HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
NOTE: Boys and girls varsity basketball coaches from the City League, NLL, SLL, NWOAL and TAAC should begin faxing reports on their scoring and rebounding leaders this week. The Blade will start running boys league stats and standings on Friday, and coaches should report each week by 5 p.m. on Wednesday. Girls stats and standings will start on Monday, Jan. 10, and coaches should report no later than noon each Sunday. All reports can be faxed to 419-724-6116.
Girls
SCHEDULE
Games 7:30 p.m. unless noted
CITY LEAGUE
SATURDAY
Magnificat at St. Ursula, 3
Scott at John Marshall
Southview at Start
Northern Lakes League
TOMORROW
Perrysburg at Bowling Green
Anthony Wayne at Northview
Maumee at Southview
Springfield at Rossford
SATURDAY
Perrysburg at Napoleon
Southview at Start
Suburban Lakes League
TONIGHT
Eastwood at Otsego
Gibsonburg at Elmwood
Genoa at Lake
Lakota at Woodmore
SATURDAY
Otsego at Delta
TAAC
TONIGHT
Stritch at Ottawa Hills
Maumee Valley at Emmanuel Baptist
Toledo Christian at Northwood
SATURDAY
Maumee Valley at Stritch
Danbury at Northwood
Emmnauel Baptist at Ottawa Hills
NWOAL
TOMORROW
Montpelier at Archbold
Liberty Center at Bryan
Patrick Henry at Evergreen
Wauseon at Swanton
SATURDAY
Archbold at Wayne Trace
Boys
(Games at 7:30 unless noted)
City League
TOMORROW
Bowsher at Waiter
St. John s at Central Catholic
Rogers at Clay
Start at Libbey
Woodward at Scott
Whitmer at St. Francis
SATURDAY
Rogers at Celina
Cincinnati Hughes at Scott
St. John s at Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary
Northern Lakes League
SATURDAY
Anthony Wayne at Maumee
Rossford at Bowling Green
Perrysburg at Northview
Southview at Springfield
Suburban Lakes League
TOMORROW
Eastwood at Lake
Elmwood at Woodmore
Gibsonburg at Genoa
SATURDAY
Eastwood at Perkins
Liberty-Benton at Elmwood
Lake at Delta
Lakota at Otsego
TAAC
TOMORROW
Maumee Valley at Stritch
Danbury at Northwood
Emmanuel Baptist at Ottawa Hills
SATURDAY
North Baltimore at Maumee Valley
NWOAL
TONIGHT
Archbold at Montpelier
Bryan at Liberty Center
Evergreen at Patrick Henry
Swanton at Wauseon
SATURDAY
Lima Bath at Bryan
Evergreen at Edon
Liberty Center at Holgate
Montpelier at Stryker
Patrick Henry at Ottawa-Glandorf
Swanton at North Central
Wauseon at Defiance
Midland Athletic League
TOMORROW
New Riegel at Bettsville
Old Fort at Carey
Fremont St. Joe at St. Wendelin
North Baltimore at Hopewell-Loudon
Mohawk at Tiffin Calvert
Monclova Christian at Seneca East
SATURDAY
Carey at Arlington
Fremont St. Joe at Mansfield Christian
Mohawk at New Riegel
Tiffin Calvert at Van Buren
Sandusky Bay Conf.
TOMORROW
Perkins at Clyde
Margaretta at Edison
Oak Harbor at Huron
Sandusky St. Mary at Port Clinton
SATURDAY
Vermillion at Port Clinton
Mansfield St. Pete at Sandusky St. Mary
Blanchard Valley Conference
TOMORROW
Arcaidia at Hardin Northern
Cory-Rawson at Arlington
Leipsic at Van Buren
Liberty-Benton at Vanlue
Pandora-Gilboa at McComb
SATURDAY
Ada at Arcadia
Allen East at Hardin Northern
Lima Temple Christian at Vanlue
Green Meadows Conf.
TONIGHT
Wayne Trace at Antwerp
Ayersville at Tinora
Edgerton at Fairview
Hicksville at Holgate
SATURDAY
Continental at Ayersville
Edgerton at Fayette
Hilltop at Hicksville
Kalida at Kalida
Buckeye Border Conf.
TONIGHT
Edon at Fayette
North Central at Hilltop
Pettisville at Stryker
Putnam County League
TOMORROW
Ada at Columbus Grove
SATURDAY
Columbus Grove at Leipsic
Pandora-Gilboa at Ottoville
Other NW Ohio
TOMORROW
Norwalk at Bellevue
Lima Shawnee at Defiance
Tiffin Columbian at Fostoria
St. Marys at Ottawa-Glandorf
SATURDAY
Fremont Ross at Findlay
Fostoria at Hilliard Davidson
Napoleon at Marion Harding
Southeast Michigan
Tri-County
TOMORROW
Adrian Madison at Morenci
Britton-Macon at Sand Creek
Deerfield at Summerfield
Whiteford at Whitmore Lake
Lenawee County A.A.
