GOLF
Bay Hill-Arnold Palmer Invitational
PGA Tour
Sean O Hair 67-65-71 203
Tiger Woods 68-69-71 208
Zach Johnson 72-69-68 209
Ryuji Imada 70-66-73 209
Jason Gore 65-70-74 209
Brandt Snedeker 73-70-67 210
Pat Perez 70-70-70 210
Scott Verplank 70-69-71 210
Robert Allenby 71-65-74 210
Chad Campbell 68-74-69 211
Lucas Glover 71-71-69 211
Webb Simpson 70-71-70 211
Daniel Chopra 68-71-72 211
Padraig Harrington 70-68-73 211
Lee Janzen 67-71-73 211
Nick Watney 67-71-73 211
Corey Pavin 72-70-70 212
Bob Estes 74-67-71 212
John Senden 70-69-73 212
Hunter Mahan 67-71-74 212
Tim Herron 66-72-74 212
Mark Wilson 67-71-74 212
Vaughn Taylor 70-68-74 212
Mathew Goggin 70-72-71 213
Cliff Kresge 74-68-71 213
Stewart Cink 70-71-72 213
Kenny Perry 70-71-72 213
Graeme McDowell 71-69-73 213
Charles Howell III 71-68-74 213
Jeev M. Singh 71-68-74 213
Rocco Mediate 68-76-70 214
Chris DiMarco 73-70-71 214
J.B. Holmes 73-69-72 214
George McNeill 70-72-72 214
Brian Gay 68-74-72 214
Ben Crane 70-69-75 214
Jeff Overton 66-73-75 214
David Toms 71-73-71 215
Trevor Immelman 71-73-71 215
Mike Weir 71-72-72 215
Justin Rose 75-67-73 215
Boo Weekley 72-70-73 215
James Nitties 70-71-74 215
Todd Hamilton 72-68-75 215
Kevin Na 69-70-76 215
Johnson Wagner 69-75-72 216
Heath Slocum 69-75-72 216
D.A. Points 73-70-73 216
Skip Kendall 68-73-75 216
Steve Marino 73-68-75 216
Bill Lunde 72-73-72 217
Tom Lehman 72-73-72 217
Retief Goosen 74-71-72 217
Brad Faxon 70-72-75 217
Steve Lowery 69-71-77 217
Paul Goydos 74-70-74 218
Jerry Kelly 69-73-76 218
J.J. Henry 68-71-79 218
Marc Turnesa 72-73-74 219
Aaron Baddeley 75-68-76 219
Louis Oosthuizen 72-71-76 219
Kevin Streelman 71-72-76 219
Stuart Appleby 67-72-80 219
Bart Bryant 71-74-75 220
Jeff Klauk 74-70-76 220
Richard S. Johnson 70-74-76 220
Woody Austin 72-72-76 220
Tommy Armour III 70-74-76 220
Brian Davis 71-73-76 220
Oliver Wilson 72-70-78 220
Bill Haas 70-75-76 221
Vijay Singh 74-70-77 221
Peter Lonard 72-72-77 221
Mark Calcavecchia 71-74-80 225
Cap Cana Championship
Champions Tour
Cap Cana, Dominican Republic, par 72
Mark O Meara 71-65 136
Keith Fergus 68-68 136
Eduardo Romero 68-68 136
Gene Jones 72-66 138
Bruce Vaughan 71-67 138
Mark McNulty 70-68 138
Joey Sindelar 70-68 138
Tim Simpson 68-70 138
Don Pooley 72-67 139
Andy Bean 71-68 139
Craig Stadler 70-69 139
Gil Morgan 72-68 140
Jay Haas 70-70 140
Fulton Allem 75-65 140
Gary Hallberg 73-68 141
R.W. Eaks 71-70 141
Scott Hoch 70-71 141
Ronnie Black 70-71 141
Joe Ozaki 70-71 141
Tom Jenkins 68-73 141
Ken Green 72-70 142
Larry Mize 72-70 142
Tom Purtzer 74-68 142
Phil Blackmar 70-72 142
John Cook 69-73 142
David Eger 67-75 142
Nick Price 68-74 142
Mike Smith 72-71 143
Lonnie Nielsen 73-70 143
Hale Irwin 73-70 143
Wayne Levi 73-70 143
Mark Wiebe 72-71 143
Bobby Wadkins 74-69 143
Jim Thorpe 71-72 143
Bernhard Langer 70-73 143
James Mason 73-71 144
David Edwards 74-70 144
Brad Bryant 71-73 144
Bruce Fleisher 71-73 144
Larry Nelson 75-69 144
John Harris 75-69 144
Denis Watson 70-74 144
Greg Norman 73-72 145
Dan Forsman 72-73 145
Mike McCullough 74-71 145
Tom McKnight 71-74 145
Leonard Thompson 77-68 145
Chip Beck 72-74 146
Sandy Lyle 73-73 146
Loren Roberts 72-74 146
