Nixa High School will host Waynesville in the seventh week of the 2024 high school football season on Friday night. Eagles five-star junior offensive lineman Jackson Cantwell will be the main event as Rivals.com’s No. 1 overall player in the country. Cantwell, the son of Olympians Christian Cantwell and Teri (Steer) Cantwell, is considering 14 different college programs, including Mizzou, where his …

The Seahawks have two turnovers. They are fortunate still to be within two scores. San Francisco leads 13-0, scoring only six points off the two takeaways. Its touchdown came on a 76-yard catch-and-run by Deebo Samuel, who has two catches for 87 yards. Seattle drove 39 yards in six plays, reaching the San Francisco 25 before Malik Mustapha picked Geno …

SOUTH BEND — Even now, six years into his Notre Dame football career, All-America defensive tackle Howard Cross III still needs to rehearse. Before he can do great things on the field, Cross must be a dominant force in his mind. “Visualization for me is just (picturing) myself doing great,” Cross said this week as the 12th-ranked Irish prepared to …

Jordan Mason of the San Francisco 49ers left Thursday night’s game with an injury. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images) With Christian McCaffrey out, Jordan Mason was a revelation. He has been one of the NFL’s best running backs. Can the San Francisco 49ers get similar production out of their third running back on the depth chart? They had to wonder …

NEWBURGH, Ind. — Doug Hurt vividly remembers the Thanksgiving practice his Castle Knights experienced at the RCA Dome in 1994. Then a senior center and defensive end, he and the Knights were preparing for the Class 5A IHSAA state championship against nationally ranked Portage. Hurt, who had never stepped foot inside the RCA Dome before, soaked in a “Hoosiers” moment. …

The 49ers already are without starting running back Christian McCaffrey, likely for a few more weeks. Now, at least temporarily, they are without his backup, Jordan Mason. Mason was injured on a 14-yard run when he landed on his left shoulder with the weight of safety Julian Love landing on him. He remained on the ground after the play. Mason …

The University of Cincinnati Bearcats’ Saturday game at UCF in Orlando, Fla. will be played based on the latest announcement from the Knights social media page. The school will resume normal campus operations on Saturday which includes playing the Big 12 game at the “Bounce House” at 3:30 p.m. Additional announcements about campus and gameday operations will come on Friday. …

If the 49ers were the 49ers of last year in the red zone, and not the 49ers of this year in the red zone, the Seahawks might already have been run over. Instead, Seattle remains in it with a half to go. The 49ers lead the Seahawks 16-3 at halftime of Thursday Night Football. San Francisco converted Seattle’s two turnovers …

NASHVILLE — Not long after Tony Petitti started his new job as the Big Ten commissioner last winter, he met with his athletic directors. And they give him a directive that would prove quite central to the 18 months that followed. The ADs told him, You gotta get close to Greg. The Big Ten’s campus leaders wanted their new commissioner …

49ers vowed to snap frustrating late-game cycle in win vs. Seahawks originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SEATTLE — It almost was like déjà vu. At the end of the third quarter in the 49ers’ 36-24 win over the Seattle Seahawks, it appeared Kyle Shanahan and his team were headed down a familiar path with a healthy lead slipping …

Tennessee football coach Josh Heupel will get an up-close look at a future Vol quarterback Thursday at Knoxville Catholic. Heupel is at the Division II-AAA East Region game between Catholic and Brentwood Academy, where he’ll get a chance to see 2025 Tennessee football commit George MacIntyre, a four-star quarterback who will be a January enrollee at UT. MacIntyre committed to …

NFL exec reveals why refs upheld incorrect call despite 49ers challenge originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area With the 49ers clinging to a six-point lead early in the fourth quarter of their eventual 36-24 win over the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday night, one controversial call by the officials nearly changed the course of the game. The 49ers punted on …

The Memphis versus South Florida football game will now be played at Camping World Stadium in Orlando on Saturday, the schools and the American Athletic Conference announced Thursday. The Tigers (4-1, 0-1 AAC) and Bulls (2-3, 0-1) kick off at 2:30 p.m. CST and the game will be streamed on ESPN+. Tampa and the rest of Florida were hit by …

Deebo jokes 49ers rookie Guerendo should have scored TD on late run originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Isaac Guerendo could have had an incredible first NFL career touchdown during the 49ers’ 36-24 win over the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday night. But instead of a would-be 81-yard touchdown run, the rookie running back opted to slide at Seattle’s 5-yard …

The Northern Arizona Lumberjacks (3-3, 1-1) are heading back on the road Saturday to visit Missoula where they will take on another Big Sky opponent, Montana (4-2, 1-1). Kickoff is at 1 p.m. MST. The Grizzlies are No. 14 in the latest AFCA FCS Coaches Poll, which ranks teams in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision. The Lumberjacks will …