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Sports briefs
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Wrestling
Jefferson-Morgan got its final four wins by forfeit in a 41-33 victory over Bentworth in a Section 1B match.
Grant Hathaway (138) had a pin and Zach Sekura a technical fall for the Rockets.
Max Ivcic (106) and Alex Masich (132) had pins for Bentworth.
WVU-Baylor postponed
The Big 12 Conference announced Monday that the West Virginia men’s basketball game at Baylor scheduled for today has been postponed in accordance with the Conference’s game interruption guidelines.
The postponement is in response to West Virginia being unable to meet the required COVID-19 thresholds as established by the Big 12 Conference. WVU will work with the Big 12 Conference and Baylor to reschedule the game.
W&J field hockey opts out of season
The Washington & Jefferson College field hockey team has opted out of competition during the spring 2021 semester.
“The W&J field hockey team has made the difficult decision to not compete in Empire 8 conference play for the spring semester. This tough decision was made for both the physical and mental health of our team and with the health and safety of both our team and the W&J community in mind,” W&J co-captain and senior defender Reghan Dunn said.
The W&J field hockey team has competed as an affiliate member of the Empire 8 since 2006. The E8 recently announced an eight-game spring conference season after the fall season was postponed.
NBA calls off 2 games
The NBA called off two more games because of COVID-related and contact tracing issues Monday, and a person with knowledge of the situation said the Miami Heat were preparing to be without “at least five” players for the next several days because of possible exposure to the coronavirus.
Monday’s game in Dallas between the Mavericks and New Orleans was postponed, as well as today’s matchup in Chicago between the Bulls and the Boston Celtics.
In the NHL
This year’s NHL outdoor games will be in a unique, picturesque setting: along the shores of Lake Tahoe. The NHL announced Monday it will hold two games on an outdoor rink set up at Edgewood Golf Course in Stateline, Nevada. Vegas will play Colorado Feb. 20 and Boston faces Philadelphia Feb. 21 on a temporary rink on the 18th hole at Edgewood.
In college football
Heisman Trophy winner Carson Palmer and former Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops are among the 13 former players and coaches who make up the latest College Football Hall of Fame class.
Joining Palmer and Stoops will be running backs Darren Sproles of Kansas State and C.J Spiller of Clemson; offensive tackles Harris Barton or North Carolina and Aaron Taylor of Notre Dame; defensive stars David Fulcher of Arizona State, Dan Morgan of Miami; Kenneth Sims of Texas; Andre Tippett of Iowa and Al Wilson of Tennessee. Former Eastern Illinois quarterback Tony Romo was also selected along with former Florida A&M coach Rudy Hubbard.
In golf
The PGA of America cut ties to President Donald Trump when it voted Sunday to take the PGA Championship event away from his New Jersey golf course next year.
Trump’s ownership of Turnberry will prevent the Scottish course from staging the British Open for “the foreseeable future,” the chief executive of the R&A said Monday.
Turnberry hasn’t hosted the tournament since it was bought by Trump in 2014.