Prep wrestling, college hockey, motorsports

2/21/2008

TENNIS

Qatar Total Open

Doha, Qatar

Singles

Second Round

Svetlana Kuznetsova (2) d. Nathalie Dechy 7-5, 7-5; Li Na d. Anna Chakvetadze (5) 7-6 (7), 6-4; Dinara Safina (11) d. Yan Zi 6-2, 6-1.

Ai Sugiyama d. Ayumi Morita 4-6, 6-4, 6-0; Ana Ivanovic (1), Serbia, d. Olga Govortsova 6-3, 6-1; Sybille Bammer (15) d. Monica Niculescu 3-6, 7-5, 6-4; Dominika Cibulkova d. Patty Schnyder (9) 6-3, 6-4; Shahar Peer (12) d. Virginie Razzano 6-1, 7-6 (3); Agnieszka Radwanska (16) d. Tathiana Garbin 6-3, 6-3; Maria Sharapova (4) d. Galina Voskoboeva 6-4, 4-6, 6-1; Anabel Medina Garrigues d. Maria Kirilenko 2-6, 7-5, 6-1; Tamarine Tanasugarn d. Amelie Mauresmo (14) 7-6 (7), 7-5; Venus Williams (6) d. Karin Knapp 6-2, 6-3; Jelena Jankovic (3), Serbia, d. Yaroslava Shvedova 6-1, 3-6, 6-3.

ABN AMRO

World Tournament

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Singles

First Round

Fernando Verdasco d. Jarkko Nieminen 6-2, 6-2; Robin Haase d. Andy Murray (6) 7-5, 6-3; Andreas Seppi d. Lleyton Hewitt 3-6, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4); Tomas Berdych (5) d. Ivan Ljubicic 6-3, 6-3; Rafael Nadal (1) d. Dmitry Tursunov 6-4, 6-4.

Second Round

Teimuraz Gabashvili d. Nicolas Mahut 6-2, 7-6 (7); Gilles Simon d. Janko Tipsarevic, Serbia, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4).

MEN

Mid-American Conference

East

Conference All Games

W L Pct. W L Pct.

Kent St. 11 2 .846 22 5 .815

Akron 9 4 .692 19 7 .731

Ohio 8 5 .615 17 9 .654

Miami 7 6 .538 13 12 .520

BGSU 6 7 .462 11 14 .440

Buffalo 2 11 .154 8 17 .320

West

Conference All Games

W L Pct. W L Pct.

W. Michigan 9 3 .750 15 10 .600

C. Michigan 6 7 .462 11 14 .440

E. Michigan 6 7 .462 10 15 .400

Toledo 5 7 .417 8 16 .333

Ball St. 4 9 .308 5 20 .200

N. Illinois 3 8 .273 6 17 .261

LAST NIGHT

Northern Illinois at Toledo, ppd.

Central Michigan 63, Ball State 58

Western Michigan 70, Eastern Michigan 52

SATURDAY

Delaware at Toledo, 7

Bowling Green at Detroit, 4:05

Youngstown St. at Buffalo, 4

Va. Commonwealth at Akron, 11 a.m.

George Mason at Ohio, 1

SE Missouri at E. Michigan, 4

Miami at Valparaiso, 6

Cent. Michigan at Missouri St., 8:05

W. Michigan at Wis.-Green Bay, 8:05

Big Ten Conference

Conference All Games

W L Pct. W L Pct.

Wisconsin 12 2 .857 22 4 .846

Purdue 12 2 .857 21 6 .778

Indiana 11 2 .846 22 4 .846

Michigan St. 9 4 .692 21 5 .808

Ohio St. 8 5 .615 17 9 .654

Minnesota 5 7 .417 15 9 .625

Iowa 5 9 .357 12 15 .444

Penn St. 4 9 .308 12 13 .480

Michigan 4 9 .308 8 17 .320

Illinois 3 11 .214 11 16 .407

Northwestern 0 13 .000 7 17 .297

LAST NIGHT

Michigan State 86, Penn State 49

Wisconsin 71, Illinois 57

SATURDAY

Iowa at Michigan St., 2

Illinois at Michigan, 4

Indiana at Northwestern, 8

SUNDAY

Penn St. at Minnesota, 2

Wisconsin at Ohio St., 4

Area

OWENS 102, LORAIN COUNTY 74

LORAIN: Filler 3-1-0-9, Gerding 0-1-1, Palmer 4-2-14, Bennett 2-3-6-19, McClintic 1-0-2, O'Keefe 4-3-11, Wenzell 3-4-0-18. Totals: 19-8-12-74.

