Sports

The Philadelphia Eagles made a big move to help quarterback Jalen Hurts. The Dallas Cowboys didn’t do the same for Dak Prescott, and might have backtracked with his supporting cast.

Reports on area high school football games from Friday will appear in Wednesday’s Shawnee News-Star this week due to early holiday deadlines. Additionally, other area sports from the weekend should appear in the Wednesday sports section.

By Brian Johnson Sports Editor bjohnson@news-star.com LITTLE AXE – What seemed to be a vision of ugliness turned out to be a beautiful ending for the North Rock Creek Cougars Thursday night in rain-soaked conditions. NRC opened the 2022 football season with a thrilling 18-12 triple-overtime victory over the host Little Axe Indians when sophomore Caleb Hawkins rambled into the end zone off a second-and-goal from the 12 to set off a celebration.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Denver quarterback Russell Wilson signed a five-year, $245 million extension Thursday that includes $165 million in guarantees, the biggest contract in Broncos history and one of the largest ever in the NFL.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Donovan Mitchell is going east. The All-Star guard is on his way to the Cleveland Cavaliers, who acquired one of the NBA’s best scorers Thursday in a blockbuster trade with the Utah Jazz, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press.

The Chickasaw Nation Shiloh Butts, a world champion competitive archer, will see a dream come true Sept. 4-10 in Terni, Italy.

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy deflected credit when he reached a career milestone.

Due to an early holiday deadline, the results of Friday night’s high school football action and other Friday and weekend sports activities will not appear in print edition of The Shawnee News-Star until the Wednesday, Sept. 7 issue.