flurry exiting wednesday. jonathan: just in, emergency crews are on the scene of an apartment fire in evanston. it started in the 1800 block of fairfax avenue, just before 4:00 this morning. when crews arrived, the fire had spread to the attic. extra crews had to be called in to get the flames under control. we have a crew headed to the scene. we'll bring you more as it becomes available. >> it's tearing me down. it's literally killing me. >> we're lost for words. we don't know what to do. jonathan: the search will continue this morning for a pendleton county mother who was last seen almost a week ago. the family of tera turner says she was with a friend sunday. he claims to have dropped tera off near the california marketplace along the aa highway. tera's father says she hasn't been in contact with her children or anyone in the family. her phone has had no activity since she disappeared, which is >> she's on her phone every day. every day. we've got a lot of family members involved in it. a lot of them are breaking down, thinking the worst. i tell them, try not think the worst yet. jonathan: the family will search the area around the california marketplace at 10:00 this morning. the pendleton county sheriff's office is asking anyone with nifgs about her whereabouts to call them. police are looking for the suspects who sprayed several middle town homes with bullets in recent months. someone fired at least eight rounds in this home on yankee road thursday. another house a few doors down got hit by bullets. members of the community first expressed concern to wlwt in september when three bullets hit a home on eighth avenue. three children, ages 7, 4 and 1, were inside at the time. >> we need more police officers running back and forth over here. basically. it will make me feel more comfortable. spent the last year meeting with churches and groups to build stronger neighborhoods. the city has added neighborhood watch groups. middletown city manager says total calls for police were actually down from 2014 to 2015. there's a national push to lower the legal blood alcohol limit from 0.08 to 0.05. the ntsb says it will dramatically reduce dui relate the deaths. emily wood has local reaction from both sides. reporter: grabbing a drink or two after work is common for some. recent ntsb recommendations to lower the legal limit could change the amount of alcohol people drink before getting behind the wheel. >> i don't see any real benefit there, because i don't believe that there's going to make -- it's going to make much of a difference going from 0.08 to 0.05. reporter: for social drinkers like james and john, they say it's easy to grab an uber or >> one or two beers shouldn't be an issue. it should be left to the doctors and not the transportation board. reporter: for the family of lisa hasting, the debate over dui limits is a personal story. hasting was 22 years old when she was killed by a drunk driver on route 128 while on her way to work as an emt. her mother, karen, says she supports lowering the limit because every little step can help. >> something has to be done. it happens every day. and when it hits home, it's bad. these are peoples lives. they lose their lives because somebody else was stupid. jonathan: in a statement, mothers against drunk driving says m.a.d.d. currently promotes the national standard of 0.08 blood alcohol concentration while also continuing to strongly recommend that those who drink alcohol not drive. have a chance to get their questions answered. there will be an early childhood fair at the public library in 1:00. you can speak to local businesses, agencies and schools about the educational, developmental and recreational opportunities for your children as they grow. there will also be vision screenings for children who are 1 through 5 years of age and families can visit the robot zoo exhibit. more than 400 students will be northern kentucky today to find out if they have what it takes fo build the best robot in the state. northern kentucky university will host the first lego league state championship. it's for students age 9 to 14. this year's theme is trash trek. and will explore the world of trash collection, sorting and reuse. students will program an autonomous robot to score points on a theemd playing field and will develop a solution to a problem they've identified. regions hall from 8:30 until 5:15. it's open to the public. meanwhile, there's a robotics tournament for high schoolers on the campus of thomas more college. it's being put on by covington catholic high schools robotics and engineering clubs. teams have to design and build a robot to play against other teams from around the world in a game-based engineering challenge. the competition will be from 9:30 to 4:40 at steigerwald hall. developing news out of southern taiwan, where an earthquake has claimed several lives. coming up, the latest numbers on the injured and ongoing efforts to save more. and a big ninth for local basketball teams with one squad earning their first gmc title. the sports crew has details coming up. let's go outside through citycam 5's eyes. radisson lights are green. radisson walls are purple. purple and green, interesting contrast. what if the sweet stevia leaf was discovered... ...before the sugarcane. after people were enjoying truvia