FBC girls claim basketball victoryAlexis Barnhart scored 10 points and grabbed six rebounds to lead the First Baptist Christian School girls basketball team to a 36-12 win over Westmoreland Christian Academy recently.Shelby Poorman added seven points, eight rebounds and five steals.

SV’s Frontino joins Queen of DiamondsJACKSON TWP — Seneca Valley shortstop Jodi Frontino has been selected to join the Queen of Diamonds girls fast-pitch softball showcase Jan. 9-10 at Kent State University.More than 2,400 girls apply for this showcase and only 364 are accepted. Frontino also plays for the Pittsburgh Passion summer travel softball team.

Murphy, Nationals doing 3-year dealSecond baseman Daniel Murphy and the Washington Nationals have agreed to a three-year, $37.5 million contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.The person spoke on condition of anonymity Thursday night because the agreement, first reported by ESPN, was subject to a successful physical.Drafted by the Mets in 2006, the 30-year-old starred in October when he homered in a record six straight postseason games and was voted the MVP in the Mets' National League Championship Series victory over the Chicago Cubs. But he made key errors in the fourth and fifth games of New York's five-game World Series loss to the Kansas City Royals.Murphy hit .281 this year with a career-best 14 homers and 73 RBIs. In seven seasons, all with the Mets, he has a .288 average with 62 homers and 402 RBIs.

S.D. State cruises in Hawaii BowlHONOLULU — Rashaad Penny returned the opening kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown and San Diego State routed Cincinnati 42-7 in the Hawaii Bowl on Thursday.The Aztecs (11-3) won their final 10 games to match the longest winning streak in school history.Penny had his third kickoff return for a score this season — and second 100-yarder — and broke the Hawaii bowl record for the longest return before a sparse crowd of 14,537 at Aloha Stadium.San Diego State rushed for 207 yards, topping the 200-yard mark for the 10th consecutive game, and finished with 336 yards of total offense.Donnell Pumphrey, the Mountain West offensive player of the year, had 99 yards on 25 carries.

Western Michigan gets 1st bowl winNASSAU, Bahamas — Jamauri Bogan ran for 215 yards and four touchdowns and Western Michigan beat Middle Tennessee, 4531, in the Bahamas Bowl for its first bowl victory.Western Michigan (8-5) had lost its previous six bowl games.Bogan broke a tie a 1-yard touchdown with 6:12 left, setting up the score with a 61-yard burst. He had another 1-yard score with 5 minutes remaining after Rontavious Atkins' 29-yard interception return to the 4.