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Is hospital in danger of closing?

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Clarendon Memorial chief of staff ’s letter implies dire situation

Night golf a ‘glowing’ success

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Glow-in-the-dark tournament is 1st for local Habitat

A Clarendon cardiologist caused concern earlier this week when he sent a letter that implied the local hospital might be closing.

“When financial pressure comes to bear and business models begin failing, the result is an expected exercise in the science HICKS of business natural selection — much like the extinction of the dinosaurs,” wrote Dr. John Hicks, chief of staff for Clarendon Memorial Hospital, on Tuesday.

Richard Stokes, chief executive officer, said the words could be misinterpreted.

“I think I read it last night, and I said, ‘it’s a little bit strong,’” he said Wednesday. “I understand what he is saying.

He’s trying to get across the fact that we’re a community resource and trying to remind people that like any other asset within the community, you use it or lose it.”

He said Hicks was not asked to write the letter.

ON THE NET Read the letter from Dr. John Hicks, chief of staff for Clarendon Memorial Hospital, online with this story at theitem.com.

“I wrote the letter because I’m the chief of staff here (at Clarendon Memorial),” Hicks said.

“And as chief of staff, I have a responsibility and an interest in this hospital. People need to be STOKES aware of what’s going on.”

Hicks’ letter urges readers to consider “our hospital and its facilities for your non emergency as well as your emergency health care needs.” This is not intended to encourage people to use the emergency room when the situation is not an emergency, Stokes said. As Hicks indicates later in the letter, Clarendon Health System has many “outpatient primary and surgical care clinics.”

“We have five rural health clinics, four primary care practices, one OB practice, one general surgery practice, a cardiology practice and then SEE HOSPITAL, PAGE A7

BY TYLER SIMPSON Special to The Item

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Harvin Barnes prepares to tee off with his red glow-in-the-dark golf ball during Sumter Habitat for Humanity’s inaugural Moonlighting At Sunset Charity Golf Tournament at Sunset Country Club on Thursday.

After giving it some thought, Sumter Habitat for Humanity decided a great way for the organization’s charitable efforts to be visible was to be “glowing in the dark.”

Habitat for Humanity hosted its first Moonlighting At Sunset Charity Golf Tournament at Sunset Country Club on Thursday, an event where not only players wore glow-in-the-dark rings around their necks, but the pins, the course path and even the golf balls also lit up at night.

“The event was great and definitely something different,” said Luke Fancher, head golf professional at Sunset. “This was my first outdoor charity outing, and it was fun to watch golfers come out to enjoy some night golf.”

The idea for the tournament began when former Sumter Habitat for Humanity Director Derek Burress suggested a golf tournament. Because of the abundance of daytime golf tournaments, its attempt wasn’t very successful.

When Burress decided to approach the idea again, Eddie Porter, a volunteer with the organization, suggested trying to host a golf tournament at night.

“There are just so many daygolf tournaments going on,” SEE NIGHT GOLF, PAGE A8

Obama apologizes to people losing health coverage

BY JULIE PACE AP White House Correspondent

President Obama said Thursday that he’s sorry Americans are losing health insurance plans he repeatedly said they could keep under his signature health care law.

WASHINGTON — Bowing to intense criticism, President Obama apologized to Americans who are losing health insurance plans he had repeatedly said they could keep and pledged to find fixes that might allow people to keep their coverage.

“I am sorry that they are finding themselves in this situation based on assurances they got from me,” he said in an interview Thursday with NBC News.

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He added, “We’ve got to work hard to make sure that they know we hear them, and we are going to do everything we can to deal with folks who find themselves in a tough position as a consequence of this.”

Officials said the president was referring to fixes his administration could make on its own, not legislative options proposed by congressional lawmakers.

The president’s apology comes as the White House tries to combat a cascade of

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Dinner theater presents ‘King James and His Bible’

BY IVY MOORE ivym@theitem.com

Avoid holiday weight gain this season

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ith the holidays upon us, calendars are becoming filled with family gatherings, office parties and friendly celebrations. These oneday holidays have become weeks of social events with rich foods no more than an arm’s length away which can quickly have a negative effect on your waistline.

Most people gain weight during the holidays, but you don’t have to be one of them this year. It is possible to survive the holidays without packing on the CORRIGAN pounds or sacrificing your healthy habits with these five effective strategies:

Following a well-received turn as John Wesley in March, actor Howard Burnham returns to the Church of the Holy Comforter for one night only, Thursday, Nov. 14, to portray King James.

The 6:30 p.m. dinner theater in the Parish Hall at 213 N. BURNHAM Main St. will feature the character impressionist in “King James and His Bible.”

Burnham has also performed at the church as renowned Christian writer C.S. Lewis, perhaps best known for his “Chronicles

of Narnia.”

Burnham’s portrayal of King James I of England, also King James VI of Scotland, begins toward the end of his reign, as the old English and Scottish king, son of Mary Queen of Scots, looks back over his challenges and accomplishments. He survived several plots against him, was a patron of both Shakespeare and Ben Jonson and was a published author. In addition, he had dealings with “witches,” Sir Walter Raleigh, Pocahontas, the American colonies and perhaps most importantly, he convened the Hampton Court Conference, during which what is now called the King James Version of the Bible was

DINNER THEATER WHAT: “King James and His Bible” with Howard Burnham WHEN: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14 WHERE: The Church of the Holy Comforter Parish Hall, 213 N. Main St. CONTACT: (803) 773-3823

conceived more than 400 years ago. It remains the best-selling book of all time and is still the version found in more homes than any other.

An English native, Burnham has lived for some time in Columbia, where he has worked as a museum curator, an educator and an actor. He is on the Approved Artist Roster of the South Carolina Arts

Commission and is a literary resident of the Richland County Public Library.

Admission to “King James and His Bible” is limited to available seats.

Tickets will be sold on a “first-come basis” only.

The cost is $30 per person and $35 per person for limited stage-side seating.

Child care will be provided for $5 per child. The menu for the dinner theater includes marinated London broil, vegetables, bread, dessert and coffee, tea, water and wine.

To reserve seating for this limited performance, call The Church of the Holy Comforter at (803) 7733823 or email info@holycomforter.net.

CITY GETS SWAN LAKE READY FOR THOUSANDS OF VISITORS

STICK TO YOUR REGULAR ROUTINE.

Maintaining your exercise program can reduce holiday stress and increase your energy levels to keep up with the pace of the season. Continue eating regularly scheduled meals throughout the day to prevent giving in to food temptations or overeating.

City of Sumter employees Steven Johnson, left, and Roland Windham hang strings of lights for the annual Fantasy of Lights at Swan Lake-Iris Gardens.

Thousands of Christmas lights will decorate the gardens from Dec. 1 through Dec. 31. Asked when they’d be finished hanging the thousands of lights, Johnson said, “We’ll get it done on time — never failed yet.”

EAT BEFORE THE EVENT.

If you arrive at a party and you haven’t eaten, you are likely to lose control and eat everything in sight. Instead, eat a meal beforehand so you can then make wiser decisions.

Focus on socializing instead of hovering over the food table. If you are going to a potluck, bring a healthy dish that you can enjoy that will be supportive of your goals.

MAINTAIN PORTION CONTROL.

Loading up our plates should be a tradition of the past. Eating the mountain of food on your plate is an overload for your body, and before you know it, you have heartburn or your waistband is too tight. If you are a picky eater, you will only have a few foods on your plate. Do not double up; keep your meals to your typical serving size. If you are a taste tester, enjoying a little bit of everything, just get one or two bites of each food item. You will get to enjoy all the delicious foods without it being overkill.

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CREATE A HEALTHIER VERSION OF YOUR FAVORITE RECIPE.

Sometimes one of the best parts of the holidays is getting to eat grandma’s special casserole.

Ask her for the recipe and try to remake it with healthier ingredients.

LOCAL BRIEFS

AVOID HIGH-FAT OR HIGH-SUGAR DRINKS.

FROM STAFF REPORTS

Eggnog is definitely a holiday staple, but it is loaded with unnecessary fat and sugar. Keep the alcoholic drinks to a minimum, and drink plenty of water to keep you full and to help digestion of your food.

The holidays are not a reason to let go. While special holiday traditions are meant to be enjoyed, having to start the new year “working off” that weight gain is not.

Missy Corrigan is director of healthy living for the Sumter Family YMCA. She can be reached at mcorrigan@ymcasumter.org or (803) 773-1404.

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North Charleston man struck, killed by tractor trailer on I-95 A 23-year-old North Charleston man is dead after being hit by a tractor trailer early Thursday evening.

Steven Brinson was standing near the rear tandem of a 2003 Kenworth tractor trailer stopped near the 122-mile marker on the northbound side of Interstate 95, according to Lance Cpl. Judd Jones of the S.C. Highway Patrol.

About 4:01 p.m., the 54-year-old driver from Goose Creek pulled forward, fatally striking Brinson. The

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Tenant arrested after reportedly defecating outside landlord’s office An angry tenant was taken to jail Thursday, accused of defecating on his landlord’s office.

Curtis Lee Wise, 57, of 202 E. Liberty St., was arrested and charged with public disorderly conduct.

The manager of the apartment

building on East Liberty Street called Sumter police when, after an altercation with Wise, he reportedly used her office door as a very public restroom.

Officers located Wise at the apartment building, and noted he appeared “agitated” and was “aggressive” toward other residents who were nearby. There were also reportedly “indications” Wise had been drinking prior to the incident, the report says. He was arrested at the scene.

The report does not indicate what the nature of Wise’s dispute with the apartment management was.

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Work to save black-owned forests garners praise RIDGEVILLE (AP) — A top U.S. Agriculture Department official on Thursday praised a South Carolina pilot program he said could be a model for keeping millions of acres of Southern forests in the hands of black landowners.

“I would hope that this could be replicated throughout the country,” said Joe Leonard Jr., the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, who visited rural Ridgeville to learn what the nonprofit Center for Heirs’ Property Preservation is doing to help black landowners manage their forest land and realize value from it.

For almost a decade, the center has worked to clear titles on heirs’ property — land generally deeded to blacks after the Civil War and passed down without benefit of wills.

Much of it is now owned in common by sometimes doz-

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Alex Singleton, a harvest manager for the MeadWestvaco forest products company, explains a new program to help black landowners keep their forest land and realize value from it during a tour near Ridgeville on Thursday.

ens of heirs. Often, one descendant can demand value and force a sale for the proceeds, at which time the land often passes out of the family.

Earlier this year the center,

as well as the Roanoke Electrical Cooperative-Roanoke Center in Ahoskie, N.C., began a pilot project to help preserve black-owned forests.

It was financed in part by a

$1.2 million grant from the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities and agencies of Agriculture Department.

The object is to help blacks realize income from their forest land through timbering, forest products and hunting rights. According to the Forest Service, about 229 million acres of southern forest is owned privately, about 16 million of that by blacks and other minorities.

“We’ve been focusing our efforts on heirs’ property,” said Jennie Stephens, executive director of the center. “If we can help families earn money while clearing title to their land, we’re going to help a lot of African-American families in the South.”

She estimated there are at least 41,000 acres of heirs’ property in the six South Carolina counties that the center serves.

Sam Cook, the sustainable forestry director for the center, said the agency has identified 130 landowners with about 5,000 acres interested in working on developing management plans for their forests.

He said there’s already a success story. One landowner had planned to sell 22 acres of his land to help pay his mortgage. But after working with the center, he took the land off the market and will raise the money through timbering.

