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Loved ones mourn 7-year-old SoCal boy killed by driver

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:31:19 GMT

A family is grieving after a 7-year-old Southern California boy was struck and killed by a truck as he arrived for football practice.Jayce Board was helping his mother set up for a cheerleading fundraiser on Thursday before heading to football practice at Colton High School in San Bernardino County.When he exited his car and began crossing the street towards the high school, another vehicle came around and struck the boy in the road. He remained hospitalized for two days before he died on Saturday morning.Community members, teammates and loved ones gathered outside Colton High School for a vigil on Saturday night to remember the young boy whose life was taken too soon.Board was a member of the Colton Yellowjackets Youth Football League and those who knew him said he loved playing the sport.Jayce Board seen in a family photo.Jayce Board and loved ones seen in a family photo.Jayce Board and loved ones seen in a family photo.Community members and loved ones gathered for a vigil at Colt...

Paddle-wheel riverboat burns in fire on Vallejo waterfront

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:31:19 GMT

A dilapidated replica 19th century paddle-wheel riverboat with a colorful history burned in a fire Saturday that sent billowing black clouds over the Vallejo waterfront.The Vallejo Fire Department reported on social media that there were four people on board the Grand Romance when the blaze started. Two escaped under their own power, and two were helped off by “good samaritans” before fire officials arrived.The boat, a three-story vessel with a paddlewheel and tall smoke stacks, is anchored off Lemon Street in Carquinez Bay, about 2 miles north of the Carquinez Bridge.#WATCH : A boat in Vallejo's Carquinez Bay went up in flames earlier today, as captured in a gripping video all four occupants are safe. #Vallejo #California #Boatsmoke #LiveVideo #Viral #CarquinezBay #Valley #Action #MustWatch #LiveBurning #BoatBurning #Live pic.twitter.com/ajAi9D9M10— mishikasingh (@mishika_singh) September 17, 2023The boat originally had a two-story high grand ballroom with a r...

Shocker! Stanford loses to Sac State

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:31:19 GMT

STANFORD – Troy Taylor’s home opener as Stanford coach was spoiled by his former team.Sacramento State scored a 49-yard touchdown with 1:32 remaining and won 30-23 at Stanford Stadium.The loss by the Cardinal (1-2) showed the depths to which the program has fallen. The only other time the programs met, Stanford won 52-17 in 2010 with Andrew Luck throwing TDs to Doug Baldwin and Zach Ertz.This time, Stanford was kept out of the end zone for the final 43 minutes against an FCS opponent that seemed to match the Cardinal talent-wise and had a 448-387 edge in yardage.Taylor had spent the previous four seasons as coach of the Hornets (3-0), who won their fourth-ever game against an FBS team.The Cardinal played two QBs, with Ashton Daniels completing 4 of 7 passes for 69 yards in the first half and Justin Lamson completing 7 of 17 passes for 138 yards in the second half.Both QBs threw damaging interceptions, with Daniels throwing a pick in the end zone and Lamson throwing a pass into traff...

CJ Donaldson, Garrett Greene hurt in West Virginia’s 17-6 win over Pittsburgh in ‘Backyard Brawl’

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:31:19 GMT

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Fights aren’t meant to be pretty, and that’s what West Virginia coach Neal Brown saw in the “Backyard Brawl” with Pittsburgh.CJ Donaldson rushed for 102 yards and a touchdown before getting hurt and the Mountaineers scored 10 points off two Pittsburgh interceptions to beat the Panthers 17-6 Saturday night.Nicco Marchiol came on in place of the injured Garrett Greene to throw a short TD pass for the Mountaineers (2-1).Both teams struggled to get any passing game going in the 106th version of the Brawl, which resumed a year ago following an 11-year hiatus.Pittsburgh (1-2) was held to its fewest points in the series since a 34-0 loss in 1996. The Panthers were limited to 73 yards of offense in the second half. Each team had exactly 211 yards overall. But West Virginia got help from Pittsburgh mistakes.“They call it the ‘Brawl’ for a reason. That wasn’t a thing of beauty,” Brown said. “Regardless of what it was, it was a win for Wes...

Denis Bouanga scores 2 goals in LAFC’s 4-2 rivalry victory over the LA Galaxy

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:31:19 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Denis Bouanga broke a tie with his second goal in the 75th minute and Los Angeles FC rallied for a 4-2 victory over the LA Galaxy on Saturday night in another thrilling edition of the El Tráfico rivalry.Bouanga had another standout game against LAFC’s archrivals, scoring on a header in the first half before pouncing on Chris Mavinga’s giveaway for the go-ahead goal. Timothy Tillman added an insurance goal on the break in the 84th minute for the defending MLS champions, who snapped their three-game skid and moved up to second place in the Western Conference standings.LAFC goalkeeper Maxime Crépeau earned the victory in his long-awaited season debut, getting his first game action since breaking his leg in the MLS Cup final. Ryan Hollingshead also scored for LAFC.Billy Sharp scored an early goal and Maya Yoshida got the tying goal early in the second half for the 13th-place Galaxy, who put up a solid fight in front of another raucous crowd. The Los Angele...

