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USC Trojans Recruiting Boost After Wisconsin Win: Four-Star RJ Sermons Commit?
As the No. 13 USC Trojans came back to defeat the unranked Wisconsin Badgers, 2026 four-star cornerback prospect Richard Sermons was in attendance in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. USC coach Lincoln Riley and his team secured their first Big Ten victory, and the results seem to translate into recruiting.
Four-star cornerback Richard Sermons plays for Rancho Cucamonga High School, making the Trojans his hometown team. Even further, Sermons ‘ father Rodney Sermons played his college football at USC in the mid-90’s.
On3’s Steve Wiltfong reported that Sermons and his father enjoyed their visit to the Coliseum, staying around the team and staff for an hour after the game ended.
“USC was great,” Sermons said to Wiltfong after the game. “It’s always a good family environment. What excites me about my opportunity with the Trojans is the development aspect with the great defensive coaching staff.”
After the game, Wiltfong placed a prediction for Sermons to commit to USC, joining the Trojans’ 2026 recruiting class.
One of the most coveted defensive recruits in the 2026 class, the Trojans will have plenty of competition while recruiting the Rancho Cucamonga star. Prior to visiting USC for the Wisconsin game in week five, Sermons visited the Oregon Ducks in Eugene for their week two matchup against the Boise State Broncos.
Earlier in August, On3’s Chad Simmons caught up with RJ Sermons about his recruitment.
“I like everything that’s new that they’re bringing in and everything that they’ve been building,” Sermons said to Simmons. “I really want to see how it comes together this year with the new defensive staff. I like coach Lincoln Riley and everything that he’s been doing to build the program up to be a winning team. I want to see how all that pays off this year during the season.”
Despite a heartbreaking loss to No. 12 Michigan, the USC Trojans hold a lot of positive momentum on the field. Trojans defensive coordinator D’Anton Lynn has already made major improvements to the USC defense, and recruits on Lynn’s side of the ball seem to notice the energy that he has brought to the program.
In the 2026 recruiting class, the Trojans currently hold six commitments. While still early, the majority of USC’s 2026 class is made up of defensive recruits. Should Sermons commit to the Trojans, he would join four-star cornerback commit Brandon Lockhart in the defensive backfield.
In addition to USC and Oregon, Sermons holds offers from schools such as Georgia, Texas, Oklahoma, Alabama, Penn State, Utah, UCLA, and others.
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WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW/GRAY NEWS) – A ransomware group has claimed to have breached the learning management system Canvas, possibly exposing the personal information of students, teachers and staff across the country.
According to a statement from the Universities of Wisconsin website, they were notified of a nationwide security breach experienced by Instructure, the provider of Canvas. Universities of Wisconsin schools use the cloud-based management system.
UW-Stevens Point tells NewsChannel 7 they have not confirmed UWSP was involved in the breach, but did send communication that Canvas was down and students should not perform any asked actions if prompted, as it may not be legitimate while Canvas is down.
Instructure, the parent company of Canvas, posted on May 1 about a cybersecurity incident that had been reported and was under investigation.
The next day, Chief Information Security Officer Steve Proud wrote that the information involved in the attack included names, student ID numbers, messages between users and email addresses.
“At this time, we have found no evidence that passwords, dates of birth, government identifiers, or financial information were involved. If that changes, we will notify any impacted institutions,” he wrote.
The Wausau School District sent a letter to parents Wednesday regarding the cybersecurity incident. They said there is no evidence that passwords, single-sign-on credentials, financial information or social security numbers were impacted. They stressed that type of information is not stored in Canvas.
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(WLUK) — The Wisconsin-Notre Dame game at Lambeau Field will be under the lights.
Kickoff will be at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 6.
The matchup, originally scheduled for Oct. 3, 2020, was rescheduled for 2026 after the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the 2020 football season.
The Badgers took on the Fighting Irish at Soldier Field in Chicago in 2021 as part of the Shamrock Series, the neutral-site non-conference series between the two programs. Notre Dame claimed the first game of the series 41-13.
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Wisconsin last played at Lambeau Field in 2016 and scored a 16-14 win over No. 5 LSU.
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DHS urges Wisconsin ‘sanctuary’ county to keep illegal immigrant accused in elderly sexual assaults jailed
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The Department of Homeland Security is urging “sanctuary politicians in Wisconsin” not to release a Nicaraguan national who was arrested after being accused of sexually assaulting an elderly victim, according to a statement Wednesday.
Julio Cesar Morales-Jarquin, 31, is in local police custody after being charged with two counts of second-degree sexual assault of an elderly victim, DHS said.
He was arrested last month after a residential care facility in Fitchburg, Wisconsin, reported to police that an employee may have assaulted vulnerable residents, according to local outlet WKOW.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued a detainer request on April 27 asking that Morales-Jarquin remain in custody.
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Julio Cesar Morales-Jarquin, 31, is accused of sexually assaulting an elderly victim at a Wisconsin care facility, according to authorities. (Department of Homeland Security)
DHS on Wednesday called on Dane County officials not to release Morales-Jarquin, accusing the county of being a “sanctuary jurisdiction” that refuses to honor ICE detainers.
The agency said the county has previously given ICE as little as 30 minutes to take custody of individuals in its jail.
DHS BLASTS MINNESOTA BOARD FOR UNANIMOUSLY PARDONING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CONVICTED OF 3 ASSAULTS
The Department of Homeland Security logo. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
According to DHS, Morales-Jarquin entered the United States in 2023 under the Biden administration’s humanitarian parole program for Nicaragua. Although the program was later ended, DHS said he remained in the country unlawfully.
“This illegal alien is charged with two counts of sexual assault of an elderly victim at an assisted living facility,” Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said in the DHS statement. “This dirtbag was released into the country by the Biden Administration. DHS is calling on sanctuary politicians in Dane County, Wisconsin to NOT release this criminal from jail back onto the streets to commit more crimes.”
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The Wisconsin State Capitol, in Madison, Wisconsin, houses both chambers of the Wisconsin legislature along with the Wisconsin Supreme Court and the Office of the Governor. (Jordan McAlister)
“We need Wisconsin sanctuary politicians to cooperate with us to remove criminals from our country,” she added.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the Dane County Executive’s Office for comment.
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