Leonard was driven down a dirt road between two tracts of forest land — one heirs’ property that was overgrown and neglected, the other managed by MeadWestvaco for timbering and which had been thinned.

Alex Singleton, a harvest manager for MeadWestvaco, said the managed land would bring in $2,700 an acre if timbered but the heirs property only about $600 an acre.

POLICE BLOTTER FIRE:

An unidentified vehicle sitting on blocks behind an abandoned residence in the 1000 block of Boise Lewis Road was found on fire at 5:57 p.m. Monday. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

THEFT:

At 12:40 p.m.

Wednesday, a man reportedly approached a house in the 3200 block of North Kings Highway in Rembert and asked the resident if he could trim her hedges.

When the woman refused, she reportedly saw the man take items out of her mailbox as

he walked away.

STOLEN PROPERTY:

A burgundy 2012 Glide moped was reportedly stolen from the 300 block of North Street between 8 p.m.

Wednesday and 7:20 a.m. Thursday. The moped is valued at $2,000.

A coil from an airconditioning unit was reported stolen from the 800 block of Nevada Court at 4:11 p.m. Monday. The coil is valued at $1,700.

The tires were reported stolen off a car parked in the 1500 block of Airport Road at 1:05 p.m. Monday. The items

| are valued at $1,500.

A two-ton heat pump condenser was reportedly stolen from an air conditioner in the first block of Morgan Avenue between Oct. 7 and 2 p.m. Thursday. The condenser is valued at $1,873.

A GPS unit, a satellite radio, several CDs in a case, a portable DVD player and a green book bag were reported stolen from an unlocked car in the 1100 block of Gilbert Street at 2:49 p.m. Monday. The items are valued at $710. The car was also reportedly scratched and painted with gang signs and profanity, causing dam-

age valued at $8,000.

Between 3 and 8 p.m.

Wednesday, an electric meter box was reported stolen from the 100 block of Hauser Street.

The meter is valued at $2,500.

A blue Bersa .380 pistol valued at $300 and $700 in cash were reportedly stolen from an unlocked car on the 100 block of Burkett Drive between 9 p.m.

Wednesday and 7:20 a.m. Thursday.

An Xbox, two controllers, 12 games and a 32inch flat-screen TV were reportedly stolen from the 500 block of McCrays Mill Road between 10:30 p.m. Wednesday and

5:04 p.m. Thursday. The items are valued at $760.

A refrigerator, a deep freezer, two bar stools, three wooden chairs, a wooden file cabinet and

miscellaneous clothes were reported stolen from the 1100 block of Old West Liberty Street.

The items are valued at $695.

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VFW Post 10813 will hold its quarterly “Tasteful Event� at 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10, at 610 Manning Ave. Call (803) 460-2251.

Berea Junior Academy will hold a Veterans Day program 9:30-10:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 11, at 675 S. Lafayette Drive, to honor all veterans who attended Stone Hill School.

The Regional Transit Council will meet 10-11 a.m.

Thursday, Nov. 14, at 36 W. Liberty St. Contact O.J. Papucci at (803) 775-7381, extension 379, or opapucci@slcog.org.

One More Effort Federated Club will meet at 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, at Birnie HOPE Center, 210 S. Purdy St. New members are currently being accepted.

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The American Red Cross, Sandhills Chapter, will offer New Volunteer Orientation and Disaster Services Overview classes at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12, at 1155 N. Guignard Drive, Suite 2. Call (803) 7752363 to register.

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Divaz on Point will hold a coat and sock drive from 3 to 5 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 10, at South Sumter Resource Center, 337 Manning Ave. Call (803) 847-9074.

The South Main Street Neighborhood Watch will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 11, at the South Sumter Gym.

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BY KEVIN MCDONOUGH “Parks and Recreation� star Rob Lowe returns to the White House. “West Wing� fans surely remember him as Sam Seaborn.

Now he becomes the latest actor to play President John F. Kennedy in the television adaptation of Bill O’Reilly’s best-seller “Killing Kennedy� (8 p.m. and 10 p.m. Sunday, National Geographic, TV-14).

An expensive-looking effort from Ridley Scott’s production company, “Killing Kennedy� often looks like it could have come from Madame Tussauds.

The makeup, hair and costume people have done a great job of transforming Lowe into the beloved murdered president. The problems start when he opens his mouth and begins to move around. The dialogue is wooden, the plotting obvious and the performances rather turgid recreations of well-known events.

Not unlike Gore Vidal’s novel “Lincoln,� this movie offers a chronological look at the curious historical path that brought a president and his assassin together.

This method allows Lee Harvey Oswald (Will Rothhaar) and his wife, Marina (Michelle Trachtenberg), to steal the show. Rothhaar makes the most of Oswald’s neurotic and delusional personality. He fantasizes about elaborate press conferences where he explains his important place in history.

Trachtenberg is excellent as the wife Oswald brings home from the Soviet Union. Rather than play Marina as a submissive mouse from Minsk, Trachtenberg is sassy and even taunting, particularly after realizing that she’s been tethered to an angry, jobless loser who has dragged her far from family and home.

Trachtenberg’s strong performance serves to spotlight the ghastly miscasting of Ginnifer Goodwin (“Big Love�) as the sophisticated Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy. Goodwin delivers her dialogue in a broad New England accent that, combined with her body language and attitude, make her seem like a pretty, down-to-earth girl Jack might have met at a Boston doughnut shop.

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The unemployment rate rose to 7.3 percent from 7.2 percent in September, the Labor Department said Friday. But that was likely because furloughed federal workers were temporarily

counted as unemployed.

The surge in jobs shows the economy was stronger in October than many economists had expected. Activity at service companies and factories also accelerated last month, an earlier report showed. The figures signal that many U.S. companies shrugged off the shutdown. “It’s amazing how resilient the economy has been in the face of numerous shocks,� said Joe LaVorgna, chief U.S. economist at Deutsche Bank.

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healthy in coming months and perhaps pick up next year, economists said. Growing demand for homes should support construction.

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Others said the job growth might prod the Fed to start slowing its stimulus by year’s end.

Women training, heading to Navy Riverine combat jobs

BY LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press Writer CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — Anna Schnatzmeyer’s face is taut with concentration as she slowly maneuvers the Riverine assault boat away from the dock, using the complex controls to try to inch the 34-foot craft straight back without sliding sideways.

Her instructor, standing next to her, orders her forward again, and despite the slow, careful creep, the Navy boat knocks into the pier.

It’s the first time she’s ever piloted a boat. She’s in full battle gear, and the sun is beating off Mile Hammock Bay on the edge of Camp Lejeune. A stiff wind is tossing waves against the nearby shore. And the pressure is mounting.

By year’s end, Schnatzmeyer and five others are expected to become the first women formally assigned to a Riverine combat company, a battlefront Navy job that is just now opening up to women.

The three Riverine Delta Company units are used for combat operations, often called on to move quickly into shallow waters where they can insert forces for raids, or conduct rescue missions.

The Delta Company jobs are some of the first combat positions in the military to formally accept women, and breaking through the barriers hasn’t been easy. So, here, in this tangle of

coastal waterways, Schnatzmeyer and the two other women in the crewman course know all too well that the world is watching.

She’s already passed the combat skills course, allowing her to be part of a Delta Company crew, as an intelligence analyst or maybe a gunner who controls one of the machine guns mounted on the boat, jobs that weren’t open to women before. But this Riverine crewman course would allow her to be a boat captain or coxswain — crew leaders who drive the boat or direct the fight. “Ever since I was little, this is what I wanted to do,� said Schnatzmeyer, who was in grade school when terrorists attacked on 9/11. “My dad would take me to air shows, and I would tell my family I wanted to be a soldier.�

By lifting the ban on women in battlefront combat jobs, she said the Pentagon is now giving her and other women a chance. Riverine combat units, for example, went to war in Iraq. They were not used in Afghanistan, where river combat operations weren’t really needed.

At 23, the El Paso, Texas, native has been in the Navy just one year and is a master at arms 3. Neither she nor her boat buddy, Danielle Hinchliff, had any boating experience before they climbed aboard for the seven-week crewman course, which includes late night drills

that require night-vision goggles and radar to pilot the craft across the dark and murky waters. “There’s a lot of eyes on us, you know. And we do have to ... uphold a lot of standards. We have to make sure that we do everything that we’re supposed to,�

Hinchliff said. “For me, the hard part is driving the boat.�

Watching from the dock, Lt. Michael Diehl agreed that learning to pilot the boat is a challenge.

They need to conquer a difficult mix of controls — the steering wheel, the throttle and the two rear buckets that can be angled up and down over the boat’s jet drives allowing the captain to stop on a dime or move the craft laterally when needed. “If you can’t drive the boat slow, you definitely can’t do the fun stuff and drive it fast,� said Diehl, site director for the Riverine training.

The difficulty was evident in the final result: All three women, including Schnatzmeyer and Hinchliff, and six of the men failed to pass the seven-week crewman course that would allow them to command the boats and the crews — more than a third of the 26-member class.

The military services are struggling to figure out how to move women into battlefront jobs, including infantry, armor and elite commando positions. They are devising updated physical

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U.S. Navy Master-at-Arms Third Class Anna Schnatzmeyer, left, and Master-at-Arms Third Class Danielle Hinchliff, both of Coastal Riverine Squadron 2, eat their Meals Ready to Eat on Aug. 13 as they participate in a U.S. Navy Riverine Crewman Course at the Center for Security Forces Learning Site at Camp Lejeune, N.C.

and mental standards — equal for men and women — for thousands of combat jobs and they have until Jan. 1, 2016, to open as many jobs as possible to women, and to explain why if they decide to keep some closed.

The common requirements for men and women for each post would be based on specific tasks. Military officials say standards will not be lowered in order to bring women into any combat posts.

The Navy — which has nearly 69,000 women on active duty — is about to open up about 270 jobs in the Coastal Riverine Force

to women. The service plans to let women serve in all but a “very limited number� of Navy positions. The bulk of the 22,000 Navy jobs

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Lenient school lice policies bug some parents WASHINGTON (AP) — Some parents are scratching their heads over less restrictive head lice policies that allow children with live bugs in their hair to return to the classroom.

And some school nurses are no longer sending home the dreaded “lice note� to other parents with kids in the classroom, alerting them to the possibility of lice in their own child’s precious locks.

The policy shift is designed to help keep children from missing class, shield children with lice from embarrassment and protect their privacy. “Lice is icky, but it’s not dangerous,� said Deborah Pontius, the school nurse for the Pershing County School District in

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Jennaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s school implemented a new policy in the past year that allows children with untreated lice to go home at the end of the day, be treated and then return to school. The policy, the district said, complies with the guidelines of both the Tennessee Department of Education and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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HOSPITAL from Page A1 we have an agreement with Sumter Urology,â&#x20AC;? Stokes said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So if you need a CT scan, lab work, a colonoscopy, a nuclear medicine scan or a cardiac scan, we do those things. Choose us, your neighbors. We do have some other local providers, and people use them, too.

We just want people to try to stay local. Generally, we can get a CT or MRI report faster back to your doctor than MUSC.â&#x20AC;?

Hicks echoed Stokesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; sentiments and expanded on what he thinks is a need for cohesion, as he explained in his letter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The hospitals need to work together to protect their autonomy, the doctors need to work together and help one another, and the community needs to support its hospital as best it can,â&#x20AC;? Hicks said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They need to know what all we have to offer, and they need to use them. This emergency care that they render doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make them much money.

