WALL TOWNSHIP, N.J. – Matt Hirschman was in his own league on Saturday during the 46th running of the Turkey Derby at Wall Stadium Speedway.

Hirschman qualified on the pole for the tour-type modified 150-lap main event and dominated the feature, leading every lap to win the Turkey Derby for the fourth time in his lengthy career.

Andrew Krause finished second, with Tyler Truex coming home third. Justin Bonsignore, the 2018 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion, was fourth ahead of Matt Swanson in fifth.

After winning the tour-type modified feature, Hirschman got right back to work during the 100-lap Wall/SK modified main event. He took the lead for the final time when Jimmy Blewett, Truex and Eric Mauriello came together while battling for the lead on lap 85 and led the remaining 15 laps to collect the victory.

Noah Korner won the companion Legend Car feature, while Geoffrey Sutton won the ATQMRA main event. The dirt modified feature was won by Dillon Steuer.

Sunday’s final day of the Turkey Derby was postponed tp Dec. 7 because forecasted rain, snow and ice in the area.

The finish:

Matt Hirschman, Andrew Krause, Tyler Truex, Justin Bonsignore, Matt Swanson, Eric Mauriello, Jimmy Blewett, Earl Paules, Derek Hopkinson, Andy Jankowiak, Ron Silk, Blake Barney, Matt Galko, Jonathan Mandato, Ronnie Williams, Chase Dowling, Dave Sapienza, Chas Okerson, Anthony Sesely, Danny Bohn, Dillon Steuer, Ron Frees, Ryan Preece, Dylan Izzo.

Dustin Johnson will need an extra week before he returns to action.

The world No. 4, who hasn't played since undergoing left knee surgery in September, announced Saturday on Twitter that he has withdrawn from next week's Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas. Johnson added that he remains on track to represent the U.S. in the Presidents Cup, which begins Dec. 12 in Australia.

“After a lot of careful thought and consultation, I have decided that it is in my best interest if I withdraw from next week’s Hero World Challenge,” Johnson wrote. “While my recovery from knee surgery is complete, I feel another week of physical therapy and practice will best prepare me for the Presidents Cup. I have informed Captain Woods of my decision, which he fully supports and understands, and cannot wait to tee it up with him and my teammates next week in Australia.”

Johnson, who had arthroscopic surgery to repair cartilage damage in the knee on Sept. 5, hasn't played competitively since the Tour Championship in August and has no top-10s in his past eight starts.

He will be replaced in the 18-man Hero field by Chez Reavie, who will make his debut at Albany.

“I wish Dustin the best and I know he’s disappointed not to be playing at Albany," said Tiger Woods, the event host and U.S. Presidents Cup captain, in a statement.

Johnson's Hero withdrawal comes less than two weeks after Brooks Koepka withdrew from the U.S. Presidents Cup team with a left knee injury. 

England 142 for 2 (Burns 76*, Root 50*) trail New Zealand 375 (Latham 105, Mitchell 73, Watling 55, Broad 4-73) by 233 runs

"Bat big, bat once," had been Stuart Broad's exhortation on the second evening at Hamilton, after England's frazzled batsmen had retreated to the pavilion following a torrid evening examination from New Zealand's seam attack.

And sure enough, that rallying cry appeared to have hit home by lunch on the third day, as Rory Burns and Joe Root batted with a new-found conviction to raise a steadying 118-run stand for the third wicket and reduce their first-innings deficit to 233.

There's a long way to go yet, and with New Zealand's dead-deck specialist Neil Wagner still mixing up his methods in an attempt to force an opening, any opening, runs on the board remain a precious commodity for the hosts.

And yet, after the drama of their second evening - during which time Burns had been dropped twice and Root had been forced to play at pretty much every delivery that came his way - England's progress up until lunch was as close to serene as it has been all tour long.

A good night's sleep helped, no doubt, as both men rested up after 124 arduous overs in the field. But the pitch too appeared to have eased after noticeably quickening up in the latter stages of New Zealand's innings.

Both men got an early measure of the conditions with open-faced steers through the third-man boundary in Matt Henry's first over of the morning, a pair of shots that confirmed the true nature of the bounce.

It took the introduction of Wagner and his left-arm bouncing bombs to cause even a moment's indecision for either man, as Burns discovered when a wild bouncer flicked his shoulder and flew away for leg-side byes.

