Prep baseball, softball, lacrosse, track, tennis
5/6/2008HOLE-IN-ONES
Elaine Scarbrough, No. 7 at Giant Oak Executive, 62 yards, 7 iron.
Emil Gunther, White Pines, No. 8, 105 yards, 9 iron.
DAVE FINLEY, Cherrywood, No. 4, 115 yards, pitching wedge.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Columbus 5 1 0 15 11 7
Chicago 4 1 1 13 11 3
Toronto FC 3 2 1 10 8 9
New England 3 3 1 10 8 10
Kansas City 3 3 1 10 8 9
New York 2 1 2 8 6 4
D.C. United 2 4 0 6 9 12
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Colorado 3 3 0 9 10 7
FC Dallas 2 1 3 9 8 5
Los Angeles 2 2 2 8 13 13
CD Chivas USA 1 3 2 5 9 13
Real Salt Lake 1 3 2 5 9 11
San Jose 1 3 1 4 2 5
Houston 0 2 4 4 5 9
Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
SUNDAY
Colorado 2, D.C. United 0
THURSDAY
Chicago at D.C. United, 7:30
SATURDAY
Colorado at Houston, 8:30
FC Dallas at Real Salt Lake, 9
Columbus at San Jose, 10
New York at Los Angeles, 10:30
SUNDAY, MAY 11
New England at CD Chivas USA, 3
SPORTS NOTE
MAC TRACK VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Bowling Green State University will host the 2008 MAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Whittaker Track May 15-17. Volunteers are needed for each day of the meet. Those interested should contact BGSU Track/Cross Country Head Coach Cami Wells at clwells@bgsu.edu or (419) 372-7104.
MORENCI MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT: A men/coed tourney is scheduled May 23-26. Fee: $135 or $125 if you enter both divisions Drawing May 21. Information: Bob 517-458-6479 or bkford@tc3net.com
SOFTBALL: The 8th annual Cinco De Mayo Softball Tournament will be held May 10th and 11th at Club 16. Information: Gary at 419-297-5306.
BOWLING
HONOR ROLL
Men 750+
Todd Childress, Jug s 807
Rich Stapleton, Jug s 790
Women 650+
Brooke Summers, Jug s 726
Joyce Jones, Jug s 715
Shanelle Turner, Jug s 682
Natalie Miskiel, Jug s 658
Renee Davis, Jug s 652
AUTO RACING
NASCAR Sprint Cup Leaders
Through Sunday
POINTS
1. Kyle Busch, 1,495. 2. Jeff Burton, 1,477. 3. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 1,391. 4. Clint Bowyer, 1,372. 5. Kevin Harvick, 1,350. 6. Denny Hamlin, 1,349. 7. Jimmie Johnson, 1,318. 8. Tony Stewart, 1,297. 9. Greg Biffle, 1,269. 10. Carl Edwards, 1,230.
11. Ryan Newman, 1,212. 12. Kasey Kahne, 1,162. 13. Jeff Gordon, 1,156. 14. David Ragan, 1,106. 15. Martin Truex Jr., 1,104. 16. Juan Pablo Montoya, 1,096. 17. Brian Vickers, 1,073. 18. Bobby Labonte, 1,019. 19. Travis Kvapil, 1,008. 20. David Gilliland, 980.
LOCAL GOLF
Toledo Metro Golf
SCRATCH DIVISION: 1. Frank Dudek, Clint Schreiber 74; 3. Tom Yeager, John Zitkovic, Brian Gerken, Brian Simmons, 75.
HANDICAP DIVISION: 1. Tony Reams, 70; 2. Bill Ernst, Mark Brezvai, 71.
MONEY, POINTS LEADERS
TENNIS
ATP
Money
1, Novak Djokovic, $2,024,267. 2, Rafael Nadal, $1,711,866. 3, Nikolay Davydenko, $1,028,669. 4, Roger Federer, $905,219. 5, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, $733,981. 6, Andy Roddick, $592,515. 7, David Ferrer, $531,498. 8, Michael Llodra, $524,057. 9, Andy Murray, $460,676. 10, Nicolas Almagro, $446,553.
