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Birds of all sizes and colors were on display Saturday in the Frank W. Mayborn Civic and Convention Center for the Texas Bird Breeders Annual Bird Show and Fair. The convention hall sounded like a rainforest and looked like a bird

Recipe for Car Show: Take a car (very old ones or very new ones work best), add some chrome, one shiny paint job and about 56,000 gallons of elbow grease. Multiply by about 50. Barbecue, country music and catchy slogans, optional. Serves all car lovers for miles. Melanie Zavodny and her husband, of Morgan

ABILENE — Two great teams. One perfect day for a college football game. Still no losses this season for the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Crusaders. UMHB and Hardin-Simmons hooked up for another classic clash on Saturday afternoon at Shelton Stadium, and the teams traded big plays and big momentum swings as they battled for sole possession of the American Southwest Conference lead.

Some say the 2003 Temple Wildcats are achieving success with smoke and mirrors. Some say they’re greater than the sum of their individual parts.

BELTON — Who would have figured? The Belton Tigers (8-1, 3-1) and Temple Wildcats (7-2, 3-1) will square off Friday at Wildcat Stadium for at the very least a share of the District 13-5A title.

Halloween served not to be tricks, but indeed treats for four area football teams on Friday night. Bartlett and Rockdale clinched spots in the state playoffs. Jarrell and Rogers did as well as they remained undefeated in 25-2A to set up a game for the ages.

AUSTIN (AP) — The punishing running game. The stifling defense. Texas gave Nebraska a sense of what humiliation feels like. With Cedric Benson rushing for 174 yards and three touchdowns and a dominating defensive effort, the No. 16 Longhorns’ 31-7 win on Saturday had the feel of what the 12th-ranked Cornhuskers usually do to opponents.

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Virginia Tech blew the national championship race wide open Saturday night with the biggest victory in its history, a 31-7 win over No. 2 Miami. The Hokies (7-1, 3-1 Big East) got two touchdowns from their defense and another on a 10-yard drive set up by the defense to end Miami’s 39-game regular season winning streak, its 27-game winning streak in the Big East and perhaps its hope for a third straight championship appearance.

DALLAS — (AP) Newcomers Antoine Walker and Tony Delk began looking comfortable in the Dallas offense, each sinking a pair of 3-pointers during an exciting third-quarter stretch that carried the Mavericks past the Utah Jazz 127-102 Saturday night. Delk scored 14 of his 22 in the third period while Walker had 10 of his 16. The Mavericks scored 41 points, two shy of the biggest third quarter in team history.

ATHENS — The Temple College Leopards got their basketball season off to a solid start — and an exciting one at that. Walter Herriott drained a short jumper with 4.3 seconds remaining to lift the Temple men over Trinity Valley 95-93, Saturday night in the season opener for both teams.

SAN ANTONIO — The Temple College women’s basketball team had no problem with its season opener as it cruised to a 75-34 win over Fort Sam Houston on Saturday in. “It was nice to go on the road and get the first win of the season,” TC coach Kim Sebek said.