Scoreboard: 3-30
3/30/2012BASEBALL
Exhibition
THURSDAY
Philadelphia 2, Tampa Bay 1
Miami 3, St. Louis 1
Washington (ss) 6, Atlanta 3
Minnesota 11, Pittsburgh 6
Toronto 3, Boston 2
Colorado 6, Cleveland (ss) 3
Cincinnati 9, Milwaukee 3
L.A. Angels 11, Kansas City 8
San Diego 12, Chicago Cubs 11
Chicago White Sox 3, L.A. Dodgers 1
Arizona 5, Cleveland (ss) 4
Washington (ss) 5, Detroit 3
N.Y. Mets 9, Houston 1
Baltimore 4, N.Y. Yankees 3
San Francisco vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 9:05 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Atlanta 5, N.Y. Yankees 5, tie, 10 innings
Toronto 9, Baltimore 3
Houston 6, Miami 3
Minnesota 11, Philadelphia 7
St. Louis 9, Detroit 5
Washington 3, N.Y. Mets 2
Chicago Cubs 2, Cleveland 0
San Francisco 4, L.A. Dodgers 1
Milwaukee 7, Arizona 1
San Diego 13, Chicago White Sox (ss) 2
Cincinnati 5, L.A. Angels 4
Colorado 8, Chicago White Sox (ss) 5
Tampa Bay 6, Pittsburgh 4
Texas 7, Kansas City 6, 10 innings
FRIDAY
Detroit vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Boston vs. Minnesota (ss) at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Minnesota (ss) vs. Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Arizona vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
Cleveland vs. Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (ss) vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
Milwaukee vs. L.A. Dodgers (ss) at Glendale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
Houston (ss) vs. Atlanta (ss) at Kissimmee, Fla., 6:05 p.m.
Miami vs. Washington at Viera, Fla., 6:05 p.m.
Atlanta (ss) vs. Houston (ss) at Kissimmee, Fla., 7:05 p.m.
Philadelphia vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 7:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 9:05 p.m.
San Francisco vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 10:05 p.m.
Texas vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 10:10 p.m.
SATURDAY
N.Y. Mets vs. Miami at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh (ss) vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Toronto vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Baltimore vs. Pittsburgh (ss) at Bradenton, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Detroit vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Boston vs. Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
St. Louis vs. Washington at Viera, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees vs. Houston at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m.
Milwaukee vs. San Diego (ss) at Peoria, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
Colorado vs. Chicago White Sox at Glendale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
Arizona (ss) vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers vs. Arizona (ss) at Scottsdale, Ariz., 4:10 p.m.
Cincinnati vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz., 6:05 p.m.
San Diego (ss) vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 9:05 p.m.
Texas vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 10:05 p.m.
At Goodyear, Ariz.
Colorado 200 300 010– 6 11 0
Cleveland (ss) 002 000 001– 3 6 0
Nicasio, Mat.Reynolds (6), Roenicke (7), Brothers (8), Outman (9) and R.Hernandez, Nieves D.Lowe, Seddon (4), C.Perez (6), Hagadone (7), Tejeda (8) and Marson, Pagnozzi. W–Nicasio. L–Seddon. HRs–Cleveland, Brantley (1), B.Mills 2 (2).
At Lakeland, Fla.
Washington (ss) 000 021 020– 5 13 0
Detroit 003 000 000– 3 4 1
Atkins, Clippard (6), J.Wilkie (8) and Flores, S.Leon Scherzer, Balester (6), D.Bennett (8), Valverde (9) and Avila, O.Santos. W–Clippard. L–D.Bennett. Sv–J.Wilkie. HRs–Detroit, Boesch (6).
PREP BASEBALL
Evergreen 701 02 - 10 8 2
Whitmer 000 00 - 0 1 2
WP-Henricks. LP-Craig. Shindorf (E), 3-4.
Northwood 030 101 0 - 5 9 3
Lakota 001 000 0 - 1 5 3
WP-Rohrs. LP-Ray. Russell (N) 2-3, HR, 2 RBI.
N. Central 000 100 0 - 1 3 2
Archbold 004 000 0 - 4 5 1
WP-Dietrich. LP-Masters. Wyse 2 1B.