Credle, Middlebrook help Middle Tennessee run away from Murray State, 35-14

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:31:19 GMT

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) — Jaiden Credle raced 71 yards untouched for his second first-quarter touchdown, and Jekail Middlebrook had scoring runs of 18 and 25 yards as Middle Tennessee State cruised to a 35-14 win over Murray State on Saturday.After pulling in a 14-yard pass from Nicholas Vattiato to cap a seven-play, 75-yard drive for the game’s first touchdown, Credle took the handoff on the first play of a drive and raced for the sideline, turned the corner and tip-toed down the sideline for the an impressive 71-yard run to make it 14-0 after one quarter. Middlebrook took a handoff 25 yards to make it 21-0 two minutes into the second quarter, and added an 18-yard touchdown run in the third quarter. Vattiato capped the scoring with a 40-yard touchdown pass to Jeremy Tate Jr. Cole Rusk pulled in a 12-yard pass from DJ Williams to get the Racers on the board early in the second quarter. Cortezz Jones punched over from the 3 to get the Racers within two scores, 28-14, with 9:44...

Klauss scores late to help St. Louis City earn 1-1 draw with Dynamo

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:31:19 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — João Klauss scored an unassisted goal late in the second half to rally St. Louis City to a 1-1 draw with the Houston Dynamo on Saturday night.Klauss’ equalizer for St. Louis City (15-10-4) came in the 87th minute. It was his seventh goal this season for the Western Conference leaders in their first season of play.Houston (11-10-7) took a 1-0 lead three minutes before halftime on Corey Baird’s seventh netter of the season. It was unassisted.St. Louis City won its first three road matches this season but has gone just 2-9-3 away from home since then.Houston (11-10-7) fell to 1-8-2 in its last 11 regular-season matches against expansion teams. St. Louis City beat the Dynamo 3-0 at home earlier this season.Houston saw its run of posting five straight clean sheets come to an end. It was the longest shutout run by any team this season.___AP MLS: https://apnews.com/hub/major-league-soccer and AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccerSource

Dart runs for 2 TDs, throws for a third, as No. 17 Ole Miss pulls away to beat Georgia Tech 48-23

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:31:19 GMT

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Jaxson Dart ran for two touchdowns and threw for another as No. 17 Mississippi pulled away in the final 10 minutes to defeat Georgia Tech 48-23 on Saturday night.Ole Miss (3-0) needed a 45-yard field goal from Caden Davis, a 68-yard touchdown reception by Jordan Watkins from Dart and a 1-yard run by Quinshon Judkins to seal the win after Georgia Tech pulled within 24-17 with 10:31 remaining.“It’s good to get to 3-0. It wasn’t pretty at times but all you can be after three games is 3-0 and that’s great,” Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin said. “Jaxson did some special things running the ball and he made a couple of explosive plays in the passing game, too.”Dart finished 10 of 18 passing for 251 yards and added 14 rushes for 136 yards. He scored on runs of 1 and 6 yards as the Rebels had 550 total yards of offense, 341 in the second half.“I thought we did a good job of getting back to being balanced and that means running the ball,” Dart said. “I do need to slide more at...

Worthy TD sparks No. 4 Texas as Longhorns pull away late from Wyoming 31-10

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:31:19 GMT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Xavier Worthy caught a 44-yard touchdown pass early in the fourth quarter, Jerrin Thompson added an interception return for another score minutes later, and No. 4 Texas pulled away late from Wyoming for a 31-10 victory Saturday night that pushed the Longhorns to 3-0 for the first time since 2012.Jonathon Brooks added 164 yards rushing for Texas. After an impressive win at Alabama, Texas jumped to its highest ranking in 14 years, then came home to find itself in a dogfight for three quarters with a program that has never beaten a top-10 opponent. “We had a lot of sore backs from people patting us on the back congratulating us,“ after Alabama, Texas coach Steve Sarkisian said. “It’s human nature to get distracted by that and you lose sight of what’s right in front of you.”Wyoming (2-1) had already beaten Texas Tech of the Big 12 and wasn’t intimidated by the Texas sellout crowd of more than 100,000 and the fancy new stadium light show for the Longhorns. The Cowboy...

BYU rallies twice, beats Arkansas 38-31 on road to stay perfect

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:31:19 GMT

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Kedon Slovis threw for 167 yards and two touchdowns, including one to Chase Roberts who made a one-handed catch with eight minutes left, to give BYU a 38-31 win against Arkansas on Saturday night. Roberts’ grab capped a nine-play, 69-yard drive that saw BYU (3-0) convert two third-and-longs to keep Arkansas’ defense on the field. It was also the third straight series on which the Cougars scored, as they rallied from a 10-point deficit late in the third quarter.Arkansas (2-1) drove inside the BYU 20 in the final 20 seconds, but the drive stalled with four penalties including one on the final play to end the game.“On Arkansas’ side, they had penalties, some drive killers that hurt them. Fortunate for us, not for them,” BYU coach Kalani Sitake said. “Second half, down by 10, the guys just keep believing.”Slovis and BYU tied the game on the first of the previous series when Parker Kingston caught a wide receiver screen pass and ran 20 yards to...