Bob Gilder 74-72 146
Vicente Fernandez 75-71 146
Walter Hall 75-71 146
Curt Byrum 76-70 146
Curtis Strange 79-67 146
Mitch Adams 73-74 147
Jeff Sluman 74-73 147
Tom Kite 71-76 147
Robert L. Thompson 74-73 147
Wayne Grady 76-71 147
Mike San Filippo 78-69 147
Mike Reid 72-76 148
Jay Don Blake 72-76 148
Morris Hatalsky 74-74 148
Jose Maria Canizares 74-75 149
Mike Hulbert 74-75 149
John Morse 74-75 149
Gary Player 75-74 149
Tom Wargo 77-73 150
Graham Marsh 77-73 150
Dick Mast 74-77 151
D.A. Weibring 78-73 151
Steve Thomas 77-75 152
Mike Goodes 79-73 152
Donnie Hammond 77-76 153
Rick Rhoden 77-78 155
J Golf Phoenix
International
LPGA Tour
Phoenix, par 72
Jiyai Shin 69-71-66 206
Karrie Webb 70-68-69 207
In-Kyung Kim 68-68-71 207
Suzann Pettersen 69-69-70 208
Eun-Hee Ji 69-70-70 209
Brittany Lang 73-70-67 210
Yani Tseng 72-72-67 211
Ai Miyazato 71-70-70 211
Angela Park 70-71-70 211
Na On Min 73-69-70 212
Cristie Kerr 69-72-71 212
Song-Hee Kim 70-69-73 212
Sun Young Yoo 73-70-70 213
Kristy McPherson 72-71-70 213
Inbee Park 69-74-70 213
Helen Alfredsson 74-68-71 213
Na Yeon Choi 74-68-71 213
Angela Stanford 73-67-73 213
Karin Sjodin 73-71-70 214
Lorena Ochoa 72-72-70 214
Se Ri Pak 72-72-70 214
Lindsey Wright 72-72-70 214
Marcy Hart 71-73-70 214
Leta Lindley 74-71-70 215
Jee Young Lee 72-71-72 215
Wendy Doolan 70-72-73 215
Stacy Prammanasudh 73-73-70 216
Allison Fouch 75-70-71 216
Wendy Ward 71-74-71 216
Irene Cho 70-73-73 216
Silvia Cavalleri 70-73-73 216
Louise Stahle 71-71-74 216
Sophie Gustafson 73-68-75 216
Hee Young Park 75-74-69 218
Christina Kim 72-75-71 218
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Men s NCAA Tournament
EAST RegionAL
At TD Banknorth Garden
Boston
Regional Championship
Last night
Villanova 78, Pittsburgh 76
Regional Semifinals
Thursday
Pittsburgh 60, Xavier 55
Villanova 77, Duke 54
SOUTH RegionAL
At FedEx Forum
Memphis, Tenn.
Regional Semifinals
Friday
Oklahoma 84, Syracuse 71
North Carolina 98, Gonzaga 77
Regional Championship
Today
Oklahoma (30-5) vs. North Carolina (31-4), 5:05 p.m.
MIDWEST RegionAL
At Lucas Oil Stadium
Indianapolis
Regional Semifinals
Friday
Louisville 103, Arizona 64
Michigan State 67, Kansas 62
Regional Championship
Today
Louisville (31-5) vs. Michigan State (29-6), 2:20 p.m.
WEST RegionAL
At University of Phoenix Stadium
Glendale, Ariz.
Regional Championship
Yesterday
Connecticut 82, Missouri 75
Regional Semifinals
Thursday
Connecticut 72, Purdue 60
Missouri 102, Memphis 91
FINAL FOUR
At Ford Field
Detroit
National Semifinals
Saturday, April 4
East champion vs. South champion
Midwest champion vs. Connecticut
National Championship
Monday, April 6
Semifinal winners
NIT
Semifinals
Tuesday
At Madison Square Garden
New York
Semifinals
Baylor (23-14) vs. San Diego State (26-9), 7 p.m.
Penn State (25-11) vs. Notre Dame (21-14), 9:30 p.m.
Championship
Thursday, April 2
Semifinal winners, 7 p.m.
CBI
Championship Series
(Best-of-3)
Monday
UTEP (22-12) at Oregon State (16-17), 10 p.m.
Wednesday
Oregon State at UTEP, 10 p.m.
Friday
Oregon State at UTEP, 10 p.m., if necessary
CollegeInsider.com
Championship
Tuesday
Old Dominion (24-10) at Bradley (21-14), 8 p.m.
