James Clemens Tops Region Rival Sparkman 41-17 https://digitalalabamanews.com/james-clemens-tops-region-rival-sparkman-41-17/
Gio Lopez ran for two touchdowns and threw for another as James Clemens beat Sparkman 41-17 for its second win over the season, handing the Senators their second loss.
Gabe Ballard also accounted for three touchdowns – two rushing and one on a 5-yard catch – for the Jets in the Class 7A, Region 4 game. Luke Boseck kicked two field goals, a 30-yarder and a 25-yarder.
James Clemens (2-5, 2-2) led 24-10 at halftime at Sparkman Field in Harvest.
“We’ve been through a lot of adversity this year,” Jets coach Chad McGehee said. “We’ve had 17 injuries throughout the season at one time or another, mostly on offense. We are playing about 10 sophomores and the kids have worked really hard and we’re getting better. Playing all these young guys we’re getting better.
“Tonight, we just put it all together finally – all three phases, offense, defense, special teams. Sparkman was the No. 1 scoring offense in the state and they were the No. 1 defense in the state. They were giving up 6.6 points a game. And we challenged our kids to come out and perform and their backs were against the wall. We have to win these games to get in the playoffs.”
James Clemens QB Giovanni Lopez signaling to his receiver downfield in the first half of the Sparkman senator’s game at Sparkman field Harvest, Ala., Friday Sept. 30, 2022 (Kevin Farrell | preps@al.com)
The host Senators (4-2, 2-2) scored on Josh Ward’s 8-yard pass to Karmelo Montgomery and a 5-yard run by Jayden Thomas. Christian Burrus kicked a 21-yard field goal.
Stars of the game: Lopez, a South Alabama commit, completed 13-of-37 passes for 353 yards and one touchdown with one interception. He had nine carries for 24 yards and scored from 1 and 5 yards out. Ballard, also a senior, scored on runs of 1 and 6 along with his TD catch for his first three-touchdown game.
Play of the game: Trailing 3-0, Lopez put the Jets ahead to stay with his 1-yard run at 3:40 in the first quarter. Boseck added the extra point for a 7-3 lead.
Key sequence: After a Sparkman fumble, James Clemens marched 56 yards in three plays, capped by Ballard’s 1-yard run. Boseck’s extra point made it 14-3 at 1:36 in the first.
Stat sheet: James Clemens – Ballard had 14 carries for 38 yards and two touchdowns plus two catches for 12 yards and a TD. Senior corner/safety Jamal Mayers had one of the Jets’ two pass interceptions. Sparkman – Ward completed 13-of-23 passes for 69 yards and one touchdown with two interceptions. Montgomery had five catches for 32 yards and a touchdown. Matthew Rozier had five catches for 22 yards.
By the numbers: 416 … James Clemens total yards with 353 passing and 63 rushing. 303 … Sparkman total yards with 234 rushing and 69 passing. 1 … James Clemens turnover on an intercepted pass. 3 … Sparkman turnovers on two intercepted passes and one lost fumble. 5 … consecutive wins for James Clemens over the Senators. The Jets lead the all-time series 9-2.
Coachspeak: “I’m really proud of this team. A lot of teams could’ve folded at 1-5. To come out here and do this shows a lot of character.” – McGehee
“I just think first half they kept us off-balance on defense. I thought offense played well. We just didn’t get them off the field enough times. We’ve just got to play better.” – Sparkman coach Laron White
They said it: “I just listened to what the coaches had to call and I just executed. Also just got some studs on the outside (at receiver). It (this win) means a lot because we were down 1-5, just started to figure something out.” – Lopez
“Our O-line blocked really well. And then I hit the hole and just got loose. It (this win) means a lot. It keeps our hope up. It keeps us in playoff hopes.” – Ballard
“Just played as a team. We were smart, physical.” – Mayers
What’s next: In 7A, Region 4 games, James Clemens will host Austin while Sparkman entertains Bob Jones.
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Foley Upsets Fairhope With 4th-Quarter Rally https://digitalalabamanews.com/foley-upsets-fairhope-with-4th-quarter-rally/
There are wins that can make a team’s season. Then, there are wins that can change the direction of a program.
With Friday night’s 39-38 upset of Class 7A, No. 2-ranked Fairhope, the Foley Lions could be headed to a new level.
“I’m just so thankful for our young people,” Foley coach Deric Scott said. “They played so hard and played through so much adversity. Now they know they can get it done. We’re turning some corners.”
Foley battled back from a 38-22 deficit at the start the fourth quarter. The winning points came on a 23-yard field goal by Matt Owens with 1:42 remaining.
Fairhope had one final possession with a chance to win, but Caden Creel’s pass was intercepted by Makai Mitchell to seal the victory.
“I saw the quarterback roll left and I knew I couldn’t let anybody get behind me,” Mitchell said. “But when I saw he was going to throw it back over the middle, I knew I had time to get there and make the play. I knew I had it the whole way.”
The loss spoiled another outstanding performance by Creel. The senior scored on runs of 46 and 6 yards. He finished with 130 rushing yards on 17 carries and completed 15-of-24 passes for 125 yards and a 30-yard scoring strike to Qualin McCants.
McCants also scored on a 5-yard run before exiting the game after only one third-quarter carry because of an injury. His replacement, Preston Godfrey, was excellent in relief, totaling 88 yards on 12 carries and a 7-yard touchdown run.
Foley’s Kolton Nero was perhaps the most impactful player in the game. The bruising runner carried 17 times for 140 yards and two touchdowns. In the first quarter, Nero threw a 38-yard touchdown pass to Mitchell, scored on a 25-yard run and had two tackles for losses on consecutive plays.
The halfback pass staked the visiting Lions to a 7-0 early lead. Fairhope answered with McCants’ touchdown.
Fairhope took advantage of a short punt to get a 41-yard field goal from Ryan McNeill. But McNeill was injured on the ensuing kickoff, which proved to be key later in the game when the Pirates were stopped on a fourth-down play rather than attempt a field goal.
Fairhope led 25-15 late in the first half before Reece Tynes found Alabama commit Perry Thompson for a 6-yard touchdown pass to close the halftime lead to 25-22.
At the half, Fairhope had 238 yards on 37 plays, while Foley had 207 yards on 33 plays.
Fairhope opened the second half with two impressive drives to extend the lead to 38-22.
But the Lions scored 17 unanswered points in the final 10:06 to rally for the win. After closing to withing 38-36 with 7:02 remaining, Thompson made a leaping interception on a deep pass to set up the winning drive for the Lions.
Foley drove 69 yards in 10 plays, chewing up 4:26 off the clock before Owens delivered the game-winning kick.
Foley improves to 3-3 overall and 2-1 in Class 7A, Region 1 play. Fairhope suffered its first loss after opening the season with five wins. The Pirates are also 2-1 in Region 1.
Coachspeak: “Our kids played hard. We didn’t take them for granted. They (the Lions) have been sitting there waiting to put together a complete game. And they did that tonight.” – Fairhope coach Tim Carter
Star of the game: Owens delivered the first game-winning kick of his career. “I knew I was going to make it even before I kicked it. I just knew it,” Owens said.
By the numbers: Both teams ran 66 offensive plays. Fairhope had 374 total yards – 249 yards rushing and 125 passing; Foley had 342 yards – 197 rushing and 145 passing.
Star watch: Thompson, the Foley junior who is already committed to Alabama, had an unusual statistical night. He caught 11 passes, including touchdown grabs of 6 and 13 yards. But he finished with only 47 receiving yards. He added to crucial late interception.
Storied rivalry: The Foley-Fairhope rivalry is one of the most storied in the state. Foley leads the all-time series 54-42-4.
What’s next?: Fairhope will go on the road for its annual rivalry with Daphne. Foley will visit Alma Bryant.
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Opelika Vs. Auburn Football Live Stream: How To Watch Get Live Score Updates Online
Opelika Vs. Auburn Football Live Stream: How To Watch, Get Live Score Updates Online https://digitalalabamanews.com/opelika-vs-auburn-football-live-stream-how-to-watch-get-live-score-updates-online/
With no Power 25 matchups on the slate for Week 7, the biggest games of the week are in-state matchups, and possibly No. 1 on that list features unbeaten Auburn taking on fellow Class 7A Region 2 foe Opelika.
These two teams have the best records in their Region, and both have their sights set on competing for Alabama’s Class 7A state title this season.
This is a high-stakes game for both sides, and one you don’t want to miss. Thankfully, you don’t have to. You can watch the Opelika vs. Auburn live stream on the NFHS Network.
HOW TO WATCH
What: The Opelika Bulldogs take on the Auburn Tigers in one this week’s best matchups.
When: 5:00 p.m. PT/8:00 p.m. ET on Friday, September 30
Where: Auburn High School | Auburn, Alabama
How to watch live stream online: You can watch this game live on the NFHS Network.
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Auburn (6-0) is the only remaining undefeated team in Class 7A Region 2, and the Tigers have yet to allow more than 21 points in a game this year (which they have only done twice). They have outscored opponents 227-77 through their first six games.
Their hot start has them on the bubble in this week’s Power 25, and a win over Opelika might just move them into the national rankings on top of cementing the Tigers as the best team currently in Alabama.
If Auburn can pull that off, it would be the first time the Tigers have entered the Power 25 this season, and just the second time a team from Alabama cracked the Power 25 in 2022.
Opelika (4-2) started the season with four straight wins, but suffered back-to-back tough losses to Prattville and Theodore by a combined 13 points.
The Bulldogs have had three games decided by a field goal this year, and their experience in close games could come in handy if they can keep Auburn within striking distance.
An upset over Auburn would crush the Tigers hopes of jumping into the Power 25, and establish Opelika as a true threat in Alabama’s Class 7A.
With a lot on the line for both teams, this is a game you want to catch live.
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Bill Maher Defends Biden From Complaints Of His Age Following 'Where's Jackie?' Gaffe
Bill Maher Defends Biden From Complaints Of His Age Following 'Where's Jackie?' Gaffe https://digitalalabamanews.com/bill-maher-defends-biden-from-complaints-of-his-age-following-wheres-jackie-gaffe/
“Real Time” host Bill Maher went to bat for President Biden following his latest gaffe involving him calling out for a deceased congresswoman at a White House event this week.
At Wednesday’s Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health, Biden seemingly searched the crowd for Rep. Jackie Walorski, R-Ind.
“Jackie, are you here? Where’s Jackie? She must not be here,” Biden looked around before continuing his speech.
Walorski died in a car accident in early August along with two staffers, which Biden himself acknowledged in a statement released after her passing. She had been a legislative champion of a bipartisan bill that tackles nutrition and hunger. A video tribute honoring her memory played at the event.
BILL MAHER SUGGESTS BIDEN BUMPS KAMALA HARRIS FROM DEM TICKET IN 2024: ‘I JUST THINK SHE’S A BAD POLITICIAN’
US President Joe Biden speaks at the White House Conference On Hunger, Nutrition And Health in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. (Yuri Gripas/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
During Friday’s monologue, Maher said Republicans “lost their s—” over the gaffe, “the kind he’s made for 50 years.”
“There’s 535 members of Congress, OK?… I’m not saying it was a great moment. Again, 535 members. He forgot she was dead. The last guy forgot we were a democracy! Can we have a little perspective?” Maher excused Biden before railing former President Donald Trump for one of his memorable gaffes.
‘WHERE’S JACKIE?’ BIDEN’S LATEST GAFFE IGNORED ON-AIR BY CNN, MSNBC, CBS, NBC
Later during the panel discussion, Maher clashed with one of his guests, The Atlantic staff writer Caitlin Flanagan, who suggested Biden shouldn’t seek re-election in 2024 because he’s “super old.”
“There’s nothing wrong with being old, there’s no shame to it… but there are natural processes that happen and it certainly seems like he’s losing his acuity, which a lot of older men do,” Flanagan said.
“I’m so disappointed that you, like me, not so young, would say this. It’s such bulls—,” Maher reacted.
“Real Time” host Bill Maher pushed back at the notion that President Biden is too old to seek reelection, calling the argument “bulls—.” (HBO)
“First of all, the same week that he did this, Kamala Harris was over in Korea saying ‘our longtime ally North Korea,’” Maher continued.
“Again, the bar is low,” Flanagan stressed. “But I’m just saying that he is — nobody is wrong to say — “
“He’s the same guy. He was always a gaffe machine,” Maher pushed back. “He’s actually more disciplined than he used to be.”
BILL MAHER TORN ON BIDEN’S ANTI-MAGA SPEECH: I LIKE THAT HE GAVE IT, ‘BUT THE WAY HE DID IT? NOT GOOD’
CNN contributor Van Jones chimed in, saying, “When Biden’s strong, he’s very strong. And when he’s weak, he’s very weak,” which is “what people are responding to.”
“If the public in 2024 sees what they perceive to be a weak insider versus a scary outsider, a Trump or a DeSantis — that’s a perception… I do think that people have a reason to be concerned if he continues to be perceived to be weak, but the reality is, what’s the alternative to Biden?” Jones asked.
U.S. President Joe Biden looks out at attendees as he speaks at the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health in Washington, U.S., September 28, 2022. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)
“You don’t see, at all, any concerns at all?” Flanagan asked.
“Concerned? Compared to what?” Maher shot back. “Would I like to have great wisdom in the body of a 20-year-old? Yes, everybody would, but that’s not life. And it doesn’t matter.”
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“I admit he is going to have trouble in the debates, debates are gonna look bad. Prepare for it now. There’s gonna be some senior moments. He could show up without pants… But it doesn’t matter. It has nothing to do with running the country. You run the country behind the scenes. It’s all show. It’s all bulls—,” Maher added.
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GREG GUTFELD: Could Trump And Obama Team Up Together Like 'Super Friends' To Solve Russia-Ukraine Crisis?
GREG GUTFELD: Could Trump And Obama Team Up Together Like 'Super Friends' To Solve Russia-Ukraine Crisis? https://digitalalabamanews.com/greg-gutfeld-could-trump-and-obama-team-up-together-like-super-friends-to-solve-russia-ukraine-crisis/
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I’m so excited, let me get my notes together. Oh, so many things. Happy Friday, my Friday, friends. But before I get to the monologue, I want to send our thoughts to those who are currently suffering, not him, I’m talking about people experiencing the wrath of Hurricane Ian, not hurricane Gutfeld, though what a mess I’ve left behind. Brian Williams. Oh, man, I’m taunting karma, aren’t I? Yeah, I am. I’ve been fired many times. Yeah, you got Brian Williams. You got Don Lemon. You got James Corden, Samantha Bee, and now Trevor. I’d say Seth Meyers is next, but I really like her work, she’s a keeper. Now, as for all of our friends down south, in all seriousness, dealing with the hurricane, our hearts are with you and especially with this guy. There he is. You know, if that doesn’t reflect the spirit of America, when times get tough, I don’t know what does. We’re with you Florida flag guy, wherever you ended up. R.I.P.
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So this week, former President Trump suggested that he could lead a team to broker peace between Ukraine and Russia. Yeah, someone finally mentioned peace. He did it on his own app, Truth Social, where he wrote, “U.S. leadership should remain cool, calm and dry on the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines. This is a big event that should not entail a big solution. Do not make matters worse. Be strategic. Be smart. Brilliant.” He’s got it in parentheses. “Get a negotiated deal done now. Both sides need it and they want it. The entire world is at stake. I will head up group.” Three question marks after that, that means it’s real.
Vladimir Putin delivers an address flanked by men in military uniforms. (AP) (Pavel Bednyakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Of course, being Trump, he had to remind everybody that this war never would have happened under his watch. And we’ll never know if that’s true, of course, but we do know he can’t do worse than his bumbling successor, who only strikes fear in pre-teens with ponytails. Speaking of, let’s check in on him.
VIDEO
Not the right way to go. They did find him three hours later on an interstate clutching a teddy bear. Now, this wasn’t the first time Trump called for a peace and negotiated peace between Russia and Ukraine. In April, he said they should negotiate “now… not later,” when everyone will be dead. Exclamation point. And as you know, it’s hard to talk to dead people, as hard as Biden tries.
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Yeah, that’s normal. But despite having no diplomatic experience, Trump understood a war’s most lamentable variable, duration. The longer it goes, the worse it gets in terms of loss of human life and loss of treasure. And so he said this.
TRUMP: RUSSIA INVASION OF UKRAINE A CONSEQUENCE OF WORLD LEADERS ‘NO LONGER’ RESPECTING AMERICA
PRESIDENT TRUMP 2019: I really hope that you and President Putin get together and can solve your problem. That would be a tremendous achievement.
