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Dec 2, 2025
Fort Frye’s Ella Dowler (32) goes up for a layup against Marietta during Monday’s game at Sutton Gym. (Photo by Mike Morrison)
Fort Frye freshman Raelann Morgenstern came off the bench to score a team-high 16 points Monday night to lead the Cadets to a 48-30 win over the Marietta Tigers at Sutton Gymnasium.
The visitors actually trailed Marietta by a point at halftime before out-pointing the Tigers 18-4 in the third quarter and then pulling away to their second victory in as many tries in the young 2025-2026 season.
The Cadets threatened to run away from the Tigers in the opening half as they forced Marietta into 13 turnovers but their inability to hit shots from the perimeter allowed Marietta to stay in the game.
Fort Frye made just 1-of-11 shots from behind the arc in the opening half a number that would improve dramatically in the second.
First-year Cadet head coach Cathy Borich felt like patience on her team’s part was the difference in the shots falling in the second half.
Fort Frye’s Elle Casto, right, defends Marietta’s Braxtyn Kroft in the paint during Monday’s game at Sutton Gym. (Photo by Mike Morrison)
“In the second half we did a much better job against their two-three zone moving the ball inside and out,” said Borich, whose team made 4-of-10 shots from behind the arc in the final half. “I think in the second half our three-point shots weren’t rushed as much and they were much better shots.”
The Cadets ended the first eight minutes with four points in a row by Morgenstern to take an 11-7 lead and then increased it to nine thanks to a triple by Morgenstern and a two-pointer by junior Ava Huffman early in the second quarter.
Those would be the only two buckets of the second quarter for the Cadets as Marietta ended the half with a 10-0 run to take a 17-16 lead into the break.
Tiger senior Hayleigh Chidester scored six of those ten points while sophomore Maya Diki added the other four to send the Tigers to the intermission with momentum clearly on their side.
That momentum wouldn’t last long at all as the Cadets came out like a different team in the second half.
Huffman’s two-pointer opened the quarter for the Cadets before Tiger senior Lauren Elliott knocked down a triple to put Marietta back on top.
That lead would be short lived as the Cadets got two-pointers from Khoen Courson, Huffman and Morgenstern and a triple by junior Ella Dowler to take an eight-point lead.
A Chidester free throw briefly stopped the bleeding for the Tigers but Morgenstern and Courson would ring the bell from long distance as Fort Frye out-scored Marietta 18-4 in the third period to turn the one-point deficit into a 13-point lead.
First-year Tiger head coach Ally Shane has seen her team struggle out of the gate in the second half more than once in the early part of the season.
“I told our kids whoever wins the first three minutes of the third quarter is going to win the ball game,” said Shane. “We let Athens go on a big run the other day in that loss and did so again tonight….The third quarter is crucial and we’ve got to figure out how to come out stronger or it’s going to be a long season for us.”
Tiger freshman Blaire Reed opened up the final quarter with a two-pointer but Fort Frye continued to add on as they pushed their lead to 20 at one time before settling for the 18-point win.
With four of the five starters returning this year from last years team that made it all the way to the final four the Cadets were already a sound basketball team but the spark that Morgenstern has provided off the bench over the first two games adds a whole new dimension to their team.
“She (Morgernstern) does a really nice job for us,” said Borich. “She is the first one off of the bench and it’s nice having someone that can add that spark and energy and her on the ball defense is very good too.”
In addition to her 16 points, Morgenstern also came up with five steals and dished out three assists.
Huffman finished the game with 11 points while Dowler added nine for The Fort.
While the Cadet offense was kind of off and on the defense was solid all game long.
“I thought our defense was pretty good all night,” said Borich. “We were able to force all of those turnovers early on and then were able to hold them to the four points in the third quarter which was big.”
Keeping the ball out of the hands of Chidester was another big key for the Cadets
Chidester took just nine shots from the floor but made the most of them as she finished with a team-high 16 points.
The Cadets improved to 2-0 with the win after beating Federal Hocking on Saturday and will now pay a visit to Belpre on Wednesday.
The Tigers slipped to 2-2 with the loss with a rivalry match upcoming on Thursday back at Sutton Gym when the Warren Warriors come calling.
