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Editor’s Note
Due to an earlier deadline of 8 p.m. throughout the pandemic, some games might not make it into the print edition of your Valley
Press. Please find the following full stories on our website at www.avpress. com: National Football League: Cardinals vs. Cowboys.
Mojave Elks Lodge hosting free-throw contest
The Mojave Elks Lodge will be hosting the Elks Hoop Shoot Free Throw Contest on Oct. 25 at 2 p.m.
The scholarship program is for youth ages 8 to 13 and will be held at the new patio at the Mojave Elks Lodge.
Participants should bring their own basketball, although one will be provided if they don’t have one, and will be required to wear a mask when not shooting.
E-mail kpw.elks@ gmail.com or call the lodge office at (661) 8242240 to pre-register.
Time will be provided to help ensure safer distances.
The child’s name, age, parent or guardian name and a phone number, to coordinate schedule, will be required for preregistration.
Email questions to kpw.elks@gmail.com or visit their website, Mojaveelks.com, to learn more information.
The program has been held for almost 50 years and is dedicated to providing contestants an opportunity to build character and develop skills that aid them in achieving school and life success.
Learn more about the program at www.elks. org/hoopshoot/.
Pac-12 establishes cancellation, tiebreaker procedures
SAN FRANCISCO — The Pac-12 has established cancellation and tiebreaker policies for its virus-truncated football season.
The conference announced Monday that a minimum threshold of at least 53 scholarship players — with various position minimums — must be available for any team to participate in a game. If a school does not elect to play the game shorthanded, the game will be rescheduled or declared a no contest.
The Pac-12’s seven-game, conference-only season is scheduled to begin Nov. 7 and the conference is taking potential cancellations into account in its tiebreaker policies.
To be eligible for the Pac-12 Championship game, teams must play no less that one game fewer than the average played among all Pac-12 teams.
Division winners will be determined by best winning percentage for all games and head-tohead results will take precedent in the event of a tie in the loss column if there is an unbalanced schedule.
If two teams that played the same number of games tie, the representative for the conference title game will be determined by head-to
head results, record in division games and record against the next highest-placed team in the division.
Multiple team ties with an unbalanced schedule will be broken by head-to-head results, followed by record in common conference games, then College Football Playoff ranking.
Teen Torres scores, gives LAFC a draw with Timbers
PORTLAND, Ore. — Teenager Christian Torres scored his first Major League Soccer goal in stoppage time to give Los Angeles a draw with Portland.
Jeremy Ebobisse scored early in the second half for the Timbers (9-5-4).
LAFC (7-7-4) had seven key players missing because of international duty and injury, including MLS top scorer Diego Rossi and Brian Rodriguez, who played for Uruguay and are now quarantining, and Carlos Vela, who is rehabbing a knee injury.
It was coach Bob Bradley’s 100th game with LAFC across all competitions.
Koreniuk’s goal helps Galaxy beat Whitecaps, snap skid
CARSON — Kai Koreniuk scored his first MLS goal in the 90th minute to help Los Angeles beat Vancouver and snap a six-game losing streak.
LA (5-9-3), which outshot the Whitecaps 18-7, ended a seven-game winless skid dating to a 3-0 win over Los Angeles FC on Sept. 6.
The Galaxy’s Jonathan Klinsmann had four saves in his first career MLS shutout in his second appearance.
Vancouver (7-12-0) has lost five of its last seven games.
Raiders place rookie CB Arnette on COVID list
HENDERSON, Nev. — The Las Vegas Raiders have placed rookie cornerback Damon Arnette on the reserve/ COVID-19 list.
Arnette was already sidelined on injured reserve before being moved to the COVID list Monday. The list is used for players who either test positive for the coronavirus or have been in close contact with an infected person.
Arnette was a first-round pick by the Raiders in April. He started three games before going on IR when he needed surgery on his thumb.