Napoleon 003 100 0 - 4 7 1
Wauseon 410 000 x - 5 4 2
WP-bueter. LP-Huber. Suntken (W) 1-2, 2 RBI.
Northview 001 000 0 — 1 3 1
Ottawa Hills 400 300 x — 7 4 0
WP: Wollenberg. LP: Hall. Mackey (OH) 2-3 2 RBI
Bryan 201 501 0--9 9 2
Elida 200 001 0--3 8 2
WP-Kuszmaul. LP-Wheeler. Bostater (B) 2 singles, double, 3 RBI
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
Philadelphia 28 22 .560 –
Boston 28 22 .560 –
New York 26 25 .510 2½
Toronto 17 34 .333 11½
New Jersey 17 35 .327 12
Southeast Division
W L Pct GB
Miami 36 13 .735 –
Orlando 32 19 .627 5
Atlanta 30 22 .577 7½
Washington 11 39 .220 25½
Charlotte 7 41 .146 28½
Central Division
W L Pct GB
x-Chicago 41 11 .788 –
Indiana 30 20 .600 10
Milwaukee 23 27 .460 17
Detroit 18 32 .360 22
Cleveland 17 31 .354 22
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
San Antonio 35 14 .714 –
Memphis 27 21 .563 7½
Dallas 29 23 .558 7½
Houston 27 24 .529 9
New Orleans 13 37 .260 22½
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB
Oklahoma City 38 12 .760 –
Utah 27 24 .529 11½
Denver 27 24 .529 11½
Minnesota 25 27 .481 14
Portland 23 27 .460 15
Pacific Division
W L Pct GB
L.A. Lakers 31 19 .620 –
L.A. Clippers 29 21 .580 2
Phoenix 25 26 .490 6½
Golden State 20 29 .408 10½
Sacramento 17 33 .340 14
x-clinched playoff spot
THURSDAY
Indiana 93, Washington 89
Miami 106, Dallas 85
New Orleans at Portland, 10 p.m.
Oklahoma City at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Detroit 87, Cleveland 75
Minnesota 88, Charlotte 83
Toronto 105, Denver 96
New York 108, Orlando 86
Chicago 98, Atlanta 77
Boston 94, Utah 82
New Jersey 100, Indiana 84
San Antonio 117, Sacramento 112
New Orleans 102, Golden State 87
L.A. Clippers 103, Phoenix 86
FRIDAY
Denver at Charlotte, 7 p.m.
Miami at Toronto, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Washington, 7 p.m.
New York at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
Milwaukee at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.
Detroit at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Memphis at Houston, 8 p.m.
Boston at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Dallas at Orlando, 8 p.m.
Sacramento at Utah, 9 p.m.
New Jersey at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.
Portland at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.
SATURDAY
New Orleans at L.A. Lakers, 3:30 p.m.
Charlotte at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
Cleveland at New York, 7:30 p.m.
Atlanta at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.
Indiana at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.
Memphis at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.
New Jersey at Sacramento, 10 p.m.
Utah at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.
Leaders
THROUGH WEDNESDAY
Scoring
G FG FT PTS AVG
Bryant, LAL 50 501 340 1415 28.3
Durant, OKC 50 489 317 1391 27.8
James, MIA 47 464 289 1255 26.7
Love, MIN 48 424 335 1278 26.6
Westbrook, OKC 50 458 245 1210 24.2
Wade, MIA 39 342 198 895 22.9
D. Williams, NJN 47 350 225 1032 22.0
Aldridge, POR 48 414 194 1023 21.3
Nowitzki, DAL 47 350 232 987 21.0
Griffin, LAC 50 423 200 1048 21.0
Howard, ORL 51 402 262 1066 20.9
Rebounds
G OFF DEF TOT AVG
Howard, ORL 51 187 553 740 14.5
Love, MIN 48 201 466 667 13.9
Bynum, LAL 46 147 412 559 12.2
Cousins, SAC 48 207 326 533 11.1
Humphries, NJN 49 185 351 536 10.9
Griffin, LAC 50 160 381 541 10.8
Gasol, LAL 50 144 384 528 10.6
Gortat, PHX 51 138 370 508 10.0
Smith, ATL 52 106 406 512 9.8
Noah, CHI 50 184 308 492 9.8
Assists
G AST AVG
Nash, PHX 47 527 11.2
Rondo, BOS 40 433 10.8
Paul, LAC 45 394 8.8
Calderon, TOR 46 397 8.6
D. Williams, NJN 47 388 8.3
Rubio, MIN 41 336 8.2
Parker, SAN 46 369 8.0
Rose, CHI 34 271 8.0
PREP TENNIS
Clay 5 Maumee 0; DeMeo d Pauken 6-0,6-1, Brown d Maples 6-0,6-3, Hess d Howells 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, Wisniewski/Hyndman d Rubini/Utz 7-5, 6-1, Vincent/Flores d Coe/Huner 6-3, 6-0
Archbold 5, Bryan 0: Cassidy def. Sheperd 6-1, 6-1; Fredrick def. Pease 6-0, 6-1; Cuellar def. Kaufman 4-6, 6-1, 6-1; Lauber-B. Tinsman def. Savage-Vincent 6-1, 6-3; Croninger-C. Tinsman 6-0, 6-2.
