BOYS BASKETBALL
(All games at 7:30 unless noted)
City League
TOMORROW
Springfield at Bowsher
Central Catholic at Northview
Stritch at Clay
Libbey at Sandusky
Whitmer at Southview
Woodward vs. Logan at Zanesville tourney, 6:15
SATURDAY
Cleveland Collinwood at Libbey
Rogers at Findlay
Toledo Christian at Start
Fremont Ross at St. John s
Otsego at Waite
Woodward at Zanesville tourney, 6:15 or 8
Northern Lakes League
TOMORROW
Bowling Green at Fremont Ross
Rossford at Lake
SATURDAY
Springfield at Anthony Wayne
Bowling Green at Southview
Maumee at Northview
Perrysburg at Rossford
Suburban Lakes League
TOMORROW
St. Wendelin at Elmwood
Oak Harbor at Genoa
Gibsonburg at Danbury
Port Clinton at Woodmore
SATURDAY
Van Buren at Elmwood
Port Clinton at Genoa
Lake at Oak Harbor
Lakota at Old Fort
Liberty-Benton at Woodmore--resked to Feb. 8
TAAC
TOMORROW
Ottawa Hills at Liberty Center
Holgate at Toledo Christian
SATURDAY
Ottawa Hills at Edon
Emmanuel Baptist at Monclova Christian
NWOAL
TOMORROW
Northwood at Swanton
SATURDAY
Wauseon at Archbold
Bryan at Van Wert
Delta at Pettisville
North Central at Evergreen
Tinora at Liberty Center
Hicksville at Montpelier
Midland Athletic League
TOMORROW
Bettsville at Crestline
Riverdale at Carey
Vanlue at Hopewell-Loudon
Van Buren at North Baltimore
Seneca East at Monroeville
Sandusky St. Mary at Tiffin Calvert
SATURDAY
Bettsville at Vanlue
St. Wendelin at Sandusky St. Mary
Mansfield St. Pete at Fremont St. Joe
Hopewell-Loudon at Cory-Rawson
Mohawk at Wynford
Margaretta at New Riegel
Seneca East at Edison
Sandusky Bay Conf.
TOMORROW
Clyde at Tiffin Columbian
Edison at New London
Huron at Norwalk St. Paul
Margaretta at Western Reserve
Perkins at Norwalk
Sandusky St. Mary at Tiffin Calvert
SATURDAY
Clyde at Norwalk
Huron at Bellevue
Margaretta at New Riegel
Blanchard Valley
TOMORROW
Hardin Northern at Temple Christian
McComb at Ayersville
SATURDAY
Ada at Arlington
Hardin Northern at Columbus Grove
Leipsic at Holgate
Bluffton at McComb
Allen East at Pandora-Gilboa
Green Meadows Conf.
TOMORROW
Fairview at Edgerton
Tinora at Miller City
Woodlan at Wayne Trace
SATURDAY
Antwerp at Fayette
Ft. Jennings at Ayersville
Stryker at Edgerton
Fairview at Napoleon
Leipsic at Holgate
Parkway at Wayne Trace
Buckeye Border Conf.
SATURDAY
Stryker at Edgerton
Putnam County League
FRIDAY
Arlington at Ft. Jennings
Ottoville at Cory-Rawson
Kalida at Ft. Recovery
SATURDAY
Lincolnview at Ottoville
Other NW Ohio
TOMORROW
Spencerville at Columbus Grove
Napoleon at Defiance
Fostoria at Findlay
Cornerstone Christian at Monclova Christian
SATURDAY
Huron at Bellevue
Defiance at Lima Sr.