Look at Zelensky’s face, he does not want to hear that. But that was three years ago. Of course, no one wanted to take that seriously at the time because it’s Trump. So is this recent offer a crazy idea, a desperate idea, or a brilliant one? It could be all three. Like when I shaved Bill Hemmer’s back, I just left his initials. That could mean a lot of things.
Abraham Accords signing ceremony at the White House on September 13, 2021. (Getty)
Fact is, with Trump, his penchant for deal making makes him a better diplomat than most. You table the animosities and grudges in deals, and you ask both parties what they want to get out of this. Everyone needs an off ramp, including Putin, or else there isn’t an end, just mountains of dead. There’s no food or gas, and we’re one errant missile away from America joining World War III with a president who has cabbage for brains. So what do you think the biggest obstacle to world peace really is? Is it corruption? Sure. Authoritarianism? Maybe. Jesse Watters? Perhaps. But you’re close with that.
VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS COMMENDS US ALLIANCE WITH ‘REPUBLIC OF NORTH KOREA’ IN DMZ SPEECH GAFFE
My guess it’s ego. A subject I’m an expert in, for it’s ego that keeps people in power from listening to those other people that they can’t stand who can help them. Maybe because they aren’t diplomats or they aren’t in your party or they’re Donald Trump. However, Trump’s provided the world with two huge successes and it’s not that The Apprentice or his signature ribeye steaks, which are delicious. You still have my address, right? You can send them there. First, North Korea, without any diplomatic experience, Trump obliterated the threat like they were Hillary Clinton’s dreams. He was laughed at, but he did it. And now what do we have in his place at the DMZ?
KAMALA HARRIS: So the United States shares a very important relationship, which is an alliance with the Republic of North Korea, and it is an alliance that is strong and enduring.
US Vice President Kamala Harris, right, looks towards the north side of the border at the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). (SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
It is, is there a 25th Amendment for the vice president or as she would call it banana fufu, carrot top. Then there’s the Abraham Accords, orchestrated by Trump’s son-in-law, who again had no experience in diplomacy, although having Trump as a father-in-law looks better than anything on Anthony Blinken’s resumé. But I’m starting to think diplomacy is like co-hosting “Fox & Friends,” anybody can do it. Idiots like Tony Blinken and John Kerry, they just make it look hard.
But the Trump administration brokered a deal between sworn enemies. If this were a Democrat White House, the staff would have Nobel Prizes coming out of their asses, which is less painful than going in, I’ve heard. So now you have Trump offering to help. And I’m sure that drew dismissive laughter from all the useless nothing-crats. But why should they be laughing? It’s not any funnier than Democrats believing men could get pregnant.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD DOCTOR TELLS CONGRESS MEN CAN GET PREGNANT: ‘THIS IS MEDICINE’
REP. ANDREW CLYDE, R-GA: Dr. Kumar, can biological men become pregnant and give birth?
DR. BHAVIK KUMAR: So men can have pregnancies, especially trans-men.
REP. ANDREW CLYDE, R-GA: So are you saying that a biological female who identifies as a man and therefore becomes pregnant is, a “man”?
DR. BHAVIK KUMAR: Somebody with a uterus may have a capability of becoming pregnant, whether they’re a woman or a man. That doesn’t mean.
REP. ANDREW CLYDE, R-GA: Okay, we’re done.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands over the military demarcation line at the border village of Panmunjom in Demilitarized Zone. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
I have a feeling America is almost at the point of saying, “yeah, we’re done.” At least what Trump is offering makes sense, and no wonder the Dems don’t like it, they never see that stuff. Right now, they have no way forward diplomatically in ending a war that we are paying for. Fact is, Trump might be the only person to pull this one off, but perhaps with the help of another guy. Yeah, that guy who also saw the folly in picking sides between these two countries. Now, could you imagine this? A peace team that feels exactly like a buddy cop movie? One unorthodox wild man, another a by the book bureaucrat, it’s like Lethal Weapon, 48 HRS., and Laverne & Shirley all rolled into one, that’s a brilliant idea. But in order for this to happen, Obama and others would have to lose their ego. It’s the same thing I tell Jesse Watters when he keeps spray-painting his bald spot.
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Our leaders should ask themselves, would I be okay with real peace if Trump had a role? If you say no, then that’s your ego talking, and you value it more than human life, which sadly makes you another useless diplomat. Let’s go to Joy Behar for a comment.
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It’s Friday and yeah, I’m going to be milking that one for a while.
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Friday Roundup: Northside T.R. Miller Earn Big Wins
Friday Roundup: Northside, T.R. Miller Earn Big Wins https://digitalalabamanews.com/friday-roundup-northside-t-r-miller-earn-big-wins/
Northside relied on its ball-control modified Wing-T offense to knock off previously unbeaten Corner 35-21 on the road Friday night.
Senior quarterback Braden Green had 30 carries for 209 yards and two rushing touchdowns and lofted a 15-yard TD pass to Jaden Roberts as the eighth-ranked Rams improved to 5-1 on the year and 3-1 in Class 4A, Region 5.
Corner fell to 5-1 and 3-1.
The teams traded touchdowns throughout a first half that ended at 21-all when Landon Peterson threw and 18-yard scoring pass to Tyson Hill with 59 seconds left before intermission.
Northside scored on Green’s 1-yard run with 9:50 left in the first quarter to open the scoring and Corner’s Calvin Taylor raced 82 yards with the ensuing kickoff to knot the score 15 seconds later.
Luke Jones scored on a 20-yard run for Northside with 5:45 left in the first and Corner answered on a 14-yard dash by Gavin Brown with 5:26 remaining in the second quarter.
Green put the visitors up 21-14 on a 28-yard run with 4:16 in the half.
Green’s TD pass to Roberts pushed the Northside advantage to 28-21 before the Rams’ defense put the game out of reach. Defensive lineman Peyton Beard jumped on an errant lateral by Corner’s Peterson near the goal-line and rolled into the end zone with 11:02 left in the game.
Northside held the ball for the final 9:06 of the game.
The Rams play Cordova at home next week while Corner will welcome Oak Grove.
In other action Friday:
BIRMINGHAM
Minor 56, Mortimer Jordan 20
Minor quarterback Kareem Keye threw for 466 yards and seven touchdowns passes in Friday’s victory over Mortimer Jordan.
Darrian Jackson caught five touchdown passes — covering 12, 50, 8 12 and 33 yards. Kaye also threw TDs of 30 yards to Tylan Anderson and 70 yards to Carlos Moore. Minor’s Javarrie Allen also scored on a 2-yard run.
Mortimer Jordan’s Terrance Gaines scored on runs of 8 and 14 yards, and Will Praytor caught 3-yard TD pass from Garrett Ames.
Minor (4-2 overall, 2-1 in Class 6A, Region 5) plays Gardendale at home next week. Mortimer Jordan (1-6, 0-4) doesn’t play again until Oct. 14 at home against Mountain Brook.
Tuscaloosa County 38, Spain Park 28
Tuscaloosa County’s Kevin Riley ran 24 times for 275 yards, with TD runs of 60 and 53 yards, to lead the Wildcats past Spain Park in a Class 7A, Region 3 game at Bob Finley Field in Hoover.
Riley also caught a 42-yard touchdown pass, giving him more than 300 yards of total offense. Tuscaloosa County rolled up 525 yards of total offense – 393 rushing and 132 passing.
With its fifth victory of the season, the Wildcats (5-1 overall, 3-1 in region) are guaranteed a non-losing regular season for the first time since 2014, which was the program’s last playoff appearance.
Spain Park (1-5, 0-4) suffered its fifth straight loss. Evan Smallwood threw TD passes of 28 and 44 yards and added a 24-yard TD run. Zamiar Farris also scored on a 98-yard kickoff return.
Spain Park is at Chelsea next week, while Tuscaloosa County plays at Hoover.
Gardendale 40, Jackson-Olin 6
The Rockets led 27-0 after one quarter and cruised to the Class 6A, Region 5 win at Driver Stadium in Gardendale.
Gardendale quarterback Tyler Nelson completed 7-of-11 passes for 115 yards and a 10-yard touchdown to Caden McGruder. Nelson also scored on a 12-yard run for the 4-2, 3-0 Rockets and finished with 101 yards on 13 carries.
Caiden Combs scored on a 20-yard fumble recovery return for Gardendale, Jonathan Harris ran for a 10-yard TD and Kedrick Storey had a 3-yard scoring run. Kyle Norris kicked two field goals, from 20 and 37 yards.
Jabari Poellnitz scored a 1-yard run for the 2-5, 1-3 Mustangs.
Jackon-Olin was flagged 18 times for 152 yards and Gardendale was penalized six times for 62 yards.
Sipsey Valley 33, Montevallo 14
Sipsey Valley scored four second-half touchdowns and pulled away for a victory over Montevallo on Friday.
For Montevallo, Anthony Martin ran for 134 yards, King Braxton threw a 52-yard touchdown pass to Christian Tolbert, and Tolbert returned a kickoff 90 yards for a TD.
Montevallo (2-4 overall, 2-2 in Class 4A, Region 3) suffered its third straight loss. Sipsey Valley (3-3, 2-2) won its second straight.
Montevallo plays Bibb County at home next week, while Sipsey Valley is at home against Holt.
Etowah 31, Oneonta 7
The Blue Devils knocked Class 4A No. 5 Oneonta from the unbeaten ranks with a road win in Region 6 play. Etowah is 5-1 and 4-0 in region play while Oneonta is 6-1, 3-1.
Etowah scored on an 88-yard scoop-and-score of a blocked field-goal try by Caleb Freeman with 4:20 left in the first quarter. Omareon Finch put the visitors up 14-0 with 3:24 to play before half with a 4-yard touchdown run. Alejandro Corona kicked a 30-yard field goal as time expired in the half to push Etowah’s lead to 17-0.
Fluff Bothwell, who finished with 195 yards on 19 carries, got Oneonta’s lone score on an 18-yard run with 2:10 to play in the third period.
Etowah answered with a 28-yard TD run by Briggs Freeman and closed out the scoring with a 15-yard touchdown pass from Trace Thompson to Jameson Scissum.
Etowah is 16-7 all time against the Redskins and won its third straight since the two teams re-started the series in 2020. Before that, the teams had played 20 times from 1912 until 1948.
Next week, Etowah plays Hanceville at home while Oneonta has an open date.
HUNTSVILLE/TENNESSEE VALLEY
Hartselle 29, Muscle Shoals 26
Sixth-ranked Hartselle prevailed as eighth-ranked Muscle Shoals missed a last-second, 52-yard field goal in a Class 6A showdown. Ri Fletcher ran for a pair of touchdowns, the second of which came in the final minute of the game to put the Tigers ahead. Jack Smith threw a TD pass to Eli Tidwell and he scored on a run for the visiting Tigers, who trailed 16-7 in the second quarter. Hartselle (7-0, 3-0 Region 7) visits Athens next week, while Muscle Shoals (5-1, 2-1) goes to Decatur.
— Jimmy Lay
Randolph 45, Madison County 0
Andrew Hunter completed 10 of 19 passes for 269 yards and two touchdowns, and he ran for 77 yards and three TDs on seven carries to lead the visiting Raiders. Nic Strong caught three passes for 114 yards and a touchdown.
Randolph (5-1, 4-0 Class 4A, Region 8) hosts DAR next Friday. Madison County (2-5, 2-2) travels to Westminster Christian on Thursday.
— Jimmy Lay
Madison Academy 56, Asbury 0
Carson Creehan threw four touchdown passes as the host Mustangs (4-2, 3-0 Class 3A, Region 7) won their fourth consecutive game. Creehan’s scoring throws went to Mario Brewer, Landon Sanders, Selano Thomas and Jackson Reese. Brewer also returned a punt 51-yars for a touchdown. Ken Cherry ran for 67 yards and a TD. Madison Academy did all of its scoring in the first half. The Mustangs go to Vinemeont next week. Asbury (0-7, 0-4) hosts Danville.
— Jimmy Lay
Arab 48, Crossville 7
Backup quarterback Drew Puccio, in his first varsity start, threw for 224 yards and four touchdowns on 9-of-10 passing as Arab bounced back from its first loss to beat 5A, Region 7 foe Crossville 48-7 on Friday night.
Puccio, normally a receiver, had touchdown passes of 26 and 47 yards to Brody McCain and 22 yards to Spencer Strickland in the first half. He connected with Strickland again for 84 yards on the second play of the second half.
For Arab, Drake Franklin rushed for 138 yards and two touchdowns, and Logan Alldredge ran for 153 yards and a TD.
Arab (6-1 overall, 4-0 in region) plays at Boaz next week, while Crossville (0-7, 0-4) plays Douglas at home.
— Mike Tankersley
Meek 44, Addison 24
Cam Deaver ran for 182 yards and four touchdowns as Class 1A, No. 8-ranked Meek beat Addison for the first time since 2002. Ory Frith added 191 rushing yards, and Blake Miller ran for 63 yards and two TDs for the Tigers (6-0, 4-0 Region 8), who led 20-12 at halftime before pulling away. Trust Shanklin recorded two tacks for Meek, which hosts Shoals Christian next week. Addison (5-2, 3-1) will host Falkville.
— Jimmy Lay
MOBILE/COASTAL ALABAMA
Hillcrest-Evergeen 29, Mobile Christian 28
Hillcrest-Evergreen’s Timothy Green scored on a 7-yard run in overtime, leaving coach Harry Crum with a decision.
Should the Jaguars kick the extra point – having already missed one – or go for the 2-point conversion?
Gray ran in the 2-point play to push the Jags to a 29-28 victory over Mobile Christian on Friday night at Brooks Memorial Stadium in Evergreen. Gray finished with 75 yards on 17 carries.
Hillcrest (3-3 overall, 2-2 in Class 3A, Region 1) forced overtime when Jalen Likely scored on a 6-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter. Jeremonte Stallworth threw to Kevin Porter for the 2-point conversion to tie the game at 21-all and force overtime.
Mobile Christian (0-7, 0-4) got the ball first in overtime. Patrick Sullivan scored on a 4-yard run and Carter Lewis kicked the extra point for a 28-21 lead.
Mobile Christian’s Devin Harris scored on a 20-yard run, Ben Brewer returned a fumble for a touchdown, and Michael Moore returned a kickoff 87 yards for a touchdown.
Stallworth threw for 191 yards, including an 18-yard TD pass to Porter, and also scored on a 1-yard run.
Hillcrest is at Monroe County next week, while Mobile Christian plays Cottage Hill Christian at home.
T.R. Miller 28, Bayside Academy 3
Class 4A No. 10 T.R. Miller scored 28 straight points after a Bayside Academy field goal to earn the Region 1 victory.
Bayside kicker Jenkins Lilley booted a 31-yarder with 7:54 left in the first half and it was all T.R. Miller the rest of the way.
The Tigers got on the scoreboard when quarterback Nathan Commander connected with Christopher Williams for a 46-yard TD to give T.R. Miller a 7-3 halftime lead.
The second half was all Tigers with Myles Johnson scoring on runs of 2 and 35 yards. Johnson finished the night with 83 yards rushing on 11 attempts an...
Brandon Musch's 7 TDs Lead Westminster Past DAR https://digitalalabamanews.com/brandon-muschs-7-tds-lead-westminster-past-dar/
High School Sports
Published: Sep. 30, 2022, 11:20 p.m.
Westminster Christian bounced back from a heartbreaking loss last week to defeat DAR 53-7 on the road tonight.
Junior quarterback Brandon Musch compiled 491 total yards and seven touchdowns to lead the Wildcats (4-2, 3-1 Class 4A, Region 8), who regrouped following a 70-69 loss to Central-Florence.
Westminster led 25-7 at the half behind Musch rushing touchdowns from 62, 15 and 39 yards out and a 38-yard TD pass to Kyle Everleth. The Patriots looked as if they would get back in the game on their first possession in the third quarter, moving the ball to the Wildcat 28-yard line, but Josh Pomnitz stepped in front of Trey Bolt’s pass over the middle and raced 72 yards for a touchdown and a 32-7 Westminster lead.
DAR dropped to 1-6 and 0-4.
Star of the game: Musch completed 17 of 23 passes for 281 yards and four touchdowns. He had three TD tosses in the second half – 46 and 33 yards to Owen Lockette and 31 yards to Amos Baldwin. Musch finished with 210 yards rushing and three TDs on 12 carries.
Play of the game: Pomnitz’s 72-yard pick 6 dashed any hopes of a Patriot comeback.