Central Catholic 3, Whitmer 2: Delp (CC) def. Edge 6-0, 6-0; Dennis (CC) def. Shrock 6-1, 6-0; Moline (CC) def. Bayes 6-1, 6-2; Duggan-Burgess (W) def. Powers-Klucas 6-1, 6-4; Wiseman-Ivarra (W) def. Lee-Lawson 6-2, 6-2.
Northview 5, Clyde 0: Rachwal def. Medley 6-0, 6-0; Stevens def. Deweese 6-1, 6-0; Horvath def. Werner 6-2, 6-0; Georgetti-Hering def. McFarland-Prunty 2-6, 6-2, 6-1; Shah-Sharma def. Meyer-Cooper 7-5, 6-0.
CELINA 4, NAPOLEON 1: Seibel (C) d. Collins, 6-0, 6-0, Seibel (C) d. Lutz, 6-0, 6-0, Walls (C) d. Waxler, 6-0, 6-0, Elton-LeJeune (C) d. Beiderstedt-Pahr, 6-2, 6-3, Braun-Zumfelde (N) d. Kriegel-Mohler, 6-4, 4-6, 7-2.
NHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
N.Y. Rangers 49 21 28 105 213 172
Pittsburgh 47 24 30 100 259 205
Philadelphia 45 24 32 98 248 214
New Jersey 44 28 34 94 214 205
N.Y. Islanders 33 33 44 77 190 230
Northeast Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Boston 45 28 32 94 251 189
Ottawa 39 28 38 88 236 227
Buffalo 38 29 39 86 202 210
Toronto 33 36 45 75 218 249
Montreal 29 34 48 72 199 214
Southeast Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Florida 37 24 40 90 191 211
Washington 39 31 39 86 209 221
Winnipeg 35 34 42 78 207 227
Tampa Bay 35 35 42 77 220 266
Carolina 31 31 46 77 205 228
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
St. Louis 48 20 29 105 199 147
Detroit 46 26 31 97 239 191
Nashville 44 25 33 96 219 202
Chicago 42 26 35 93 231 222
Columbus 25 45 52 57 181 252
Northwest Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Vancouver 47 21 30 103 231 187
Colorado 40 33 39 86 201 208
Calgary 35 28 43 85 191 215
Minnesota 32 35 45 74 164 212
Edmonton 31 37 46 71 207 226
Pacific Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Dallas 42 30 35 89 205 204
Los Angeles 38 27 39 88 178 165
San Jose 39 28 38 88 211 199
Phoenix 37 27 40 87 200 202
Anaheim 33 33 44 77 194 213
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Thursday
New Jersey 6, Tampa Bay 4
Washington 3, Boston 2, SO
Philadelphia 7, Toronto 1
N.Y. Islanders 5, Pittsburgh 3
Minnesota 3, Florida 2, OT
St. Louis at Chicago, 8:30
San Jose at Phoenix, 10
Friday
Florida at Columbus, 7
Winnipeg at Carolina, 7
Nashville at Detroit, 7:30
Montreal at N.Y. Rangers, 7:30
Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 7:30
Colorado at Calgary, 9
Los Angeles at Edmonton, 9:30
Dallas at Vancouver, 10
CULVER-GLANTZ LINE
NCAA Basketball Tournament
Saturday
Final Four
FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG
Kentucky 8½ (137) Louisville
Ohio St. 2½ (136½) Kansas
Tonight
CBI Tournament
at Pittsburgh 8½ (127) Washington St.
