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BARRY WILNER, AP Pro Football Writer
By holding serve at home, the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots get to try again. The next prize: a spot in the Super Bowl.
Defending NFL champion Seattle used a slew of big plays to beat Carolina 31-17 Saturday night in an NFC divisional-round game. The Seahawks (13-4) will host either Green Bay or Dallas next weekend after becom-ing the first Super Bowl winner in nine years to win a postseason match the next season.
Russell Wilson threw three touchdown passes and Kam Chancellor returned an interception 90 yards for a touchdown. Wilson hit Doug Baldwin for a 16-yard TD, found Jermaine Kearse on a 63-yard score, and capped the night with a 25-yard TD pass to Luke Willson early in the fourth quarter.
“We’re just looking for this next challenge, and look-ing for this NFC championship and we’re just ready to go,” Chancellor said. “We’re ready to get back to prac-tice, get the preparation going and find out who we’ll play and just get it going.”
The Patriots are making what seems like their annu-al trip to the AFC championship game. Tom Brady set a career record for postseason touchdown passes, lead-ing New England back from two 14-point deficits for a 35-31 victory over Baltimore on Saturday. The Patriots will host either the Broncos or Colts next weekend for a berth in the Super Bowl.
New England (13-4) is 9-0 this season at Gillette Sta-dium.
“Showed a lot of toughness coming back from those two deficits,” Brady said. “So it took a lot of effort, took a lot of guys making a lot of good plays, and we’ll be happy to host the championship game next week.”
Brady broke Joe Montana’s record with 46 postsea-son TD passes.
“I’ve been part of a lot of great teams and there’s been a lot of guys who have blocked and been on the receiv-ing end of those, too. Those are all team awards to me. I mean, Joe, he and Steve Young were my two idols grow-ing up, so it was pretty special.”
Seahawks 31, Panthers 17While Wilson was superb, Chancellor made the most
eye-catching plays. He twice jumped over the Carolina offensive line on Graham Gano’s field goal attempts at the end of the first half, although to no avail.
And with Carolina (8-9-1) driving down by 14 points in the fourth quarter, Chancellor jumped in front of tight end Ed Dickson and returned his third career postsea-son interception for a touchdown. The 90-yarder was the longest touchdown in Seattle’s postseason history, top-ping Percy Harvin’s 87-yard kickoff return for a scored in last February’s Super Bowl.
“It felt awesome,” said the defensive back who nor-mally is overshadowed by All-Pros Richard Sherman and Earl Thomas. “It felt like preparation. It felt like ev-erything I worked all week for. That was my first return of my career and it felt good.”
Patriots 35, Ravens 31Since Brady took over as New England’s quarterback
in 2001, the Patriots have been to eight conference title games and five Super Bowls. They won the first three times, the last after the 2004 season, and lost the two most recent tries, both against the New York Giants. This will be their fourth consecutive appearance in the
AFC championship.It was a tough go getting there. They were outrushed
136-14 — Justin Forsett had 129 yards for Baltimore (11-7). Joe Flacco threw for four touchdowns.
But he also was intercepted twice, and New England gained 408 yards passing.
New England’s Bill Belichick tied Tom Landry for most postseason wins by a coach with 20.
Brady wasn’t the only Patriot throwing for a TD. Wide receiver Julian Edelman, a former college quar-terback, hit Danny Amendola with a 51-yard strike to tie it 28-28. Brady’s 23-yarder to Brandon LaFell with 5:13 remaining won it.
“Baltimore played a great game,” Edelman said. “They came out and hit us in the mouth and we were able to get up and keep playing.”
