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Arizona pulls away in second half to beat Northern Arizona 38-3

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 10:18:50 GMT

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Jayden de Laura accounted for four touchdowns Tacario Davis returned a blocked field goal 85 yards for a score and Arizona opened the season a 38-3 win over Northern Arizona on Saturday night.Arizona (1-0) lost to the FCS Lumberjacks (0-1) at home two years ago at the start of coach Jedd Fisch’s desert rebuild. The Wildcats had a hard time getting out of their own way in the first half of the rematch before rolling over Northern Arizona in the second.Sparked by Davis’ return, Arizona turned an 11-point halftime lead to 32 by the end of the third quarter. De Laura punctuated the outburst with a 53-yard TD run, nearly losing his balance before racing up the sideline.De Laura threw for 285 yards and three touchdowns with an interception in the end zone in the fourth quarter.The Lumberjacks’ last trip to Tucson was a nadir for them, a low point for the Wildcats.Northern Arizona’s 21-19 win in 2021 was its first over a Pac-12 opponent and exte...

Taylors Shields caught TD passes of 18 and 51 yards to help Murray State beat Presbyterian 41-10

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 10:18:50 GMT

MURRAY, Ky. (AP) — Taylor Shields caught touchdown passes of 18 and 51 yards, Kylan Galbreath, Cortezz Jones and Q’Darryius Jennings each ran for a touchdown and Murray State beat Presbyterian 41-10 Saturday night in the season opener for both teams. Shields, who finished with two receptions for 69 yards, scored his first touchdown to make it 17-10 with 1:05 left in the first half and Murray State led the rest of the way. After Jones ran for a 6-yard TD, Shields caught a deep pass from back-up quarterback Eric Phoenix to give the Racers a 21-point lead. Murray State finished with 484 total yards and limited the Blue Hose to 159. The Racers combined for 231 yards rushing on 44 carries. Jennings had 50 yards on nine carries, including a 2-yard TD in the fourth quarter. Tyler Wesley completed 11 of 22 passes for 99 yards with an interception and added 45 yards rushing on 10 carries for Presbyterian. JB Seay scored on a 1-yard run midway through the second quarter and Mack Mikko kicked ...

Timbers rally from two goals down for 2-2 draw with Sounders

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 10:18:50 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Dairon Asprilla and Evander da Silva Ferreira scored three minutes apart in the second half after Seattle’s Léo Chú was sent off for a red card and the Portland Timbers rallied for a 2-2 draw with the Sounders on Saturday night.Raúl Ruidíaz had a goal in the ninth minute and assisted on a score by Chú in the 30th as Seattle (11-9-8) took a 2-0 lead into halftime.Disaster struck for Seattle after Chú was hit with a second yellow card in the 53rd minute, forcing the Sounders to play a man down the rest of the way.Asprilla found the net for a fifth time this season when he took a pass from defender Zac McGraw in the 67th minute, pulling Portland (7-11-9) within a goal. Evander used an assist from Juan Mosquera to score the equalizer. It was Evander’s seventh goal of the campaign.Seattle had not scored multiple goals in a regular-season match at home since a 3-0 victory over St. Louis City in early April. The Sounders avoided losing three straight at home in a...

Wooldridge throws for 3 TDs and runs for a 4th to power Louisiana past Northwestern State, 38-13

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 10:18:50 GMT

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — Ben Wooldridge threw for three touchdowns and ran for a fourth to power Louisiana to a 38-13 season-opening win over Northwestern State on Saturday night. The Ragin’ Cajuns got on the board first when Dre’lyn Washington broke off a 62-yard touchdown runs barely three minutes into the game. Wooldridge added a 24-yard scoring run early in the second quarter and a 32-yard scoring pass to Robert Williams three minutes later. Wooldridge opened the second-half scoring with a 50-yard strike to Peter LeBlanc and capped his day by hitting Tavion Smith from 21 yards out with five minutes left. Wooldridge finished 14-of-32 passing for 223 yards with an interception. Washington had eight carries for 88 yards and LeBlanc caught a pair of passes for 58 yards. Tyler Vander Waal completed 12 of 28 pass attempts for a modest 110 yards and a touchdown for Northwestern State. The Demons were held to just 77 yards rushing on 40 carries by a stout Louisiana defense. __A...

Wyoming converts on 4th down and 2-point conversion to upset visiting Texas Tech 35-33 in 2OT

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 10:18:50 GMT

LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — Andrew Peasley through an 11-yard touchdown pass to tight end John Michael Gyllenborg on a fourth-and-7, and running back Sam Scott punched in the 2-point conversion as Wyoming stunned Texas Tech 35-33 in double-overtime on Saturday night at War Memorial Stadium in the season opener for both teams.Tyler Shough, who finished with 338 yards passing and three touchdowns, had given the Red Raiders a 33-27 lead after finding Jerand Bradley for a 15-yard score, but the senior quarterback’s conversion pass failed.Scott’s walk-off score sent the crowd of 26,450 pouring onto the field late Saturday following a game that was delayed for 78 minutes due to a lightning storm that moved through Laramie.Peasley, who limped off the field at the end of regulation after absorbing a big hit by nose tackle Jaylon Hutchings, ran for a 5-yard touchdown on the first possession of overtime.Tahj Brooks answered for Texas Tech with a 6-yard touchdown run on third-and-2 to force a second ...

