The field for the final stage of Korn Ferry Tour Q-School is set.

The final four of five second-stage sites wrapped up on Friday, with advancing players moving on to final stage, set for Dec. 12-15 at Orange County National in Winter Garden, Fla.

Here is a breakdown of each second-stage site:

Southern Hills Plantation, Brooksville, Fla., Nov. 5-8

Notable qualifiers: The top two spots were taken by former NCAA individual champions – Florida Southern product John VanDerLaan, who won the 2019 Division II individual title, and Augusta State alum Broc Everett, who captured the 2018 Division I medal, shot 23 under and 15 under, respectively. … Derek Ernst, who won the 2013 Wells Fargo Championship, was T-3 at 14 under. … With former Georgia teammate Joey Garber on the bag, T.J. Mitchell shared fifth with four others, including Liberty alum Mickey DeMorat, the nephew of comedian Daniel Tosh, and 2017 NCAA individual champ Braden Thornberry, who earned conditional status on the KFT last year through Q-School. … Spencer Levin, a former PGA Tour regular who earned just three KFT starts last season, was among those at T-10 at 12 under. … Florida State alum Jack Maguire and recent Florida grad Gordon Neale were part of the 11 under group at T-14. … Jordan Hahn and amateur Donnie Trosper each shot final-round 68s to advance by a shot at T-18.

Not advancing: Among those missing by a shot were Ohio State alum Tee-k Kelly and Kyle Reifers, who won on the KFT in 2006. Both shot 73 in the final round. … Will Gordon, recent Vandy grad and reigning SEC player of the year, missed by two shots. … Akshay Bhatia, the 17-year-old who opted to skip college and turn pro, tied for 43^rd, as did Dru Love, the son of Davis Love III who did close in 66-68. … Matt Hill, who won eight times including the 2009 NCAA individual title while a senior at N.C. State, shared 55^th.

Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail (Highlands/Marshwood), Dothan, Ala., Nov. 5-8

Notable qualifiers: N.C. State product Stephen Franken led the way at 16 under, a shot better than former Oklahoma player Michael Schoolcraft. … Danny Walker, a Virginia grad who won last year’s final stage, advanced at 12 under, as did Walker’s former college teammate Thomas Walsh, who tied for 12^th at 5 under. … Jacob Bergeron, who left LSU early before last season, finished solo seventh. … Tommy Gainey, who won the 2012 McGladrey Classic, was among those at T-9. … Amateur Chandler Eaton, a senior at Duke, advanced at 5 under. … Charlie Holland closed in 6-under 66 to advance by a shot at 4 under.

Not advancing: Oklahoma product Blaine Hale was one of four players to miss by a shot. … Eaton’s former teammates Alex Smalley and Jake Shuman each tied for 38^th. … Former Georgia standout Lee McCoy tied for 63^rd at 12 over. … Oregon alum Norman Xiong, who won the 2018 Haskins Award, beat just two players, tying for T-69. He opened in 81.

Bear Creek GC, Murrieta, Calif., Nov. 5-8

Notable qualifiers: Stanford grad Brandon Wu, who qualified for both Opens and the Walker Cup this summer, tied for first at 17 under with Oklahoma State product Jordan Niebrugge, the low amateur at the 2015 Open Championship. … Collin Morikawa’s Cal teammate K.K. Limbhasut was T-4 at 8 under. …Despite closing in 4-over 76, Vandy grad Theo Humphrey advance at 5 under. … Alex Kang, brother of Danielle Kang, was T-14 with three others, including San Diego State alum Nahum Mendoza III, who played two seasons with Xander Schauffele. … Former PGA Tour player Daniel Summerhays closed in 68 to advance on the number at even par.

Not advancing: Ryan Ellerbrock was the only player to miss by a shot. The Point Loma Nazarene University product caddied for Martin Trainer during Trainer’s win at the 2019 Puerto Rico Open. … Recent Cal grad Sebastian Crampton was part of a big crowd at T-25, two shots below the cut line. … Brothers Jeremy Paul and Yannik Paul shot 2 over and 8 over, respectively. … Former long-drive champ Jamie Sadlowski tied for 54^th. … USC grad Rico Hoey was among those to withdraw. … Ricky Barnes, who was T-2 at the 2009 U.S. Open, was disqualified.

