Hawks to play Holly Hill

The Alice Drive Middle School football team will face Holly Hill in the Mid-14 Conference championship game on Wednesday beginning at 6 p.m. at the Lake Marion High School field in Santee.

Alice Drive, the Northern Division champion, and Southern Division champion Holly Hill are both 6-1 on the season.

FSU’S PONDER TO PRACTICE
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Christian Ponder says his bruised ribs aren’t bothering him and that he plans to resume throwing at practice.

Ponder, who ranks third nationally in total offense per game, suffered the latest rib injury early in Saturday’s 45-42 win over North Carolina State, but played despite the pain.

Ponder, who has completed 69.4 percent of his passes for 2,453 yards and 13 touchdowns in eight games, was iced down at halftime and put on some extra padding to protect the injured ribs.

The Seminoles play at Clemson on Saturday in 7:45 p.m. game to be televised nationally on ESPN.

USC-FLORIDA TIME SET
The South Carolina Gamecocks’ football game on Nov. 14 against No.1 Florida will begin at 3:30 p.m. and will be televised nationally by CBS.

USC, which fell out of the national rankings after a loss to Tennessee, is 6-3 overall and 3-3 in the Southeastern Conference. Carolina plays at Arkansas on Saturday. The Gators, 8-0 and 6-0, play host to Vanderbilt on Saturday.

HARANGODY LEADS A-A TEAM
Notre Dame forward Luke Harangody and Kansas teammates Cole Aldrich and Sherron Collins are the leading vote-getters on The Associated Press’ preseason All-America team.

They are joined by Patrick Patterson of Kentucky and Kyle Singler of Duke on the team selected by a national media panel.

Harangody, the only player to rank in the top 10 last season in scoring and rebounding, was a preseason pick last season and then was a second-team All-American after averaging 23.3 points and 11.8 rebounds for the Fighting Irish.

COOK CHAMPIONS WINNER
SONOMA, Calif. — John Cook won the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championships by five strokes Sunday for his second Champions Tour title in three weeks, while Loren Roberts held on to win the season points title.

Cook, also the Administaff Small Business Classic winner two weeks ago in Texas, closed with a 3-under 69 to finish at 22-under 266 at Sonoma Golf Club.

CHOI LPGA WINNER
INCHEON, South Korea — Na Yeon Choi made birdie at the last hole for a 5-under 67 on Sunday, giving her a one-shot victory over Maria Hjorth and Yani Tseng at the Hana Bank KOLON Championships.

CORRECTION
Clifford “Pat” Crawford, who will be inducted into the Sumter Sports Hall of Fame on Thursday, was 91 years old when he died in 1994.

Crawford’s age at the time of his death was incorrect in the story about his induction in Sunday’s edition of The Item. Also, Crawford is the first person from Sumter to play Major League Baseball and to play in a World Series. That fact wasn’t clarified in Sunday’s story.

From staff and wire reports