NBA
FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG
Miami 8½ at Toronto
Philadelphia 8 at Washington
Denver 7½ at Charlotte
Milwaukee 5 at Cleveland
at Atlanta 3 New York
at Minnesota 3 Boston
at Chicago 11 Detroit
at Orlando 5 Dallas
at Houston 2 Memphis
at Utah 6½ Sacramento
at Golden State 3½ New Jersey
at L.A. Clippers 8 Portland
PREP SOFTBALL
Hopewell 000 000 - 0 2 4
Eastwood 402 6x - 12 9 1
WP-Foster. LP-Coppas. Young (E) 3-3, 5 RBI.
Southview 000 210 0 - 3 6 2
Evergreen 000 300 1 - 4 4 2
WP-Brock. LP-Howard. Keller (E), 1-3, RBI.
Stritch 000 000 0 - 0 3 5
Maumee 000 404 x - 8 6 2
WP-Uscilowski. LP-Turski. Murphy (M), 3-3, 2B.
Defiance 000 100 0 - 1 4 1
Archbold 202 000 x - 4 4 1
WP-Allison. LP-Perez. Cody (A) 1-3, HR.
Napoleon 304 503 3 - 18 16 2
Wauseon 020 206 0 - 10 12 6
WP-Meyer. LP-Schroeder. Franz (N), 3-5, 5 RBI.
Otsego 002 000 1 -- 3 9 1
Anthony Wayne 000 100 0 - 1 4 2
WP-Asmus. LP-George. Bowen (O), 3-4, 2 RBI.
Waite 152 200 4 — 14 4 5
Start 135 300 3 — 15 13 4
WP: Wynnik. LP: Schwartz.
Lopez (S) 1B, 2B, HR 6 RBIs
Northwood 300 001 2 — 6 10 2
Rossford 101 042 x — 8 12 3
WP: Gauthier. LP: Edwards.
Jackson (R) 3-4, 2B, 3B, 2 RBI
Woodward 020 03 — 5 3 3
Rogers 830 13 – 15 10 5
WP: Kelley. LP: Hester.
Kelley (R) 5-5 2 2B, 4 RBI
Bowsher 520 37 — 17 8 1
Scott 221 00 – 5 0 5
WP: Turnbaugh. LP: Boyd.
Stockman (B) 3-4, 2B, 3B, 4 R
McComb 002 00 - 2 4 2
Elmwood 761 2x - 16 13 2
WP-Benschoter. LP-Joy. Bottesch (E) 3-4, 2 RBI.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Men
NCAA Tournament
EAST REGIONAL
Regional Championship
Boston
Saturday
Ohio State 77, Syracuse 70
SOUTH REGIONAL
Regional Championship
Atlanta
Sunday
Kentucky 82, Baylor 70
MIDWEST REGIONAL
Regional Championship
St. Louis
Sunday
Kansas 80, North Carolina 67
WEST REGIONAL
Regional Championship
Phoenix
Saturday
Louisville 72, Florida 68
FINAL FOUR
At The Superdome
New Orleans
National Semifinals
Saturday, March 31
Kentucky (36-2) vs. Louisville (30-9), 6:09
Ohio State (31-7) vs. Kansas (31-6), 9:15
National Championship
Monday, April 2
Semifinal winners, 9 p.m.
NIT
Semifinals
At Madison Square Garden
Tuesday
Stanford 74, UMass 64
Minnesota 68, Washington 67, OT
Championship
Thursday
Stanford 75, Minnesota 61
CBI
Championship Series
(Best-of-3)
Wednesday
Pittsburgh 57, Washington State 53, series tied 1-1
Friday
Washington State (19-17) at Pittsburgh (21-17), 7 p.m.
CIT
Championship
Wednesday
Mercer 70, Utah State 67
Women
NCAA Tournament
FINAL FOUR
Denver
National Semifinals
Sunday
Notre Dame (34-3) vs. UConn (33-4), 6:30 p.m.
