MONDAY RESULTS – December 21
(high school basketball)
(G) (#7-1A)Newell-Fonda 65, Hinton 48
(G) Marcus/Meriden-Cleghorn 48, Akron-Westfield 33
(B) Marcus/Meriden-Cleghorn 73, Akron-Westfield 54
(G) Remsen St. Mary’s 58, South O’Brien 44
(B) Remsen St. Mary’s 63, (#8-1A)South O’Brien 54
POSTPONED — Algona at Spencer
(B) Spirit Lake 86, Bishop Garrigan 41
(G) OA-BCIG 51, Storm Lake 29
(B) OA-BCIG 67, Storm Lake 53
(B) Estherville/Lincoln Central 70, Sioux Central 27
(G) Ridge View 48, Sioux Central 38
(G) Ellsworth (MN.) 49, Central Lyon 34
(B) Central Lyon 62, Ellsworth (MN.) 31
(G) Denison-Schleswig 52, Maple Valley/Anthon-Oto 43
(B) Maple Valley/Anthon-Oto 43, Denison-Schleswig 38
(G) (#14-5A)Sioux City West 63, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 50
(B) Sergeant Bluff-Luton 74, Sioux City West 72
(G) Vermillion (S.D.) 63, Sioux City North 57
(N-F-L football)
Detroit 35, New Orleans 27
NEW ORLEANS – Matthew Stafford was 22 of 25 for 254 yards, three first-half touchdowns and no interceptions as the Detroit Lions held off the Saints 35-27 at New Orleans. Stafford hit Golden Tate for a pair of TDs while the Lions were building a 28-3 lead. Drew Brees (breez) fueled the Saints’ second-half rally and was 34 of 52 for 341 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions.
(college football bowl games)
MIAMI BEACH BOWL – (25) Western Kentucky 45, South Florida 35
MIAMI – Brandon Doughty passed for 461 yards and three touchdowns in leading No. 25 Western Kentucky to a 45-35 win over South Florida in the Miami Beach Bowl this afternoon. Anthony Wales rushed for 105 yards and two touchdowns, including a 42-yarder with 5:05 left. The Hilltoppers trailed by 14 before earning their sixth straight win and ending the season 12-2.
UNDATED – Clemson’s Dabo Swinney is The Associated Press college football coach of the year after leading the top-ranked Tigers to a 13-0 regular season. Swinney received 35 of 60 votes from the AP Top 25 media panel. Iowa’s Kirk Ferentz was second with 10.
(college basketball)
(7) North Carolina 94, Appalachian State 70
(10) Providence 90, U-Mass 66
(19) West Virginia 84, Eastern Kentucky 59
(N-B-A basketball)
Washington 113, Sacramento 99
Boston 113, Minnesota 99
Orlando 107, New York 99
Brooklyn 105, Chicago 102
Houston 102, Charlotte 95
Atlanta 106, Portland 97
San Antonio 106, Indiana 92
Utah 110, Phoenix 89
Oklahoma City 100, L.A. Clippers 99
(N-H-L hockey)
N.Y. Islanders 5, Anaheim 2
Philadelphia 4, St. Louis 3
Pittsburgh 5, Columbus 2
Washington 2, Carolina 1
Nashville 5, Montreal 1
Dallas 6, Minnesota 3
Toronto 7, Colorado 4
Edmonton 3, Winnipeg 1
TUESDAY RESULTS – December 22
(high school basketball)
WAR EAGLE CONFERENCE
(G) (#1-2A)Unity Christian 68, Remsen-Union 36*
(B) Unity Christian 65, Remsen-Union 24*
(G) Akron-Westfield 45, Hinton 41
(B) Hinton 75, Akron-Westfield 38
(G) Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 64, Clay Central-Everly 31
(B) Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 84, Clay Central-Everly 46
(G) Marcus/Meriden-Cleghorn 55, Harris-Lake Park 36*
(B) Harris-Lake Park 57, Marcus/Meriden-Cleghorn 47*
LAKES CONFERENCE
(G) (#7-3A)Cherokee 62, Emmetsburg 31
(B) Emmetsburg 61, Cherokee 44
(G) (#6-2A)Western Christian 76, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 46
(B) (#1-2A)Western Christian 66, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 58
(B) Spirit Lake 71, Woodbury Central 53
WESTERN VALLEY CONFERENCE
(G) (#4-1A)Kingsley-Pierson 67, Whiting 19
(B) Kingsley-Pierson 57, Whiting 50
(B) (#7-3A)Bishop Heelan 84, Lawton-Bronson 61
(G) South Central Calhoun 55, Maple Valley/Anthon-Oto 43
(B) Maple Valley/Anthon-Oto 48, South Central Calhoun 37
(B) Underwood 61, West Monona 52
SIOUXLAND CONFERENCE
(G) (#5-3A)Sioux Center 72, M-O-C/Floyd Valley 65
(B) (#9-3A)M-O-C/Floyd Valley 82, Sioux Center 68
(G) West Lyon 58, Rock Valley 46
(B) Rock Valley 55, West Lyon 51
(G) (#7-2A)Okoboji 57, Sibley-Ocheyedan 28
(B) Sibley-Ocheyedan 57, Okoboji 56
(G) Central Lyon 65, Sheldon 45
(B) Central Lyon 56, Sheldon 48
(G) George-Little Rock 46, Boyden-Hull 45
(B) (#3-1A)Boyden-Hull 86, George-Little Rock 56
(high school wrestling)
SPENCER — Results of an autopsy done on 18-year-old Austin Roberts, the Spencer high school wrestler that collapsed and died last weekend during the Spencer Invitational, were released Tuesday. The report only indicated that the results were inconclusive and their would be a further review of the results. Funeral services will be held Monday, December 28th at Spencer high school with the visitation to be held on Sunday at the high school gym.