OWENS: Walker 1-0-2, Noble 1-0-2, Broyles 1-1-0-5, Ellis 2-1-0-7, Taylor 7-1-15, Owens 1-2-0-8, Jordan 4-3-2-19, Drake 1-0-2, McDougle 2-0-4, Dawson 2-2-0-10, Davis 2-2-6, Manns 3-2-8, Gibbs 7-0-14. Totals: 34-9-7-102.

Halfttime: Owens 52-34.

National

EAST

American U. 49, Army 40

Boston U. 73, Maine 54

Hofstra 81, Towson 67

Marquette 73, St. John s 64

Navy 72, Holy Cross 66

Temple 96, St. Bonaventure 82

Va. Commonwealth 66, Northeastern 62

Vermont 94, Hartford 82

Villanova 78, West Virginia 56

SOUTH

Elon 87, Coll. of Charleston 86, 2OT

Fla. International 72, Florida Atlantic 66

Florida 85, South Carolina 82

George Mason 70, Delaware 58

Georgia Southern 98, The Citadel 68

Guilford 65, Washington & Lee 52

Hampden-Sydney 83, Lynchburg 64

Lenoir-Rhyne 81, N.C. Central 69

Louisiana-Lafayette 72, New Orleans 70

Memphis 97, Tulane 71

Miami 96, Duke 95

Miles 70, Clark Atlanta 61

Mississippi 74, Mississippi St. 63

Morehead St. 51, E. Kentucky 49

North Carolina 84, N.C. State 70

North Georgia 76, Clayton St. 70

North Texas 72, Louisiana-Monroe 40

Old Dominion 72, James Madison 52

Richmond 79, Charlotte 76, OT

S.C.-Aiken 66, Lander 61

Savannah Art 81, Edward Waters 74

Southern Miss. 81, SMU 61

Tennessee 89, Auburn 70

Tusculum 71, Newberry 63

UAB 101, Houston 99

UCF 110, East Carolina 75

UNC Wilmington 77, Georgia St. 72

UTEP 79, Marshall 76

Valdosta St. 99, Reinhardt 70

Virginia Tech 69, Maryland 65

William & Mary 57, Drexel 50

Winthrop 80, VMI 70

MIDWEST

Albion 60, Tri-State 50

Alma 58, Adrian 56

Baldwin-Wallace 81, John Carroll 70

Bluffton 75, Mount St. Joseph 67

Butler 51, Ill.-Chicago 46

Cincinnati 52, South Florida 51

Cleveland St. 74, Wis.-Milwaukee 64

Defiance 68, Franklin 61

Hanover 70, Transylvania 55

Heidelberg 80, Capital 74

Hope 76, Calvin 59

Huntington 89, Goshen 71

Illinois St. 49, Evansville 47

Loyola of Chicago 68, Valparaiso 61

Michigan Tech 48, N. Michigan 46

Mount Union 72, Marietta 51

Muskingum 78, Ohio Northern 72

Nebraska 71, Kansas St. 64

Ohio Wesleyan 82, Oberlin 58

Otterbein 80, Wilmington, Ohio 67

S. Illinois 67, N. Iowa 47

Saint Louis 69, Fordham 65, OT

Wittenberg 69, Wabash 63

Wright St. 59, Detroit 58

Youngstown St. 76, Wis.-Green Bay 73

SOUTHWEST

Arkansas 87, LSU 61

TCU 66, Colorado St. 64

Tulsa 68, Rice 37

FAR WEST

Boise St. 81, CS Bakersfield 56

New Mexico 68, Air Force 51

Texas Tech 87, Colorado 69

WOMEN

Mid-American Conference

East

Conference All Games

W L Pct. W L Pct.