Stat sheet: Westminster – Lockette caught four passes for 114 and two touchdowns and Baldwin caught six passes for 62 yards and one touchdown. DAR – Seth Satterfield gained 88 yards on 16 carries. Brady Largin scored DAR’s lone TD on a 1-yard run.
By the numbers: 532 – Total yards for Westminster. DAR had 190;107 – Musch has 107 career touchdowns and 8,518 total yards; 48.3 – points per game averaged by Westminster, the third highest total in 4A behind Montgomery Catholic (58.7) and Andalusia (49).
They said it … : “I just looked at the quarterback and saw the ball into my hands and I just took off running and all the excitement just hit me when I got into the end zone. It was our first pick 6 and my first pick of the season and it just made the whole defense energy go up and it was just awesome.” – Pomnitz
“The last two games were really tough for us as a team and I’m just proud of my guys that we didn’t lay down and let these two losses define the rest of our season. We had a great week of practice and just trusted out coaches to give us a great gameplan to help us be successful.” – Musch
Coachspeak: “I’m just proud of these playing a complete game on both sides of the ball even with a few hiccups as we had a few guys out sick this week and a few injured that didn’t come back that we thought would. We have a lot of growth left to do, but I just love how these guys rebounded after two weeks of some pretty tough football that could have did us in for the season. They fought back and showed their resiliency.” – Westminster coach Louis LeBlanc
What’s next? Westminster hosts Madison County next Thursday. DAR will be at Randolph on Friday
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Indiana High School Football Roundup: Scores Highlights And Stats From IHSAA Week 7
Indiana High School Football Roundup: Scores, Highlights And Stats From IHSAA Week 7 https://digitalalabamanews.com/indiana-high-school-football-roundup-scores-highlights-and-stats-from-ihsaa-week-7/
The IHSAA football season has reached Week 7, and we’re here to bring you the best highlights from the most important games. Top matchups in Week 7 include Ben Davis-Carmel, Mooresville-Whiteland, Brownsburg-Zionsville and Scecina-Triton Central. Please remember to refresh.
Top-ranked team rolls:‘We have another whole level of football that we can play.’
Overtime thriller:Scecina D-line stands tall for four quarters, wins game against Triton Central
The playmaker:Big-play Reece Bellin is ballin’ and Carmel is winning. Beware.
Luke Hansen shines again:Add another 300-plus yards for state’s leading rusher as Roncalli rolls.
Quick reads from the top games:Top plays, turning points and players of game from Week 7’s top matchups
Carmel 21, Ben Davis 14
Ben Davis – 0 0 7 7 — 14
Carmel – 0 7 7 7 — 21
Carmel – Reece Bellin 73 pass from Jack Kazmierczak (Ben Sponsler kick)
Ben Davis – Destin Beauchamp 73 pass from Thomas Gotkowski (Ben Rudolph kick)
Carmel – Nathan Rodgers 61 pass from Kazmierczak (Sponsler kick)
Ben Davis – Isaac White 2 run (Rudolph kick)
Carmel – Bellin 3 pass from Kazmierczak (Sponsler kick)
Rushing — Ben Davis: Alijah Price 16-82, Gotkowski 5-19, Beauchamp 1-5, White 3-4, Zion Graham 4-10. Carmel: Alijah Alfayyad 18-94, Levell Stewart 6-4, Aidan McFall 1-0, Kazmierczak 1-(-4), Christian Peterson 2-(-5).
Passing — Ben Davis: Gotkowski 20-36-1 246. Carmel: Kazmierczak 10-18-1 204.
Receiving — Ben Davis: Marques Reese 7-87, Beauchamp 5-91, Zane Skibinski 3-23, Lincoln Murff 3-18, Price 1-15, Graham 1-12. Carmel: Bellin 6-138, Rodgers 2-63, Blake Matthews 1-3, Aydrian Caldwell 1-0.
Brownsburg 50, Zionsville 3
Brownsburg 15 21 7 7 — 50
Zionsville 3 0 0 0 — 3
B – Garrett Sherrell 3 run (Nick Berry kick)
Z – Trevor Henkle 31 field goal
B – Jayden Whitaker 1 run (Bryce Patterson run)
B – Matthias Pilkington 8 pass from Jayden Whitaker (Spencer Porath)
B – Sherrell 35 run (Berry kick)
B – Caleb Marcus 2 run (Berry kick)
B – Marcus 2 run (Berry kick)
B – Chance Whitfield 88-yard fumble recovery (Michael Kirschner kick)
Rushing — B: Caleb Marcus 10-99, Garrett Sherrell 9-46, Ariyan Balance 2-9, Alijah Balance 1-2, Lerico Edwards 2-1, Isaac Patterson 1-1, Corey Smith 1-0, Michael Wehyee 1-(-3), Jayden Whitaker 5-(-3), Iousa Stephens 1-(-4). Z: Hanson Hinshaw 15-82, Case Anderson 3-5, Christian Abney 1-9, Luke Murphy 10-3.
Passing — B: Whitaker 15-19-0-198, Jake Dunn 0-1-0-0. Z: Murphy 11-20-1-122, Abney 1-5-1-11.
Receiving — B: Smith 3-65, Freddy Hawthorne 2-33, Al. Balance 3-30, Marcus 3-29, Matthias Pilkington 2-23, Cayden Olinger 1-11, Cameron Edwards 1-7. Z: Ryan Skura 4-60, Eugene Hilton 5-46, Wrigley Bumgardner 2-26, Mason Riggins 1-1.
Hamilton Southeastern 38, Noblesville 14
Hamilton SE 7 7 7 17 — 38
Noblesville 0 0 7 7 — 14
HS — Jalen Alexander 47 run (Carter Gutt kick)
HS — Donovan Hamilton 21 pass from Ty Bradle (Gutt kick)
HS — Alexander 2 run (Gutt kick)
N — Gabe Bellan 2 run (Jack Letourneau kick)
HS — Clayton Wilke 8 pass from Bradle (Gutt kick)
HS — Gutt 43 FG
HS — Jack Osiecki 1 pass from Bradle (Gutt kick)
N — Gage Gulley 1 run (Letourneau kick)
Rushing — Hamilton SE: Alexander 20-192, Elie Brantman 11-73, Bradle 3-15, Wilke 1-12, Jai Burns 1-10, team 0-0. Noblesville: Logan Shoffner 15-108, Blake Widget 12-30, Gulley 7-19, Bellan 4-19, Landon Hughes 4-4.
Passing — Hamilton SE: Bradle 12-23-0, 120. Noblesville: Hughes 4-13-1, 18.
Receiving — Hamilton SE: Hamilton 5-81, Wilke 4-20, Silas Newton 2-18, Osiecki 1-1. Noblesville: Aiden Brewer 2-14, Widget 1-4, Bellan 1-0.
Fishers 26, Franklin Central 15
Fishers 7 7 0 12 — 26
Franklin Central 0 6 2 7 — 15
F — Carson Dunn 15 pass from Lucas Minns (Jon Tangara kick)
F — Khobie Martin 46 run (Tangara kick)
FC — Jayon Harvey 8 pass from Nevan Tutterow (kick failed)
FC — Safety, QB tackled in end zone after fumble
FC — Bryant Hoskins 1 run (Frankie Marroquin kick)
F — Aidan Zimmer 51 pass from Minns (pass failed)
F — Martin 10 run (pass failed)
Rushing — Fishers: Martin 13-121, Dunn 14-41, Ian Jennings 2-4, Minns 6-(minus-10), team 1-0. Franklin Central: Braylen Gillard 31-95, Hoskins 3-14, Marroquin 1-1, Tutterow 10-(minus-4).
Passing — Fishers: Minns 8-14-1, 104; Noah McPeek 1-1-0, 25. Franklin Central: Tutterow 16-26-2, 205.
Receiving — Fishers: Zimmer 3-60, Dunn 4-27, Martin 1-25, Hunter Strole 1-17. Franklin Central: Harvey 6-90, Will McKinley 4-58, Damir Swanigan 2-30, Anthony Coker 2-13, Hudauri Hines 1-11, Jake Newman 1-3.
Cathedral 37, Cincinnati LaSalle 6
LaSalle 0 0 0 6 — 6
Cathedral 9 21 7 0 — 37
C — Javon Tibbs 41 pass from Danny O’Neil (kick failed)
C — A. Fahey 34 FG
C — O’Neil 1 run (Fahey kick)
C — O’Neil 16 run (Fahey kick)
C — Tibbs 7 pass from O’Neil (Fahey kick)
C — D Ayres 10 pass from O’Neil (Fahey kick)
CL — Tyrone Brown 76 run (kick failed)
Rushing — Cathedral: Carson Johnson 11-102, O’Neil 12-47, Desare Thomas 3-11, Devaughn Slaughter 5-5, Zach Miller 3-0, Fisher Thomas 1-0. LaSalle: Brown 4-71, Mason Mattingley 6-10, Devin Byrd 4-3, Patrick McLaughlin 1-0.
Passing — Cathedral: O’Neil 21-28-0, 217; Slaughter 0-2-0, 0. LaSalle: Mattingley 10-18-1, 51; McLaughlin 3-4-0, 5.
Receiving — Cathedral: Tibbs 4-70, Ayres 7-63, Brennan Wooten 4-29, Zach Meeks 3-24, Johnson 1-13, Slaughter 1-11, Keith Long 1-7. LaSalle: Koy Beasley 1-32, McLaughlin 7-12, Brandon Phillips 1-6, Joey Paulinelli 1-6, Donivan Stinson 1-5, Kyle Reynolds 1-(minus-1), Timiko Jackson 1-(minus-4).
Franklin 35, Plainfield 12
Beau Baker scored on a back-breaking 98-yard fumble return and added a rushing score to lead the Grizzly Cubs (5-2, 3-2) to a Mid-State Conference home win over the Quakers (3-4, 3-2). John Shepard ran for a pair of touchdowns to offset two Noah Hessong TD receptions for Plainfield.
Plainfield 0 0 6 6 — 12
Franklin 7 7 14 7 — 35
F — John Shepard 3 run (Patrick Fancher kick)
F — Beau Baker 6 run (Fancher kick)
P — Noah Hessong 42 pass from Hunter Newell (kick failed)
F — Max Clark 3 pass from Greyson Betts (Fancher kick)
F — Baker 98 fumble return (Fancher kick)
F — Shepard 34 run (Fancher kick)
P — Hessong 2 pass from Newell (kick failed)
Rushing — Franklin: Shepard 15-121, Kaleb Owens 8-16, Braeden Bonesteel 1-9, Betts 3-8, Baker 1-6. Plainfield: Troy Larrison 11-31, Antonio Williams 7-25, Hessong 4-4, Newell 8-(minus-61).
Passing — Franklin: Betts 7-13-0, 76. Plainfield: Newell 27-41-1, 296.
Receiving — Franklin: Luke Bechert 3-35, Clark 3-31, Nash Netter 1-10. Plainfield: Hessong 9-132, Grant Irwin 9-97, Caden Vanderbush 5-52, Larrison 2-13.
Lawrence North 35, Warren Central 14
Roncalli 28, Louisville Male 7
Scecina 21, Triton Central 20, OT
Whiteland 48, Mooresville 30
After getting stunned a week ago by Martinsville, the 5A No. 4 Warriors (6-1, 4-1) bounced back in a big way, exploding for 34 points in the middle two periods to topple the 4A No. 9 Pioneers. Jonathan Crowley returned a punt for a touchdown and QB Kevin Denham ran for one TD and threw for another to spark a dominant Whiteland attack.
Mooresville 10 6 6 8 — 30
Whiteland 7 20 14 7 — 48
M — Nate Thomas 28 pass from Nicholas Patterson (Kenny Curry kick)
M — Curry 31 FG
W — Slate Valentine 4 run (David Mathis kick)
W — Brady Stanifer 11 pass from Kevin Denham (kick failed)
W — Peyton Emberton 2 run (Mathis kick)
M — Curry 26 FG
W — Nyrius Moore-Smith 36 run (Mathis kick)
M — Curry 38 FG
W — Jonathan Crowley 55 punt return (Mathis kick)
W — Denham 1 run (Mathis kick)
M — Wes Reeves 6 pass from Patterson (pass failed)
W — Cameron Cooper 4 pass from Denham (Mathis kick)
M — Patterson 61 run (Patterson run)
Rushing — Mooresville: Patterson 11-115, Landon Clements 6-29, Keenen Brownlee 1-7, team 1-4. Whiteland: Emberton 22-131, Valentine 14-85, Moore-Smith 4-49, Crowley 9-39, Denham 1-1, Devon Armstrong 1-0, team 1-8.
Passing — Mooresville: Patterson 16-31-0, 153; Levi Dorn 1-2-0, 11; team 1-1-0, 3. Whiteland: Denham 3-4-0, 24; team 0-1-0, 0.
Receiving — Mooresville: Reeves 5-50, Thomas 5-44, Dorn 4-41, Clements 1-10, Brownlee 1-6, team 2-16. Whiteland: Stanifer 1-12, Cooper 1-4, team 1-8.
Westfield 35, Avon 21
Avon 0 7 7 7 — 21
Westfield 7 0 21 7 — 35
W — Cole Ballard 3 run (Brody Boehm kick)
A — Dailon Zeigler 2 run (Isaac Monroe kick)
W — Kendall Garnett 1 run (Boehm kick)
W — Ballard 1 run (Boehm kick)
A — Cameron Green 19 pass from Mason Reynolds (Monroe kick)
W — Garnett 5 run (Boehm kick)
A — Jaiden Jones 3 run (Monroe kick)
W — Ballard 34 run (Boehm kick)
Rushing — Avon: Zeigler 12-80, Jones 14-78, Mason Reynolds 9-14, team 1-(minus-13). Westfield: Garnett 24-126, Ballard 16-64, Ryan Creager 4-13, Gabriel Aramboles 1-2, Luke Hay 3-(minus-2).
Passing — Avon: Reynolds 11-21-1, 152. Westfield: Ballard 7-17-1, 107.
Receiving — Avon: Noah Washington 2-50, Green 3-38, Emanuel Montgomery 1-36, Aiden Chavis 2-23, Anthony Kennedy 1-6, Jones 2-(minus-1). Westfield: Maximus Nosler 4-81, Dillon Thieneman 1-18, Aremboles 1-10, Creager 1-(minus-2).
Heritage Christian 42, Lapel 38
Heritage Christian 14 13 8 7 — 42
Lapel 7 12 19 0 — 38
HC – Daniel Pallekonda 19 pass from Kyle Antoine (kick no good)
L – Tyler Dollar 13 run (kick good)
HC – Antoine 1 run (Antoine run)
L – Dollar 30 run (kick no good)
HC – Luke Valerio 70 pass from Antoine (2-point failed)
HC – Pallekonda 13 pass from Antoine (Graves kick)
L – Dollar 1 run (2-point failed)
L – Nick Witte 33 run (2-point failed)
HC – Kinkade Zientara 3 run (Valerio pass from Zientara)
L – Dollar 1 run (2-point failed)
L – Dollar 18 run (kick good)
HC – Christian Dora 14 pass from Zientara (Graves kick)
Rushing – Heritage Christian: Valerio 2-29, CJ Opper 28-137, Antoine 6-56; Lapel: N/A
Passing – Heri...