Baylor (38-0) vs. Stanford (35-1), 9 p.m.
National Championship
Tuesday, April 3
Semifinal winners, 8:30 p.m.
WNIT
Semifinals
Wednesday
James Madison 74, Syracuse 71
Oklahoma State 73, San Diego 57
Championship
Saturday
Semifinal winners, 3 p.m.
SPORTS NOTE
Central Catholic High School wrestling golf fundraiser will be June 9 at Bedford Hills Golf Club with an 8 a.m, shotgun start. Cost is $65 a player; four-man scramble, limited to first 144 golfers. There will be skins/ mulligans, door prizes and much more. Prizes for top three teams. For more information, email aguerra@centralcatholic.org
Cardinal Stritch Catholic High School has an opening for a varsity head girl’s golf coach. Anyone wishing to apply should send a cover letter, resume, and at least three references to Cardinal Stritch Catholic High School c/o Athletic Director Craig Meinzer 3225 Pickle Rd. Oregon, OH 43616 or email information to cmeinzer@katerischools.org. Deadline is Friday April 13th at 5 p.m.
COLLEGE HOCKEY
FROZEN FOUR
At Tampa, Fla.
Thursday, April 5
Semifinals
Union (NY) (26-7-7) vs. Ferris State (25-11-5), 4:30 p.m.
Boston College (31-10-1) vs. Minnesota (28-13-1), 8 p.m.
Saturday, April 7
Championship, 7 p.m.
GOLF
Shell Houston Open
Humble, Texas, par 72
Carl Pettersson 31-34 – 65
Angel Cabrera 32-33 – 65
Jeff Maggert 33-33 – 66
Ricky Barnes 33-33 – 66
Bud Cauley 32-35 – 67
Keegan Bradley 31-36 – 67
James Driscoll 32-35 – 67
Pat Perez 34-34 – 68
Lee Westwood 34-34 – 68
Johnson Wagner 35-33 – 68
Steve Stricker 34-34 – 68
Rickie Fowler 33-35 – 68
Chad Campbell 35-34 – 69
Thomas Bjorn 33-36 – 69
Chris Stroud 36-33 – 69
Ben Crane 35-34 – 69
Y.E. Yang 34-35 – 69
Hunter Mahan 36-33 – 69
Justin Leonard 33-36 – 69
Vaughn Taylor 36-33 – 69
Boo Weekley 34-35 – 69
John Mallinger 35-35 – 70
Shaun Micheel 35-35 – 70
John Merrick 35-35 – 70
Scott Piercy 35-35 – 70
Graeme McDowell 34-36 – 70
Sean O’Hair 35-35 – 70
Scott Verplank 34-36 – 70
Marc Leishman 36-34 – 70
Nathan Green 33-37 – 70
Ryan Moore 35-36 – 71
Omar Uresti 37-34 – 71
Ryan Palmer 35-36 – 71
Derek Lamely 35-36 – 71
Jhonattan Vegas 35-37 – 72
Stewart Cink 37-35 – 72
LPGA Kraft Nabisco
Rancho Mirage, Calif., par 72
Amy Yang 33-33 – 66
Lindsey Wright 31-36 – 67
Yani Tseng 34-34 – 68
Nicole Castrale 33-36 – 69
Paula Creamer 35-34 – 69
Jodi Ewart 35-34 – 69
Katherine Hull 34-35 – 69
Haeji Kang 35-34 – 69
Hee Kyung Seo 34-35 – 69
Sun Young Yoo 35-34 – 69
Cydney Clanton 37-33 – 70
Julieta Granada 36-34 – 70
Hee-Won Han 36-34 – 70
Vicky Hurst 34-36 – 70
I.K. Kim 35-35 – 70
Candie Kung 34-36 – 70
Se Ri Pak 36-34 – 70
Sandra Gal 35-36 – 71
a-Jaye Marie Green 35-36 – 71
a-Charley Hull 35-36 – 71
Eun-Hee Ji 37-34 – 71
a-Ariya Jutanugarn 35-36 – 71
Sarah Kemp 35-36 – 71
Cristie Kerr 34-37 – 71
Ha-Neul Kim 38-33 – 71
Ai Miyazato 36-35 – 71
