SLIPPERY ROCK— Slippery Rock University senior defensive back Sam Morant was named PSAC-West Defensive Player of the Week after his 12-tackle effort helped The Rock defeat Gannon 24-16 on Saturday.

SLIPPERY ROCK— The six latest inductees into the Slippery Rock University Athletic Hall of Fame are Walter Esser, Lori Way Gulati, Rita Belavic Harrell, Blair S. Hildebrand, Bridget Sheehan and Jerry Skocik.All six were honored at a ceremony Saturday afternoon.

SHIPPENSBURG— Lock Haven University sophomore and Butler High product Doug Moran scored a goal in the Bald Eagles' 3-0 men's soccer win at Shippensburg Saturday.

Evans City's Jeff Walters won the third heat race prior to Friday's Street Stock Pandemonium Feature at Lernerville Speedway.Walters placed 19th in the 30-lap feature, which was won by Brookville's Rusty Marty.Sarver's Kevin Haas was tenth in the feature.

EAST STROUDSBURG — Greg Knauss kicked a 29-yard field goal in overtime to lift East Stroudsburg to a 44-41 win over Shippensburg on Saturday and give Warriors coach and Slippery Rock University graduate Denny Douds his 213th career victory, a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference record.Douds broke the old PSAC wins record held by Millersville's Gene Carpenter, who won 212 games from 1970-2000.

NEW YORK — The Southeastern Conference needs to find another pushover.Vanderbilt, for years the weakest team in college football's toughest league, moved into the AP Top 25 on Sunday for the first time in 24 years.The unbeaten Commodores are No. 21 in the latest rankings.No. 1 Southern California and No. 2 Oklahoma had the week off. No. 3 Georgia and No. 4 Florida held their spots and LSU moved up one place after a 26-21 victory at Auburn, giving the SEC three teams in the top five.