second Round Salisbury 62, Union (N.Y.) 41 Muhlenberg 42, Brockport 0 Delaware Valley 45, Wesley 10 Mary Hardin-Baylor 42, Huntingdon 6 Wisconsin-Whitewater 41, Wartburg 28 Wheaton 49, Central (Iowa) 13 Saint John’s (Minn.) 55, Chapman 26 North Central (Ill.) 59, Mount Union 52 Quarterfinals Saturday Muhlenberg 24, Salisbury 8 North Central (Ill.) 31, Delaware Valley 14 Wisconsin-Whitewater 26, Mary Hardin-Baylor 7 Saint John’s (Minn.) 34, Wheaton (Ill.) 33 Semifinals Saturday Muhlenberg (13-0) vs. North Central (Ill.) (12-1), TBD Saint John’s (Minn.) (12-1) vs. WisconsinWhitewater (12-1), TBD

Sunday, December 8, 2019

Oklahoma wraps up Big 12

AP JOHN BAZEMORE

■ LSU quarterback Joe Burrow holds

his MVP trophy after the Southeastern Conference championship game against Georgia in Atlanta.

At Eddie G. Robinson Stadium Ruston, La. Morningside (13-0) vs. Marian (Ind.) (12-0), 7 p.m.

FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

First Round Monmouth (NJ) 44, Holy Cross 27 Albany (NY) 42, Central Connecticut State 14 Illinois State 24, Southeast Missouri State 6 Northern Iowa 17, San Diego 3 Austin Peay 42, Furman 6 Kennesaw State 28, Wofford 21 Nicholls 24, North Dakota 6 Southeastern Louisiana 45, Villanova 44 Second Round Saturday James Madison 66, Monmouth (NJ) 21 Northern Iowa 13, South Dakota State 10 Weber State 26, Kennesaw State 20 Montana State 47, Albany (NY) 21 Illinois State 24, Central Arkansas 14 North Dakota State 37, Nicholls 17 Montana 73, Southeastern Louisiana 28 Austin Peay (10-3) at Sacramento State (9-3), late Quarterfinals Friday or Saturday North Dakota State (13-0) vs. Illinois State (10-4), TBA Montana State (10-3) vs. Austin Peay-Sacramento State winner, TBA Weber State (10-3) vs. Montana (10-3), TBA James Madison (12-1) vs. Northern Iowa (10-4), TBA

SCORES EAST Muhlenberg 24, Salisbury 8 North Central (Ill.) 31, Delaware Valley 14 Slippery Rock 65, Notre Dame Coll. 59 SOUTH Appalachian St. 45, Louisiana-Lafayette 38 FAU 49, UAB 6 James Madison 66, Monmouth (NJ) 21 LSU 37, Georgia 10 Memphis 29, Cincinnati 24 West Florida 43, Lenoir-Rhyne 38 MIDWEST Ferris St. 25, NW Missouri St. 3 Marian (Ind.) 34, Lindsey Wilson 24 Miami (Ohio) 26, Cent. Michigan 21 Minnesota St. 42, Texas A&M Commerce 21 Morningside 21, Grand View 16 N. Iowa 13, S. Dakota St. 10 St. John’s (Minn.) 34, Wheaton (Ill.) 33 SOUTHWEST Illinois St. 24, Cent. Arkansas 14 Oklahoma 30, Baylor 23, OT Wis.-Whitewater 26, Mary Hardin-Baylor 7 FAR WEST Boise St. 31, Hawaii 10 Montana 73, SE Louisiana 28 Montana St. 47, Albany (NY) 21 Weber St. 26, Kennesaw St. 20

No. 6 Oklahoma has done all it can, winning a fifth Big 12 title in a row with another close win over No. 8 Baylor.

Now the Sooners wait to see if they are going to get in back in the College Football Playoff. That is up to the selection committee.

“I hope they see the Big 12 champions. They’ve got a job to do, I get that,” coach Lincoln Riley said after Oklahoma’s 30-23 overtime win Saturday.

“We’ve had a job to do as a team, which was continuing to improve through the year, trust the things that we could and ultimately win the Big 12 championship,” he said.

“We’ve done that.’’

Rhamondre Stevenson had a 5-yard touchdown run in overtime, and then true freshman Jacob Zeno — whose two long passes in the fourth quarter helped tie the game — was under constant pressure when the Bears got their last chance.

