The Mars High School varsity boys lacrosse team finished in first place at the recent 13th annual Pumpkin Classic held at Seneca Valley High School.

The Planets finished undefeated in the tournament, picking up wins of 13-2 over Pine-Richland, 11-2 over Penn-Trafford, 9-3 over Seneca Valley and 13-2 over Central Catholic to reach the finals.

Mars defeated North Allegheny, 9-4, to win the championship.

Comprising the Planets roster were seniors Gino Crognale, Patrick Morrow, Jacob Porter, Zac Sicher, Peter Stahl and Blake Thompson, juniors Jack Austin, Will Bayuk, Cord Bocheff, Joey Crognale, Joe Horvat, Ben Lewis and Jake Miller, sophomores Kyle Anderson, Anthony Grieco, Cade Hetzler and Hayden Vasbinder, and freshman Nate Smith.

SAN DIEGO — The lawyer who is leading the San Diego Chargers' efforts to move to Los Angeles was vigorously booed as he addressed the crowd at the beginning of a public hearing the NFL mandated as part of the relocation process.“Why don't you tell the truth?” one fan yelled at Mark Fabiani, who has criticized Mayor Kevin Faulconer's efforts to build a new stadium in Mission Valley to replace aging Qualcomm Stadium.Eric Grubman, the NFL's point man on Los Angeles, had to step in and ask that the crowd to calm down.Many Chargers fans feel betrayed because the team and its biggest rival, the Oakland Raiders, have proposed a joint $1.7 billion stadium in Carson, an industrial suburb of L.A..

MINNEAPOLIS — The seizures had returned for Jerry Kill.Perhaps hoping he could still mesh his demanding, pressure-filled job as Minnesota's head football coach with his epilepsy, Kill guided the Gophers through one more practice on Tuesday..Yet he was done coaching. The 54-year-old football lifer reluctantly and tearfully retired on Wednesday, halfway into his fifth season at Minnesota.

SEATTLE — The coach of a Washington state high school football team who prayed at games despite orders from the school district to stop was placed on paid administrative leave.Bremerton School District officials said in a statement that assistant football coach Joe Kennedy's leave was necessitated because of his refusal to comply with district directives that he refrain from engaging in overt, public religious displays on the football field while on duty as a coach.

LOS ANGELES — Three days after losing their leader to cancer, the Minnesota Timberwolves are making sure everyone knows that Flip Saunders is still with them.The Timberwolves unveiled a new shooting shirt for pregame warmups in their season opener against the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night. The gray shirts have “WE” written in big, block letters, with “FLIP” written over the heart.The “We over Me” was a Saunders concept.