BGSU 9 3 .750 20 6 .769

Miami 9 3 .750 17 9 .654

Ohio 8 3 .727 15 9 .625

Buffalo 5 7 .417 12 13 .480

Kent St. 4 8 .333 7 17 .292

Akron 2 10 .167 7 19 .269

West

Conference All Games

W L Pct. W L Pct.

E. Michigan 8 4 .667 14 10 .583

W. Michigan 8 4 .667 11 15 .423

Ball St. 7 5 .583 11 14 .440

N. Illinois 5 5 .500 9 14 .391

Toledo 3 9 .250 10 14 .417

C. Michigan 2 9 .182 6 18 .250

LAST NIGHT

Bowling Green 76, Kent State 68

Miami 84, Buffalo 55

Ohio 86, Akron 58

National

EAST

American U. 63, Army 51

Connecticut 95, Marquette 63

DePaul 82, Georgetown 78

George Washington 82, Saint Louis 58

La Salle 64, Rhode Island 54

Temple 63, Saint Joseph s 60

Xavier 65, Fordham 42

SOUTH

Louisiana-Monroe 83, North Texas 73

W. Kentucky 61, South Alabama 51

MIDWEST

Baldwin-Wallace 60, John Carroll 47

Bluffton 56, Mount St. Joseph 48

Defiance 79, Franklin 68

Mount Union 76, Marietta 44

Ohio Northern 86, Muskingum 66

Oklahoma 68, Kansas St. 65

Otterbein 93, Wilmington, Ohio 87

Richmond 68, Dayton 66

Wisconsin 81, Indiana 51

SOUTHWEST

Oklahoma St. 71, Texas 66

Texas A&M 60, Iowa St. 46

Texas Tech 65, Kansas 61

FAR WEST

New Mexico 79, Air Force 40

TCU 76, Colorado St. 41

PREP HOCKEY

Districts

All Games at Tam O Shanter

LAST NIGHT

Perrysburg 3 Bowling Green 2 OT

P--Lowe, D. Lopez, B. Lopez. BG-- Ruehl, Crawford. Saves--Kinshaw (P) 34; Laberdee (BG) 18.

St. Francis 8, Maumee 1: SF--Dyer 4, Gerkin, Hartkopf, Grossman, Wawrzyniak. M--Young. Saves--Tubbs (M) 46, McAninch (SF), 13.

TONIGHT

Northview vs. Southview, 6 p.m.

St. John's vs. Whitmer, 8 p.m.

LATEST LINE

NBA

San Antonio 81/2 (184) MINNESOTA

HOUSTON 111/2 (188) Miami

a-PORTLAND No Line (XXX) Seattle

a-Seattle guard Kevin Durant is questionable.

College Basketball

RHODE ISLAND 61/2 Mass.

Dayton 1 LA SALLE

NOTRE DAME 41/2 Pittsburgh

GEORGIA TECH 6 Virginia

XAVIER 12 Duquesne

W. KENTUCKY 61/2 South Alabama

MINNESOTA 91/2 Michigan

WASH. STATE 11 Arizona State

UCLA 29 Oregon State

WASHINGTON 1 Arizona

SOUTHERN CAL 61/2 Oregon

Home Team in CAPS

GOLF

Match Play

Marana, Ariz., par 72

First Round

Seeds in Parentheses

Jones Bracket

Tiger Woods (1), United States, def. J.B. Holmes (64), United States, 1 up.

Arron Oberholser (33), United States, def. Mike Weir (32), Canada, 3 and 1.

David Toms (49), United States, def. Zach Johnson (16), United States, 2 and 1.

Aaron Baddeley (17), Australia, def. Mark Calcavecchia (48), United States, 4 and 2.

Bradley Dredge (57), Wales, def. Rory Sabbatini (8), South Africa, 4 and 3.

Paul Casey (25), England, def. Robert Karlsson (40), Sweden, 2 up.

K.J. Choi (9), South Korea, def. Camilo Villegas (56), Colombia, 3 and 2.

Ian Poulter (24), England def. Soren Hansen (41), Denmark, 2 and 1.

Hogan Bracket

Jonathan Byrd (61), United States, def. Ernie Els (4), South Africa, 6 and 5.

Andres Romero (36), Argentina, def. Retief Goosen (29), South Africa, 2 and 1.

Henrik Stenson (13), Sweden, def. Robert Allenby (52), Australia, 1 up.

