COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Mid-American Conference
THURSDAY
Rhode Island at Buffalo, 7
SE Missouri at Ball St., 7
Hampton at Cent. Michigan, 7
Murray St. at Kent St., 7
N. Illinois at Iowa St., 8
FRIDAY
Villanova at Temple, 5
Arizona at Toledo, 8
SATURDAY
Miami (Ohio) at Florida, Noon
W. Michigan at Michigan St., Noon
Syracuse at Akron, 6
Bowling Green at Troy, 7
Army at E. Michigan, 7
Wofford at Ohio, 7
Big Ten
THURSDAY
Marshall at Ohio State, 7:30
Minnesota at Middle Tennessee, 7:30
Towson at Indiana, 7:30
SATURDAY
Youngstown St. at Penn St., Noon
W. Michigan at Michigan St., Noon
E. Illinois at Iowa, 12:05
Missouri vs. Illinois at St. Louis, 12:30
Connecticut at Michigan, 3:30
Purdue at Notre Dame, 3:30
Northwestern at Vanderbilt, 7:30
Wisconsin at UNLV, 11
National schedule
THURSDAY
EAST
West Chester at Delaware, 7
Albany, N.Y. at Maine, 7
Norfolk St. at Rutgers, 7:30
SOUTH
Presbyterian at Wake Forest, 6:30
Cumberland, Tenn. at Austin Peay, 7
Johnson C. Smith at N.C. Central, 7
Shorter at Georgia St., 7:30
Florida A&M at Miami, 7:30
Southern Miss. at South Carolina, 7:30
SE Louisiana at Tulane, 8
Florida Atlantic at UAB, 8
MIDWEST
E. Kentucky at Missouri St., 7
Valparaiso at W. Illinois, 7
Cent. Missouri at Illinois St., 7:30
Quincy at S. Illinois, 8
SOUTHWEST
Elizabeth City St. at Cent. Arkansas, 8
FAR WEST
Pittsburgh at Utah, 8:30
North Dakota at Idaho, 9
E. Washington at Nevada, 9:05
W. New Mexico at N. Arizona, 10:05
Southern Cal at Hawaii, 11
FRIDAY
EAST
Sacred Heart at Marist, 7
SATURDAY
EAST
Cent. Conn. St. at New Hampshire, Noon
Weber St. at Boston College, 1
Howard at Holy Cross, 1
Fordham at Bryant, 3
William & Mary at Massachusetts, 3:30
Coastal Carolina at West Virginia, 3:30
Monmouth, N.J. at Colgate, 6
Bucknell at Duquesne, 6
SOUTH
Samford at Florida St., Noon
St. Francis, Pa. at Liberty, Noon
Louisiana-Lafayette at Georgia, 12:20
S. Carolina St. at Georgia Tech, 1
Chowan at The Citadel, 1
North Greenville at Charleston Sthrn, 1:30
Lock Haven at VMI, 1:30
Appalachian St. at Chattanooga, 3
North Texas at Clemson, 3:30
Kentucky at Louisville, 3:30
Jacksonville St. at Mississippi, 3:30
Edward Waters at Bethune-Cookman, 4
Delta St. at Jackson St., 5
Georgetown, D.C. at Davidson, 6
Brevard at Gardner-Webb, 6
Savannah St. at Georgia Southern, 6
Morehead St. at James Madison, 6
Bowie St. at Morgan St., 6
Winston-Salem at N. Carolina A&T, 6
W. Carolina at N.C. State, 6
Jacksonville at Old Dominion, 6
Tenn.-Martin at Tennessee, 6
South Dakota at UCF, 6
Richmond at Virginia, 6
Campbell at Virginia-Wise, 6
San Jose St. at Alabama, 7
Arkansas St. at Auburn, 7
Elon at Duke, 7
Grambling St. at Louisiana Tech, 7
