In the NFL, Latavius Murray ran for 114 yards and three touchdowns and the Oakland Raiders showed they are ready for prime time in beating the defending Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos 30-20 last night. Oakland leads the AFC West with a record of 7 and 2…….Rookie quarterback Dak Prescott threw three touchdown passes to lead the Dallas Cowboys to a 35-10 win over the winless Cleveland Browns. Dallas is now 7 and 1. In other play, it was Baltimore 21 Pittsburgh 14…..Kansas City 19 Jacksonville 14…..Miami 27 NY Jets 23…….NY Giants 28 Philadelphia 23……Detroit 22 Minnesota 16 (OT)……Carolina 13 Los Angeles 10….New Orleans 41 San Francisco 23……San Diego 43 Tennessee 35 and Indianapolis 31 Green Bay 26.
The Saint John Saints and Saint John Abbies have advanced to the Football New Brunswick championship games with wins yesterday at the Canada Games Stadium.
In the “Q”, Cody Donaghey scored a power play goal 4:02 in overtime to give the Charlottetown Islanders a 3-2 win over the Saint John Sea Dogs who have lost two in a row.
In the NHL, Detroit lost its fifth in a row, 2-1 to Edmonton…..Marian Hossa scored in overtime to give Chicago a 4-3 win over Dallas…..The Rangers won for the 8th time in their last 9 games, 5-2 over Winnipeg…..With Fredericton’s Jake Allen in goal, St. Louis downed Colorado 5-1….It was Anaheim over Calgary 4-1 and New Jersey beat Carolina 4-1.
In Major Midget hockey, the Moncton Flyers got by the Saint John Vitos 3-2 in overtime.
In the NBA, it was Sacramento 96 Toronto 91…..Denver 123 Boston 107……Los Angeles Lakers 119 Phoenix 108….Dallas 86 Milwaukee 75 (OT)…..Portland 100 Memphis 94 and UJtah 114 New York 109.
Rothesay-Netherwood won the “AA” Varsity boys soccer championship over St. Stephen High with Roberto Cummings scoring a pair of goals. Bryson Woodworth, Gerardo Llerandi and Thomas Barbara added single markers in a 5-1 win.