Inbee Park 36-35 – 71
Pornanong Phatlum 37-34 – 71
Momoko Ueda 35-36 – 71
Wendy Ward 35-36 – 71
Karrie Webb 36-35 – 71
Chella Choi 35-37 – 72
Na Yeon Choi 37-35 – 72
Shanshan Feng 35-37 – 72
Katie Futcher 37-35 – 72
Jennifer Johnson 35-37 – 72
Jimin Kang 39-33 – 72
Hee Young Park 35-37 – 72
Suzann Pettersen 34-38 – 72
Beatriz Recari 34-38 – 72
Jiyai Shin 34-38 – 72
Karin Sjodin 36-36 – 72
Jennifer Song 36-36 – 72
Angela Stanford 36-36 – 72
Kris Tamulis 34-38 – 72
Lexi Thompson 35-37 – 72
Silvia Cavalleri 36-37 – 73
Mina Harigae 38-35 – 73
Maria Hjorth 36-37 – 73
Mi Jung Hur 35-38 – 73
Karine Icher 37-36 – 73
Cindy LaCrosse 37-36 – 73
Janice Moodie 36-37 – 73
Azahara Munoz 37-36 – 73
Morgan Pressel 37-36 – 73
Reilley Rankin 34-39 – 73
Sherri Steinhauer 38-35 – 73
Karen Stupples 36-37 – 73
Michelle Wie 35-38 – 73
ECHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L OL SL Pts GF GA
y-Elmira 44 22 2 2 92 222 198
Wheeling 35 26 4 5 79 211 198
Reading 35 28 3 4 77 221 228
Trenton 21 39 4 6 52 206 261
North Division
W L OL SL Pts GF GA
y-Kalamazoo 37 25 2 6 82 259 231
Chicago 33 26 7 4 77 210 229
Cincinnati 33 28 2 7 75 220 223
Toledo 28 36 2 4 62 185 250
South Division
W L OL SL Pts GF GA
y-Gwinnett 41 18 7 4 93 209 190
x-Greenville 41 23 2 4 88 228 207
x-Florida 37 26 2 5 81 250 213
S. Carolina 35 28 4 3 77 183 176
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Mountain Division
W L OL SL Pts GF GA
y-Alaska 43 17 2 8 96 222 164
x-Colorado 37 27 1 5 80 242 243
x-Utah 32 32 0 6 70 178 219
x-Idaho 29 32 2 7 67 188 232
Pacific Division
W L OL SL Pts GF GA
x-Ontario 41 21 5 3 90 234 191
x-Las Vegas 41 22 1 6 89 226 190
x-Stockton 34 31 1 4 73 200 210
Bakersfield 23 40 4 3 53 195 236
x-clinched Playoff Berth
y-clinched Divisional Title
Note: Two points are awarded for a win, one point for an overtime or shootout loss.
THURSDAY
No games scheduled
WEDNESDAY
Elmira 2, Trenton 1, OT
Kalamazoo 6, Toledo 1
Reading 3, Wheeling 0
Gwinnett 2, Florida 0
Chicago 4, Cincinnati 1
Colorado 3, Ontario 1
Stockton 3, Idaho 2
Alaska 3, Bakersfield 2
FRIDAY
Wheeling at Trenton, 7
Gwinnett at Florida, 7:30
Reading at Elmira, 7:35
Toledo at Cincinnati, 7:35
South Carolina at Greenville, 7:35
Kalamazoo at Chicago, 8:30
Stockton at Idaho, 9:10
Alaska at Ontario, 10
Utah at Bakersfield, 10
Colorado at Las Vegas, 10:05
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES – Claimed INF Zelous Wheeler off waivers from Milwaukee and optioned him to Norfolk (IL).
National League
ATLANTA BRAVES – Traded RHP Jairo Asencio to Cleveland for cash.
CHICAGO CUBS – Optioned RHP Randy Wells, LHP Scott Maine, LHP Travis Wood, OF Dave Sappelt and C Welington Castillo to Iowa (PCL). Assigned RHP Blake Parker, INF Edgar Gonzalez, INF Matt Tolbert and C Blake Lalli to minor league camp.
