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Lexington rallied from a 21-0 second half deficit to beat the top-seeded Starmount Rams 22-21, Friday night in Boonville. Quandarious Crump intercepted a Rams pass in Lexington's end zone with less than 30 seconds left in the game to seal the victory for the Yellow Jackets, the ninth seed in the 2-A playoffs. Thomasville and Polk County finished regulation in a 7-7 tie at Cushwa Stadium in Thomasville.  

Adelaide United coach Aurelio Vidmar has received a club-imposed suspension of two matches and a fine of $10,000 for the inappropriate comments he made during the week. Vidmar was asked by a journalist on Thursday whether he was too soft on his players and in turn he gave the following response: 'What would you like me to do, chop their heads off? I can do that, we'll go to Saudi Arabia and we can do that.'

What would you like me to do, chop their heads off? I can do that, we'll go to Saudi Arabia and we can do that.   -Sam Ciccarello

 

The anticipation of a new long-term care centre in Stony Plain may be over soon as the Good Samaritan Society (GSS) gets the go ahead on the construction project. According to GSS's communications director, Joanne Dusterbeck, construction of the new care centre is expected to start in late January or early February. She said they have finalized the agreements with Alberta Health Services and are waiting for financing on the new building that will be constructed at the old hospital site along the Fifth Meridian.  

Orestimba High School will be keeping The Chief for another year. The visiting Warriors extended their win streak in the long-standing Orestimba-Gustine rivalry to five games with a 19-0 decision over the upset-minded Redskins. The season-ending win allows the Warriors to keep possession of The Chief, a carved wooden statue which goes to the victor in the rivalry game each year.  

Her children and their malleable brains. The result is a compelling perspective on parenting, one that challenges conventional notions of sex differences. Yes, little boys reach for trucks.  

U.S. Rep. John Tanner, chairman of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, urged the Social Security Administration to continue its focus on reducing the unprecedented backlog in disability claims. The number of Americans awaiting a hearing on their disability claims more than doubled from 2000 to 2008. Some claimants are waiting up to three or four years to have their cases heard, Tanner said in written opening remarks.

Because applicants often have little or no income while awaiting a decision on benefits, the backlog has caused severe hardship to hundreds of thousands of Americans with significant disabilities   -John Tanner

 

One of the most baffling aspects of this strange season is how quickly the reputation of the Big 12 has dropped. The defining debate of last season was whether the Big 12 or the SEC was the country's premier conference. The debate lasted well into the final quarter of Florida's 24-14 victory over Oklahoma in the national title game.

Texas may have a little more depth, but I would love to see them play   -Dave Christensen

 

NEW YORK (AP) Let's salute one of the least appreciated conventions of musical theater the entr'acte. That's French, folks, for the mini-overture before the beginning of a show's second act. And the one that pops up after intermission at "Girl Crazy," the 1930 Gershwin musical, is a humdinger indeed.  

The Buffalo girls swimming and diving team had its best performance ever at the Section 8AA Championships last week and is now sending an individual and two relay teams to the state meet. Buffalo took second place to Maple Grove during the section meet at St. Cloud Tech on Friday and Saturday. While doing so, the team qualified its 200 freestyle relay and its 400 freestyle relay teams for state.