FHS football banquet on Sunday

FAIRMONT – The Fairmont Cardinals’ annual football awards banquet will be held at 6 p.m. Sunday at the Performing Arts Center at Fairmont High School.

All Fairmont players, their families and Cardinal fans are welcome to attend the event.

Scherzer, Porcello win Cy Youngs

NEW YORK (AP) – Rick Porcello of the Boston Red Sox has won the American League Cy Young Award by a narrow margin, and Max Scherzer of the Washington Nationals has taken the National League prize.

Porcello led the majors with 22 wins, and beat out Detroit’s Justin Verlander and Cleveland’s Corey Kluber in results announced Wednesday.

Porcello got just eight first-place votes from members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, while Verlander drew 14. But Porcello drew more support across the board and was listed by all 30 voters – Verlander was left off two ballots.

Scherzer become the sixth pitcher to win the Cy Young in both leagues, earning the NL honor by a wide margin. He led the majors with 284 strikeouts and topped the league with 20 wins, and beat out Chicago Cubs teammates Jon Lester and Kyle Hendricks.

Scherzer won the AL honor in 2013 while pitching in a Detroit rotation with Porcello and Verlander, and has now joined Roger Clemens, Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, Gaylord Perry and Roy Halladay as winners in both leagues.

Vikings finalize deal with Forbath

EDEN PRAIRIE (AP) – The Minnesota Vikings have finalized their contract with kicker Kai Forbath, their replacement for Blair Walsh.

Forbath kicked for New Orleans in 10 games last season after being let go by Washington after one game largely because the Redskins wanted to improve their kickoffs.

Forbath made 87 percent of his field goal attempts (60 for 69) in three-plus seasons for Washington, the second-best rate in team history, but he had only 18 touchbacks in 2014, which was the second fewest in the league.