PEPSI LACEUP High School Highlights And Scores: Week Six Alabama News
PEPSI LACEUP High School Highlights And Scores: Week Six – Alabama News https://digitalalabamanews.com/pepsi-laceup-high-school-highlights-and-scores-week-six-alabama-news/
Posted: Sep 30, 2022 11:13 PM CDT
Updated: Sep 30, 2022 11:14 PM CDT
by Alabama News Network Staff
AHSAA FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD
Week 6 Results (as of 10:30PM CDT Friday)
CLASS 7A
Auburn 51, Opelika 29
Austin 22, Grissom 0
Central-Phenix City 35, Dothan 28
Hoover 40, Oak Mountain 0
Huntsville 34, Albertville 7
James Clemens 41, Sparkman 17
Prattville 42, Enterprise 26
Thompson 14, Hewitt-Trussville 12
Tuscaloosa County 38, Spain Park 28
Vestavia Hills 52, Chelsea 10
CLASS 6A
Benjamin Russell 48, Chilton County 0
Buckhorn 58, Mae Jemison 12
Center Point 36, Shades Valley 20
Cullman 35, Athens 23
Fort Payne 56, Lee-Huntsville 12
Gadsden City 37, Hazel Green 7
Gardendale 40, Jackson-Olin 6
Hartselle 29, Muscle Shoals 26
Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa 63, Central-Tuscaloosa 19
McGill-Toolen Catholic 27, Baldwin County 9
Minor 56, Mortimer Jordan 20
Murphy 47, Robertsdale 20
Northridge 21, McAdory 14
Oxford 38, Pell City 13
Saraland 35, Blount 0
Wetumpka 21, Stanhope Elmore 16
CLASS 5A
Arab 48, Crossville 7
B.C. Rain 41, Citronelle 6
Beauregard 38, Sylacauga 7
Central, Clay County 12, Valley 6
Charles Henderson 27, Rehobeth 15
Demopolis 48, Shelby County 6
Douglas 49, Sardis 8
Eufaula 43, Carroll 19
Faith Academy 30, Vigor 6
Jasper 25, Hayden 13
Leeds 24, Southside-Gadsden 6
Pleasant Grove 48, John Carroll Catholic 13
Ramsay 41, Wenonah 6
Russellville 58, Brewer 0
Scottsboro 17, Guntersville 14
Selma 30, Marbury 14
Tallassee 26, Elmore County 20
West Point 21, Lawrence County 7
CLASS 4A
American Christian 35, Dallas County 10
Andalusia 69, Geneva 19
Brooks 59, East Lawrence 14
B.T. Washington 54, Bullock County 6
Deshler 21, West Morgan 6
Dora 42, Cordova 21
Etowah 31, Oneonta 7
Fairview 42, Ardmore 12
Good Hope 26, Hanceville 20
Hamilton 40, Curry 24
Jacksonville 41, Cleburne County 15
Montgomery Catholic 72, Montgomery Academy 15
Munford 42, Lincoln 9
St. Michael Catholic 49, Orange Beach 41
T.R. Miller 28, Bayside Academy 3
West Blocton 57, Holt 0
West Limestone 34, Wilson 26
Westminster Christian 53, DAR 7
White Plains 48, Talladega 14
CLASS 3A
Ashford 38, Daleville 22
Colbert Heights 28, Elkmont 8
Dadeville 55, Beulah 0
Fayette County 35, Oakman 7
Gordo 56, Carbon Hill 14
GHouston Academy 33, Straughn 27
J.B. Pennington 41, Vinemont 6
Lauderdale County 36, Phil Campbell 12
Greensboro 28, Midfield 24
Madison Academy 56, Asbury 0
Piedmont 34, Westbrook Christian 0
Pike County 38, New Brockton 0
Providence Christian 17, Northside Methodist 14
Randolph County 42, Saks 41
Saint James 35, Alabama Christian 20
Southside-Selma 34, Prattville Christian 31
Susan Moore 71, Brindlee Mountain 0
Thomasville 28, Flomaton 20
Winfield 43, Tarrant 0
CLASS 2A
Abbeville 53, Samson 22
Ariton 40, Cottonwood 6
Clarke County 19, Chickasaw 0
Fyffe 61, Collinsville 0
Gaston 28, Holly Pond 26
Goshen 64, Barbour County 19
GW Long 42, Zion Chapel 7
Highland Home 41, Luverne 14
J.U. Blacksher 47, McKenzie 24
LaFayette 26, Horseshoe Bend 8
Locust Fork 21, Pleasant Valley 14
Pike Liberal Arts 32, Danville 0
Pisgah 41, Whitesburg Christian 7
Reeltown 12, Lanett 0
Sheffield 54, Cherokee 6
Southeastern 48, Cleveland 26
Sulligent 34, Greene County 0
Thorsby 22, Fayetteville 18
Vincent 54, Ranburne 21
Winston County 24, Cold Springs 0
CLASS 1A
Appalachian 16, Decatur Heritage 12
Berry 35, Holy Spirit Catholic 21
Brantley 40, Georgiana 0
Choctaw County 22, Southern Choctaw 16
Donoho 28, Winterboro 20
Elba 42, Red Level 6
Florala 27, Houston County 0
Gaylesville 54, Woodville 6
Hubbertville 42, Brilliant 8
Keith 38, A.L. Johnson 0
Kinston 47, Pleasant Home 13
Leroy 61, JF Shields 0
Loachapoka 50, Calhoun 0
Lynn 21, Pickens County 20
Maplesville 36, Autaugaville 0
Meek 44, Addison 24
Phillips 46, Vina 0
Ragland 46, Victory Christian 7
R.C. Hatch 54, University Charter School 28
Spring Garden 44, Talladega County Central 12
Verbena 32, Notasulga 14
AISA
Patrician Academy 47
South Choctaw Academy 21
Macon East Academy 48
Crenshaw Christian Academy 29
Morgan Academy 38
Bessemer Academy 0
Jackson Academy 46
Pickens Academy 0
St. Patrick Catholic School 56
Snook Christian Academy 18
Abbeville Christian Academy 40
Sparta Academy 20
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Ian Arrives In North Carolina After Bringing Flooding Damage To South Carolina; Death Toll Rises In Florida
Ian Arrives In North Carolina After Bringing Flooding, Damage To South Carolina; Death Toll Rises In Florida https://digitalalabamanews.com/ian-arrives-in-north-carolina-after-bringing-flooding-damage-to-south-carolina-death-toll-rises-in-florida/
11:43 PM
Ian pounds South Carolina; washes away piers and floods streets
Rain from Hurricane Ian floods a street on Sept. 30, 2022, in Charleston, South Carolina. Getty Images
Ian slammed coastal South Carolina as a hurricane on Friday, ripping apart piers and flooding streets after the ferocious storm caused catastrophic damage in Florida. As Ian moved across South Carolina on its way to North Carolina Friday evening, it dropped from a hurricane to a post-tropical cyclone.
While Ian’s center came ashore near Georgetown, South Carolina, on Friday with much weaker winds than when it crossed Florida’s Gulf Coast earlier in the week, the storm left many areas of Charleston’s downtown peninsula under water. It also washed away parts of four piers along the coast, including two at Myrtle Beach.
Online cameras showed seawater filling neighborhoods in Garden City to calf level.
After the heaviest of the rainfall blew through Charleston, Will Shalosky examined a large elm tree in front of his house that had fallen across his downtown street. He noted the damage could have been much worse.
“If this tree has fallen a different way, it would be in our house,” Shalosky said. “It’s pretty scary, pretty jarring.”
Ian’s heavy rains and winds crossed into North Carolina on Friday evening. Gov. Roy Cooper warned residents to be vigilant, given that up to 8 inches of rain could fall in some areas.
“Hurricane Ian is at our door. Expect drenching rain and sustained heavy winds over most of our state,” Cooper said. “Our message today is simple: Be smart and be safe.”
10:16 PM
Florida’s DeSantis warns against looting amid hurricane recovery: “We’re a Second Amendment state”
In a press conference addressing Hurricane Ian damage and recovery efforts, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Friday expressed concern over looting and robberies in impacted areas.
“The other thing we’re concerned about, particularly in those areas that were really hard hit, is we want to make sure we’re maintaining law and order,” DeSantis said. “You can have people bringing boats into some of these islands and trying to ransack people’s homes.”
The governor warned the community against looting, implying that law enforcement would be watching for it. He also referenced the Second Amendment.
“Don’t even think about looting. Don’t even think about taking advantage of people in this vulnerable situation,” DeSantis said. “I can tell you, in the state of Florida, you never know what may be lurking behind somebody’s home. And I would not want to chance that, if I were you, given that we’re a Second Amendment state.”
DeSantis said that law enforcement was monitoring potential robberies. He also offered local jurisdictions state assistance in controlling crime, if necessary.
Lee County, on Florida’s Gulf Coast, includes the cities of Fort Myers and Cape Coral, both of which were hard hit by the hurricane. Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno warned against looting in a press conference Thursday, threatening jail time.
“Don’t do it in this county. Don’t make that mistake,” Marceno said. “Because one thing we do have is vacancy at the jail. And I guarantee you if you try to prey on one of our great residents, you will find yourself in that jail.”
7:47 PM / September 30, 2022
Ian knocks out power in Carolinas, Virginia
More than 60,000 residents are without power in Virginia as Ian moves further north, poweroutage.us reported Friday night. To the south, over 270,000 people in North Carolina and 164,000 in South Carolina are in the dark.
Meanwhile, 1.5 million people still do not have power in Florida, several days after Ian swept across the peninsula.
7:25 PM / September 30, 2022
Ports in Tampa Bay, Canaveral reopening
The ports of Tampa Bay and Canaveral both reopened on Friday, two days after Hurricane Ian forced them to close.
In Tampa Bay, cargo ships are moving in and out of the port. However, cruises have not yet resumed — the first will be the Carnival Paradise, which is scheduled to arrive on Saturday.
Across the peninsula, in Canaveral, vessels weighing 500 gross tons and less were welcomed back beginning at 4 p.m. The port said it would reopen to all traffic beginning at midnight.
6:46 PM / September 30, 2022
“We’ve never seen anything like this”: Severe floods swamp Orlando
Many houses and apartment complexes in Orlando, Florida, are still completely surrounded by water.
Lidianys de Dios stayed up all night as hurricane Ian hit, watching the rising water creep up to her front door, knowing that she has no flood insurance. She said she’s never had flooding like this in her neighborhood.
“We’ve been in this house for like 16 years and then in the country for like 20-something years and we’ve never seen anything like this before,” she said.
Across Orlando, airboats made their way through flooded neighborhoods all day Friday, rescuing residents who had no way out. Some braved the flooded streets by car, others used kayaks to get around.
“This is definitely the worst hurricane I’ve been through,” said Orlando resident Juan Ceballos, who was evacuated by the National Guard. “We just packed like a quick tub full of stuff and walked out.”
Harrowing rescues after severe floods swamp Orlando 02:03
6:27 PM / September 30, 2022
U.S. Army shares video of rescue mission in Sanibel
Soldiers with the Florida National Guard flew to Sanibel Island to “assist with medical evacuations and search and rescue operations,” the U.S. Army tweeted Friday. It shared a video of the soldiers looking out over the devastation from a helicopter.
— U.S. Army (@USArmy) September 30, 2022
5:08 PM / September 30, 2022
16 still missing after migrant boat sank off Florida coast as Ian arrived
Two people were found dead, the U.S. Coast Guard said Friday, and 16 are still missing after a migrant boat sank off the southern coast of Florida several days ago.
A total of 27 people were on the boat when it took on water off Stock Island on Wednesday, the Coast Guard said. Four people, identified by authorities as Cuban migrants, made it to shore in the immediate aftermath.
The Coast Guard said the next day that three people were located 2 miles off Boca Chica and taken to area hospitals for exhaustion and dehydration. Later that same day, the Coast Guard said nine people had been safely located and rescued.
The boat sank as Hurricane Ian approached Florida’s west coast, bringing storm surges, roaring wind and punishing rain to much of the state.
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4:43 PM / September 30, 2022
NFL Foundation to donate $1 million, auction off game jerseys for relief efforts
The NFL Foundation said Friday it is donating $1 million to Hurricane Ian relief efforts. It comes after the Glazer family, who owns the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, announced they were donating $1 million Thursday.
The foundation will also auction off “a limited number of game-worn jerseys and other unique items” from this weekend’s Tampa Bay-Kansas City game to benefit the American Red Cross’ hurricane relief efforts. Fans will be able to bid on the items at NFL.com/auction.
“The NFL family’s thoughts are with the various communities affected by Hurricane Ian during this difficult time and we will continue to find additional ways to provide help and support to those in Florida who need it now and in the months ahead,” the foundation said in a statement.
4:11 PM / September 30, 2022
Hundreds of thousands without power in Florida and Carolinas
As of 3:45 p.m. ET on Friday, more than 1.7 million customers in Florida, 210,000 in South Carolina and 82,000 in North Carolina were without power, according to poweroutage.us.
4:02 PM / September 30, 2022
Florida sheriff’s office shares photos of devastation
The Lee County Sheriff’s Office was surveying damage Friday on Pine Island and Matlacha, two islands located very close to where Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida. Officials shared stunning photos of the destruction left there: a buckled road, flooded streets, a trapped car, a leveled home and downed palm trees.
“The devastation is heartbreaking,” a Facebook post said.
Destruction left by Hurricane Ian in Pine Island and Matlacha, Florida. “The devastation is heartbreaking,” the Lee County Sheriff’s Office wrote on its Facebook page on Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. Lee County Sheriff’s Office
Several homes are destroyed on the Florida island. Lee County Sheriff’s Office
Debris is seen scattered outside of a restaurant on Matlacha. Lee County Sheriff’s Office
3:32 PM / September 30, 2022
U.S. officials warn of hurricane-related scams
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is warning people about “malicious cyber activity targeting potential disaster victims and charitable donors following a hurricane.”
In an alert on Friday, the agency told people to be on the lookout for fraudulent emails with “hurricane-related subject lines, attachments, or hyperlinks.”
“In addition, be wary of social media pleas, texts, or door-to-door solicitations relating to severe weather events,” the bulletin said.
2:46 PM / September 30, 2022
Biden says it’ll take “months, years” for many to rebuild in Florida
Speaking from the White House’s Roosevelt Room, President Biden gave an update on Hurricane Ian as it continues to thrash the South. The president reiterated that the federal government will handle 100% of the cost to clear debris in Florida’s hardest-hit counties.
“We’re just beginning to see the scale of that destruction,” Mr. Biden said. “It’s likely to rank among the worst … in the nation’s history. You’ve all seen on television homes and property wiped out. It’s going to take months, years to rebuild. And our hearts go...
US Justice Dept Seeks Expedited Ruling In Trump Special Master Case
US Justice Dept Seeks Expedited Ruling In Trump Special Master Case https://digitalalabamanews.com/us-justice-dept-seeks-expedited-ruling-in-trump-special-master-case-2/
The US Justice Department on Friday moved to expedite its appeal of an order appointing a special master to review all of the records the FBI seized from former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate.
In a court filing late on Friday, the Justice Department said its inability to access the non-classified documents held at Trump’s estate is still hampering significant aspects of its investigation on the retention of government records at the Florida property that pertain to the classified records.
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The Justice Department is asking the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to order all papers be filed in the case by Nov. 11, and hold any necessary hearing in the case as soon as that briefing is completed.
Trump’s lawyers are opposing the request, the government said. The former president’s attorneys did not immediately return a request for comment.
The Justice Department said an expedited schedule may allow the government, if it wins the appeal, “to more quickly resume its full investigation without restraints on its review and use of evidence seized pursuant to a lawful search warrant.”
The government attorneys added that, if the Atlanta-based appeals court rules in the Justice Department’s favor, it would end the litigation over materials seized in the search as well as the outside review of those documents.
That review, being conducted by special master Senior U.S. District Judge Raymond Dearie, is currently set to end by Dec. 16.
The appeals court earlier this month sided with the Justice Department in lifting parts of the ruling from U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon that had prevented the department from relying on classified materials taken in the search as part of its investigation, such as bringing up the sensitive records’ contents in witness interviews or presenting charges to a grand jury.
The 11th Circuit also blocked Dearie from accessing the classified records as part of his proceedings.
Cannon on Sept. 5 granted Trump’s request for that third-party review of the seized documents, over the objections of the Justice Department. That process has already been delayed, as Trump and the government have not yet been able to secure a contract with an outside vendor to host the documents as part of the review.
Cannon on Thursday also rejected Dearie’s instruction that Trump verify the list of documents taken from the property, after the former president’s lawyers argued that requirement was outside the scope of the special master’s authority.
Trump has claimed without evidence that FBI agents planted evidence as they searched his resort on Aug. 8, but his attorneys have not repeated the same allegations in court.
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Why DOJ Wants A Faster Ruling In Appeal Of Trump Special Master Review
Why DOJ Wants A Faster Ruling In Appeal Of Trump Special Master Review https://digitalalabamanews.com/why-doj-wants-a-faster-ruling-in-appeal-of-trump-special-master-review/
The Department of Justice filed a request to expedite its appeal of a judge’s order to allow a special master to review classified documents taken from former President Donald Trump‘s Mar-a-Lago residency.
The request, filed on Friday to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, proposed an expedited schedule that would wrap up the written briefs by November 11 instead of the current deadline scheduled for a month later. The DOJ said that the independent special master review has hampered the department’s own criminal investigation of the documents seized from the former president’s Florida residence in August.
“An expedited appeal would serve the interests of justice,” read the filing. “Based on the district court’s orders thus far, the government is barred from accessing all of the materials except those with classification markings recovered in August pursuant to a lawful search warrant—and it may continue to be barred from doing so until mid-December or later.”
Former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate is seen on September 14, 2022, in Palm Beach, Florida. The Department of Justice filed a request on September 30 to expedite its appeal of having a special master review documents that were seized in August from Mar-a-Lago. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
The DOJ was granted an appeal from the court earlier in September for more than 100 documents marked as classified to be exempted from the special master review.
