Weir stars at Westminster

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. — Graduate student DJ Harrell poured in a career-high 32 points and senior Drew Weir from Salem totaled 27 points and 12 rebound to lead Westminster College past Saint Vincent (Pa.), 89-83, in overtime Saturday night.

The Titan duo scored all 12 of Westminster’s points in overtime with Harrell getting seven and Weir five.

Weir shot 8-of-12 from the field and 8-of-10 from the foul line. He grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds.

Mick Hergenrother from Youngstown Mooney added six assists, three rebounds and two points. Jaxon Hendershott from West Branch played 13 minutes off the bench.

Westminster (8-5) will host Hiram at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. It will be the first meeting between the two schools since Nov. 21, 2015.

Marra 2-0 for Mount Union

CLEVELAND — Mount Union junior Steven Marra from West Branch and freshman Blaine Chrisman from Medina went undefeated at Case Western’s Claude Sharer Duals on Saturday.

Both went 2-0 with Marra at 285 pounds and Chrisman at 184 pounds. Freshman Aiden Stecker from Salem went 1-1 at 165 pounds.

The Purple Raiders lost 34-17 to Manchester and 37-12 to Case Western.

Mount Union will next host the Purple Raider Open on Sunday.

Patriots rough up Chargers

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Drake Maye threw a touchdown pass to Hunter Henry in the fourth quarter, and New England’s defense roughed up Justin Herbert as the Patriots beat the Los Angeles Chargers 16-3 in an AFC wild-card playoff game on Sunday night. Andy Borregales kicked three field goals for the Patriots, who won a playoff game for the first time since their Super Bowl victory to cap the 2018 season. They’ll host the winner of Monday night’s game between Pittsburgh and Houston in the divisional round.

In his first career playoff game, Maye completed 17 of 29 passes for 268 yards and ran for a team-high 66 yards. He also threw an interception and lost a fumble, but the Chargers couldn’t capitalize on those turnovers.

Allen carries Bills to victory

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Josh Allen took a pounding and doled out punishment — looking every bit like the reigning MVP. He carried Buffalo to its first road playoff win in more than three decades, 27-24 over Jacksonville in the AFC’s wild-card opener Sunday. Tough and tenacious, Allen did what he does best. Allen found Brandin Cooks for 36 yards just before the two-minute warning and capped the go-ahead drive with a 1-yard touchdown run in which Jacksonville let him score.

On the fourth down play before his score, Allen gained 10 yards on a sneak, refusing to go down while being pushed and pulled to the goal line.

“When your quarterback’s that type of warrior, that type of competitor, it just goes through the whole team,” Bills coach Sean McDermott said.

Buffalo (13-5) will play at Denver, Pittsburgh or Houston next week, a chance to build a road winning streak after a decades-long skid.

“Now we have a chance to do it again,” said Allen, who came up short on final drives in playoff games the past two years.

“Feels good. Feels good. At the same time, it just means we get another game.”