Former Penn-Trafford RB Cade Yacamelli will enter transfer portal after 4 years at Wisconsin
After dropping on the depth chart, Wisconsin’s most experienced running back is rushing out the door. Former Penn-Trafford running back Cade Yacamelli announced Tuesday he is departing the Badgers after four years and will enter the NCAA transfer portal. The redshirt junior rushed for 571 yards and two touchdowns and...
Record-setting Penn State RB Kaytron Allen selected 1st-team All-Big Ten
Penn State senior running back Kaytron Allen was named first-team All-Big Ten by the Associated Press on Tuesday, and junior guard Olaivavega Ioane was selected to the second team. Allen broke Evan Royster’s career rushing record this season. Indiana and Ohio State dominated the honors, with the Hoosiers’ Curt Cignetti...
Notre Dame’s Jeremiyah Love, Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza among Heisman finalists
NEW YORK — Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love, Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza, Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia and Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin are the finalists for the Heisman Trophy for the top player in college football. The Heisman Trophy Trust announced the finalists Monday night, who are invited to...
Big Ten ties record with 9 teams in AP Top 25 women’s basketball poll; UConn, Texas still 1-2
The Big Ten matched The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball record with nine ranked teams as Nebraska entered at No. 24 on Monday. The conference set the mark last year on Dec. 2 and this week has three teams in the top 10 alone. UConn still is No. 1,...
Arizona takes No. 1 in AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll, Iowa State up to No. 4, Gonzaga into top 10
Arizona took over the top spot in the AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll on Monday, a reward for a perfect start to the season that includes a quartet of wins against ranked foes, including a lopsided victory over Auburn last weekend. Purdue, which had spent the past three...
Notre Dame joins Iowa State and Kansas State in declining bowl bids
Snubbed by the College Football Playoff, Notre Dame snubbed its nose at a second-tier bowl game. The ninth-ranked Fighting Irish responded to getting dropped in the CFP rankings for the second consecutive week by turning down an invitation to play in the Pop-Tarts Bowl in Orlando, Fla. “Overwhelming shock and...
St. Joseph grad Julie Spinelli ramps up her game in 2nd season with Frostburg State women’s basketball
For the past couple of seasons, Frostburg State’s Emilee Weakley was one of the top Division II players in the country. Named a two-time All-American by several outlets, Weakley averaged 26.1 points per game for her career and finished as the women’s basketball team’s all-time leading scorer (2,243 points). But...
No. 2 Indiana caps Curt Cignetti’s incredible turnaround by beating No. 1 Ohio State for Big Ten title
INDIANAPOLIS — From the moment Curt Cignetti took Indiana’s head coaching job, he made it clear this would be a different program. He refused to tolerate any moral victories or close calls and instead expected to win, to win big and win immediately. In just 737 days, he turned what...
Alabama, Miami in, Notre Dame out and Indiana No. 1 in College Football Playoff rankings
Nobody paying attention for the past 24 months would be surprised to see Indiana — yes, Indiana — leading the way into this year’s College Football Playoff. But anyone paying attention over the last 24 hours knew the only sure thing beyond that was that the selection committee was destined...
Longshot Duke beats Virginia in OT to claim 1st outright ACC championship since ’62
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Duke won its first outright Atlantic Coast Conference title since 1962 and threw the College Football Playoff into chaos Saturday night when Darian Mensah connected with Pine-Richland graduate Jeremiah Hasley for a 1-yard touchdown on a fourth-down play in overtime, and the unranked Blue Devils held on...
Indiana stuns Ohio State to end Big Ten title drought, stake claim to top playoff seed
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza made all the big plays Saturday night. Then his Hoosiers teammates and their fans celebrated like it was 1967. Mendoza’s neatly tucked 17-yard pass to Elijah Sarratt gave the No. 2 Hoosiers the lead they needed and the defense shut down No. 1 Ohio...
No. 10 Iowa State ‘steals spirit’ of No. 1 Purdue in dominant upsetVideo
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Milan Momcilovic scored 20 points, and Iowa State sank 11 3-pointers to propel No. 10 Iowa State to a dominant 81-58 win over No. 1 Purdue on Saturday. Momcilovic, Killyan Toure and Joshua Jefferson all hit three 3-pointers. Toure scored 13, Blake Buchanan 12 and Jefferson...
Cameron Boozer scores 18 in No. 4 Duke’s win over No. 7 Michigan State
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Cameron Boozer scored 18 points, including 16 in the second half, and Caleb Foster added 12 points Saturday to help No. 4 Duke hold on for a 66-60 victory over No. 7 Michigan State in a game that had the intensity of an NCAA Regional Final....