TOMORROW
Blissfield at Hillsdale
Clinton at Dundee
Erie Mason at Ida
Hudson at Onsted
SATURDAY
Dundee at Lenawee Christian
Other SE Michigan
TOMORROW
Napoleon at Addison
Bedford at Ypsilanti Lincoln
Monroe at Belleville
Huron at Monroe Jefferson
Flat Rock at Monroe St. Mary
ECHL
LAST NIGHT
Toledo 2, Atlantic City 1
Bakersfield 4, Trenton 3
Long Beach at Idaho, late
Peoria at San Diego, late
Alaska at Victoria, late
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Mid-American Conference
LAST NIGHT
Ball St. 81, Ohio 80
Kent 67, E. Michigan 64
Miami 64, N. Illinois 59
TONIGHT
Akron at Toledo, 7
Buffalo at C. Michigan, 7
Bowling Green at Marshall, 7
SATURDAY
Akron at W. Michigan, 4:30
Miami (Ohio) at Kent St., 7
SUNDAY
Toledo at Buffalo, 2
E. Michigan at Cent. Michigan, 1
N. Illinois at Bowling Green, 2
Marshall at Ohio, 2
Big Ten Conference
LAST NIGHT
Michigan St. 84, Penn St. 58
Northwestern 73, Indiana 52
Illinois 84, Ohio St. 65
Michigan 65, Iowa 63
Wisconsin 77, Purdue 68
SATURDAY
Iowa at Ohio St., Noon
Northwestern at Michigan St., 2
Illinois at Purdue, 4
Wisconsin at Indiana, 8
Fairfield at Michigan, 8
Penn St. at Minnesota, 8
National
LAST NIGHT
MIDWEST
Albion 76, Olivet 52
Alma 72, Kalamazoo 61
Aquinas 86, Siena Heights 68
Bradley 81, SW Missouri St. 70
Calvin 70, Adrian 69
Case Reserve 83, Oberlin 72
Creighton 61, Drake 58
Denison 82, Ohio Weslyn 68
Duquesne 94, Dayton 93, 2OT
Hope 91, Tri-State 72
John Carroll 78, Capital 71
Kansas 65, Texas A&M 60
Middle Tennessee 66, Ind.-Pur.-Ft. Wayne 61
Mount Union 74, Baldwin-Wallace 71
Muskingum 117, Marietta 87
Saint Louis 57, Tulane 41
Wittenberg 76, Kenyon 28
EAST
Boston College 75, Connecticut 70
George Washington 71, La Salle 42
Georgetown 67, Pittsburgh 64
Loyola, Md. 70, VMI 69
Manhattan 89, N. Dakota St. 47
Notre Dame 66, Seton Hall 65
Rhode Island 72, St. Bonaventure 70
Saint Joseph s 53, Fordham 50
Syracuse 79, St. John s 65
Temple 61, Massachusetts 49
Villanova 84, West Virginia 46
Yale 60, Fairfield 57
SOUTH
Chattanooga 66, The Citadel 57
Coastal Carolina 76, Winthrop 68
Davidson 81, Furman 75
Duke 59, Princeton 46
Kentucky 79, South Carolina 75
Louisiana-Lafayette 63, S. Illinois 61
Mississippi St. 90, Auburn 53
South Florida 72, East Carolina 71
Tennessee 72, Georgia 65
Transylvania 86, Defiance 76
Troy 87, Jacksonville 76
UAB 83, Southern Miss. 75
Va. Commonwealth 81, George Mason 74
SOUTHWEST
Arkansas 69, Mississippi 46
Houston 70, Louisville 67
Women
MAC
LAST NIGHT
Toledo 74, Ball State 62
Bowling Green 70, Buffalo 45
Eastern Michigan 94, Akron 58
Ohio 56, Kent State 50
Miami 68, Marshall 65
Western Michigan 69, C. Michigan 64
SATURDAY
Toledo at Akron, 2 p.m.
Bowling Green at W. Michigan, 2 p.m.
Central Michigan at Ball State, 3 p.m.
Marshall at Kent State, 2 p.m.
Northern Illinois at E. Michigan, 7 p.m.
Ohio at Miami, 2 p.m.
NATIONAL
LAST NIGHT
MIDWEST
Baldwin-Wallace 73, Mount Union 55
Carleton 73, Concordia, Moor. 67
Detroit 75, Ind.-Pur.-Ft. Wayne 67
Franklin 75, Hanover 72
Iowa St. 78, Kansas St. 59
John Carroll 60, Capital 57
Luther at Central, ppd.
Missouri 67, Oklahoma St. 49
Nebraska 84, Colorado 62
Notre Dame 75, Syracuse 58
Pittsburg St. 73, Missouri Southern 63
Siena Heights 77, Aquinas 74
St. Xavier 78, McKendree 63
Valparaiso 68, Oakland, Mich. 63
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Tuesday
Orange Bowl
Oklahoma 7 3 0 9 19
Southern Cal 14 24 10 7 55
OU T.Wilson 5 pass from J.White (Hartley kick), 7:44.
SC Byrd 33 pass from Leinart (Killeen kick), 4:27.
