College basketball, bowling, baseball

Liberty Center wrestler Chad McClory, right, and Nathan Jones of Troy Christian battle for a takedown during their Division III 189 pound championship semifinal.

BOWLING

HONOR ROLL

Men 750+

Julius Jacobs, Southwyck 790

Steve Morris, Miracle 780

Eric Pawlowski, Miracle 773

Joe Brumfield, Miracle 761

Tom Miller, Southwyck 756

Joe Brumfield, Miracle 750

Ryan Bondy, Miracle 750

Women 650+

Stephanie Plocek, Miracle 705

MEN

Mid-American Conf.

East

Conference All Games

W L Pct. W L Pct.

Kent St. 12 3 .800 24 6 .800

Akron 11 4 .733 21 8 .724

Ohio 8 7 .533 18 11 .621

Miami 8 7 .533 14 14 .500

BGSU 7 8 .467 13 15 .464

Buffalo 3 12 .200 10 18 .357

West

Conference All Games

W L Pct. W L Pct.

W. Michigan 11 4 .733 18 11 .621

C. Michigan 8 7 .533 13 15 .464

E. Michigan 7 8 .467 12 16 .429

Toledo 6 8 .429 9 18 .333

Ball St. 5 10 .333 6 22 .215

N. Illinois 3 11 .214 6 20 .231

TUESDAY

Buffalo 96, Bowling Green 50

Toledo 72, Eastern Michigan 63

Akron 80, Ohio 77

Ball State 69, Northern Illinois 63

Central Michigan 72, Western Michigan 68

Kent 50, Miami 39

SUNDAY

Bowling Green at Miami, noon

Buffalo at Ohio, 2

Northern Illinois at Eastern Michigan, 2

Toledo at Central Michigan, 2

Ball State at Western Michigan, 2

Kent State at Akron, 6

Big Ten Conference

Conference All Games

W L Pct. W L Pct.

Wisconsin 15 2 .882 25 4 .862

Purdue 14 3 .824 23 7 .767

Indiana 14 3 .824 25 5 .833

Michigan St. 11 5 .688 23 6 .793

Ohio St. 9 8 .529 18 12 .600

Minnesota 8 9 .471 18 11 .621

Penn St. 6 11 .353 14 15 .483

Iowa 6 12 .333 13 18 .419

Michigan 5 12 .294 9 20 .310

Illinois 4 12 .250 12 17 .414

Northwestern 1 16 .058 8 20 .286

LAST NIGHT

Indiana 69, Minnesota 55

Wisconsin 77, Penn State 41

TONIGHT

Michigan State at Illinois, 8

SATURDAY

Minnesota at Illinois, noon

Wisconsin at Northwestern, 2

SUNDAY

Michigan State at Ohio State, noon

Indiana at Penn State, 2

Purdue at Michigan, 4

EAST

Carnegie-Mellon 72, Grove City 61

Dayton 78, St. Bonaventure 73

Massachusetts 100, La Salle 63

Oswego St. 85, Cazenovia 69

St. John Fisher 68, Vassar 65

Syracuse 85, Seton Hall 73

Temple 90, Duquesne 85

Villanova 72, South Florida 59

SOUTH

Duke 86, Virginia 70

Georgia 59, Auburn 54

Kentucky 71, South Carolina 63

LSU 80, Alabama 74

Marshall 70, Tulane 68

Miami 74, Boston College 61

Mobile 81, William Carey 72

Richmond 58, Fordham 53

SE Louisiana 69, McNeese St. 63

Tennessee 89, Florida 86

UAB 84, Tulsa 70

Vanderbilt 86, Mississippi St. 85, OT

MIDWEST

Missouri 81, Iowa St. 75, 2OT

Nebraska-Omaha 84, St. Cloud St. 82

Notre Dame 68, St. John s 55

SOUTHWEST

East Carolina 75, Rice 68

Houston 73, UCF 68

Memphis 72, SMU 55

Oklahoma 68, Oklahoma St. 56

Sam Houston St. 68, Texas-San Antonio 37

Stephen F.Austin 71, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 56

Texas A&M 71, Baylor 57

FAR WEST

Air Force 57, TCU 36

WOMEN

Mid-American Conference

East

Conference All Games

W L Pct. W L Pct.

