THIS DAY IN SPORTS 1992 — Manon Rheaume of the Atlanta Knights be- comes the first woman to suit up for a regular-season pro hockey game. The 20-year-old goalie doesn’t play in Numbers Game Atlanta’s 3-2 overtime loss to Cincinnati in the IHL game. Antelope Valley Press, Friday, November 6, 2020 C3 College Football | COVID-19 Golf | PGA | Houston Open Cal game canceled Snedeker takes Houston Open lead after positive virus test Associated Press Thompson and Cameron Davis. “The golf course kind of forces Associated Press the announcement from HOUSTON — Brandt Sne- you into being patient just because the conference, Washing- deker found a lot of fairways and The season opener EARLY LEAD you can’t really miss too many ton coach Jimmy Lake said greens at difficult Memorial Park, scheduled for Saturday Brandt Snedeker greens,” Scheffler said. “Around his team was still preparing top-ranked Dustin Johnson re- between California and hits his tee shot the greens out here is very, very dif- as if the game would be turned from the coronavirus, and on the 11th hole Washington was canceled ficult to get up-and-down and you played. fans were back, too, Thursday at during the first following a request from the can get into some spots where you “Our students, coach- the Houston Open. round of the Golden Bears due to a posi- Houston Open start playing ping pong across these es and staff have put in an Snedeker shot a 5-under 65 in tive coronavirus test for one golf tournament greens.” incredible amount of hard the afternoon to take a two-stroke of their players. on Thursday in Brooks Koepka also had a 72. work to get to this point and lead in the last event before the The cancellation was a Houston. He’s playing for the second time we are deeply disappointed Masters. He’s one of 37 players big blow for the Pac-12 as Associated Press since a two-month layoff to heal they won’t have the oppor- in the field this week set to play at the conference prepares to PGA Tour event to have fans since injuries. Player partner Lanto Grif- tunity to compete Saturday Augusta National. The 39-year-old Snedeker won kick off a seven-game foot- The Players Championship on fin, the winner last year at Golf in Berkeley,” Washington “Drove it great,” Snedeker said. the last of his nine PGA Tour titles ball slate after league pro- Club of Houston, also shot 72. Jor- athletic director Jennifer “Around this golf course you have March 12. in 2018. He followed a birdie on grams had watched other dan Spieth rounded out the morn- Cohen said in a statement. to be in the fairway, otherwise it’s “I think that’s a big reason why the par-4 13th with a bogey on the teams around the country ing threesome with a 72. The Washington-Cal going to be a long day for you. Did I played well today,” Snedeker said. par-4 14th after driving into the playing for weeks. “It certainly felt more normal game marks the seventh a great job of that. Made some “I love having fans out here. I kind right rough, then birdied the par-3 California doesn’t have as we were playing today and es- FBS game this week and putts. And the par 5s, birdied ev- of feed off their energy. It’s great to 15th and par-5 16th. the minimum number of pecially as we were finishing up,” the 44th since Aug. 26 to be ery par 5 out there. This course is hear some claps and people excited “I’ve been driving it well, so it Spieth said about the fans. “Just the scholarship players avail- postponed or canceled. for good shots and some birdies.” just kind of depended how I hit my able for the game as a result a long, tough golf course, so to play look of it is way more normal than The service academy well you need to take advantage Johnson had a 72 — bogeying irons and kind of hung in there,” when it was just so bare.” of the positive test and the game between Air Force five of the last seven holes on his Snedeker said. “Did a great job of need for other players to of the scoring holes, which I did a Koepka served as a consultant and Army scheduled for front nine — in his return after a kind of thinking my way around isolate under contact trac- great job of today.” on course architect Tom Doak’s Saturday in West Point, positive coronavirus test knocked the golf course.” ing protocols, the Pac-12 The tournament — at public renovation. New York, was also post- Memorial Park for the first time him out of the CJ Cup at Shadow Jason Day was tied for second “I think every time Jordan hit it said in a statement Thurs- poned Thursday due to day. since 1963 — is limiting ticket sales Creek and the Zozo Champion- with Scottie Scheffler, Harold in the water, he told me that was an increase in COVID-19 to 2,000 a day. It’s the first domestic ship at Sherwood. Varner III, Carlos Ortiz, Michael my fault,” Koepka said. Pac-12 guidelines re- cases at the Air Force Acad- quire at least 53 scholar- emy and the surrounding ship players to be available community in Colorado. MLB MLS COLLEGE FOOTBALL NFL MOTORSPORTS AMERICAN CONFERENCE for a game to be played. 2020 Gold Glove Winners Western Conference The AP Top 25 Fared NASCAR Cup Series Sea- The schools are working to American League W L T Pts GF GA No. 1 Clemson (7-0) at No. 4 Notre Dame, West The conference said the reschedule the game. P — Griffin Canning, Los Angeles x-Portland 11 6 5 38 45 34 Saturday, Next: at Florida State, Saturday, W L T Pct PF PA son Finale 500 Lineup C — Roberto Perez, Cleveland x-Sporting KC 11 6 3 36 36 25 Nov. 21. Kansas City 7 1 0 .875 253 152 Sunday, Nov. 8 game would be declared a Air Force can regain pos- 1B — Evan White, Seattle x-Seattle 10 5 6 36 40 22 No. 2 Alabama (6-0) did not play. Next: at Las Vegas 4 3 0 .571 187 203 At Phoenix Raceway no-contest. 2B — Cesar Hernandez, Cleveland x-FC Dallas 9 5 7 34 28 21 LSU, Saturday, Nov. 14. Denver 3 4 0 .429 147 183 Avondale, Ariz. session of the coveted Com- 3B — Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Texas x-LA FC 9 8 4 31 46 38 No. 3 Ohio State (2-0) vs. Rutgers, L.A. Chargers 2 5 0 .286 179 185 Lap length: 1 mile “It is very disappointing mander-in-Chief ’s Trophy SS — J.P. Crawford, Seattle x-Minnesota U 8 5 7 31 33 26 Saturday. Next: at Maryland, Saturday, Nov. East (Car number in parentheses) that we will not be opening LF — Alex Gordon, Kansas City x-San Jose 8 8 6 30 34 47 14. W L T Pct PF PA 1. (9) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet. should it beat Army. The CF — Luis Robert, Chicago x-Colorado 7 6 4 25 30 27 No. 4 Notre Dame (6-0) vs. No. 1 Clemson, Buffalo 6 2 0 .750 198 199 2. (22) Joey Logano, Ford. our 2020 season this Sat- Falcons began the annual RF — Joey Gallo, Texas Vancouver 8 14 0 24 24 44 Saturday. Next: at Boston College, Saturday, Miami 4 3 0 .571 188 130 3. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford. National League LA Galaxy 6 11 4 22 27 43 Nov. 14. New England 2 5 0 .286 136 167 4. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota. urday night against Wash- round-robin competition P — Max Freid, Atlanta Real Salt Lake 5 9 7 22 25 33 No. 5 Georgia (4-1) vs. No. 8 Florida, N.Y. Jets 0 8 0 .000 94 238 5. (12) Ryan Blaney, Ford. ington,” Cal coach Justin C — Tucker Barnhart, Cincinnati Houston 4 9 9 21 29 38 Saturday. Next: at Missouri, Saturday, Nov. South 6. (88) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet. between the service acade- 1B — Anthony Rizzo, Chicago Eastern Conference 14. W L T Pct PF PA 7. (1) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet. Wilcox said. “My heart mies with a 40-7 win over 2B — Kolten Wong, St. Louis W L T Pts GF GA No. 6 Cincinnati (5-0) vs. Houston, Indianapolis 5 2 0 .714 198 136 8. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota. 3B — Nolan Arenado, Colorado x-Philadelphia 13 4 5 44 42 20 Saturday. Next: vs. East Carolina, Friday, Tennessee 5 2 0 .714 208 184 9. (14) Clint Bowyer, Ford. goes out first and foremost Navy on Oct. 3. The win- SS — Javier Baez, Chicago x-Toronto FC 13 4 5 44 32 24 Nov. 13. Houston 1 6 0 .143 166 217 10. (10) Aric Almirola, Ford. to all of our players who LF — Tyler O’Neill, St. Louis x-Orlando City 11 3 8 41 38 22 No. 7 Texas A&M (4-1) at South Carolina, Jacksonville 1 6 0 .143 154 220 11. (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford. ning academy goes to the CF — Trent Grisham, San Diego x-Columbus 11 6 5 38 34 20 Saturday, Next: at Tennessee, Saturday, North 12. (21) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford. have been through so much RF — Mookie Betts, Los Angeles x-NY City FC 11 8 3 36 33 22 Nov.