Key hit sparks Mansfield win
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Defensive players dream of making game-breaking hits like the one Mansfield cornerback Brett McDermott delivered yesterday.
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Mansfield's vaunted defense didn't have its best game last night, giving up 285 total yards and a season-high 22 points. But the Hornets made the big plays when they had to.
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Substitute Lomana LuaLua's goal in the win over Charlton takes Pompey to the top of the Premiership table.
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Ohio State (7-2) handled Texas Tech&#39;s (5-2) pressure defense and overcame anemic foul shooting to hang on for their first road win of the season, 77-71 over the Red Raiders.
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Caity Matter scored 18 points and ignited a quick start for No. 2 Ohio State by hitting her first four shots in a 78-46 win over Indiana on Sunday.
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Replacement winger Ross Lavery scored the decisive try just two minutes from time as Oxford finally justified the favourites tag they had carried into each of the last three matches.
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Troy Smith threw three touchdown passes, Antonio Pittman ran for two scores and Ohio State started its second month as the No. 1 team in the nation with an easy 35-7 victory over Bowling Green on Saturday.
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Months of frustration ended for Tennessee with an easy win against a ranked team. Rocky Top returned to normal Saturday as Erik Ainge threw four passes for touchdowns and the Volunteers put last year's losing season behind them with a stunning 35-18 win over ninth-ranked California.
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BRAINTREE -- Clinched. Is there a better sounding word in early November? Not to the Archbishop Williams football squad, which assured itself of a Division 3 playoff berth with a thrilling 33-20 victory over visiting Austin Prep yesterday to claim the Catholic Central Large title.
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Middlesbrough edge into the fifth round of the FA Cup after being pushed hard by a valiant Mansfield side.
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MANSFIELD -- The players were free to go. The team photo shoot was done, there was no practice scheduled, and their coach was not on hand. But the Lady Predators were not ready to leave. They wanted to play.
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Greg Oden took a half to get acclimated. Once he settled in, he became the force on offense that No. 1 Ohio State needed for its 15th straight victory.
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Andrew Jackson returned the opening kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown, sparking Merrrimack to 16-3 victory over Stonehill last night in the season opener for the Northeast-10 rivals in Easton.
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Jason Roberts's last-minute winner secured a 2-1 win for Blackburn Rovers away to local rivals Bolton Wanderers as they battled back from going a goal down in dramatic fashion here on Sunday.
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OXFORD regained the MMC Trophy with a narrow victory over Cambridge in the 123rd Varsity Match at Twickenham yesterday. Replacement winger Ross Lavery scored the decisive try just two minutes from time as
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HUDSON -- A year ago it let a 13-8 lead crumble in a loss to St. John's Prep in the state championship. This year, Natick was able to finish what it started, sweeping Newton North, 25-20, 25-21, 25-19, in the MIAA state volleyball final yesterday at Hudson High School.
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PORTSMOUTH striker Aiyegbeni Yakubu fired a stunning hat-trick in a seven-goal thriller at Fratton Park last night. Pompey claimed their first Premiership win of the season - but they didn&#39;t half make it difficult for themselves.