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Late score gives Sacramento State 42-35 win over North Dakota in FCS playoffs

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:55:56 GMT

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — Kaiden Bennett ran for a 4-yard touchdown with five minutes remaining and Sacramento State beat North Dakota 42-35 on Saturday to advance to the second round of the FCS playoffs.Sacramento State (8-4) will play at third-seed South Dakota next Saturday.North Dakota’s Quincy Vaughn scored on a 2-yard run to tie the game with eight minutes remaining, but the Hornets drove down the field with Bennett’s 17-yard gain setting up his winning touchdown. North Dakota (7-5) went three-and-out and the Hornets ran the clock out to hand the Hawks just their third loss in their last 28 home games. The Hornets led 28-14 at halftime after four drives of 75 yards of more; Bennett scoring on a 1-yard run and throwing to Anderson Grover for a 14-yard score, and Coleman Kuntz scoring from a yard out twice. North Dakota tied the score with two third-quarter TDs, Tommy Schuster passing 7 yards to Bo Belquist and Vaughn running in from a yard out. The Hornets retook the...

Block party, Miami (Ohio) seals MAC championship berth beating Ball State on last-minute block

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:55:56 GMT

MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — Kobe Hilton blocked Ball State’s go-ahead field goal try with 1:04 remaining and Miami (Ohio) held off Ball State for a 17-15 win on Saturday and clinched a berth in the Mid-American Conference championship game next week.Miami takes on Toledo on Saturday, Dec. 2 in Detroit. Miami (10-2, 7-1 Mid-American Conference) reached the 10-win mark for the first time since going 10-4 in 2010.The Cardinals (4-8, 3-5) started the scoring when Kiael Kelly threw a 9-yard score to Vaughn Pemberton to end a six-play, 92-yard drive. Miami’s Caiden Woullard blocked the extra-point try to keep it 6-0 with 8:24 left in the first quarter.The RedHawks responded when Aveon Smith threw a 10-yard scoring pass to Cade McDonald a little more than four minutes later. The scoring drive was set up when Raion Strader returned an interception near midfield to the Ball State 13-yard line.Miami made it 14-6 on its next drive when Rashad Amos crashed in from the 1 following Kenny Tracy’s 28...

UCF extends bowl streak, powers past Houston 27-13

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:55:56 GMT

ORLANDO, FL (AP) — R.J. Harvey rushed for 136 yards and his two second-half touchdowns powered UCF to its eighth straight season of bowl eligibility as the Knights wrapped up their first season in the Big 12 with a 27-13 win over Houston on Saturday.Harvey in the process wrote himself into UCF (6-6, 3-6 Big 12) history with his 15th and 16th rushing touchdowns of the year, tying him for the second most in the program’s history. His 1,296 rushing yards for the season place him fourth.It was a strong way to cap off their first season in the Big 12 despite the struggles of a five-game losing streak to debut in the new conference. Reaching bowl eligibility was sill an important marker for the team.“It was really important,” Harvey said. “The season didn’t go how we wanted it to go. To close it out with a win, get six wins and go to a bowl game is really big for the first time in the Big 12.”The Knights had to rally themselves throughout the season. That was the c...

Denver weather: Sunny but cold end to the weekend

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:55:56 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver's weather will clear up but stay cold for the rest of the weekend ahead of a sunny but chilly start to the workweek.Weather tonight: Clearing, coldSaturday night, snow showers will wrap up and clouds will start to clear out. Temperatures will be cold and fall down to single digits. Westminster turns to the public to name new snowplows Weather tomorrow: Cool but sunnySunday, sunshine moves back into the forecast. Temperatures will climb to around 40 degrees, which is 15 degrees warmer than Saturday, but still more than 10 degrees below normal for this time of year. Looking ahead: Sunshine, slow warming trend Monday, Denver will stay in this pattern of sunny but chilly weather. Early morning temperatures will start off in the teens, then climb to the low to mid-40s, which is about 5 degrees below average. Temperatures will slowly start to increase by the middle of the workweek back up near 50 degrees, which is seasonal for this time of year, and stay in that ...