Expediting the appeal of the broader review—and winning the appeal—would give the DOJ access to all 11,000 documents as part of its investigation into how they were transferred, stored and who has accessed them.
Legal experts took to Twitter in light of the news to explain why the DOJ would be motivated to speed up the appeal process, and weighed in on why they think the department’s arguments might be granted by the court.
Former appellate defender Teri Kanefield posted a thread to Twitter explaining why she believes the circuit court would be inclined to grant the request. Among Kanefield’s arguments she noted that the court already gave a “shellacking” to Judge Aileen Cannon by blocking the special master review of specific classified documents.
The DOJ is moving to expedite the appeal. (Their answer to Judge Cannon’s shenanigans.)
Procedural history: First they filed a notice of appeal, then asked for a stay pending the appeal of the 100 documents marked classified. . .https://t.co/XX293Gt5j2
h/t @kyledcheney
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— Teri Kanefield (@Teri_Kanefield) September 30, 2022
The DOJ references in Friday’s filing that the court had granted its order earlier in the month on the basis that the “injunction against the government’s review” posed “real and significant harm on the United States and the public.”
“Even if not to the same degree,” continued the DOJ, “such harm persists with respect to the district court’s injunction against the government’s review and use of thousands of remaining documents and other material….”
The DOJ also argued in its filing that there is “good cause” to expedite the appeal, including that the request does not ask the court to “analyze an extensive factual record.”
“Instead, this appeal presents two questions of law,” wrote the DOJ. “Whether the district court erred by exercising equitable jurisdiction over [Trump’s] motion, and whether the district court erred by granting a preliminary injunction barring the government from reviewing or using evidence seized… in an ongoing criminal investigation.”
Kanefield added that if the DOJ is granted its request to expedite the process and goes on to win the appeal, “It was all a waste of Trump’s money and the DOJ’s time.”
Former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti also weighed in on Twitter, saying that he believes Judge Cannon’s recent decision to side with Trump in an argument between the former president and the special master played a role in the DOJ’s decision to request an expedited appeal.
Cannon’s recent order certainly played a role in DOJ’s decision to request an expedited appeal.
We don’t know how the appellate court will decide the broader issues raised by DOJ. But its decision on the motion to stay is a good sign, and DOJ is right to prefer them to Cannon. https://t.co/vBmAZrjatL
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) October 1, 2022
Mariotti added that it’s hard to say if the appeals court will grant the request from the DOJ, but that the department’s decision on the motion is “a good sign, and the DOJ is right to prefer them to Cannon.”
The DOJ noted in its request that it had conferred with Trump’s lawyer, Chris Kise, who said that Trump is opposed to the motion to expedite the process.
“It will be interesting to see what reasons Trump comes up with for needing more time, particularly because the DOJ is truncating its own timeframe,” Kanefield noted on Twitter.
On his Truth Social account Friday, the former president referred to the “Document Hoax Lawsuit” as another “scam” from the DOJ and the FBI.
“Much like Russia, Russia, Russia, Impeachment hoax #1, Impeachment hoax #2, the Mueller Report, spying on my campaign, lying to the FISA Court, lying to Congress, illegally breaking into my home in Florida in violation of the Fourth Amendment and also violating the Presidential Records Act,” Trump said in the post.
Newsweek reached out to Trump’s team for comment.
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Trump Intensifies Attacks On McConnell With 'death Wish' Remark On His Social Media Platform
Trump Intensifies Attacks On McConnell With 'death Wish' Remark On His Social Media Platform https://digitalalabamanews.com/trump-intensifies-attacks-on-mcconnell-with-death-wish-remark-on-his-social-media-platform/
Former President Donald Trump raised the specter of political violence Friday with a fresh attack on Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, suggesting that the GOP leader had “a death wish” because he had voted to approve legislation sponsored by Democrats.
In a post on his Truth Social website, Trump asked if McConnell had supported the unspecified bills “because he hates Donald J. Trump, and he knows I am opposed to them.”
“He has a DEATH WISH,” Trump added.
While Trump did not specify which Democratic-sponsored bills McConnell supported, the Senate on Thursday passed a bill to keep the government funded in a 72-25 vote that included support from McConnell and other Republicans. Earlier in the week, McConnell said he would back a bipartisan legislation aimed at protecting against election subversion — putting him at loggerheads with Trump.
When asked about Trump’s comments on Friday, Trump spokesperson Taylor Budowich said it was “absurd” to suggest the former president’s post could be construed as dangerous.
“Mitch McConnell is killing the Republican Party through weakness and cowardice. He obviously has a political death wish for himself and Republican Party, but President Trump and the America First champions in Congress will save the Republican Party and our nation,” Budowich said in a email to NBC News.
Trump has frequently lambasted McConnell, with the attacks intensifying after the Senate Republican leader rebuked Trump following the Capitol riot. More recent attacks have included derogatory comments about McConnell’s wife, Elaine Chao, who served as transportation secretary during the Trump administration.
On Truth Social last month, Trump called Chao “crazy,” while referring to McConnell as a “broken down hack politician.”
Chao resigned a day after the attack on the Capitol, when a pro-Trump mob chanted “hang Mike Pence” while storming the building. She later sat for a videotaped interview with the House Jan. 6 committee.
On Friday, Trump said McConnell must “immediately seek help and advise from his China loving wife, Coco Chow!”
Chao was born in Taipei.
NBC News has reached out to McConnell’s office for comment.
Zoë Richards is the evening politics reporter for NBC News.
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SEC Football By The Numbers: Top 10 For Week 5 https://digitalalabamanews.com/sec-football-by-the-numbers-top-10-for-week-5/
The fifth week of the SEC’s 90th season features five conference and two non-conference contests, with Tennessee and Vanderbilt on open dates. To avoid Hurricane Ian, South Carolina moved its Saturday game to Thursday and defeated South Carolina State 50-10. Here are 10 numbers, along with the schedule, TV times and betting lines, to get ready for the SEC’s fifth week of 2022:
1 Previous Kentucky-Ole Miss game has featured two ranked teams. On Sept. 27, 1958, No. 9 Ole Miss defeated No. 17 Kentucky 27-6 in Memphis. The teams have squared off 29 times since that contest. On Saturday, No. 7 Kentucky visits No. 14 Ole Miss on Saturday.
1 TD run in each of Georgia’s games this season for QB Stetson Bennett. He also has thrown for at least 272 yards in each contest, making him the first SEC player with at least 250 passing yards and one TD run in four consecutive games since Florida QB Tim Tebow in the final four contests of the 2007 season. Against Vanderbilt, South Carolina, Florida Atlantic and Florida State, Tebow completed 88-of-121 passes for 1,185 yards with 11 TDs and three interceptions and ran for 275 yards and 10 TDs on 56 carries. In Georgia’s victories over Oregon, Samford, South Carolina and Kent State, Bennett has completed 92-of-124 passes for 1,224 yards with five TDs and one interception and run for 44 yards and four TDs on 13 carries.
4 200-yard rushing games apiece for Arkansas and Ole Miss in 2022. They are the only SEC teams that have surpassed 200 yards on the ground in every game this season. On Saturday, the Razorbacks play Alabama, which most recently allowed an opposing team to rush for 200 yards on Sept. 18, 2021, in a 31-29 victory over Florida – 16 games ago. On Saturday, the Rebels play Kentucky, which most recently allowed an opposing team to rush for 200 yards on Dec. 5, 2020, in a 41-18 victory over South Carolina – 18 games ago.
5 Of the six LSU coaches in the SEC era who faced Auburn in their first full seasons won that game. The lone loss was suffered by Nick Saban in a 34-17 setback on Sept. 16, 2000. Brian Kelly will face Auburn for the first time as LSU’s coach on Saturday. Seven of LSU’s full-time coaches in the SEC era did not face Auburn in their first seasons, and three never led an LSU team against Auburn.
6 Consecutive Alabama-Arkansas games have featured at least 40 points for the Crimson Tide. Alabama has scored at least 40 points in six straight games against only one other SEC rival – the past six meetings with Ole Miss. In its past six meetings with the Razorbacks, Alabama won 49-30 in 2016, 41-9 in 2017, 65-31 in 2018, 48-7 in 2019, 52-3 in 2020 and 42-35 in 2021. The Tide visits Arkansas on Saturday.
SEC FOOTBALL BY THE NUMBERS: TOP 10 FROM WEEK 4
14 Consecutive losses for Kentucky when playing an SEC West team on the road. The Wildcats haven’t won on an SEC West rival’s home field since Oct. 17, 2009, when Kentucky defeated Auburn 21-14 Jordan-Hare Stadium. The Wildcats visit Ole Miss on Saturday.
14 Of the past 15 Auburn-LSU games have been won by the team that gained the most yards. The exception came in 2017, when both teams finished with 354 yards in LSU’s 27-23 victory. The most recent Auburn-LSU game in which the losing team finished with more yards than the winning team came in 2006, when Auburn won 7-3 even though LSU held a 311-182 advantage in yardage. Entering their Saturday matchup, LSU is averaging gaining 487 yards per game and Auburn is averaging gaining 377 yards per game.
18 Consecutive games have featured at least 20 points for the Bulldogs, tied for the longest such streak in school history. Since Georgia defeated Clemson 10-3 to kick off the 2021 season, the Bulldogs haven’t scored fewer than 24 points in any game. Georgia also had an 18-game streak with at least 20 points in each across the 2012 and 2013 seasons, which was ended by a 24-19 loss to Nebraska in the Gator Bowl. Georgia’s opponent on Saturday, Missouri, has held each of its past two opponents to fewer than 20 points. The SEC record for consecutive games scoring at least 20 points is 40 by Alabama, a streak that ended in the Crimson Tide’s 33-18 loss to Georgia in the CFP national championship game on Jan. 10, 2022.
24 Years since Auburn had a three-game stretch without scoring at least 20 points in any of them. The Tigers enter Saturday’s game against LSU having lost to Penn State 41-12 and beaten Missouri 17-14 in overtime in their previous two outings. It was the first time that Auburn had back-to-back games of fewer than 20 points since losing to Texas A&M 29-16 and beating LSU 18-13 in September 2016. The Tigers closed the 1998 season by beating Central Florida 10-6 and losing to Georgia 28-17 and Alabama 31-17 for their most recent three-game streak without reaching 20 points. Auburn has failed to reach 20 points in six of their 17 games under coach Bryan Harsin and own a 1-5 record in those contests, with last week’s game against Missouri the lone win.
45 Years since Kentucky had a winning streak longer than the Wildcats’ current eight-game run. The current winning streak is tied for the fourth-longest in school history and dates from a 45-42 loss to Tennessee on Nov. 6. In 1977, Kentucky won nine consecutive games. The Wildcats had a 12-game winning streak during the 1909 and 1910 seasons, a 10-game streak in 1950 and a nine-game streak during the 1898 and 1899 seasons.
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This week’s SEC schedule includes (all times are CDT with point spreads from vegasinsider.com):
Thursday
· South Carolina 50, South Carolina State 10
Saturday
· No. 7 Kentucky at No. 14 Ole Miss, 11 a.m. at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi (ESPN). Line: Ole Miss by 6.5.
· No. 2 Alabama at No. 20 Arkansas, 2:30 p.m. at Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville, Arkansas (CBS). Line: Alabama by 17.5.
· No. 17 Texas A&M at Mississippi State, 3 p.m. at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Mississippi (SEC Network). Line: Mississippi State by 4.5.
· LSU at Auburn, 6 p.m. at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn (ESPN). Line: LSU by 7.5.
· No. 1 Georgia at Missouri, 6:30 p.m. at Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri (SEC Network). Line: Georgia by 29.
Sunday
· Eastern Washington at Florida, 11 a.m. at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Florida (ESPN+). Line: Florida by 30.
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Trump’s self-described ‘love letters’ to Kim Jong-un seized from Mar-a-lago have been published
Letters exchanged between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and former U.S. President Donald Trump between April 2018 and August 2019 have recently been published. “I am ready to work with your excellency with all my heart and devotion,” Kim said in a letter dated April 1, 2018, nearly six weeks before he first met Trump at the Singapore Summit. On the same day, Trump responded that he was “happy to meet” Kim to “drastically” improve relations between their respective governments.
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US Justice Dept Seeks Expedited Ruling In Trump Special Master Case
US Justice Dept Seeks Expedited Ruling In Trump Special Master Case https://digitalalabamanews.com/us-justice-dept-seeks-expedited-ruling-in-trump-special-master-case/
In this aerial view, former US president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate is seen on September 14, 2022 in Palm Beach, Florida. — Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP pic
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WASHINGTON, Oct 1 ― The US Justice Department yesterday moved to expedite its appeal of an order appointing a special master to review records the FBI seized from former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate.
In a court filing late yesterday, the Justice Department said its inability to access the non-classified documents is still hampering significant aspects of its investigation on the retention of government records at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.
The Justice Department is asking the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to order all papers be filed in the case by November 11, and hold any necessary hearing in the case as soon as that briefing is completed.
Trump’s lawyers oppose the request, the government said. Trump spokesperson Taylor Budowich said in an email: “After having weeks to prepare their arguments, the DOJ is now picking an unnecessary fight over a nine day difference in filing timelines.”
The Justice Department said that because it is currently barred from accessing the roughly 11,000 non-classified documents seized in the search, it cannot examine documents that were stored alongside the classified materials.
The government said those non-classified records “may shed light” on how the documents were transferred to or stored at the Mar-a-Lago estate, and who might have accessed them.
The records might also serve as evidence of violations of federal statutes on obstruction and the concealment or removal of government records, according to yesterday’s filing.
The Justice Department said an expedited schedule may allow the government, if it wins the appeal, “to more quickly resume its full investigation without restraints on its review and use of evidence seized pursuant to a lawful search warrant.”
The government attorneys added that, if the Atlanta-based appeals court rules in the Justice Department’s favour, it would end the litigation over materials seized in the search as well as the outside review of those documents.
That review, being conducted by special master Senior US District Judge Raymond Dearie, is currently set to end by December 16.
The appeals court this month sided with the Justice Department in lifting parts of the ruling from US District Judge Aileen Cannon that had prevented the department from relying on classified materials taken in the search as part of its investigation, such as bringing up the sensitive records’ contents in witness interviews or presenting charges to a grand jury.
The 11th Circuit also blocked Dearie from accessing the classified records as part of his proceedings.
Cannon on September 5 granted Trump’s request for that third-party review of the seized documents, over the objections of the Justice Department. That process has already been delayed, as Trump and the government have not yet been able to secure a contract with an outside vendor to host the documents as part of the review.
Cannon on Thursday also rejected Dearie’s instruction that Trump verify the list of documents taken from the property, after the former president’s lawyers argued that requirement was outside the scope of the special master’s authority.
Trump has claimed without evidence that FBI agents planted evidence as they searched his resort on Aug. 8, but his attorneys have not repeated the same allegations in court. ― Reuters
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Arizona GOP Chair: DOJ Has Not Attempted To Enforce False-Elector Subpoenas
Arizona GOP Chair: DOJ Has Not Attempted To Enforce False-Elector Subpoenas https://digitalalabamanews.com/arizona-gop-chair-doj-has-not-attempted-to-enforce-false-elector-subpoenas/
The batch of subpoenas was one of the earliest public signs of DOJ’s rapidly unfolding criminal investigation related to Trump’s effort to remain in power despite his defeat. The wave of subpoenas also coincided with the public hearings held by the Jan. 6 select committee, which highlighted the effort by Trump to assemble false presidential electors to provoke a controversy intended to overturn the election on Jan. 6, 2021.
It’s unclear if DOJ has taken steps to enforce subpoenas issued to false electors in states other than Arizona. It’s also unclear how the false Arizona electors lodged the objections to the grand jury subpoenas that Ward described in her filing, however, the grand jury probe is overseen by Washington, D.C.‘s chief federal district court judge Beryl Howell, who has been adjudicating closed-door disputes throughout the investigation.
Ward, one of 11 false electors for Trump in Arizona, has also been locked in a legal battle since February against the Jan. 6 select committee, which subpoenaed T-Mobile for her phone records as part of its expansive probe. Ward’s description of the status of the grand jury subpoenas came in filings connected to her appeal of a federal judge’s ruling granting the select committee access to her phone logs.
U.S. District Court Judge Diane Humetewa ruled last week that Ward could not block the select committee from accessing her phone logs from T-Mobile. Ward quickly appealed the decision to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. As part of her appeal, Ward submitted an update on the status of the grand jury subpoenas.