SC L.White 6 run (Killeen kick), :17.
SC Jarrett 54 pass from Leinart (Killeen kick), 11:46.
SC S.Smith 5 pass from Leinart (Killeen kick), 9:17.
OU FG Hartley 29, 3:10.
SC S.Smith 34 pass from Leinart (Killeen kick), 1:56.
SC FG Killeen 44, :03.
SC S.Smith 4 pass from Leinart (Killeen kick), 10:42.
SC FG Killeen 42, 4:01.
SC L.White 8 run (Killeen kick), 9:46.
OU Safety, Leinart downed in end zone, 6:34.
OU T.Wilson 9 pass from J.White (Hartley kick), 3:59.
A 77,912.
TEAM STATS
OU SC
First downs 19 19
Rushes-yards 40-128 28-193
Passing 244 332
Comp-Att-Int 24-36-3 18-35-0
Return Yards 3 38
Punts-Avg. 4-44.5 4-43.5
Fumbles-Lost 3-2 1-0
Penalties-Yards 3-30 9-75
Time of Possession 35:06 24:54
Individual Stats
RUSHING Oklahoma, Peterson 25-82, Wolfe 7-40, K.Jones 4-9, T.Wilson 1-5, J.White 3-(minus 8). Southern Cal, L.White 15-118, Bush 6-75, Kirtman 1-4, Webb 1-4, Reed 2-2, Byrd 1-1, Leinart 2-(minus 11).
PASSING Oklahoma, J.White 24-36-3-244, Grady 0-0-0-0. Southern Cal, Leinart 18-35-0-332, Cassel 0-0-0-0.
RECEIVING Oklahoma, T.Wilson 7-59, Clayton 4-21, Bradley 2-66, K.Jones 2-30, B.Jones 2-13, Peterson 2-6, Rankins 2-0, Finley 1-23, Peoples 1-18, Moses 1-8. Southern Cal, S.Smith 7-113, Jarrett 5-115, Byrd 3-58, Bush 2-31, Kirtman 1-15.
NFL
Playoffs
Wild-card
Saturday
St. Louis at Seattle, 4:30 p.m. (ABC)
N.Y. Jets at San Diego, 8 p.m. (ABC)
Sunday
Denver at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Minnesota at Green Bay, 4:30 p.m. (FOX)
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
American League
MINNESOTA TWINS Agreed to terms with Ron Gardenhire, manager, on a two-year contract extension through the 2007 season.
TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS Agreed to terms with INF Alex S. Gonzalez on a one-year contract.
National League
CINCINNATI REDS Named Tyler Wilt scout.
WASHINGTON NATIONALS Named Don Buford 1B coach, Dave Huppert 3B coach, Jack Voigt roving coach, Jose Rijo special assistant to the general manager.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
CHICAGO BULLS Waived F Tommy Smith.
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS Activated G Dajuan Wagner from the injured list. Placed F Luke Jackson on the injured list.
DENVER NUGGETS Waived C Mark Pope and F Arthur Johnson.
DETROIT PISTONS Released F Derrick Coleman. Signed G Anthony Goldwire to a 10-day contract.
LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS Signed G Darrick Martin to a 10-day contract.
MILWAUKEE BUCKS Activated F Toni Kukoc and C Daniel Santiago from the injured list. Waived G Kendall Gill and G Eddie House.
NEW JERSEY NETS Signed F Jerome Moiso to a 10-day contract. Waived F Kaniel Dickens.
NEW YORK KNICKS Placed G-F Anfernee Hardaway on the injured list.
UTAH JAZZ Activated G Howard Eisley from the injured list.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ARIZONA CARDINALS Named Keith Rowen offensive coordinator. Reassigned tight ends coach Mike Wilson to receivers coach.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS Fired Dennis Erickson, coach, and Terry Donahue, general manager. Signed OG Thomas Herrion, C Norm Katnik, OT Tim Provost, LB Max Yates and TE Doug Zeigler to one-year contracts.
WASHINGTON REDSKINS Signed LB Maurice Jones and WR Nathan Black.
HOCKEY
ECHL
DAYTON BOMBERS Announced F Shawn Limpright was recalled to Columbus of the NHL and assigned to Las Vegas. Acquired D Scott Basiuk from South Carolina.
TOLEDO STORM Announced D P.J. Martin has been returned to the team from Worcester of the AHL.
COLLEGE
CLEMSON Announced CB Justin Miller will forego his senior year and make himself available for the NFL draft.
DARTMOUTH Named Buddy Teevens football coach.
FLORIDA Announced sophomore LB Channing Crowder will make himself available for the NFL draft.
INDIANA Declared freshman basketball C Lucas Steijn ineligible for the second semester.
LOUISVILLE Announced RB Eric Shelton will forego his senior year and make himself available for the NFL draft.
MARYLAND Announced DE Shawne Merriman will forego his senior year and make himself available for the NFL draft.
OHIO STATE Announced the retirement of Andy Geiger, athletic director, effective June 30.
WEST VIRGINIA Announced CB Adam Jones will forego his senior year and make himself available for the NFL draft.