IN BRIEF
Karns City (11-1) — which defeated Moniteau 42-9 in the District 9 Class AA championship game last Friday — will face District 5 champion North Star at 7 p.m. Friday at Clarion University.
North Star (10-1) defeated City League champion Langley 62-14 in Saturday's PIAA subregional game.
Also, Slippery Rock (8-3) — a 27-10 winner over Sharon Saturday — will square off againstWilmington (11-1), a 35-7 winner over General McLane. Game time is set for 7 p.m. Saturday at Slippery Rock University.
NEW YORK — Miami stormed into the Top 25 on Sunday for the first time in more than two years. Having won five straight games, the Hurricanes entered The Associated Press poll at No. 23.It was an otherwise remarkably stable week as the top 16 held their places from last week.No. 1 Alabama received 42 first-place votes and 1,601 points. No. 2 Texas Tech received 21 first-place votes and 1,574 points. Florida, coming off a 56-6 victory against South Carolina, took two first-place votes away from Alabama and received 1,476 points.Texas was No. 4, followed by Oklahoma, Southern California and Penn State.
PITTSBURGH — Steelers chairman Dan Rooney and his son will likely buy a controlling interest in the team from Rooney's four brothers.Dan Rooney was the only person interested in buying the team, which the brothers want to see remain in the family, according to Art Rooney Jr.Dan Rooney declined to comment on Saturday. A message left with his son, team president Art Rooney II, was not immediately returned.Art Rooney Jr. would not confirm that he and brothers Patrick, Timothy and John Rooney would get about $750 million after business debt is subtracted.
STATE COLLEGE — Penn State coach Joe Paterno may have hip replacement surgery following the regular season.After a 34-7 win Saturday over Indiana, the 81-year-old coach said he would not be on the sidelines for next week's season finale against No. 15 Michigan State. The No. 7 Nittany Lions can go to the Rose Bowl if they beat the Spartans.