Memphis at Mississippi St., 7
Stony Brook at South Florida, 7
Alabama A&M at Tennessee St., 7
MVSU at Alabama St., 8
Lamar at McNeese St., 8
LSU vs. North Carolina at Atlanta, 8
MIDWEST
Butler at Albion, 1
Robert Morris at Dayton, 1
UCLA at Kansas St., 3:30
Lehigh at Drake, 7
N. Dakota St. at Kansas, 7
W. Kentucky at Nebraska, 7
St. Joseph's, Ind. at Indiana St., 7:05
SOUTHWEST
Texas at Rice, 3:30
Tennessee Tech at Arkansas, 7
Sam Houston St. at Baylor, 7
Utah St. at Oklahoma, 7
Washington St. at Oklahoma St., 7
Stephen F.Austin at Texas A&M, 7
Oregon St. vs. TCU at Arlington, Tex., 7:45
Texas St. at Houston, 8
Ark.-Pine Bluff at UTEP, 9:05
FAR WEST
Northwestern St. at Air Force, 2
Colorado vs. Colorado St. at Denver, 2
Western St.,Colo. at Montana, 3
Fort Lewis at Montana St., 3:05
New Mexico at Oregon, 3:30
Adams St. at N. Colorado, 3:35
UC Davis at California, 4
Montana Western at Idaho St., 5:35
Sacramento St. at Stanford, 6:30
Washington at BYU, 7
Nicholls St. at San Diego St., 8
Azusa Pacific at San Diego, 9
S. Utah at Wyoming, 9
Humboldt St. at Cal Poly, 9:05
Portland St. at Arizona St., 10
Cincinnati at Fresno St., 10
PREP GOLF
Girls
PERRYSBURG 160, ROSSFORD 215: P--Diehl 39, K. Tudor 40, Lee 40, B. Tudor 41. R--Wellman 50, Welling 53, Scott 53, Parrish 59. At Crosswinds.
ST. URSULA 157, SOUTHVIEW 171, NORTHVIEW 177: Antypas, SUA, 35; Graf, SUA 37; Silver NV 38; Taylor, SUA 40; Breyfogle, SV 41; Martindale, SV 42. At Detwiler.
BEDFORD 176, MONROE 185, TECUMSEH 194: (B) - Gonring 41, Melnyk 44, Porter 45, Stock 46; (M) - Sawatzke 44, Smith 44, Crawford 48, Webb 49; (T) - Rine 44, Watkins 45, Nowak 50, Austin 55.
ELMWOOD 204, RIDGEDALE 229: (E) - Bentley 45, Mathias 50, Haughawout 54, Carr 55; (R) - Inskeep 51, Galloway 55, Carr 58, Wood 65.
Boys
SOUTHVIEW 175, SPRINGFIELD 190: SV: Shulak 41, Frankel 41, Marinelli 46, Jackson 47. SP: Tucholski 44, Sosnowicz 45, Lewandowski 48, Popovich 53. At Valleywood.
OTSEGO 174, EVERGREEN 202: O: Connely 43, Girona 43, Wickard 43, Bloomer 45. E: Mossing 44, Debrune 48, Goode 55, Yunker 55. At Spuyten Duyval.
ANTHONY WAYNE 162, MAUMEE 169:(AW) Tansel 39, Linde 39, Ritzenthaler 39, Smith 45; (M) Haas 40, Snell 41, Cintron 44, Schultz 44.
OTTAWA HILLS 165, CARDINAL STRITCH 175: (OH) - Silverman 38, Sunvold 41, Haigh 42, Jamieson 44; (CS) - Linser 41, Demory 42, Crawford 43, Scott 49.
MAUMEE VALLEY 162, NORTHWOOD 186: MV: Deichert 36, Frasco 39, Su 43, Krueger 44. N: Langenderfer 43, Canaday 45, Frank 46, Hoffman 52. At Eagles Landing.
BOWLING GREEN 160, NORTHVIEW 162: BG: Dill 38, Hollister 39, Gardner 41, Han-Sung 42. N: Elrod 37, Czerniakowski 40, Graeff 41, Reiner 44. At Stone Ridge.