Trevor Immelman (20), South Africa, def. Shingo Katayama (45), Japan, 1 up.

Adam Scott (5), Australia, def. Brendan Jones (60), Australia, 2 and 1.

Woody Austin (37), United States, def. Toru Taniguchi (28), Japan, 6 and 5.

Sergio Garcia (12), Spain, def. John Senden (53), Australia, 3 and 2.

Boo Weekley (44), United States, def. Martin Kaymer (21), Germany, 2 and 1.

Snead Bracket

Steve Stricker (3), United States, def. Daniel Chopra (62), Sweden, 20 holes.

Hunter Mahan (35), United States, def. Richard Sterne (30), South Africa, 4 and 3.

Angel Cabrera (14), Argentina, def. Anders Hansen (51), Denmark, 3 and 2.

Luke Donald (19), England, def. Nick Dougherty (46), England, 2 and 1.

Colin Montgomerie (59), Scotland, def. Jim Furyk (6), United States, 3 and 2.

Charles Howell III (38), United States, def. Stephen Ames (27), Trinidad & Tobago, 19 holes.

Padraig Harrington (11), Ireland, def. Jerry Kelly (54), United States, 4 and 3.

Stewart Cink (22), United States, def. Miguel Angel Jimenez (43), Spain, 4 and 3.

Player Bracket

Phil Mickelson (2), United States, def. Pat Perez (63), United States, 1 up.

Stuart Appleby (31), Australia, def. Tim Clark (34), South Africa, 3 and 2.

Justin Leonard (50), United States, def. Geoff Ogilvy (15), Australia, 2 and 1.

Lee Westwood (18), England, def. Brandt Snedeker (47), United States, 3 and 2.

Rod Pampling (58), Australia, def. Justin Rose (7), England, 2 and 1.

Nick O Hern (39), Australia, def. Scott Verplank (26), 3 and 2.

Vijay Singh (10), Fiji, vs. Peter Hanson (55), Sweden, 19 holes.

Niclas Fasth (23), Sweden, def. Richard Green (42), Australia, 6 and 5.

TRANSACTIONS

BASEBALL

Major League Baseball

MLB Suspended St. Louis Cardinals minor league RHP Scott Vander Weg for the first 50 games of the season after testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug.

American League

KANSAS CITY ROYALS Agreed to terms with RHP Ryan Braun, RHP Kyle Davies, RHP Leo Nunez, RHP Joel Peralta, RHP Carlos Rosa, RHP Joakim Soria and SS Tony Pena Jr. on one-year contracts.

National League

HOUSTON ASTROS Agreed to terms with RHP Shawn Chacon on a one-year contract.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS Agreed to terms with LHP Mitch Stetter on a one-year contract and 3B-OF Russell Branyan on a minor league contract.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES Agreed to terms with RHP Byung-Hyun Kim on a one-year contract.

SAN DIEGO PADRES Agreed to terms with OF Drew Macias on a minor league contract.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

PHILADELPHIA 76ERS Agreed to terms with Maurice Cheeks, coach, on a one-year contract extension through the 2008-09 season.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

GREEN BAY PACKERS Designated DT Corey Williams as their franchise player. Released TE Bubba Franks.

HOUSTON TEXANS Released C Mike Flanagan, LB Shawn Barber and TE Jeb Putzier. Waived C Drew Hodgdon.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS Released S Dwight Smith.

NEW YORK JETS Named Mike Devlin tight ends/assistant offensive line coach, Kevin O Dea special teams coordinator and Jerome Henderson defensive backs coach.

TENNESSEE TITANS Designated DT Albert Haynesworth as their franchise player.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

DETROIT RED WINGS Placed G Dominik Hasek and D Brian Rafalski on injured reserve. Recalled D Jonathan Ericsson and C Mark Hartigan from Grand Rapids (AHL).

