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.