PERRYSBURG 179, ROSSFORD 183: (P) Mowry 42, VanHoosen 42, Weiker 46, George 49; (R) Jones 45. Perry 46, Businger 47, Ott 45.
TENNIS
U.S. Open
New York
Singles
Men
First Round
Jeremy Chardy d. Ernests Gulbis (24) 6-2, 7-6 (1), 6-4.
Feliciano Lopez (23) d. Santiago Giraldo 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.
Arnaud Clement d. Marcos Baghdatis (16), Cyprus, 6-3, 2-6, 1-6, 6-4, 7-5.
Mardy Fish (19) d. Jan Hajek 6-0, 3-6, 4-6, 6-0, 6-1.
Peter Polansky d. Juan Monaco (30) 6-2, 7-6 (5), 6-3.
Novak Djokovic (3), Serbia, d. Viktor Troicki, Serbia, 6-3, 3-6, 2-6, 7-5, 6-3.
Julien Benneteau d. Radek Stepanek (28) 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.
David Ferrer (10) d. Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-2, 6-2, 6-3.
Adrian Mannarino d. Pere Riba 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (1).
James Blake d. Kristof Vliegen 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.
Benjamin Becker d. Daniel Brands 7-6 (1), 7-6 (5), 6-4.
Fernando Verdasco (8) d. Fabio Fognini 1-6, 7-5, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3.
David Nalbandian (31) d. Rik de Voest 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-4.
Women
First Round
Patty Schnyder d. Kirsten Flipkens 6-1, 6-3.
Mirjana Lucic d. Alicia Molik 7-6 (5), 6-1.
Alexandra Dulgheru (25) d. Julie Coin 6-3, 6-1.
Svetlana Kuznetsova (11) d. Kimiko Date Krumm 6-2, 4-6, 6-1.
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (22) d. Jamie Hampton 6-4, 3-6, 6-0.
Aravane Rezai (18) d. Magdalena Rybarikova 7-6 (5), 7-6 (7).
Jelena Jankovic (4), Serbia, d. Simona Halep 6-4, 4-6, 7-5.
Yanina Wickmayer (15) d. Alla Kudryavtseva 6-1, 6-2.
Agnieszka Radwanska (9) d. Arantxa Parra Santonja 6-4, 6-3.
Julia Goerges d. Romina Oprandi 6-3, 6-4.
Yvonne Meusburger d. Jill Craybas 3-6, 7-5, 6-0.
Kateryna Bondarenko d. Li Na (8) 2-6, 6-4, 6-2.
Peng Shuai d. Shelby Rogers 6-7 (5), 7-6 (3), 6-3.
Iveta Benesova d. Nuria Llagostera Vives 6-3, 7-6 (6).
Tamira Paszek d. Lucie Safarova (26) 2-6, 7-5, 6-2.
Maria Kirilenko (2 3) d. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 7-5, 6-4.
Dominika Cibulkova d. Stefanie Voegele 6-2, 4-6, 7-5.
Chang Kai-chen d. Carla Suarez Navarro 6-2, 6-4.
Lourdes Dominguez Lino d. Yaroslava Shvedova (30), Kazakhstan, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2.
Maria Sharapova (14) d. Jarmila Groth 4-6, 6-3, 6-1.
Vera Zvonareva (7) d. Zuzana Kucova 6-2, 6-1.
Kaia Kanepi (31), Estonia, d. Alize Cornet 3-6, 6-1, 6-0.
BASEBALL
International League
North Division
W L Pct. GB
z-Scranton/WB 82 54 .603 -
Buffalo 72 65 .526 101/2
Syracuse 72 65 .526 101/2
Pawtucket 64 74 .464 19
Lehigh Valley 55 83 .399 28
Rochester 48 90 .348 35
South Division
W L Pct. GB
z-Durham 85 52 .620 -
Gwinnett 69 68 .504 16
Charlotte 65 73 .471 201/2
Norfolk 63 75 .457 221/2
West Division
W L Pct. GB
Columbus 77 61 .558 -
Louisville 76 61 .555 1/2
Indianapolis 68 70 .493 9
Toledo 66 71 .482 101/2
z-clinched playoff spot
LAST NIGHT
Toledo 4, Louisville 1
Columbus 5, Indianapolis 2
Lehigh Valley 6, Scranton/WB 0
Pawtucket 6, Rochester 5
Syracuse 6, Buffalo 4
Durham 5, Charlotte 2
Norfolk 5, Gwinnett 2
SPORTS NOTE
LAKE HIGH SCHOOL will have a ticket presale today and tomorrow for its Friday night home football opener against Northwood from 6-7:30 p.m. in front of Lake Elementary School.
