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SAN DIEGO (AP) — With his stellar America’s Cup career behind him, Jimmy Spithill introduced his new Red Bull Italy SailGP Team on Thursday in Dubai just ahead of the opening regatta of the global league’s fifth season. Spithill, the team’s CEO and founder, pulled a major coup by hiring his old America’s Cup crewmate and fellow Australian, wing trimmer Kyle Langford, from the Australian team that dominated SailGP for the first three seasons. Italy, SailGP’s 12th team, sailed its foiling 50-foot catamaran for the first time Thursday. After practice racing on Friday, the opening regatta will be Saturday and Sunday. “It’s been definitely a big push,” Spithill said in a video interview with The Associated Press. “It’s all come up really quick. We’re almost there.” Spithill left the U.S. SailGP team in November after 2 1/2 seasons to focus on starting the Italian team and on sailing in this year’s America’s Cup. He was co-helmsman of Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team, which was eliminated by INEOS Britannia in the challenger finals. Double Olympic gold medalist Ruggero Tita will helm the Italian team, while two-time bronze medalist and recent Women’s America’s Cup winner Giulia Fava will be the strategist and Italian national champion Andrea Tesei will be the flight controller. Alex Sinclair also followed Spithill, joining grinders Matteo Celon and Enrico Voltolini, who have extensive high-performance and America’s Cup experience. Spithill said his crew has “some absolute next-generation stars, from different backgrounds, Olympics, America’s Cup, and it’s just awesome having Kyle come in.” Spithill, 45, said he’ll be on the boat only if someone gets hurt or sick. “These young guys are too good at it,” he said. “The talent that’s coming through in Italy, I mean, the results do the talking.” More stars having been switching teams in SailGP, which was co-founded by tech billionaire Larry Ellison. Signing Langford is a big deal for the new team. Shortly before the 2013 America’s Cup on San Francisco Bay, Langford was promoted to Oracle’s race crew after wing trimmer Dirk de Ridder was suspended by an international jury. With Emirates Team New Zealand at match point at 8-1, Spithill skippered Oracle to eight straight wins in one of the greatest comebacks in sports to retain the Cup. “One thing that really attracted him was a chance to start out and really play a major role with the new team and especially the emerging talent,” Spithill said. “It would have been really easy for him to say, ‘You know what? I’m comfortable with the Aussies.’ But the fact that he’s stepped out of his comfort zone and he’s challenging himself as an athlete in this stage of his career is just massive.” While talented, the Italian crew will have the least experience together in the high-performance F50 catamaran. Spithill said Langford “is going to play a huge role in getting this team up to speed. I mean, the F50 is, without a doubt, probably the hardest boat to sail out there.” After sailing for Luna Rossa in three of his eight America’s Cup campaigns, Spithill has seen how passionate Italian fans are. “When you talk about an exciting market for the sport, I mean, it doesn’t get any better than Italy,” he said. “It has a huge following in Italy and they’ve got a real cultural attachment to the ocean and the sport itself.” Spithill said immediately after Luna Rossa’s loss in early October that it was time to step away from the America’s Cup. “The point is, we didn’t get the job done so I hold myself accountable for that. And I also am seeing firsthand that this next generation of talent coming through and I believe they deserve a shot, you know?” “I really think SailGP is the future of the sport. The whole regular season, the concept makes a lot of sense,” he said. Dubai is the first of 14 regattas. At season’s end, the top three crews will race in the $2 million, winner-take-all Grand Final. Also Thursday, Rolex was announced as SailGP’s first title sponsor as part of a 10-year deal. ___ Bernie Wilson has covered sailing for The Associated Press since 1991.Expect some drama when the Seattle Seahawks host the Green Bay Packers on Sunday night. Because there always seems to be plenty when these teams meet. ADVERTISEMENT To wit: Jan. 4, 2004: In an NFC wild-card game in Green Bay, Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck told the referee after winning the overtime coin toss that "we want the ball and