Indesit Race
1, Rafael Nadal, 409. 2, Novak Djokovic, 376. 3, Roger Federer, 265. 4, Nikolay Davydenko, 260. 5, David Ferrer, 188. 6, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 177. 7, Andy Roddick, 168. 8 (tie), Nicolas Almagro and James Blake, 156. 10, David Nalbandian, 141.
Indesit Rankings
1, Roger Federer, 6,775. 2, Rafael Nadal, 5,930. 3, Novak Djokovic, 4,750. 4, Nikolay Davydenko, 3,440. 5, David Ferrer, 2,780. 6, Andy Roddick, 2,260. 7, David Nalbandian, 2,110. 8, James Blake, 1,965. 9, Richard Gasquet, 1,690. 10, Tomas Berdych, 1,615.
WTA
Money
1, Maria Sharapova, $1,760,626. 2, Serena Williams, $1,050,993. 3, Ana Ivanovic, $1,017,090. 4, Jelena Jankovic, $853,648. 5, Vera Zvonareva, $586,254. 6, Svetlana Kuznetsova, $584,965. 7, Elena Dementieva, $477,318. 8, Justine Henin, $445,185. 9, Daniela Hantuchova, $421,643. 10, Agnieszka Radwanska, $383,825.
Rankings
1, Justine Henin, 5830. 2, Ana Ivanovic, 4157. 3, Maria Sharapova, 3986. 4, Svetlana Kuznetsova, 3845. 5, Jelena Jankovic, 3755. 6, Serena Williams, 2726. 7, Anna Chakvetadze, 2630. 8, Venus Williams, 2516. 9, Elena Dementieva, 2440. 10, Daniela Hantuchova, 2257.
Championship Points
1, Maria Sharapova, 2,060. 2, Jelena Jankovic, 1,515. 3, Ana Ivanovic, 1,475. 4, Serena Williams, 1,455. 5, Vera Zvonareva, 1,262. 6, Svetlana Kuznetsova, 1,110. 7, Justine Henin, 1,000. 8, Elena Dementieva, 886. 9, Agnieszka Radwanska, 802. 10, Daniela Hantuchova, 786.
Outback Champions Series
Through May 4
Points
1 (tie), Jim Courier and John McEnroe, 1,600. 3, Wayne Ferreira, 950. 4 (tie), Aaron Krickstein and Todd Martin, 900. 6, Jimmy Arias, 700. 7, Mikael Pernfors, 550. 8, Paul Haarhuis, 350. 9 (tie), Magnus Larsson and Pete Sampras, 200.
TENNIS
Qatar Telecom German Open
Berlin
Singles
First Round
Sabine Lisicki d. Shahar Peer (14) 7-5, 6-1.
Lucie Safarova d. Virginie Razzano 6-4, 7-5.
Caroline Wozniacki d. Tatiana Golovin 7-6 (4), 6-2.
Agnes Szavay (10) d. Milagros Sequera, Venezuala, 6-2, 3-0, retired.
Alona Bondarenko (15) d. Dominika Cibulkova 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (9).
Francesca Schiavone d. Alize Cornet 7-5, 4-6, 6-3.
Kaia Kanepi, Estonia, d. Karin Knapp 6-0, 6-1.
Nadia Petrova (16) d. Katarina Srebotnik 7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-6 (2).
Kateryna Bondarenko d. Tamira Paszek 6-4, 6-3.
Chan Yung-jan d. Pauline Parmentier 7-5, 2-6, 6-4.
Dinara Safina (13) d. Julia Goerges 6-3, 6-4.
Angelika Bachmann d. Ekaterina Dzehalevich 7-6 (7), 3-6, 6-3.
Sybille Bammer d. Michaella Krajicek 6-1, 6-2.
Aravane Rezai d. Amelie Mauresmo walkover.
Agnieszka Radwanska (11) d. Angelique Kerber 6-0, 5-3, retired.
Maria Kirilenko vs. Elena Vesnina 2-6, 7-5, susp., darkness.
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
American League
BOSTON RED SOX Placed OF Brandon Moss on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 3. Recalled RHP Craig Hansen from Pawtucket (IL).
DETROIT TIGERS Designated OF Jacque Jones for assignment. Purchased the contract of OF Matt Joyce from Toledo (IL).
SEATTLE MARINERS Traded INF Greg Norton to Atlanta for a player to be named or cash.
National League
CINCINNATI REDS Activated RHP David Weathers from the 15-day DL. Optioned LHP Bill Bray to Louisville (IL).