Someone being admitted with pneumonia doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pay much, either. (The biggest profits) come from insulary services and elected procedures people have. We have amazing surgeons and technicians here who are more than capable of doing the job. Keep it in the county. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t send it to Charleston, Florence or Columbia; we can do this all here. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to do anything here that we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do well,â&#x20AC;? Hicks went on. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whatever we do, we want to provide that service to the highest level â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the best that can be done. If we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t perform or provide that service at the highest level, we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to do it, and we shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do it. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not asking people to come here and put their lives at risk; weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re asking people to stay here because we have outstanding service.â&#x20AC;?

Hicks pushes such unity in light of the harder times ahead. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Being the chief of staff, being on the board of trustees and having practiced at (Palmetto Health) Baptist, (Palmetto Health) Richland, Providence ... seeing health care change over the years, I realize that all the hospitals are at risk, not just the small hospitals,â&#x20AC;? Hicks said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every single hospital in the United States is at risk financially and from a regulatory standpoint.â&#x20AC;?

Hicks went on to explain that new regulations to be implemented in the upcoming year will make things especially tough on the diagnostic end of things. The ICD-10, a guide for the diagnoses of symptoms and diseases, is the linchpin of the burdens doctors will bear in the near future, as the revised version of the ICD-9 will plague physicians with more than 87,000 diagnostic codes, Hicks said. Those codes can be

quite specific. Using the ICD-10 in conjunction with Obamacare regulations requires physicians to be nearly perfect in their documentation, as it affects the payout. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get those get those exactly perfect, we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get paid,â&#x20AC;? Hicks said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not only do the doctors not get paid, but the hospital doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get paid. This takes effect next year. As the deficit grows, for every hospital, the money flow is going to be tenuous.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Affordable Care Act will cost us about $80,000 a year,â&#x20AC;? Stokes said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We know that. With Obamacare, decrease in reimbursements are certain. What we fear is we have a lot of people transition to these exchanges, and the exchange reimbursement rate will be lower than (current insurance rates).â&#x20AC;?

In preparation, the Manning hospital has been working to reduce operating costs. At the first of the year, Clarendon Health started building a labor-management system with Premier Healthcare, Stokes said. At the time, they had 980 employees across the board, and in July, they had a reduction in force of 24 people. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have our challenges like anybody else does, (and) weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to position ourselves to withstand the turbulent waters coming,â&#x20AC;? Stokes said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;By the time itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sorted all out, there are going to be some casualties. My job is to make sure weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not one of them.â&#x20AC;?

In light of the recent news that millions would lose or already have lost insurance, Hicks said the writing was on the wall. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People look at Obamacare, and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re shocked that 4.2 million people lost their insurance, but theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not shocked â&#x20AC;&#x201D; these are people that didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to hear that people were going to lose their insurance,â&#x20AC;?

Hicks said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But any reasonable, rational person wouldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve known they were going to lose their insurance if they just looked at the data. When the screws tighten, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want us to be caught unaware.â&#x20AC;?

Despite the perceived grim overtones of his letter, Hicks remained optimistic about the future of Clarendon Memorial Hospital. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With the right leadership, and if we work hard enough, we can make this hospital one of the finest renditions of a small hospital in the country,â&#x20AC;? Hicks said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do that, then Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m wasting my time. If you set your sights on mediocrity, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get, if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re lucky. We have a gem of a hospital over here.â&#x20AC;?

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Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius talks about the Affordable Care Act on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday. President Obama said he is willing to help people whose insurance has been canceled, but his options appear limited.

Few options for Obama to fix cancellations problem

BY RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR The Associated Press WASHINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; President Obama says heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll do everything he can to help people coping with health insurance cancellations, but legally and practically his options appear limited.

That means the latest political problem engulfing Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s health care overhaul may not be resolved quickly, cleanly or completely.

White House deputy spokesman Josh Earnest said Friday that the president has asked his team to look at administrative fixes to help people whose plans are being canceled as a result of new federal coverage rules.

Obama, in an NBC interview Thursday, said â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am sorryâ&#x20AC;? to people who are losing cov-

OBAMA from Page A1 troubles surrounding the rollout of the health care law, often referred to as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Obamacare.â&#x20AC;?

The HealthCare.gov website that was supposed to be an easy portal for Americans to use to purchase insurance has been hobbled by technical issues. And with at least 3.5 million Americans receiving cancellation notices from their insurance companies, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new scrutiny aimed at the way the president tried to sell the law to the public in the first place.

Obama stopped short in Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interview of apologizing for telling Americans they would be able to keep their insurance plans if they liked them â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a promise he has made repeatedly since the law was enacted. But he did take broader responsibility for the health care woes than in his previous comments about

erage and had relied on his assurances that if they liked their plan, they could keep it.

The focus appears to be on easing the impact for a specific group: people whose policies have been canceled and who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t qualify for tax credits to offset higher premiums. The administration has not settled on a particular fix, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s possible the final decision would apply to a broader group.

Still, a president canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just pick up the phone and order the Treasury to cut checks for people suffering from insurance premium sticker shock. Spending would have to be authorized by law.

Another obstacle: Most of the discontinued policies appear to have been issued after the law was enacted, according to insurers and in-

dependent experts. Legally, that means they would have never been eligible for cancellation protections offered by the statute. Its grandfather clause applies only to policies that were in effect when the law passed in 2010.

More than five weeks after open-enrollment season started for uninsured Americans, Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s signature domestic policy achievement is still struggling. Persistent website problems appear to have kept most interested customers from signing up.

Repairs are underway. On Friday the administration said the websiteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s income verification component will be offline for maintenance until Tuesday morning. An enrollment report expected next week is likely to reflect only paltry sign-ups.

the flawed rollout, declaring that if the law isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t working, â&#x20AC;&#x153;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my job to get it fixed.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;When youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a health care rollout that is as important to the country and to me as this is and it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work like a charm, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my fault,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Some Republicans, who remain fierce opponents of the law three years after it won congressional approval, appeared unmoved by Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mea culpa. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If the president is truly sorry for breaking his promises to the American people, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll do more than just issue a halfhearted apology on TV,â&#x20AC;?

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said in a statement.

House Speaker John Boehnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office said the Ohio Republican was â&#x20AC;&#x153;highly skepticalâ&#x20AC;? that the president could take administrative action to ensure that Americans could keep their health plans. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why he should work with Congress and support bipartisan legislation that fulfills his promise and allows insur-

ance companies to continue offering the plans that so many Americans like and can afford,â&#x20AC;? said Brendan Buck, a Boehner spokesman.

In recent days, focus has intensified on the presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s promise that Americans who liked their insurance coverage would be able to keep it. He repeated the line often, both as the bill was being debated in Congress and after it was signed into law.

But the health care law itself made that promise almost impossible to keep. It mandated that insurance coverage must meet certain standards and that policies falling short of those standards would no longer be valid except through a grandfathering process, meaning some policies were always expected to disappear.

The White House says under those guidelines, fewer than 5 percent of Americans will have to change their coverage. But in a nation of more than 300 million people, 5 percent is about 15 million people.

OBITUARIES ANN P. BUTLER SUMMERTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ann Parson Butler, 81, wife of Broadus O. Butler Sr., died Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013, at Lexington Medical Center.

She was born Oct. 10, 1932, in Manning, a daughter of the late Jimmie and Fannie Mae Richburg Parson.

The family is receiving friends at her residence, 1037 Hill St., Summerton.

These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

LEATHA MAE CANTY MANNING â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Leatha Mae Canty, age 81, was born on Sept. 4, 1932, in Clarendon County, to the late Mamie Morris.

She entered into eternal rest on

| Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital, Manning.

The family will receive friends at the home, 9242 Silver Road, Manning.

Professional services entrusted to Dysonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Home for Funerals, 237 Main St., Summerton.

JAMES WRIGHT Jr. James Wright Jr., 72, husband of Maggie Lewis Wright, departed this life on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

He was born June 13, 1941, in Sumter County.

The family is receiving friends at the home, 4475 Stick Lane, Sumter.

Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced later by Jobâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mortuary Inc. of Sumter.

TYRONE M. GRANT NEWARK, N.J. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Tyrone Montgomery Grant, of Newark and formerly of Sumter, died Nov. 6, 2013.

He was a son of James Grant and the late Thelma Loney Grant; and brother of Westeen Grant, Jacqueline Grant, Sherita (Theresa) Grant,

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Sherri Grant, and the late James Dury Grant and Larry Gene Jefferson.

Private memorial services were held in New Jersey.

The James E. Churchman Jr. Funeral Home of Newark was in charge of arrangements.

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SCHOOLS — The following will be closed Monday: Sumter School District; Wilson Hall; and St. Anne Catholic School.

Lee County Public Schools will observe a teacher in-service day on Monday and there will be no student attendance.

Central Carolina Technical College will observe a faculty/staff work day on Monday and there will be no classes.

UTILITIES — Farmers Telephone Coop. and Black River Coop. will be open Monday.

OTHER — The Sumter County Library will be closed Monday.

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eight to 10 minutes, so the players have to hit it again sometime before then,” Doshier said. “The batteries in the golf ball last for about 30 hours.”

Despite the pitch blackness that comes with golfing in the dark, participants still had plenty of fun playing night golf for the first time.

“It was fun watching all the balls flying through the air, and seeing the balls fly off the tees was really neat,” said Mike Boan of Sumter. “The course was set nice enough to where you knew where to go and what to do.”

At the end of the tournament, Habitat for Humanity treated the golfers to a dinner of hot dogs, chili and ice-cold beer. They also held a raffle where ticket buyers could win various door prizes from certificates to local restaurants to a free movie night at the Beacon Theater.

The players who walked away with a gift certificate for Best Team Score were Guy Wheeler, John Turner, Rick Parkhurst and Alan Ward of Sumter.

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Porter said. “When looking at a calendar, there is a golf tournament going on every weekend.”

Habitat spent four to five months putting together teams and gaining sponsors for the tournament. The organization gained between $100 and $500 from each sponsor, according to Habitat board chairwoman Susan McDuffie.

The event drew the attention of 61 participants interested in the idea of playing golf at night. These participants were divided into 15 teams of three or four golfers. Because of a 9-hole course, some teams had to double up on some holes.

Each player was required to pay a $45 fee to enter the tournament. With the money gained from entry fees and sponsorships, Habitat managed to raise approximately $4,000 to help support projects it plans to start up in February.

“This was an excellent way for us to be visible in the community, to get businesses involved, to raise awareness and to raise money for the next two houses we’re going to build,” said David Gouldthorp, treasurer for the local Habitat for Humanity.

The glow-in-thedark golf balls were provided by Night Flyer, a company based in Vernon Hills, Ill., that specializes in providing night-golf products. The balls are powered by LED batteries and are designed to light up once they make contact with a golf club.

But they don’t stay lit for long, according to Night Flyer Account Executive Roger Doshier.

“Once they light up, they stay lit for about

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Habitat for Humanity chairwoman Susan McDuffie, left with glow-in-the-dark glasses, addresses participants before the charity golf tournament begins.

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SHS slides by Wando 24-12

BY EDDIE LITAKER Special to The Item

MATT WALSH / THE ITEM

Sumter High running back Russell Jenkins (5) busts through the line as offensive lineman Troy Brayboy (72) blocks for him during the Gamecocks’ 24-12 win over Wando on Friday at Sumter Memorial Stadium’s Freddie Solomon Field.

Sumter High School and Wando met on Freddie Solomon Field at Sumter Memorial Stadium on Friday with seemingly more implications for the 4A Division I state playoffs for the Gamecocks than the Warriors.

Sumter had seemingly clinched a first-round home game in the 4A state playoffs with a 31-6 win over Conway last Friday,

only to find that might not be the case.