NCAA Div. II title
FINDLAY 56, CAL POLY POMONA 53, OT
CAL POLY POMONA (25-8): Nasser 1-4 0-0 2, Fells 1-4 0-0 2, Jahn 5-9 4-8 14, Gordon 6-14 4-4 17, Swift 1-6 0-0 2, Thompson 4-7 0-0 9, Summers 2-3 2-2 7. Totals 20-47 10-14 53.
FINDLAY (36-0): Bostic 5-18 1-3 13, Hyde 3-11 0-0 8, Parker 3-10 2-3 8, Lewis 5-9 2-2 12, Roberts 3-5 3-3 9, Laflin 0-1 0-0 0, Evans 1-4 1-2 4, Agunga 0-0 2-2 2. Totals 20-58 11-15 56.
Halftime Findlay 30-20. 3-Point goals Cal Poly Pomona 3-10 (Summers 1-1, Gordon 1-3, Thompson 1-3, Swift 0-3), Findlay 5-22 (Hyde 2-6, Bostic 2-7, Evans 1-4, Lewis 0-1, Laflin 0-1, Parker 0-3). Fouled out Bostic. Rebounds Cal Poly Pomona 38 (Gordon 9), Findlay 34 (Roberts 8). Assists Cal Poly Pomona 5 (Nasser 2, Findlay 7 (Parker 3). Total fouls Cal Poly Pomona 18, Findlay 17. A 4,885.
NCAA Women s
Tournament
TRENTON RegionAL
Regional Semifinals
At Sovereign Bank Arena
Trenton, N.J.
Today
Connecticut (35-0) vs. California (27-6), Noon
Arizona State (25-8) vs. Texas A&M (27-7), 30 minutes following
Regional Championship
At Sovereign Bank Arena
Trenton, N.J.
Tuesday
Semifinal winners, 7 p.m.
BERKELEY RegionAL
Regional Semifinals
At Haas Pavilion
Berkeley, Calif.
Last night
Iowa State 69, Michigan State 68
Ohio State (29-5) vs. Stanford (31-4), late
Regional Championship
At Haas Pavilion
Berkeley, Calif.
Monday
Semifinal winners, 9 p.m.
RALEIGH RegionAL
Regional Semifinals
At RBC Center
Raleigh, N.C.
Yesterday
Louisville 56, Baylor 39
Maryland 78, Vanderbilt 74
Regional Championship
At RBC Center
Raleigh, N.C.
Monday
Louisville (32-4) vs. Maryland (31-4) , 7 p.m.
OKLAHOMA CITY RegionAL
Regional Semifinals
At Ford Center
Oklahoma City
Tonight
Purdue (24-10) vs. Rutgers (21-12), 7:30 p.m.
Pittsburgh (25-7) vs. Oklahoma (30-4), 30 minutes following
Regional Championship
At Ford Center
Oklahoma City
Tuesday
Semifinal winners, 9 p.m.
FINAL FOUR
At Scottrade Center
St. Louis
National Semifinals
Sunday, April 5
Trenton champion vs. Berkeley champion, 7 or 9:30 p.m.
Raleigh champion vs. Oklahoma City champion, 7 or 9:30 p.m.
National Championship
Tuesday, April 7
Semifinal winners, 8:30 p.m.
WNIT
Friday
New Mexico 61, Oregon State 56
Quarterfinals
Today
South Florida (24-10) at St. Bonaventure (23-10), 1 p.m.
Indiana (21-10) at Illinois State (26-7), 3 p.m.
Georgetown (20-13) at Boston College (22-11), 5 p.m.
Monday
Kansas (20-13) at New Mexico (25-10), 9 p.m.
Semifinals
Wednesday, April 1
TBD
Thursday, April 2
TBD
Championship
Saturday, April 4
TBD, 2 p.m.
TENNIS
Sony Ericsson Open
Key Biscayne, Fla.
Singles
Men
Second Round
Fernando Verdasco (8) d. Benjamin Becker 6-3, 6-4.
David Ferrer (11) d. John Isner 6-3, 3-6, 6-2.
Viktor Troicki, Serbia, d. David Nalbandian (14) 6-1, 6-3.
Radek Stepanek (18) d. Bobby Reynolds 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-2.
Igor Andreev (20) d. Yen-hsun Lu 7-6 (4), 6-3.
Frederico Gil d. ivo Karlovic (26) 6-4, 6-4.
Janko Tipsarevic, Serbia, d. Jurgen Melzer (30) 6-4, 6-3.
Feliciano Lopez (32) d. Sam Querrey 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-2.
Women
Second Round
Serena Williams (1) d. Alexa Glatch 6-2, 6-3.
Agnieszka Radwanska (10) d. Tamarine Tanasugarn 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.
