College Football

Hutto football overcame a shaky first quarter and the absence of their starting quarterback on Friday night to defeat Stony Point 35-21. Hippos (4-3, 3-2 in district) backup quarterback Hunter Frenette was in for an injured Kaden Stefek. Frenette threw for 130 yards and ran for 163 yards, including a 59-yard rushing touchdown. Stony Point (2-6, 1-5 in district) quarterback …

Rutgers football has a big opportunity today to gets its season back on track. But in the Big Ten, nothing comes easily, either. The Scarlet Knights will host UCLA at SHI Stadium looking to snap their two-game losing streak and regain their form after losses to Nebraska and Wisconsin. The Bruins are 1-5, but have played a tough schedule that’s …

IBERIA — Northmor made some history Friday night. Not only did the Golden Knights (9-0, 6-0) clinch the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference championship, they won their first football league title since 1982 when competing in the defunct Mid Ohio Conference. The latest crown happened after dispatching Morrow County rival Cardington 49-6 in Week 9. Jax Wenger returned an interception 83 …

Ball State football is back on the road for its last nonconference game of the 2024 season. The Cardinals (2-4, 1-2 MAC) will take on Vanderbilt (4-2, 2-1 SEC) on Saturday. The Commodores are enjoying a renaissance season in coach Clark Lea’s fourth year at the helm, highlighted by a shocking upset victory over then-No. 1 Alabama two weeks ago. …

BLOOMINGTON — Former Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn raved about Indiana football quarterback Kurtis Rourke’s development on Friday afternoon after a rehearsal for FOX’s Big Noon Kickoff. Quinn is one of the analysts on the show that will air from the South Lawn outside Memorial Stadium before IU’s game against Nebraska on Saturday. The former Maxwell Award winner did his …

Oct. 19—Jeffrey Randall connected with Lonnie Thomas for a 13-yard touchdown pass with 44.2 seconds remaining, lifting the Blue Devils (3-3) over the Eagles (2-5) in Windham. It was the third TD catch of the game for Thomas, who got behind Windham’s defense for a 51-yard reception that gave Lewiston a 28-15 lead in the third quarter. Windham answered with …

Jake Retzlaff passed to Darius Lassiter for a 35-yard touchdown as No. 13 BYU defeated Oklahoma State, 38-35. (AP Photo/Spenser Heaps) No. 13 BYU remained undefeated and improved to 7-0, 4-0 in the Big 12 with a 38-35 win over Oklahoma State on Friday night in Provo, Utah. Jake Retzlaff hit Darius Lassiter for a 35-yard touchdown with 10 seconds …

Jake Retzlaff passed to Darius Lassiter for a 35-yard touchdown as No. 13 BYU defeated Oklahoma State, 38–35. (AP Photo/Spenser Heaps) No. 13 BYU (7–0) remained undefeated and improved to 4–0 in the Big 12 with a 38–35 win over Oklahoma State on Friday night in Provo, Utah. Jake Retzlaff hit Darius Lassiter for a 35-yard touchdown with 11 seconds …

EUREKA — The Eureka Hornets had plenty of ups, but one too many downs in a showdown Friday for a conference championship. Eureka lost 29-12 as Downs Tri-Valley clinched the Heart of Central Illinois (Large) Conference championship in a battle between two teams unbeaten in conference play. Eureka was 7-0 overall and 5-0 in the conference as it hosted Tri-Valley …

Javonte Smith stood in the end zone, waiting for an overthrown pass to hit him between the 2 and the 5 on his jersey. The 6-foot-1, 175-pound North Side junior sprinted 100 yards into the other end zone for an interception return for a touchdown in North Side’s 28-7 home win over South Side on Friday. “When I saw him …

Like a pair of heavyweight fighters in the boxing ring, West Holmes and visiting New Philadelphia went toe to toe, exchanging blows, with the Quakers landing the final haymaker with a defensive score to pull out a 38-31 triumph over the Knights in Ohio Cardinal Conference action on Friday night. Quaker sophomore defensive back Kolston Fox pounced on a fumble …

The little brown jug that is awarded to the winner of the high school football game between Calallen and Tuloso-Midway will stay put at 4001 Wildcat Dr. for at least one more season. Calallen erupted for 21 points in the second quarter, and its defense limited Tuloso-Midway to one score in the second half, to capture a 35-14 win against …

WINTER HAVEN — On the first play of the game, Lake Gibson quarterback Collin Henderson just barely overthrew wide receiver Derrick McBride at midfield. That was one of only a few plays that didn’t click for the Braves on Friday night. Lake Gibson’s offensive performance in its 38-0 victory over Winter Haven at Denison Stadium was just as head coach …

Week 7 of the 2024 college football season offered up some of the sport’s customary excitement and chaos, with four games involving top-25 teams in the US LBM Coaches Poll going into overtime. No. 3 Penn State came back from a 14-point third-quarter deficit to knock off USC. Under the famed night lights of Tiger Stadium, No. 8 LSU outlasted …

WEST LAFAYETTE – A heated Purdue redshirt freshman quarterback Ryan Browne walked to the sideline during the second quarter looking visibly frustrated. It wasn’t for the lack of effort for Browne, doing all he could to ignite another collectively stale first half performance from the Boilermakers in another loss, this time to No. 2 ranked Oregon at Ross-Ade Stadium on …