On Friday, the Gamecocks came away with a 24-12 win over Wando in the non-region contest to close out a 6-5 regular season, but head coach Reggie Kennedy was still unsure if his team would be at home for the opening round of the playoffs.

“I talked to the playoff committee today and they said there are a lot of home (playoff game) scenarios

Barons roll to 2nd round

out there,” Kennedy said.

“We’ll know here shortly, though. We have a general idea, but we really don’t know.”

With Wando finishing third, behind Goose Creek and Stratford, in Region VII, Warriors head coach Jimmy Noonan, the former SHS standout and former Wilson Hall head coach, knew his team’s playoff position would not change SEE GAMECOCKS, PAGE B2

LMA edges Cardinals in 30-27 win

BY MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER mchristopher@theitem.com

MATT WALSH / THE ITEM

MANNING — Cardinal Newman’s Evan Dubois stretched out his arms as the clock hit zero and waited.

Cardinals quarterback Garrett McNerney threw a slant pass to Dubois with the clock running out from the Laurence Manning Academy 1-yard line with his team trailing by three.

The senior made a juke move and dove for the end zone.

BRIGGS Silence. It was over.

“I saw Evan sitting there with no one around him,” McNerney said.

“He made a great move and I thought he scored.”

LMA fans and their head coach had a different view of the play.

“From our vantage point, he landed before the goal line and bounced in,” LMA first-year head coach Robbie Briggs said of the game’s final and deciding play. “It really doesn’t matter; we’ll take it.”

The Swampcats held on for a 30-27 victory at Billy Chitwood Field after completing the gamewinning goal line stand in the first

Wilson Hall’s John Ballard (20) runs through Heathwood Hall’s defense during the Barons’ 37-7 victory on Friday at Spencer Field in the first round of the SCISA 3A state playoffs.

Wilson Hall crushes Highlanders to continue winning streak

BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS jdriggers@theitem.com Wilson Hall head football Bruce Lane was looking for a much better start against Heathwood Hall on Friday at Spencer Field than the one his team had the first time the two teams met.

He got it — courtesy of his defense.

The Barons intercepted three Highlander passes – returning one for a score

and another to the 3-yard line — and held Heathwood to 161 yards of total offense and no points through the first three quarters as Wilson Hall rolled to a 37-7 victory in the first round of the SCISA 3A state playoffs.

The Barons improved to 11-0 on the season and earned a rematch with rival Laurence Manning Academy next Friday at home for a chance to play

for the 3A state title. The Swampcats defeated Cardinal Newman 30-27.

Heathwood finished the season at 2-9.

“I really thought our defense set the tone,” Lane said. “Heathwood really played us tough the first time, and we challenged our kids to come out and make a statement.

“I thought our defense did that.”

John Patrick Sears got

things rolling for the Barons after coming up with a tipped pass at the Highlander 24 and returning it to the 3. Jay Goodson rumbled in for the score on the next play as Wilson Hall took a 10-0 lead.

Sears had another INT in the fourth quarter that led to a field goal, but John Ballard had the big pick.

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LOCAL PREP FOOTBALL SCORES SCHSL PLAYOFFS 3A Crestwood 34, Brookland-Cayce 20 2A Division II Garrett 14, Lee Central 6 Regular Season Sumter 24, Wando 12

SCISA Playoffs 3A Wilson Hall 37, Heathwood Hall 7 Laurence Manning 30, Cardinal Newman 27 2A Hilton Head Christian 43, Thomas Sumter 28 8-Man Clarendon Hall 50, James Island Christian 20

Generals fall to Hilton Head 43-28

Knights best Brookland-Cayce 34-20

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DALZELL — There is no secret as to what the Crestwood High School football team likes to do on offense.

The Knights’ punishing Wing-T running game amassed 378 yards on 58 carries and five scores as Crestwood held off a late Brookland-Cayce’ fourth-quarter rally to prevail 34-20 in the first round of the 3A state playoffs on Friday at Donald L. Crolley Memorial Stadium.

The Knights advance to the second round and will take on Myrtle Beach next Friday at home. Myrtle Beach shut out Berkeley 35-0 on Friday.

“We came out and did a lot of work on our running game this week in practice,” Crestwood head coach Keith Crolley said. “Our

HILTON HEAD ISLAND — Even with its top tailback sidelined for much of the game and its vaunted running attacked held in check for three quarters, the Hilton Head Christian Academy football team did what a champions does on Friday — it found a way to win.

The Eagles began their quest for a third consecutive SCISA 2A state championship with a convincing, yet somewhat uneven, 43-28 home victory over Thomas Sumter Academy, and in the process earned the right to host a state semifinal next Friday against Palmetto Christian, which beat Calhoun Academy 54-39 on Friday.

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Crestwood’s Donald Rutledge (38) returns an interception during the Knights’ 34-20 victory over Brookland-Cayce on Friday at Donald L. Crolley Memorial SEE KNIGHTS, PAGE B2 Stadium in the first round of the 3A state playoffs.

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BARONS from Page B1 the WH 26, Ballard intercepted Will Detwiler and returned it 69 yards for a score.

“You can’t make mistakes like that against a good team,” Highlanders head coach Jon Wheeler said. “In order to have a chance, we needed them to make a few mistakes and for us not to make any.

“They basically returned two throws for scores, and you usually can’t beat anybody like that, especially the best team in the state.”

Interceptions weren’t the only miscues HH had on offense. The Highlanders were held to under 55 yards of offense in each of the first two quarters and managed just three first downs in the half.

“Give Wilson Hall credit because they made the plays,” Wheeler said. “They made them and we didn’t.

They outplayed us and outcoached us.”

It wasn’t until the third quarter that the Heathwood offense finally found some traction — driving deep into Wilson Hall territory three times in the second half. The first drive ended with an incomplete pass on fourth down at the Barons 13. The second ended with Ballard’s interception and the Highlanders finally capitalized on their last drive of the game with a 2-yard TD run from John Rothell.

Meanwhile Wilson Hall kept the pressure on behind the arm of quarterback William Kinney and the foot of placekicker Cody Hoover.

Hoover got the scoring started with a 37-yard field goal in the first. He booted two 23-yarders in the second half and was also 3-for-3 on PATs. “The kicking game is a weapon,” Lane said. “It was strong tonight. At this time

CATS from Page B1 round of the SCISA 3A state playoffs.

LMA advances to play Wilson Hall, a 37-7 winner over Heathwood Hall, on the road next Friday in a semifinal game.

“It can’t hurt,” Briggs said of how the final play may affect his team moving forward in the playoffs. “We had some breakdowns there at the end, which is a concern, and we lost our poise on a couple of plays. At the end of the day, we’ve got eight wins; that’s a first here in awhile and we’re proud of that. And we’re moving on to the second round, which is a first here in awhile.”

Trailing by three, the Cardinals drove the length of the field and faced third down and 1 from the LMA 5 with less than 20 seconds remaining. A 4-yard pass by McNerney to Stefone Brown set up a first down, but with the clock running and time for one play, the Cardinals came up short on the last play of the game.

“I guess it reinforces you’ve got to do your job every play,” Briggs said. “You’ve got to be able to focus. In playoff football there is only five or six plays that can change the whole outcome of the play; we’re thankful for the win.”

The Swampcats, now 8-4 on the year, held big leads in both the first and third quarters only to watch CN comeback and make a game of it.

LMA’s Tyshawn Epps had 89 yards rushing on seven carries, including two rushing scores. Rashae Bey added 74 yards rushing on 15 carries and caught the lone pass from quarterback Drake Hutson, for 48 yards. Cagney Brunson added 39 yards rushing on six totes, including a score.

Leading 21-14 at halftime, the Swampcats defense got a safety followed by a 65-yard kickoff return for a touchdown on back-toback plays to go up 30-14 with 7:29 in the

third quarter.

The Cardinals, 6-5, did not go away. Two touchdown runs by McNerney within 30 seconds of each other gave CN a chance. McNerney scored on a 5-yard TD run at the 4:51 mark, and after a 2-point pass failed, LMA led 30-20. CN decided to go for the onside kick, recovered it, and two plays later scored to make it a 3-point game.

McNerney led a valiant effort, leading the team with 186 yards passing, completing 11 of 22 passes. He also rushed for 47 yards on six carries, including two late scores. Zakki Parker led the Cardinals with 130 rushing yards and a touchdown on 26 carries.

“I couldn’t ask for a better team, the way they played,” McNerney said. “I couldn’t ask to play with a greater group of guys. We worked through a lot to come to where we came to be and I’m so proud; I just wish we could’ve pulled through at the end.”

LMA stormed out to a 21-0 lead in the first quarter, scoring on all three offensive possessions. It did not have a good second quarter.

Epps scored two first-half touchdowns, including a 69-yard TD for the game’s first score. Brunson had a 21-yard TD run and LMA led 14-0 after Epps scored on a 2-point run. Epps scored his second TD on a 15-yard run at the 1:35 mark of the first quarter to give the Swampcats a 21-0 lead.

Cardinal Newman responded in the second quarter, both offensively and defensively, to climb back into the game with two TDs by Parker. Parker got CN on the board at the 8:25 mark of the second quarter on a hook-andladder play as Evan Dubois caught a negative five yard pass by McNerney, but pitched the ball to Parker, who ran 41 yards for a score.

LMA punted on the ensuing posession and CN went to work. The Cardinals went on a 15-play, 68-yard drive in which they converted on three fourth downs that included Parker’s 15-yard TD run with 37.1 seconds left in the first half to make it 21-14.

GAMECOCKS from Page B1 “We’re in the playoffs.

We’re third in our region,” Noonan said after his team ended regular season at 4-7.

“We know we will be on the road, and tonight’s outcome would not have changed that. We’ll find out first thing in the morning.”

Sumter took charge early as quarterback James Barnes turned what seemed to be a busted play into a 66-yard touchdown run. Vincent Watkins’ PAT put the Gamecocks up 7-0 with 5:44 left in the opening quarter.

Wando proved to be resilient with an 11-play, 74-yard drive that saw Kenny Waring rush nine times for 58 yards, including the final three for the score. Bobby Fayssoux’s PAT kick was short, leaving the Warriors trailing 7-6.

A fumble by Waring deep in Wando territory set up Sumter’s second score. The

Gamecocks took over on the Warriors 27 and took six plays to get into the end zone, with Russell Jenkins running the final six yards.

Another turnover resulted in Sumter’s third score as North-South All-Star Game selection Erick Wright intercepted a Bailey Hart pass one of three interceptions he would have on the night and returned it 65 yards for a touchdown and a 21-6 Gamecock lead.

“The name of the game tonight is turnovers,” Noonan said. “I think we played pretty well defensively, but offensively right there in the first half we gave them two cheap scores - a pick-six and fumbled right down here deep in our own territory.”

Both teams added one score in the second half, with Wando putting six on the board after a 6-yard Nick

GENERALS from Page B1 and a stingy defense.

It helped dispatch a pesky Thomas Sumter team that played much better than its 2-7 re-

of year, you never know. A game might come down to a field goal and we feel very good (about Hoover).”

Kinney had another solid game at QB. He was 7 of 11 for 155 yards through the air and added another 39 yards on the ground. He had five passes of 10 yards or more, including a 48yard scrambling pass to Goodson, who got behind the defense.

“Each team schemes differently for William, but he did a good job of scrambling to set up the pass tonight,” Lane said. “They sort of collapsed on him and he was able to make some big plays down the field.”