Oklahoma (12-1, No. 6 CFP) became the first team in any league to win 10 conference championship games. It was the 13th Big 12 title overall for the Sooners, who went to the playoff three of the past four seasons.

Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby said he likes the league’s case for a playoff spot.

It was the second time in four games that Oklahoma beat the Bears (11-2, No. 7 CFP), who in head coach Matt Rhule’s debut season two years ago lost 11 games with a depleted roster in the aftermath of a scandal that led to the firing of two-time Big 12 champion coach Art Briles.

OTHERS NO. 1 LSU 37, NO. 4 GEORGIA 10 In Atlanta, Joe Burrow finished off his likely Heisman Trophy coronation with another dazzling performance and No. 1 LSU locked up a spot in the College Football Playoff for the first time in the Southeastern Conference championship game. Burrow was all over the stat sheet for LSU (13-0, No. 2 CFP). He threw for 349 yards and four touchdowns. He was the Tigers’ second-leading rusher with 41 yards on 11 carries, often leaving the Bulldogs grasping at air as he twirled this way and that. He even caught a pass on a ball that was batted down at the line and wound up his arms, taking off for a 16-yard gain.

AP JEFFREY MCWORTER

■ Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley hoists the Big 12 Conference championship

trophy after defeating Baylor 30-23 in overtime Saturday in Arlington, Texas.

Gibson caught a 6-yard touchdown pass from Brady White with 1:14 left and Memphis defeated Cincinnati in the American Athletic Conference championship game. The victory marked the first time Memphis (12-1, No. 17, CFP) has won the AAC title in its third straight conference championship game. The Tigers now wait for an invitation to the Cotton Bowl as the highest-ranked Group of Five team.

FLORIDA ATLANTIC 49, UAB 6 In Boca Raton, Fla., Chris Robison threw for 267 yards and four touchdowns, BJ Emmons ran for a pair of scores and Florida Atlantic rolled past UAB for the Owls’ second Conference USA title in Lane Kiffin’s three seasons as coach. Malcolm Davidson rushed for 128 yards and Deangelo Antoine had five catches for 112 yards for the Owls (10-3), who had no trouble with the league’s top-ranked defense.

N.C., Darrynton Evans scored three touchdowns and Appalachian State repeated as Sun Belt Conference champions with a victory over Louisiana-Lafayette. Evans won the game’s MVP for the second straight season. Zac Thomas threw for 149 yards and two touchdowns and Daetrich Harrington and Marcus Williams added touchdown runs.

The Mountaineers racked up 416 yards on offense, including 267 on the ground in a dominating first half.

MIAMI OF OHIO 26, CENTRAL MICHIGAN 21 In Detroit, Brett Gabbert

NOTEBOOK

threw a 31-yard touchdown pass to Jack Sorenson early in the third quarter, and Miami of Ohio controlled most of the second half, beating Central Michigan in the Mid-American Conference title game. The RedHawks (8-5) won a record 16th MAC championship despite doing little on offense in the first half. Trailing 14-10 after two quarters, Miami took the lead on Gabbert’s screen pass to Sorenson, and the RedHawks held off CMU (8-5) the rest of the way to win their first conference title since 2010.

Sam Sloman kicked four field goals, including a 48-yarder with 4:06 remaining to give Miami a 23-14 lead.

NO. 16 MEMPPHIS 29, NO. 21 CINCINNO. 20 APPALACHIAN STATE 45, NATI 24 In Memphis, Tenn., Antonio LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE 38 In Boone,

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NO. 19 BOISE STATE 31, HAWAII 10

In Boise, Idaho, Jaylon Henderson threw for 220 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another score to lead Boise State tover Hawaii in the Mountain West championship game. Boise State (12-1, No. 19 CFP) won its second conference title in three years, beating Hawaii again this season after winning the Oct. 12 meeting, 59-37.

KIFFIN TO MISSISSIPPI Florida Atlantic head coach Lane Kiffin is headed to Ole Miss. Kiffin and the Rebels made the announcement after Florida Atlantic defeated UAB in the Conference USA championship game. “I am truly honored and humbled to join the Ole Miss family, and recognize this as a special opportunity to lead Rebel Football into the future,” Kiffin said.

FRANKLIN CONTRACT Penn State coach James Franklin has agreed to a six-year contract with the school that runs through 2025, adding three years on to his previous deal. Penn State’s Board of Trustees approved the contract Friday.

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GOLF: PRESIDENTS CUP PREVIEW

Cup story starts with Tiger U.S. captain also will tee it up against International team The Associated Press

The role of Presidents Cup captain typically is reserved for players in the twilight of their careers.