Burns then wore another Wagner short ball in the chest as he dropped his gloves out of harm's way, before splicing another bumper out of the reach of leg gully. But these moments were the exceptions rather than the rule in a solid morning's work from both not-out men.

In particular, they both grew in stature on the pull shot, as they gauged the lack of pace in the deck and duly seized on anything short. Burns climbed into consecutive Wagner short balls to rush into the 40s, and though he got away with a splice to no-man's land off Daryl Mitchell's medium pace, his half-century duly arrived two balls before the drinks break, from 97 balls.

Root at the other end was made to wait rather longer for his landmark, but he won't have minded that, for time at the crease was every bit as important for an England captain who has been feeling the pressure like never before in the days since the Mount Maunganui rout.

The early overs of his innings were a battle for balance, as he challenged himself to get his feet moving in synch with the rest of his technique, but as the lunch break approached he was looking like the compact world-beater of old - even if he needed a successful review on 47 to save himself from a leg-side strangle that replays showed had clipped pad not bat.

With that alarm behind him, Root picked off another of his bread-and-butter leg-side singles to bring up a hard-earned fifty. It was his fifth in his last seven Tests, a stat which puts some of his recent struggles into context, but not since the tour of the Caribbean in February has he pressed on to a century. There's no time like the present with his team needing him to carry on leading from the front.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- After Ohio State cruised to a 56-27 win over Michigan on Saturday, coach Jim Harbaugh took exception to questions about where the biggest gap is between two programs that seem to be further apart than ever.

Ohio State beat Michigan for the eighth straight time -- the Wolverines' longest streak in the series -- and Harbaugh dropped to 0-5 against his team's biggest rival. In their past two games in the series, Ohio State has scored 118 points, leaving Michigan with few answers in the aftermath.

When asked whether the biggest gap involved talent, preparation or coaching, Harbaugh responded, "I'll answer your questions, not your insults."

Pressed again about the biggest gap, Harbaugh said, "They played really good. They played better today."

Harbaugh refused to give much else in response to his team's struggles to beat Ohio State, saying only, "I thought our team was well prepared. I thought they were playing good football. I thought it was a good football fight, and it got away from us today. Give them credit for playing well."

After another question about how much he personally wants to beat Ohio State, Harbaugh offered, "We really want to win the game. Yes."

Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields believes something else might be in play.

"We take it more seriously than they do," Fields said. "Like (strength coach) Mickey Marotti said, 'We're preparing for them next year right now.' It just means more at Ohio State. That's pretty much the big reason.

"I know a few players on (Michigan), and I just know the things we do in terms of workouts and how serious we take it at Ohio State. So, talking to those guys, and getting their perspective on things, I definitely see we take it more serious."

Those on the Michigan sideline would certainly take exception to that notion, but it is hard to argue with the way Ohio State has made a once-competitive rivalry so one-sided. That has led to renewed criticism about Harbaugh and whether he can get Michigan to the same level as Ohio State.

Five years in, this is his team, with his players and his vision, yet the Wolverines have looked lost with so much on the line. His players batted down the idea that there is a mental roadblock when it comes to playing Ohio State despite their recent frustrations.

"We're just as talented, I feel like, and maybe they just made a few more plays than us today, but I feel like we should have been right there, and I don't think this result should have been the result we should have seen, but it's the one that we have, and we've just got to live with that," Michigan linebacker Jordan Glasgow said.

The game Saturday started well enough for Michigan, with an opening touchdown drive that showcased the strides its offense has made over the past six weeks. But Michigan could never slow down J.K. Dobbins or Justin Fields, giving up 577 total yards. Dobbins had 211 yards rushing and four touchdowns.

This is one year after Ohio State scored 62 points, prompting even more questions about defensive coordinator Don Brown and what has gone wrong two straight seasons.

"We've got to dig down next year, see what we've got," defensive lineman Aidan Hutchinson said. "You're not going to win ball games when you're letting up 50, 60 points. It's not going to happen. We're a better defense than this. We're a better team than this. We're a lot better than the numbers on this sheet."

Once again, there were too many mistakes for Michigan to overcome, including Shea Patterson's fumble inside the red zone, a penalty on an Ohio State punt that the Buckeyes turned into a touchdown, and a failed fourth-and-1 in the fourth quarter when Hassan Haskins missed a wide-open hole and was stopped short.

That all led Michigan players to lament the lack of execution.

"No one's happy," Michigan tight end Sean McKeon said. "Definitely really frustrating. Just kind of the same thing every year. We've got to execute better, and it gets old, but just have to play better against them.