Parker McDuffie had the other touchdown for Wilson Hall — a 28-yard breakaway score in the second quarter. McDuffie led the Barons with 45 yards rushing on six carries and the one score.

Andrew Earle led the Highlanders with 60 yards rushing.

cord would have predicted.

Meccariello threw a pair of long touchdown passes, includ-

Taylor run and Watkins connecting an a 32-yard field goal for Sumter.

After rushing 19 times for 79 yards in the opening half, Waring did not take the field in the second half.

“He’s ailing right now,” Noonan said of Waring. “He went as long and as hard as he could, and I’m proud of his effort, but he had to go out. So we’re playing a little sophomore (Kevin Brown) back there. He’s (Brown) got a lot of potential.”

Kennedy was impressed with the play of Wright and the rest of his defensive unit.

“Erick has made big plays for us the whole year,” Kennedy said. “That’s the reason why he’s a North-South player. He continues to make plays and get better as the year goes on, and that’s great.

We’ve got to have that, especially with him being a senior.

He came through the program and it’s good to see him benefit from the program.”

ing a critical 31-yard strike to Nick Perozzi on fourth down and 16 yards to go early in the second half. Placekicker J.R. Moise connected on three field goals.

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Clarendon Hall destroys James Island in 50-20 rout CHARLESTON — Clarendon Hall advanced to the semifinals of the SCISA 8-man football state playoffs with a 50-20 victory over James Island Christian on Friday at the JIC field.

The Saints, who improved to 8-3 on the season, will travel to Batesburg next Friday to take on W.W. King in the semifinals next week.

James Island finishes the year

with an 8-2 record.

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BISHOPVILLE -- Lee Central High School saw its season come to an end on Friday with a 14-6 loss to Garrett on Friday in the opening round of the 2A Division II state playoffs at the Lee Central field.

The Stallions finish the year with a 5-6 record, while Garrett improved to 6-5.

S.C. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCORES SCHSL PLAYOFFS First Round Friday 3A Upper State (1) Greer 34, (4) Emerald 30 (2) Westwood 38, (3) Woodruff 10 (1) Daniel 40, (4) Pickens 3 (2) Clinton 55, (3) A.C. Flora 35 (4) Chapman 28, (1) Chapin 18 (3) Wren 70, (2) Greenville 61 (1) Broome 30, (4) Seneca 17 (2) Belton-Honea Path 20, (3) Blue Ridge 14 Lower State (1) Socastee 31, (4) Hilton Head Island 6 (2) Hartsville 24, (3) Midland Valley 0 (1) Hanahan 38, (4) Southside 7 (3) Marlboro County 42, (2) Swansea 14 (1) Crestwood 34, (4) Brookland-Cayce 20 (2) Myrtle Beach 35, (3) Berkeley 0 (1) Strom Thurmond 35, (4) Darlington 6 (3) North Myrtle Beach 52, (2) Orangeburg-Wilkinson 35 2A Division I Upper State (8) Columbia 18, (9) Indian Land 5 (5) Crescent 28, (12) Mid-Carolina 26 (7) Keenan 19, (10) Powdersville 15 (6) Newberry 36, (11) Carolina 14 Lower State (8) Wade Hampton 57, (9) Battery Creek 20 (12) Waccamaw 18, (5) Edisto 13 (7) Aynor 52, (10) Marion 26 (6) Ridgeland-Hardeeville 14, (11) Lake City 12 Division II Upper State (9) Abbeville 21, (8) Saluda 0 (5) Chesterfield 49, (12) North Central 18 (7) Landrum 45, (10) Eau Claire 18 (6) Andrew Jackson 36, (11) Buford 20 Lower State (8) Barnwell 45, (9) North Charleston 20 (12) Kingstree 50, (5) Mullins 34 (7) Andrews 42, (10) Calhoun County 14 (11) Garrett 14, (6) Lee Central 6

KNIGHTS from Page B1 sweep game worked really well, and our offensive coaches did a great job of play calling and mixing it up a bit. Our running backs ran hard and our offensive line did a great job of creating holes.”

The victory was also special on another note for Crolley as he secured his 100th coaching career win in the 14-point triumph.

“There are a lot of players and coaches that have contributed to this feat,” said Crolley, whose team never attempted a pass in improving to 9-2 on the season.

“It has never been a 1-man show, and I’m truly proud of this group of kids. “There have been some hard times the past few years, but these kids have battled hard all year and this sort of milestone goes to everybody associated with the school.”

Crestwood used a 7-play, 63yard drive to take a 6-0 lead midway in the first quarter. Traye Davis’ 34-yard run set up senior tailback Jason McDaniel’s 6-yard touchdown, but the Knights missed the extra point. McDaniel rushed 18 times for 110 yard and two rushing touchdowns.

The Bearcats, who finished the year with a 6-5 record, were moving the ball on their second offensive possession until Knights’ junior defensive back Donald Rutledge jumped in front of Bearcats’ quarterback Zeke Walker’s pass for an interception. The Knights took advantage as a 10-play, 82-yard drive was capped by senior Shamari Fakih’s 2-yard score on fourth down and goal. Crestwood missed on the 2-point conversion, but led 12-0 with 2:57 remaining in the first.

However, Brookland-Cayce finally got going as Dejon Amak-

the offensive attack, HHC played the final three quarters without star tailback Deo’Vonte Doe, who aggravated a sprained ankle on the first play of the second quarter

1A Division I Upper State (1) Lamar 53, (8) Southside Christian 6 (5) St. Joseph’s 28, (4) Ware Shoals 14 (3) Williston-Elko 58, (6) C.A. Johnson 6 (2) Christ Church 66, (7) Lewisville 0 Lower State (1) Carvers Bay 48, (8) Baptist Hill 20 (5) Estill 26, (4) Johnsonville 7 (6) Hemingway 27, (3) St. John’s 12 (2) Allendale-Fairfax 14, (7) Latta 8 Division II Upper State (1) Hunter-Kinard-Tyler 22, (8) Blackville-Hilda 14 (4) McCormick 20, (5) Dixie 0 (6) Ridge Spring-Monetta 34, (3) Wagener-Salley 13 (2) Great Falls 29, (7) McBee 22 Lower State (1) Cross 69, (8) Lincoln 0 (4) Timmonsville 58, (5) Branchville 6 (3) Military Magnet 38, (6) Creek Bridge 12 (2) Lake View 36, (7) Denmark-Olar 24

SCISA PLAYOFFS First Round Friday 3A (1) Wilson Hall 37, (8) Heathwood Hall 7 (4) Laurence Manning 30, (5) Cardinal Newman 27 (2) Orangeburg Prep 24, (7) Augusta Christian 6 (3) Hammond 49, (6) Porter-Gaud 28 2A (1) Florence Christian 53, (4) Thomas Heyward 28 (2) Northwood 42, (3) Spartanburg Christian 16 (1) Hilton Head Christian 43, (4) Thomas Sumter 28 (3) Palmetto Christian 54, (2) Calhoun Academy 39 1A (1) Colleton Prep 54, (At-Large) St. Andrew’s 16 (2) Dillon Christian 30, (3) Holly Hill 20 (1) Williamsburg 56, (4) Bible Baptist 30 (2) Dorchester 28, (3) Trinity-Byrnes 22 8-Man (4) Clarendon Hall 50, (1) James Island Christian 20 (2) W.W. King 46, (3) Beaufort Academy 20 (1) Carolina 56, (4) Cathedral 18 (3) Wardlaw 52, (2) Patrick Henry 28

er’s 66-run on a reverse set up sophomore A.J. Brown’s 4-yard touchdown run to cut Crestwood’s lead to 12-6 in the second.

The Bearcats had another offensive drive going with less than four minutes left before halftime, but Knights senior linebacker Markeise Young intercepted Walker’s pass across the middle of the field. The takeaway led to Fakih, who finished with 83 yards on 19 carries, scoring his second touchdown from seven yards out. He then ran in the 2-point conversion to help give Crestwood 20-6 advantage at halftime.

Following the break, the Knights used some trickery as a fake punt by Chase Rogers set up Ty’Son Williams, who rushed for 127 yards on 10 carries in the second half, for a 39-yard touchdown run to increase the Knights’ lead to 27-6.

After Crestwood’s defense stopped the Bearcats in the red zone, McDaniel’s 7-yard touchdown run up the middle capped a 13-play, 85-yard drive to extend Crestwood lead to 34-6 going into the fourth quarter.

Nonetheless, the Bearcats didn’t go away quietly. Backup quarterback Kozie Brown, who came in for an injured Walker, connected with Amaker for a 50yard touchdown catch to cut the Knights’ lead to 34-12 with more than 10 minutes left in the fourth.

Following a Knights’ turnover, Bearcats’ receiver Bernard McCall hauled in a 9-yard touchdown throw from Brown. Brookland-Cayce scored on the 2-point conversion to slice the Knights’ lead to 34-20. On the ensuing kickoff, the Bearcats were able to recover the onside kick, but Crestwood’s defense stepped up and kept BrooklandCayce from crossing the end zone again.

and did not return to the game.

All things considered, it wasn’t the way first-year head coach Ryan Mitch envisioned the opening-round game playing out, but

he’ll take the victory all the same.

In large part, the Eagles owe the triumph to a defense that was largely in control of the game from beginning to end.

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Gamecocks more confident than critics

BY WILLIE T. SMITH III wtsmith@greenvilleonline.com COLUMBIA — A new lineup and attitude have South Carolina sophomore Michael Carrera confident the Gamecocks will put a better product on the basketball court this season.

While most are predicting USC to finish again near the bottom of the Southeastern Conference standings, Carrera is not hearing it.

“I really don’t care what people say about our team,” said Carrera, an SEC All-Freshman team selection last season. “I think we have a great team. I think we have one of the best coaches in the nation. We want to work hard, be together as a family and just win as many games as we can so we can make it to the NCAA Tournament. That’s our goal this year.”

The Gamecocks would have to accomplish it with a roster heavy with freshmen who have kept coach Frank Martin on his toes.

“I am happy with some of the things we are doing offensively,” Martin said. “I think our young guys, for the most part, are trying to do what we ask them to do.

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South Carolina head men’s basketball coach Frank Martin is ready to put last year’s disappointing 14-18 season behind him.

The floor spacing, the tempo with which we play offense, I was actually more pleased with the freshmen than the upperclassmen as far as their attention to detail.”

The Gamecocks’ journey begins today when they host Longwood at 1 p.m. in the Colonial

Life Arena.

The roster features seven freshmen, led by highly regarded Sindarius Thornwell. The returning players are pleased with what the youngsters bring.

“They are trying to get their minutes in the games, so they are going really hard during the practices, so the competition has been really hard,” sophomore forward Mindauguas Kacinas said. “That is going to push us forward so we can do the best we can.”

One thing the newcomers improve is height to both the front and backcourts. Thornwell (6foot-5, 206 pounds) and Duane Notice (6-2, 221) will probably start in the backcourt, with Carerra going back and forth between shooting guard and small forward.

“If you follow my career, I think you’ll find out I always like playing as big as possible,” Marrtin said. “Size is huge in this game. Everyone talks small ball, small ball, small ball. Yeah, there is small at the center spot, but the teams that are small at the center spot have 6-8 guards. … Size is very important in this game. You can’t win without it.”

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Kentucky routs UNC-Asheville 89-57 LEXINGTON, Ky. — Julius Randle scored 15 of his 23 points in the second half to lead five Kentucky players in double figures and help the top-ranked Wildcats’ highly touted freshman class debut successfully with an 89-57 seasonopening rout of UNCAsheville on Friday night.

