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Lickus gets 2nd hole-in-one MARQUETTE — Roland Lickus of the Traverse City area recorded his second lifetime hole-in-one on Aug. 22 at the Northern Michigan University Golf Course in Chocolay Township. The former Upper Peninsula resident used a pitching wedge to ace the 119-yard, par-3 14th hole. Witnesses were Robert Kirkbride, Vern Jarvi and Lou Lambert. NMU-OTS’ Lewis going to Worlds MARQUETTE — Weightlifter Nate Lewis of the Northern Michigan University Olympic Training Site will travel to eastern Europe this week to compete in the World University Championships. The NMU senior goes to Biala Podlaska, Poland, for the four-day competition that starts Thursday. Lewis was named to the U.S. team in April by USA Weightlifting. Though this is Lewis’ first international competition, he has been successful at several National University Championships. In 2015 he was a member of the winning NMU-OTS squad, finishing third at 105 kilograms (231.5 pounds) and winning a gold medal in the snatch. He was on runner-up NMU-OTS teams in 2017 and 2018, taking silver in the snatch and bronzes in clean and jerk and overall. In April, he lifted a combined total of 325 kg (716.5 lbs.) for fourth place. “I have put in a lot of hard work,” Lewis said. “I feel more prepared than ever before.” Bay College releases hoops slate ESCANABA — Bay College recently released its men’s and women’s basketball schedules, which feature 10 home games and an October home exhibition. The women’s team has a new coach in Rob Robinson after the Norse went 14-11 last season. The men bring back Matt Johnson, who was 22-7 last season. The teams play in tandem with each other until mid-January. Bay hosts Sault College of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, in an Oct. 20 exhibition, then plays its first home regular-season game against Wisconsin-Green Bay, Marinette on Nov. 14. Soon after is Western Tech on Nov. 17. The Norse remain in Michigan to play in the Lindquist Classic at Gogebic Community College in Ironwood on Nov. 24-25 and at the St. Clair County Classic in Port Huron on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1. Bay College hosts Alpena Community College on Dec. 5, then faces Alpena again as part of the Quality Inn & Suites Holiday Classic at home on Dec. 29-30. Bay also hosts Silver Lake College on Jan. 5, then the women host UW-Green Bay, Manitowoc and the men entertain Dakota County Technical College on Jan. 19. And the Lake Superior State JV come to Escanaba on Jan. 22. Both teams host Bryant & Stratton College on Feb. 9 and Gogebic CC on Feb. 13. For information on tickets, including season tickets, visit the website http://baycollege.tix.com/Schedule.aspx?OrgNum=3755 or call 906-217-4045. The Norse will be eligible for postseason play this season as a NJCAA Division II representative of Region 13. Island a qualifier for LPGA major HARRIS — The Island Resort Championship, a Symetra Tour women’s pro golf event for eight years, has been named the official U.S. qualifier for The Evian Championship, one of the five majors on the Ladies Professional Golf Association tour. A Symetra Tour event has been a qualifier for an LPGA major for the past three years. In 2016, the FireKeepeers Casino Hotel Championship served in this capacity and the past two years it has been the PHC Classic. The ninth annual June 21-23 Island Resort event will send two players to the The Evian Championship to be held July 25-28 in Evian-les-Baines, France. The Island Resort Championship field is expected to increase by a dozen players to 156 to accomodate 12 LPGA Tour members vying for a spot in The Evian Championship. In addition, the total prize money at the Island Resort event will increase to its highest amount ever, $200,000. Lauren Coughlin of Charlottesville, Virginia, made the most of winning this year’s qualifying event, the PHC Classic, advancing to the play in The Evian and eventually qualifying as an LPGA Tour playing member. Briones has 4 tackles in CMU loss DEKALB, Ill. (AP) — Marcus Childers threw for three touchdowns, and a late interception by Northern Illinois preserved the Huskies’ 24-16 win over Central Michigan in a Mid-American Conference opener on Saturday. With CMU at the Huskies’ 15-yard line, Vinny Labus intercepted Tommy Lazzaro’s pass that bounced off the hands of Cameron Cole with 20 seconds left. Ishpeming High School graduate and CMU senior linebacker Alex Briones had four tackles, two of them solo. BYU upsets No. 6 Badgers MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Squally Canada ran for 118 yards and two touchdowns and BYU handed mistake-prone Wisconsin its first nonconference home loss since 2003, giving the No. 6 Badgers fits with its motion offense in a 24-21 victory Saturday. The Cougars (2-1) tossed in a trick play, too, when receiver Aleva Hifo found open tight end Moroni Laulu-Pututau for a 31-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter. Wisconsin (2-1) had one last chance to avoid an upset with a drive that started with 3:55 left at the 8. But normally reliable senior kicker Rafael Gaglianone’s 42-yard field goal attempt to tie with 41 seconds left went wide left. The Badgers’ 41-game nonconference winning streak — the longest active in the nation —came to an end. Their hopes to make the College Football Playoff probably did, too. Skyler Southam’s 45-yard field goal with 9:58 left, set up by Canada’s 46-yard run on the first play of a five-play drive, gave BYU the lead for good, 24-21.

Clemson's Adam Choice (26) breaks away from Georgia Southern's Justin Birdsong (18) with blocking help from Justin Mascoll during the second half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018, in Clemson, S.C. Clemson won 38-7. (AP Photo/Richard Shiro)

By PETE IACOBELLI

AP Sports Writer

CLEMSON, S.C. — No. 2 Clemson and Georgia Southern got a sunny sky, mild breezes and plenty of tailgaters at the start of the only major conference football game played Saturday in the Carolinas and Virginia while Tropical Storm Florence dumped dangerous amounts of rain elsewhere across the region.

Clemson officials moved up the start time to noon from 3:30 p.m. because forecasts called for a more significant impact from Florence on Saturday night and today. By halftime of the Tigers’ 38-7 victory, conditions were changing. Grey clouds hovered over the stadium, with the wind picking up enough to blow around papers and knock ballcaps off heads.

Around Memorial Stadium, about 250 miles from the coast, it otherwise looked like a typical gameday, which made it a rarity in the region, where games were moved, played earlier in the week or canceled because forecasts called for Florence, once a Category 4 hurricane, to bring devastation.

Forecasters said the torrents of rain could continue for days, and with rivers rising toward record levels, thousands of people were ordered evacuated.

It was the specter of those conditions that caused widespread schedule juggling.

No. 13 Virginia Tech’s game with East Carolina was canceled Tuesday when the Pirates said they wouldn’t be making the trip. Virginia’s home game with Ohio was moved to Nashville, Tennessee, and North Carolina and North Carolina State also called off contests. Instead of Wolfpack and West Virginia tailgaters, one of the parking lots at N.C. State’s Carter-Finley Stadium was being used as a staging area for power company trucks set to roll out to deal with power outages.

Clemson’s in-state rival, South Carolina, canceled its Saturday night game with Marshall.

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