BGSU 13 3 .813 24 6 .800

Miami 12 4 .750 20 10 .667

Ohio 10 6 .626 17 12 .586

Buffalo 8 8 .500 15 14 .517

Kent St. 5 11 .313 8 20 .286

Akron 2 14 .125 7 23 .233

West

Conference All Games

W L Pct. W L Pct.

E. Michigan 11 5 .688 17 11 .607

Ball St. 11 5 .688 15 14 .517

W. Michigan 9 7 .563 12 18 .400

N. Illinois 6 8 .429 10 17 .370

Toledo 5 10 .333 12 15 .444

C. Michigan 2 13 .133 6 22 .214

LAST NIGHT

Toledo 77, Western Michigan 68

Bowling Green 69, Akron 54

Buffalo 50, Kent State 44

Eastern Michigan 73, Central Michigan 65

Ball State 76, Northern Illinois 70

Miami 82, Ohio 72, OT

Big Ten Conference

Conference All Games

W L Pct. W L Pct.

Ohio State 13 5 .722 22 7 .759

Iowa 13 5 .722 20 9 .690

Minnesota 11 7 .611 20 10 .667

Purdue 11 7 .611 15 14 .517

Michigan State 10 8 .556 18 12 .600

Indiana 10 8 .556 17 13 .567

Michigan 9 9 .500 16 12 .571

Wisconsin 9 9 .500 16 12 .571

Illinois 8 10 .444 16 13 .552

Penn State 4 14 .222 13 17 .433

Northwestern 1 17 .056 5 25 .167

TOURNAMENT AT INDIANAPOLIS

TODAY

Penn State vs. Michigan, noon

Northwestern vs Indiana, 2:30

Illinois at Wisconsin, 4

Friday

Michigan State vs Minnesota, 8:30

FOOTBALL

Arena Football League

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Eastern Division

W L T Pct PF PA

Cleveland 1 0 0 1.000 61 49

Dallas 1 0 0 1.000 51 41

Philadelphia 1 0 0 1.000 77 56

Columbus 0 1 0 .000 47 50

New York 0 1 0 .000 49 61

Southern Division

W L T Pct PF PA

Tampa Bay 1 0 0 1.000 51 49

Georgia 0 1 0 .000 41 51

New Orleans 0 1 0 .000 42 59

Orlando 0 1 0 .000 56 77

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

Central Division

W L T Pct PF PA

Chicago 1 0 0 1.000 70 47

Colorado 1 0 0 1.000 50 47

Grand Rapids 0 0 0 .000 0 0

Kansas City 0 1 0 .000 49 51

Western Division

W L T Pct PF PA

Arizona 1 0 0 1.000 63 62

Los Angeles 1 0 0 1.000 59 42

San Jose 0 1 0 .000 47 70

Utah 0 1 0 .000 62 63

MONDAY

Cleveland 61, New York 49

Chicago 70, San Jose 47

TOMORROW

Georgia at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.

Columbus at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

SUNDAY, MARCH 9

Utah at Cleveland, 12:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Chicago, 1 p.m.

Kansas City at New York, 3p.m.

Orlando at New Orleans, 3 p.m.

MONDAY, MARCH 10

San Jose at Grand Rapids, 7 p.m.

SPORTS NOTES

FAST-PITCH SOFTBALL: The Payne Ball Association will be sponsoring a fast-pitch softball clinic on March 28, 29, and 30. The featured clinician will be Bob Pelle, nationally and internationally known instructor. Discounted pre-registration fees are available if paid by March 20. For more information, please contact Kevin Wannemacher (419-263-0805), Mike Krouse (419-263-1393), Mike Linder (419-263-2149), or Colleen Saylor (419-263-2541).

WRESTLING: Eastwood High School will hold the Shawn Contos Mat Rats Freestyle and Greco Roman Wrestling Club beginning March 12. The club is held Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 6-8 p.m. through June 11. Cost is $125 per athlete. The club is open to kids in grades 7 through 12. For more information call Shawn Contos at 419-693-5153 or Ralph Cubberly at 419-350- 2690.