Friday night in the season opener for both teams.

(2) MICHIGAN STATE MCNEESE STATE

(20) WISCONSIN ST. JOHN’S

(18) CONNECTICUT MARYLAND

NEW YORK — Shabazz Napier scored 18 points, Niels Giffey had 13 and No. 18 Connecticut survived Maryland’s second-half surge in a 78-77 victory Friday night.

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DURHAM, N.C. — Jabari Parker scored 22 points in his debut for No. 4 Duke, and the Blue Devils routed Davidson 111-77 in their opener Friday night.

(7) MICHIGAN UMASS-LOWELL

(8) SYRACUSE CORNELL

(21) NOTRE DAME MIAMI (OHIO)

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Trevor Cooney had seven 3-pointers and 27 points, both career highs, and No. 8 Syracuse beat pesky Cornell 82-60 on Friday night in

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SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Jerian Grant scored a career-high 26 points to lead No. 21 Notre Dame to a 74-62 win over Miami (Ohio) in the season opener for both squads Friday night.

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ANN ARBOR, Mich.

— Glenn Robinson III scored 15 points and No. 7 Michigan pulled away in the second half to beat Division I newcomer UMass-Lowell 69-42 Friday night.

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Josh Gasser, who missed last season with a knee injury, scored 19 points and No. 20 Wisconsin opened the season with an 86-75 victory over St. John’s on Friday night.

EAST LANSING, Mich.

— No. 2 Michigan State tuned up for its highly anticipated game against top-ranked Kentucky with a season-opening rout.

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Kentucky’s James Young goes up for a dunk during the second half of the Wildcats’ 89-57 victory over UNC-Asheville on Friday in Lexington, Ky.

son opener Friday.

the season opener for both teams.

(10) FLORIDA NORTH FLORIDA

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Casey Prather scored a career-high 28 points, Michael Frazier II added 19 and No. 10 Florida held on the beat North Florida 77-69 in the sea-

(14) VCU ILLINOIS STATE

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RICHMOND, Va. — Juvonte Reddic had 13 points and eight rebounds and No. 14 VCU used a 33-7 first-half run to take command on its way to a 96-58 victory over Illinois State on

(24) VIRGINIA JAMES MADISON

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Anthony Gill scored 13 points in his Virginia debut and the 24th-ranked Cavaliers held James Madison scoreless for nearly 7 minutes in the first half on the way to a 61-41 victory Friday night in the season opener for both teams.

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Celtics win second straight, hold off Magic 91-89 ORLANDO, Fla. — The Boston Celtics are prepared to go through growing pains this season as they continue learn to adapt to life without franchise stalwarts Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett.

Coach Brad Stevens is ready for a long process, but will take a few wins like Friday night along the way.

KNICKS BOBCATS

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CHARLOTTE — Leave it to a Syracuse guy to spoil Patrick Ewing’s NBA head coaching debut.

Carmelo Anthony had 28 points and eight rebounds, Andrea Bargnani added 25 points and the New York Knicks beat Ewing’s Bobcats 101-91 Friday night to snap a three-game losing streak.

PELICANS LAKERS

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NEW ORLEANS — Anthony Davis scored a career-high 32 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and tied a career best with six blocks, leading the New Orleans Pelicans over the Los Angeles Lakers 96-85 on Friday night.

PACERS RAPTORS

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INDIANAPOLIS — For a half, Rudy Gay dominated Paul George. The way George had started the season, Gay knew better than to think it would last.

George scored 17 of his 23 points in the third quarter and the Indiana Pacers beat the Toronto Raptors 91-84 Friday night to improve to 6-0 and match the best start in fran-

chise history.

SIXERS CAVS

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PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia 76ers heard all the whispers before the season started.

They were predicted by most experts to be among the worst teams in the league, if not the worst.

WIZARDS NETS

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WASHINGTON — Nene scored 12 of his 20 points in the final 4½ minutes of the fourth quarter, including a putback with 1.2 seconds to play that sent the game to overtime, and Trevor Ariza hit the go-ahead 3-pointer in the extra period Friday night as the Washington Wizards topped the Brooklyn Nets 112-108.

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Clemson downs Stetson 71-51 in season opener

BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press CLEMSON — Clemson forward K.J. McDaniels knew what the Tigers could do when they pushed the pace. Stetson found that out in a hurry, too.

McDaniels scored a career-high 20 points and Clemson used a big first-half run to put away the Hatters 71-51 Friday night, the Tigers 29th straight season-opening victory.

McDaniels was on his game from the start, hitting three straight 3-pointers and scoring his team’s first 11 points. The rest of the team picked things up from there, going on a 33-5 run over the last 15 minutes of the opening half to lead 46-15 at the break.

“We got rolling,” Clemson coach Brad Brownell said. “When you get rolling, you’re getting stops, you’re getting long rebounds, guys are out on the break, guys are getting stops. We do want to play faster and we do want to push the pace.”

The Tigers couldn’t sustain that in the second half, Stetson rallying to cut the 31-point lead to 65-49 in the final two minutes. But McDaniels connected on his fourth and final 3-pointer on the Tigers next trip down court to surpass his previous best of 17 points, which he last reached this past season against Virginia Tech.

“I just had to go out there, have confidence and be ready,” McDaniels said. “Just being in attack mode, that’s what helped me out the most, knowing that I’ll have to shoot and get my team flowing.”

The 6-foot 6-inch junior figures to have plenty on his shoulders this season for Clemson. He was the team’s second leading scorer last winter — No. 1 Devin Booker and No. 3 Milton Jennings are gone — and one of the few explosive playmakers on a club that generally slowed things down to keep things close.

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Lady Gamecocks rout Charleston So. 99-29 COLUMBIA — Alaina Coates came off the bench to score 20 points in her college debut Friday night, leading No. 22 South Carolina to a season-opening 99-29 victory over Charleston Southern.

A prized recruit for coach Dawn Staley, Coates, a 6-foot-4 center out of Irmo helped Dutch Fork High School go undefeated last year and capture its second straight state title.

The game was a runaway from the opening tip, and South Carolina closed the first half on a 30-5 run to take a 52-13 lead at halftime.

Elem Ibiam made all seven of her field goal attempts to finish with 17 points for the Gamecocks. No South Carolina starter played more than 21 minutes GEORGIA WOFFORD

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ATHENS, Ga. — Nemanja Djurisic scored 12 points, Donte’ Williams added 11 and Georgia beat Wofford 72-52 Friday night in both teams’ season opener.

Spencer Collins finished with 11 points and Lee Skinner had 10 for Wofford.

Georgia coach Mark Fox said he wanted his team to spread the scoring around after last season’s leading scorer, Southeastern Conference Player of the Year Kentavious CaldwellPope, left for the NBA. VMI CITADEL

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LEXINGTON, Va. — Freshman guard QJ Peterson scored 25 points in his VMI debut as the Keydets defeated The Citadel 82-71 in a season opener Friday at the All-Military Classic.

Rodney Glasgow added 20 points, and Jordan Weethee had a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds.

Brian White led The Citadel with 21 points, and Matt Van Scyoc had a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds. The Bulldogs committed 20 turnovers as VMI made 15 steals.

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ATLANTA — Marcus Georges-Hunt had 17 points and nine rebounds, and Robert Carter Jr. had a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds to lead Georgia Tech to an opening 88-57 victory over Presbyterian on Friday night.

Senior center Daniel Miller added 12 points and seven rebounds for the Yellow Jackets, while Trae Golden, a senior transfer from Tennessee, scored 12 points and freshman Travis Jorgenson contributed eight points, five assists and four steals off the bench.

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Alabama-LSU: Not even Saban downplays magnitude

BY JOHN ZENOR The Associated Press TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Even Nick Saban isn’t protesting too loudly that AlabamaLSU is just another game.

The stakes are too high, the recent meetings too competitive and the rivalry just too compelling.

“It’s probably hard for everybody to think that this is just another game,” Saban said.

For the top-ranked Crimson Tide’s laser-focused coach, that amounts to a monumental concession to what Saturday night’s meeting with the Tigers at Bryant-Denny Stadium means for both teams and fan bases.

For Alabama (8-0, 5-0 Southeastern Conference), it represents one of the biggest remaining hurdles toward a crack at a third consecutive national title.

LSU (7-2, 3-2) hopes to spoil that bid and still turn the season into something special despite losing to both Georgia and Mississippi by a field goal.

Plus it’s Alabama.

“It’s definitely huge. I can’t even understate that,” Tigers running back Jeremy Hill said.

“It’s a big game. I’m not even going to sit here and lie to you

COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE STATE Today Citadel at Elon, 1:30 p.m.

Samford at Furman, 1:30 p.m.

Wofford at Chattanooga, 2 p.m.

Coastal Carolina at Charleston Southern, 1 p.m.

Presbyterian at Liberty, 3:30 p.m.

Florida A&M at South Carolina State, 1:30 p.m.

Newberry at Carson-Newman, 1 p.m.

Catawba at North Greenville, 1 p.m.

Lane at Benedict, 2 p.m.

ACC Today (3) Florida State at Wake Forest, noon (14) Miami vs. Virginia Tech, 7 p.m. (ESPN) (24) Notre Dame at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m. (WOLO 25) Virginia at North Carolina, 12:30 p.m. (WACH 57) Syracuse at Maryland, 3:30 p.m. (FOX SPORTSOUTH) North Carolina State at Duke, 4 p.m. (ESPNU) Boston College at New Mexico State, 3:30 p.m.

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LSU running back Jeremy Hill (33) dives into the end zone for a touchdown against Alabama during the third quarter of their loss last year against the Crimson Tide in Baton Rouge, La. The teams meet again today.

guys. You just can’t let it overwhelm you.”

Hill said that’s one thing Alabama does well in big games.

“They don’t let the moment get to them,” he said.

The Tide is 15-4 against opponents ranked in the Top 10 over the past six seasons.

Then again, nobody has beaten Saban and the Tide as many times as LSU’s three victories since 2007, and the Tigers have won five of the past six meetings in Tuscaloosa.

“Just to play a game of this magnitude with this type of

team, this is kind of our national championship right here,” Tigers linebacker Lamin Barrow said. “And I feel like those guys feel the same way, so it’s a kind of different attitude when we play these guys.

You hate to lose to a team like Alabama.”

No. 5 Baylor beats No. 12 Oklahoma 41-12

BY STEPHEN HAWKINS The Associated Press WACO, Texas — Baylor quarterback Bryce Petty was under pressure early and the big-play offense was sputtering.

The Bears’ top two running backs got banged up and left the game, a top receiver dislocated his right wrist without having a catch and they finished well short of their usual eye-popping offensive numbers.

And the fifth-ranked Bears still passed their first big test with ease, staying undefeated with a 41-12 victory over No. 12 Oklahoma, their first Top 25 opponent this season.

“We didn’t really feel like us the first quarter and a half of the game, but that has a lot to do with who you’re playing,” Baylor coach Art Briles said.

“We were playing a team with good tradition, and tradition doesn’t die easily.”

That could be said of those who still view Baylor (8-0, 5-0 Big 12) as the team that used to routinely finish at the bottom of the Big 12 standings.

The Bears have won a school-record 12 in a row since a loss at Oklahoma last November, and are 8-0 for the first time.

“We’ve played eight football games and when the season started, we were not ranked,” Briles said. “Everything we’ve done, we’ve earned up to this point.”

The Bears’ largely overshadowed defense limited Oklaho-

Today (1) Alabama vs. (10) LSU, 8 p.m. (WLTX 19) (7) Auburn at Tennessee, noon (ESPN) (9) Missouri at Kentucky, noon (ESPNU) (11) Texas A&M vs. Mississippi State, 3:30 p.m.