in their coffee and everything else... ...sugar would come along and go, "hey, i'm sweet too." "sure, sugar, you're very sweet, but we've already got sweetness minus calorie-ness." it would be kinda awkward. truvia. life with less skincare now becomes skinactive. new garnier skinactive introducing clearly brighter. a new active daily moisturizer to brighten dull skin. packed with antioxidant vitamin c, e and active lha. it does more than moisturize, it actively smoothes, boosts radiance and protects with spf 15. clinically proven. see brighter skin in just one week. new clearly brighter from garnier. skinactive. jonathan: welcome back. seven are dead, hundreds more are injured in southern taiwan after a 6.4 magnitude earth quick hit early saturday morning. the quake collapsed two highrise residential towers. more than 220 people have been pulled from the rubble there. the health ministry reports so hospitalized. the coast guard is out searching the pacific ocean after it says two small planes collided off the coast of los angeles. i saw a still photograph of this earlier this morning. the midair collision happened around 3:30 friday afternoon. divgers have found a plane tail number and a partial number from a second plane in the water. it's not clear how many people were on board the two planes. a team of five u.s. experts has arrived in somalia to help put the investigation into what caused a mid-flight blast that ripped a hole on the side of a passenger plane. multiple sources are saying it was likely a bomb made of military grade explosives that caused the explosion. the plane kept going and landed with the hole in it. a failure of the plane itself hand been ruled out. but officials believe this increasingly looks like terrorism. isis linked militants. the passenger, who was sucked out of the plane when this thing was exploded, is identified as a 55-year-old. officials say he doesn't appear to have been a suicide bomber making the explosion more mysterious. a crane collapse in new york city's killed one person and injured three others. this happened in the city's tribeca neighborhood. the mayor says the crane was being lowered and secured because of strong winds when the accident happened. the crane's boom landed across several cars, smashing their roofs. the person who was killed identified as david wicks, was sitting in one of the parked cars. the collapse remains under investigation. let's shift gears and talk about local weather with jennifer. jennifer: yesterday, it was a cold start at 18. this morning, we're starting at 25. we'll climb this afternoon to 46. we have just as much sunshine, or close to what we had yesterday. satellite and radar combined showing the scattered clouds overhead. partly cloudy skies this morning. we'll keep it that way through sunrise sunrise, into the afternoon we'll have scattered clouds as well. we're at 26. the low dew point at 23. the winds are calm. part of the components today for the forecast is generally light winds. when you get temperatures really warming up over winter weekend, you usually have south winds to help out. today, into the mid 40s. not much of a wind. tomorrow, they'll pick up a little bit as we climb the temperature a few more degrees. we're at 36 at 11:00 a.m. 44 at 2:00. 45 by 5:00 p.m. partly cloudy through the stretch. the wider view showing snow showers across the great lakes. locally, for us, quiet conditions. we'll stay that way today, a weak area of high pressure. it's trying to push to kentucky today. we end up with scattered clouds as high pressure departs. the winds pick up a little bit out of the southwest tomorrow; ahead of the next cold front. high temperatures bump up a couple degrees. we're around 50 sunday. a quiet day with partly cloudy skies. dry during the day. but an approaching cold front grabs enough moisture along it that we end up with rain showers developing in the afternoon to our west and then dragging our way tomorrow evening. the timing looks like it's after 9:00 tomorrow evening. we're talking pretty late into the evening hours. a band of rain sliding through, diminishing. not too noticeable or problematic. a tenth of an inch on the high end. we have a period of rain showers late tomorrow evening. that's the cold front. behind it, monday morning, moisture being squeezed out. it's monday morning, we're transitioning from rain showers to a few wet snowflakes as temperatures hold in the mid 30s. air temperatures should be above freezing. not too concerned for a problem heading into monday afternoon, the colder air continues to dive in. it looks like we'll set up for periods of snow showers for monday, tuesday and trying to move out for wednesday. any one of those days, we could have a covering, a half inch, maybe a few isolated one-inch totals out of heavier snow showers. no real organized low pressure heading our way, but a colder weather pattern with enough moisture for snow showers for a couple days. 46 for the high today. dry today, scattered clouds tonight. only drop to 32. tomorrow, 51, ahead of the cold front. nice sunday under partly cloudy skies. snow showers or periods of snow showers, flurries monday, tuesday, trying to get out of the weather pattern wednesday. notice the drop in temperatures midweek only in the 20s. we'll stay below average all the