(college football bowl games)
FAMOUS IDAHO POTATO BOWL – Akron 23, Utah State 21
BOCA RATON BOWL – Toledo 32, (24) Temple 17
(college basketball)
Iowa 85, Tennessee Tech 63
Top 25 scores
(1) Michigan State 99, Oakland 93, OT
(2) Kansas 70, San Diego State 57
(3) Oklahoma 88, Washington State 60
(5) Virginia 63, California 62, OT
(6) Xavier 78, Wake Forest 70
(8) Arizona 85, Long Beach State 70
(9) Butler 88, Southern Utah 52
(11) Iowa State 81, (22) Cincinnati 79
(13) Miami 95, La Salle 49
(14) Purdue 68, Vanderbilt 55
(16) Louisville 75, U-M-K-C 47
(17) Villanova 78, Delaware 48
(18) S-M-U 90, Kent State 74
DePaul 82, (20) George Washington 61
(24) Utah 105, Delaware State 58
(25) South Carolina 75, St. John’s 61
(N-B-A basketball)
Memphis 104, Philadelphia 90
Toronto 103, Dallas 99
Detroit 93, Miami 92
L.A. Lakers 111, Denver 107
(N-H-L hockey)
Florida 2, Ottawa 1, SO
St. Louis 2, Boston 0
N.Y. Rangers 3, Anaheim 2, OT
New Jersey 4, Detroit 3
Vancouver 2, Tampa Bay 1
Minnesota 2, Montreal 1
Dallas 4, Chicago 0
Calgary 4, Winnipeg 1
Arizona 3, Toronto 2
San Jose 5, Los Angeles 3
WEDNESDAY RESULTS – December 23
(college football bowl games)
POINSETTIA BOWL – Boise State 55, Northern Illinois 7
GO DADDY BOWL – Georgia Southern 58, Bowling Green 27
(college basketball)
(3) Oklahoma 84, Hawaii 81
(16) Louisville 98, Utah Valley 68
(18) S-M-U 70, Colorado 66
(23) Baylor 85, New Mexico State 70
(N-B-A basketball)
Cleveland 91, New York 84
Sacramento 108, Indiana 106
Orlando 104, Houston 101
Washington 100, Memphis 91
Boston 102, Charlotte 89
Dallas 119, Brooklyn 118, OT
San Antonio 108, Minnesota 83
New Orleans 115, Portland 89
Milwaukee 113, Philadelphia 100
Atlanta 107, Detroit 100
Denver 104, Phoenix 96
Golden State 103, Utah 85
Oklahoma City 120, L.A. Lakers 85
THURSDAY RESULTS – December 24
(college football bowl games)
BAHAMAS BOWL – Western Michigan 45, Middle Tennessee 31
HAWAII BOWL – San Diego State 42, Cincinnati 7
NASSAU, Bahamas — Jamauri Bogan rushed for 215 yards and four touchdowns to power Western Michigan past Middle Tennessee 45-31 in the Bahamas Bowl. It’s the first bowl victory in seven tries for the Broncos, who finished the season 8-5. Richie James had two touchdown catches and one touchdown run for 7-6 Middle Tennessee.
HONOLULU — San Diego dominated the Hawaii Bowl as the Aztecs scored TDs on a kickoff, an interception and a halfback option en route to a 42-7 rout of Cincinnati. The 11-3 Aztecs went ahead to stay when Rashaad Penny returned the opening kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown. Damontae Kazee’s eighth interception of the season set up Donnell Pumphrey’s 16-yard halfback-option pass to Dakota Gordon for a score, and defensive lineman Alex Barrett returned Hayden Moore’s third interception 43 yards for a TD that put the Aztecs ahead 42-0 with 9:04 to play.