Marion Harding at Fostoria
GIRLS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
City League
SATURDAY
Central Catholic at Olentangy Liberty, 3
Southview at Clay, 2
Cleveland Collinwood at Libbey, 1:30
Northern Lakes League
SATURDAY
Swanton at Maumee
St. Ursula at AnthonyWayne
North Canton Hoover at Perrysburg
Suburban Lakes League
TOMORROW
Liberty-Benton at Lakota
TAAC
SATURDAY
Northwood at Van Buren
Danbury at Toledo Christian
NWOAL
TOMORROW
Bryan at Evergreen
Liberty Center at Montpelier
Wauseon at Patrick Henry
SATURDAY
Delta at Archbold
LAST NIGHT
Clay 9 2 6 12 29
Central 21 25 19 12 77
CLAY: Berry 1-1-3, Ondrus 2-2-6, Krempa 4-1-9, Achter 1-0-2, Spangler 0-3-3, Langel 2-0-4, Lind 1-0-2. Totals: 11-7-29.
CENTRAL: Scott 1-2-2-10, Frazier 1-4-6, Murrell 2-0-4, DuBois 1-0-2, Large 2-1-0-7, Blandton 1-0-2, Calhoun 3-0-6, Strall 5-3-13, Minnfield 8-1-2-21, Herman 3-0-6. Totals: 27-4-11-77.
JV: Central 43-21.
Whitmer 4 14 15 9 42
Waite 15 17 10 8 50
WHITMER: Darucrick 0-3-3, Clayton 1-1-3, Lord 2-1-5, Teal 1-2-0-8, Allen 0-1-0-3, Dixon 0-1-1, Pawlowski 2-3-7, Schlaz 1-0-2, Randolph 3-4-10. Totals: 10-3-13-42.
WAITE: E. Rocker 0-1-0-3, Allen 4-2-10, Knowles 3-4-10, Ulis 0-2-3-9, Cleveland 0-1-0-3, McNeal 4-3-11, J. Rocker 0-3-3, Saunders 0-1-1. Totals: 11-4-16-50.
JV: Whitmer, 47-32.
Woodward 0 9 13 5 27
Bowsher 11 24 12 23 70
WOODWARD: Nicholson 5-6-16, Smith 0-1-1, Rowlette 0-1-0-3, Booth 0-1-1, Mills 3-0-6. Totals: 8-1-8-27.
BOWSHER: Barnes 0-2-2, Cassidy 3-7-13, Collins 1-0-2, Corggens 1-1-3, Crockett 2-3-7, Gregory 0-2-2, Holub 1-3-5, L. Johnson 1-5-7, S. Johnson 9-1-6-27, Wells 1-0-2. Totals: 19-1-29-70.
JV: Bowsher, 34-13
St. Ursula 14 12 11 16 53
Notre Dame 12 12 10 16 50
ST. URSULA: Thorp 0-2-2, Blosser 1-2-5-13, Anderson 2-0-4, Yaskowitz 1-1-3, Florian 5-2-12, A. Florian 6-3-15, Bockert 1-0-2, Gilmore 1-0-2. totals: 17-2-13-53.
NOTRE DAME: Smith 0-3-0-9, Kerscher 4-0-8, Wiczynski 2-2-0-10, Myers 0-1-4-7, Lalor 2-4-8, Molter 3-0-6, Caputo 1-0-2. Totals: 15-4-8-50.
JV: St. Ursula, 48-42.