Plantation Preserve GC, Plantation, Fla., Nov. 5-8

Notable qualifiers: Lexi Thompson’s brothers, Curtis Thompson and Nicholas Thompson, shot 15 under and 9 under, respectively. … Xavier product Andy Pope was second at 14 under. … Chip McDaniel from Kentucky closed in 66 to tie for eighth, as did former junior standout Austen Truslow. … Shane Smith of Godfrey, Ill., birdied his final hole to shoot 4-under 67 and advance on the number at 8 under. … Former Florida and Barry product Jorge Garcia also was among those at 8 under.

Not advancing: Clemson alum Bryson Nimmer was part of a group at 7 under, a list that also included Michael Visacki, who doubled his penultimate hole. … Nimmer’s former Clemson teammate Carson Young shot 5 under and tied for 36^th. … Former UNF players Kevin Aylwin and Kevin Phelan each tied for 55^th at 1 under. … Sean Jacklin, son of two-time major champ Tony Jacklin, shot 2 under. … Bubba Dickerson, the 2001 U.S. Amateur champ, was T-60, as was LSU alum Stewart Jolly. … Former Illinos All-American Dylan Meyer closed in 75 to tie for 62^nd. … LSU grad Luis Gagne was disqualified after Round 1 for failing to sign his scorecard.

TPC Craig Ranch, McKinney, Texas, Oct. 29-Nov. 1

Notable qualifiers: UNLV product Taylor Montgomery led the way at 18 under, two shots clear of Samuel Del Val. … Iowa State product Nick Voke and Kent State alum Chase Johnson shot 15 under and 14 under, respectively. … Six-time KFT winner Martin Piller was among those at T-5, as was Illinois product Nick Hardy. … Michael Weaver, the 2012 U.S. Amateur runner-up out of Cal, tied for eighth at 11 under, as did recent college grads Chandler Phillips (Texas A&M) and Harry Hall (UNLV). … With brother Brooks Koepka’s caddie Ricky Elliott on the bag, Chase Koepka shot 8 under and tied for 14^th. … Steve Lewton birdied four of his final five holes to advance on the number at 7 under.

Not advancing: Despite closing in 7-under 65, Argentina’s Jorge Valdes missed by a shot at 6 under. … Recent Baylor grad Garrett May was also among those at 6 under. … Jimmy Jones, son of late LPGA star Dawn Coe Jones, shot 5 under, as did former Auburn player Jacob Solomon and Texas Tech product Fred Nilehn. … Zach Bauchou, who missed a putt to seal Texas’ upset of Oklahoma State in last spring’s NCAA semifinals, tied for 35^th at 4 under. … Alvaro Ortiz, who won the 2019 Latin America Amateur, shot 3 under. … Canada’s Brad Fritsch, who won on the KFT in 2016 and was suspended by the PGA Tour in 2018 for violating the Tour’s anti-doping policy, tied for 50^th. … Michael Putnam, the KFT’s leading money winner in 2013, was T-59. … Former Texas standout Gavin Hall shot 6 over.

Liverpool ran out convincing winners over Manchester City to extend their lead to eight points at the summit of the Premier league table. In an early test of Liverpool's title credentials, Jurgen Klopp's side rose to the occasion, winning 3-1 to make their biggest statement yet this season.

The home side took the lead thanks to an early Fabinho thunderbolt, that beat Claudio Bravo at his near post. Not long after, Liverpool made it two, with a wonderful Andy Robertson cross picking out Mohamed Salah at the back post. It was three just after the break, with Mane heading home from close range, to cap off a wonderful -- and potentially season defining win over the two-time defending champions.

Positives

We are all well accustomed to majestic performances from Liverpool's front three, but today, the sides often maligned midfield was sensational. Georginio Wijnaldum was crucial in linking the midfield and attack, Henderson ran Angelino ragged alongside Salah, while Fabinho put in a MOTM performance on the biggest stage of all. Furthermore, after some recent struggles, Salah's spectacular return to form will come as a huge boost to Jurgen Klopp.

