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Dailey Named PAC Player of the Week
BETHANY, W.Va. - Bethany College 6-foot-6 junior Cole Dailey, who was an All-Ohioan at East Liverpool High School, is the Presidents' Athletic Conference men's basketball player of the week.
Dailey averaged 19.0 points, 15.0 rebounds, 5.5 blocks and 5.0 assists a game in a pair of Bison wins, giving Bethany its first 3-0 start since 2016
"With two standout performances this past week, Cole Dailey continues to prove why he's a key component to our team. His dominance on both ends of the court was instrumental in our success," Bethany head coach Brad Johnson said. "Cole is a phenomenal player, but an even better teammate. He consistently leads by example, showcasing what it means to be a Bethany Bison."
The Bison have a busy week ahead as they host Westminster at 7:30 p.m. today, Case Western Reserve University on Thursday and Mount Aloysius on Saturday.
Youth hunt goes well
COLUMBUS -- Hunters ages 17 and younger checked 10,449 white-tailed deer during Ohio's youth gun hunting season on Saturday and Sunday according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife. Each fall, youth hunters enjoy a weekend of deer hunting with a firearm before the statewide gun season begins.
The top 10 counties for deer taken during Ohio's 2024 youth season include: Tuscarawas (354), Knox (314), Coshocton (303), Guernsey (291), Muskingum (284), Holmes (268), Licking (253), Washington (227), Harrison (223), and Carroll (218).
In Columbiana County, youth hunters checked 168 deer which was about on par with the three-year average of 167. In Mahoning County, hunters harvested 61 deer which was up from the three-year average of 55. Jefferson County had 161 deer taken which was up from a three-year average of 126. In Carroll County hunters took 218 which was up from the three-year average of 177.
Youth hunters checked 6,042 antlered and 4,407 antlerless deer during the weekend. In 2023, hunters harvested 10,033 deer during the two-day youth gun season. The three-year average from 2021 to 2023 is 9,061 deer.
Gun hunters of all ages can participate in the upcoming seven-day gun season which begins Monday, Dec. 2 and runs until Sunday, Dec. 8. A bonus weekend of gun hunting will occur Dec. 21-22.
West Virginia playoffs to start
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The West Virginia football playoffs will start this weekend after the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia ruled in favor of the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission on Tuesday.
The WVSSAC's original ratings points formula will be used to determine seeds in all four classes. First round games will be played on Friday and Saturday. The typical playoff schedule was pushed back one week.
Some school districts had argued that the divisions were revealed too close to the start of the season so scheduling could not be properly done to maximize possible computer rating points. Also at odds was a competitive balance formula.
Nearby schools that have qualified for the football playoffs include Weirton Madonna (No. 14 in Class A), Wheeling Central Catholic (No. 5 in Class AA) and Wheeling Park (No. 4 in Class AAAA).
The Class A state volleyball tournament is still on hold due to being tied up in litigation that has reached the state Supreme Court and might not be completed until December according to published reports.
Indians score split
SALINEVILLE -- The Southern Local bowling teams split with Ursuline on Tuesday at Tri-State Lanes.
The Indian girls won 1,449-1,388. Kennedy Lewis had a 156 high game and a 304 series, while Hunter Dickson had a 125 high game and a 247 series. Remington Nezbeth added a 135 high game and a 245 series.
The Irish boy won 1,585-1,535. Jacob Conley had a 177 high game and a 289 series for the Indians. Logan McCartney had a 135 high game and a 264 series. Jacob Junkins added a 135 high game and a 246 series.
Tyson-Paul grosses $18 million
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- Jake Paul's unanimous decision over Mike Tyson was the highest-grossing combat sports event in Texas at $18.1 million, the promotions company co-founded by Paul said Tuesday.
The eight-round fight at the home of the Dallas Cowboys drew about 72,000 fans and was part of a co-main event that featured Katie Taylor's latest disputed decision in a super lightweight championship slugfest against Amanda Serrano.
The event surpassed Texas' previous sports combat high of $9 million set by Canelo Alvarez when he faced Billy Joe Saunders at 80,000-seat AT&T Stadium in 2021, according to Most Valuable Promotions.
There were 73,000-plus fans at the Alvarez-Saunders fight, which at the time was the biggest crowd for a U.S. sporting event since the start of the pandemic a year earlier.
Paul beat Tyson, the 58-year-old former heavyweight champion, in a lopsided decision, winning all but one round on the three judges' scorecards combined. It was the 11th victory in 12 fights for the YouTuber-turned-boxer, who has seven knockouts in 4 1/2 years since turning pro.
BetMGM said the fight was its most-bet boxing or mixed-martial arts fight, taking three times the number of bets and four times the money of any combat sport in the sportsbook's history. A Caesars Sportsbook official said the fight was on par with an NFL Monday night game.
Netflix reported a peak of 65 million viewers in the streaming platform's debut for live sporting events. Netflix is carrying two NFL games on Christmas Day and WWE "Raw" on Jan. 6.
Penguins fall in overtime
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Brayden Point scored at 3:58 of overtime and the Tampa Bay Lightning rallied to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 on Tuesday night.
Point's overtime winner was his 10th goal of the season. Point, who missed the previous two weeks with a lower-body injury, started the comeback in his return game with a goal at 5:41 of the third. Anthony Cirelli scored his fifth goal of the season.
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 17 shots for Tampa Bay.
Tampa Bay earned its first multigoal, third-period comeback since a 3-2 overtime win against Los Angeles on Jan. 9.
Rickard Rakell scored a power-play goal, while Jesse Puljujarvi opened the scoring for Pittsburgh. Rakell ended a nine-game drought with his seventh of the season.
Sidney Crosby had an assist and surpassed Hall of Famer Joe Sakic for 13th-most assists in NHL history and sixth-most by a player with a single franchise. He now has 1,017 assists. Mario Lemieux ranks 12th with 1,033.