"They're just a team. They're not an NFL team. Just got to win your one-on-one matchups and got to have every guy on the field do his job."

Tom VanHaaren contributed to this report.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Late in the third quarter against Michigan, Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields had a teammate pushed into his knee, causing it to buckle and reaggravating a sprained MCL he suffered against Penn State.

Fields walked off the field on his own power, went to the medical tent, put on a bigger knee brace than he was already wearing and returned to the field. In his first play after the injury, Fields threw a 30-yard touchdown pass to the back of the end zone to freshman wide receiver Garrett Wilson to put Ohio State up 42-16.

That was one example of the fantastic performance Fields put on in Ohio State's 56-27 win over rival Michigan.

"I thought it was a magical moment," coach Ryan Day said. "I thought it was a Heisman moment, for him to go down, take that injury, puts the brace on, comes back out and makes a throw that we didn't design that way. There were some plays that we design that played out just the way we thought they would today, but that was not one of them."

Day went on to commend his quarterback for ad-libbing and making a play.

"That's about as good of a throw I've seen in a long time," Day said. "He put it right in the back of the end zone and that just goes to show what's inside of him. His heart, his character and his competitive toughness is as good as I've ever been around."

Fields completed only three of his first nine pass attempts for 43 yards, but finished the game 14-of-25, throwing for 302 yards and four touchdowns with no interceptions. Those four touchdowns moved him to second all-time at Ohio State in touchdowns thrown in one season with 37, behind the 50 touchdowns Dwayne Haskins threw last season.

Fields moved into third for most touchdowns thrown in a single season for Big Ten quarterbacks, behind Haskins and Drew Brees (39).

Fields' performance Saturday against Michigan helped give the Buckeyes the second most points allowed by the Wolverines under Jim Harbaugh, second only to the 62 points Ohio State scored last season.

Fields didn't do it all on his own, however, as running back J.K. Dobbins rushed for 211 yards and four touchdowns on 31 attempts and the Ohio State defense shut down Michigan's offense in the second half, holding quarterback Shea Patterson to 4-of-24 passing in the third and fourth quarters.

It was a full team effort, but Day emphasized the fortitude from his quarterback that ultimately helped push this team to its eighth straight win against Michigan and gave Day his first as the Ohio State head coach.

"You talk about tough, wow. I've never been around a tougher quarterback than [Fields]," Day said. "He's competitively tough, he's physically tough and then to come in and make that play like that [in the third quarter]. That was one of the best throws I've seen in a long time.

"In that spot after taking that hit, after just putting a brace on, I don't even know what to say. It was a magical moment and I'm just proud to have been a part of it."

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Clemson coach Dabo Swinney, whose Tigers extended their winning streak to 27 straight games with a 38-3 rout of in-state rival South Carolina, suggested in one of his vintage rants that his team is being unfairly held by some to a different standard in the College Football Playoff race.

His voice dripping with emotion, Swinney said Saturday's win was huge from a national standpoint because "Obviously, if we lose this game, they are going to kick us out. They don't want us there anyway. We'd drop to 20 [had Clemson lost to South Carolina]. Georgia loses to this very same team, and it's, 'How do we keep Georgia in?'

"We win, against the team that beat [Georgia], and it's, 'How do we get Clemson out?' It's the dadgummest thing.'"

Later, Swinney added facetiously, "We've got to go 30-0. We ain't got no choice because we don't play nobody."

Clemson, No. 3 in the most recent College Football Playoff rankings, has won seven straight this season by at least 31 points going back to a 21-20 escape against North Carolina on Sept. 28. Clemson faces Virginia next week for the ACC championship, the Tigers' fifth straight appearance in the conference title game.

Swinney said the ACC simply doesn't get enough credit and that the Tigers are being penalized because they had one close game against North Carolina.

"It's been that way all year long," said Swinney, whose Tigers have won two of the past three national championships. "Some guy said the other day on the radio, 'Y'all are pre-North Carolina.' What season has [he] watched? It's like, 'You want me to agree with that?' We've dominated 11 out of 12 games. Dominated. We're not any different. There's no pre-North Carolina. We just had one close game where we stunk. We turned it over, gave up a big play, but we won. There's nobody that's been more consistent than us."

Clemson is the first team since at least 1996 to hold all 12 of its opponents under 300 total yards this season and has scored 38 or more points in 10 of its 12 games.