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SPORTS & OUTDOORS
Saturday, Jan. 10Boys BasketballAztec, N.M. 61, Fruita 59Bennett 80, Lake County 33Bloomfield, N.M. 53, Pagosa Springs 47Boulder 57, Rangeview 51Buena Vista 64, The Vanguard School 44Caliche 55, Weldon Valley 26Cedaredge 46, Rangely 38Centauri 59, Del Norte 44Colorado Springs Christian 55, Trinidad 30Coronado 51, Littleton 42Custer County 66, Cripple Creek-Victor 44Denver Christian 53, Limon 40Doherty 62, Liberty 59Eads 45, Liberty (Joes)/Stratton 17Ellicott 59, Peyton 45Estes Park 59, Brush 57Evangelical Christian Academy 73, Byers 54Fleming 53, Sedgwick County 41Florence 55, Fountain Valley School 30Genoa-Hugo 52, Bethune 21Gilpin County 53, South Park 48Golden 46, Valor Christian 44Grand Valley 66, Coal Ridge 56Greeley West 65, Greeley Central 40Harrison 80, Woodland Park 59Heritage 70, J.K. Mullen 36Holy Family 45, Bishop Machebeuf 43Holyoke 56, Burlington 50Idalia 59, Flagler 57Jefferson Academy 74, Lyons 38JE Christian 52, Community Christian 27Kent Denver 56, Manitou Springs 49Kim 61, Edison 59Lewis-Palmer 65, Erie 48Longmont 70, Skyline 37Loveland 76, Thompson Valley 55Meeker 67, Paonia 49Merino 72, Peetz 62Niwot 66, Silver Creek 55North Park 68, De Beque 36Ouray 67, Dove Creek 53Parker Lutheran 64, Alamosa 44Peak to Peak 55, Centaurus 51Pine Creek 60, Palmer 58Pinnacle 77, Bruce Randolph 54Pueblo Centennial 81, DH Preparatory 52Pueblo South 64, Air Academy 61Pueblo West 69, Rampart 65Roaring Fork 43, Basalt 38Rocky Ford 41, John Mall 15Rye 53, Crowley County 49Sanford 79, Crested Butte 29Sangre De Cristo 49, Springfield 39Sargent 57, Sierra Grande 48Sargent 63, Sierra 59Sheridan 92, Arrupe Jesuit 67Shining Mountain 68, Briggsdale 25Sierra 65, The Classical Academy 23Simla 54, Calhan 24St. Mary’s 65, Salida 34Steamboat Springs 59, Delta 49Strasburg 46, University 20Vail Christian 61, Hayden 39
West Grand 53, Soroco 46Wheat Ridge 87, Denver North 40Widefield 87, Mitchell 82
Girls BasketballBennett 50, Lake County 24Briggsdale 61, Shining Mountain 31Brush 69, Estes Park 23Byers 40, Evangelical Christian Academy 36Calhan 44, Simla 39Caliche 84, Weldon Valley 15Cedaredge 48, Rangely 29Centauri 52, Del Norte 26Cheyenne Mountain 46, Skyview 31Custer County 52, Cripple Creek-Victor 25Delta 80, Steamboat Springs 33Denver East 53, Rock Canyon 51Denver West 50, Summit 36Doherty 60, Liberty 40Durango 40, Aztec, N.M. 36Eads 46, Liberty (Joes)/Stratton 34Elbert 56, Hanover 29Fountain-Fort Carson 74, Lewis-Palmer 25Genoa-Hugo 63, Bethune 20George Washington 63, Rangeview 38Grand Valley 61, Coal Ridge 44Greeley Central 45, Greeley West 28Harrison 63, Woodland Park 62Holy Family 54, Pueblo East 47Holyoke 57, Burlington 46Idalia 55, Flagler 32Jefferson Academy 27, Lyons 26John F. Kennedy 51, Aurora Central 48Kim 80, Edison 25Kit Carson 53, Arickaree/Woodlin 46Limon 40, Denver Christian 35Longmont 47, Skyline 21Loveland 49, Thompson Valley 35Lutheran 59, Akron 47Manitou Springs 58, Kent Denver 45Montrose 44, Castle View 36Mountain Vista 68, Montbello 42Olathe 64, Moffatt County 59Otis 68, Pawnee 47Ouray 52, Dove Creek 38Peak to Peak 27, Centaurus 22Peetz 34, Merino 31Peyton 71, Ellicott 38Pine Creek 46, Palmer Ridge 35Pinnacle 56, Bruce Randolph 25Pueblo Centennial 73, DH Preparatory 30Rampart 62, Pueblo West 55Roaring Fork 37, Basalt 27Rocky Ford 41, John Mall 15Roosevelt 59, Fort Morgan 55, OTRye 38, Crowley County 28Sangre De Cristo 43, Springfield 38Sedgwick County 49, Fleming 32Shiprock, N.M. 53, Fruita 27Sierra 65, The Classical Academy 23Silver Creek 64, Niwot 21St. Mary’s 49, Salida 46Standley Lake 73, Arvada 25Sterling 38, Yuma 29Strasburg 54, University 24The Academy 46, Middle Park 25Trinidad 51, Colorado Springs 30Vista PEAK 53, Smoky Hill 33West Grand 75, Soroco 67Widefield 43, Mitchell 38
STATE PREP SCORES
Photo by Mike Salbato / TSJC
TSJC Basketball ClinicOn Saturday the Trinidad State Lady Trojans hosted a basketball clinic at Scott Gym for boys and girsl ages 6-12. Above, TSJC head basketball coach Rich Holden holds court.