WRESTLING: The Greater Toledo Wrestling Coaches Association will be hosting its annual All Star Wrestling Match on Friday at Swanton High School at 7 p.m. The league champions from the Suburban Lakes League, Northern Lakes League, Northwest Ohio Athletic League and City League will compete in a dual meet tournament format. Scholarship winners, coaches of the year and the official of the year will also be recognized.

transactions

BASEBALL

National League

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS Optioned RHP Randy Messenger to Fresno (PCL).

WASHINGTON NATIONALS Agreed to terms with RHP Adam Carr and SS Ian Desmond on one-year contracts. Assigned LHP Mike Bacsik, INF William Bergolla, OF Roger Bernadina, RHP Tristan Crawford, INF Yurendell De Caster, LHP Ross Detwiler, OF Frank Diaz, LHP Mike Hinckley, C Devin Ivany, LHP Charlie Manning, OF Tommy Murphy, OF Jorge Padilla, INF Antonio Perez, RHP Ismael Ramirez, LHP Josh Smoker and RHP Jim Ed Warden to minor-league camp.

American Association

FORT WORTH CATS Agreed to terms with INF Aaron Sisk.

ST. PAUL SAINTS Acquired OF Pichi Balet from Lincoln.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

NBA Suspended F Dirk Nowitzki for one game, without pay, and upgraded his flagrant foul, penalty one against Utah F Andrei Kirilenko to a flagrant foul, penalty two.

NEW ORLEANS HORNETS Agreed to terms with F Chris Andersen.

sportlight

March 6

1920 Mickey Roach of Toronto scores five goals to lead the St. Patricks to an 11-2 rout of the Quebec Bulldogs.

1976 Dorothy Hamill wins the World Figure Skating Championships in Goteberg, Sweden.

1983 The 12-team United States Football League begins its first season with five games.

1984 Dale Hawerchuck of the Winnipeg Jets sets the NHL record for most assists in one period, with five in the second period of a 7-3 triumph over the Los Angeles Kings.

1988 Julie Krone becomes the winningest female jockey in history with her 1,205th career victory. Krone rides a filly named Squawter to victory in the ninth race at Aqueduct Racetrack.

1994 Jay Sigel stages the biggest comeback in PGA and Senior tour history, rallying from 10 strokes behind to win the GTE West Seniors Classic in a four-hole playoff with Jim Colbert.

1996 Detroit s Chris Osgood becomes the third goalie in NHL history to score a goal, firing the puck into an empty net with 11 seconds remaining in the Red Wings 4-2 victory over Hartford.

2000 Shaquille O Neal of the Los Angeles Lakers scores an NBA season-high 61 points and had 23 rebounds in a 123-103 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers.

2001 George Mason beats North Carolina-Wilmington 35-33 in the second-lowest scoring game in the shot-clock era of NCAA basketball.

2004 Pittsburgh snaps an NHL-record 16-game home winless streak with a 2-1 victory over Anaheim. The Penguins were 0-15-1 at The Igloo since defeating Chicago on Dec. 29.

2007 Jody Conradt becomes the second Division I coach to win 900 games as Texas beats Missouri 70-57 in the first round of the Big 12 Conference women s tournament.

latest line

NBA

CHICAGO 4 (192) Cleveland

SAN ANTONIO 13 (196) Indiana

x-DALLAS No Line (XXX) Houston

x-Dallas forward D. Nowitzki facing possible

suspension.

College Basketball

Clemson 2 GEORGIA TECH

Connecticut 31/2 PROVIDENCE

NC CHARLOTTE 10 Geo. Washington

CINCINNATI 51/2 Depaul

Hawaii 5 LOUISIANA TECH

NEW MEX. ST. 16 San Jose State

Xavier 2 ST. JOSEPH S

OREGON 51/2 Arizona State

BOISE STATE 6 Utah State

CAL IRVINE 16 UC Davis

SOUTHERN CAL 81/2 California

LONG BEACH ST. 2 Cal Poly SLO

CS NORTHRIDGE 31/2 Cal Santa Barbara

Arizona 13 OREGON STATE

UCLA 81/2 Stanford

Missouri Valley Conference

Scottrade Center-St. Louis, MO.