PREP FOOTBALL
Ohio playoff pairings
STATE SEMIFINALS
DIVISION I
Games at 7 p.m. Saturday
(5) Cleveland Glenville (12-1) vs. (5) Canton McKinley (10-3), Massillon Paul Brown Tiger Stadium
(4) Worthington Kilbourne (11-2) vs. (3) Cincinnati Colerain (13-0), Dayton Welcome Stadium
DIVISION II
Games at 7:30 p.m. Tomorrow
(1) Tallmadge (12-1) vs. (1) Avon Lake (13-0), Parma Byers Field
(2) Columbus Brookhaven (13-0) vs. (2) Dayton Carroll (12-1), Dublin Coffman Field
DIVISION III
Games at 7 p.m. Saturday
(4) Cleveland Benedictine (10-3) vs. (3) Canal Fulton Northwest (12-1), Canton Central Catholic Stadium
(5) St. Marys Memorial (12-1) vs. (3) Columbus Watterson (11-2), Upper Arlington Moorehead Stadium
DIVISION IV
Games at 7:30 p.m. Tomorrow
(3) Youngstown Mooney (10-2) vs. (2) Martins Ferry (12-0), Massillon Paul Brown Tiger Stadium
(2) Coldwater (13-0) vs. (7) Versailles (10-3), Dayton Welcome Stadium
DIVISION V
Games at 7 p.m. Saturday
(8) St. Henry (12-1) vs. (1) Patrick Henry (13-0), Lima Bath Stadium
(1) Amanda-Clearcreek (13-0) vs. (5) Smithville (12-1), Dublin Coffman Field
DIVISION VI
Games at 7:30 p.m. Tomorrow
(2) Norwalk St. Paul (11-2) vs. (3) Hicksville (12-1), Tiffin National Field at Frost-Kalnow Stadium
(8) Danville (11-2) vs. (2) Hardin Northern (12-1), Lewis Center Olentangy Braves Field
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
American League
CHICAGO WHITE SOX Agreed to terms with LHP Kevin Walker on a one-year contract.
CLEVELAND INDIANS Agreed to terms with RHP Bob Wickman on a one-year contract.
MINNESOTA TWINS Agreed to terms with C Mike Redmond on a two-year contract.
National League
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS Named Bob Gebhard assistant general manager, Mike Aldrete hitting coach, Carlos Tosca third base coach and Brett Butler first base coach.
LOS ANGELES DODGERS Agreed to terms with Jim Tracy, manager, on a two-year contract.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS Agreed to terms with C Damian Miller on a three-year contract.
Can-Am League
NEW HAVEN COUNTY CUTTERS Named Mike Church field manager.
NORTH SHORE SPIRIT Re-signed 2B Marcos Agramonte and 1B Vic Davilla. Signed OF Lucas Taylor.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS Activated F Luke Jackson from the injured list. Placed F Sasha Pavlovic on the injured list.
LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS Activated C Chris Kaman from the injured list.
WASHINGTON WIZARDS Named Mitchell Butler director of player development.
American Basketball Association
ABA Granted an expansion franchise to Long Island to begin play in the 2005-06 season.
PHOENIX Named Jeffrey Allen Fore coach.
Continental Basketball Association
CBA Announced Albany will rejoin the league for the 2005-06 season.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ARIZONA CARDINALS Placed RB Troy Hambrick on injured reserve. Signed RB Damien Anderson.
CLEVELAND BROWNS Placed OT Ryan Tucker on injured reserve. Signed FB Kris Briggs and LB Andre Sommersell to the practice squad. Waived DB Christian Morton and LB Chris Clemons from the practice squad.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS Re-signed WR Chris Doering. Released RB Dante Brown.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS Signed P Ken Walter. Signed LB Tony Donald to the practice squad.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS Placed DT Anthony McFarland on injured reserve. Signed RB Ian Smart from the practice squad. Signed DT Keith Wright to the practice squad.
WASHINGTON REDSKINS Placed LB Mike Barrow on injured reserve. Signed LB Chris Clemons from Cleveland s practice squad.
Arena Football League
AUSTIN WRANGLERS Signed OL-DL Jamie Lovern.
GEORGIA FORCE Signed OL-DL Nikia Adderson, OS Todd Doxzon, WR-DB Scott McCready, QB Matt Nagy and WR-DB Nick Ward.
TAMPA BAY STORM Signed DS Leonard Myers.
Atlantic Indoor Football League
JOHNSTOWN RIVERHAWKS Named Jaleen Waugh assistant general manager and Wayne Waugh director of player personnel.
Canadian Football League
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS Agreed to terms with Jim Daley, coach, on a multiyear contract.