Two attorneys for Ward, and a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, D.C., did not respond to requests for comment.
Ward contends that the select committee’s bid for her phone records is a political effort to punish a close ally of Trump. But the select committee has said it requires them as part of an effort to piece together contacts between key figures during the chaotic weeks that preceded the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
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Hurricane Ian Live Updates: 2 Million Still Without Power DeSantis To Speak
Hurricane Ian Live Updates: 2 Million Still Without Power, DeSantis To Speak https://digitalalabamanews.com/hurricane-ian-live-updates-2-million-still-without-power-desantis-to-speak/
Live updates will be posted here regarding the impacts of Hurricane Ian on our region.
Orange, Osceola, Polk and Seminole counties are now eligible for FEMA assistance after Hurricane Ian.
Individuals and households in Orange, Osceola, Polk and Seminole counties can apply for FEMA Individual Assistance, which may include temporary housing assistance, basic home repairs and certain other uninsured disaster-related needs.
These counties join Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Hardee, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas and Sarasota counties, which were previously approved for Individual Assistance.
Survivors can apply for disaster assistance at disasterassistance.gov, by calling 800-621-3362 from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Eastern Time, or by using the FEMA mobile app. If you use a relay service such as video relay service (VRS), captioned telephone service or others, give FEMA the number for that service.
For an accessible video on how to apply for assistance go to, youtube.com/watch?v=WZGpWI2RCNw.
For information on Florida’s recovery from Hurricane Ian, visit fema.gov/disaster/hurricane-ian. Follow FEMA on Twitter at FEMA Region 4 (@femaregion4) / Twitter and at facebook.com/fema.
Gov. Ron DeSantis will give an update on the efforts made in the wake of Hurricane Ian’s devastation in Florida from the state Emergency Operations Center in Tallahassee on Friday morning with the press conference slated to begin at 8:45 a.m.
In attendance will be Florida Division of Emergency Management Director Kevin Guthrie, the Florida National Guard’s Major General James O. Eifert and FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell.
The press conference will be streamed at thefloridachannel.org.
Richard Tribou
More than 2 million homes and businesses in the state remain without power as of 7:30 a.m. Friday, according to poweroutage.us.
More than 2.6 million had been out on Thursday with the hardest hit counties in Southwest Florida still reeling.
“Lee and Charlotte are basically off the grid at this point,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said noting power restoration will take time. “Charlotte and Lee reconnects are really going to likely have to be rebuilding of that infrastructure.”
The state has 42,000 linemen responding to the power outages.
Richard Tribou
Passenger flights at OIA will resume Friday afternoon | 9:45 p.m.
Greater Orlando Aviation Authority’s CEO Kevin Thibault said the Orlando International Airport will resume passenger flights Friday afternoon after an assessment of the property found little to minor damage.
GOAA ceased commercial operations on Wednesday out of an abundance of caution pending the arrival of Hurricane Ian.
Thibault said airport crew members inspected the area and are working to remove water buildup in order to resume operations by tomorrow afternoon.
They inspected the airfield, airside property, gate and terminal links (trams), landside facilities and roads to ensure safe passage for buses and cars, an announcement said.
Travelers are being advised to arrive at the airport for their departure after 10 a.m. to give enough time for airport workers and partners to prepare. Those wishing to adjust their flight should check with their individual airlines and rental car companies as many are adjusting their schedules and adding relief flights over the weekend.
Amanda Rabines
Disney, the first to announce its reopening plan around 2:45 p.m. Thursday, also unveiled its reopening times for Friday.
At Magic Kingdom, early entry time is at 8 a.m. with general admission at 10 a.m. Early opening time at Epcot is at 9 a.m. with the park opening to all guests at 11 a.m. Early entry times at Hollywood Studios and Animal Kingdom are at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m., respectively, with general admission open two hours later. Reservations are needed.
Disney Springs will be open from 10 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.
First responders have conducted about 700 confirmed rescues of people put in peril by Hurricane Ian, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday evening.
The majority of those rescues were done in areas hit hardest by the storm including Fort Myers Beach and Sanibel Island. The rescues were conducted by air, sea and via high water vehicles, DeSantis said.
Still, DeSantis said he expected more deaths from the storm. He declined to give a number of deaths so far, saying the figure was still being tallied.
Unofficially, at least 11 deaths have been reported.
Emergency management chief Kevin Guthrie said further deaths can be avoided if residents steer clear of power lines and using equipment such as chainsaws if they don’t know how to use them.
David Harris
The barricaded perimeter around Cranes Roost Park in Altamonte Springs wasn’t the only thing stopping curious neighbors from entering after Hurricane Ian dropped a massive amount of rain over Central Florida Wednesday evening.
The lake was overflowing by Thursday covering most of the park and its paved one-mile-long walkway with a layer of floodwater that stretched all the way to the corner entrance on East Central Parkway and Festival Drive.
By Thursday evening as Hurricane Ian moved off Florida’s East Coast and strengthened again, the park was left with the wreckage it caused the night before.
Massive amounts of debris covered the upland areas.
Cranes Roost Lake’s water levels reached above the boardwalks that hover over the lake and connect pedestrians to the walkways on land. Water covered most of the stadium-style seating that fronts the Eddie Rose Amphitheater – making it look more like the floating amphitheater it was originally designed to be.
Altamonte Springs City Manager Frank Martz was not immediately available to respond to questions about drainage procedure.
Earlier Thursday morning an emergency executive order in Altamonte Springs enforced a strict 5 mph speed limit on certain roads, including Central Parkway and Cranes Roost Boulevard, due to severe flooding.
Amanda Rabines
Rainfall levels along Ian’s trajectory reached from 14 to nearly 17 inches as the storm moved from coastal counties such as Sarasota inland to Orange, Osceola, and Polk Counties, even leaving more than 14 inches on the east coast’s Brevard and Volusia Counties.
About 20 miles north of the storm’s landfall, the seaside town of Nokomis in Sarasota County was slammed with 14.20 inches of rain. In Polk County, just inland, Ian’s fury left 16.99 inches on Lake Wales, about midway between Sebring and Orlando.
Osceola County’s town of Campbell as inundated with 15.65 inches, and in Orange County, Orlando was hit with 14.37 inches and Union Park, about 10 miles east of Orlando, received 14.88 inches.
As the storm progressed northeast, it dumped 16.14 inches on Seminole County’s Lake Mary and 15.11 inches in Winter Springs.
Ian maintained wind up to 81 mph as it reached the east coast’s Brevard County, where Titusville was hit with 14.07 inches of rain and the Nasa Shuttle Facility received 14.45 inches.
In Volusia County just to the south, New Smyrna Beach got slammed with 15.42 inches.
Bill Kearney
Universal Orlando will begin reopening in phases to hotel guests only Friday, according to the resort.
“We continue to conduct assessment and recovery efforts across our entire destination with the safety of guests and team members being our top priority,” the resort said in a statement.
Universal began recalling employees to work Thursday night, according to its employee website. Before publicly announcing the phased resort reopening Thursday, Universal told employees scheduled for Friday they should be prepared to work.
Katie Rice
As Hurricane Ian leaves the state, 2.6 million people were without power as of Thursday evening, according to poweroutage.us.
The majority of those outages were in southwest Florida where the storm made landfall Wednesday afternoon. Gov. Ron DeSantis earlier Thursday described the area, particularly Charlotte and Lee counties, as “off the grid.” Charlotte has 112,000 of 127,000 customers out while Lee has 412,000 customers out of the 471,000. In Collier County, 196,000 out of out of the 262,000 customers are out.
As far as Central Florida:
Orange: About 209,000 out of 603,000 customers are without power.
Osceola: 19,000 out of 200,000
Polk: 162,000 out of 305,000
Seminole: 131,000 out of 225,000.
Lake: 30,000 out of 169,000
Volusia: 247,000 out of 312,000
Brevard: 92,000 out of 330,000
David Harris
Hurricane Ian has regained its strength over the Atlantic as the storm was once again upgraded to Category 1 hurricane during the National Hurricane Center’s 5 p.m. update.
Although the storm has moved offshore from Central Florida, the NHC advised that major-to-record river flooding will continue across portions of central Florida, including the Little Wekiva River, which is already causing substantial area flooding and isn’t expected to crest until Sunday.
A storm surge warning remains in effect for the St. Johns River and the NHC advises that hurricane conditions may continue into tonight for northeastern Florida.
Hurricane Ian is currently located 240 miles south of Charleston, S.C., with maximum sustained winds of 75 MPH.
Hurricane Ian is again a Category 1 storm as it heads for the coasts of North and South Carolina.
Gatorland’s parking lot is flooded and an alarm is going off at the front entrance.
Gatorland’s parking lot is flooded and an alarm is going off at the front entrance after Hurricane Ian.
Legoland Florida in Winter Haven will also remain closed through Friday because of Hurricane Ian, the resort said Thursday. The resort will allow guests with tickets dated Wednesday, Sept. 28 through Sunday, Oct. 2 to redeem the tickets on another date through the end of the year.
Legoland noted that its call center offices are temporarily closed as staff shelters from...
Energy Expert Says California Windfall Tax Is A Bad Idea
Energy Expert Says California Windfall Tax Is A Bad Idea https://digitalalabamanews.com/energy-expert-says-california-windfall-tax-is-a-bad-idea/
California implementing a windfall tax on oil companies would be harmful, according to an energy expert who spoke with FOX Business.
Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday called for a windfall profit tax to be levied on the profits above a set amount for companies involved in the extraction, production and refining of oil. The funds collected by the tax would then be “directed to rebates/refunds to California taxpayers impacted by high gas prices,” according to a press release from Newsom’s office.
“Crude oil prices are down but oil and gas companies have jacked up prices at the pump in California,” Newsom claimed in a statement. “We’re not going to stand by while greedy oil companies fleece Californians.”
A customer pumps gas into their car at a gas station on May 18, 2022 in Petaluma, California. ((Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) / Getty Images)
The average price for regular gas in California was $6.29 as of Friday, according to AAA. That price is up 11.3% from the $5.58 average price a week ago. Meanwhile, the average price for regular gas nationwide Friday was roughly $3.80.
GAS PRICES MOVING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE: GASBUDDY ANALYST
Phil Flynn, a FOX Business contributor and senior market analyst at the Price Futures Group, said such a windfall tax would “further discourage investment in an industry that is desperately in need of capital to stay in business in an increasingly hostile governmental environment.” he said.
In April 2021, Newsom signed an executive order aiming to halt oil extraction in California by 2045. More recently, in August, the California Air Resources Board moved to require all new vehicles in the state to operate on electricity by 2025, a policy the governor previously asked regulators to consider.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is seen in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda after a meeting with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Friday, July 15, 2022. ((Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) / Getty Images)
“There’s this false perception – created in part by politicians – that somehow energy companies are making too much money,” Flynn told FOX Business. “The truth is their profits are higher than they have been in the past, but they fail to put it into the perspective of how much these companies have to invest to bring supply to the marketplace, and it fails to take into account the government regulations that have restricted supply that have caused the prices to go higher as well. It also doesn’t take into account that most of these energy companies in the past were losing money just a few years ago.”
Flynn told FOX Business the windfall tax Newsom called for is a “tool to shift blame” onto oil companies “that are just trying to do their job and keep the market well supplied.” It would restrict supply and make prices rise in the long run, he said.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom unveils his proposed 2022-2023 state budget during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, Jan. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli / AP Newsroom)
BIDEN’S ‘PRICE GOUGING’ WARNING TO OIL AND GAS COMPANIES IS ‘MIND-BOGGLING’: ENERGY EXPERT
While a windfall tax may “sound nice to the average person,” Flynn said it actually would also reduce incentive and investment for oil companies and “strangle” their long-term viability. It could also impact people’s 401(K)s, he argued.
“If these companies aren’t making profits, who’s going to invest in their oil stocks?” he said. “And if you have oil stocks in part of your 401(k) – whether you know it or not, most Americans do, they might not even realize – they’re taking money out of your 401(K) to pay for their bad policies because those stocks aren’t going to do as well.”
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9 foreigners arrested, accused in protests
Iran, which has blamed “foreign enemies” for protests that swept the country after the death of a woman in morality police custody, said Friday that it had arrested nine European nationals in the unrest.
The detention of citizens of Germany, Poland, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Sweden and other countries is likely to ratchet up tensions between Iran and Western countries over the death of Mahsa Amini.
The escalation comes as more casualties were reported. Nineteen people were killed after security forces fired on armed protesters attacking a police station, said an official.
Tehran has responded to international condemnation of the case by lashing out at its critics, accusing the United States of exploiting the unrest to try to destabilize Iran.
— Reuters
Military suffers major data hack
The Mexican government said Friday that its armed forces had suffered a major data hack, including details about President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s heart condition that led to his hospitalization in January.
The president, speaking at a news conference, said information published in media overnight from the hack was genuine, and he confirmed revelations about his own health.
The hack was carried out by a group identified in local media as “Guacamaya,” which means macaw in Spanish.
López Obrador, a supporter of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, said the group was likely of foreign origin.
— Reuters
Burkina Faso soldiers stage counter-coup: More than a dozen members of Burkina Faso’s army seized control of state television late Friday, declaring that the country’s coup leader-turned-president, Lt. Col. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba, had been overthrown. The spokesman introduced Capt. Ibrahim Traore as the new head of the volatile West African country that is battling a mounting Islamist insurgency. Damiba and his allies overthrew the democratically elected president only nine months ago, coming to power with promises of make the country more secure.
Indonesian police kill militant suspected in deaths of farmers: Indonesia’s counterterrorism police killed a militant who was believed responsible for the killings of Christian farmers on Sulawesi island and was the last member of an organization that pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, police said Friday. Police said Al Ikhwarisman, also known as Jaid, was a key member of the East Indonesia Mujahideen network. He was killed by the Densus 88 counterterrorism unit in a shootout late Thursday in mountainous Kawende village in Poso district, an extremist hotbed in Central Sulawesi province, officials said.
Hundreds of gig driver jobs under threat in Spain: Hundreds of ride-hailing app drivers in Barcelona and other Spanish cities could lose their jobs Saturday when a deadline for new rules covering these services expires, drivers and fleet owners told Reuters. Spain’s regional governments were told to issue new rules for private cars transporting passengers hired through mobile platforms such as Uber and Lyft after protests from taxi drivers over unfair competition. Some regions, such as Barcelona, introduced more restrictive measures.
— From news services
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LIV Golf: The Cases For And Against Receiving World Ranking Points
LIV Golf: The Cases For And Against Receiving World Ranking Points https://digitalalabamanews.com/liv-golf-the-cases-for-and-against-receiving-world-ranking-points/
Question of the week [Sept. 26-Oct. 1]: Should LIV Golf events be awarded Official World Golf Ranking points — why or why not?
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No. No cut, no points.
Kevin Alexander
Victoria, British Columbia
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The easy answer is no.
The OWGR was in place long before LIV Golf existed. It was well established and had been tweaked and adjusted to where it was fair for all concerned parties and enjoyed credibility in the golf world. It was and is a useful tool for determining who is eligible for various tournaments.
LIV created a new model that completely ignored the rules of the OWGR and yet somehow expected the OWGR and the rest of the golf world to accommodate them because they have a handful of the world’s top golfers on its roster.
The OWGR is based on strength of field, not strength of a half dozen golfers. There are rules on size of field, number of holes played and other factors that LIV totally ignored as it designed its new product. LIV could have consulted with OWGR in the design phase, but it knew the format would not be acceptable. LIV wanted to do what it wanted to do and assumed that it could force a presence on the OWGR after signing up a few top golfers. LIV is trying to disrupt a sound and effective system and should not be allowed to do so.
John Abercrombie
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
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Absolutely. The LIV Golf players are every bit as good as guys on the PGA Tour. Most all of them came from the PGA Tour and played a role in making the Tour what it is.
Bill Ramsey
Grand Haven, Michigan
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Since LIV Golf presently does not meet the qualifying criteria that the OWGR organization has used for 40 years, of course not. It’s that simple.
LIV Golf, which has been around for just a few months, doesn’t get to dictate terms.
Rick Nowosad
Calgary, Alberta
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My answer is yes, but points should be highly discounted to address the weakness of the field, lack of a cut and the fact that events are only 54 holes. OWGR can come up with a formula in much the same way as it rates the various tour strength.
Mike Hollywood
Groveland, Florida
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No world golf ranking points should be awarded to LIV golfers for playing in a three-day exhibition. LIV is a cash grab, and the players and [commissioner] Greg Norman should just acknowledge that, and continue down the road they have chosen.