Georgia ends Alabama’s hold on rivalry, beats Crimson Tide to win SEC championship
ATLANTA — Gunner Stockton threw three touchdown passes as No. 3 Georgia solidified its position for a first-round bye in the College Football Playoff and beat Alabama in the SEC championship game for the first time, pounding the 10th-ranked Crimson Tide, 28-7, on Saturday. Georgia (12-1, No. 3 CFP), had...
Jalen Buckley’s two long touchdown runs lead Western Michigan to MAC Championship
DETROIT — Jalen Buckley had touchdown runs of 67 and 64 yards, and Western Michigan won the MAC Championship, defeating Miami of Ohio, 23-13, on Saturday. Buckley’s 67-yard touchdown burst on the third play of the game gave the Broncos the early lead. Palmer Domschke added three field goals in...
Texas Tech wins Big 12 title with 34-7 win over BYU
ARLINGTON, Texas — Cameron Dickey scored right after the first of linebacker Ben Roberts’ two interceptions in the second half as No. 5 Texas Tech won the Big 12 championship game and almost certainly locked up a first-round bye in the College Football Playoff with a 34-7 victory over 11th-ranked...
Greensburg Salem alum Brennan Marion named offensive coordinator at Colorado
Brennan Marion grew up watching Deion Sanders play. “Prime Time” always seemed to make the SportsCenter highlights as an NFL cornerback or MLB outfielder. The dual-sport playmaker played for five teams in each league. All of the sudden, Sanders is going to be Marion’s boss. Marion, a Greensburg Salem alum,...
Virtual playoff lock Texas Tech plays CFP hopeful BYU in ‘manifested’ matchup for Big 12 title
ARLINGTON, Texas — BYU coach Kalani Sitake and Texas Tech’s Joey McGuire have shared a few meals together, and they’ve talked about their teams making the Big 12 championship game. “If you want me at my best, Joey understands this, it’s usually when we’re eating,” said Sitake, the former Cougars...
Ohio State, Indiana clash for Big Ten crown in rare title game featuring nation’s top-ranked teams
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana coach Curt Cignetti has been here before. Twice. His second-ranked Hoosiers, just like first-ranked Ohio State, have not. For the first time in more than a decade and just the third time since conference championship games were standardized, the nation’s top-ranked teams will play for a title....
Surprising Duke meets Virginia in ACC title game amid CFP uncertainty
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — It’s the ACC championship game that was hard to imagine back in September and one that could muddle the College Football Playoff scenario. Duke, by virtue of winning a complicated five-team tiebreaker, will face No. 16 Virginia on Saturday night in Charlotte after both teams overcame steep...
Georgia looks to end Alabama’s rivalry dominance in SEC final
ATLANTA — After No. 3 Georgia closed an 11-1 regular season with its eighth straight win over Georgia Tech last week, coach Kirby Smart was asked about his senior class dominating its top rivals through four seasons. Smart replied with a reminder that Georgia Tech, Florida, Auburn and Tennessee do...
Blue-chip prospects make surprising choices on signing day
The changing landscape of college football means the nation’s premier recruits are no longer signing with the same handful of programs. That became particularly apparent this week when the nation’s top-ranked prospect landed in Vanderbilt of all places. Vanderbilt parlayed the first 10-win season in school history into a recruiting...
ACC emphatically pushes for No. 12 Miami, league champ to get CFP bids
ACC commissioner Jim Phillips is pushing for No. 12 Miami to earn a bid to the College Football Playoff along with the winner of the league championship game between No. 16 Virginia and Duke. That comes with the ACC facing at least the chance of being squeezed out of the...
Moon grad Amalia Simmons’ ‘homecoming’ highlights WPIAL players competing in NCAA volleyball tournament
Amalia Simmons already has her name in the transfer portal. She is winding down her fourth year with the Michigan women’s volleyball team and is looking forward to what her final year of athletic eligibility might bring. But before she doffs the famed maize and blue, the Moon graduate will...
Ole Miss loses coach, but moves up a spot in College Football Playoff rankings; Ohio St. still No. 1
Ole Miss lost a coach but gained in the College Football Rankings released Tuesday, moving up a spot to No. 6 despite the sudden departure of Lane Kiffin to LSU. Undefeated Ohio State and Indiana remained at 1 and 2 in the rankings, while Georgia moved to third and Texas...