Alize Cornet (14) d. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 6-4, 7-6 (4).
Zheng Jie (17) d. Julia Goerges 6-4, 6-2.
Anabel Medina Garrigues (19) d. Alla Kudryavtseva 7-6 (3), 6-4.
Kaia Kanepi (21), Estonia, d. Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez 4-6, 6-4, 7-5.
Ekaterina Makarova d. Ai Sugiyama (23) 6-3, 6-4.
Anna-Lena Groenefeld d. Sara Errani (30) 6-4, 6-3.
Li Na d. Aleksandra Wozniak (29) 7-5, 6-3.
Peng Shuai (32) d. Mara Santangelo 7-5, 6-3.
PREP BASKETBALL
Boys state tournament
Division I
Championship
Cols. Northland 60, Cin. Princeton 58
Division II
Championship
Akron SVSM 59, Day. Marshall 53
DIVISION III
Championship
Tinora 0 14 13 11 38
Cleve. Cent. Cath. 11 6 14 14 45
TINORA (23-4): Wuo 1-2 0-0 2, Wiemken 1-7 0-0 2, J. Gerken 1-9 0-0 2, Beilharz 1-4 0-0 2, Meyer 0-4 0-0 0, Lymanstall 1-3 0-0 2, Drewes 1-5 0-0 3, Garmyn 3-6 0-0 8, G. Gerken 5-12 7-9 17. Totals 14-52 7-9 38.
CLEVE. CENT. CATH. (24-3): Bennett 0-3 0-0 0, Grady 3-11 0-0 6, Montgomery 7-13 0-0 16, Bufford 4-7 2-5 10, Campbell 3-5 4-6 10, Moore 0-1 1-2 1, Jackson 1-1 0-0 2, Locklear 0-0 0-0 0, Thomas 0-0 0-0 0, Davis 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 18-42 7-13 45.
3-point goals Tinora 3-22 (Garmyn 2-5, Drewes 1-4, G.Gerken 0-1, Wuo 0-1, J.Gerken 0-2, Beilharz 0-2, Meyer 0-2, Lymanstall 0-2, Wiemken 0-3), Cleve. Cent. Cath. 2-8 (Montgomery 2-6, Grady 0-1, Moore 0-1). Fouled out None. Rebounds Tinora 36 (G.Gerken 11), Cleve. Cent. Cath. 31 (Bennett, Montgomery 6). Assists Tinora 8 (Wiemken, Lymanstall 3), Cleve. Cent. Cath. 11 (Campbell 7). Total fouls Tinora 12, Cleve. Cent. Cath. 10. A 12,041.
DIVISION IV
Championship
Oak Hill 3 15 6 9 5 10 48
Kalida 9 10 7 7 5 5 43
OAK HILL (25-2): Slone 1-5 3-5 6, Borden 5-9 0-0 13, J.Hale 3-8 2-3 8, Ondera 1-11 4-5 6, W.Hale 4-6 2-2 13, Boggs 0-0 0-0 0, Cannon 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 15-40 11-15 48.
KALIDA (23-5): Warnecke 2-7 1-2 7, Schnipke 4-10 0-0 9, Kleman 1-4 0-1 2, Basinger 6-10 6-7 19, Kahle 2-4 0-0 5, Osterhage 0-1 0-0 0, Ellerbrock 0-0 1-2 1. Totals 15-36 8-12 43.
3-point goals Oak Hill 7-15 (W.Hale 3-4, Borden 3-7, Slone 1-2, Ondera 0-2), Kalida 5-17 (Warnecke 2-6, Basinger 1-2, Kahle 1-3, Schnipke 1-6). Fouled out J.Hale, Basinger. Rebounds Oak Hill 29 (Ondera 10), Kalida 23 (Schnipke 7). Assists Oak Hill 10 (Slone 5), Kalida 9 (Kahle 4). Total fouls Oak Hill 18, Kalida 14. A 13,582.
PREP BASEBALL
N. Boston Huron 101 021 0 - 5 8 3
Bedford 002 121 x - 6 9 4
WP-Schoch. LP-Burkholder. Shroyer (B) 3-3, RBI.
N. Boston Huron 000 00 - 0 3 2
Bedford (10)00 5x - 15 11 0
WP-Hooven. LP-Evans. Davis (B), 2-4, 2 2b, RBI.
PREP LACROSSE
St. Johns 11, Medina 9
SJ--Seidel 4, Abou Arraj 3, Duncan 2, Martin 1, Erdelyi 1. Saves: Connors 10.
Sylvania 10, St. Ignatius 4
Sylvania: Jackson 4, Northrup 3, Mehling, Stichter, Yoshino, St. Ignatius: Hornung 2, Paras, Stanton. Saves: Sylvania: Wisner 14. St. Ignatius: Sepesy 7.