Negatives

Defensively, Dejan Lovren and Trent Alexander-Arnold were caught out positionally on one or two occasions, with their blushes only spared by some wayward finishing. Likewise, Liverpool did struggle to keep hold of the ball in the first half, but in the grand scheme of things, both frailties are relatively insignificant.

Manager rating out of 10

8 -- The German manager's selections were true to form, with Salah's return to fitness coming as a welcomed boost. However, Klopp's decision to not start the in-form Alex-Oxlade Chamberlain could well have backfired. As it happened, the selection was spot on, with Fabinho stepping up to score a Chamberlain-like goal from long range.

Player ratings (1-10; 10 the best, players introduced after 70 minutes get no rating)

GK Alisson, 7 -- The Brazilian made a series of good saves and solid punches throughout. Could do little about City's late goal, with Bernardo Silva's strike into the bottom corner just out of his reach.

DF Trent Alexander-Arnold, 7 -- Week after week, the young Englishman continues to amaze fans and pundits alike with his skillful passing range, and intelligent interplay. However, the right-back was pulled out of position on a couple of occasions, and did have a few handball appeals go in his favour.

DF Dejan Lovren, 7 -- While generally performing well, the Croatian did experience one or two hairy moments when facing up to Aguero, whom he struggled to contain -- not for the first time. However, up against one of the best attacks in Europe, he did hold his own.

DF Virgil Van Dijk, 7 -- The towering Dutchman was integral in helping to keep City at bay in the first period. Whenever a cross was played into Liverpool's penalty area, more often than not, it was Van Dijk dealing with it admirably. An assured display.

DF Andrew Robertson, 8 -- Liverpool's full-backs continue to stake their claim as the best pairing in the world, after another terrific display. Robertson, unlike Alexander-Arnold, was superb in attack and defence, assisting Salah for the second goal of the game, while also contributing with crucial tackles and interceptions.

MF Fabinho, 8 -- The scorer of Liverpool's first goal, the Brazilian international was inspired at the base of Liverpool's midfield. His strike was sublime, but in addition to that, he provided vital interceptions, as well as pinpoint passing under pressure.

MF Jordan Henderson, 8 -- The skipper at times appeared to assume the role of a right-winger, making a series of runs forward in an attempt to overwhelm Angelino. This paid off tremendously in the second half, as Henderson contributed with a fine cross to assist Mane's goal.

MF Georginio Wijnaldum, 7 -- Alongside Henderson, Wijnaldum played a vital role in linking the sides midfield and attack. He was intimately involved in some of Liverpool's build-up play, and didn't stop working until the final whistle.

FW Mohamed Salah, 9 -- The Egyptian was the brightest of Liverpool's front three, scoring a wonderful header for the side's second, while also linking up terrifically with Henderson and Alexander-Arnold on the right-hand side. He was a persistent thorn in the side of Angelino, and on today's evidence, Salah is back to his frightening best.

FW Roberto Firmino, 7 -- The 28-year-old was a nightmare to deal with, contributing with slick movement and touches to try and create space for his teammates. As ever, the forwards work rate was exemplary, and further highlights his importance to the side.

FW Sadio Mane, 8 -- Back in his accustomed position on the left side of a front three, Mane was once again exceptional. Salah may ultimately steal the headlines for his eye-catching display, but the Senegalese star's intelligent movement -- which got him into a position to score his goal today, cannot go unrecognised.

Substitutes

MF James Milner, 6 --The experienced utility man was introduced just after the hour mark, replacing captain Jordan Henderson. He performed his role admirably, assisting Robertson in shutting down City attacks from the right side of the pitch.

MF Alex Oxlade Chamberlain, N/R -- The in-form midfielder got a 10-minute runout but didn't grab any headlines this time.

DF Joe Gomez N/R -- Made a brief cameo and helped see the game out.

When Deepak Chahar speared in a yorker to dismiss Aminul Islam, he, in one swift action, became the first Indian to complete a T20I hat-trick, collected the best ever figures in a T20I, and sealed a 30-run win against Bangladesh to close out the three-match series.