Duane Ragland
Chicago, Illinois
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LIV golfers should not receive world ranking points until it either conforms to the current rules or the rules are changed to accommodate the league — which I hope the committee does not). LIV golfers knew the deal when they signed or they were misled about earning world ranking points. One or the other, they have made their bed and now they have to lay in it. Collect the money until things change and move on. There’s no denying LIV has several top world-class golfers — Dustin Johnson and Cam Smith are first to mind. They and at least 46 others chose the money. They now have to wait on the system to work itself out, if that happens.
Barry Duckworth
Knoxville, Tennessee
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No points for people who went to LIV Golf. The players knew the rules. They made a choice and knew the consequences. They took the money and need to take responsibility for their actions. Stand tough Mr. [Jay] Monahan, [the PGA Tour commissioner].
Mike Bruckner
Haymarket, Virginia
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Absolutely not. These are invitationals and not real golf tournaments. LIV Golf plays with shotgun starts and only 54 holes, with no cuts and limited fields. You might as well start awarding OWGR points to every country club invitational and member-guest event throughout the world. Just because they play for huge sums of money does not legitimize the quality of the event.
Mike Gosnell
Crestwood, Kentucky
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If there is a formula — strength of field, holes played, course challenge, etc. — then I would expect the OWGR to be applied to LIV Golf as it applies to every other league or tournament. Based upon the assumption that this is how they run it, I don’t know, and don’t really care about male professional golf right now.
If not, and the majors and other power brokers in OWGR decide to twist the tail, then fine.
In three to five years we will know whether the Saudis were in it for the long run and how this is all going to play out. I’m currently skimming and skipping my golf content, right over anything to do with LIV or PGA Tour.
Mark Chatfield
Houston, Texas
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My answer is LIV Golf should absolutely not be awarded world golf points. The reason why is simple, those who choose to jump to the LIV league did so for the money. Let them stay with that. Why should they be allowed to benefit from the PGA and DP World tours that gave them so much? If I left one company to join another for the money, why should I expect to benefit from the company I deserted? I should not and would not.
Don Moore
Warren, Pennsylvania
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Absolutely not. Besides the obvious circus — like context and structure — of LIV Golf’s meaningless exhibitions, the fact is they are bought to play and there is no merit. The greats — Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan, Serena Williams, Wayne Gretzky, Mark Spitz, Tom Brady, et al. — competed for titles, legacy, honor, integrity and the good of their sport. It wasn’t about money.
No OWGR points for LIV.
Larry Guli
Waxhaw, North Carolina
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Absolutely no.
LIV Golf does not meet the established criteria. The events remind me of a three-day member-guest.
The International members that jumped ship to LIV took the money and thumbed their noses at International Team members at this year’s President Cup. We will never know if it would have been a closer outcome. The same can be said of the greedy American LIV members.
I was impressed that Trevor Immelman did an outstanding job of captaining his Internationals team and making it a definite event to watch to the end.
Great job by the USA Team. Go USA!
Brian Nelson
North Haven, Connecticut
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No, emphatically. There is not a full field, there is no cut, there is no qualifying opportunities, money is fully guaranteed for all participants. Can you spell “exhibition”?
To be consistent the Hero World Challenge should also not receive world ranking points. The metric for world ranking points has to be similar for all events regardless of whether its LIV Golf or the PGA Tour.
Reid Farrill
Toronto, Canada
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Of course not.
There is simply no comparison between competitive PGA Tour tournament golf and exhibitions involving 48 participants played over 54 holes.
There are only 10 golfers who joined LIV Golf who are even relevant at this point.
It’s very nice for them to have their guaranteed money and I don’t begrudge them that, but their days of playing in majors and representing in the established international competitions should be over.
Terry Fraser
Huntsville, Alabama
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ONLY ONE CHOICE
Question of the week [Sept. 19-25]: If you could only play the courses designed by one golf course architect, who would that architect be and why?
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Seth Raynor.
Why? Just look at his body of work: Fisher’s Island, Shinnecock, Greenbrier, Yeamans Hall, Waialae, The Lido, Shoreacres, Yale, Mid-Ocean. He was C.B. Macdonald’s engineer, for gosh sakes. Raynor sculpted and drained The National Golf Links and Chicago Golf Club.
Along with Macdonald, they delivered “template holes” to the U.S. — Redan, Hogs Back, Biarritz, Lido, etc. Raynor’s courses still stand up incredibly well today (several in the Golf Digest Top 100). They’re typically right in front of you and not tricked up. He was prolific for his limited tenure in the business.
Bill Ramsey
Grand Haven, Michigan
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Donald Ross. Simply the best shot values in golf.
Butch English
Lake Norman, North Carolina
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Gil Hanse.
Solid routings, high shot values, good mix of variety while keeping a core design style — multiple ways to attack the hole, risk/reward and not penal.
Tim Nugent
Milton, Georgia
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Latvia Goes To Polls Amid Growing Rift Between Latvian Majority And Russian Minority
Latvia Goes To Polls Amid Growing Rift Between Latvian Majority And Russian Minority https://digitalalabamanews.com/latvia-goes-to-polls-amid-growing-rift-between-latvian-majority-and-russian-minority/
VILNIUS, October 1 (Reuters) – Latvians will vote in parliamentary elections on Saturday, with polls predicting that Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins’s centre-right New Unity party will win the most votes, enabling him to continue his coalition with the conservative National Alliance.
A victory for Karins could widen a growing rift between the Latvian majority and Latvia’s Russian-speaking minority over their place in society.
The first Latvian head of government to survive a full four-year term, Karins is benefitting from driving the country’s hawkish stance against Russia, its amid widespread national anger over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
The election campaign has been dominated by questions of national identity and security concerns, while urgent issues including soaring energy costs and high inflation were largely pushed aside.
Karins told Reuters on Tuesday he believes the war in Ukraine has consolidated his NATO and European Union nation of 1.9 million, and said that if re-elected, he would integrate the Russian minority – a quarter of population – by having the country educate its children in the Latvian language.
“We’re putting all of our focus on the youth, to make sure that regardless of what language is spoken at home, that the child grows up with all of the advantages of knowing our language, knowing our culture”, he said.
Before Moscow invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24 in what it terms a “special military operation”, tens of thousands of Russian speakers in Latvia used to gather every May 9 around a monument in Riga to commemorate the Soviet victory in World War Two.
Their gatherings were banned after the invasion and the 84-metre structure in the centre of the capital was crushed with a bulldozer on orders from the government – which is dominated by ethnic Latvians and would prefer to bury the memories of being part of the former Soviet Union up to 1991.
Popular TV broadcasts from Russia have been banned and the state language board has proposed renaming a central Riga street commemorating Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. Karins’ government has put forward plans to switch all education to Latvian and to swiftly phase out instruction in Russian.
The social democrat Harmony party, traditionally backed by Latvia’s Russian-speaking minority, received 19.8% of votes in the 2018 elections and became the largest opposition party in parliament. However, the latest survey indicates 7.3% support for Harmony.
(Reporting by Andrius Sytas in Vilnius; Editing by Raissa Kasolowsky)
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Football High Live: Updates From Friday's Week 7 HS Games
Football High Live: Updates From Friday's Week 7 HS Games https://digitalalabamanews.com/football-high-live-updates-from-fridays-week-7-hs-games/
Rolling into a heavy Friday night of action in Week 7 of the 2022 high school football season.
Thirty-eight games started the weekend on Thursday night with many of the biggest games remaining.
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Tonight’s schedule include Opelika at Auburn, Handley at Anniston, Hartselle at Muscle Shoals, Hewitt-Trussville at Thompson and Foley at Fairhope.
Follow the action throughout the night, finishing with the complete list of statewide scores.
Here we go:
6:50 PM, Can Hewitt topple Thompson? Huskies and Peyton Floyd are in Alabaster tonight for a key Region 3 game. Heck, in that region, they are all key.
6:45 PM, Battle of unbeatens in 6A: No. 8 Muscle Shoals hosting No. 6 Hartselle. People have been pointing to this one for several weeks.
6:41 PM, Another huge 7A game: Ben Blackmon and Enterprise hosting Prattville tonight. In a region that also features No. 1 Auburn, No. 5 Central-Phenix City, No. 8 Dothan and No. 9 Opelika, this could be a crucial win for someone.
6:33 PM, Champs at home: Three-time reigning champion Thompson at home for another big Region 3 game against Hewitt-Trussville.
6:25 PM, Game of the night? It could be at Auburn’s Duck Samford Stadium where Class 7A, No. 1 Auburn hosts rival Opelika. We will have update throughout the night and a complete story and photos later.
RELATED STORY: “Mutual hatred or mutual respect?”
6:21 PM, The schedule: According to the ASWA, 163 games on tap tonight, all beginning at 7 p.m. as far as we know.
2:29 PM, Back on track: Mobile Christian will try to get a needed win tonight at Hillcrest-Evergreen. On Thursday, the Leopards announced they would forfeit their four wins so far this season due to an eligibility issue. That leaves Ronnie Cottrell’s team at 0-6 overall, 0-3 in region play. Read about it here.
THURSDAY’S RESULTS
Ashford 38, Daleville 24
Banks Academy 47, Edgewood 19
Beauregard 38, Sylacauga 7
Benjamin Russell 48, Chilton County 0
Central-Clay County 12, Valley 6
Central-Phenix City 35, Dothan 28
Charles Henderson 27, Rehobeth 15
Dadeville 55, Beulah 0
Donoho 28, Winterboro 20
Elba 42, Red Level 6
Eufaula 44, Carroll 19
Fayette County 35, Oakman 7
Florala 27, Houston County 0
G.W. Long 42, Zion Chapel 7
Gaylesville 54, Woodville 6
Gordo 56, Carbon Hill 15
Houston Academy 33, Straughn 27
Huntsville 34, Albertville 7
Loachapoka 50, Calhoun 0
Lynn 21, Pickens County 20 (OT)
Macon-East 48, Crenshaw Christian 29
Munford 42, Lincoln 9
Murphy 47, Robertsdale 20
Patrician 47, South Choctaw Academy 21
Piedmont 34, Westbrook Christian 0
Pike County 38, New Brockton 0
Providence Christian 17, Northside Methodist 14
R.C. Hatch 40, University Charter 14
Ramsay 41, Wenonah 6
Reeltown 12, Lanett 0
Scottsboro 17, Guntersville 14
Selma 30, Marbury 14
St. Michael 49, Orange Beach 41
Sulligent 34, Greene County 0
Tallassee 26, Elmore County 20
Thorsby 22, Fayetteville 18
Verbena 32, Notasulga 14
White Plains 48, Talladega 14
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The Bullet That Missed, British TV presenter-turned-novelist Richard Osman’s “diverting third Thursday Murder Club mystery,” per our review, “delivers laughs along with a nicely woven plot involving fraud, murder, and life in the Kent retirement village of Coopers Chase.” It hits our hardcover fiction list at #3, with stronger first-week print unit sales than those of its bestselling predecessors combined.
Literary Callbacks
Characters from a pair of lit fic heavy hitters return, convening on our hardcover fiction list. At #7, Elizabeth Strout’s Lucy by the Sea is the latest “captivating entry in the Lucy Barton series,” per our starred review, after 2021’s Oh William! “This time, Lucy decamps to rural Maine during the first year of the Covid lockdown,” where “loneliness, grief, longing, and loss pervade intertwined family stories as Lucy and William attempt to create new friendships in an initially hostile town.”
Five years after the publication of his Pulitzer-winning Less, Andrew Sean Greer is back with Less Is Lost, “another delightful road story featuring middle-aged writer Arthur Less,” according to our review. “Though a bit overboard at times, Greer packs in plenty of humor and some nicely poignant moments,” and lands at #14 on our list.
Maybe New
Sure, a Colleen Hoover bestseller isn’t exactly news anymore. But how about a new Colleen Hoover novel? Or new-ish, anyway: in 2018, after Atria had published Hoover’s Maybe Someday and Maybe Not, the author began posting the series finale, Maybe Now, one (unedited) chapter at a time for free on Wattpad; self-published paperback and e-book editions followed. This week, a new trade paper edition from Atria, which includes a new chapter, is the #7 book in the country. And watch this space: It Starts with Us, the sequel to Hoover’s It Ends with Us, is out October 18.
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THE DIVIDER
Peter Baker and Susan Glasser
#3 Hardcover Nonfiction
For this “comprehensive and scathing chronicle of the Trump administration,” our starred review said, married journalists Baker and Glasser enrich “their own reporting with the juiciest material from the slew of books about the Trump presidency, fashion[ing] a coherent narrative out of the chaos.”
ODDER
Katherine Applegate
#16 Children’s Fiction
“Applegate delivers an uplifting tale of an inquisitive sea otter pup raised by scientists after being separated from her mother,” per our starred review. “Though humans make cameo appearances in this edifying novel about otter life, the focus remains rightfully on its enigmatic star: a lovable otter who not only survives against the odds but thrives.”
A version of this article appeared in the 10/03/2022 issue of Publishers Weekly under the headline: Behind the Bestsellers Sept. 18–24, 2022
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Deadly Russian Strikes On Civilian Convoy As Putin Proclaims Annexation
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Updated September 30, 2022 at 5:28 p.m. EDT|Published
September 30, 2022 at 7:44 a.m. EDT
Scene from the aftermath of suspected Russian missile strikes that killed at least 25 Ukrainians as they waited to deliver aid and to collect relatives from an area that Russian President Vladimir Putin moved to annex in violation of international law, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Sept. 30, 2022. (Photos by Wojciech Grzedzinski for The Washington Post/For The Washington Post)
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine — Hours before Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the annexation of this contested region and vowed to protect the people living here, suspected Russian missiles tore through a convoy of civilians — leaving the latest victims of his war lying in body bags on the cold ground.
They had waited hours beneath the trees of an old car market to begin the journey from Avtorynok, near the final checkpoint under Ukrainian control in the southeastern Zaporizhzhia province, to towns and cities seized by Russian forces in the early weeks of the war.
Washington Post reporters had spoken the day before with men joining the convoy: Some were doctors, crossing battle lines to conduct lifesaving surgeries in hospitals that Russian forces have failed to adequately restock; others were ordinary civilians, trying to rescue loved ones who were too elderly or infirm to make the journey alone.
Around 7 a.m. Friday, three suspected Russian missiles destroyed those plans. Explosions rocked the asphalt. The ground was strewn with bodies and shrapnel.
Ukrainian officials said that at least 26 people were killed and another 85 wounded.
The strikes were part of a wave of Russian missile, rocket and drone attacks launched across the southeast as Putin readied his annexation announcement, Ukrainian officials said. The contrast between the “great liberating mission” Putin claimed to be carrying out in occupied Ukraine and the brutal reality of the war he has inflicted on people here could not have been more stark.
“I’m going to treat people with heart diseases as best I can over there, or I’ll put them in the car and bring them back here myself,” a 69-year old-surgeon, Vitaly, had said the day before, shrugging off the risks with a smile. “I’ll be fine.”
His mustard-colored Lada was there among the wreckage Friday.
Vitaly was one of a handful of shellshocked survivors. His face was a picture of grief. Some of the dead were lying next to their cars, or by bushes where they had searched for safety.
When one of Vitaly’s companions received a phone call, the companion picked up and said, simply, ‘I’m here and I’m alive,” then ended the call.
Friday’s strikes sent shock waves through a city already transformed by Putin’s war. Hospitals swung into action as casualties poured into their emergency rooms. Volunteers who have spent months turning the parking lot of a major supermarket into a welcome point for civilians fleeing occupied areas scrambled to move to another location, fearing that strikes on other humanitarian positions might follow.
At the last checkpoint in Russian-held territory, fear and confusion rippled through a queue of Ukrainian vehicles, full of civilians trying to flee. Russian soldiers walked between the cars and told the drivers that the Ukrainian army was responsible for the strikes, passengers later said.
“I didn’t believe it,” said Pavlo, a 23-year-old from the town of Tokmak. Like others interviewed, he spoke on the condition that only his first name be used, fearing repercussions for family members in Russian-held territory.
“We had to carry on driving. The other option was staying at home and being conscripted by the Russians to fight against my fellow Ukrainians,” he said.
As Putin declares a partial mobilization of Russians at home, Ukrainians in newly annexed lands fear that they may now be forced to fight their countrymen.
Tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians have already been killed since Putin ordered the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February. The International Criminal Court has launched an investigation into what appear to be war crimes on a massive scale.
