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Cal loses starting QB, but crushes North Texas anyway in blowout win

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:51:59 GMT

Starting quarterback Sam Jackson V was injured and lost for the game barely a minute into the second quarter, but Cal didn’t skip a beat in a 58-21 rout of North Texas in its season opener Saturday at Denton, Texas.Jackson, the TCU transfer, appeared to injure his shoulder, although there was no immediate report on the nature of his ailment. He was wearing a sling on his left arm on the sideline during the second half.Didn’t matter in this one as the Bears — one day after accepting an invitation to join the Atlantic Coast Conference next fall — buried the Mean Green with their highest-scoring game since a 73-14 rout win over Grambling State in their 2015 opener when Jared Goff was quarterback.Sophomore Jaydn Ott rushed for 188 yards and two touchdowns and backup Isaiah Ifanse, a transfer from Montana State where he set a program record for career rushing yards, contributed 54 and three touchdowns.Ben Finley, a summer arrival from North Carolina State, replaced Jackson at quarterback...

Brentwood: High school staff member arrested, tackled at football game after breaking ban

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:51:59 GMT

Brentwood Police arrested a former Heritage High School staff member after he showed up to a football game Friday evening despite being ordered to stay away from the campus.Carlos Hurtado, 27, of Oakley, was booked into the Martinez Detention Facility for disrupting a school activity, trespassing, and obstruction charges.The school’s principal flagged officers who were already working at the game around 7:25 p.m. after Hurtado showed up to the match between Heritage High School and Granada High School, Brentwood Police said.When officers approached Hurtado, he started running through the stadium. Police officers chased after him, but ultimately a bystander put an end to the pursuit by tackling Hurtado. No officers or bystanders were injured.A local journalist, Mike Burkholder of the East County Today account and Contra Costa News website, posted what he said was a video of the incident on his YouTube account.Hurtado is listed on the Heritage High website as the head junior var...

Wrong-way, head-on collision killed 2, injured 3 others in San Mateo County on Friday

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:51:59 GMT

LA HONDA – A man and woman in their 60s were killed after a wrong-way driver hit their vehicle head-on near La Honda Friday evening, authorities said.Shortly after 5 p.m., a man driving a white BMW M4 was traveling the wrong direction on Highway 84 — headed eastbound in the westbound lane — when he collided with a gray Ford Taurus on a tight, blind turn, according to California Highway Patrol.The BMW’s sole occupant, who is from Australia, was not familiar with the winding, two-lane roadway, Officer David LaRock said.The man has not been in the United States long, which LaRock said prompted the CHP to conclude that he may have thought he was driving on the correct side of the road. Australian motorists sit in the right front seat and drive on the left side of the road, as they do in the United Kingdom and many former British colonies.A male passenger in the back seat of the Taurus was declared dead at the scene, just east of Peek-A-Boo Lane. The three other passeng...

UPS truck collides with a house in Sacramento

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:51:59 GMT

(FOX40.COM) -- A United Parcel Service (UPS) employee's route came to an abrupt stop Saturday after their vehicle collided with a house, officials say. The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District reported that the incident happened around noon on the 7900 block of Marsannay Way in the Vineyard neighborhood of South Sacramento. Cruise refutes SFFD claim that AVs blocked ambulance, led to victim’s death A Metro Fire spokesperson said no one was injured inside the home. The driver was treated and released.

Rooker’s home run lifts Athletics to 2-1 win over Angels 2-1

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:51:59 GMT

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Brent Rooker hit his team-leading 23rd home run, Paul Blackburn pitched five innings for his second victory in six starts, and the last-place Oakland Athletics beat Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Angels 2-1 on Saturday to win back-to-back games for the sixth time since the All-Star break.At 41-95, the A’s still possess the worst record in baseball but have won seven of their last 12 while playing at one of their strongest levels of the season, according to manager Mark Kotsay.“It was a solid game all around, both sides,” Kotsay said. ’”This streak right now that we’re on, the consistency that we’re showing night in and night out with how we’re playing the game, it’s probably the best stretch outside of that seven-game winning streak (in June).”Rooker’s two-run drive off Griffin Canning in the fourth inning, was his eighth in 56 games at home and put the A’s ahead for good.It came after Canning worked ahead in the count 0-2 before leaving a changeup over the...