Despite the presence of dew in Nagpur which negated the effect of Chahar's primary weapon - swing - he was still more than a handful for the Bangladesh batsmen with his incisive bowling, earning him 14 dots from his 20 deliveries.

Here's how ESPNcricinfo's ball-by-ball commentators recorded his historic spell:

2.4 Chahar to Liton Das, OUT, slides across to take a catch! Struck in the air over the leg side but Sundar is near the boundary line and does a split while completing the catch. Was a short ball but he just couldn't connect with the pull.

2.5 Chahar to Soumya Sarkar, OUT, and another one! As DJ Khaled says. Full and wide outside off, and Sarkar chases it. Drives but it comes off the bat's toe end and mid-off takes the simplest of catches. Chahar on a hat-trick

12.6 Chahar to Mohammad Mithun, OUT, he's holed out to long-off. Chahar roars. This was a slower delivery, he backed away to clear the ropes but got the toe-end, simple catch.

17.6 Chahar to Shafiul Islam, OUT, fourth for Chahar as he flat-bats this straight to KL Rahul at long-on. He can't get easier catches in the outfield than that. Slower bouncer, Shafiul had to force the pace, couldn't quite get the elevation. The party is just getting started in Nagpur, Rohit and everyone else in the Indian team can breathe easy now.

19.1 Chahar to Mustafizur Rahman, OUT, slapped straight to deep point and that's a fifth for Chahar. He becomes the fourth Indian to pick up a five-for in T20Is. You'll look at the replays and say some of those wickets came when batsmen were looking for big shots, but hey, a five-for is a five-for. India one strike away from a series win.

19.2 Chahar to Aminul Islam, OUT, he's got a hat-trick!! Deepak Chahar has the best figures ever in T20Is. 6 for 7. How incredible is that? You wanted a proper fast bowler's wicket? There you go, he says. Spears in a yorker, and flattens the off-stump. Just for those in doubt, the hat-trick has been spread across two overs. What a win, India take the series 2-1.

The central crime branch of Karnataka Police has arrested Sanyam, an alleged bookie, in relation to the corruption scandal in the Karnataka Premier League (KPL). Sanyam was booked under Section 420 of the India Penal Code which pertains to cheating.

According to Sandeep Patil, the Deputy Comissioner of Police (CCB), Sanyam is originally from Haryana. Patil said Sanyam had approached one of the players from Bellary Tuskers, Bhavesh Gulecha, in this season's KPL.

"He is arrested because he was trying to fix players like Gulecha," Patil told ESPNcricinfo. "He [Sanyam] had gone absconding to West Indies and once he was back we arrested him in Bangalore."

Patil pointed out that Sanyam had been approaching players along with another bookie Bhavesh Bafana, a Bengaluru-based man who plays the drums during KPL games. He was arrested last month.

Bafna's name was revealed by Asfak Ali Thara, the Belagavi Panthers owner whom the police arrested last month on charges of alleged betting in the KPL.

Patil said both Bafna and Sanyam had approached Gulecha, a fast bowler, and offered him money if he could give more than 10 runs per over. It could not be confirmed whether Gulecha had reported the incident to the BCCI's anti-corruption unit (ACU), but in October he narrated the details to the police.

Sanyam becomes the eighth person the CCB has arrested in the KPL scandal, including four players. Earlier this week the CCB arrested CM Gautam and Abrar Kazi, Gulecha's team-mates at the Tuskers for alleged spot-fixing.

The KPL corruption scandal continues to grow with the ACU conducting its own a parallel inquiry. Ajit Singh, the ACU head had said that the KPL organisers - Karnataka State Cricket Association - were "amply warned" to be vigilant about league being vulnerable to corrupt elements.

Zachary Winston, a younger brother of Michigan State star Cassius Winston, died Saturday night after he was struck by a train, Albion Chief of Public Safety Scott Kipp confirmed to ESPN on Sunday.