In a move that mirrored the stagecraft of Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea, Russian soldiers and local puppet authorities staged referendums across the territory they control in Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Donetsk and Luhansk provinces, with victories of over 90% being recorded in each.
Some votes were collected at gunpoint, escaped residents say.
At the new welcome point in Zaporizhzhia, no one was watching Putin’s annexation speech. They already knew what he would say, and most families were focused on finding a place to spend the night.
When asked about Putin’s latest declaration — that they were now Russian citizens “based on historical unity”— several residents rolled their eyes. Recent arrivals said they hoped the Ukrainian army, which has rolled back Russian gains in the east in recent weeks, would one day recapture the lands that Putin has claimed as his own.
One of the volunteers, a 17-year-old named Yaroslav, said that he planned to enlist as soon as he reached the legal age of 18. He said that local separatist soldiers allied with Russia were now living in his home in the Zaporizhzhia town of Enerhodar. He had spoken with them before fleeing, he said, and they told him they never believed that Russia’s invasion would take them so far.
“We’ve seen people suffering, we’ve seen people dying because of this war,” Yaroslav said. “For what?”
As night fell in Avtorynok, possessions of the dead were still on the ground. A small photograph was nestled in the long grass. It showed a young couple beaming, and they looked very much in love.
“I miss you so much,” read a note on the back. “Come back to me.”
Serhii Korolchuk in Zaporizhzhia contributed to this report.
War in Ukraine: What you need to know
The latest: Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees Friday to annex four occupied regions of Ukraine, following staged referendums that were widely denounced as illegal. Follow our live updates here.
The response: The Biden administration on Friday announced a new round of sanctions on Russia, in response to the annexations, targeting government officials and family members, Russian and Belarusian military officials and defense procurement networks. President Volodymyr Zelensky also said Friday that Ukraine is applying for “accelerated ascension” into NATO, in an apparent answer to the annexations.
In Russia: Putin declared a military mobilization on Sept. 21 to call up as many as 300,000 reservists in a dramatic bid to reverse setbacks in his war on Ukraine. The announcement led to an exodus of more than 180,000 people, mostly men who were subject to service, and renewed protests and other acts of defiance against the war.
The fight: Ukraine mounted a successful counteroffensive that forced a major Russian retreat in the northeastern Kharkiv region in early September, as troops fled cities and villages they had occupied since the early days of the war and abandoned large amounts of military equipment.
Photos: Washington Post photographers have been on the ground from the beginning of the war — here’s some of their most powerful work.
How you can help: Here are ways those in the U.S. can support the Ukrainian people as well as what people around the world have been donating.
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Fact Check: Jan. 6 Committee Could Make Referrals To Justice Department Can
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The claim: The Jan. 6 committee is ‘ready to arrest’ Donald Trump after reviewing Secret Service text messages
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol did not gather as planned this week because of Hurricane Ian, but a Facebook post claims the panel of lawmakers is poised to make a significant move.
“REPORT IS COMING! Pelosi’s panel READY TO ARREST Trump after reviewing 100k+ Secret Service texts,” reads the caption of a Sept. 25 video, which has been viewed more than 13,000 times in four days.
But the claim is false. The committee does not have the power to arrest anyone, only to make recommendations to the Justice Department, which would then make its own determination whether to investigate.
The 25-minute video with the post also does not support or relate to the claim of a Trump arrest. It is a clip from a CNN broadcast that includes an interview with Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., who is on the committee, in which she responds to questions about the now-delayed hearing.
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USA TODAY reached out to the user who shared the claim for comment.
Jan. 6 committee can only make recommendations to prosecutors
The committee has the ability to refer cases to the Justice Department, but those referrals are “just recommendations with no legal force,” Daniel Richman, a former federal prosecutor and law professor at Columbia University, told USA TODAY.
“The (Justice Department) would doubtless take such recommendations seriously, particularly if strong support in law and fact are provided,” Richman said. “But it is under no obligation to proceed.”
The primary objective of the committee is not to make criminal referrals, but to write a comprehensive report about what led to the Jan. 6 attack and make recommendations to avoid similar events in the future, the New York Times reported.
Fact check: Video shows Elise Stefanik press conference, not attack on Adam Schiff
The committee last met in a public setting in July, following a string of eight hearings that revealed more about the deadly riot and now-former President Donald Trump’s efforts to hold on to power.
Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., recently revealed that the committee has received about 800,000 pages of communication materials from the Secret Service. She said most text messages from on or around Jan. 6, 2021, which the committee has requested, haven’t been recovered.
PolitiFact also debunked the claim.
Our rating: False
Based on our research, we rate FALSE the claim that the Jan. 6 committee is “ready to arrest” Donald Trump after reviewing Secret Service text messages. The committee does not have the power to arrest anyone. It can only make referrals to the Justice Department, which is under no obligation to follow through with an investigation.
Our fact-check sources:
Daniel Richman, Sept. 29, Email exchange with USA TODAY
Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, accessed Sept. 29, About
The New York Times, Jan. 3, The Jan. 6 Committee’s Consideration of a Criminal Referral, Explained
USA TODAY, Sept. 25, Rep. Liz Cheney: Jan. 6 committee got around 800,000 pages from Secret Service
USA TODAY, Sept. 27, House Jan. 6 committee hearing postponed because of Hurricane Ian
USA TODAY, July 1, A breakdown of the 187 minutes Trump was out of view on Jan. 6 as aides urged him to act
USA TODAY, Sept. 29, Buildings leveled. Homes underwater. Fort Myers Beach ‘is gone’ after Hurricane Ian damage.
PolitiFact, Sept. 29, No, the Jan. 6 committee isn’t about to arrest Trump. It doesn’t have that power
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Ian Downgraded To Post-Tropical Cyclone After Striking South Carolina And Leaving At Least 42 Dead In Florida | CNN
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Ian has been downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone after pummeling South Carolina Friday afternoon with destructive winds and life-threatening storm surge, and after killing at least 42 people in Florida, leaving behind a trail of apocalyptic destruction.
The storm, which made landfall near Georgetown as a Category 1 hurricane, continues to pack winds of 70 mph as it moves farther inland over the Carolinas.
“It should be emphasized that just because Ian has become a post-tropical cyclone that the danger is not over,” the National Hurricane Center warned. “Dangerous storm surge, flash flooding and high winds are still in the forecast from this cyclone.”
Reports of property damage, power outages, and water-rescue calls have multiplied as officials across the state continue to issue dire warnings to residents to stay inside.
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A hurricane warning was issued from the Savannah River at the Georgia-South Carolina state line to Cape Fear, North Carolina. Considerable flooding is possible from seawater and rain, especially in parts of coastal South Carolina, where storm surge up to 7 feet and 4 to 12 inches of rain could hit, forecasters say.
And a tornado watch covering nearly five million people is in effect until 10 p.m. ET for parts of the Carolinas and Virginia, including Myrtle Beach, Wilmington, Norfolk and Virginia Beach, according to the Storm Prediction Center.
More than 200,000 power outages were reported in South Carolina, as well as more than 138,000 in North Carolina, by 3:50 p.m. ET, according to PowerOutage.us. In Virginia, more than 17,000 customers have lost power, largely on the east and south sides of the state.
Additionally, two piers in South Carolina – Cherry Grove Pier in North Myrtle Beach and Pawleys Island Pier north of Charleston – partially collapsed Friday due to the storm.
Pawleys Island Mayor Brian Henry told CNN the water has receded on the two causeways connecting the island to the mainland. No one is allowed back on the island until the damage has been assessed, Henry said, adding that there is a “tremendous amount of debris strewn across the island on the roads.”
“It’s a pretty scary sight,” Myrtle Beach Mayor Brenda Bethune said of Hurricane Ian. “I’m seeing way too many cars passing by. And I think people just don’t realize how dangerous it is to be out in these types of conditions. We’ve seen so many people’s cars get stuck and emergency personnel has to go out and rescue people.”
Shelters in Charleston County will remain open until 4 p.m. on Saturday, the county said in a press release. Buses will start taking people from the shelters back to the original pick-up locations Saturday morning.
“A lot of prayers have been answered,” South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster said. “This storm is not as bad as it could have been, but don’t let your guard down yet. We are not out of the woods, there is water on the roads, still heavy winds, and it is still dangerous in many parts of the state.”
Charleston International Airport’s airfield closed Friday because of high winds, the airport said. And Myrtle Beach residents are urged to stay inside during the storm, Mayor Brenda Bethune told CNN.
Coastlines along Georgia and South Carolina may sustain significant alterations because the powerful waves and storm surges brought by Ian could inundate coastal sand dunes, according to the US Geological Survey.
In addition to flooding communities behind the dunes, the storm may push sand back and deposit it inland, which could “reduce the height of protective sand dunes, alter beach profiles and leave areas behind the dunes more vulnerable to future storms,” the agency said.
Meanwhile, Florida confronts the dizzying destruction Ian wrought through much of the peninsula Wednesday and Thursday after it smashed into the southwest coast as a Category 4 storm and plowed through central and northeastern areas.
At least 42 deaths have been reported in the state. Homes on the coast were washed out to sea, buildings were smashed throughout the state, and floodwater ruined homes and businesses and trapped residents, even inland in places like the Orlando area.
Hundreds of rescues have taken place by land, air and sea, with residents stuck in homes or stranded on rooftops, and searchers have made many wellness checks, especially in the Fort Myers and Naples areas, where a storm surge inundated streets and homes.
Roger Desjarlais, manager of Lee County, which encompasses Fort Myers, told CNN Friday that it isn’t an overstatement to say that Hurricane Ian decimated parts of the area and “there has to be many fatalities.”
“It looked as though someone had just dropped from the sky picked up hotels and buildings and took them away. So much so that in many places there wasn’t even debris,” Desjarlais said. “We also know that not as many people evacuated from those islands as we had hoped for. We know there has to be many fatalities yet to be accounted for.”
President Joe Biden continued to pledge federal support for Florida as it deals with the devastation caused by the storm, which he said was “likely to rank among the worst… in the nation’s history.”
“We’re just beginning to see the scale of that destruction,” Biden said, adding that the largest team of search and rescue experts “in recent history” was currently deployed to the state. “It’s going to take months, years to rebuild.”
And now, the storm’s aftermath poses new, deadly dangers of its own. Some standing water is electrified, officials warned, while maneuvering through debris-strewn buildings and streets – many without working traffic signals – risks injury. Lack of air conditioning can lead to heat illness, and improper generator use can cause carbon monoxide poisoning.
In North Port between Fort Myers and Sarasota, Rosanna Walker stood Thursday in the flood-damaged home where she rode out the storm. Part of her drywall ceiling was hanging down.
“And all of a sudden, the water was coming in through the doors – the top, the bottom, the windows over here,” she told CNN. “It’s all in my closets; I’ve got to empty out my closets.”
“Everything got ruined.”
Claudette Smith, the public information officer for the sheriff’s office in Charlotte County, just north of Fort Myers, told CNN that the county is in desperate need of help as emergency services continue to be inundated
“We need everything, to put it plain and simple. We need all hands on deck,” Smith said. “The people who have come to our assistance have been tremendously helpful, but we do need everything.”
Many members of the community are without homes, water, and electricity, and there is currently only one operating hospital in the county.
Here’s what to know about the destruction in Florida:
• Deaths in Florida: At least 42 deaths that are suspected to be related to Ian have been reported in Florida. That includes 16 in Lee County, 12 in Charlotte County, eight in Collier County, three in Volusia County, one in Polk County and two in unincorporated Sarasota County, according to officials. Unconfirmed death cases are being processed by local medical examiners, who decide whether they are disaster-related, state emergency management Director Kevin Guthrie said.
• Power outages: Florida had more than 1.6 million power outages as of Friday afternoon, according to PowerOutage.us. Most counties with the highest percentage of residents without power lie in the southwest, including Lee, Charlotte, DeSoto and Hardee.
• Historic flooding in Florida: Record flooding was recorded across central and northern Florida, including at least three rivers that hit all-time flood records. Officials in Orlando warned residents of dangerous flooding, which exceeded a foot in some areas.
• Hundreds of rescues and thousands of evacuations: The US Coast Guard has performed over 275 rescues in Florida, Rear Admiral Brendan McPherson told CNN. More than 700 rescues have happened across Florida so far, the governor said Thursday, and thousands of evacuees have been reported. In Lee County, a hospital system had to evacuate more than 1,000 patients after its water supply was cut off, while other widespread evacuations have been reported in prisons and nursing homes. In Fort Myers, the fire chief was “pretty comfortable” by Friday morning that everyone needing help there had been rescued, Mayor Kevin Anderson said. The Coast Guard is treating this like a military operation searching “block by block to make sure that everybody gets out.”
• Much of Fort Myers Beach obliterated: A helicopter flight over Fort Myers Beach shows utter devastation: empty or debris-littered lots where homes and businesses used to be and boats tossed into mangroves. “You’re talking about no structure left. … You’re talking about homes that were thrown into the bay. This is a long-term fix, and it’s life-changing,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno said.
• Coastal islands isolated from mainland: Sanibel and Captiva islands in southwest Florida are cut off from the mainland after several parts of a critical causeway were torn away. At least two people were killed in the storm in Sanibel, and the bridge may need to be completely rebuilt, local officials said. Chip Farrar, a resident of the tiny island of Matlacha, told CNN that 50 feet of road essential to reaching the mainland bridge has been washed out, and a second nearby bridge has also collapsed.
• Insured losses in Florida may be enormous: Ian may have caused as much as $47 billion in insured losses in Florida, according to an estimate ...
Coming Soon: Seven Restaurants And Bars Opening In The Birmingham Area
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Hearing about the opening of a new restaurant or bar is almost always refreshing news, particularly given the tumultuous past two years of closings, labor shortages, and food prices. While there won’t be a “back to normal” in the restaurant industry for the foreseeable future, restaurateurs are doing their best to forge ahead. At least five new restaurants have opened in the Birmingham area in the past month. Looking forward to adding more restaurants to your list? Look out for these upcoming eateries and bars.
Aww Shucks
Aww Shucks, the popular, Guinness World Record-winning Birmingham food truck specializing in fire-roasted corn, is opening a brick and mortar location. The owners have plans to open the storefront in North Avondale later this fall. Plans are for the new location to sell fire-roasted corn, creamy skillet corn-stuffed baked potatoes and various vegetables, reports the Birmingham Business Journal.
Golden Rule Bar-B-Q, Kemp’s Kitchen
Two popular Trussville restaurants are set to make a comeback. Restaurateur Brian Kemp plans to bring back the two famous Trussville eateries in a new location under one roof. Construction for a building that will house the new Kemp’s Kitchen and Bakery and Golden Rule BBQ and Grill will start on September 28, 2022. The new building will be opening in the original Golden Rule building off South Chalkville Road in Trussville on Dec. 1, reports the Trussville Tribune.
Red Bike Coffee
Irondale-based coffee roaster Red Bike Coffee Co. is set to open a brick and mortar shop in the Crestwood Shopping Center at 5512 Crestwood Blvd., according to reports from Bham Now and the Birmingham Business Journal. The coffee shop will take the spot of the former Crestwood Coffee, the popular coffee house that closed in April after 18 years of business.
Hi-Wire Brewing
Nine months after announcing a location in Birmingham, North-Carolina-based craft brewer Hi-Wire Brewing is ready for the public. Hi-Wire Birmingham will host its grand opening on Sunday, October 2 starting at 12 p.m. The brewery has also announced its opening hours: Monday to Thursday from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m.; noon to midnight on Fridays and Saturdays; and noon to 9 p.m. on Sundays.
Baja California
Jaimae Hernandez, the owner of Baja California in Gardendale, plans to expand his business with a new Baja California Cantina location at 7701 Crestwood Blvd in Birmingham, reports the Birmingham Business Journal. The restaurant is anticipated to open in October and will have capacity for more than 150 guests.
Pop Ramen
Pop Ramen is the new mobile food concept from the owners of Melt Avondale– Harriet Despinakis and Paget Pizitz– and chefs Cory Bolton and Chef Addison “Cobra” Porter. The food truck will be out during the day, as well as late at night. In addition to a selection of ramen with a range of toppings, Pop Ramen will also serve snacks such as chilled green tea noodles, loaded goya, and wok chicken legs, reports the Birmingham Business Journal.
Culinary Dropout
The Summit will be home to the first Alabama location of Culinary Dropout. Fox Restaurant Concepts, founded by James Beard-nominated restaurateur Sam Fox, announced the restaurant will open late next year, joining sister restaurant North Italia. Termed by some in the restaurant sector as a gastropub, Culinary Dropout mixes comfort food and cocktails with live music.
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