HOCKEY
American Hockey League
HARTFORD WOLF PACK Recalled F Dwight Helminen from the Charlotte of the ECHL.
HERSHEY BEARS Recalled RW Greg Barber from Quad City of the UHL.
ST. JOHN S MAPLE LEAFS Assigned G J.F. Racine to Memphis of the CHL.
WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON PENGUINS Assigned D Darcy Robinson to Wheeling of the ECHL.
ECHL
DAYTON BOMBERS Announced F Ben Knopp has been assigned to the team by Syracuse of the AHL. Assigned F Michael Tessier to Quebec of the QMJHL.
FLORIDA EVERBLADES Announced F Kris Vernarsky has been assigned to the team by Providence of the AHL.
SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS Announced F Garret Stroshein has been assigned to the team by Portland of the AHL. Acquired F Cam McCaffrey from Las Vegas for future considerations. Signed D Kevin Knopp and D Hugo Marchand.
United Hockey League
KALAMAZOO WINGS Signed D Greg Labenski and F Ryan Barnes.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
CLUB DEPORTIVO CHIVAS USA Traded D Jeff Stewart to Real Salt Lake in exchange for a youth international slot.
COLLEGE
LAMAR Announced the resignation of Fiona Simmons, volleyball coach.
TEMPLE Announced the contract of Lauren Fuchs, field hockey head coach, will not be renewed.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Mid-American Conf.
WEDNESDAY
Toledo 49, BGSU 41
Kent State 41, Central Florida 24
Kent St. 7 13 14 7 41
UCF 3 14 7 0 24
UCF FG Brown 32, 3:34.
KSU Dowery 60 pass from Cribbs (Travis kick), 0:31.
KSU Newton 6 pass from Cribbs (kick failed), 13:48.
UCF Haynes 21 run (Brown kick), 7:44.
UCF Eldemire 5 pass from Moffett (Brown kick), 1:27.
KSU Cribbs 8 run (Travis kick), 0:27
KSU Dowery 66 pass from Cribbs (Travis kick), 6:44
KSU Bush 11 pass from Cribbs (Travis kick), 4:14.
UCF Haynes 3 run (Brown kick), 2:46
KSU Marcus 9 pass from Cribbs (Travis kick), 14:33.
A 12,083.
TEAM STATS
Kent UCF
First downs 23 24
Rushes-yards 37-113 36-72
Passing 426 337
Comp-Att-Int 29-39-0 23-34-2
Return Yards 78 33
Punts-Avg. 5-40 5-39.6
Fumbles-Lost 4-1 4-2
Penalties-Yards 6-62 5-45
Time of Possession 31:01 28:59
INDIVIDUAL STATS
RUSHING Kent St, Alston, 15-58, Cribbs 18-55, McElroy 2-7, Bush 1-(minus 7). UCF, Haynes 19-101, Moffett 13-3, Team 1-(minus 13), Sumner 3-(minus 19).
PASSING Kent St, Cribbs 28-38-389-5-0. Bush 1-1-37-0-0. UCF, Moffett 22-32-319-1-1. Sumner 1-2-18-0-1.
RECEIVING Kent St, Dowery 13-240, McElroy 5-60, Newton 3-26, Hill 2-51, Bell 2-20, Bush 2-20, Barcus 1-8, Alston 1-1. UCF, Johnson 6-51, Walker 4-74, Capers 4-67, Haynes 4-34, Huggins 2-81, Eldemire 2-12, Turner 1-18.
Big Ten Conference
SATURDAY
Northwestern at Hawaii, 11
National
TODAY
EAST
Connecticut at Rutgers, 10 a.m.
West Virginia at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m.
SOUTH
Tuskegee at Alabama St., 2 p.m.
TOMORROW
MIDWEST
Colorado at Nebraska, Noon
SOUTHWEST
LSU at Arkansas, 2:30 p.m.
Texas A&M at Texas, 3:30 p.m.
FAR WEST
Arizona St. at Arizona, 3 p.m.