(WLTX 19) Arkansas at Mississippi, noon (WOLO 25) Vanderbilt at Florida, noon (SPORTSOUTH) Appalachian State at Georgia, 12:30 p.m.

TOP 25 Thursday (6) Stanford 26, (2) Oregon 20 (5) Baylor 41, (12) Oklahoma 12 Friday (20) Louisville at Connecticut (late) Today (15) Oklahoma State vs. Kansas, 4 p.m. (FOX SPORTS 1) (16) UCLA at Arizona, 10 p.m. (ESPN) (17) Fresno State at Wyoming, 10:15 p.m.

(ESPN2) (19) Central Florida vs. Houston, 7 p.m. (ESPN2) (21) Wisconsin vs. BYU, 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) (23) Arizona State at Utah, 4 p.m.

(25) Texas Tech vs. Kansas State, noon

No. 6 Stanford edges No. 2 Oregon 26-20

BY RALPH D. RUSSO The Associated Press

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Baylor wide receiver Antwan Goodley (5) pulls in a touchdown pass while being defended by Oklahoma defensive back Stanvon Taylor (6) during the Bears’ 41-12 victory on Thursday at Floyd Casey Stadium in Waco, Texas.

ma (7-2, 4-2) to a season-low 237 total yards. The Sooners were held in check until Baylor

finally got a little traction, scoring two touchdowns in the final minute of the first half.

STANFORD, Calif. — Stanford squashed Oregon’s national championship hopes again, schooling the Ducks in power football. Florida State might want to send the Cardinal a thank you card.

Tyler Gaffney ran for 157 yards and No. 6 Stanford hammered No. 2 Oregon for three quarters before holding off a furious rally by the fast-paced Ducks for a 26-20 victory Thursday night.

The Cardinal made it two in a row against the Ducks, who haven’t lost to any other team in the last two seasons.

“If you control the line of scrimmage on either side of the ball you can beat these guys,” Stanford coach David Shaw said.

“We’re a big, physical football team that plays well together.”

Kevin Hogan ran for a touchdown and played a mistake-free game at quarterback for Stanford (8-1, 6-1 Pac-12) as the Cardinal put on a clinic in how to play keep away from

a team that was averaging 55.6 points.

Stanford ran 66 times for 274 yards — sometimes behind as many as nine offensive linemen — and held the ball for 42½ minutes.

Heisman Trophy contender Marcus Mariota, who said he was playing on a left knee that was a “little banged up,” was inaccurate and under pressure much of the night.

He finished 20 of 34 for 250 yards with a fumble, but threw two fourth-quarter touchdown passes, sandwiched around a blocked field goal return for a score by Rodney Hardrick, to pull the Ducks (8-1, 5-1) to 26-20 with 2:12 left.

Oregon recovered one onside kick, but couldn’t do it twice, and Stanford ran out the clock.

“We don’t hold the cards anymore,” firstyear Ducks coach Mark Helfrich said.

Those belong to No. 3 Florida State now.

The Seminoles don’t have to worry about the Ducks nudging them out of second place in the BCS standings behind Alabama.

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Charleston Southern takes on Coastal Carolina in Big South showdown

BY JEFFREY COLLINS The Associated Press COLUMBIA — The biggest college football game between South Carolina teams so far this year is happening today as Coastal Carolina heads to Charleston Southern.

Both teams are unbeaten in the Big South Conference, and the winner has the inside track to the league title and a Football Championship Subdivision playoff berth.

“Now that it’s here, we’re sort of thankful for it,” Charleston Southern head coach Jamey Chadwell said. “Let’s throw the ball down and see if our best is better than their best.”

In North Charleston, Charleston Southern (9-1, 2-0 Big South) is getting ready for perhaps the biggest game in program history against Coastal Carolina (9-0, 3-0).

The Buccaneers won the Big South title in 2005, but then the league didn’t have an automatic bid to the playoffs. A win today would let Charleston Southern take a big step toward its first postseason appearance.

PRESBYTERIAN AT LIBERTY

In Lynchburg, Va., Presbyterian (3-5, 1-1 Big South) still has a shot at winning the Big South, but will have to beat Liberty (5-4, 2-1).

The Blue Hose will have to find a way to get past a stingy

defense. The Flames are fifth in FCS, allowing just 18 points a game, and even that average is skewed upward by Liberty’s 55-52 double-overtime loss to Coastal Carolina.

WOFFORD AT CHATTANOOGA

In Chattanooga, Tenn., Wofford (5-3, 4-1 Southern Conference) suddenly finds itself back in the Southern Conference race. But to stay there, the Terriers will have to beat Chattanooga (7-2, 5-1).

Wofford head coach Mike Ayers thanked The Citadel for beating Samford last week and putting the Terriers and Mocs into a 3-way tie for first in the SoCon. CITADEL AT ELON

In Elon, The Citadel (3-6, 3-4

SoCon) will wrap up a disappointing league season against Elon (2-7, 1-4).

The Bulldogs thought they might have a chance to win the SoCon with Appalachian State and Georgia Southern ineligible because they were moving to the Football Bowl Subdivision next season. But, now a .500 conference season is all The Citadel has left to obtain.

The Bulldogs finish the season hosting VMI and going to Clemson.

FLORIDA A&M AT S.C. STATE

In Orangeburg, South Carolina State (6-3, 4-1 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) is trying to impress the FCS playoff committee by beating Florida A&M (3-6, 2-3).

Bulldogs head coach Buddy Pough said he is resigned to not winning the MEAC this year. BethuneCookman would have to lose two conference games, and the Wildcats are on an 18game conference winning streak.

SAMFORD AT FURMAN

In Greenville, Furman (4-5, 3-2 SoCon) can continue its remarkable turnaround and help a few fellow SoCon teams by beating Samford (6-3, 4-1).

The Paladins have won two league games in a row — over departing Appalachian State and Georgia Southern — and are still in the conference title hunt.

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Vikings rally past Redskins 34-27

BY DAVE CAMPBELL The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Entering the critical third year of his career, Christian Ponder contributed to Minnesota’s three straight losses to start the season.

Then he broke a rib. After sitting out a game to heal, he found himself on the bench for two more weeks. His return to the lineup didn’t yield much, other than two more defeats for the Vikings. This game Thursday against the Washington Redskins wasn’t going well, either.

So there was Ponder, sprinting toward the goal line late in the third quarter and sacrificing his body to dive for the pylon between two Redskins defenders. The original touchdown call was reversed by replay review, and Ponder walked off with a dislocated shoulder on his nonthrowing left arm.

This story had a pleasant ending for the Vikings, though. Adrian Peterson scored on the next play to give them the lead for good after Matt Cassel relieved Ponder. The defense, reversing course after a rough first half, got Robert Griffin III to throw three straight incompletions from the 4 in the closing seconds to hang on for a 34-27 victory over the

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Washington quarterback Robert Griffin III, left, is sacked by Minnesota defensive end Everson Griffen during the second half of the Vikings’ 34-27 victory on Thursday in Minneapolis.

Redskins.

“Winning is a great feeling,” Ponder said. “We expect that to continue to happen.

The year is far from over.”

Ponder went 17 for 21 for 174 yards with two touchdowns and an interception for the Vikings (2-7), whose only other win came in London over Pittsburgh. Wearing a sling afterward, he said he expects to be ready to play Nov. 17 at Seattle. Ponder was far from perfect, but the moxie he showed in this game gave the Vikings reason to want him back by then.

“When they see that tape and see that he extended his body the way he did, it’s going to increase their appreciation for who he is as a person and what he means to our team as a quarterback,” coach Leslie Frazier said.

Griffin was 24 for 37 for 281 yards, three touchdowns and no turnovers, but the Redskins (3-6) blew a 27-14 lead they had early in the third quarter. Griffin also ran seven times for 44 yards, but the Vikings took him down for four sacks for 39 yards in the second half including 2½

by Kevin Williams.

Johnson wins pole for Phoenix

BY JENNA FRYER The Associated Press AVONDALE, Ariz.

— Jimmie Johnson, his eyes squarely on a sixth NASCAR championship, set the tone for what could be yet another dominating weekend in the desert by winning the pole at Phoenix International Raceway.

He did it with a track record.

The five-time NASCAR champion turned a lap of 139.222 mph in his Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet on Friday to break the mark of 138.766 set by Kyle Busch last November.

“Track records are awesome,” Johnson said after Friday’s qualifying session. “I don’t qualify on pole

ADVOCARE 500 LINEUP The Associated Press After Friday qualifying; race Sunday At Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Ariz.

Lap length: 1 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 139.222 mph.

2. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 139.023.

3. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 138.942.

4. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 138.851.

5. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 138.627.

6. (15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 138.595.

7. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 138.52.

8. (78) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 138.446.

9. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 138.297.

10. (56) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 138.069.

11. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 138.053.

12. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 137.968.

13. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 137.736.

14. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 137.704.

15. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 137.652.

16. (14) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 137.41.

17. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 137.237.

18. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 137.195.

all that often, so I take great pride in them, especially track records. Very cool to do, and clearly a great time in the season and a great time in the Chase.”

Matt Kenseth, who trails Johnson by

19. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 137.153.

20. (9) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 136.971.

21. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 136.945.

22. (55) Elliott Sadler, Toyota, 136.69.

23. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 136.679.

24. (95) Reed Sorenson, Ford, 136.096.

25. (51) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 136.008.

26. (47) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 135.962.

27. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 135.947.

28. (35) Josh Wise, Ford, 135.793.

29. (30) Cole Whitt, Toyota, 135.716.

30. (13) Casey Mears, Ford, 135.578.

31. (93) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, 135.399.

32. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 135.379.

33. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, 135.323.

34. (34) David Ragan, Ford, 135.277.

35. (36) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, 135.11.

36. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 134.862.

37. (83) David Reutimann, Toyota, Owner Points.

38. (32) Timmy Hill, Ford, Owner Points.

39. (98) Michael McDowell, Ford, Owner Points.

40. (40) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, Owner Points.

41. (33) Tony Raines, Chevrolet, Owner Points.

42. (7) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, Owner Points.

43. (87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, Owner Points.

seven points in the standings, will start 14th Sunday in his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota.

He knows he has a lot of work ahead of him this weekend in making his car better, and then trying to catch Johnson on

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“This track in the spring was extremely hard to pass at, probably one of the toughest tracks that we go to and I don’t know if it will be any better or not this time,” Kenseth said.

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Kirk takes lead on island

BY DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Chris Kirk had a chip-in birdie, another birdie from off the green and one long par save to take the lead Friday in the McGladrey Classic.

Playing in the worst of chilly, blustery conditions at Sea Island, Kirk ran off five birdies on the back nine. He made a 40-foot birdie putt off the green on the 11th hole, and chipped in from nearly 60 feet on the tough 14th hole.

Kirk was at 8-under 132, one shot ahead of Kevin Chappell (68), Webb Simpson (68), Briny Baird (70) and John Senden (67).

Bishopville native Tommy Gainey, the defending tourney champion, shot a second-round 74 after finishing his first round earlier on Friday with a 70. The 4 over 144 left him missing the cut.

WOODS TRAILS OPEN LEADERS BY 1

BELEK, Turkey — Tiger Woods shot a

9-under 63 Friday to trim a six-shot deficit to one after the second round of the Turkish Open.

Woods completed seven holes of his rain-delayed first round for a 70 on Friday morning. After an hour lunch break, the 14-time major winner didn’t drop a shot and had nine birdies in the second round.

