Grove City College senior guard J.D. Collar was named Presidents' Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week.

Collar scored a career-high 31 points and added six rebounds in a 78-68 win at Juniata, then scored 19 points, grabbed six boards and blocked two shots in a 94-88 win over Westminster.

Slippery Rock University return specialist Josh Kniess earned honorable mention All-America honors from Don Hansen's Football Gazette.Kniess was third in the nation with an 18.8 yards per punt return in 2004.He also rushed for 1,183 yards and 13 scores for The Rock.The Slippery Rock University coed cheerleading squad brought home three honors from last weekend's College Cheerleading and Dance Championships in Orlando, Fla..The Rock team earned second place nationally in the Division II competition.The duo of Andy Brown and Caitie Fields were third nationally while Sherri Muirhead and Scott Thomas teamed to earn a fifth-place finish.

PITTSBURGH - There's no suspense this time: Pittsburgh Steelers running back Jerome Bettis seems all but certain to start Sunday's AFC Championship game against New England.Last week, coach Bill Cowher tried to keep the New York Jets guessing by not revealing whether Bettis or Duce Staley would start.Bettis went on to run for 101 yards in a 20-17 overtime victory - his seventh 100-yard game in as many starts. But Staley, sidelined much of the second half of the season with a sore hamstring, ran the best he has in weeks with 54 yards on 11 carries.Staley's performance raised questions about whether he might return as the starter, but Cowher apparently doesn't want to risk curtailing Bettis' effectiveness by sitting him down early.Asked Tuesday if Bettis would start, Cowher said, "Probably." But Cowher also said that Staley is likely to play more than he did Saturday, when he did not carry until the second half.