PREP TENNIS
PORT CLINTON 4, OAK HARBOR 1
Lafountain (OH) d. Beck 6-0, 6-1; Gillman (PC) d. Aonieczny 6-0, 6-2; Schroeder (PC) d. Miehlow 6-3, 6-3; Griffin/Szabo (PC) d. Bohnsen/ Birchall 6-0, 6-0; Peto/Colsen (PC) d. Hymore/Grodi 6-0, 6-0.
SPRINGFIELD 5, MAUMEE O
Canielia d. Erford 6-1, 6-2; Smith d. L. Hall 6-0, 6-1; Houser d. Brown 6-3, 6-3; Losoya/Gakubowski d. Dadd/S. Hall 7-6, 2-6, 6-4; Wilcshire/Quinto d/ Foley/Rapp 2-6, 7-6, 6-1.
NORTHVIEW 5, ROSSFORD 0
Miller d. Saleh 6-2, 6-2; Leizerman d. Appt 6-0, 6-1; Rentner d. Espen 6-0, 6-0; Milles/Hawley d. Lewis/Okapel 6-1, 6-0; Ford/Gross d. Morris/Morris 6-2, 6-0.
TOLEDO CHRISTIAN 3, WHITMER 2
McDonald (W) d. E. Laughlin 6-2, 6-1; Lepkowski (TC) d. Smith 4-1, retired; Smith (TC) d. Erdmann 6-3, 2-7, 7-5; Mitchell/Giles (W) d. Clark/M. Laughlin 7-5, 4-6, 6-3; Dick/Crews (TC) d. Meyer/Stewart 6-4, 6-3.
PERRYSBURG 3, ANTHONY WAYNE 2
Weaver (P) d. Stanfield 6-2, 6-2; Messenger (P) d. Kreig 6-3, 6-4; Jankowski (AW) d. Alkire 4-7, 7-6, 6-4; Hoeflinger/Draheim (AW) d. Northcutt/Karnitis 7-5, 6-3; Roberts/Reece (P) d. Dellinger/Garrett 6-3, 6-4.
PREP SOCCER
GIRLS
CENTRAL 4, NORTHWOOD 0
Huff 2, Malaczewski 2.
Boys
NORTHVIEW 4, SOUTHVIEW 0 :Klever, Dorner, Wheaton, Watkins.
BOWSHER 6, SANDUSKY 0: Sowell. S. Kogle, Elmanza, Dukat, Swilling.
PERRYSBURG 2, BOWLING GREEN 0: Sell, Pinkelman
MAUMEE VALLEY 5, EMMANUEL CHRISTIAN 2: MV) Assi, Hagimah 2, Nathan, Fesko; (EC) Creech 2.
SWANTON 3, CLAY 2: (S) Estes 2, Beroske; (C) Gyurke, Earl.
ARCHBOLD 8, NAPOLEON 0: Zidler 2. Drewes 4, King, Wyse.
WHITMER 2, FREMONT ROSS 1: W) Frisch, Kenczewicz; (F) Wilhelm
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MAUMEE 3, ROSSFORD 1: (M) Stanford 2, Tunison; (R) Lydy.
STRITCH 1, TOLEDO CHRISTIAN 0: Rogers.
MAUMEE 3, ROSSFORD 1: M--Danford 2, Tunison. R--Lydy.
