#championship

#championship

Sierra Canyon won its second Southern Section Division 1 girls' volleyball title in four years Saturday night and ended Mater Dei's bid for a three-peat with a 23-25, 25-23, 25-20, 25-21 victory at Cerritos College. The Trailblazers (39-3) are expected to be seeded No. 1 in the Open Division when CIF SoCal Regional brackets are released Sunday afternoon. The state playoffs are set to begin Tuesday and wrap up Nov. 22 at Santiago College.

When the ball was thrown in her direction with the championship on the line, Avery Olson was ready. There was no time on the clock when the JSerra junior defender ran step for step with Orange Lutheran receiver Josie Anderson, who dove but could not reach it in the end zone - an exciting finish to the Southern Section Division 1 girls' flag football final Saturday night at Fred Kelly Stadium in Orange.

Boss Rob Edwards has been stood down from Middlesbrough's game against Birmingham on Saturday amid Wolves' interest in appointing him as their new manager. Wolves saw an approach to speak to Edwards rejected by Boro on Thursday and the manager was locked in talks with members of the Championship club's hierarchy on Friday. Edwards did not hold his pre-game news conference, nor did he oversee the team's final training session before the game with Birmingham.

Honestly, I can't believe it. We didn't lead a lap today and somehow won the championship," Larson said. "Really, I'm just speechless. I can't believe it.

This week's Championship action has not just deepened long-standing hangovers suffered by the three clubs relegated from the Premier League but pointed to issues more wide-reaching than simply having to adapt to life back in the second tier.

The opening Ashes Test in Perth on 21 November is drawing ever closer, but first England touch down across the Tasman for a limited-overs tour of New Zealand, beginning in Christchurch on Saturday with the first of three T20s. White-ball cricket as a warm-up for the greatest Test series of them all might seem curious but the T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka follows hot on the heels of the Ashes.

Last seen earlier in the week extending on their EFL Cup campaign as they collected a 2-0 victory at home against League One outfit Reading, the former Bolton boss has eased some of the reported pressure on his shoulders. Landing an action-packed 3-2 win away at Norwich last weekend, the Red Dragons have won four of their previous five appearances across all competitions and they have found a clinical edge in the final third.

I feel very good, I feel happiness. I feel like this is home, it's like family now,

We felt like we weren't too far away and there's been some good things coming and a lot of it came out tonight. We've worked really hard with Jaden in pre-season and he's worked really hard as well. There had been some good signs but without the end-product. We know how hard the season is. It's good to get the first win but it's very much feet on the floor.