Backup Joey Aguilar throws 4 TD passes, App State pulls away from Gardner-Webb 45-24

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:51:59 GMT

BOONE, N.C. (AP) — Joey Aguilar came off the bench to throw four touchdown passes and Appalachian State pulled away from Gardner-Webb for a 45-24 season-opening win on Saturday.Aguilar, a California junior college transfer, threw a 32-yard touchdown to Kaedin Robinson on his first pass, which put the Mountaineers up 14-10 late in the first half. His second touchdown was a 26-yard connection with Dashaun Davis for a 21-17 lead.Jayden Brown’s third touchdown, a 41-yard pass from Matthew Caldwell, put Gardner-Webb on top 24-21 but after Aguilar connected with Dalton Stroman for 43 yards and a 28-24 lead, the defense took over. From there the Bulldogs had a three-and-out and three-straight turnovers. Those turned into a 43-yard field goal, a 7-yard touchdown rushing for Nate Noel and Aguilar’s 7-yard pass to Christian Horn.Aguilar finished 11 of 13 for 174 yards in what appeared to be a planned relief appearance. Starter Ryan Burger, a redshirt freshman, was 7 of 11 for 70 yards, ...

Alabama starts QB Jalen Milroe against Middle Tennessee after 3-man battle

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:51:59 GMT

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama started quarterback Jalen Milroe in the opener Saturday night against Middle Tennessee State.Milroe emerged from a three-man battle in fall camp to at least win the first-game nod, beating out Notre Dame transfer Tyler Buchner and former five-star recruit Ty Simpson. That doesn’t mean the competition is over since the three were listed as co-starters on the depth chart.Milroe spent last season as backup to Bryce Young, who went on to be the first overall NFL draft pick. He started the Texas A&M game when Young was injured, passing for 111 yards and three touchdowns and running 17 times for 81 yards. He finished the season 31-of-53 passing for 297 yards and five touchdowns with three interceptions.Buchner followed new offensive coordinator Tommy Rees from Notre Dame after committing in late April. He started the first two games last season before a shoulder injury sidelined him until the Gator Bowl, where Buchner led the Fighting Irish to a w...

Austin Reed throws for 2 TDs, runs for another to lead Western Kentucky to 41-24 win in opener

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:51:59 GMT

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — Austin Reed threw for two touchdowns and ran for another to lead Western Kentucky to a 41-24 win over South Florida in a season opener for both teams Saturday.Reed, last season’s FBS passing yards leader at 4,746, was 29-of-50 passing for 336 yards without an interception. His 16-yard rushing TD tied the game with the score 17-17 at halftime.The team’s exchanged touchdowns to begin the third quarter before Reed’s 51-yard score to Moussa Barry put the Hilltoppers in front for good 31-24. USF had a first down at the WKU 4 but Byrum Brown was intercepted in the end zone by Aaron Key who returned it to the Hilltoppers’ 29 early in the fourth quarter. Lucas Carneiro extended WKU’s lead with a 42-yard field goal before JaQues Evans stripped-sacked Brown and returned the fumble 27 yards for a touchdown with just under three minutes remaining and seal the outcome.Brown rushed for 160 yards on 25 carries with two TDs. He was 15 of 34 fo...

UNLV opens Barry Odom era running over Bryant 44-14

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:51:59 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Vincent Davis Jr. broke loose for a 69-yard touchdown run on the first play from scrimmage and UNLV opened the Barry Odom era with a 44-14 victory over Bryant on Saturday in the season opener for both teams. Jacob De Jesus took the opening kickoff 31 yards that set up Davis’ score. Davis led the Rebels’ ground game with 79 of their 283 yards rushing. Doug Brumfield completed 11 of 18 passes for 86 yards, and his 19-yard touchdown run late in the second quarter stretched the lead to 24-0 heading into the break. Jai’Den Thomas added a pair of touchdown runs sandwiched between a Donavyn Lester TD run, each coming from short yardage. Zevi Eckhaus was 19 of 29 for 230 yards passing to lead Bryant. Ryan Clark ran in for scores twice from the 1 in the second half.Odom was named head coach at UNLV on Dec. 6, 2022 after spending three seasons with Arkansas. It was the first meeting between the teams. ——-AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/college-fo...

North Carolina Central topples Winston-Salem 47-21 in opener

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:51:59 GMT

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Davius Richard threw three touchdown passes and North Carolina Central rolled past Division II-member Winston-Salem 47-21 in a season opener on Saturday.Richard completed 15 of 22 passes for 236 yards with touchdowns of 40 yards to Latrell Collier, 12 yards to J’Mari Taylor and 86 yards to Quentin McCall on the way to a 37-0 halftime lead. Collier had 72 yards rushing and Richard added 42. McCall caught two passes for 93 yards. The Eagles had 448 yards on offense — 277 passing and 171 rushing.The Rams had 312 total yards — 189 passing and 123 rushing. Daylin Lee completed 14 of 24 passes for 189 yards and a touchdown. RJ Mobley had 113 receiving yards on seven catches.The Eagles are coming off a 2022 season in which they became the third team in school history to win 10 games, earning the program’s highest FCS national ranking at No. 17.Richard is the reigning MEAC Offensive Player of the Year and senior defensive back Khalil Baker is the reigning MEA...