"Again, our league doesn't get enough credit," Swinney said. "Maybe we need some of them ACC guys on some of them big network shows they have. Maybe we ought to put [former Clemson sports information director] Tim Bourret on there.

"All I can tell you is that we're 10-1 against the SEC in our last 11. We've won 115 games this decade. So had Ohio State. So had Alabama. We've played both of them [and won the last time they played Alabama and the last time they played Ohio State]. Our program is what people don't focus on. Virginia ... they would be 9-3 in any league."

Before finishing his impassioned postgame news conference Saturday, Swinney joked with the media that he was giving them some "riveting" footage and B-roll, but emphasized that he wasn't going to apologize for the Tigers' schedule or their league.

"At the end of the day, it's not my job to build a good league. It's my job to build a good program, and I think we've done a nice job of that for a long time," Swinney said. "This team has gone 12-0. In 124 years of Clemson football, and that's the fourth time, ever -- 1981, 2015, 2018 and 2019. It's hard to do, and there's only three undefeated teams in America. So if it was easy to be undefeated, how come there's not more than three?

"There's some other weak leagues, as people say. How come they ain't undefeated?"

Memphis Grizzlies rookie Ja Morant did not travel with the team to Minnesota for Sunday's game and is listed as week-to-week after experiencing aggravated back spasms in the Grizzlies' 103-94 loss to the Utah Jazz on Friday night.

Memphis said the guard needs a "period of short-term off-loading" in a statement on Saturday. Morant first experienced back spasms against the Pacers on Monday night.

The rookie is off to an impressive start to his NBA career, averaging 18.6 points and 6.4 assists in 28.7 minutes per game this season.

SOUTH BOSTON, Va. – After a solid year of cost-saving rules in the Limited Sportsman division, South Boston Speedway officials are encouraged by the growth and competitiveness in the class.

“With the feedback we’ve gotten from teams and the data we’ve seen, we’ve definitely come up with an affordable, competitive set of rules for the Limited Division,” said Jeff Bomar, South Boston Speedway’s head technical inspector. “We’ll have the same rules in place for 2020 and that will help us make the Limited class even stronger.”

Bomar said perhaps the most often asked question he has gotten from Limited competitors since the end of the season concerns the new Gen 6 body that has become available. He’s been quick to let everyone know that body will not be allowed in South Boston Speedway’s Limited Division.

“We are doing everything we can possibly do to keep costs down for our competitors while making every class stronger. Allowing the Gen 6 body at this point would just drive costs up,” said Bomar, adding several teams have called to say they appreciate the track sticking with the older body for now.

Another factor in the recent resurgence of the Limited division at South Boston has been the one-tire rule, which has been in place for several years. Other than the season-opener and the special, longer mid-season event in early July, teams can only purchase one new tire each event.

Engine rule changes in 2019 to help offset increasing costs for the older GM 603 crate engine were deemed a great success by Bomar. The five engine options available to teams in 2019 will continue in 2020. Those options include: the GM crate 602, the Ford crate 347 JR, the steel-head engines being phased out of Late Model Stock cars, the GM 604 and the GM 603 crate, which teams have used for a decade or so and is no longer produced.

Teams running three of those five different options visited victory lane in 2019, demonstrating a level playing field for the engine packages. Division champion Danny Willis Jr. and Eric Winslow won with the GM 604, Daniel Moss and Jacob Borst won with the GM 603 crate and J.D. Eversole with the steel-head engine.

The South Boston Speedway season kicks off on March 21 when the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour visits for a 150-lap race. There will also be twin 75-lap NASCAR Late Model Stock races.

England's oldest golf course will soon only allow its members to use wooden tees.

Beginning Jan. 1, 2020, Royal North Devon Golf Club in Northam will ban plastic tees in an effort to keep local wildlife from eating and being harmed by them. The news was first reported by the The Telegraph, which also stated that the club is believed to be the first to ban plastic tees.

“The simple fact is that plastic tees are more likely to harm the birds and animals we share our wonderful course with,” the club said in a statement. “The greenskeepers will also tell you that they can do a great deal more harm to their equipment than a wooden tee. So from the start of the new decade we would like all golfers to only use wooden tees and the pro shop will only supply wooden tees. If you see a plastic tee (or a wooden one for that matter) that has been discarded please place it in one of the tee bins provided. There will soon be more of these for the other tee areas. Look after our environment and hopefully it will be there for many years to come.”

Royal North Devon opened in 1864 and is located near Westward Ho! beach, which is home to many animals and birds.