Bertovich garners weekly honors

BEAVER FALLS, Pa. — Geneva College senior guard Jonathan Bertovich is having a breakout season.

Bertovich, who starred at Heartland Christian and East Palestine high schools, was named the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week Monday after leading the Golden Tornadoes to back-to-back wins to open PAC play last week.

He leads the PAC with 3.7 three-pointers made per game and a .465 three-point percentage. He also has a game-high 17.4 points and 3.6 assists a game.

Geneva is 5-4 and the Golden Tornadoes are off until Dec. 29

Alliance frosh best Branch

ALLIANCE — Alliance topped West Branch, 35-25, in freshman boys basketball action Monday.

Leaders for the Warriors were Logan Hawk with 10 points, Dane Martucci six and Judah Kutz five.

West Branch (0-3) will play at Carrollton on Thursday.

Salem time change

SALEM — The Minerva at Salem girls basketball game set for Wednesday will start with a two quarter jayvee game at 5:30 p.m. Varsity is slated to start around 6:15 p.m.

Mendoza, Sayin named finalists

NEW YORK (AP) — Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love, Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza, Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia and Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin are the finalists for the Heisman Trophy given to the top player in college football.

The Heisman Trophy Trust announced the four finalists Monday night who are invited to New York for the award presentation Saturday night.

Mendoza has guided the Hoosiers to their first No. 1 ranking and the top seed in the 12-team CFP bracket, throwing for 2,980 yards and a national-best 33 touchdown passes while also running for six scores.

He is the second Heisman finalist in school history, joining 1989 runner-up Anthony Thompson. Mendoza is the seventh Indiana player to earn a top-10 finish and it marks another first in program history — having back-to-back players in the top 10. Hoosiers quarterback Kurtis Rourke was ninth last year.

Pavia has thrown for a school-record 3,192 yards and 27 touchdowns for the No. 13 Commodores. He is the first Heisman finalist in Vanderbilt history.

Sayin led the Buckeyes to a No. 1 ranking for most of the season, throwing for 3,329 yards while tying for second in the country with 31 TD passes.

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