The Week That Was in Sports

This last week in sports was full of many blowouts. The two big College Football games were not even a competition Saturday night.

 The Wisconsin Badgers crushed the new Big Ten Member Nebraska 48-17. The Alabama Crimson Tide also throttled
the Florida Gators in the Swamp 38-10. Roll Tide! The Gator fans were not doing The Chomp after watching Quarterback John Brantley suffer a high ankle sprain, and it's very unlikely that he will play next week.

Also on Saturday ,the MLB playoffs kicked off, but were overshadowed by what happened on the Gridiron Saturday and Sunday. The Tampa Bay Rays crushed the Texas Rangers 9-0 after a strong pitching performance by the rookie Matt Moore, who struck out 6 in 7 innings and allowed only 2 hits. Saturday the Rangers came back after trailing early in the game to avoid going down 2-0 in the series. The series is tied at 1 with the next game taking place in Tampa Bay. The Texas Rangers held on to defeat the Tampa Bay Rays last night to take a 2-1 lead in the series.



The Tigers and Yankees started playing a game on Friday, but it was rained out after just two and a half innings. The game finally resumed on Saturday, and the Yankees came out on top 9-3 behind Robinson Cano's hot bat as he went 3-5, with a grand slam, and 6 runs batted in. The Tigers and Yankees faced inclement weather again on Sunday in New York, but the Tigers were able to win the game behind a Miguel Cabrera two-run homer, and Max Scherzer's six scoreless innings. This series is also tied at one going to Detroit. The Tigers defeated the Tigers 5-4 behind a strong pitching performance by Justin Verlander. They lead 2-1.

The Milwaukee Brewers lead the Arizona Diamondbacks 2-0 which leaves the Diamondbacks a game away from elimination. They have not been scoring on offense much in this series, and with a loss they will not be playing any more this season.

There was a shake up on the gridiron Sunday as the 3-0 Bills finally lost to the Bengals on a last second field goal, but the Lions were able to come back after trailing 20-3 at half time to stun the Cowboys 34-30 in the final seconds of the game in Arlington, Texas. Another crushing defeat for the Eagles, as they blew a 20-3 lead at halftime as well and they fell to 1-3 on the season. The Indianapolis Colts suffered a loss on Monday Night Football with more huge losses injury wise. Eric Foster, a Indianapolis Colts nose tackle went down for the season with a heartbreaking leg injury. It was very hard to watch and very hard to not feel for him no matter which team you were cheering for. I am a Colts fan and without Peyton Manning I believe that we are a terrible team but our defense has really showed up this season and even wth all the injuries they are playing so hard every game.

I would also like to mention that our high school football team, the Mifflin County Huskies, had a huge 56-11 victory on the road.  They will face nationally ranked Cardinal Mooney here at Mitchell Field this weekend. The team had 325 yards rushing while attempting only two passes and one was a 59 yard TD pass.

This pretty much sums up the weekend in the world of sports.