SATURDAY
EAST
James Madison at Lehigh, 12:30
Syracuse at Boston College, 1
Lafayette at Delaware, 3
SOUTH
Memphis at South Florida, 11 a.m.
Jacksonville St. at Furman, Noon
Wake Forest at Maryland, Noon
Hampton at William & Mary, Noon
Kentucky at Tennessee, 12:30
Florida A&M at Fla. International, 1
East Carolina vs. N.C. State, N.C., 1
Virginia at Virginia Tech, 1
Mississippi St. at Mississippi, 2
Grambling St. at Southern, 2
Cincinnati at Louisville, 2:30
UAB at Southern Miss., 3
Georgia Tech at Georgia, 3:30
MIDWEST
Missouri at Iowa St., 1
E. Washington at S. Illinois, 2:30
SOUTHWEST
W. Kentucky at Sam Houston St., 2
Tulane at TCU, 3
UTEP at Tulsa, 3
Oklahoma St. at Texas Tech, 3:30
FAR WEST
Fresno St. at San Jose St., 5
Boise St. at Nevada, 7:45
Notre Dame at Southern Cal , 8
NOTES
The Waite High School FRESHMAN SOFTBALL TEAM is seeking games for the upcoming season. Interested teams contact Tiffany at 419-260-7163 to schedule.
Sienna Heights University will host a BASKETBALL LEAGUE for players in fifth and sixth grade and seventh and eighth grade. Cost is $385 per team. The season for fifth and sixth-graders begins Jan. 8. The season for the seventh and eighth-graders begins Jan. 30. For more information call Al Sandifer at 517-264-7869.
COLLEGE HOCKEY
CCHA
OVERALL RECORDS: Michigan 9-2-1, Bowling Green 6-3-1, N. Michigan 5-3-2, Alaska-Fairbanks 5-3-0, Ohio St. 9-4-1, Neb.-Omaha 7-4-1, Notre Dame 2-5-4, Michigan St. 5-6-1, W. Michigan 5-6-1, Lake Superior St. 3-6-1, Miami 5-7-0, Ferris St. 4-9-1.
TOMORROW
Miami at Bowling Green
Michigan at Minnesota (College Hockey Showcase)
Michigan St. at Wisconsin (College Hockey Showcase)
N. Michigan at Lake Superior St.
Notre Dame at Alaska-Fairbanks
SATURDAY
Alabama-Huntsville at W. Michigan
Lake Superior St. at N. Michigan
Miami at Bowling Green
Michigan at Wisconsin (College Hockey Showcase)
Michigan St. at Minnesota (College Hockey Showcase)
Notre Dame at Alaska-Fairbanks
SUNDAY, Nov. 28
Alabama-Huntsville at W. Michigan
ECHL
LAST NIGHT
Atlantic City 4, Long Beach 2
Wheeling 7, Dayton 3
Pee Dee 3, Augusta 2
Greenville 5, Florida 1
S. Carolina 4, Pensacola 0
Trenton 2, Johnstown 1, OT
Las Vegas at Texas, late
Alaska at Idaho, late
TUESDAY
Charlotte 4, Augusta 2
Long Beach 2, Trenton 1, OT
Las Vegas 4, Louisiana 3, OT
TONIGHT
Toledo at Dayton
Victoria at Fresno
S. Carolina at Gwinnett
Las Vegas at Mississippi
Reading at Peoria
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Men
Preseason NIT
At Madison Square Garden
Semifinals
Wake Forest 79, Providence 67
Arizona vs. Michigan, late
Championship (tomorrow)
Wake Forest vs. Arizona-Michigan winner, 7 p.m.
Third place
Providence vs. Arizona-Michigan loser, 4:30 p.m.