SPORTS SCOREBOARDEd. Note: Find your prep sports scores here, the Sports Scoreboard, is a new regular element in The Chronicle-News. To submit your schools scores email [email protected]
Mike SalbatoTrinidad State Junior College
Coach Ellen McGill will be leaving Trinidad State after six successful sea-sons at the helm of the Trojan Volley-ball team. McGill is making the jump to NCAA Division II, where she will take over as head volleyball coach at The University of North Carolina at Pembroke.
McGill turned around the Trojan volleyball team during her stay in Trinidad leading the Trojans to a 25-12 record this past season, the best winning percentage in team history. Her teams excelled both on the court and in the classroom. She coached 15 all-region and 25 academic all-region players, as well as eight national aca-demic award winners. Twice her Tro-jan teams were awarded with national academic honors from NJCAA. Dur-ing her time in Trinidad she was also active with the women’s basketball program, assisting Coach Rich Hold-en for the past five years.
“We felt very fortunate that Ellen committed to coaching our volleyball team six years ago,” praised Holden, who also serves as Athletic Director and Golf Coach at TSJC. “She has moved our program to a great place, a place that very few Junior College programs are ever able to achieve. Her commitment to Trinidad State Ju-nior College was a pleasure to observe over the past six years. She is not only
a great coach, but also a great person as well, she and her husband Mitch will truly be missed.”
McGill leaves a strong program be-hind in Trinidad with over ten return-ing freshmen and a strong recruiting class. The college is now undergoing the difficult task of finding a suitable replacement to lead the Trojans this fall.
The Athletic Department at Trini-dad State wishes Coach Ellen McGill the best as she takes over as the head coach of the Braves.
McGill moving on to NCAA DII UNC Pembroke
Mike Salbato / TSJCCoach Ellen McGill will be taking over the coaching duties at NCAA DII UNC Pembroke this spring.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife
CONIFER, Colo. - Winter is here and that means animals will have to search a little harder for food. Colorado Parks and Wild-life wants to remind people that the best way to help hungry animals is to let them find their next meal on their own.
“People may mean well, but those who feed deer do more harm than good,” said Scott Mur-doch, a Colorado Parks and Wild-life officer in Co-nifer.
A law passed in 1992 makes it illegal to feed big game animals. This includes deer, elk, pronghorn, mountain goats, bighorn sheep, mountain lions and bears. Feeding wildlife is bad for the animals and dangerous for people, for a number of different rea-sons.
In the wild, deer and elk naturally spread out when grazing or browsing for food. Ar-tificial feeding encourages them to crowd together making it easier to spread disease throughout a herd. Also, artificial concen-trations of deer in neighborhoods results
in increased vehicle collisions and conflicts with dogs harassing deer.
Deer are the primary prey of mountain lions and large gatherings of deer can at-tract lions into neighborhoods, putting
people, livestock and pets at risk. The mountain lions are also then
put in danger because it may become necessary to kill
them if they become a threat to human
health and safety. “Every winter,
officer’s deal with numerous pets and livestock that get killed by moun-tain lions because homeowners are feeding deer; deer do just fine without
the public’s help,” says Murdoch.
Wild animals have complex digestive sys-
tems and their natural diet is difficult to duplicate.
Food from human sources can also lead to malnutrition, a disruption
in natural migration patterns and death. To report incidents of feeding or other
illegal wildlife activity contact a local Colo-rado Parks and Wildlife officer. If you wish to remain anonymous, contact Operation Game Thief at 877-265-6648. Rewards may be offered is the information leads to a citation.
Handouts harm, don’t help, wildlife
Patriots, Seahawks advance, to host title games
