VU golfer earns honor: Anthony Delisanti has wasted no time in getting his spring off to a strong start. The two-time Missouri Valley Conference Individual Medalist earned the conference's Golfer of the Week award for the first week of the 2024 spring season. Delisanti finished with a 9-under 135 at the Dorado Beach Collegiate to tie for fifth in the event. The weekly award marks the seventh of his career.
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DALLAS — A judge has upheld a decision requiring Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones to take a paternity test as part of a legal dispute with a 27-year-old woman who claims the billionaire is her biological father.
A Texas judge on Wednesday rejected an appeal from Jones of a 2022 ruling in a paternity case brought by Alexandra Davis, who previously alleged in a separate lawsuit she was conceived from a relationship Jones had with her mother in the mid-1990s.
Attorneys for Jones are challenging the constitutionality of the Texas law that would compel genetic testing of Jones.
In March 2022, Davis sued Jones in Dallas County, asking a judge to void a legal agreement she said her mother, Cynthia Davis, reached with Jones two years after she was born. The 1998 settlement allegedly said Jones would support them financially as long as they didn't publicly say he was Alexandra's father — something the married owner of the Cowboys has denied.
Davis dropped that case a month later, saying she would instead seek to prove that Jones is her father. She soon filed the paternity case.
The 81-year-old Jones and his wife, Gene, were married in 1963. They have three children, and all have front office roles with the Cowboys. Jerry Jones is the team president and general manager.
Davis' original lawsuit claimed that Jones "pursued" Cynthia Davis, who was also married at the time, after they met while she was working for American Airlines out of Little Rock, Arkansas.
Their settlement allegedly called for Jones to pay Cynthia Davis $375,000 and for Alexandra Davis to receive a "certain monthly, annual and special funding" from a trust until she was 21, as well as lump sum payments when she turned 24, 26 and 28.
Attorneys for Jones say Alexandra Davis has received "millions of dollars" from Jones in her lifetime, according to court documents.
Notre dame guard Sonia citron (11) shoots as Virginia Tech guard Georgia Amoore, right, defends during the second half Thursday in South Bend, Ind.
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Freshman Hannah Hidalgo had 23 points and 12 rebounds to help No. 17 Notre Dame beat fifth-ranked Virginia Tech 71-58 on Thursday night.
Virginia Tech (23-5, 14-3 ACC) had its 10-game winning streak snapped, but ended up claiming its first ACC regular-season championship outright as No. 12 North Carolina State defeated No. 19 Syracuse 75-71 in overtime on Thursday. The Hokies won the ACC Tournament crown last season and reached the Final Four.
There was plenty at stake entering the game for both teams as they jockey for post-season advantages. The Hokies were ranked No. 5 in the NCAA reveal earlier in the night. Notre Dame (22-6, 12-5) is just outside of the Top 16 and a chance to host first and second-round games.
Hidalgo, a 5-foot-6 point guard who leads the ACC in scoring at 23.7 points a game, ignited an up tempo Fighting Irish offense that saw Notre Dame race to an 18-2 advantage in fast-break points.
Sonia Citron added 21 points and Maddy Westbeld had 19 points for Notre Dame.
Georgia Amoore led Virginia Tech with 20 points. Matilda Ekh and Elizabeth Kitley scored 12 points each.
Notre Dame used a 12-0 run to go up 32-18 with 3:46 left in the second quarter. Virginia Tech shook off the scoring drought of 6:34 to close out the quarter with a 10-4 burst and close to 36-28 at halftime.
Virginia Tech once again fell behind by 14 points, 44-30, with 6:57 left in the third quarter. The Hokies narrowed the deficit to 46-42 with 3:02 left in the period.
Citron helped the Irish pull away in the fourth quarter, scoring eight of Notre Dame's points in a 12-8 stretch that gave the Fighting Irish a 5950 lead with 6:38 left.
Big picture
Virginia Tech: The Hokies will likely need to get some help to earn a No. 1 seed even if they close out the regular season with a win at arch-rival Virginia on Sunday and then win the ACC Tournament title.
Notre Dame: The Fighting Irish still have some work to do in order to push into the Top 16 and host first-and second-round games, but the victory against the Hokies helps.
Up next
Notre Dame: vs. Louisville on Sunday.