MOTORSPORTS

NASCAR Penalized Robby Gordon 100 points and suspended crew chief Frank Kerr for six races and fined Kerr $100,000 for Sprint Cup infractions found at Daytona International Speedway. Penalized Dale Earnhardt Jr. 50 points, owner Rick Hendrick 50 points and suspended crew chief Chad Walter for six races and fined him $25,000 for Nationwide infractions. Penalized Nationwide drivers Kertus Davis, Johnny Sauter, David Gilliland, David Stremme and Cale Gale 25 points each and their owners 25 points each for various infractions discovered after qualifying. Suspended Nationwide crew chiefs Gene Allnutt (Davis), Newt Moore (Sauter), Bob Edwards (Gilliland), Steve Darne (Stremme) and Charlie Wilson (Gale) for six races and fined each $15,000. Fined Jerry Baxter, Nationwide crew chief for David Reutimann, $5,000 for an infraction discovered on an opening day inspection. Penalized Todd Bodine and car owner Stephen Germain 25 points for an infraction found before the Craftsman Truck qualifying. Suspended Mike Hillman Jr., crew chief of Bodine, for four races and fined him $10,000. Fined Rick Renn, the Truck crew chief for Ron Hornaday Jr., $5,000 for a violation found in an opening day inspection.

COLLEGE

NCAA Placed Central Oklahoma on three years probation and reduced the number of scholarships it awards for violations in the football program.

ILLINOIS Announced C Brian Carlwell left the men s basketball team.

COLLEGE SWIMMING

MAC CHAMPIONSHIPS

Toledo Individual Results; 200 Medley Relay: 1. Meghan Reissig, Kylier Gamelier, Amanda Thompson, Leah Woodard - 1:41.32; 800 Freestyle Relay: 2. Leah Woodard, Caitlin Cormack, Meghan Reissig, Jacy Dyer - 7:22.58.

PREP WRESTLING

Michigan

Regional championship

BEDFORD 53, BELLEVILLE 18: 103 PJ Stevens (BED) Pinned Brandon Papin 2:59; 112 Justin Fleeson (BEL) won by Forfeit; 119 Chris schneider (BEL) Dec Tom Fox 6-1; 125 Brian Gibbs (BED) Dec Tyler Schneider 10-5; 130 Billy Osborne TFall Tom Kozak 17-2; 135 Mike Peck (BED) Pinned Tom Coak :47; 140 Aaron Jeffrey (BED) Dec Jacob Losen 10-3; 145 Steve Coak (BEL) Dec TJ Romijn 12-5; 152 Pat Nusbaum (BED) Pinned Chad Scruggs 3:08; 160 Alex Ortman (BED) Pinned Alex Landa :48; 171 Ian Kohlhofer (BED) Pinned Forrest Sampson :51; 189 Nick Whitenburg (BED) Pinned Roger Roper 2:54; 215 Kaare Cigan (BEL) Pinned Jacob Szych 2:47; 285 Dakota Pavlika (BED) Pinned Emanual Fields 2:31

BEDFORD 65, DEARBORN FORDSON 9: 103 Mason Allison (BED) Pinned Mohamad Talab 2:28; 112 Tom Fox (BED) Pinned Ahmad Hashwi 3:27; 119 Paul Hancock (FORD) Pinned Cote Sailer 1:32; 125 Brian Gibbs (BED) Pinned Samar Iiyan :57; 130 Mike Peck (BED) Pinned John Lobdel 1:32; 135 Billy Osborne (BED) Pinned Lythe Natour 3:36; 140 Aaron Jeffrey (BED) Mj dec Hussein Monsour 13-2; 145 TJ Romijn (BED) Pinned Nezar Abusala 5:08; 152 Pat Nusbaum (BED Pinned Faris Fakhouri 2:45; 160 Alex Ortman (BED) Mj dec Hassen Berry 11-1; 171 Ali Berry (FORD) Dec Ian Kohlhofer 7-0; 189 Nick Whitenburg (BED) Dec Jabreel Naser 9-3; 215 Jacob Szych (BED Won by Forfeit; 285 Dakota Pavlika (BED) Pinned Saeed Bazzi :43

SPORTS NOTE

YOUTH BASEBALL: The Millbury Baseball Association will hold 10-and-under and 12-and-under sign-ups on February 23 and March 1 at St. Peter s Church in Millbury from noon to 2 p.m.

YOUTH SOFTBALL: The Lake Township Softball Association will have sign-ups for 8-14-year-old girls on February 23 and March 1 from noon to 2 p,m. at St. Peter s Church in Millbury. Registration fees and uniform sizes will be collected.