“That’s an important league game for us so we have got to get back to work and come out ready to play,” said Shane. “We’ve got several games in a row here at home and we want to get back on track.”
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Jarden has set its rating on Accent’s stock (ASX: AX1) to neutral following its trading update on August 22, with a 12-month target price of $1.46. The group’s share price is currently at $1.41. This is down from its recent peak of $1.66 immediately prior to its FY25 trading update, where the share price plunged to as low as $1.37 in one day. 
In a note to investors, Jarden analysts confirmed it is waiting for improving operating conditions or signs of success in the company’s Sports Direct rollout after signing a ten-year deal with the sporting retailer’s UK-based parent company Frasers Group. The company also manages 30 other brands, including Platypus, Hoka and The Athlete’s Foot.
This comes after Accent Group reported a soft total sales lift of 0.2 per cent to $1.62 billion in FY25, with its earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) down by around $200,000 to $110.2 million. 
According to Jarden analysts, Accent’s guidance for FY26 – where it is currently targeting high single-digit EBIT growth for this financial year – supports their view that the company continues to face a challenging promotional environment. 
The analysts told investors that industry feedback and comparative read-throughs have led to its stance, highlighting that Nike flagged significant promotional intensity in March 2025 and ongoing clearance activity in June 2025, while JD Sports downgraded guidance in January 2025 and in May 2025 noted there was more product in outlet channels and some retailers were discounting online. 
“We now wait for the core business of AX1 to see an improvement in operating environment as interest rate cuts start to flow through and the sustained promotional intensity begins to normalise,” the analysts wrote. 
“While we still consider AX1 to be a high quality retailer with strong management, long-term growth opportunities, and potential upside from Sports Direct, we wait for more evidence that AX1 can execute efficiently on Sports Direct or interest rate cuts can improve the demand and/or promotional environment (in which case there may be significant potential upside risk given the derating AX1 has recently experienced).”
But not all industry reviewers are this rigid. Analysts at investment bank Petra Capital recently upgraded their rating on Accent Group stock to ‘buy’ following its results.
In its note to investors, Petra Capital analysts noted five key reasons why they have a more positive outlook for the apparel and footwear conglomerate. This includes an improvement in like-for-like trend in lifestyle footwear, with Accent’s lifestyle banners recording a 0.8 per cent LFL lift for the first seven weeks of FY26. This was cycling a “tough” comp of 3.5 per cent in the same time last year. 
In its trading update late last week, Accent reported some early signs that its lifestyle banners, including Platypus and Skechers, are back to growth, with sports and performance banners continuing to grow. “We have a strong pipeline of committed wholesale orders,” the company reported. 
The analysts also noted there should be better comps emerging post-AGM for Accent, particularly on like-for-like sales and gross margin percentage. According to Petra Capital, this bodes well for momentum into Christmas. 
The third reason for a more positive outlook is the rebasing down of market expectations, with analysts claiming consensus for FY26e EBIT was too high.
According to the footwear group, its FY26 EBIT target of a “high single digit” rise is based on achieving low single digit LFL sales growth, as well as growth from new and annualising stores, incremental profit from The Athlete’s Foot franchise acquisition program, new distributed brands and continued growth in Hoka and Nude Lucy. 
Accent added that gross margin percentage and cost-of-doing-business percentage are planned to be broadly flat to FY25, and noted that the full projection includes the impact of start-up costs for Sports Direct. 
“It is unusual for AX1 to provide guidance this early in the new year, but we believe they felt obliged to reset market expectations,” Petra analysts noted. The analysts added that this guidance implies Accent’s first half FY26 EBIT of $80 million, and FY26 EBIT in the region of $118 million. 
“Whilst this was above PCe, consensus was sitting too high at ~$126m. We believe the key delta was consensus did not adequately account for the upfront investment needed to launch Sports Direct.”
Petra analysts also noted the share price pull-back in Accent stock off the back of its announcement also gives a positive outlook. AX1’s share price dropped from a recent high of $1.66 to $1.40 on the morning of its trading update on Friday, August 22. The group’s share price dipped further to a low of $1.37 by Friday afternoon. 
