Seneca Valley graduate Steve Minton rushed for 35 yards and a touchdown, but Thiel College suffered a 24-13 loss to Bridgewater (Va.) in the second round of the NCAA Division III football playoffs Saturday in Greenville.

Karns City graduate Jeff Wagner had six tackles and an interception in the loss.

The Tomcats (11-1) ended the season with a school-record win total and first-ever playoff appearance.

FINGAL, Australia — Robert Allenby played through a painful finger injury to win the Australian Open on Sunday, shooting a 5-over 77 in windy conditions to hold off Australian countrymen John Senden, Nick O'Hern and Paul Sheehan by a stroke.Allenby, also the 1994 winner, finished with a 4-under 284 total on the sun-baked Moonah Links course.Senden finished with a 70, O'Hern shot a 72 and Sheehan had a 73.

SHENZHEN, China — England's Paul Casey won the China Open on Sunday for his fifth European tour title, beating countryman Oliver Wilson with a birdie on the first playoff hole.Casey closed with a 7-under 65 to match Wilson (69) at 13-under 275 on the Shenzhen Golf Club course. England's Barry Lane shot a 68 to finish third at 12 under.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Jets running back Curtis Martin became the fourth NFL player to rush for 14,000 yards, reaching the mark with a 23-yard run in the first quarter of New York's game against New Orleans on Sunday night.Martin, in his 11th season, joined Emmitt Smith (18,355), Walter Payton (16,726) and Barry Sanders (15,269) as the only players to reach the milestone. He needed just 19 yards on Sunday.

MELBOURNE, Australia — Americans Nastia Liukin, Alicia Sacramone and Chellsie Memmel added two more golds and a silver to the United States' medal haul in the world gymnastics championships Sunday, bringing the total to nine.Fresh from winning gold on the uneven bars final on Saturday, Liukin took the top spot on balance beam with 9.612 out of 10.Adding to the bronze medal she won Saturday in the vault final, the 17-year-old Sacramone took gold on the floor exercise with 9.612 out of 10.Memmel won silver on the beam with 9.512.

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece — The curse of the Winter Olympics struck again, with heavy clouds over the birthplace of the ancient games frustrating efforts Sunday to light the flame for Turin using the sun's rays.Bad weather also disrupted the ceremony for the Sydney 2000 Summer Games, as well as the past two Winter Olympics — in Salt Lake City in 2002 and Nagano in 1998.Officials had to make do with a backup flame lit during Saturday's rehearsal beside the 2,600-year-old Temple of Hera.