HOUSTON ASTROS – Announced senior vice president of communications Jay Lucas has left the club, and his duties will be assumed by vice president of marketing and strategy Kathleen Clark.
NEW YORK METS – Optioned INF Jordany Valdespin to Buffalo (IL). Reassigned LHP Garrett Olson, C Lucas May, C Rob Johnson, OF Matt den Dekker and OF Adam Loewen to minor league camp. Agreed to terms with SS Josh Rodriguez on a minor league contract.
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES – Selected the contract of OF Juan Pierre from Lehigh Valley (IL). Optioned C Erik Kratz to minor league camp. Reassigned UT Tim Kennelly to minor league camp.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES – Reassigned 1B/OF Nick Evans, C Jake Fox, C Eric Fryer and RHP Ryota Igarashi to minor league camp. Released SS Josh Rodriguez.
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS – Selected the contract of RHP Scott Linebrink from Memphis (PCL).
WASHINGTON CAPITALS – Optioned LHP Alahualpa Severino and RHP Ryan Perry to Syracuse (IL). Reassigned INF Andres Blanco to minor league camp. Released OF Jason Michaels.
American Association
GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS – Signed C/OF Jordan Comadena
KANSAS CITY T-BONES – Signed LHP Aidan Francis. Named Kenny Hook manager
LAREDO LEMURS – Signed INF Yunesky Sanchez.
ST. PAUL SAINTS – Signed OF Shane Costa.
Frontier League
RIVER CITY RASCALS – Signed LHP Justin Edwards.
ROCKFORD RIVERHAWKS – Signed INF Evan Button, 3B Matt Greener and LHP Theron Minium to contract extensions.
TRAVERSE CITY BEACH BUMS – Signed RHP Sam Brown.
North American League
SAN ANGELO COLTS – Signed INF K.C. Judge.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
DENVER BRONCOS – Re-signed DE Jason Hunter.
Canadian Football League
CALGARY STAMPEDERS – Agreed to terms with coach and general manager John Hufnagel on a five-year contract extension through the 2016 season.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
BUFFALO SABRES – Agreed to terms with F Brian Flynn on a one-year entry level contract.
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS – Signed F Sean Collins to a two-year entry level contract.
DETROIT RED WINGS – Reassigned G Jordan Pearce to Grand Rapids (AHL).
MONTREAL CANADIENS – Fired general manager Pierre Gauthier and adviser Bob Gainey.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS – Agreed to terms with G John Grahame for the remainder of the season. Recalled G Kevin Poulin from Bridgeport (AHL) on an emergency basis. Returned F David Ullstrom to Bridgeport.
NEW YORK RANGERS – Assigned D Tim Erixon to Connecticut (AHL).
PHOENIX COYOTES – Signed F Chris Brown and G Mike Lee to three-year entry level contracts.
ECHL
ECHL – Unanimously approved the transfer of controlling interest in the Wheeling Nailers to The Hockey Club of the Ohio Valley and the Wheeling Amateur Hockey Association, and the Greenville Road Warriors to Chestnut Street Sports, LLC.
STOCKTON THUNDER – Signed RW Greg Squires.
COLLEGE
FLORIDA – Reinstated TE A.C. Leonard to the football team.
ILLINOIS – Named John Groce men’s basketball coach.
MONTANA – Fired football coach Robin Pflugrad and athletic director Jim O’Day.
NORTH CAROLINA – Announced F Harrison Barnes, F John Henson and G Kendall Marshall will enter the NBA draft.
TULSA – Named Danny Manning men’s basketball coach.