Petra’s target price is set at $1.65, with Accent’s share price nudging up to $1.49 on Monday afternoon.
The icing on the cake for Accent is that the Sports Direct rollout is on track, with at least four stores set to open in FY26. The first store is set to open at Fountain Gate, Victoria in November. All this matches Petra’s forecasts. 
“AX1’s decision to provide this guidance early in FY26 lifts our confidence management has a good line of sight of new sites (extending into 1H27) secured/in advance negotiations.”
Jarden analysts swooped back in to say that while Accent Group delivered a “robust” trading update, they noted that the group’s EBIT for FY25 was down 0.5 per cent when taking into account $3.3 million of non-recurring items. 
According to Accent’s annual report, this relates to the reversal of a historical impairment of the Hype DC brand carrying value of $9.7 million, the impairment of a number of underperforming Vans stores of $3.8 million and one-off costs and trading losses of $2.6 million relating to the discontinuation of the CAT brand distribution and the divestment of The Trybe.
Jarden analysts also noted that Accent’s FY26 EBIT guidance implies downgrades to Visual Alpha consensus, which expects Accent’s FY26 earnings to hit around $122.1 million. This would require around 11 per cent growth. 
“Compositionally, [the guidance] was broadly in line with JARDe/VA Cons, with FY25 GPMs (54.9%) a key talking point, -85bps as AX1 continues to be impacted by the ongoing promotional environment,” Jarden analysts noted. 
“AX1 guided for GPMs and CODB as a percentage of sales (inc. Sports Direct investment) to remain flat y/y, while factoring in (among other areas) low single digit LFLs growth on a comp base that gets easier over the course of the year relative to the trading update.”
Moreover, the analysts also spotlighted Accent’s store rollout, which hit 892 stores at the end of FY25. This is below the consensus of 909. 
Jarden analysts note this makes the FY26 consensus of 945 harder to achieve, given AX1 guided to at least 30 gross new stores.
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Dec 1, 2025
Staff photo by Ari Selvey Minnesota Valley Lutheran’s Blake Sexton blows by a Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton defender during a nonconference boys basketball game Monday at MVL High School.
NEW ULM — Minnesota Valley Lutheran opened up the boys basketball season with a tough loss against a strong team, falling 78-48 to Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton Monday.
“The Bauer brothers [Daulton and Gavin] are unbelievable,” MVL head coach Kory Kettner said. “They’re just so, so well coached. Nick James is one of the best coaches in southern Minnesota. It was going to be tough coming into it, I knew it was going to be.”
Gavin Bauer led the Bulldogs with 28 points, while Dalton Bauer had 22 points.
Owen Birkholz led the Chargers with 16 points, while Pierson Brau had 15
JWP made it tough for MVL to move the ball effectively, disrupting the passing lanes to the tune of 30 turnovers for the Chargers.
Staff photo by Ari Selvey Minnesota Valley Lutheran’s Pierson Brau puts up a layup during a nonconference boys basketball game against Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton Monday at MVL High School.
MVL started off the game well, taking a 9-4 lead, with Birkholz making a layup and a 3-pointer early on. JWP tied the game at 12, but another Birkholz 3 gave the Chargers a 15-12 lead.
“We were knocking shots early,” Kettner said. “But unfortunately when the ball doesn’t move they way it should move, it gets tough. We just didn’t move the ball well enough, period. Everything seemed to be off the bounce and one-on-one, and you can’t beat good teams when you play that way.”
However, JWP took control of the game with a 12-0 run to go up 32-17. Blake Sexton broke the scoring drought with a layup, and Birkholz made another 3 and Brau made two free throws to make it a 39-24 game, but the Bulldogs went on a 9-2 run to close out the half with a 47-26 lead.
Brau scored 5 points quickly in the second half to make it a 49-31 game, but another 16-2 run by JWP put the game out of reach for good.
Reserves entered with 7:40 to play as the Bulldogs held a 74-43 advantage as the game wound down.
MVL (0-1) will look to have a better showing Friday as they host Springfield.
“We’ve got film, so we can go back and watch it and we can see the things that worked,” Kettner said. “Which wasn’t a lot, but there’s things that you can learn from when you get beat like this too and I think it just gets everybody’s attention that we’re not there yet. That’s fine, it’s a long season and we’re going to get better.”

