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CLEVELAND, Ohio – Andrew Sharp ran for 190 yards and four touchdowns, leading Washington &  Jefferson to a 35-7 win at Case-Western Reserve Saturday night. Freshman quarterback Braylon Wagner added 120 yards on the ground, including a 77-yard touchdown scamper. The win is the 800th all-time for the program, just the third Division III school to pass that mark, the 22nd in all divisions of the NCAA. Nathaniel Kadosh-Harris recovered a CWR fumble, setting up Sharp’s first touchdown of the night, a four-yard power run over the left side. Two Case possessions later, the Spartans drove to a third-and-goal at the W&J six-yard line, working toward a tying touchdown. Dante DeRubbo intercepted Sam DeTillio in the endzone, ending the threat. Four plays later, Sharp doubled the W&J lead with a 43-yard scoring run. The junior running back from Baldwin added 21 & 52 yard scoring runs, part of the Presidents’ 345-yard rushing night. Listen Here!

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Colton Joseph hit Jacob Harris on a 72-yard touchdown pass with 1:13 to play and Wisconsin scored twice in last four minutes to beat No. 13 Penn State 24-20. Joseph, who threw a pair of costly interceptions earlier in the game, rebounded to lead two long scoring drives for the Badgers (3-1, 1-0 Big Ten), who snapped their six-game losing streak to Penn State. Wisconsin earned its first road win against a ranked opponent since beating No. 25 Purdue on Oct. 23, 2021. Penn State quarterback Rocco Becht, who was 12-for-29 passing for 129 yards and an interception, tossed a final deep ball out of the back of the end zone as time expired, setting off a celebration for Wisconsin defenders.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mason Heintschel passed for 403 yards and six touchdowns as Pittsburgh rolled past Bucknell 59-0. The Panthers reached the end zone on their first five drives, with Heintschel spreading the ball around. The sophomore completed 29 of 37 passes to nine different receivers in just over two quarters. Censere Lee caught three touchdowns for Pitt, the most by a Panther wideout since 2022. Freshman Demetrice McCray scored twice, including a 48-yard pass late in the first half that put Pitt up 35-0 at the break. Bucknell struggled offensively. The FCS-level Bison didn’t cross 100 total yards until the fourth quarter. Pitt won despite XX penalties while improving to 4-0 for the second time in three years.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Drew Mestemaker threw for a season-high 389 yards and three touchdowns, Caleb Hawkins rushed for a season-high 180 yards and a score, and Oklahoma State beat West Virginia 41-24 in their Big 12 opener Saturday night.  The Cowboys (3-1) roared back from a 14-3 deficit to earn an emphatic win in a hostile environment under first-year coach Eric Morris, and they did it with three players he brought with him from North Texas: Mestemaker, Hawkins and wide receiver Wyatt Young.

DETROIT (AP) — Justin Verlander made a teary farewell, accompanied by his 7-year-old daughter as he left a major league mound for the final time in the Detroit Tigers’ 4-3 come-from-behind win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Eduardo Valencia hit a game-ending, two-run homer off Mason Montgomery in a three-run ninth that included Kevin McGonigle’s RBI groundout. Verlander allowed two runs and five hits in 5 1/3 innings with one walk and six strikeouts. The 43-year-old right-hander was making his second start of the year and first since March 30 in a season derailed by a sore hip and hamstring injury.