Army holds on in final seconds, beats Navy 17-11
Army linebacker Kalib Fortner scored on a fourth-quarter strip sack and then stuffed quarterback Tai Lavatai six inches from the goal line with three seconds remaining to help the Black Knights beat Navy 17-11 on Saturday and win the 124th meeting of the nation's oldest service academies.
After falling behind 173, Lavatai led the Midshipmen to one touchdown to make it a one-score game and then drove them to the Army 6. With no timeouts and about 30 seconds left, Lavatai threw two incompletions before hitting Alex Tecza, who was tackled in bounds at the 2.
Navy scrambled to line up and managed to get the play off. Lavatai surged forward as his whole team pushed, ahead of him and behind, but Army held its ground.
NO. 1 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE BEATS VILLANOVA IN FCS QUARTERFINALS >>
Isaiah Davis ran for 192 yards, including a 66-yard touchdown run, and top-seeded South Dakota State, the defending national champions, defeated eighthseeded Villanova 23-12 in the quarterfinals of the FCS playoffs.
The Jackrabbits (13-0) are home against the winner of No. 4 Idaho and No. 5 Albany in the semifinals next weekend.
NORTH DAKOTA STATE ROLLS >> Cam Miller had a touchdown by pass and run, Cole Payton rushed for two scores and North Dakota
State rolled over South Dakota 45-17 in the quarterfinals of the FCS playoffs.
The Bison (11-3) will travel to second-seeded Montana for a semifinal matchup.
Skiing
SHIFFRIN WINS DOWNHILL >> When Mikaela Shiffrin is even winning downhill races, her rivals have less hope of denying her a record-tying sixth overall World Cup title.
Shiffrin mastered the sharper turns on a sunbathed course at St. Moritz to be 0.15 seconds faster than standout downhill racer Sofia Goggia.
Golf
DAY, KO THRIVE >> Jason Day and Lydia Ko shot 31 on the back nine in the tougher
foursomes format, giving them a 6-under 66 for a two-shot lead in the Grant Thornton Invitational, the first mixed-team event since 1999.
Day and Ko were at 20-under 144, two clear of Lucas Glover and Leona Maguire (69) and Tony Finau and Nelly Korda (70).
Figure skating
MALININ WINS TITLE >> Ilia Malinin could have been thrown off by a fall on his opening jump — the quad axel — at the Grand Prix Final.
Then again, nobody else in the world even tries it.
So instead, the 19-yearold American brushed off the mistake, put together a near-flawless free skate the rest of the way, and
easily topped Japanese rival Shoma Uno to win the gold medal at National Indoor Stadium in Beijing. Malinin finished with a career-best 314.66 points, the sixth-highest men's total in history under the current scoring system.
Sailing
AUSSIES LEAD SAILGP'S DUBAI REGATTA >> Fill-in skipper Jimmy Spithill steered Team Australia's “Flying Roo” foiling catamaran to finishes of third, first and third and into the lead of the Emirates Dubai Sail Grand Prix.
The new-look Team USA, with Taylor Canfield on the helm, had a disappointing debut by going 8-9-9 on the Persian Gulf to sit in last place.