American Association
PENSACOLA PELICANS Released RHP Tyler French and OF Joe Hicks.
SHREVEPORT SPORTS Signed INF Chris Smith, OF Adam Hale and RHP Bert Snow. Released OF Juan Ventura.
WICHITA WINGNUTS Released LHP Kellen Raab and RHP Austin Redwine.
United League
LAREDO BRONCOS Signed OF Edgard Clemente.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
CINCINNATI BENGALS Signed DT Antwon Burton, LB Dan Howell and WR Clyde Logan.
CLEVELAND BROWNS Signed OL Nathan Bennett, WR Nate Hughes, DB Mil Von James, DB Damon Jenkins, LB Asa Matthews, LB Xavier Mitchell and RB Austin Scott. Waived RB Kory Chapman, LB Jermaine Dias, DB Jerrid Gaines, DB Justin Harrison, QB Craig Hormann, OL Robert Powell and OL Eric Young.
MIAMI DOLPHINS Signed CB Scorpio Babers and LB Keith Saunders. Waived DL Derreck Robinson, LB Abraham Wright, CB Aaron Lane and WR Marcel Reece.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS Signed NT Steve Fifita. Waived OT Josh Coffman and DL Carlos Feliciano.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS Signed WR Joel Filani and DT Kevin Brown. Released WR Travis Brown and DT Kelly Talavou.
Arena Football League
CLEVELAND GLADIATORS Waived K Josh Huston.
COLORADO CRUSH Waived QB Andy Collins.
GRAND RAPIDS RAMPAGE Signed DL Bryan Ray to the practice squad. Released WR Anthony Hines. Waived LB John Mohring from the practice squad.
NEW ORLEANS VOODOO Waived K Todd France.
ORLANDO PREDATORS Waived WR Levon Thomas.
PHILADELPHIA SOUL Waived DB Jeremy LeSueur.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
FLORIDA PANTHERS Agreed to terms with C Kamil Kreps and RW Wade Belak on two-year contracts. Signed D Luke Beaverson.
OTTAWA SENATORS Announced the election of Danielle Robinson as president.
VANCOUVER CANUCKS Named Laurence Gilman director, hockey administration.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION Named Mario Prata director of youth development.
COLLEGE
ARIZONA Named Russ Pennell men s assistant basketball coach.
BALL STATE Named Lisa Donaldson compliance coordinator.
DUQUESNE Named Rick Christensen assistant athletic director for compliance.
LONG BEACH STATE Named Jay Morris men s director of basketball operations.
MASSACHUSETTS Retained Adam Ginsburg, men s assistant basketball coach. Named Vance Walberg men s assistant basketball coach, Andy Allison men s director of basketball operations and Shyrone Chatman men s basketball director of player personnel.
MONTANA Announced the resignation of Brian Marso, men s assistant basketball coach.
MUHLENBERG Announced the retirement of Ruth Gibbs, softball coach.
UTAH Named Barret Peery men s assistant basketball coach.
WESTERN CAROLINA Named Talia Ogle assistant volleyball coach.
LATEST LINE
Baseball
National League
PITTSBURGH Even-6 San Francisco
ATLANTA 6-7 San Diego
FLORIDA Even-6 Milwaukee
Chicago Cubs Even-6 CINCINNATI
HOUSTON 6-7 Washington
St. Louis Even-6 COLORADO
ARIZONA 6-7 Philadelphia
LA DODGERS 51/2 -61/2 NY Mets
American League
DETROIT Even-6 Boston
NY YANKEES 51/2 -61/2 Cleveland
TORONTO 61/2 -71/2 Tampa Bay
CHI WHITE SOX 51/2 -61/2 Minnesota
KANSAS CITY Even-6 LA Angels
OAKLAND 51/2 -61/2 Baltimore
SEATTLE 6-7 Texas
NBA Playoffs
BOSTON 10 (184) Cleveland
(Wednesday)
LA LAKERS 7 (209) Utah
NHL Playoffs
Thursday
DETROIT 1/2 -1 Dallas
(Friday)
PITTSBURGH 1/2 -1 Philadelphia
Home Team in CAPS
GOLF
Recent Champions Winners
March 28-30 The Ginn Championship (Bernhard Langer)
April 4-6 The Cap Cana Championship (Mark Wiebe)
April 18-20 Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am (Tom Watson)
April 25-27 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (Tom Watson-Andy North)
May 2-4 FedEx Kinko s Classic (Denis Watson)
SPORTLIGHT
May 6
1917 Bob Groom of the Browns duplicates teammate Ernie Koob s feat of the previous day by pitching a 3-0 no-hit victory against the Chicago White Sox in the second game of a doubleheader in St. Louis.
