LOCAL

MEMORIAL WHITE VICTORIOUS ON ROAD

CHANNELVIEW — Jacob Washington, Mason Williams and Jaylen LaPoint earned offensive player-of-the-game honors after leading the Port Arthur Memorial freshman White team to a 14-8 win at Channelview on Thursday.

Dylan Guill, Eliyah Emmerson and Brayden Perry were awarded defensive player-of-the-game accolades for Memorial (3-1, 1-0 in District 21-6A).

The Memorial Black (2-3, 0-1) team fell 16-6 to Channelview.

STATE

BLUES BLANK STARS 6-0 IN TUNE-UP

(AP) — In St. Louis, Vladimir Tarasenko and Paul Stastny scored twice to lead the St. Louis Blues to a 6-0 victory over the Dallas Stars.

Petteri Lindbohm and Joel Edmundson also scored for the Blues, and Brian Elliott made 22 saves.

Dallas goalie Kari Lehtonen allowed all six goals on 30 shots.

NATIONAL

LAWYER FOR KANE ACCUSER QUITS

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The lawyer for a woman accusing Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane of sexual assault abruptly quit the case Thursday night, saying he’s no longer comfortable representing the woman because of how her mother reported finding an evidence bag they believed once held the woman’s rape kit.

Thomas Eoannou told reporters he believes there were, what he called, “fabrications” in the story of how the bag was found. And he added that he’s no longer sure if the bag ever contained evidence from the investigation.

“I can only say that I don’t know what’s true and what’s not true,” Eoannou said during a hastily called news conference at his downtown Buffalo law office. “I received the story line from the mother. And it’s my position that I’m not comfortable with that version of the events.”

Despite his concerns, Eoannou said he’s still confident in the woman’s allegations against Kane.