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Gill at Kentucky
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Kristen Crenshaw-Gill, who led Valley Christian to the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference first-half championship last season, is playing for the University of Kentucky women's basketball team.
Gill -- Valley's all-time leading scorer after averaging 26 points a game as a senior -- attended open tryouts in September and earned a spot on the Wildcats team as a walk-on.
She has played in one game this season, connecting on a three-pointer on her only attempt, as the Wildcats are off to a 3-0 start and ranked 19th in the nation.
Dailey stars at OVAC
ST. CLAIRSVILLE -- As snow began to cover the turf of Red Devils Stadium on Sunday, soccer stars enjoyed one last chance to shine.
In the girls OVAC All-Star Game, West Virginia rolled to an 11-2 victory over Ohio but the Buckeye state got even in the boys match with a 3-2 triumph.
The boys game came down to the final minutes and was decided by two Dover teammates.
Ohio Offensive Player of the Game Reese Utter tied the match at 2-2 with 4:51 remaining and teammate Ethan Kopp beat the keeper with 1:11 left to secure the victory for the Buckeyes.
St. Clairsville's Jesse Brannan delivered Ohio's first goal of the match and also assisted on Utter's netter.
East Liverpool's Cole Dailey was Ohio's Defensive Player of the Game.
For West Virginia, Oak Glen's Andrew Giambroni collected the first goal and Wheeling Central standout Austin Nestor gave the Mountaineers the lead with 9 minutes to play before Ohio's late-game heroics.
Wheeling Park's Taylor McFarland was named West Virginia's Defensive Player of the Game.
PAC football awards
GREENVILLE, Pa. -- Taking Presidents' Athletic Conference football awards were Grove City senior receiver Cody Gustafson, offensive most valuable player; Westminster senior defensive end Brayden Thimons, defensive most valuable player; Westminster defensive back Kevin Wright, newcomer of the year; and Carnegie Mellon head coach Rich Lackner, coach of the year.
Lackner, in his 36th year as head coach, led the Tartans to an 8-2 season and a share of the PAC title for the first time since 1989.
Gustafson, Grove City's all-time leader in receptions, receiving yards and touchdown catches, ranks third in NCAA Division III in receptions (84), fourth in receiving yards (1,188) and 22nd in touchdown catches (10).
Thimons leads the league in sacks (9) and tackles for loss (16). His 57 tackles (26 solos) are most among PAC defensive linemen and blocked two field goals.
Wright started all 10 games for the Titans. He totaled 33 tackles (17 solos), four interceptions and 12 passes defended. He had a career-high 12 tackles in the season opener against Mount Union.
PAC teams in the postseason
Five football teams from the Presidents' Athletic Conference are heading to the postseason.
Carnegie Mellon (8-2) will play at top-ranked and defending national champion North Central (Ill.) in the NCAA Division III playoffs at 1 p.m. Saturday.
Carnegie Mellon and Westminster shared the league title with the Tartans claiming the automatic playoff berth by virtue of a 34-10 win over the Titans.
Four other league teams will play in the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III bowl series on Saturday.
Grove City (7-3) will host Utica in the Scotty Whitelaw Bowl at noon; Saint Vincent (5-5) will travel to Fairleigh Dickinson-Florham (6-4) in the James Lynah Bowl at noon; Westminster (8-2) will host Hobart (8-2) in the Asa S. Bushnell Bowl at 1 p.m.; and Washington & Jefferson (8-2) will travel to SUNY Brockport (7-3) in the Clayton Chapman Bowl at 1 p.m.