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Bettura, Wilson at Washington & Jefferson
WASHINGTON, Pa. -- The Washington & Jefferson College football team is heading to a Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III bowl game.
The Presidents (8-2) will host The United States Merchant Marine Academy (7-2) in the James Lynah Bowl at noon Saturday. Tickets are $10 cash only at the main entrance. Children 12 and under are free.
Two local products play on the Washington & Jefferson team -- sophomore receiver Nick Wilson from West Branch and freshman linebacker Roclen Bettura from Crestview.
Wilson had seven catches for 116 yards (16.6) and has made two tackles in nine games this season. Bettura has made five tackles in seven games.
Other bowl games on Saturday include, Widener University (7-3) at RPI (7-3) in the Scotty Whitelaw Bowl at noon; Utica University (8-2) at Hobart College (8-2) in the Clayton Chapman Bowl at 1 p.m.; and SUNY Brockport (8-2) at Carnegie Mellon University (9-1) in the Asa S. Bushnell Bowl at 4 p.m.
Stokes plays for North Carolina State
RALEIGH, N.C.--Oak Glen High School graduate Skye Stokes is a senior defensive specialist/libero on the North Carolina State volleyball team.
Stokes, who also played volleyball at East Liverpool High School, spent her first three seasons playing college volleyball for West Virginia University before transferring to North Carolina State this season.
Stokes has played in 103 sets and 369 digs on the season for the Wolfpack. Stokes also leads the Wolfpack with 38 aces.
North Carolina State (20-7) will play its final home match on the season against Clemson at 7 p.m. today.
Squier was longtime NASCAR announcer
(AP) -- Ken Squier, a longtime NASCAR announcer and broadcaster, has died. He was 88.
Squier died Wednesday night in Waterbury, Vermont, according to the management of the local WDEV radio, which he owned.
"Though he never sat behind the wheel of a stock car, Ken Squier contributed to the growth of NASCAR as much as any competitor," Jim France, chairman and CEO of NASCAR, said in a statement. He called him a superb storyteller whose voice is the soundtrack to many of NASCAR's great moments.
"His calls on TV and radio brought fans closer to the sport, and for that he was a fan favorite. Ken knew no strangers, and he will be missed by all."
Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr. said he is forever grateful for Squier's "major role" is growing stock car racing.
"Ken Squier was there when Nascar was introduced to the rest of the world in 1979 for the Daytona 500. I'm convinced that race would have not had its lasting impact had Ken not been our lead narrator," Earnhardt posted to X, formerly known as Twitter. "We still ride the wave of that momentum created on that day."
Atlanta voted in too host 2025 All-Star Game
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- Major League Baseball will play its 2025 All-Star Game in Atlanta, four years after moving the event from Truist Park to Denver's Coors Field over objections to changes in Georgia's voting rights laws.
Atlanta was awarded the 2021 All-Star Game in May 2019, but MLB moved it in April 2021, just three months before the game was played.
"I made the decision in 2021 to move the event, and I understand, believe me, that people had then and probably still have different views as to the merits of that decision," baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said Thursday during an announcement that followed an owners' meeting.
Next year's All-Star Game will be at Arlington's Globe Life Field and the 2026 game will be in Philadelphia's Citizens Bank Park to mark the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
MLB cancels 2025 games in Paris
(AP) -- Major League Baseball has canceled plans to play regular-season games in Paris in 2025 after failing to find a promoter, two people familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Thursday. The people spoke on condition of anonymity following an owners' meeting because the decision was not announced publicly. MLB and the players' association agreed to the Paris games in their March 2022 labor deal and incorporated them as an attachment to the collective bargaining agreement. The people familiar with the decision said it became apparent in recent months that no progress was being made to make the games work financially.