Kipp said Winston was hit by a westbound Amtrak train in Albion, Michigan, shortly after 8:30 p.m. Saturday. According to Kipp, Winston stepped in front of the train as it approached a pedestrian crosswalk just past the Erie Street crossing.

Zachary Winston was one of Cassius' two brothers on the Albion College basketball team. He was a sophomore at the school. The youngest of the three brothers, Khy, is a freshman at Albion. All three attended University of Detroit Jesuit High School.

Michigan State assistant coach Dane Fife tweeted about Zachary Winston's death.

Rest easy, Brother Z. That smile always lit the room/gym up. We will take care of your family. Appreciate all that you did! #ZachWinston

— Dane Fife (@CoachDaneFife) November 10, 2019

Albion College president Mauri A. Ditzler released a statement Sunday, but did not mention Winston's name.

"To Our Albion College Community:

Last night, our family lost a student. And as families do in difficult times, we must come together to mourn and to embrace one another. We have been in close contact with the student's family and are doing everything we can to support them. In accordance with the family's wishes, we are not sharing a name or details at this time. Please keep the family close in your heart. We plan to offer grief counseling to our community and will be sharing details later today."

Michigan State faced Albion in an Oct. 29 exhibition game in which both Cassius and Khy Winston played. Zachary Winston sat out because of a hamstring injury.

Michigan State, currently ranked No. 1 in college basketball, is scheduled to play Binghamton on Sunday night.

CONCORD, N.C. – After five years with perennial kingpin Donny Schatz at the head of the class, the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series has a new champion.

Thirty-three-year-old Brad Sweet, from Grass Valley, Calif., defeated Schatz on the final night of the season Saturday during the Can-Am World Finals to capture his first Outlaw championship, fulfilling a dream in the process.

Sweet, who entered the last feature of the year a scant two points up on Schatz in the standings, knew that he essentially needed to keep the No. 15 Toco Warranty car behind him all night in order to secure the prize.

That happened in the end, but it looked like it wouldn’t at the start.

With Sweet rolling off third for the 30-lap main and Schatz starting eighth, it took just six laps before Schatz was within striking distance, as he passed Sweet coming off turn four to move onto the podium.

But that pass lit a fire under Sweet that burned bright enough to ensure it wouldn’t happen again.

Sweet drove back around Schatz coming off turn two on the seventh revolution and, from there, never trailed Schatz again. He even drove away handily from the 10-time Outlaw champion down the home stretch.

In the end, Sweet finished as the runner-up in the main to David Gravel, while Schatz completed the podium. It made for a final margin of four points in the series standings – the closest title tilt ever.

None of the numbers mattered to Sweet after the race, however. His lone focus was soaking in the moment as he sat atop the pinnacle of sprint car racing, a place only nine men before him had been.

“I feel really relieved. I finally feel like I can breathe normally again,” Sweet said after securing his first World of Outlaws title and becoming just the 10th champion in series history. “It’s just different than winning big races. A championship is just a different level. You try to act like it won’t affect you if you lose, but it’s been the most stressful couple days of my life to be honest.

“I tried to act like it wasn’t, but inside it was until we got the job done here tonight.”

That job was sealed with a daring turn-one slider on lap seven, a move and a pass that Sweet said later he had to make if he wanted to win the championship.

“I never wanted to see the (No.) 15 pass me,” Sweet said. “I wanted to control our own destiny. I knew if I was ahead of him, he couldn’t beat me. When he passed me, luckily, he slipped off four and I was able to pass him back. And I told myself right then and there, ‘you better run the best race of your life or you’re not going to win this thing.’”

As he got closer and closer to the checkered flag, “the race of his life” was exactly what he ended up having, even if Sweet didn’t take home the feature trophy in the end.

He didn’t need to, though. A second-place finish on this night was more than enough.

“I’ve never been so happy to run second in my life,” Sweet admitted with a smile. “I was rooting for David at the end, cheering him on and telling him to go. Close to the finish, I wanted him to run away and get gone there. I knew that if he won and we finished ahead of Donny, it was ours.”

Sweet was right, but the night didn’t come without one final nervous moment.