way through friday. jonathan: dallas police are opening a criminal investigation into a reported assault by browns quarterback johnny one day after reporting no charges would be filed, police say they received a domestic violence complaint against manziel. police were called to his ex-girlfriend's apartment last weekend. manziel's ex-girlfriend claims he struck her and has now filed a restraining order. the cleveland browns are expected to release mands el next month, once league rules allow it. louisville implementing a self-imposed penalty. the president has announced a one-year postseason ban as the investigation into the sex scandal continues. this means this season's team, ranked in the top ten right now, will not play after the regular season ends. i guess that means that somebody else gets into the tournament. this decision comes after a female escort says she and other dancers were paid by a basketball staff member to strip and have sex with recruits and players. a great night for high school basketball with one local team going for their 17th straight first gmc title. we've got details in your morning sports. george: welcome to the blitz on a saturday morning. i'm george vogel alongside elise jesse. big news. coming out of the great miami conference last night. elise: mason's basketball program hit the 14-0 mark with a 67-57 win over princeton. they win their first outright gmc title. george: meanwhile in madeira, the braves looking for their 17th straight win after losing the opening day. madeira's cameron mccullough trying to make it close. eichholz eichholz, three ball is good. this time, fiore scores. the braves leading by double 54-45. contest at kings mills. kings junior guard tyler mitchell, his first three threes of the game. finished with a career high of 21 points for the night. it seemed like he wasn't going to miss at all last night. when he eventually did miss, teammates like dan shiederman were there to clean it up. kings gets a home win over loveland, 69-50. george: the aiken falcons leading the metro athletic night. they have taft tonight. hughes came first friday night. elise: it's not surprising when you factor in car leak jones. he's not the tallest but one of the smartest on the court. he has a basketball iq and averages 22 points a game. city. now we go to aiken. the falcons hosting hughes. israel griffin to simante griffin. three. aiken with the lead at the half. big name, durrell dominant. high off the glass. aiken loaded with talent. here's the aforementioned carlike jones. to liles for the layup. jones finds berry in the corner for three. aiken rolls to the win, 75-49. elise: elder and moeller in the middle of the gcl pack. the crusaders beat the panthers by eight in mid january. the guys who bleed purple not going to let that happen again. george: that was not the plan. frankie hoffmeyer was on fire. he wasn't going down without a fight. it ended up being a pretty good night for frankie. zach wells with more. zach: pretty, pretty, pretty good. frankie hoffmeyer channeled his inner jimmy chitwood from the movie hoosiers on his 18th birthday. it was an emotional night at the pit on both end of the spectrum. hoffmeyer's marksmanship and the prospect of a moeller senior knee injury. elder relied on the three-point shot like this one from de eshaun mosley. mo led down the stretch. the gift wrap off the bounce to sam mccracken. the tomahawk at high altitude. 22 points and 13 boards. nate georgeton's knee gave out on a fast break. he wore a brace and needed crutches to get around in the second half. the birthday boy, hoffmeyer, all seven of his field goals were three-pointers in a 48-43 home win to make that price hill chili taste all the better after a win from purple nation. >> that was an awesome win. the crowd was crazy. that's 19 in a row at home. we just don't lose in the pit. it was awesome. it was a great game. >> i don't think there's a kid finish the senior year to play basketball than nate torston. everything he's got to be a great player. zach: when asked for more details about the knee injury, coach said we'll know more later today. it doesn't look good. this is moeller's floor leader, a senior and practically a coach on the floor in his own right. george and elise. elise: all right. newport inducting their latest hall of fame class last night. the camels getting down low to matt wilson. the 6'9" senior throwing it down. newport's keenan davis in the paint a 360 spin leads to the basket and a foul. campbell county beats newport, 61-57. >> mcdonald's of greater cincinnati is proud to present the mcdonald's blitz 5 student-athlete of the week. george: jake bedding haus is a senior at king high school and is a member of the football team. he's been first team all ecc, first team all district and an all state honorable mention. he's been part of marvin lewis ministries and the epilepsy foundation. jake's gpa is 3.88. elia jalinic is a senior and a member of the -- she's a quadruple threat athlete. elia is active in young life, president. her gpa is 4.18. if you know someone who deserves student-athlete of the week, drop us a line at 1700 young street, cincinnati, 45202. or e-mail us, blitz fy@wlwt.com. closing. the a uk shun uction happening today and the details for the plans for the course. citycam 5 has a