(N-F-L football)
San Diego 23, Oakland 20, OT
OAKLAND, Calif. — Sebastian Janikowski hit a 31-yard field goal with 8:05 left in overtime before the Oakland Raiders stopped the Chargers on downs to complete a 23-20 triumph against San Diego. Derek Carr’s 3-yard touchdown pass to Michael Crabtree and two-yard toss to Seth Roberts on the two-point conversion put the Raiders ahead 20-17 with 4:42 to play in regulation. That was enough time for Philip Rivers to march the Chargers down field and set up Josh Lambo’s 45-yard field goal with 55 seconds left.
FRIDAY RESULTS – December 25 (Christmas Day)
(college basketball)
(3) Oklahoma 83, Harvard 71
(N-B-A basketball)
Miami 94, New Orleans 88, OT
Chicago 105, Oklahoma City 96
Golden State 89, Cleveland 83
Houston 88, San Antonio 84
L.A. Clippers 94, L.A. Lakers 84
SATURDAY RESULTS – December 26
(college football bowl games)
ST. PETERSBURG BOWL – Marshall 16, U-Conn 10
SUN BOWL – Washington State 20, Miami 14
HEART OF DALLAS BOWL – Washington 41, Southern Mississippi 31
PINSTRIPE BOWL – Duke 44, Indiana 41, overtime
INDEPENDENCE BOWL – Virginia Tech 55, Tulsa 52
FOSTER FARMS BOWL – Nebraska (6-7) 37, U-C-L-A 29
SANTA CLARA, Calif.— Tommy Armstrong Jr. threw a touchdown pass and ran for another score to help Nebraska beat UCLA 37-29. Armstrong completed 12 of 19 passes for 174 yards and ran for 76 more to lead the way for the Cornhuskers, who had a season high with 326 yards rushing.
(N-F-L football)
Washington 38, Philadelphia 24
PHILADELPHIA — Kirk Cousins threw for a season-high 365 yards and four touchdowns as the Washington Redskins clinched the NFC East, beating Philadelphia 38-24. Cousins tossed his first two scoring strikes to Jordan Reed, who had nine receptions for 129 yards. DeAngelo Hall put the Skins in control by returning DeMarco Murray’s fumble 17 yards for a TD late in the third quarter about 1 1/2 minutes after Murray’s four-yard touchdown got the Eagles within 23-17.
(college basketball)
(12) Kentucky 75, (16) Louisville 73
(N-B-A basketball)
Washington 111, Brooklyn 96
Toronto 111, Milwaukee 90
New Orleans 110, Houston 108
Miami 108, Orlando 101
Charlotte 98, Memphis 92
Boston 99, Detroit 93
Atlanta 117, New York 98
Indiana 102, Minnesota 88
San Antonio 101, Denver 86
Dallas 118, Chicago 111
L.A. Clippers 109, Utah 104
Philadelphia 111, Phoenix 104
Portland 105, Cleveland 76
(N-H-L hockey)
St. Louis 3, Dallas 2, SO
Buffalo 6, Boston 3
Tampa Bay 5, Columbus 2
Washington 3, Montreal 1
Carolina 3, New Jersey 1
Detroit 3, Nashville 2
Pittsburgh 3, Minnesota 1
Los Angeles 4, Arizona 3, OT
Vancouver 2, Edmonton 1, OT
SUNDAY RESULTS – December 27
(N-F-L football)
Houston 34, Tennessee 6
Kansas City 17, Cleveland 13
N.Y. Jets 26, New England 20, OT
Indianapolis 18, Miami 12
Detroit 32, San Francisco 17
Buffalo 16, Dallas 6
Chicago 26, Tampa Bay 21
Atlanta 20, Carolina 13
Baltimore 20, Pittsburgh 17
New Orleans 38, Jacksonville 27
St. Louis 23, Seattle 17
Arizona 38, Green Bay 8
Minnesota 49, N.Y. Giants 17
(college basketball)
(4) Maryland 87, Marshall 67
(N-B-A basketball)
Memphis 112, L.A. Lakers 96
Oklahoma City 122, Denver 112
Boston 100, New York 91
Portland 98, Sacramento 94
(N-H-L hockey)
Ottawa 3, Boston 1
Florida 3, Columbus 2
Toronto 3, N.Y. Islanders 1
Dallas 3, St. Louis 0
Carolina 2, Chicago 1
Winnipeg 1, Pittsburgh 0
Arizona 2, Colorado 1, OT
Anaheim 4, Philadelphia 2
Calgary 5, Edmonton 3