Person hospitalized, dozens displaced after fire tears through 2 buildings in Dorchester

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:55:56 GMT

Boston firefighters battled a six-alarm blaze that ripped through two multi-family homes in Dorchester on Saturday and left one person hospitalized and dozens displaced, officials said.Crews responding to a reported structure fire on Ellington Street found that it had spread to two homes and quickly worked to contain it. Both buildings suffered major damage and the American Red Cross is now assisting the 29 people who are displaced.One person was taken to the hospital by Boston EMS with undisclosed injuries.https://twitter.com/BostonFire/status/1728547549814898859https://twitter.com/BostonFire/status/1728526507893481701https://twitter.com/BostonFire/status/1728523977792876926https://twitter.com/BostonFire/status/1728522183536734693https://twitter.com/BostonFire/status/1728520451264037174https://twitter.com/BostonFire/status/1728519836190253086The cause of the fire remains under investigation.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

Man seriously injured in North York stabbing

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:55:56 GMT

Police are searching for one suspect after a man was seriously injured in a North York stabbing.Investigators were called to the area of Bathurst Street and Steeles Avenue West just before 6 p.m. for reports someone had been stabbed, possibly at nearby G. Ross Lord Park.When they arrived they found a man in his 30s suffering from stab wounds. He was taken via emergency run to a nearby hospital.Paramedics say the man is in serious but stable condition.No suspect description has been released except for police are searching for a man with blonde hair in connection with this incident.

Advocates call for more respite options after yet another encampment fire

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:55:56 GMT

Advocates are calling on the City to open more respite options for those experiencing homelessness after an encampment fire in Kensington Market early Saturday morning.Fire crews were called to Bellevue Square Park in the area of Dundas and Bathurst streets just before 8:30 a.m. where they found a number of tents on fire. The blaze was quickly extinguished and no injuries were reported.In a statement, the City says when fire crews responded to Bellevue Square Park they “discovered three tents with a significant amount of combustible material on fire,” adding “The Shelter, Support and Housing Administration dispatched its outreach teams to engage occupants of the affected encampment.”The fire was just blocks away from another encampment on Bellevue Avenue which the City began clearing late Friday night saying combustible materials on site posed a significant safety risk to those encamped there and those in the surrounding area. The city says nine of 10 people ...

Ecuador’s newly sworn-in president repeals guidelines allowing people to carry limited drug amounts

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:55:56 GMT

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Less than 48 hours into his term, Ecuador President Daniel Noboa on Friday repealed controversial guidelines established by the country’s left a decade ago that eliminated penalties for people found carrying illegal drugs under certain amounts.Noboa’s decision fulfilled a campaign promise to fight drug trafficking. Consequences of the illegal trade, particularly cocaine, have kept Ecuadorians on edge as killings, kidnappings, robberies, extortion and other crimes reached unprecedented levels.A statement from Noboa’s office announcing the move argued that the old guidelines “encouraged micro-trafficking” and characterized them as a “harmful element for Ecuadorian society.” Noboa also directed the ministries of interior and public health to develop “coordinated information, prevention and control programs on the consumption of narcotic and psychotropic substances” and to offer treatment and rehabilitation to “habitual and problematic occasional users.”The guideli...

A few overnight showers ahead of a blustery Sunday

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:55:56 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Spotty showers will continue to move through the area this evening and overnight. Our best chance of rain comes as a cold front drops through Central Texas just before dawn on Sunday. Overnight lows drop into the upper 40s by early Sunday morning.Early morning rain chance on SundaySunday is breezy and chilly, but should actually feature increasing sunshine into the afternoon. Highs probably won't get out of the 50s to wrap up the weekend, but a few spots may just about reach 60º. The wind will be blustery with gusts 20-30 mph at times. This may be enough to cause isolated outages, but in most areas the wind will just make the highs in the 50s feel colder.Gusty Sunday aheadMonday starts in the upper 30s and high temperatures only reach the mid to upper 50s under a mostly cloudy sky.The wind settles down and skies clear out Monday night to allow for some near-freezing morning lows on Tuesday. I also expect more sunshine on Tuesday than most other days of the work week...

No. 3 Westlake blows out Laredo United 59-14, Battle of the Lakes now set for 6A D1 Region IV final

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:55:56 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — No. 3 Westlake simply overwhelmed Laredo United with 35 points in the first quarter en route to a 59-14 blowout win in the 6A Division I regional semifinals Saturday at the Alamodome.The Chaps will face Lake Travis in another installment of the Battle of the Lakes rivalry at 2 p.m., Dec. 2 at The Pfield in Pflugerville for the Region IV championship. Texas high school football regional semifinal playoff scores for Friday, Nov. 24 "It was a clean win and we'll celebrate it for the night, and we've got a big one next week," Chaparrals head coach Tony Salazar said. "That was a good team win."Westlake forced three turnovers in the first quarter and turned all of them into touchdowns to jump on the Longhorns. Mason Lastor and Ty Ingram-Eiser had interceptions and the kickoff team recovered a loose ball, allowing Westlake to quickly build a 21-0 lead. United quarterback Atzel Chavez Jr., who came into the game No. 5 in all of Texas with nearly 3,700 yards passing, fell ...