Nov 2, 2021 3 min read

Cal climbs to No. 3

The California University football team again climbed one position to No. 3 in the latest American Football Coaches Association Top 25 poll to match its highest-ever ranking in the poll.

The Vulcans also were ranked No. 3 on Oct. 18, 2010.

Cal remains one of four undefeated teams (Ferris State, Valdosta State, Bentley) in the country with each team having 8-0 records.

Slippery Rock, Cal’s opponent Saturday, is ranked No. 15 after throwing for eight touchdowns in a road victory.

Ferris State remained at No. 1 in the poll for the third consecutive week. Valdosta State is No. 2.

Raiders’ Ruggs faces felony charges

Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III was released from a hospital to a Las Vegas jail ahead of an initial court appearance Wednesday on multiple felony charges after a fiery predawn vehicle crash that left a woman dead and Ruggs and his female passenger injured, police and his attorney said.

Ruggs, 22, and his passenger were hospitalized with unspecified injuries that police said did not appear life-threatening after the Chevrolet Corvette he was driving slammed at high speed into the rear of a Toyota Rav4 on a busy thoroughfare in a residential area several miles west of the Las Vegas Strip about 3:40 a.m. Tuesday.

The Toyota burst into flames and the driver and her dog died, police said. The woman was not immediately identified.

Ruggs “showed signs of impairment,” police said in a statement.

Ruggs faces felony charges of driving under the influence of alcohol resulting in death and reckless driving, court records show.

PAC basketball polls

Westminster was selected as the preseason favorite in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference men’s basketball preseason coaches poll, the league announced Tuesday.

Westminster secured eight of the 10 first-place votes and 89 total points. Geneva finished second in the poll, totaling 77 points. Grove City and Chatham each collected a first-place vote. Grove City totaled 70 points to finish third in the poll followed by Chatham with 66 points.

Washington & Jefferson was picked to finish fifth followed by Thiel, Waynesburg, Saint Vincent, Franciscan and Bethany.

Saint Vincent was voted the preseason favorite in the women’s poll, which was voted on by the league’s 10 head coaches.

Saint Vincent secured eight of the 10 first-place votes and 89. W&J received the final two first-place votes and 80 points to finish second in the poll.

Grove City was picked third and was followed by Bethany, Westminster, Chatham, Geneva, Waynesburg, Thiel and Franciscan.

In the NHL

Sean Couturier broke a scoreless tie early in the third period and Carter Hart made 29 saves to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 3-0 victory over the winless Arizona Coyotes on Tuesday night.

Claude Giroux had a goal and an assist and Scott Laughton also scored for the Flyers, who have won three of four.

In the NBA

Giannis Antetokounmpo had 28 points, nine assists and eight rebounds as the Milwaukee Bucks routed the Detroit Pistons 117-89 Tuesday.

The Bucks, who ended a three-game losing streak, also got 16 points from Pat Connaughton and reserve Jordan Nwora.

Jerami Grant led the Pistons (1-6) with 21 points, but Trey Lyles was the only other player to reach double figures with 13.