couple of cars coming across the roebling metal. is committed to truth on the when we say real meat is ther first ingredient, it is always number one. we leave out poultry by-product meal, corn, wheat and soy. and, we own where our dry food is made - 100%. can other brands say all that? for grain-free nutrition you can trust, does your food go beyond? jonathan: welcome back. a local golf course closes its development. wlwt news 5's erik zarnitz took a trip to liberty township, where assets are about to go up for auction. >> golf courses are about a whole lot more than just your swing. your need the golf club. when you come to an auction, you see everything else behind the scenes. row, view and kings field. golf courses have been turning from fairways to driveways. >> the economy got bad. golf is a luxury. people that lost their jobs weren't playing as much golf. the latest to close, vista verde ago. >> we're seeing what equipment we may be able to buy. reporter: while the industry has taken a hit, according to ted oldiges, another force is at work. >> the properties in toward the 275 loop. as it's going out further, the golf courses are worth more at residential property. reporter: welsch development bought vista verde, planning to build single family homes between $300,000 and $400,000 apiece. despite a barrage of closings, owners are positive about the future of the sport. about whether their kid is going to get a concussion playing football. all the people that tear up their knees playing soccer. you don't tear yourself up playing golf. i think we've got a great future. reporter: reporting from liberty township, erik zarnitz, wlwt news 5. jonathan: he's on a tractor. the auction is today at the vista verde golf course. zoning issues for the development will be discussed at the trustees meeting on february 16. site work is scheduled to begin this spring. still a lot more ahead, including a teacher training for a life-long dream. the details on his journey and his message to students. and your live look outside. citycam 5. christ hospital, all lit up in red. yesterday was go red for women day. and all month long is heart health awareness month, number one killer among women in the jonathan: offering cash to catch heroin dealers. the local community taking an aggressive approach. plus, going back on the road. the event honoring a cyclist killed in a hit and run crash. it's a good weekend to be out will have the nice days ahead before more winter weather moves in. it's saturday, february 6, 2016. this is news 5 today. jonathan: good morning, welcome to news 5 today. thanks for joining us on this saturday morning. i'm jonathan hawgood. this is meteorologist jennifer schack. a woman so sweet. some say should be on a cookie. jennifer: that's a serious cookie with my face on it. jonathan: there a forecast for frost? jennifer: there could be this morning. jonathan: frosting, frost. jennifer: cute. i had one of the clouds. i didn't want to eat my own jonathan: we had a nice weekend? jennifer: good stuff in terms of than yesterday. it's not the 60s from last weekend, but still very doable it's quiet. next week, we get more active. there's, in time, strong winds, cold temperatures and snow showers. it's not going to be over the weekend. we're in the 20s for the current morning. there could be frost out there. the winds are light enough this morning and the humidity is pretty high, above 80%. our visibility is high as well. we have scattered clouds, but dry conditions. wlwt radar, no precipitation this morning. there are a couple of flakes out across portions of illinois with the clouds. otherwise, it's just some clouds building in through the night. no big problems. we should have sunshine with any scattered clouds come sun vise. then partly cloudy skies through the afternoon. a nice weekend shaping up with the temperature close to average. the forecast today, 46. the average high's only 41. a couple degrees above that. average low is 24. 66 will stay the record warmest temperature for today's date. we'll do well this weekend, but we talk about snow showers next week. that's coming up. jonathan: a mom is being held on a $10,000 bond, accused of overdosing in a kroger parking lot with her daughter in the car. police found crystal hall with a syringe she used to shoot heroin. hall will not be allowed contact with her daughter. a grand jury will hear the case coming up on february 16. word of that arrest comes as warren county is taking a very visible approach to fighting the heroin epidemic. a new billboard is offering cold, hard cash in the name of catching heroin traffickers. wlwt news 5's make dardis has details. reporter: this is the sign creating more than a few conversations in union township. a billboard along state route 48 encouraging tips and text messages to combat a still growing epidemic. the added incentive, cash to report drug abuse. and anonymous, but the message is anything but. warren county experienced a 42% increase in heroin related overdose deaths from 2014 to 2015. another sobering reality, the fact that drug overdoses now top car crashes as the leading cause of accidental deaths all across the state of ohio. no community is immune. urban centers or suburban subdivisions. a lesson to warren county drug task force hopes will continue to