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Wrightson leads Bucknell women to first victory PSU rolls in second half C2 C4 Daily Items in Sports TICKET www.dailyitem.com SUNDAY November 22, 2009 Times, sights set for local football teams For the first time in school history, Lewisburg will play in the District 4 Class AA title game after 19-14 win over previously unbeaten Towanda. The Green Dragons will host Loyalsock on Saturday at Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium with the kickoff slated for 1 p.m. Tickets will be available in the high school athletic office on Monday and Tuesday, $6 for adults and $3 for students. All tickets on game day will be $6. Two other playoff matchups set for next weekend are in Class A.

Upper Dauphin will take on Millersburg at 1 p.m. Friday at HersheyPark Stadium in the District 3 title game. In a PIAA playoff game, Southern Columbia will meet Northwest at 7 p.m. Friday in Shamokin. In Class AAA, unbeaten Selinsgrove will travel to Johnstown to take on Greater Johnstown at Richland on Friday night.

Kickoff is 7. Connecticut stuns Irish in South Bend SOUTH BEND, Connecticut finally won one for their slain teammate, handing Notre Dame and coach Charlie Weis a second straight bitter defeat on senior day. Andre Dixon scored on a 4-yard touchdown run in the second overtime to give the Huskies a 33-30 victory, their first win since cornerback Jasper Howard was stabbed to death. The loss was the third straight for Notre Dame and will add to the mounting calls for Weis to be fired. The Irish led 14-0 early in the second quarter but score another touchdown until the first overtime.

Edinboro falls in wild playoff game WEST LIBERTY, W.Va. West Liberty and Edinboro are making a habit of this. Zach Amedro threw for 540 yards and six touchdowns, Kevon Calhoun ran for 173 yards and four more scores, and the Hilltoppers outscored Edinboro 84-63 on Saturday in the second round of the Division II playoffs. The teams combined for 1,394 yards of total offense, breaking the record of 1,369 set in Chadron 76-73 triple-overtime win over Abilene Christian in 2007. Pro Football Eagles at Bears NBC, 8:15 p.m.

www.dailyitem.com Motorsports Jimmie Johnson, Mark Martin take title chase into season finale. By Todd Hummel For The Daily Item DOYLESTOWN Everything looked like it was going to work out for the Susquehanna University football team in its first trip to the NCAA Division III playoffs in 18 years. A decided underdog against Delaware Valley, Jim Cavanaugh recovered an fumble on the opening kickoff and Rich Palazzi followed with a 29-yard TD pass on the first offensive play of the game, giving the Crusaders a lead just 13 seconds into the game. That turned out to the be the lone bright spot for Susquehanna, however. Six turnovers and a potent Delaware Valley offense turned out to be too much for the Crusaders as the Aggies rolled to a 66-7 victory over Susquehanna at James Work Memorial Stadium in the opening round of the Division III playoffs.

stat of the year is we had 12 turnovers on offense coming into the game and we had six in three quarters Susquehanna coach Steve Briggs said. a but I think you can turn the ball over against a jayvee team and expect to win, let alone in the Division III Delaware Valley (10-1) will host Middle Atlantic Conference-foe Albright (10-1), a 35-25 winner over Alfred, in the second round of the playoffs next Saturday. The Aggies beat Albright 45-16 back on Nov. 7. Susquehanna, which won its most games since 1992, finished the season at 8-3.

season was incredible. We went from 2-8 to 8-2, 8-3 now, and conference champs. We have a lot of Briggs said. Fast start, rough finish Silver lining By Matt Corbett The Daily Item WHITEHALL The Selinsgrove High School field hockey team received some attractive hardware, along with some nice parting gifts, following PIAA Class AA championship game. But much like a mall shopper who has to settle for their second choice because the first is sold out, the style and color what the Seals were looking for.

They had to settle for silver instead of gold. Corrine McConville scored on a controversial penalty stroke with 8:38 remaining in overtime as Lehighton defeated Selinsgrove 1-0 in a thrilling PIAA Class AA championship game at the Zephyr Sports Complex. It was the first trip to the state finals for either team, but only the Indians were smiling at the end after completing a perfect 25-0 season. Many of the Seals were in tears, however, after PIAA FIELD HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP Penalty stroke denies Seals Matt Cook 2 TDs for Del. Valley Craig The Daily Item Selinsgrove coach Cathy Keiser hugs Mary Herman after presenting her a silver medal at the PIAA Class AA championship field hockey game in Whitehall on Saturday.

Claire Steininger takes a shot toward goal during the PIAA Class AA championship field hockey game in Whitehall on Saturday. Craig For The Daily Item By Matt Corbett The Daily Item WHITEHALL Before the start of overtime period between Selinsgrove and Lehighton, a public address announcement was made describing the overtime rules, including one that sent a noticeable murmer of discontent split equally between Seals and Indians supporters through the crowd. The teams would play two sudden-death, 15-minute overtime periods, and if there was still no winner after that time, the Seals and Indians would be declared state co- champions. That was news to the majority of fans this reporter included who thought that a series of penalty strokes would decide the outcome if there was no victor after the two overtime periods. That is the formula that would be used to decide, for example, a district championship game that would determine seed- ings in the state tournament.

There would have to be a Fans preferred a clear winner, loser By The Daily Item LEWISBURG History really does repeat itself, especially for the Bucknell football team. C.J. Hopson ran for a career-high 189 yards and the Bison dominated the time of possession to upset No. 13 Holy Cross 23-17 on Saturday afternoon at Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium. The win snapped a five- game losing streak for Bucknell (4-7, 2-4 Patriot League), which won its final game for the sixth time in the last seven years.

contest was eerily similar to two years ago when Bucknell went into its final game of the campaign against Fordham, a ranked team that had already clinched the league title, and defeated the Rams 38-24 to snap a five- game losing streak. Bucknell piled up a season- high 321 rushing yards. Hopson, who also rushed for better than 100 yards last week at Colgate, led the way on the ground, but Ryan Smith (63 yards) and Tyler Smith (58) added 121 yards to the team total. Tyler Smith added the first two rushing touchdowns of his career. On defense, the Bison limited Holy Cross quarterback Dominic Randolph to 271 yards and just one touchdown, his lowest total of the season.

Additionally, the Crusaders 17 points were a season-low figure. Bucknell never trailed in the contest. The Bison led 17-10 late in the third quarter following a 30-yard field goal by Drew Orth, his fifth of the season. However, Randolph completed seven consecutive passes on Holy ensuing drive to set up a game-tying Bison stun Holy Cross Bucknell 23, Holy Cross 17 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Please see BISON, C4 Please see SEALS, C3 Please see FINISH, C3 Robert Daily Item Mike Muscala drives the lane on Saint Sorena Orandi during game. See story on Page C2.

State notebook PIAA FINAL Please see NOTEBOOK, C3.