First Round

Wichita State 1 Indiana State

Missouri State 101/2 Evansville

Write-In Game

Michigan State 1 Illinois

Home Team in CAPS

baseball

Spring training

American League

W L Pct

Tampa Bay 4 1 .800

New York 3 1 .750

Oakland 5 2 .714

Baltimore 4 2 .667

Detroit 5 3 .625

Kansas City 4 3 .571

Texas 4 3 .571

Chicago 5 4 .556

Boston 3 3 .500

Los Angeles 3 3 .500

Minnesota 3 3 .500

Seattle 3 3 .500

Cleveland 2 4 .333

Toronto 2 5 .286

National League

W L Pct

Atlanta 5 2 .714

Florida 6 3 .667

New York 5 3 .625

Arizona 4 3 .571

Milwaukee 4 3 .571

Cincinnati 4 4 .500

Philadelphia 4 4 .500

Washington 4 4 .500

San Diego 3 3 .500

Colorado 3 4 .429

Houston 3 5 .375

St. Louis 3 5 .375

Chicago 2 5 .286

Los Angeles 2 5 .286

San Francisco 2 6 .250

Pittsburgh 1 6 .143

Note: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not.

YESTERDAY

Cincinnati 7, Boston 6

Atlanta 4, Cleveland 1

Philadelphia (ss) 6, Toronto 1

Detroit (ss) 4, Pittsburgh 1

Florida 2 (ss) , Baltimore 1

Detroit (ss) 6, Philadelphia (ss) 2

Houston 8, Tampa Bay 4

Washington 6, St. Louis (ss) 5

N.Y. Mets 3, L.A. Dodgers 2

Minnesota 7, N.Y. Yankees 5

Milwaukee 12, Texas 6

Seattle 6, L.A. Angels 5

Oakland 15, San Diego 4

Arizona 5, Chicago Cubs 4

Chicago White Sox 5, Colorado 2

Kansas City 3, San Francisco 1

St. Louis 5, Florida 4

TODAY

Florida vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Cleveland vs. Houston at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Atlanta vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Toronto vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees vs. Cincinnati at Sarasota, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Baltimore vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Los Angeles vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Texas vs. Chicago White Sox at Tucson, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

San Francisco vs. Los Angeles Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs vs. Oakland at Phoenix, 3:05 p.m.

Seattle vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, 3:05 p.m.

Colorado vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Arizona vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets vs. Washington at Viera, Fla., 7:05 p.m.

YESTERDAY

Atlanta 000301000 4 9 0

Cleveland 000000001 1 1 1

Jurrjens, Bennett (4), Ridgway (5), Ring (6), Bueno (7), Cuevas (8), Bean (9) and JLopez, Pena; Byrd, Borowski (4), Betancourt (5), Kobayashi (6), Lewis (7), Julio (8), Bauer (9) and Haad, Camacaro. W Jurrjens. L Borowski. HR Atlanta, Teixeira.

Philadelphia (ss) 000000200 2 7 1

Detroit (ss) 01110111x 6 10 0

Durbin, Happ (5), Condrey (7), Holdzkom (8) and Jaramillo, Laforest; Verlander, Bautista (4), Grilli (6), Miner (8) and IRodriguez, Bowen. W Verlander. L Durbin. Sv Miner. HRs Detroit, Ordonez, Guillen 2.

Detroit (ss) 102000001 4 9 1

Pittsburgh 001000000 1 6 0

Bazardo, Porcello (3), Lambert (4), Seay (7), Dolsi (9) and Sardinha, St. Pierre; Snell, Burnett (4), Capps (5), Carrasco (6), Sharpless (7), Kuwata (8), Salas (9) and Paulino, Hernandez. W Bazardo. L Snell. Sv Dolsi. HR Detroit, Thames.

Cincinnati 010005100 7 9 0

Boston 020000400 6 17 1

Bailey, Volquez (4), Lincoln (6), Pettyjohn (7), Shearn (8), Roenicke (9) and Bako, Tatum, Colina; Lester, Okajima (4), Delcarmen (5), Lopez (6), Hansack (7), Switzer (9) and Cash, Brown. W Volquez. L Lopez. Sv Roenicke.

EDISON BOYS BASKETBALL Tournaments for 5th grade boys March 1 and 2; 6th grade boys March 15 and 16. $100 per team, 3 games guaranteed All players from same school district. No AAU teams Contact Kevin Laughlin at: 419-366-9667 or kdlaughlin@aol.com.