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Will not have the numbers because of Oregon's run-first mentality and his midseason injury. But, wow, can he play. Dennis Dixon, Kellen Clemens and Joey Harrington have nothing on this guy.  

SAM Worthington might look like a Hollywood hunk but the Rockingham boy was a bit of a flannel-shirt-wearing "bogan", say his former schoolmates. And Worthington, the star of new James Cameron 3D epic Avatar, which opens next month, always had star quality -- being judged "gifted" and accepted into a drama course at Fremantle's John Curtin Senior High School (now John Curtin College of the Arts). In today's STM, the 33-year-old's former classmates and teachers from John Curtin remember him as a focuse  

Joe Galie and Sam Morgan, former Pioneer Athletic Conference (PAC-10) football Defensive Players of the Year have taken their talents to nearby Ursinus College and are making a significant impact on the Bears' program. Galie, a former Phoenixville Area High School star, is now a junior linebacker for the Bears while Morgan, a former Owen J. Roberts standout from Chester Springs, is now a freshman defensive end. Galie ranks second on the club in tackles with 41, including 28 solo hits and 13 assists.  

Not long after the kidnapping, the series went on an 11-year hiatus. "Evidentially they thought that was a little much," Henderson State athletic director Sam Goodwin said. "I don't know if that was the only thing that did it, but it just was probably a variety of things."  

The Baseline — ... Plus, Sam Amick's reporting that Martin's been told not to play through . The Kings obviously aren't interested in letting their franchise guard gamble with his—or their—future, which makes you wonder whether ultimately, Martin won't simply be persuaded that surgery is the best course of action for all involved parties.  

Dixie Heights saved perhaps its best game for the opening round of the Class 5A playoffs. The Colonels stonewalled Ashland's usually potent running game and the fifth-ranked Tomcats matched their regular-season total with six turnovers in a 41-14 defeat Friday night at Putnam Stadium. "I think we've been looking for that all year, said Dixie Heights coach Tom Spritzky, whose team came in with a 4-6 record.  

Raceland survived a fourth quarter rally to defeat Lynn Camp 19-13 Friday in the opening round of the Class A playoffs. The Wildcats stopped Raceland on a fourth down play to get the ball back on their own 43 with 3:30 remaining in the game. After nine plays, the Wildcats had managed to move the ball down to the Rams 25 with 30 seconds to play when Raceland's defense made a season-saving play.

Both teams played hard for 48 minutes. That is what the state playoffs are all about   -Randy Vanderhoof

 

Some of my friends made this thing that they worked so hard on and we waited so long for and now it's finally here and ready for you to see. Unless .) I am dying just watching the promo videos.  

"After we scored the first goal, we started playing kind of lazy," Alvarez said. "Next thing you know they get two goals and it was finally a wake-up call. "We put pressure on them in the second half, but we missed shots from the six. It wasn't our day."