EAST
Boston U. 66, Fordham 51
Columbia 53, Long Island U. 49
Hofstra 79, La Salle 69
Lehigh 58, Sacred Heart 52
Pittsburgh 83, Robert Morris 59
Stony Brook 68, Army 54
West Virginia 72, Duquesne 69
MIDWEST
Bowling Green 63, Ill.-Chicago 51
Cincinnati 76, N. Iowa 70, 2OT
Illinois 85, Oakland, Mich. 54
Ind.-Pur.-Indpls. 91, Huntington 81
Kansas St. 60, Denver 56
Kent St. 76, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 58
SW Missouri St. 65, N. Illinois 63
SOUTH
Auburn 92, Nicholls St. 78
Davidson 103, Maine-Farmington 33
Florida St. 88, Shawnee St. 65
Grambling St. 80, Texas Coll. 58
LSU 95, New Orleans 79
South Alabama 52, Samford 50
South Carolina 62, Winthrop 52
Southern Miss. 65, SE Louisiana 62
UCF 96, Puerto Rico-Mayaguez 52
Virginia 77, Appalachian St. 60
SOUTHWEST
Louisiana-Monroe 75, Baylor 61
Texas Southern 63, Chicago St. 57
FAR WEST
Loyola Marymount 83, N. Colorado 51
Texas-Arlington 88, New Mexico St. 67
TOURNAMENTS
EA Sports Maui Invitational
Texas 95, Tennessee 70, third place
Louisville 82, Stanford 67, fifth place
BYU 77, Chaminade 56, seventh place
Guardians Classic
Third Place
Houston 57, Missouri 55
Preseason NIT
Semifinals
Wake Forest 79, Providence 67
Women
EAST
American U. 67, Mount St. Mary s, Md. 52
Boston College 74, Quinnipiac 43
Bucknell 86, Cornell 63
Hofstra 71, Colgate 70
Niagara 84, Vermont 76
Syracuse 61, Manhattan 45
SOUTH
Furman 76, Gardner-Webb 69
Louisiana Tech 88, Mississippi 70
Nicholls St. 65, New Orleans 55
South Florida 82, Army 58
Wofford 86, S. Virginia 47
MIDWEST
Bradley 83, Ill.-Chicago 67
Cincinnati 62, Ball St. 58
Indiana St. 83, E. Illinois 56
Kansas 59, Sacred Heart 48
Marquette 67, Toledo 28
Northwestern 64, W. Michigan 60
Wright St. 98, Ind.-Pur.-Ft. Wayne 76
FAR WEST
BYU 81, Nevada 64
SOUTHWEST
Houston 80, Creighton 63
Tulsa 71, SW Missouri St. 67
TOURNAMENTS
Great Alaska Shootout
Stanford 67, Louisiana-Lafayette 47, championship
E. Wash. 82, Alaska-Anchorage 69, third place
BOWLING HONOR ROLL
300 games
Charlie Teel, ForestVw 247-300-226-773
Rich Gargas, Glas B. 224-247-300-771
Rick Barror, Imp. 198-227-300-725
Chuck Himes, Glass B. 156-246-300-702
Bob Cooper, Jug s 300-190-188-678
Brad Szutienko, FrstVw 238-225-300-763
Dennis Moss, Glass Bowl 300-164-208-672
Honor Roll
High series
Men (750 or better)
Jim McDougall, Jug s 806
Wyiatt Kosier, Ottawa 805
Charlie Teel, ForestView 798
Angie Seambos, Imperial 783
Russ Morse, Jug s 777
Gary Riebe, Jug s 775
Jim Anders, ForestView 773
Charlie Teel, ForestView 769
Mark Hankenhof, Jug s 764
Rich Miller, Jug s 764
Richie Marsh, Glass Bowl 763
Jim McDougall, Glass Bowl 761
Ron Allen, ForestView 761
Dave Merritt, Southwyck 751
Bill Brandi, Ottawa 751
Jim Cowell, Jug s 751
Julian Pirrone, ForestView 750
Women (650 or better)
Natalie Miskiel, Southwyck 730
Brooke Summer, ForestView 719