ANTHONY WAYNE 5, SPRINGFIELD 2:(AW)-Combs, Thompson 3, Heifferon; (S)- Capron, Drake
PREP FIELD HOCKEY
DETROIT COUNTRY DAY 1, MAUMEE VALLEY COUNTRY DAY 0: Check.
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
American League
BOSTON RED SOX-Traded RHP Manny Delcarmen and cash considerations to Colorado for RHP Chris Balcom-Miller who was assigned to Greenville (SAL). Recalled RHP Robert Manuel from Pawtucket (IL).
CLEVELAND INDIANS-Activated LHP Aaron Laffey from the 15-day DL and optioned him to Columbus (IL).
National League
ATLANTA BRAVES-Recalled OF Nate McLouth from Gwinnett (IL). Optioned RHP Kenshin Kawakami to Danville (Appalachian).
BASKETBALL
FOOTBALL
National Football League
NFL-Suspended Tampa Bay CB Aqib Talib one game for violating the league's personal conduct policy. Fined Cleveland NT Shaun Rogers one-game check for violating the league's personal conduct policy.
ATLANTA FALCONS-Terminated the contract of S Matt Giordano with an injury settlement. Waived DT Thomas Johnson.
CAROLINA PANTHERS-Placed WR Wallace Wright and DE Hilee Taylor on injured reserve and LB Thomas Davis on the reserve-physically unable to perform list. Waived WR Dexter Jackson and WR Oliver Young.
CHICAGO BEARS-Placed FB Will Ta'ufo'ou on the waived-injured list.
CLEVELAND BROWNS-Placed DL Titus Adams on injured reserve. Waived DB John Bowie, DB Gerard Lawson, WR Taurus Johnson and OL John Malecki.
DALLAS COWBOYS-Released S Patrick Watkins. Placed TE John Phillips on injured reserve and LB Stephen Hodge on the physically unable to perform list.
DETROIT LIONS-Traded OT Tyler Polumbus to Seattle for an undisclosed draft choice. Placed CB Jack Williams on the physically unable to perform list.
GREEN BAY PACKERS-Placed CB Al Harris, RB James Stark and S Atari Bigby on the reserve/physically unable to perform list and RB Quinn Porter on injured reserve.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS-Released CB Josh Gordy, C Cecil Newton, WR Roren Thomas and DE Julius Williams. Signed C Bradley Vierling. Placed DT D'Anthony Smith and C John Estes on injured reserve.
MIAMI DOLPHINS-Placed OL Nate Garner on injured reserve and DE Phillip Merling on the reserve non-football injury list.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS-Placed WR Sidney Rice on the physically unable to perform list. Waived WR Marko Mitchell and OT Bill Noethlich. Placed LB Jeremy Leman on injured reserve.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS-Placed CB Leigh Bodden, S Josh Barrett, DB Brett Lockett and DL Darryl Richard on injured reserve. Released DB Terrence Johnson.
NEW YORK GIANTS-Placed QB Jim Sorgi, WR Sinorice Moss and LB Adrian Tracy on injured reserve. Transferred OL Kevin Boothe to the reserve-physically-unable-to-perform list.
NEW YORK JETS-Waived QB Kevin O'Connell. Claimed LB Ricky Foley off waivers from Seattle.
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES-Claimed DE Pannel Egboh off waivers from Houston. Placed DE Ricky Sapp on injured reserve.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS-Waived LB Andre Frazier from the injured reserve list. Placed G Chris Scott on the physically unable to perform list. Released G Adrian Jones, CB David Pittman, LB Brandon Renkart and FB Dwayne Wright.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS-Released RB Derrick Ward and WR Terrence Nunn. Placed LB Jon Alston on injured reserve.
TENNESSEE TITANS-Activated DT Tony Brown from the physically unable to perform list.
WASHINGTON REDSKINS-Placed WR Malcolm Kelly on injured reserve.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
BUFFALO SABRES-Re-signed F Matt Ellis to a one-year contract.
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS-Signed C Brandon Pirri to a three-year contract.
DETROIT RED WINGS-Announced the retirement of D Chris Chelios and named his as an adviser to hockey operations.