spread. jonathan: the state of ohio also focusing on getting families to understand this issue. the department of health identifies these groups as those with the highest heroin risks. men and women 25 to 35 years old. the problem is big everywhere, but especially in southern ohio and cleveland. the state also found high heroin risks in both urban and suburban settings. happening today, local cycling groups are hosting a memorial hit and run crash in anderson township last weekend. the ghost ride for michael prater will take off at 2:00 from lunken airport. he worked at rei in norwood. employees from columbus's store will man the norwood one so prater's coworkers can take part in the ride. prosecutors upgraded charges against the driver in a the crash. mindy woodall faces vehicular homicide charges. investigators found drug paraphernalia in her suv after the crash. roger bacon showing off the carol diaw fine arts center. it has seating for 317 people with an additional 200 floor seats. there's a 62-foot mural, which contains 400 photos from year books dating back to 1929. there will be an open house for 7:00. a middle school teacher in middletown training for a life long dream, the olympics. marathon runner tommy kaufmann is proving to students at st. john xxiii catholic school that off. story. >> what could they not do? reporter: it's tommy kaufmann's first year teaching social students. >> remember the article the confederation could not tax. reporter: his class is getting a lesson in working hard, dedicating yourself to something and running toward your dream. >> realistically, i'm probably not going to be in the top three, but just being in the race is a big accomplishment. reporter: a big accomplishment would be an understatement. for more than half his life, tommy kaufmann has been training >> since junior high, i think. not really competitively since high school, but, yeah, probably 15 years or so. reporter: next week, the 26-year-old will travel to los angeles to compete in the olympic trials. he has a chance to make it on the u.s. olympic marathon team. >> i'm just hoping to go out and have a good race. just go out, compete, let the result take care of itself. i know i'm fit. i know i'm in shape. so see what happens on race day. reporter: kaufmann graduated from marie month high school and continued his running career at xavier university. now, as an educator, he's teaching students lessons about life and never giving up. >> four years ago, i tried to qualify, and did not make it. so it's kind of been like a goal i've been shooting for four years. definitely visualized it, but to finally get there is a really nice achievement. for the olympics or not, tommy kaufmann says he'll continue doing what he's always done. run. in middletown, natalie clark, wlwt news 5. jonathan: many people remember back in 1984, it was jill is for dimpg, who had the same situation. she made the group of 200 and finished third, got to go to the olympics. it's julie. i knew her sister, jill. tommy kaufmann will compete against 200 top runners to make it on the team. 3. his school will host a special send-off in his honor. one of two locals qualified. competing. she's been a repeat past winner of the flying pig. good luck to both of them. mother nature providing some much-needed warmth for hundreds who signed up to take the polar bear plunge in bellevue. nearly 800 men and women are plunge at joe's crab shack. last year, the event raised more than $155,000 for special olympics programs in both kentucky and ohio. always a lot of fun outfits going in the water. check-in begins at 9:00 with the first people plunging into the water at 11:0037 won't be so bad today. still a bit nippy, i'm sure. the mardy grass celebration has become in covington. the 20th celebration kicked off last night in mainstrasse. tonight is the grand parade including floats, big heads and plenty of beads. organizers say the crowds are a blast. >> they're a blast, they go from bar to bar and celebrate in the mardi gras spirit. always been a good time. jonathan: the parade steps off at 9:00. there's no cover charge at any bars. mounting concerns over the threat of the zika virus. the cdc's message to couples in the united states. competing for the number one seed. how the tournament drawing is shaping up and which teams are expected to come out on top in morning sports. and your live look outside. citycam 5. found the museum center at union terminal looking beautiful on what if the sweet stevia leaf was discovered... ...before the sugarcane. after people were enjoying truvia in their coffee and everything else... ...sugar would come along and go, "hey, i'm sweet too." "sure, sugar, you're very sweet, but we've already got sweetness minus calorie-ness." it would be kinda awkward. truvia. life with less sugar is just as sweet. beyond natural grain free pet food is committed to truth on the label. p when we say real meat is ther first ingredient, it is always number one. we leave out poultry by-product meal, corn, wheat and soy. and, we own where our dry food is made - 100%. can other brands say all that? for grain-free nutrition you can does your food go beyond? jonathan: welcome back. concern is mounting over the zika virus. more than a dozen states are confirming infections. friday, the cdc issued