Sebring’s Hall of Fame

SEBRING — The Sebring McKinley Athletic Hall of Fame will hold a Class of 2025 induction ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 13, when the Sebring basketball team hosts Southington.

Members of the new class include the 2010 and 2011 OASSA Division IV mount cheerleading state champions and Dakota Wagner, Class of 2012.

The induction ceremony will take place immediately follow the junior varsity game, which will start at 11a.m. Previous inductees are welcome and will be recognized.

The game will be dedicated to long time community member and Trojan. supporter, Lloyd “Bud” Cobbs, who recently passed away. Cake and punch will be served in Brook Gym immediately following the varsity game.

The public is welcome.

Salem youth track club

SALEM — The Salem Youth Track and Field Club (SYTFC), a new youth organization, hosted its first annual Pumpkin Run Series throughout the month of October at Waterworth Memorial Park.

Students in grades PreK-6 met weekly to practice stretching, plyometrics and distance running. The series concluded with 1000-meter and 2-mile races on Oct. 29.

High school and middle school cross country athletes volunteered to help coach and encourage the young runners.

Sirianni notches 200th victory

WASHINGTON, Pa. – Washington & Jefferson College football head coach Mike Sirianni collected his 200th career victory in a 28-17 win over Case Western Reserve at Cameron Stadium on Saturday night.

Sirianni is the sixth active NCAA football head coach to reach 200 wins and 94th all-time in NCAA history.

“200 means nothing without 201, that’s what I’m focused on,” he said. “Reaching 200 wins means I’ve had a lot of great players and coaches throughout my career.”

Following the victory, Washington & Jefferson president Dr. Elizabeth MacLeod Walls and assistant dean of students and director of athletics Scott McGuinness gifted Sirianni a 200 career victories football. Sirianni then gave the ball to his father, Fran, who was in attendance for the milestone.

Sirianni is 200-48 (a winning percentage of 80.6) in 23 seasons as head coach.

He was a starting wide receiver on Mount Union’s first NCAA Division III national championship team in 1993 and is the older brother of Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni.

The Presidents will play at Geneva at 1 p.m. Saturday at Reeves Field. Washington & Jefferson can clinch a share of the Presidents’ Athletic Conference title with a win. The Presidents are 5-0 in the PAC with two games to play, while Geneva and Grove City are both 5-1.

College Football Playoff opens on Dec. 19-20

IRVING, Texas (AP) — The College Football Playoff will open with one first-round game on Dec. 19 and three more on Dec. 20, CFP administrators announced Tuesday.

The Friday night game will start at 8 p.m. EST and be televised by ABC and ESPN, as will the noon game on Saturday. TNT, truTV and HBO Max will carry the 3:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. games on Saturday. Each of the first four games will be played on campuses of the higher-seeded teams.

The quarterfinals begin at the Cotton Bowl on New Year’s Eve at 7:30 p.m. The other quarterfinals are New Year’s Day at the Orange Bowl at noon, Rose Bowl at 4 p.m. and Sugar Bowl at 8 p.m.

Semifinals are Jan. 8 at the Fiesta Bowl and Jan. 9 at the Peach Bowl, and the championship game is at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, on Jan. 19. All three of those games start at 7:30. ESPN will televise all quarterfinals and semifinals and the championship game.