Nothing is typical about Tiger Woods.

Six months after he was appointed U.S. captain, he won the Tour Championship and nearly captured the FedEx Cup. While picking out team uniforms and choosing vice captains, Woods won the Masters. As he was contemplating which four players to take as captain’s picks, he won in Japan for his record-tying 82nd career PGA Tour victory.

Captain or player for this week’s matches at Royal Melbourne in Australia?

Both.

“It’s a lot of moving parts, but something I’ve been looking forward to for a long time,” Woods said.

He is the first playing captain since Hale Irwin in the inaugural Presidents Cup in 1994, and the first captain to pick himself.

Irwin won at Hilton Head that year at age 49 and qualified for the team. Woods won twice this year and is No. 7 in the world, filling out a U.S. team with all 12 players among the top 25 in the world ranking.

And with that, the long odds facing the International team got a little bit longer.

Not even the Ryder Cup with all its history started out so one-sided. The International team, cobbled together with players from countries outside Europe, has managed to only one victory in the 25-year history of this event. It was such a blowout last time at Liberty National that the Americans were one match away from ending it on Saturday.

Leading the way for the

AP FILE

■ Members of the U.S. team for the 13th Presidents Cup this week in Australia.

International team is Ernie Els, who has finished runner-up to Woods more than any other player.

The Big Easy cares more about opportunity than history.

“People are not giving us much of a chance,” Els said.

“I mean, the whole of the U.S. team is in the top 20. We have one player in the top 20, and that’s just the way it is. But somebody is going to win 15 ½ points. And at the end of the day, that’s our aim — try and get 15 ½ points somehow off of this unbelievably talented team.”

In his favor is the course and the home crowd.

Royal Melbourne is where the International team registered its only victory in 1998, a beating so thorough that Nick Price won the decisive point in the second of 12 singles matches. That was as good as it would get.

The Americans won big two years later and have been winning ever since except in 2003 in South Africa. That was declared a tie after Woods and Els went toe-to-toe for three sudden-death playoff holes until it was too dark to continue.

Woods won the clinching point at Royal Melbourne in

2011, but it was that one loss — Woods doesn’t forget easily — that he keeps bringing up to his heavily favored team.

“I think it helps having Tiger as a captain, who’s been on a team that has lost at Royal Melbourne,” Gary Woodland said.

“He’s talked a lot about that to us. We have five rookies trying to make a name for ourselves, too. And we’re playing for Tiger Woods, which is pretty cool.”

Not only are they playing for Woods, they are playing with him.

Woods was 149th in the world when he was appointed captain, with four back surgeries since his last victory, which some thought might have been his last. Now he is among the top 10 in the world, the Masters champion, a winner in the last PGA Tour event he played.

Woods first carried a radio and rode in a cart as an assistant captain at the 2016 Ryder Cup, and he was an assistant at the last Presidents Cup. His text messages on potential pairings and strategy are relentless.

Players who have been around him say he prepares as hard as he ever did for a major.

“I know that he does not want to go down there and not come back without the cup,”

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said Rickie Fowler, the newest addition to the team. “Tiger means business. He’s not overlooking anything. And I think over the last few years, people have begun to see how much team events do mean to Tiger.”

Fowler was chosen to replace Brooks Koepka, the No. 1 player in the world who is still recovering from a knee injury he aggravated in South Korea in October. Such is the strength of the U.S. team that it dipped all the way down to No. 22 in the world to fill in for Koepka.

The International team, which has only two players with a better world ranking than Fowler, doesn’t have that luxury.

It has seven players who have experienced the Presidents Cup only from in front of a television, tying a record for most rookies. The team Els assembled comes from a record nine countries, four of which have never been represented in these matches — Mexico (Abraham Ancer), Chile (Joaquin Niemann), Taiwan (C.T. Pan) and China (Haotong Li).

Only three of their players have won tournaments this year around the world. Adam Scott and Louis Oosthuizen are the only major champions.

The International team, especially after the beating it took last time, has rarely faced such long odds — or had this big of a chip on its shoulder. They are tired of losing. Scott has played in every Presidents Cup since 2003 and has never been part of the winning side.

Facing Woods as the captain and as a player makes the International challenge even greater.

“He’s the ultimate competitor,” Scott said. “There’s no way he’s not doing everything possible coming down here as a captain and a player to win this event.”