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
y-Boston 55 19 .743
Philadelphia 37 34 .521 161/2
New Jersey 30 42 .417 24
New York 29 44 .397 251/2
Toronto 27 45 .375 27
Southeast Division
W L Pct GB
y-Orlando 54 18 .750
Atlanta 42 31 .575 121/2
Miami 39 34 .534 151/2
Charlotte 33 40 .452 211/2
Washington 17 57 .230 38
Central Division
W L Pct GB
y-Cleveland 59 13 .819
Chicago 36 38 .486 24
Detroit 35 37 .486 24
Milwaukee 31 43 .419 29
Indiana 30 43 .411 291/2
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
San Antonio 48 24 .667
Houston 48 26 .649 1
New Orleans 44 27 .620 31/2
Dallas 43 29 .597 5
Memphis 18 53 .254 291/2
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB
Denver 47 26 .644
Portland 45 27 .625 11/2
Utah 44 27 .620 2
Oklahoma City 20 52 .278 261/2
Minnesota 20 53 .274 27
Pacific Division
W L Pct GB
z-L.A. Lakers 58 14 .806
Phoenix 40 32 .556 18
Golden State 25 47 .347 33
L.A. Clippers 18 56 .243 41
Sacramento 15 56 .211 421/2
y-clinched division
z-clinched conference
YESTERDAY
Chicago 112, Indiana 106
Charlotte 96, New York 85
Detroit 98, Washington 96
Miami 102, Milwaukee 85
Houston 110, L.A. Clippers 93
Phoenix at Utah, late
Golden State at Denver, late
Memphis at Portland, late
FRIDAY
Orlando 110, Milwaukee 94
Toronto 112, Oklahoma City 96
Charlotte 100, Philadelphia 95
Cleveland 107, Minnesota 85
L.A. Lakers 103, New Jersey 95
New York 103, New Orleans 93
Boston 99, Atlanta 93
Denver 103, Dallas 101
San Antonio 111, L.A. Clippers 98
Memphis 113, Sacramento 95
TODAY
Dallas at Cleveland, 1 p.m.
Chicago at Toronto, 3:30 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Atlanta, 3:30 p.m.
New Jersey at Minnesota, 3:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Detroit, 6 p.m.
Washington at Indiana, 7 p.m.
Oklahoma City at Boston, 7 p.m.
San Antonio at New Orleans, 8 p.m.
Phoenix at Sacramento, 9 p.m.
Detroit 29 31 24 14 98
Washington 26 27 19 24 96
DETROIT: Prince 8-13 0-0 19, McDyess 4-8 0-0 8, Brown 0-1 0-0 0, Hamilton 11-29 4-7 31, Stuckey 5-9 3-4 13, Maxiell 4-6 2-2 10, Bynum 3-7 3-4 9, Herrmann 2-4 0-0 6, Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Afflalo 0-2 2-2 2. Totals 37-79 14-19 98.
WASHINGTON: Butler 4-13 3-5 11, Jamison 9-15 0-0 21, Blatche 6-13 3-4 15, Arenas 3-12 7-8 15, McGuire 4-9 1-1 9, Crittenton 2-7 0-0 4, Young 4-7 5-5 13, McGee 3-3 2-3 8. Totals 35-79 21-26 96.
3-point goals Detroit 10-15 (Hamilton 5-9, Prince 3-3, Herrmann 2-2, Afflalo 0-1), Washington 5-14 (Jamison 3-5, Arenas 2-5, Butler 0-2, Young 0-2). Fouled Out None. Rebounds Detroit 52 (McDyess, Brown 11), Washington 44 (Butler 10). Assists Detroit 24 (Stuckey 6), Washington 24 (Arenas 10). Total Fouls Detroit 21, Washington 18. Technicals Detroit defensive three second, Washington defensive three second. A 20,173 (20,173).
NHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
x-New Jersey 47 24 4 98 228 186
Philadelphia 41 23 10 92 239 213
Pittsburgh 41 27 8 90 239 225
N.Y. Rangers 39 28 9 87 196 208
N.Y. Islanders 25 41 9 59 189 244
Northeast Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
y-Boston 47 17 10 104 250 176
Montreal 38 27 10 86 226 229
Buffalo 37 30 8 82 226 217
Toronto 31 32 13 75 230 271
Ottawa 32 32 10 74 197 215
Southeast Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
x-Washington 46 23 7 99 245 222
Carolina 42 28 7 91 220 214
Florida 37 28 11 85 213 216
Atlanta 32 38 6 70 237 262
Tampa Bay 24 34 17 65 196 249
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
y-Detroit 49 17 9 107 276 221
Chicago 40 22 11 91 242 198
Columbus 39 28 8 86 210 206
Nashville 37 30 8 82 192 206
St. Louis 36 30 9 81 209 217
Northwest Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Calgary 42 26 6 90 238 228
Vancouver 40 25 9 89 225 203
Edmonton 36 30 9 81 216 228
Minnesota 35 31 8 78 190 182
Colorado 31 42 2 64 192 243
Pacific Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
y-San Jose 48 15 11 107 240 185
Anaheim 37 32 6 80 215 216
Dallas 33 33 9 75 209 234
Los Angeles 31 33 11 73 191 219
Phoenix 31 36 7 69 184 227
Note: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss or shootout loss.