COLLEGE
MINNESOTA-Suspended S Kyle Theret and OL Dom Alford for one game for a violation of team rules.
NOTRE DAME-Announced sophomore WR Shaquelle Evans has left the football team and will transfer to another school.
TENNESSEE-Announced freshman WR Justin Hunter has been cleared by the NCAA to play.
LATEST LINE
NFL Preseason
Thursday
DETROIT 41/2 Buffalo
NY GIANTS 3 New England
Cincinnati 61/2 INDIANAPOLIS
PHILADELPHIA 11/2 NY Jets
JACKSONVILLE 3 Atlanta
PITTSBURGH 51/2 Carolina
TENNESSEE 7 New Orleans
HOUSTON 3 Tampa Bay
KANSAS CITY 51/2 Green Bay
Chicago 21/2 CLEVELAND
DALLAS 31/2 Miami
ST. LOUIS 3 Baltimore
MINNESOTA 41/2 Denver
SAN FRANCISCO 31/2 San Diego
ARIZONA 41/2 Washington
OAKLAND 31/2 Seattle
College Football
(Thursday)
S. CAROLINA 14 Southern Miss
OHIO ST 281/2 Marshall
IOWA ST 31/2 Northern Illinois
UTAH 3 Pittsburgh
Usc 21 HAWAII
Minnesota 3 MIDDLE TENN ST
ALA-BIRMINGHAM 14 Florida Atlantic
(Friday)
Arizona 151/2 TOLEDO
(Saturday)
MICHIGAN ST 22 Western Michigan
FLORIDA 36 Miami-Ohio
a-Missouri 111/2 Illinois
b-Colorado 12 Colorado St
Northwestern 5 VANDERBILT
MISSISSIPPI ST 21 Memphis
c-Texas 291/2 RICE
NOTRE DAME 11 Purdue
MICHIGAN 3 Connecticut
Kentucky 3 LOUISVILLE
OREGON 34 New Mexico
KANSAS ST 21/2 Ucla
Syracuse 9 AKRON
BYU 3 Washington
OKLAHOMA ST 16 Washington St
ALABAMA 39 San Jose St
OKLAHOMA 34 Utah St
d-TCU 121/2 Oregon St
e-Lsu 2 North Carolina
FRESNO ST 21/2 Cincinnati
Wisconsin 201/2 UNLV
GEORGIA 281/2 LA-Lafayette
TROY 141/2 Bowling Green
AUBURN 31 Arkansas St
a-at Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, MO.
b-at Invesco Field in Denver, CO.
c-at Reliant Stadium in Houston, TX.
d-at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, TX.
e-at Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA.
Baseball
HOUSTON Even-6 St. Louis
CHICAGO CUBS 8-9 Pittsburgh
LA DODGERS Even-6 Philadelphia
San Diego 6-7 ARIZONA
CINCINNATI 8-9 Milwaukee
ATLANTA 71/2 -81/2 NY Mets
FLORIDA 61/2 -71/2 Washington
Colorado Even-6 SAN FRANCISCO
Chi White Sox 61/2 -71/2 CLEVELAND
Boston 10-11 BALTIMORE
NY YANKEES 61/2 -71/2 Oakland
TAMPA BAY 71/2 -81/2 Toronto
MINNESOTA 7-8 Detroit
Texas 8-9 KANSAS CITY
SEATTLE Even-6 LA Angels
Home Team in CAPS
PREP VOLLEYBALL
Lake d. Evergreen, 25-19, 28-26, 23-25, 23-25, 15-12
Ottawa Hills d. Woodward, 25-7, 25-8, 25-10
Evergreen d Archbold, 21-25, 25-17, 25-18, 25-20
Bedford d. Adrian, 25-12, 25-15, 25-22
Bedford d. Tecumseh, 25-16, 25-13, 25-22
Perrysburg d. Northview, 25-16, 27-29, 28-26, 25-22.
Northwood d. Bettsville, 25-8, 25-13, 25-12.
Genoa d. Eastwood, 22-25, 23-25, 25-23, 25-21, 15-13.