AT A GLANCE 13th Presidents Cup ■ TEAMS: United States against an

International team of players from everywhere but Europe.

■ DATES: Thursday through Sunday ■ VENUE: Royal Melbourne Golf Club ■ LENGTH, PAR: 7,055 yards, par-71 ■ POINTS NEEDED TO WIN: 15½ ■ CAPTAINS: Tiger Woods (U.S.) and Ernie Els (International) ■ DEFENDING CHAMPION: United States ■ SERIES: United States leads, 10-1-1 ■ FORMAT: Nine matches of foursomes, nine matches of fourballs, 12 singles matches. Each is worth one point.

■ LAST TIME: The Americans won for the seventh straight time, building such a big lead they only needed one point from 12 singles matches to secure the victory. They wound up with a 19-11 victory at Liberty National, where President Donald Trump attended the final round.

■ LAST TIME AT ROYAL MELBOURNE: Tiger Woods, a captain’s pick for the first time, won the clinching match as the Americans atoned for their only Presidents Cup loss at Royal Melbourne with a 19-15 victory. Jim Furyk became the fourth player to win all five of his matches.

■ INTERNATIONAL TEAM: Byeong Hun An, Abraham Ancer, Adam Hadwin, Sungjae Im, Marc Leishman, Haotong Li, Hideki Matsuyama, Joaquin Niemann, Louis Oosthuizen, C.T. Pan, Adam Scott, Cameron Smith.

■ U.S. TEAM: Patrick Cantlay, Bryson DeChambeau, Tony Finau, Rickie Fowler, Dustin Johnson, Matt Kuchar, Patrick Reed, Xander Schauffele, Webb Simpson, Justin Thomas, Gary Woodland, Tiger Woods.

■ TALE OF THE TAPE: The entire U.S. team is among the top 25 in the world. The International team has only three players in the top 25.

■ NOTABLE: Royal Melbourne is where the International team won for the only time in the Presidents Cup in 1998.

■ TV: Wednesday, 5:30 p.m. to midnight (Golf Channel); Thursday, 7 p.m. to midnight (Golf Channel); Friday, 3 p.m. to 2 a.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 6 p.m. to midnight (Golf Channel).

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INDIANS ANALYSIS

Do Lindor, Kluber stay or go in trades?

By Paul Hoynes cleveland.com

T

he Indians head to the winter meetings today in San Diego with the idea of improving their 93-win roster from 2019 while trying to regain control of an improving AL Central.

They have two big assets to accomplish that — four-time AllStar Francisco Lindor and two-time Cy Young winner Corey Kluber. But are they ready to deal one or both of those franchise cornerstones and see what they can get in return?

The Indians control Lindor for two more years before he becomes a free agent. He is in line for a monster contract on the open market, which certainly is beyond the reach of owner Paul Dolan. There’s no surprise there, but the Indians still entertain thoughts of winning the AL Central in 2020 and trying to get back to the World Series for the first time since 2016.

Right now, there is a school of thought in the organization that says their chances of doing that are better with Lindor playing shortstop every day in an Indians’ uniform in 2020. So while they have a good idea of which teams want Lindor and how much they’re willing to pay — that interest should increase this week in San Diego — the chances of Lindor getting traded before opening day seem slim.

Kluber made just seven starts last season because of a broken right forearm

AP RON SCHWANE

n The Indians must decide if they are going to keep Corey Kluber

(left) and Francisco Lindor or listen to offers from potential trade partners during this week’s baseball winter meetings.

suffered May 1 when he was hit by a line drive.

His comeback was fouled by a strained left oblique muscle in late August.

The Indians, however, still exercised his $17.5 million club option for 2020.

It’s easy to see why.

Kluber, in his last healthy year, went 20-7 with a 2.89 ERA and finished third in the Cy Young voting in 2018. If he can regain that form, the Indians have a No.1 starter on a great deal with another club option for 2022. Aces with Kluber’s track record are making $25 million to $30 million a year on other teams.

Manager Terry Francona said at the end of last season that he felt

the time Kluber missed last season would help his body and delivery recover from five straight seasons of carry the load for the rotation.

In Kluber’s absence in 2019, and partly because of it, the Indians discovered a fountain of young starting pitchers in Zach Plesac, Aaron Civale and Jefry Rodriguez. They mixed well with Shane Bieber, the All-Star Game MVP and a fourthplace finisher in the Cy Young voting in just his second season, highvelocity Mike Clevinger and dependable Adam Plutko. That does not include Carlos Carrasco, who overcame a diagnosis of chronic myeloid leukemia to return to the mound, albeit as a

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reliever, in September after a three-month absence.