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
YESTERDAY
Pittsburgh 4, N.Y. Rangers 3
Nashville 4, Los Angeles 3, OT
Atlanta 6, Ottawa 3
Boston 7, Toronto 5
Buffalo 4, Montreal 3, SO
Carolina 2, New Jersey 1
Philadelphia 4, N.Y. Islanders 3, SO
Florida 6, Dallas 3
St. Louis 4, Columbus 3, SO
Minnesota at Calgary, late
Phoenix at San Jose, late
TONIGHT
Nashville at Detroit, 5
St. Louis at Columbus, 5
Ottawa at Tampa Bay, 6
Vancouver at Chicago, 7
Boston at Philadelphia, 7
Colorado at Anaheim, 8
Minnesota at Edmonton, 8
Columbus 1 0 2 0 3
St. Louis 2 1 0 0 4
St. Louis won shootout 2-1
First Period 1, St. Louis, Tkachuk 22 (Winchester, McKee), 6:17. 2, Columbus, Vermette 15 (Umberger), 12:22 (sh). 3, St. Louis, Berglund 20 (Perron, Polak), 13:47.
Second Period 4, St. Louis, Steen 8 (Crombeen, McClement), 5:48.
Third Period 5, Columbus, Huselius 21 (Williams), 7:23. 6, Columbus, Nash 35 (Hejda, Tyutin), 8:56.
Overtime None.
Shootout Columbus 1 (Huselius NG, Nash G, Williams NG, Vermette NG), St. Louis 2 (Oshie NG, Boyes G, McDonald NG, Perron G).
Shots on Goal Columbus 7-9-7-4 27. St. Louis 7-15-4-2 28.
Goalies Columbus, S.Mason 31-17-5 (28 shots-25 saves). St. Louis, C.Mason 22-20-6 (27-24).
BASEBALL
Exhibition
American League
W L Pct
Los Angeles 22 5 .815
New York 18 10 .643
Boston 16 11 .593
Kansas City 15 11 .577
Texas 16 12 .571
Minnesota 14 12 .539
Seattle 14 14 .500
Tampa Bay 12 13 .480
Toronto 11 13 .458
Chicago 13 16 .448
Detroit 11 14 .440
Oakland 12 17 .414
Baltimore 11 16 .407
Cleveland 9 17 .346
National League
W L Pct
Atlanta 17 9 .654
Milwaukee 16 9 .640
St. Louis 16 10 .615
Pittsburgh 15 11 .577
Chicago 17 14 .548
San Francisco 17 15 .531
New York 13 13 .500
Washington 12 13 .480
Cincinnati 13 15 .464
Los Angeles 13 16 .448
Colorado 12 15 .444
Arizona 11 16 .407
Florida 10 15 .400
Philadelphia 10 15 .400
Houston 8 17 .320
San Diego 7 17 .292
Note: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not.
YESTERDAY
Detroit 5, Toronto 1
Boston 9, Minnesota 4
N.Y. Yankees 6, Atlanta 4
Washington 6, Houston 3
Baltimore 10, St. Louis 6
Cincinnati 5, Tampa Bay 1
Pittsburgh 10, Philadelphia 4
N.Y. Mets 5, Florida 4
Milwaukee 4, Oakland 2
L.A. Angels 16, Seattle 9
Texas 8, Kansas City 5
Arizona 5, Cleveland 3
San Diego 11, San Francisco 10
Chicago White Sox 6, L.A. Dodgers 1
Colorado 10, Chicago Cubs 6
TODAY
Atlanta vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Toronto vs. Houston at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay vs. Cincinnati at Sarasota, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Washington vs. Florida at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Boston vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets vs. Baltimore at Fort Lauderdale, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
St. Louis vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 1:15 p.m.
Colorado vs. Oakland at Phoenix, 4:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
San Diego vs. L.A. Dodgers at Phoenix, 4:05 p.m.