we're going to score." The Packers won, however, after Hasselbeck threw a pick-six. Sept. 24, 2012: The host Seahawks triumphed on rookie quarterback Russell Wilson's "Fail Mary" pass into the end zone with replacement officials — being used during the referee lockout — split on whether it was a TD or an interception. The lockout ended days later. Jan. 18, 2015: The defending Super Bowl champion Seahawks trailed 16-0 at halftime in the NFC Championship Game before scoring on a fake field goal in the third quarter. Seattle still trailed 19-7 with less than three minutes to play before rallying to take the lead. Quarterback Aaron Rodgers guided the Packers to a tying field goal before Wilson threw a TD pass to Jermaine Kearse on the first possession of overtime to win it. Sunday's game is important for both the Packers (9-4) and Seahawks (8-5). The Packers are third in the NFC North behind Detroit (12-1) and Minnesota (11-2), but they have a two-game lead over the Los Angeles Rams for the conference's final wild-card berth. "The main thing is getting into the dance for sure," Packers center Josh Myers said. "Would we like to be higher up? Absolutely. But we'll live with where we're at, and we'll make the most of it." ADVERTISEMENT The Packers had a three-game winning streak snapped with a 34-31 loss last Thursday at Detroit. Green Bay is relatively healthy, with only safety Javon Bullard (ankle) missing practice time this week. "I think every team that can realize their potential needs to be as healthy as they can be. And injuries are a part of this business," Packers coach Matt LaFleur said. "It is what it is in terms of the next man up, but obviously, you want the guys that are your starters to be available -- especially as you get closer to the end of the year." The NFC West-leading Seahawks, who opened the season with three consecutive wins before losing five of their next six, have gone 4-0 since their bye week. Their recent success is largely because of a much-improved defense that has allowed an average of 15.5 points per game over that span. Seattle defeated host Arizona 30-18 last Sunday as Zach Charbonnet rushed for a career-high 134 yards and two touchdowns in place of the injured Kenneth Walker III (calf). Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald said this week that further tests indicated no significant injury for Walker, who is day-to-day. Walker sat out practice this week, as did cornerback Tre Brown (hamstring) and safety Jerrick Reed II (quad). The Seahawks designated two members of their secondary as returning to practice off injured reserve — safety K'Von Wallace (ankle) and cornerback Artie Burns (toe). ADVERTISEMENT Even with the injuries, the Seahawks seem to have adopted a different mindset since their bye week. "Every game's a championship game, and if you really take that approach then when you get to the big game, it won't feel different," quarterback Geno Smith said. "I think we're developing it as a team, and I think the mindset is what's really setting us apart right now." Offensive lineman Laken Tomlinson put it more succinctly: "We're in playoff mode, man."

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After watching Marshfield and Henley walk away with the state championships in 2021 and 2023, respectively, it was finally time for Marist Catholic to come away with the crown on Saturday. The Spartans smothered Henley 30-6 on Saturday afternoon in Medford’s Spiegelberg Stadium for the team’s first state championship since 2009. The Spartans got on the board first, with a 34-yard field goal on the opening drive by Christian Guerrero. But that lead grew quickly, as Connor Harvey scored on a 1-yard touchdown run. Nick Hudson found Guerrero for a 43-yard touchdown pass to make it a 16-0 lead for Marist Catholic. Henley finally got on the board just before halftime, as Joe Janney delivered a 49-yard touchdown pass to make it 16-6. But Marist Catholic quickly got the momentum back, as Hudson found Aaron Bidwell for a 59-yard touchdown right after halftime to make it a 23-6 lead. The Spartans put the game away late with a 5-yard pass to CJ Giustina to make it 30-6. Subscribe to the High School Sports+ newsletter Sign up here to get exclusive news and insights from high school sports editor Nik Streng. -- Nik Streng covers high school sports in Oregon. Reach him at nstreng@oregonian.com or @NikStrengMan Utd flops BOOED OFF by furious fans after woeful 2-0 humiliation at Wolves leaves them eight points off relegation