BSU’s Hout out for season

Boise State starting middle linebacker Byron Hout will miss the rest of the season after breaking his foot in the No. 3 Broncos’ victory over Idaho.

Coach Chris Petersen says Hout (No. 94 in picture) will have surgery later this week to repair the foot and it’s not clear if he’ll be ready to play in a bowl game.

Hout, from Lake City High, was making the transition from defensive line and his 34 tackles are fourth best on the team.

Meanwhile, Boise State closed the gap on TCU in the latest BCS standings. The top three teams are Oregon, Auburn and the Horned Frogs.

BCS standings, Scoreboard/B4

Whitworth to run at nationals

Whitworth University’s men’s and women’s cross country teams are headed to the NCAA Division III cross country championships.

The women had earned an automatic spot at the meet by finishing second at the NCAA West Region championships. The Pirates men finished third at the same meet and received an at-large bid to nationals, which will be held Saturday at Waverly, Iowa.

• In NAIA football, undefeated Carroll College will host Azusa Pacific in the first round of the NAIA Championship series. The Saints (10-0) have won the NAIA title five times.

Gibson’s bat sells for hefty price

A father-son team from Santa Barbara, Calif., bought the bat Kirk Gibson used for his historic home run in the 1988 World Series for $575,912.40 in SCP Auctions’ October/November auction.

Chad and Doug Dreier of the Dreier Group paid $1.19 million for five Gibson items, which included Gibson’s home run bat.

Associated Press