That talent and depth in the rotation gives the Indians a position of strength to perhaps deal Kluber this winter.

Teams that have shown interest in Kluber do not seem overly concerned about his injury-shortened season. He returned from the broken ulna bone in his right arm and was pitching in rehab games before he was injured.

If Kluber is traded, it would be the second experienced arm the Indians have dealt in less than a year from a rotation that has been considered one of the best in the big leagues.

Trevor Bauer was traded to Cincinnati on July 31 in a three-team deal that also included San Diego.

Bauer’s deal was done in part to accomplish a difficult task — continue to win in the present, build for the future and manage the payroll.

Bauer, a free agent after the 2020 season, is projected to make $18.6 million in arbitration this winter.

Trading Kluber would help the Indians continue to monitor a payroll that is expected to dip for the second straight season, while playing caretaker to the present and future.

The Indians payroll, according to Cot’s Baseball Contracts, dropped from $135 million in 2018 to $120 million in 2019.

A trade for Kluber also could help the Indians fill their biggest need.

They still are looking for an infielder to play second or third base. Jose Ramirez, the full-time

third baseman for the last three years, has told the Indians he is willing to play second or third depending on what they can acquire.

The hole in the infield was created when Jason Kipnis became a free agent.

If they can’t fill that hole by trade, there are plenty of free agent infielders available including Brock Holt, Asdrubal Cabrera, Yolmer Sanchez, Cesar Hernandez, Travis Shaw and Jose Peraza to name a few. Christian Arroyo, acquired from the Rays last season, could get a shot at second as well.

And the bullpen?

The bullpen went 31-18 with a 3.67 ERA last season. They had the second lowest ERA in the big leagues next to Tampa Bay, but they’ve lost a lot of arms. A.J. Cole, Tyler Clippard, Dan Otero, Nick Goody, Cody Anderson and Tyler Olson plunged into free agency. Cole signed with the Blue Jays and Goody with the Rangers.

The Indians still have closer Brad Hand, Nick Wittgren, Oliver Perez and Adam Cimber from the core of last season’s bullpen. They could make an addition or two from outside, but look for young relievers James Karinchak, sidearmer Nick Sandlin and lefty Kyle Nelson to get a look.

The Tribe’s surplus of starters — Logan Allen, Scott Moss, Plutko, Plesac, Civale and Rodriguez — could also help in the pen.

Outfield ideas?

The Indians have

eight outfielders on the 40-man roster — Greg Allen, Jake Bauers, Tyler Naquin, Bradley Zimmer, Daniel Johnson, Jordan Luplow, Oscar Mercado and Franmil Reyes. It’s really seven because Naquin is still recovering from right knee surgery and isn’t expected to be ready for the season.

Bauers led that group with 117 games played and he spent a month at Class AAA Columbus.

To say the Indians could use an everyday starting outfielder is obvious.

Perhaps they’ll find one in Reyes, who started 86 games in right field last season (83 for the Padres, three for the Indians) or Luplow. Reyes is working to lose weight and increase his range in right field this winter.

Luplow has earned some additional at-bats against righties after hitting .320 (41-for-128) with 14 homers and 30 RBI against lefties last season.

Mercado, who appeared in 115 games in the outfield last season as a rookie, could lock down the starting job in center.

Zimmer, who hasn’t played regularly in the big leagues since the start of the 2018 season because of a right shoulder injury, was in Cleveland last month to get checked out and should be ready to try and win his center field job back in spring training.

Defensively, Zimmer and Bauers could probably play every day, but their lack of offense is glaring. A starting outfielder who can hit for power in the middle of the lineup is an expensive commodity. Perhaps the Indians can find one in a trade for Kluber, Lindor or one of their young starting pitchers. Or they could get one at the July 30 trade deadline as they did last season in the acquisition of Last call:

Some names to remember Some names to remember as the winter meetings beckon: n Carrasco: His treatment for chronic myeloid leukemia has gone well this offseason. He’s expected to report to spring training without restrictions and be a foundation piece for the rotation. n Roberto Perez: He is recovering nicely from arthroscopic surgery on his right ankle and should be ready to go at the start of spring training. n Justin Grimm: Grimm, who pitched well in spring training for the Tribe last season, has signed a minor-league deal with Brewers.

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