As Africa opens a climate summit, poor weather forecasting keeps the continent underprepared

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 10:18:50 GMT

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Much of the world takes daily weather forecasts for granted. But most of Africa’s 1.3 billion people live with little advance knowledge of what’s to come. That can be both deadly and expensive, with damage running in the billions of dollars.The first Africa Climate Summit opens Monday in Kenya to highlight the continent that will suffer the most from climate change while contributing to it the least. Significant investment in Africa’s adaptation to climate change, including better forecasting, will be an urgent goal. At the heart of every issue on the agenda, from energy to agriculture, is the lack of data collection that drives decisions as crucial as when to plant — and when to flee.The African continent is larger than China, India and the United States combined. And yet Africa has just 37 radar facilities for tracking weather, an essential tool along with satellite data and surface monitoring, according to a World Meteorological Organization data...

Police investigating fatal shooting near Ottawa airport Saturday night

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 10:18:50 GMT

OTTAWA — Two people are dead and several others injured following a shooting near the Ottawa International Airport.Police were called to the Gibford Drive area near Hunt Club Road and Uplands Drive shortly before 10:30 p.m. Saturday for reports of gunshots.When officers arrived, they found multiple victims who were sent to hospital.Police are not saying how many people were wounded or the extent of their injuries, however they have confirmed two fatalities.No suspect details have been released.Anyone with information is asked to contact police.This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 3, 2023.The Canadian Press

What’s at stake when Turkey’s leader meets Putin in a bid to reestablish the Black Sea grain deal

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 10:18:50 GMT

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet with Vladimir Putin on Monday, hoping to persuade the Russian leader to rejoin the Black Sea grain deal that Moscow broke off from in July.Here are some key things to know and what’s at stake:WHERE WILL THE TALKS BE HELD?The meeting in Sochi on Russia’s southern coast comes after weeks of speculation about when and where the two leaders might meet. Erdogan previously said that Putin would travel to Turkey in August.WHY DID RUSSIA LEAVE THE GRAIN DEAL?The Kremlin refused to renew the grain agreement six weeks ago. The deal — brokered by the United Nations and Turkey in July 2022 — had allowed nearly 33 million metric tons (36 million tons) of grain and other commodities to leave three Ukrainian ports safely despite Russia’s war.However, Russia pulled out after claiming that a parallel deal promising to remove obstacles to Russian exports of food and fertilizer hadn’t been honored.Moscow complained that...

Russians press Ukraine in the northeast to distract from more important battles in counteroffensive

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 10:18:50 GMT

LYMAN, Ukraine (AP) — Concealed under pine branches in the forests of northeast Ukraine, the muzzle of a Soviet-era howitzer rises, aiming for a group of approaching Russian infantrymen many kilometers away.A Ukrainian soldier signals to fire, then swiftly runs for cover. The thunderous crash of the unleashed projectile sends a pall of black smoke billowing above jabs of yellow flames. A pile of spent shells in the nearby foliage grows by the day.Here, along a small section of the 1,200-kilometer (745-mile) front line, Moscow’s army is staging a ferocious push designed to pin down Ukrainian forces, distract them from their grinding counteroffensive and minimize the number of troops Kyiv is able to send to more important battles in the south.The Kremlin tactic threatens to further slow the pace of the counteroffensive that was launched almost three months ago. Kyiv’s effort to reclaim Russian-occupied territory has produced minimal gains and heavy losses, and time is running sh...

Saturday Night Five: Colorado and Utah lead as quarterbacks shine and the Pac-12 remains perfect

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 10:18:50 GMT

Instant reaction to Pac-12 developments in Week 1 …1. Stellar startA catastrophic summer gave way to an idyllic weekend for the Pac-12 — at least thus far.One team, Oregon State, has yet to take the field. But the other 11 are perfect through the first Saturday of the season.The list of accomplishments includes the Colorado stunner at TCU, Utah thumping Florida, Washington’s blowout victory over Boise State and decisive road wins by Stanford, Cal and Washington State.Put another way: For one weekend, the Pac-12 more than justified the offseason hype.Not surprisingly, the powerhouse offenses across the conference carried the day — and they did so in historic fashion.For the first time since at least 1980, five teams scored at least 50 points, according to STATS. Oregon (81), USC (66), Washington (56), Washington State (50) and Cal (58) — yes, Cal — all got halfway to 100.If Oregon State takes care of business Sunday at San Jose State, the Pac-12 wi...