Soccer

Washburn teammates Tia Stovall and Leah Talley were named second-team All-MIAA on Thursday. Both freshman forwards played at Maize High.

* Former Kapaun Mount Carmel goalkeeper Kaitlin Loney was named to the All-Midlands Conference second team this week. Loney is a senior at York College.

Baseball

Larned native Mitch Webster has been hired by the Kansas City Royals as Midwest regional scouting supervisor. Webster, who played 13 major-league seasons and now lives in Kansas City, has been a Dodgers scout the previous 14 years.

FOOTBALL

Three freshmen Tennessee football players, including highly touted wide receiver Nu'Keese Richardson and starting safety Janzen Jackson, were charged with attempted armed robbery.

Richardson, 18, and Jackson, 18, along with defensive back Mike Edwards, 18, and companion Marie Montmarquet, 22, were each charged with three counts of attempted armed robbery in connection with an incident at a gas station in an area known as "The Strip" at the edge of Tennessee's campus.

Richardson was being held on a $19,500 bond. Edwards was released on a $19,500 bond and Jackson was released on his own recognizance.

The three victims told police they were sitting in their parked vehicle just before 2 a.m. Thursday at a gas station near Tennessee's campus when two males dressed in hooded jackets, one brandishing a handgun, approached and demanded, "Give us everything you've got."

"The victims stated that they all presented their wallets to the suspects and showed them that they did not have money," the police report said. "The victims stated that a third black male then approached and told the other two black males, 'We've got to go.' "

The three suspects were seen leaving in a Toyota Prius, and police pulled over a vehicle matching the description nearby. Police spotted a pellet gun and hooded jackets and later found drug paraphernalia and a bag of what appeared to be marijuana.

* Former Nebraska running back Thunder Collins has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in a September 2008 shooting that killed one man and injured another in Omaha. The Douglas County District Court also gave Collins a further 110 years on other counts, including attempted second-degree murder, assault and two weapons charges. The sentences are to be served consecutively.

* Tom Savage threw for two touchdowns and Rutgers forced four turnovers, blocked a punt and recorded seven sacks in embarrassing error-prone No. 23 South Florida 31-0 in a nationally televised game at Piscataway, N.J. The victory was the fourth straight for Rutgers (7-2, 2-2 Big East) over South Florida (6-3, 2-3), and this one made the Scarlet Knights bowl eligible for the fifth straight season.

BASKETBALL

The New Orleans Hornets fired coach Byron Scott after a 3-6 start and named general manager Jeff Bower as his replacement. Owner George Shinn said the move gives the Hornets the best opportunity "to reach our goals this season." The Hornets also announced that former New Orleans head coach Tim Floyd, who Scott replaced, will be one of Bower's top assistants.

* Evan Turner had 24 points and 17 rebounds and No. 16 Ohio State recovered from a listless spell to beat James Madison 72-44 in the 2K Sports Classic at Columbus, Ohio.