Local sports schedule
TODAY MHAL BOYS BASKETBALL Millbrook at Webutuck, 5:45 p.m. NON-LEAGUE GIRLS BASKETBALL New Paltz at Cornwall, 6 p.m. COLLEGIATE MEN’S BASKETBALL Manhattan at Marist, 7 p.m. WEDNESDAY MHAL GIRLS BASKETBALL Saugerties at Wallkill, 5:30 p.m. OCIAA BOY SWIMMING Newburgh at Kingston, 4:30 p.m. SECTION 9 WRESTLING Minisink Valley at Kingston, 6 p.m. Port Jervis at New Paltz, 6 p.m. Liberty at Rondout, 6 p.m. Onteora at Ellenville, 6 p.m. Goshen at Saugerties, 7 p.m. Wallkill at Cornwall, 7 p.m. NON-LEAGUE BOYS BASKETBALL Monroe-Woodbury at Red Hook, 5:45 p.m. Spackenkill at Roosevelt, 5:45 p.m. NON-LEAGUE GIRLS BASKETBALL Germantown at Rhinebeck, 4:15 p.m. Red Hook at Millbrook, 5:45 p.m. Middletown at Highland, 5:45 p.m. THURSDAY OCIAA GIRLS BASKETBALL Monroe-Woodbury at Kingston, 7 p.m. OCIAA BOYS SWIMMING New Paltz at Cornwall, 4:30 p.m. SECTION 9 NORDIC SKIING Meet at Mohonk Mountain, 3:30 p.m. SECTION 9 WRESTLING Highland at Red Hook, 6 p.m. Minisink Valley at Wallkill, 7 p.m. COLLEGIATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Marist at Saint Peter’s, 7 p.m. FRIDAY MHAL BOYS BASKETBALL Saugerties at New Palz, 5:30 p.m. Marlboro at Highland, 5:30 p.m. Wallkill at Rondout, 5:30 p.m. Ellenville at Spackenkill, 5:30 p.m. Pine Plains at Webutuck, 5:30 p.m. Coleman Catholic at Onteora, 5:30 p.m. Rhinebeck at Millbrook, 5:45 p.m. MHAL GIRLS BASKETBALL New Paltz at Saugerties, 5:30 p.m. Highland at Marlboro, 5:30 p.m. Rondout at Wallkill, 5:45 p.m. Millbrook at Rhinebeck, 5:45 p.m. Spackenkill at Ellenville, 6 p.m. OCIAA BOYS BASKETBALL Kingston at Monroe-Woodbury, 7 p.m. OCIAA INDOOR TRACK & FIELD Relays at West Point, 6 p.m. SECTION 9 GYMNASTICS New Paltz at Kingston, 4 p.m. SCHOLASTIC WRESTLING Ross Kordell/Oneonta Rotary Tournament, 4 p.m. NON-LEAGUE GIRLS BASKETBALL Pine Plains at Red Hook, 5:45 p.m. COLLEGIATE MEN’S BASKETBALL Oswego at SUNY New Paltz, 7:30 p.m. COLLEGIATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Oswego at SUNY New Paltz, 5:30 p.m. SATURDAY SCHOLASTIC INDOOR TRACK & FIELD Ocean Breez Invitational, 9 a.m. SCHOLASTIC WRESTLING New Rochelle Shoreline Classic, 8:45 a.m. Ross Kordell/Oneonta Rotary Tournament, 9 a.m. Ketcham Mat Wars, 9 a.m. NON-LEAGUE GIRLS BASKETBALL Kingston at Roosevelt, 1 p.m. COLLEGIATE MEN’S BASKETBALL Cortland at SUNY New Paltz, 3 p.m. COLLEGIATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Cortland at SUNY New Paltz, 1 p.m. Manhattan at Marist, 7 p.m. COLLEGIATE WRESTLING SUNY Ulster at Williams College, noon
Penn State RB Barkley entering NFL draft
Barkley announced his decision to skip his senior year Sunday, a day after helping Penn State beat Washington in the Fiesta Bowl.
In a letter posted to his Instagram account, Barkley thanked Penn State fans, teammates and coaches and said he promised his parents and coach James Franklin that he would return to complete his journalism degree.
Philadelphia center Joel Embiid injures right hand
Philadelphia center Joel Embiid injured his right hand going after an inbounds pass late in the fourth quarter of the 76ers’ 123-110 victory over the Phoenix Suns.
Embiid had X-rays taken and his hand wrapped in ice after the game, and said he thinks he will be fine.
“They said it wasn’t broken. They think it was sprained, so I guess that’s good news,” Embiid said.
Embiid had 22 points and nine rebounds in 31 minutes Sunday. The play in which he was hurt happened with 3:54 left in the game, and he was called for a loose ball foul after hitting the floor.
Kim Jong Un wishes success for Olympics
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the United States should be aware that his country’s nuclear forces are now a reality, not a threat. But he also struck a conciliatory tone in his New Year’s address, wishing success for the Winter Olympics set to begin in the South in February and suggesting the North may send a delegation to participate.
Kim, wearing a Western-style gray suit and tie, said in his customary annual address his country had achieved the historic feat of “completing” its nuclear forces and added he has a nuclear button on his desk.
Kim also called for improved relations with the South, an idea mentioned in speeches more often than it is met. He said the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics would be a good opportunity to showcase the status of the Korean nation.