WINTHROP – Named Pat Kelsey men’s basketball coach.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Macomb Monarchs 020 023 000 - 7 7 3
Owens Express 010 000 200 - 3 6 5
WP: Solomon, LP: J. Davis, Offensive Leader: Sickler (2-3, 2 R, 2 SB, BB)
PREP TRACK
Girls
Rossford 102 Waite 16; 4x800 - 13:28 Houchins, Destatte, L. Parisi, Mullins (R); 100H - 17.7 M. Morris (R); HJ - 5’0 C. Morris; 100 - 13.4 C. Morris (R); 4x200 - 1:57.3 Redway, Shultz, Pietrasz, C.Morris (R); 1600 - 6:37 Parisi (R); 4x100 - 57.0 Ohms, E. Stolar, Redway, M.Morris (R); 400 - 1:13.9 Houchins (R); 300H - 55.9 M. Morris (R); Discus - 74’8 S. Parisi (R); Shot - 26’8.5 Pyles (R); 800 - 2:37.6 Pietrasz (R); 200 - 29.9 Henry (W); LJ - 15’7 (R); 4x400 - 5:04 Houchins, L. Parisi, E. Stolar, Pietrasz (R)
Boys
Rossford 100, Waite 23: 4x800 - 9:42 Destatte, Aguirre, Groom, Rosser (R); 110H - 18.1 Skala (R); 100 - 11.3 K. Roberts (W); 4x200 - 1:35.8 Clay, Cowell, Stalnaker, Stolar (R); 1600 - 5:19 Groom (R); 4x100 - 46.9 Cowell, Skala, Losiewicz, Stolar (R); HJ - 5’8 Durden (R); PV - 7’0 Stockard (R); 400 - 55.2 Douglee (W); 300H - 46.9 Skala (R); Discus - 110’3 Loya (R); Shot - 40’0.5 Childress (R); 800 - 2:08.9 Clay (R); 200 - Douglee 25.1 (R); LJ - 18’2.5 Skala (R); 4x400 - 4:07 Cowell, Clay, Aguirre, Childress (R)
SPORTLIGHT
March 30
1981–Sophomore guard Isiah Thomas scores 23 points to lead Indiana to a 63-50 victory over North Carolina to win the NCAA basketball title.
1986–Texas wins the women’s NCAA basketball title with a 97-81 victory over Southern Cal.
1987–Keith Smart’s 16-foot jump shot gives Indiana a 74-73 victory over Syracuse for the NCAA men’s basketball championship.
1991–Darryl Plandowski scores 1:57 into the third overtime to lift Northern Michigan to its first NCAA hockey title with an 8-7 victory over Boston University in the second-longest championship game ever.
1995–Maine beats Michigan 4-3 in triple overtime, the longest hockey game in NCAA tournament history, to advance to the NCAA title game.
1997–Betsy King, an LPGA Hall of Famer, overcomes a three-shot deficit over the last eight holes for her third Dinah Shore title.
2001–Michael Phelps becomes the youngest American swimmer to set a world record, winning the 200-meter butterfly in the USA Swimming Championships in 1 minute, 54.92 seconds. Phelps, 15, breaks the record of 1:55.18 set by Olympic gold medalist Tom Malchow in June.
2003–Martin Brodeur becomes the first NHL goalie with four 40-win seasons as New Jersey beat the New York Islanders 6-0.
2006–Lorena Ochoa birdies her final hole to tie an LPGA major championship record at 10-under 62, giving her a four-shot lead over Michelle Wie in the Kraft Nabisco Championship, the first major of the year. Ochoa breaks the tournament record set by Mary Beth Zimmerman at Mission Hills in 1997. The 62 ties the record in a major set by Minea Blomqvist in the 2004 Women’s British Open at Sunningdale.
2007–American Ryan Lochte pulls off a stunning upset in the 200-meter backstroke, beating the supposedly invincible Aaron Peirsol with a world-record time of 1:54.32. Lochte erases Peirsol’s old mark of 1:54.44 to give Peirsol his first international loss in the 200 since the Sydney Olympics seven years ago.
2007–Kobe Bryant scores 53 points for his eighth 50-point performance of the season as the Los Angeles Lakers lost to Houston 107-104 in overtime.
2008–The Boston Celtics hold Miami to an NBA-record low 17 field goals, coasting to an 88-62 victory. The previous record for fewest field goals in a game came against Miami in April 1999, when Chicago managed only 18.
2009–Dwight Howard scores 22 points and grabs 18 rebounds in a 101-95 win over Miami 101-95 and passes Wilt Chamberlain as the youngest NBA player to reach 5,000 boards. Howard reached the 5,000-rebound mark–he now has 5,006–at the age of 23 years, 112 days. Chamberlain was 25 years, 128 days old when he got his 5,000th rebound.