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BIG WINS ON THE ROAD IN THE SPORTS DIRECT PREMIERSHIP  NI Football League
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Amazon’s Prime Video has made TVA Sports Direct the latest add-on subscription available to its users in Canada.
The French-language sports streaming service can now be accessed by Prime Video subscribers for a monthly fee of $17.99, or on an annual plan for $179.99. It joins such sports streamers available on the platform as DAZN, Rogers Sports & Media’s Sportsnet, Bell Media/ESPN’s TSN and RDS, and Fubo Sports, among others.
Operated by Quebecor Media’s TVA Group, TVA Sports Direct offers French-language broadcasts of over 250 NHL regular-season games as well as the entire playoffs, including the Stanley Cup Finals.
Other sports included on the service include regular-season and playoff games from Major League Baseball, Formula E and NASCAR Canada auto racing, Women’s Tennis Association tournaments, Canadian university football from U Sports, UFC combat sports events and boxing gales from Quebec’s Eye of the Tiger Management.
In a statement, Daniel Slepak, Prime Video’s head of marketplace for Canada, Australia and New Zealand, said “[the] addition reinforces our commitment to providing Canadian customers with diverse content that matters to them, making it easier for French-speaking sports fans to enjoy premium coverage of their favourite games.”
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North Alabama used a strong second-half effort to pull away for a 73-66 road win over Jacksonville State on Monday.
The visiting Lions trailed by eight points heading into halftime, but outscored Jax State 47-32 in the second half to secure the victory.
Junior Canin Jefferson led the comeback effort with 14 of his 16 points coming in the second half, while Donte Bacchus added 12 in the second half to lead UNA to its first road win of the year.
Bacchus finished with 19 points and nine rebounds to lead the Lions’ scoring efforts, and Corneilous Williams grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds and scored 17 points.
North Alabama has now won three of the last four matchups against the Gamecocks. Jax State leads the overall series 59-38 in a rivalry that dates back to the 1949-50 season.
“Our guys today just stayed the course the whole time,” North Alabama coach Tony Pujol said on the radio broadcast following the win. “They locked into the scouting report — I thought they did a tremendous job there — and I thought what they did was they just had a no-quit mentality. It was great in the huddles.
“They just stayed positive the whole time, good or bad, they just stayed positive.”
The Gamecocks were held to a 12-for-35 mark from the field in the second half and just made three of their 16 shots from beyond the arc after going 6-for-9 from 3-point range in the first half of the matchup.
Jamar Franklin led Jax State to a first-half lead with 13 points, going 4-for-5 from 3-point range. Tulsa transfer Jaye Nash also dished out five of his eight assists in the first half of the matchup.
Louisiana transfer Mostapha El Moutaouakkil totaled 19 points — 15 in the second half — to lead Jax State in the loss, with Alabama A&M transfer AC Bryant scoring 18 points and logging a game-high eight rebounds.
“Whenever you’re playing a team that’s coached by coach Harper, you have to be ready,” Pujol said of Jax State. “You’re always going to get not only a coach that understands the game and coaches at a high level, but his players play to their identity, which is that they’re going to play hard, they’re going to really grind games out. If you’re not ready for that, they can make you look pretty bad.”
The Lions got their first lead of the second half on a 3-pointer from Tank Washington with 10:05 left to play before a 3-pointer from Bryant and a pair of free throws from Phenix City native Jacoby Hill.
After a back-and-forth period that saw four lead changes, a layup from Bacchus with 2:53 left to play gave the Lions a lead they never lost; Coffee Springs native Dallas Howell hit a 3-pointer a little over a minute later.
“We came in here with high energy and just stuck together,” Bacchus said. “Every day, this is brick by brick, just coming every day in practice, just competing and staying up, and it just paid off. I’m happy we were able to get this win and just stay together.”
North Alabama (4-4) will face San Francisco on Wednesday at 9 p.m. in California. Jax State (3-4) will host Division II AUM on Sunday at 4 p.m. at Pete Mathews Coliseum. Both games will be streamed on ESPN+.
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