It left Woods in fifth place on 11 under, just a shot behind the leading foursome of Sweden’s Henrik Stenson (68), England’s Ian Poulter (66), Frenchman Victor Dubuisson (65) and South African Justin Walters (66).

NADAL WINS, WAWRINKA ADVANCES

LONDON — Rafael Nadal held off Tomas Berdych 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 to finish the round robin 3-0 and win his group at the ATP World Tour Finals, allowing Stanislas Wawrinka to join him in the last four.

Wawrinka beat David Ferrer 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-1, but needed Nadal to win to advance to the semifinal.

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Chris Kirk watches his shot from the seventh fairway during the second round of The McGladrey Classic on Friday in St. Simons Island, Ga.

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TV, RADIO TODAY 9:55 a.m. — International Soccer: English Premier League Match — West Brom vs. Chelsea (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

11:30 a.m. — NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series AdvoCare 500 Practice from Avondale, Ariz. (FOX SPORTS 1).

Noon — College Football: Arkansas at Mississippi (WOLO 25).

Noon — College Football: Auburn at Tennessee (ESPN).

Noon — College Football: Penn State at Minnesota (ESPN2).

Noon — College Football: Missouri at Kentucky (ESPNU).

Noon — College Football: Vanderbilt at Florida (SPORTSOUTH).

Noon — College Football: Texas Christian at Iowa State (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

12:30 p.m. — International Soccer: English Premier League Match — West Ham vs. Norwich (WIS 10).

12:30 p.m. — College Football: Virginia at North Carolina (WACH 57).

12:30 p.m. — NASCAR Racing: Nationwide Series ServiceMaster 200 Pole Qualifying from Avondale, Ariz. (FOX SPORTS 1).

12:30 p.m. — College Football: James Madison at New Hampshire (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

1 p.m. — PGA Golf: The McGladrey Classic Third Round from St. Simons island, Ga. (GOLF).

1 p.m. — College Basketball: Longwood at South Carolina (WNKT-FM 107.5).

1:30 p.m. — College Football: The Citadel at Elon (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240).

2 p.m. — College Football: Fort Valley State vs.

Albany State from Columbus, Ga. (WIS3 TIME WARNER 122).

2:30 p.m. — Major League Soccer: Eastern Conference Playoffs Final Series Game One — Kansas City at Houston (WIS 10).

2:30 p.m. — NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup Series AdvoCare 500 Practice from Avondale, Ariz. (FOX SPORTS 1).

3 p.m. — College Football: Southern California at California (WACH 57).

3:30 p.m. — College Football: Mississippi State at Texas A&M (WLTX 19).

3:30 p.m. — College Football: Nebraska at Michigan (WOLO 25).

3:30 p.m. — College Football: Brigham Young at Wisconsin (ESPN).

3:30 p.m. — College Football: North Carolina State at Duke (ESPNU).

3:30 p.m. — College Football: Kansas at Oklahoma State (FOX SPORTS 1).

3:30 p.m. — College Football: Syracuse at Maryland (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

3:45 p.m. — College Football: Tulsa at East Carolina (SPORTSOUTH).

4 p.m. — NASCAR Racing: Nationwide Series ServiceMaster 200 from Avondale, Ariz. (ESPN2, WEGX-FM 92.9).

4 p.m. — Major League Baseball: Players Choice Awards (MLB NETWORK).

4 p.m. — College Football: Cornell at Dartmouth (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).

7 p.m. — College Football: Texas at West Virginia (WACH 57).

7 p.m. — Collge Football: Virginia Tech at Miami (ESPN).

7 p.m. — College Football: Houston at Central Florida (ESPN2).

7 p.m. — NHL Hockey: Minnesota at Carolina (FOX SPORTSOUTH).

7:30 p.m. — Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Turkish Airlines Open Third Round from Antalya, Turkey (GOLF).

7:30 p.m. — NBA Basketball: Indiana at Brooklyn (NBA TV).

7:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Gardner-Webb at Xavier (SPORTSOUTH).

8 p.m. — College Football: Louisiana State at Alabama (WLTX 19).

8 p.m. — College Football: Notre Dame at Pittsburgh (WOLO 25).

8 p.m. — College Football: Utah State at NevadaLas Vegas (ESPNU).

8 p.m. — Professional Baseball: Arizona Fall League Military Appreciaton Game from Salt River, Ariz. (MLB NETWORK).

9:30 p.m. — Professional Boxing: Mikey Garcia vs.

Roman Martinez for the WBO Junior Lightweight Title, Vanes Martirosyan vs. Demetrius Andrade for the WBO Junior Middleweight Title and Nonito Donaire vs. Vic Darchinyan in a Junior Featherweight Bout from Corpus Christi, Texas (HBO).

10 p.m. — College Football: UCLA at Arizona (ESPN).

10:15 p.m. — College Football: Fresno State at Wyoming (ESPN2).

3:30 a.m. — Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Turkish Airlines Open Final Round from Antalya, Turkey (GOLF).

NFL STANDINGS

By The Associated Press AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF New England 7 2 0 .778 234 N.Y. Jets 5 4 0 .556 169 Miami 4 4 0 .500 174 Buffalo 3 6 0 .333 189 South W L T Pct PF Indianapolis 6 2 0 .750 214 Tennessee 4 4 0 .500 173 Houston 2 6 0 .250 146 Jacksonville 0 8 0 .000 86 North W L T Pct PF Cincinnati 6 3 0 .667 217 Cleveland 4 5 0 .444 172 Baltimore 3 5 0 .375 168 Pittsburgh 2 6 0 .250 156 West W L T Pct PF Kansas City 9 0 0 1.000 215 Denver 7 1 0 .875 343 San Diego 4 4 0 .500 192 Oakland 3 5 0 .375 146 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF Dallas 5 4 0 .556 257 Philadelphia 4 5 0 .444 225 Washington 3 6 0 .333 230 N.Y. Giants 2 6 0 .250 141 South W L T Pct PF New Orleans 6 2 0 .750 216 Carolina 5 3 0 .625 204 Atlanta 2 6 0 .250 176 Tampa Bay 0 8 0 .000 124 North W L T Pct PF Detroit 5 3 0 .625 217 Chicago 5 3 0 .625 240 Green Bay 5 3 0 .625 232 Minnesota 2 7 0 .222 220 West W L T Pct PF Seattle 8 1 0 .889 232 San Francisco 6 2 0 .750 218 Arizona 4 4 0 .500 160 St. Louis 3 6 0 .333 186

PA 175 231 187 236 PA 155 167 221 264 PA 166 197 172 208 PA 111 218 174 199 PA 209 231 287 223 PA 146 106 218 190 PA 197 226 185 279 PA 149 145 174 226

Thursday’s Game Minnesota 34, Washington 27 Sunday’s Games Detroit at Chicago, 1 p.m.

Philadelphia at Green Bay, 1 p.m.

Jacksonville at Tennessee, 1 p.m.

Cincinnati at Baltimore, 1 p.m.

St. Louis at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.

Seattle at Atlanta, 1 p.m.

Oakland at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.

Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.

Carolina at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.

Denver at San Diego, 4:25 p.m.

Houston at Arizona, 4:25 p.m.

Dallas at New Orleans, 8:30 p.m.

Open: Cleveland, Kansas City, N.Y. Jets, New England Monday’s Game Miami at Tampa Bay, 8:40 p.m.

NBA STANDINGS

By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Philadelphia 3 2 .600 – Brooklyn 2 2 .500 1/2 Toronto 2 3 .400 1 New York 1 3 .250 11/2 Boston 1 4 .200 2 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 4 2 .667 – Charlotte 3 2 .600 1/2 Orlando 3 2 .600 1/2 Atlanta 2 3 .400 11/2 Washington 1 3 .250 2 Central Division W L Pct GB Indiana 5 0 1.000 – Detroit 2 2 .500 21/2 Milwaukee 2 2 .500 21/2 Cleveland 2 3 .400 3 Chicago 1 3 .250 31/2 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 4 1 .800 – Houston 4 2 .667 1/2 Dallas 3 2 .600 1 Memphis 2 3 .400 2 New Orleans 2 3 .400 2 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 3 1 .750 – Minnesota 3 2 .600 1/2 Portland 2 2 .500 1 Denver 1 3 .250 2 Utah 0 5 .000 31/2 Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 4 1 .800 – Phoenix 3 2 .600 1 L.A. Lakers 3 3 .500 11/2 L.A. Clippers 3 3 .500 11/2 Sacramento 1 3 .250 21/2 Thursday’s Games Miami 102, L.A. Clippers 97 Denver 109, Atlanta 107 L.A. Lakers 99, Houston 98 Friday’s Games Boston at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Cleveland at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Brooklyn at Washington, 7 p.m.

New York at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Utah at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Dallas at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Golden State at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

Denver at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Sacramento at Portland, 10 p.m.

Today’s Games Utah at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Indiana at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.

Boston at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

Orlando at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Houston, 8 p.m.

Golden State at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Dallas at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.

Portland at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games San Antonio at New York, 12 p.m.

Washington at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

New Orleans at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Minnesota at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.

NHL STANDINGS

By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 15 11 4 0 22 51 37 Detroit 17 9 5 3 21 43 45 Toronto 15 10 5 0 20 48 36 Boston 15 9 5 1 19 42 29 Montreal 17 8 8 1 17 44 38 Ottawa 16 6 6 4 16 50 49 Florida 16 3 9 4 10 32 57 Buffalo 18 3 14 1 7 31 55 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 16 11 5 0 22 49 38 Washington 16 9 7 0 18 53 44 N.Y. Rangers 16 8 8 0 16 35 43 Carolina 16 6 7 3 15 30 45 N.Y. Islanders 16 6 7 3 15 47 51 New Jersey 15 4 7 4 12 29 42 Columbus 15 5 10 0 10 36 44 Philadelphia 15 4 10 1 9 22 42 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Colorado 14 12 2 0 24 46 25 Chicago 16 10 2 4 24 56 43 St. Louis 14 10 2 2 22 50 33 Minnesota 17 9 4 4 22 45 38 Nashville 15 8 5 2 18 37 44 Dallas 16 8 6 2 18 44 47 Winnipeg 17 6 9 2 14 40 51 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 17 13 3 1 27 57 42 San Jose 16 10 2 4 24 59 36 Phoenix 17 11 4 2 24 56 53 Vancouver 18 11 5 2 24 52 46 Los Angeles 16 10 6 0 20 45 40 Calgary 16 6 8 2 14 45 57 Edmonton 17 4 11 2 10 42 66 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Thursday’s Games Washington 3, Minnesota 2, SO Boston 4, Florida 1 Ottawa 4, Montreal 1 New Jersey 3, Philadelphia 0 Carolina 1, N.Y. Islanders 0 N.Y. Rangers 4, Columbus 2 Dallas 4, Detroit 3, OT Tampa Bay 4, Edmonton 2 St. Louis 3, Calgary 2 Los Angeles 2, Buffalo 0 Vancouver 4, San Jose 2 Friday’s Games New Jersey at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

Nashville at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

Calgary at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Buffalo at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

Today’s Games Edmonton at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.

Florida at Ottawa, 2 p.m.

Toronto at Boston, 7 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Detroit, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Carolina, 7 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Chicago at Dallas, 8 p.m.

Washington at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Vancouver at Los Angeles, 10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games N.Y. Islanders at Montreal, 6 p.m.

Nashville at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Florida at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.

San Jose at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

Washington at Colorado, 8 p.m.

Vancouver at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

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