With 10 laps remaining, Sweet’s championship dreams flashed before his eyes when Danny Dietrich spun off the second corner right in front of “The Big Cat,” who cranked the wheel as hard as he could and narrowly avoided hitting Dietrich’s stalled No. 48.

After that, Schatz could do nothing with Sweet’s No. 49 following the final restart, as Sweet drove home to a historic maiden title.

“I just didn’t want anything stupid to happen, and sometimes you just get lucky,” Sweet noted. “When you’re racing, you’re just kind of in race mode and those instincts are there. I’m just happy now. Nothing stupid happened. I didn’t hit any white tires. I avoided the wreck. We did it. We finally did it.”

In 72 starts this season, Sweet earned 16 wins, including the $175,000 Kings Royal at Ohio’s Eldora Speedway. He posted 47 top-five and 65 top-10 finishes to end the year with 9,998 points in total.

“It’s a long grind, running (almost) 80 races out here. There’s a lot of ups and downs and to finish it right here, it made me cry, for sure. It’s been a huge team effort to accomplish this championship and my hat is off to Donny Schatz for stepping up and putting tons of pressure on us. He’s an unbelievable champion. I don’t know how he’s done this 10 times where we’re just getting our first one.

“The first one means so much, though, and you can bet we’re going to do a little celebrating.”

Sweet will be honored for his 2019 championship Sunday night at Great Wolf Lodge in Concord, N.C., during the World of Outlaws’ season-ending awards ceremony.

Editor’s Note: Ryan Arciero is a world-class off-road racer and successful entrepreneur. He explains how he prepares for the Baja 1000.

This month’s SCORE Int’l Baja 1000 will be the 25th in my driving career and I can say each one gets harder and harder to win.

I have been very fortunate to have won this race on three different occasions — once with Bob Gordon in Class 1 in 1998 and twice with Mark Miller (2003 and ’04) in Trophy Truck. Since then, the rest of the years have been filled with many top-three, top-five and top-10 finishes, and unfortunately a handful of DNFs, which is the case for most who compete in what is one of the most difficult races in the world.

Winning this race does not start when the green flag waves. In reality, we are preparing all year for this one race as this is THE race as a driver and team you want to win more than any other.  This race is one of the most difficult on the body and the mind, but also one of the most challenging to prepare for.

In order to win the Baja 1000, there are so many factors besides having a great vehicle and a talented driver and navigator. There is a big piece of that puzzle that involves all the planning ahead of even leaving the shop to pre-run and race in this amazing event.

Preparation and attention to detail is a huge factor and one of the biggest differences between racing in the Baja 1000 and winning the Baja 1000. Preparation as a driver is all year long, from training in the gym, dialing in your cardio on the bike, studying past videos, spending countless hours on Google Earth, testing and racing the race truck while anticipating when officials will announce where the course will be each year.

The race course for the Baja 1000 changes every year, now granted we utilize a huge variety of past race courses from our other events such as the San Felipe 250, Baja 500, Baja 400 and previous Baja 1000s, but every year it changes or uses a different combination of those courses.

This year’s Baja 1000 will be a loop race, meaning we will start and finish in Ensenada, unlike every three to four years when we do the peninsula run from Ensenada to either La Paz or Cabo San Lucas.

Typically, when we do the loop races, they tend to be much rougher race courses and are just as hard on the team, driver and more importantly on the vehicles.

For drivers and navigators, we anticipate the map and GPS file to come out, and it cannot be released soon enough for us to get our heads wrapped around the course and create a race-winning plan.

Typically, the map is released first, and the GPS file of the exact course follows a week or two later. There is so much work to do before deciding when to make the trip to Baja to pre-run the course.

Once that map is released, it is a full assault on the brain, examining the details regarding the exact location the course is going, reliving past races that took us the same direction, pulling up prior GPS files and uploading them to Google Earth so we can study mile by mile in an attempt to wrap your head around the course itself.

I usually do this until the actual GPS file is released, which is more important than the map itself. The GPS file gives us the trail we will be utilizing, race miles, speed zones and Virtual Check Points. VCPs are scattered around the course and we must hit those during the race, or we will get.

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