Local sports schedule
TODAY OCIAA BOYS BASKETBALL Kingston at Burke Catholic, 6:30 pm. OCIAA BOYS SWIMMING Washingtonville at Marlboro, 4:30 pm. Rhinebeck at Pine Bush, 4:30 p.m. NON-LEAGUE BOYS BASKETBALL Shane Geisler Memorial Tournament at Saugerties, 5 & 6:30 p.m. Coleman Catholic at Livingston Manor, 5 p.m. Fallsburg at Ellenville, 6 p.m. NON-LEAGUE GIRLS BASKETBALL Pine Plains at Briarcliff Tournament, 4:30 p.m. Rondout at Rhinebeck, 5:45 p.m. FRIDAY MHAL BOYS BASKETBALL Roosevelt at Wallkill, 5:30 p.m. MHAL GIRLS BASKETBALL Millbrook at Marlboro, 5:30 p.m. OCIAA INDOOR TRACK & FIELD A meet at West Point, 5:45 p.m. SCHOLASTIC WRESTLING Colonie Duals, 3 p.m. Patriot Invitational at John Jay, 5 p.m. NON-LEAGUE BOYS BASKETBALL Highland at Spackenkill, 5:45 p.m. NON-LEAGUE GIRLS BASKETBALL Spackenkill at Roosevelt, 5:45 p.m. Wallkill at Goshen, 6 p.m. Ellenville at Tri-Valley, 7 p.m. SATURDAY SCHOLASTIC SWIMMING Wizard Invitational at Washingtonville, 9:30 a.m. SCHOLASTIC WRESTLING Colonie Duals, 9 a.m. Patriot Invitational at John Jay, 9 a.m. Jerry McGuire Memorial Duals at North Rockland, 9 a.m. Tri-State Holiday Duals at Port Jervis, 9 a.m. Dragon Duals at Cornwall, 9:30 a.m. Matmania XVI at Glens Falls, 10 a.m. NON-LEAGUE BOYS BASKETBALL Shane Geisler Memorial Tournament at Saugerties, (consolation 1:30 p.m.; championship, 5:30 p.m.) NON-LEAGUE GIRLS BASKETBALL Saugerties at Susquehanna Valley Tournament, noon Onteora at Chester, 1 p.m. Pine Plains at Briarcliff Tournament, 1 p.m. COLLEGIATE MEN’S BASKETBALL Stetson at Marist, 1 p.m. Oneonta at SUNY New Paltz, 3 p.m. COLLEGIATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Oneonta at SUNY New Paltz, 1 p.m. Marist at Boston University, 2 p.m. COLLEGIATE WRESTLING SUNY Ulster, Penn College at Keystone, 10 a.m. SUNDAY NON-LEAGUE GIRLS BASKETBALL Saugerties at Susquehanna Valley Tournament, 10 a.m. MONDAY MHAL BOYS BASKETBALL Red Hook at Marlboro, 5:30 p.m. OCIAA GIRLS BASKETBALL Newburgh at Kingston, 7 p.m. OCIAA BOYS SWIMMING New Paltz at Minisink Valley, 4:30 p.m. NON-LEAGUE BOYS BASKETBALL Port Jervis at Wallkill, 6 p.m.
Chiefs suspend cornerback Marcus Peters for one-game
The Chiefs have suspended Marcus Peters for Sunday’s game against Oakland after the volatile young cornerback’s embarrassing tantrum during a last-minute loss to the Jets last weekend.
Chiefs coach Andy Reid said Wednesday that Peters would not practice with the team as it prepares to face the Raiders in a crucial showdown between teams tied atop the AFC West.
Peters, an All-Pro last season, will return the following week against the Chargers.
Peters has been involved in a series of incidents that have reflected poorly on the Chiefs, but his antics last Sunday in New York pushed Reid to act.
Taggart will make $30 million over 6 years
Willie Taggart’s contract as Florida State’s new head football coach will pay him $30 million over six years.
The university released the letter of understanding signed by Taggart after he was announced as the Seminoles’ new coach on Wednesday. Florida State will also pay the $1,370,122.28 he still owes South Florida and $3 million owed to Oregon as part of buyouts of his previous contracts.
The 41-year old Bradenton native coached at South Florida for four seasons before going to Oregon. Taggart replaces Jimbo Fisher, who resigned to accept the opening at Texas A&M.
Taggart has a 47-50 career record, including 7-5 this season, but is known as a rebuilder. Florida State (6-6) will face Southern Mississippi in the Dec. 27 Independence Bowl.
Brown probing alleged hazing on swim team
Brown University said it has launched an investigation into alleged hazing on the men’s varsity swimming and diving team at the Ivy League school, after a probe by its student newspaper.
The Brown Daily Herald reported that it reviewed text messages, emails, photos and recordings of conversations among team members, who described Oct. 7 as a night of “initiation” or “hazing,” with heavy drinking, vandalism and other activities.
The newspaper found that multiple first-year members of the team vomited that night and team members vandalized a statue of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius seated atop a horse by climbing on it and smashing Smirnoff Ice vodka bottles against it.