Cleveland vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
Kansas City vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox vs. Arizona at Tucson, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
Milwaukee vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
Detroit 131000000 5 5 2
Toronto 010000000 1 9 3
Jackson, R.Perry (8), Williamson (9) and Laird, Sardinha; Richmond, Tallet (5), Downs (7), Frasor (8), Camp (9) and Barrett. W Jackson. L Richmond. HR Detroit, Polanco (2).
Cleveland 010000200 3 6 0
Arizona 13010000x 5 9 1
Jackson, Chulk (5), Lewis (8) and D.Espino, A.Camacaro; Scherzer, Rosales (6), D.Schlereth (7), J.Ellis (8), Korecky (9) and Snyder. W Scherzer. L Jackson. Sv Korecky. HR Arizona, Snyder (3).
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
YESTERDAY
Toronto FC 1, Columbus 1, tie
Chicago 1, D.C. United 1, tie
New England 1, New York 1, tie
Kansas City at Colorado, late
Houston at San Jose, late
Real Salt Lake at Seattle FC, late
TODAY
Chivas USA at FC Dallas, 3
THURSDAY
Columbus at Real Salt Lake, 9
SATURDAY, April 4
Seattle FC at Toronto FC, 4
FC Dallas at New England, 7:30
Houston at D.C. United, 7:30
Colorado at Los Angeles, 10:30
SUNDAY, April 5
New York at Chicago Fire, 3
San Jose at Kansas City, 3
Columbus at Chivas USA, 8
COLLEGE HOCKEY
NCAA Division I
NORTHEAST RegionAL
At Verizon Wireless Arena
Manchester, N.H.
First Round
Yesterday
New Hampshire 6, North Dakota 5, OT
Boston University 8, Ohio State 3
Regional Championship
Today
New Hampshire (20-12-5) vs. Boston University, 5:30 p.m.
LATEST LINE
Exhibition Baseball
FLORIDA Even-6 Washington
BALTIMORE P NY Mets
PHILADELPHIA P Boston
CINCINNATI Even-6 Tampa Bay
HOUSTON Even-6 Toronto
MINNESOTA Even-6 St. Louis
DETROIT Even-6 Atlanta
NY YANKEES 71/2 -81/2 Pittsburgh
TEXAS P LA Angels
LA DODGERS 6-7 San Diego
SEATTLE Even-6 Kansas City
SAN FRANCISCO Even-6 Milwaukee
ARIZONA 51/2 -61/2 Chi White Sox
CHICAGO CUBS 51/2 -61/2 Cleveland
OAKLAND 51/2 -61/2 Colorado
NBA
CLEVELAND 81/2 (191) Dallas
LA Lakers 31/2 (200) ATLANTA
TORONTO 2 (209) Chicago
New Jersey 3 (199) MINNESOTA
DETROIT 3 (188) Philadelphia
INDIANA 8 (210) Washington
BOSTON 11 (190) Oklahoma City
NEW ORLEANS 1 (178) San Antonio
Phoenix 5 (238) SACRAMENTO
College Basketball
Men s NCAA Tournament
Louisville 61/2 (138) Michigan St
North Carolina 7 (164) Oklahoma
NHL
DETROIT 11/2 -2 Nashville
COLUMBUS 1/2 -1 St. Louis
Ottawa 1/2 -1 TAMPA BAY
PHILADELPHIA Even-1/2 Boston
CHICAGO Even-1/2 Vancouver
EDMONTON Even-1/2 Minnesota
ANAHEIM 1-11/2 Colorado
Home Team in CAPS
BOWLING HONOR ROLL
Men 750+
Randy Streets, Southwyck 775
Perry Harris, Southwyck 774
Cleveland Jett, Southwyck 762
Women 650+
Maria Griswold, Southwyck 702
Lola Baucon, Southwyck 678
Marita Temple, Southwyck 661
Shanelle Turner, Southwyck 651
Toledo Metro High School League
National standings: 1- St. Francis de Sales 32.5 (second half champions); 2- St. John s Jesuit No. 1 32; 3- Northview 31.5; 4 Central 25; 5- Rogers 24; 6- Clay 19; 7- Whitmer 18; 8- Notre Dame 12; 9- Bowsher 9; 10- Start 6.
Boys high series: Joe Beck, Clay 247-221-232-700; Jon Myers, St. Francis 188-229-245-662; Kyle McClure, Whitmer 214-202-146-662; Jay Snyder, Waite 233-187-225-645; Nathan Rumbaugh, St. Francis 277-177-191-645.
Boys high game: Chase Beckner, Clay 299; Eric Nicely, Whitmer 255; Dan Lewinski, St. John s 243; Dennis Oehlers, Start 237; Aaron Knowles, Rogers 237; Aaron Jones, St. Francis 236; Charles Easton, Northview 235; Chad Rieger, Northview 235; Nico Ruiz, St. John s 232.