1973 The New England Whalers beat the Winnipeg Jets 9-6 to win the first World Hockey Association championship.
1976 Philadelphia s Reggie Leach ties an NHL playoff record, scoring five goals in the Flyers 6-3 win over the Boston Bruins. Maurice Richard and Darryl Sittler also accomplished the feat.
1978 Affirmed, ridden by Steve Cauthen, holds off Alydar s late charge for a 11/2-length victory in the Kentucky Derby. This is Affirmed s easiest race against Alydar en route to the Triple Crown.
1988 Rick Stiner is 6-for-8 with 11 RBIs and three home runs and Matt Hyde is 6-for-9 with two homers and seven RBIs as Grand Canyon College sets a college scoring record with a 45-15 victory over Denver.
1991 Sergei Bubka of the Soviet Union breaks his world outdoor pole vault record and Seppo Raty of Finland smashes the world javelin record during the Toto International Super Track and Field Meet in Japan. Bubka clears 19 feet, 11 inches, breaking his outdoor record of 19-101/2. Raty hurls the javelin 301 feet, 9 inches, breaking the world record of 298-6 set.
1994 Lennox Lewis stops Phil Jackson in the eighth round to retain his WBC heavyweight championship in Atlantic City, N.J.
1996 The Seattle SuperSonics make a playoff-record 20 3-pointers, including 13 in a row, to beat the Houston Rockets 105-101.
1998 Rookie Kerry Wood ties the major league record with 20 strikeouts in a nine-inning game, pitching a one-hitter to lead the Chicago Cubs over the Houston Astros 2-0.
2001 Scott Dixon, a 20-year-old rookie, becomes the youngest winner in major open-wheel racing when he holds off Kenny Brack by 0.366 seconds to capture the CART Lehigh Valley Grand Prix.
2005 Chicago, with a 94-91 loss to Washington, becomes the ninth NBA team to lose a best-of-seven playoff series after winning the first two games.
2006 Barbaro storms into the lead at the top of the stretch and wins the Kentucky Derby victory convincingly. Barbaro, ridden by Edgar Prado, wins his sixth consecutive race 61/2 lengths ahead of Bluegrass Cat and is the sixth undefeated winner of the Derby.
2006 Phoenix is the eighth team in NBA history to win a series after trailing 3-1 with a 121-90 victory over Los Angeles Lakers in Game 7 of its Western Conference opening-round series.
FOOTBALL
Arena Football League
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Eastern Division
W L T Pct PF PA
Philadelphia 9 1 0 .900 640 495
Dallas 8 1 0 .889 429 401
Cleveland 5 4 0 .556 516 539
New York 5 4 0 .556 452 430
Columbus 2 7 0 .222 431 486
Southern Division
W L T Pct PF PA
New Orleans 7 3 0 .700 574 498
Orlando 7 3 0 .700 574 538
Georgia 4 5 0 .444 521 486
Tampa Bay 3 6 0 .333 478 504
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
Central Division
W L T Pct PF PA
Chicago 8 2 0 .800 588 461
Colorado 4 5 0 .444 480 490
Grand Rapids 3 6 0 .333 511 535
Kansas City 1 8 0 .111 432 548
Western Division
W L T Pct PF PA
San Jose 5 5 0 .500 542 539
Arizona 4 5 0 .444 460 531
Los Angeles 4 6 0 .400 561 629
Utah 1 9 0 .100 565 644
LAST NIGHT
Chicago 51, Tampa Bay 46
FRIDAY
Orlando at Cleveland, 7 p.m.
New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.
San Jose at Arizona, 10 p.m.
SATURDAY
Columbus at Kansas City, 6 p.m.
Grand Rapids at Dallas, 8 p.m.
Colorado at Utah, 9 p.m.
New York at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
MONDAY, MAY 12
Philadelphia at Georgia, 8 p.m.