a recommendation for men to not have sex with their pregnant partner for the duration of the pregnancy if they've traveled to zika areas. for pregnant women, the virus's impact on unborn children is devastating. rick scott, florida's governor, has declared a public health emergency in five counties. in hawaii, the first case of a newborn with zika was this week. tests at eight homes in flint are showing lead levels are going down in the water and that the filters are working. in the filtered water, there was no lead detected in almost all the homes. unfiltered water had trace >> last week, we were concerned about whether filters were doing their job. this week's report suggests that from what we know so far, they are, in fact, doing their job. the epa is continuing to test. jonathan: state officials are warning pet owners to filter water for cats and dogs. this after two dogs tested positive for lead toxicity. students in harrison are hosting a bottled water drive to help the people of flint. we've been generous around this area. i bet they've got a ton of bottled water. the fundraiser is being organized at harrison junior school. donate water to any elementary school district. students will load the water february 16 and deliver it february 17. make your donations before then. students hope to have 4,000 cases of water for donation. in commitment 2016, governor john kasich had fun on the campaign trail in new hampshire. schwarzenegger and montel williams. but today, between a couple of town halls, the governor took on the media in a snowball fight. hit the camera. there you go. new hampshire's primary takes place tuesday. new hampshire could be kroornl crucial for the kasich campaign moving forward. mike dardis will cover the governor's bid for the white house live in new hampshire monday and tuesday on wlwt news 5. let's talk local weather. give mike some advice about what to take up there north. here's jennifer. jennifer: i'll prep him on the weather. you prep him on snowball fighting skills. satellite and radar vog scattered clouds. partly cloudy right now. it's been quiet overnight. out across illinois, but i don't think we'll see anything this morning. we should end up with a good amount of sunshine. dry conditions on the radar. today. we're expecting a quiet saturday. temperatures in the 20s for most of us right now. i don't think we drop off too many more degrees for the morning hours. we'll probably steady out well in the next couple hours before we start our climb. batesville is 18. 24, hillsboro. compared to upper 20s in the southern counties. a little variation. visibility is high right now. we're at 26 degrees. the winds are calm. we have high humidity. we may see a couple of spots, a touch of fog in usual suspect locations in valleys and low spots. shouldn't be too much of a problem this morning. we'll come out with scattered clouds. by 11:00 a.m., 36. mid 40s through the afternoon under partly cloudy skies with light south winds. satellite and radar showing a pretty quiet setup for the ohio and tennessee river valleys today. it's high pressure to our south that's helping us out, blocking heading our way. we'll end up with scattered clouds, dry conditions. with the sunshine, temperatures should climb a couple of degrees higher than yesterday. we peaked at 43 friday. expecting high today around 46. so we'll do pretty nice this afternoon, back above average. quiet this start the weekend. we're dry tomorrow morning. here comes the next system, moving quickly through the midwest during the day sunday. around 50. upper 40s to near 50 tomorrow. partly cloudy skies. a little bit more of a south wind to help the temperature. we're dry for the day. but as the front drags closer during the evening, there will be a band of moisture. the leading edge still looks like it's going to be some rain showers for late sunday evening, probably after 9:00. less than a tenth of an inch, a band that moves through during the football game tomorrow evening. not too problematic. the front comes in behind it. temperatures fall off. monday morning, we'll have moisture around and temperatures a few rain drops, wet snowflakes. shouldn't be a problem with the air temperature above freezing monday morning. then monday afternoon, note snow showers to our northwest that will try to come in. we'll have periods of snow showers monday afternoon, tuesday, trying to push out on wednesday. it's a general cold weather pattern with the northwest flow and periods of light snow showers expected. no organized snow coming our way. a light accumulation of a half inch monday and tuesday. 