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VENTURA, Calif. -- The Latest on a Southern California football player arrested for punching referee (all times local):6 p.m.A Southern California college football player who knocked out a referee during a game says he thinks his five-year suspension is harsh for an accident but he takes full responsibility for his actions.Mount San Antonio College freshman Bernard Schirmer was suspended Monday for clocking the referee during a Saturday night game.Schirmer tells The Associated Press that he was having words with another player whod pushed him and decided to punch himself in the helmet as a way of refocusing -- without realizing the referee was holding him.His school says video shows the 19-year-old accidentally hit the ref with his forearm. Schirmer says hes truly sorry.The college says it will appeal what could be a career-ending suspension. However, police arrested the player on suspicion of battery and theres still a chance he could face criminal charges.Meanwhile, a conference spokesman says the referee has indicated hes fine, just a little sore.---4:25 p.m.A Southern California college football player who knocked out a referee during a game has been suspended for five years.A spokesman for Mount San Antonio College says the school was notified Monday that its sports conference commissioner has suspended Bernard Schirmer for punching the ref during last Saturdays game.However, Brian Yokoyama says the school will appeal the suspension.Yokoyama says the college examined enlarged, frame-by-frame video of the incident and concluded that Schirmers arm accidentally struck the official.Schirmer has apologized for the hit and said it wasnt intentional.Rich Kollen of the Southern California Football Association says he spoke to the referee on Sunday and was told the man is fine but a little sore. He hasnt seen a physician.---3:20 p.m.A Southern California referee who was knocked unconscious during a college football game is said to be doing fine.Rich Kollen of the Southern California Football Association says he spoke to the ref Sunday and was told the man was a little sore but has no headache or other problems.Kollen says the ref was checked for concussion and cleared by trainers for both teams but hasnt seen a physician.Kollen says the ref -- whose name hasnt been released -- is scheduled to officiate another game Saturday.Video shows the referee trying to break up a fight during a game Saturday night, and then going down. Mount San Antonio College freshman Vernard Schirmer was arrested on suspicion of battery and has apologized.The school has concluded the hit was unintentional.---7:47 a.m.A California junior college football player who was arrested after he appeared to punch a referee during a game has apologized, saying it was an accident.Video shows the referee falling to the ground as he tried to break up a fight on the field. Police say he was knocked unconscious.Mount San Antonio College freshman Bernard Schirmer was ejected from the game Saturday and later arrested on suspicion of battery. He posted bail Sunday.Schirmer tells the Ventura County Star newspaper (http://bit.ly/2cQZh4e) that he often tries to calm down by hitting himself on the helmet and he didnt realize the line judge was so close. Schirmer says hes truly sorry.College officials say they reviewed video footage and talked to witnesses, concluding that Schirmer unintentionally hit the referee.Prosecutors will decide whether to charge Schirmer.Aaron Rodgers Super Bowl Jersey .Y. -- Sabres forward Drew Stafford has witnessed plenty of turmoil during his eight seasons in Buffalo. Darnell Savage Jr. Super Bowl Jersey . -- Brandon Jennings made the most of his first game with the Detroit Pistons on Sunday night. http://www.officialgreenbaypackerspro.com/Tramon-williams-packers-jersey/ . Jeff Green scored 13 points and Kris Humphries 12 for the Celtics, who nearly blew an 18-point, second-half lead. Sullingers 20-20 was the first by a Celtics player since Kevin Garnetts first game in Boston in 2007. Garnett was dealt -- along with Paul Pierce -- to Brooklyn during the off-season. Reggie White Super Bowl Jersey . Now, with Game 6 set for Fenway Park and an 8:07 p.m. ET first pitch, the Detroit Tigers face the unenviable task of having to beat the Boston Red Sox twice, on the road, to advance to the World Series. Kenny Clark Super Bowl Jersey . All of the scoring came in the final 20:04. Lucic scored on a power play at 15:46 of the third period, when he tipped a shot over Stars goalie Kari Lehtonen for a 3-1 lead.TOKYO -- The first woman to climb Mount Everest didnt stop there.Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei, who died Thursday at 77, devoted her adult life to scaling peaks, climbing the tallest mountains in more than 70 countries.Her philosophy was to live life to the fullest. I want to climb even more mountains, she said in a 1991 interview with The Associated Press, 16 years after conquering Everest. To think, It was great, and then die.To do so required defying stereotypes, and a supportive husband, in a country that thought a womans place was in the home. She founded the Ladies Climbing Club in 1969 with the slogan Lets go on an overseas expedition by ourselves, and reached the summit of Everest on May 16, 1975, as the leader of the climbing party of an all-female Japanese team.Most Japanese men of my generation would expect the woman to stay at home and clean house, the mother of two said in the 1991 interview.In 1992, she became the first woman to complete the Seven Summits, reaching the highest peaks of the seven continents.Tabei died of cancer at a hospital outside of Tokyo, Japanese media reported Saturday.ddddddddddddShe was born in 1939 in Miharu, a hilly farming town in Fukushima prefecture about 230 kilometers (140 miles) north of Tokyo. Her first summit was nearby Mount Nasu with her teacher in the fourth grade.Later in life, she became concerned about the degradation of Everest, completing masters studies in 2000 at Kyushu University in southern Japan on the garbage problem as the famous mountain was opened to more climbers.Everest has become too crowded. It needs a rest now, she said at a 2003 parade in Nepal to mark the 50th anniversary of the first successful ascent of the peak by Sir Edmund Hillary.She kept climbing even after being diagnosed with cancer four years ago, Japanese public broadcaster NHK said. Her goal was to climb the tallest mountain in all 195 countries of the world. She fell short but ticked off four more as recently as 2015, according to her website: Niger, Luxembourg, Belgium and Oman. ' ' '