Girls high series: Kristen Manton, Central 213-203-178-594; Kelsey Corum, Notre Dame 172-227-173-572; Megan Kuebler, Notre Dame 184-177-204-565; Amanda Schoch, Stritch 149-187-223-559; Molly Hansen, Clay 185-211-148-544; Beth Crossen, Notre Dame 162-185-180-527; Alexa Lubinski, Notre Dame 193-173-160-526; Chelsea Ireland, Libbey 111-236-173-520
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Toledo 200 001 010 - 4 11 0
Akron 421 240 00x - 13 16 1
W- Turocy (2-4); L- Inselmann (1-3)
Leading Toledo batters: Dudley 2-3, RBI, 2b; Hoying 2-5; Vahalik2-4, 2RBI, 2b; Sherwood 2-4.
Bowling Green 000 210 104 - 8 9 0
Northern Illinois 000 000 000 - 0 3 3
W-Malewitz (2-1); L- Badgley (2-2)
Leading BGSU batters: Martin 2-3, RBI; Elkins 2-5, RBI; Galvin 1-5, 2RBI; Blanton 2-3, 2b, 3b.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Toledo 000 004 0 - 4 3 3
Bowling Green 104 010 x - 6 6 5
W-Wiemer (4-11); L- Szypka (0-3)
Leading batters: (T) LeVier 1-3, RBI; Gates 2-3, RBI; (B) Wiemer 2-3, RBI, HR; Bott 2-3, 2RBI, HR.
Toledo 100 000 - 1 7 2
Bowling Green 004 005 - 9 8 2
W- Wiemer (5-11); L- Rockhold (1-8)
Leading batters: (T) Ford (1-3, LeVier 2-3, RBI; Barnett 2-3, 2b; Spink 2-3; (BG) Proehl 2-3, 2b; West 1-4, 4RBI, HR; Lines 1-3, RBI; Sontag 2-3, 3RBI, HR; Bowman 1-3; Coffey 1-3.
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
American League
BOSTON RED SOX Optioned C Dusty Brown and RHP Devern Hansack to Pawtucket (IL).
CLEVELAND INDIANS Optioned OF Trevor Crowe and INF-OF Chris Gimenez to Columbus (IL).
NEW YORK YANKEES Acquired RHP Charles Nolte from Minnesota for RHP Jason Jones.
National League
FLORIDA MARLINS Acquired C Ronny Paulino from San Francisco for RHP Hector Correa. Optioned C Mike Rabelo and C Brett Hayes to New Orelans (PCL).
PITTSBURGH PIRATES Optioned C Robinzon Diaz and OF-1B Steve Pearce to Indianapolis (IL). Assigned INF Anderson Machado to their minor league camp.
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS Placed 3B Troy Glaus and LHP Jaime Garcia on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 27.
WASHINGTON NATIONALS Optioned RHP Collin Balester to Syracuse (IL). Placed LHP Matt Chico on the 60-day DL. Purchased the contract of 1B Dmitri Young from Syracuse. Assigned INF Jose Castillo, OF Corey Patterson and C Javier Valentin to their minor league camp.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
WASHINGTON CAPITALS Assigned F Keith Aucoin, F Oskar Osala and G Simeon Varlamov to Hershey (AHL).
American Hockey League
SPRINGFIELD FALCONS Recalled F Kelly Czuy from Las Vegas (ECHL). Signed F Jeffrey Lee.
WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON PENGUINS Singed D Lane Caffaro.
COLLEGE TENNIS
Bowling Green 6, Eastern Michigan 1. Singles: 1 - Chircosta (BG) d. Westerink 6-1, 6-2; 2 - Jakupcin (BG) d. a Ahuja 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (2); 3 - Chang (E) d. Kintzel 6-1, 6-1; 4 - Babina (BG) d. Woo 5-7, 6-4, 1-0 (6); 5 - Menoff (BG) d. Rivero 6-2, 6-1; 6 - Harrison (BG) d. Muskwe 6-0, 6-0 Doubles: 1 - Chiricosta/Jakupcin (BG) d. Westerink/Woo 9-7; 2 - Ahuja/Chang (E) d. Babina/Kintzel 8-6; 3 - Harrison/Menoff (BG) def. Rivero/Muskwe 8-2.
BOXING
Fight Schedule
National TV in parentheses
April 2
Kempton Park, South Africa, Zolani Marali, South Africa, vs. Fahsai Sakkreenin, Thailand, 12, for the vacant IBO super featherweight title; Jake Els, South Africa, vs. Thamsanqa, Zimbabwe, 12, for the vacant WBA Pan African heavyweight title; Hekkie Budier, South Africa, vs. Charitt Mukondeleli, South Africa, 12, for the vacant African Boxing Union light flyweight title.