46 for the high today. plenty of sunshine and a mild day above average. tonight, 32. tomorrow, 51 and scattered clouds. stronger for a southwest wind sunday. monday, 41. it's probably the midnight temperature. through the afternoon, mid to maybe upper 30s. with those snow showers. so generally above freezing when monday. no snow showers tuesday. it will be cold and blustery next week. we'll be in the 30s to end the work week. here's saturday morning sports. george: welcome back. we open up the second half of the blitz with our wildcard game of the week, elise. elise: the game will be important. over 28,000 people voted to get the highlights on the air. cincinnati christian taking on st. bernard last night. in the fourth quarter, the cougars swinging it around. marco carter, the open three. nothing but net. the trojans looking to answer back with a bucket. dejuan ringer is the guy to do it. the deuce is good. this time, ringer decides to go inside to the big man, christian reese. he got hacked on the play. gets the foul shot. cincinnati christian wins, 66-38. logon to wlwt.com. you see the slated games. you decide for our wildcard game of the week. george: it's that time. it's time for the blitz basketball insider, alex mecham. we're back for another week. the tournament draw coming up this weekend. a lot of people trying to figure out who might get the number one seed. you have thoughts on that? lasalle would be a team i would think would be in the mix. el earlier this week, the win over moeller. >> they're one of the hottest teams in the city. c.j. fleming told me, don't sleep on the lancers. he was right. george: he was totally right. moeller had the loss last night at elder. mason. >> they haven't lost a game in the city and are undefeated in the gmc. they're deserving of a number one seed as well. taft with the big game on saturday night. maybe that's what decides this thing, huh? indian hill. >> indian hill is playing well. they lost one game all year, beginning of the year against anderson. aiken is playing great basketball. they're deserving of a number one seed as well. george: had the big win over hughes. indian hill had the loss at the beginning of the year, but they had football players still playing football, right? >> exactly. george: division three. three worthy teams right there. >> absolutely. i'm going to have to go with purcell marian. coach kerr has done a great job mixing the talent and structure. they played well all season. they're, i think, the number one seed in division three. george: division four, miami valley christian and cincinnati christian. who do you like? >> i like mcva led by jamie carson, senior, playing great basketball. i think they're the number one seed. fun next friday night. >> i'll be ready. george: our blitz basketball insider, alex mecham. elise: a shout out tonight to cincinnati christian's dejuan ringer, getting to the rim with the stutter step in their 28-point win over st. bernard. here are some of the top performances of the night. you can vote on our website for performer. points. jamel howard at purcell marian has the record for the most rebounds in a career with 588. he finished with 16 points, seven rebounds. adam goetz finished with 22 and lasalle's c.j. fleming finishes with 24 points, four rebounds. he surpasses the 1,000 point mark. frankie hoffmeyer at elder had 24 points, two rebounds and two assists. jonathan: a family selfie goes can you figure out the question that has stumped america? local super bowl predictions. the footage from the cincinnati zoo's panel of football experts. is that a komodo dragon? a live look outside. citycam 5 found the daniel carter beard bridge mutely lit with a few travelers taking advantage of the flat road look, i know you're a cow and all. and you may not know what i'm talking about, but, uh. the yogurt made from your milk, is delicious. jonathan: welcome back. a photo of a mother and her twin daughters from indianapolis has the internet going crazy. perhaps you can see why. roll the photo. there it is. i can tell. none of the females in this photo look old enough to be a mother of 16-year-old twins. they're all pretty. the shot was retweeted more than 18,000 times and received more than 29,000 likes. so who is the mom? >> mom, please raise your hand. mom! there she is. jonathan: she looks young, but the twins are really young. tina, the girl's mother, on the left. she's 35 years old. youthful look by drinking a lot of water and avoiding stress. >> are you mistaken for triplets when you all go out? >> all the time. >> tina, i wouldn't get too used to this. she says that even though things like this happen, she tries to focus on the girls' more important things like education. panthers fans calling a highway prophecy. the sign, which gives mileage to two small towns, reads denver 7, newton 20. panthers fans say it's an omen that their star quarterback, cam newton, will emerge victorious this weekend. charlotte dad jason smith posted a photo on facebook. he and his kids are in shock, never imagining the post would get so much attention. road signs work out sometimes. with the super bowl just a day having fun trying to predict a winner. the komodo dragon picked the panthers, despite the reptile keeper putting all four rats in the helmet of the broncos. he tried to tip the scales. it didn't work. the three king penguins waddled their way to the carolina sign. i guess carolina's going to win. the super bowl's a popular conversation, of course. today, some elephants are weighing in. the touring ringling brothers and barn um and bailey circus elephants in south carolina took it upon themselves to predict panthers. kelly ann, the asian elephant, favorites. fans cheered a kelly ann and the team also played a game of football themselves. that was wide to the right, kelly ann. still more news 5 ahead, the presidential can dad joining larry david on "saturday night live." your live look outside. citycam 5.

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