MARION — It’s time for Marion Star readers and Marion-area high school football fans to cast their votes. Here are the top performers from Friday night’s Week 2 games. Voting continues at MarionStar.com and its app through early Tuesday morning. How did Elgin beat Ridgedale? ‘We had to pound them in the throat’: Elgin dominates first half of football on …

Edge rusher Joey Bosa has been with the Chargers since the team selected him at No. 3 overall in 2016. In that time, the franchise has been to the postseason just twice, with one win coming in the 2018 wild card round. Bosa was sidelined for most of August with a broken hand, but made it back on the practice …

Ex-Chicago Bears kicker Robbie Gould fires up his team in his high school football coaching debut Friday, Aug. 30, 2024 during a 28-14 loss to Pekin at Memorial Stadium. PEKIN — Robbie Gould had a reason for launching his high school football coaching career, and it wasn’t just for kicks. The former Chicago Bears and NFL kicker made his debut …

Ravens tight end Mark Andrews is back to practice. Andrews, who hadn’t practiced since he was in a car accident on August 14, as on the practice field with his teammates today and appears to be on track to play in the Thursday night opener at Kansas City next week. When Andrews was in the accident, the Ravens said he …

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football has issued 44,000 tickets for the team’s season-opener against FIU as of Thursday night, according to athletic director Scott Dolson. IU’s Memorial Stadium seats 52,626 fans. That’s a sharp increase from where that number was at comparable times in recent seasons. Dolson said the department had issued around 36,000 tickets during the week of the game in …

Quarterback Mike White’s 2022 run with the Jets included a particularly painful game against the Bills. He got hit hard, multiple times by multiple players. One hit in particular was on his mind when he spoke to reporters for the first time as a member of Buffalo’s practice squad. “I just can’t be locker room mates with Matt Milano,” White …

The Tate football team received contributions from all three phrases of its program in a dominant 41-0 victory over Gulf Breeze on Friday at Dolphin Stadium. “I’m really excited, it’s the first time in awhile that Tate has been 2-0 to start to the season,” Tate head coach Rhett Summerford said. “With the momentum of this team and the big …

Running back Josh Jacobs is set to make his Packers debut next Friday in Brazil, but there was a chance he could have kicked off his 2024 season one day earlier. Jacobs told Dan Pompei of TheAthletic.com that he didn’t “really didn’t want to up and move” as a free agent this offseason, but that the Raiders made it clear …

EVANSVILLE — How about that for a crazy night of high school football? Week 2 is in the books across Southwestern Indiana with a few notable results to discuss. Both West Side programs are 2-0. How about Central getting back in the win column? And what do we make of the No. 1 team in Class 3A leaving Kentucky with …

The NFL announced two additions to the league’s Competition Committee on Friday. Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles and 49ers General Manager John Lynch have been added to the group. The Competition Committee reviews all competitive aspects of the sport, including, per the league, “playing rules, roster regulations, technology, game-day operations and player protection.” Of those areas, the one that draws …

Michigan State football coach Jonathan Smith, left, shakes athletic director Alan Haller’s hand during an introductory press conference on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, at the Breslin Center in East Lansing. Jonathan Smith opened his tenure as the head coach of Michigan State football with a 16-10 win over Florida Atlantic on Friday night. The win, the first in the Smith …

Dicker the Kicker is set to be in Los Angeles for the long run. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the Chargers and Cameron Dicker have agreed to a four-year contract extension. The deal is worth up to $22.004 million and includes $12.5 million in guaranteed money. Dicker went undrafted out of Texas in 2022 and spent time with the …

A preseason No. 1 ranked team in the coaches poll last lost its first game of the season 34 years ago. Georgia football, top-ranked in the US LBM Coaches Poll, is a 13 ½ point favorite Saturday against No. 14 Clemson. The Tigers will try to do what BYU did to No. 1 Miami in 1990 when it took down …

49ers GM Lynch appointed to NFL’s Competition Committee originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area John Lynch on Friday was selected for a spot on the NFL’s most influential committee. The NFL announced that Lynch, the 49ers’ president of football operations and general manager, now is a member of the Competition Committee. The Competition Committee reviews all competitive aspects of …

NORMAN — OU football wide receiver Jalil Farooq broke his foot Friday vs. Temple and will undergo surgery and miss six to eight weeks, head coach Brent Venables said postgame. Farooq limped off the sideline into the locker room during the first quarter. Farooq caught a 47-yard pass from Jackson Arnold in the first quarter. Farooq was the second Sooners …