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8/30/2012

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BASEBALL

Major League Basball

MLB-Suspended Toronto minor league RHP Marcus Stroman (New Hampshire-EL) 50 games after testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug.

American League

CHICAGO WHITE SOX-Placed RHP Gavin Floyd on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 27. Recalled RHP Dylan Axelrod from Charlotte (IL). Assigned OF Alejandro De Aza to Charlotte.

National League

CHICAGO SUBS-Agreed to terms with SS Starlin Castro on a seven-year contract.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES-Released LHP Erik Bedard.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

ATLANTA HAWKS-Named Rick Sund has been named a senior adviser for basketball operations, Bob Weiss assistant coach-consultant and Kenny Atkinson assistant coach for player development.

Women's National Basketball Association

TULSA SHOCK-Announced C Elizabeth Cambage will not return to the team this season.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

OAKLAND RAIDERS-Signed WR Roscoe Parrish. Waived/injured OL Zach Hurd.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS-Released K Graham Gano and TE Chris Cooley. Signed K Billy Cundiff.

SOCCER

Major League Soccer

SPORTING KANSAS CITY-Loaned MF Konrad Warzycha to Carolina (NASL) for the remainder of the season.

COLLEGE

CHARLOTTE-Named Bo Robinson volunteer assistant baseball coach.

FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON-Named Ashley Cieplicki women's graduate assistant basketball coach.

JAMES MADISON-Named Samantha Eustace women's assistant lacrosse coach.

 

PREP VOLLEYBALL

Perrysburg d. Bowling Green, 21-25, 25-18, 25-15, 25-18.

Anthony Wayne d. Maumee, 25-13, 25-16, 25-13.

Springfield d. Southview, 25-20, 22-25, 26-24, 25-19.

Eastwood d. Lake 25-18, 25-12, 25-14.

Evergreen d. Liberty Center, 25-22, 25-21, 25-17

Pettisville d. Wauseon, 25-13, 23-25, 25-22, 25-23

Hilltop d. Hicksville, 25-21, 25-21, 25-22

Archbold d. Patrick Henry, 25-13, 25-17, 25-15

Rossford d. Genoa, 25-10, 25-22, 25-19.

Northview d. Napoleon, 25-14, 25-23, 25-20.

SPORTS NOTE

BASEBALL TOURNAMENT: Entry deadline is October 1 for the 2013 Black Swamp Baseball Tournament at Bowling Green June 27-30 for age group divisions 11, 12, 13, and 14 in round robin play, 4 game guarantee. Fee $420 payable to BG Tournament. Send check to Tim Dunn, director, P.O. Box 22, Bowling Green, OH, 43402. Information: Tim Dunn, 419-409-1942 or tdunnbb@yahoo.com

ST. JOHN'S FOOTBALL TICKETS: Tickets for St. John's Jesuit's home football game Friday against Orchard Lake (Mich.) St. Mary's will be on sale Wednesday-Friday during lunch hours in the bookstore. The game is expected to be a sellout. Cost is $6 for adults, $4 for students and senior citizens.

HOLE IN ONE

KENNY RAGLAND, No. 13 at Links at Lake Erie, 160 yards, 5-hybrid.

NFL

Preseason

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

New England 1 2 0 .333 52 63

Buffalo 0 3 0 .000 27 81

Miami 0 3 0 .000 30 66

N.Y. Jets 0 3 0 .000 21 60

South

W L T Pct PF PA

Houston 2 1 0 .667 73 56

Jacksonville 2 1 0 .667 76 103

Tennessee 2 1 0 .667 79 61

Indianapolis 1 2 0 .333 79 59

North

W L T Pct PF PA

Baltimore 2 1 0 .667 91 61

Cincinnati 2 1 0 .667 54 52

Cleveland 2 1 0 .667 64 54

Pittsburgh 2 1 0 .667 87 55

West

W L T Pct PF PA

San Diego 3 0 0 1.000 61 43

Denver 1 2 0 .333 65 62

Kansas City 1 2 0 .333 58 92

Oakland 1 2 0 .333 58 54

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

Philadelphia 3 0 0 1.000 78 50

Dallas 2 1 0 .667 43 47

Washington 2 1 0 .667 68 56

N.Y. Giants 1 2 0 .333 74 55

South

W L T Pct PF PA

Carolina 2 1 0 .667 53 55

Tampa Bay 2 1 0 .667 57 65

New Orleans 2 2 0 .500 81 71

Atlanta 1 2 0 .333 59 61

North

W L T Pct PF PA

Chicago 2 1 0 .667 56 79

Detroit 1 2 0 .333 64 62

Green Bay 1 2 0 .333 50 69

Minnesota 1 2 0 .333 52 43

West

W L T Pct PF PA

Seattle 3 0 0 1.000 101 41

San Francisco 2 1 0 .667 55 50

St. Louis 1 2 0 .333 53 75

Arizona 1 3 0 .250 85 103

TODAY

Tampa Bay at Washington, 7

New England at N.Y. Giants, 7

Miami at Dallas, 8:30

THURSDAY

Atlanta at Jacksonville, 6:30

N.Y. Jets at Philadelphia, 6:35

Minnesota at Houston, 7

Baltimore at St. Louis, 7

Kansas City at Green Bay, 7

New Orleans at Tennessee, 7

Cincinnati at Indianapolis, 7

Carolina at Pittsburgh, 7

Buffalo at Detroit, 7

Chicago at Cleveland, 7:30

San Diego at San Francisco, 10

Oakland at Seattle, 10

Denver at Arizona, 11 p.m.

PREP CROSS COUNTRY

Boys

PETTISVILLE 24, ARCHBOLD 34, EVERGREEN 64:top 5 individuals: Tinsman (A) 18:15; Frey (P) 18:38; Mann (P) 18:46; Rufenacht (P) 18:47; Kinsman (A) 19:27.

BRYAN 23, NAPOLEON 37: Top 5 individuals: Hunter (N) 18:03.56; Will (B) 18:04.81; Moore (B) 18:122.09; Leathermen (N) 19:13.88; Stryble (B) 19:24,82.

NBC Jamboree boys at Genoa: Elmwood 66, Lake 81, Genoa 85, Otsego 92, Eastwood 111, Woodmore 115, Fostoria 146, Rossford 232. Top 5 individuals: Avers, Otsego 17:24.58; Strausbaugh, Elmwood 17:24.99; Rickman, Lake 17:25.30; Fredericks, Eastwood 18:06.51; Parlette, Genoa 18:20.94.

Girls

EVERGREEN 42, PETTISVILLE 46; ARCHBOLD, incomplete roster: top 5 individuals: Parsley (A) 24:23; DeWolf (A) 24:30; Sonnenberg (A) 24:32; Buck (E) 24:40; Patek (E) 26:04.

NAPOLEON 15, BRYAN 49: Top 5 individuals: Siclair (N) 22:13; Robison (N) 22:14; Sonnenberg (N) 22:14; Grooms (N) 22:14; Westhoven (N) 22:14.

NBC Jamboree Girls at Genoa: Eastwood 31, Elmwood 44, Lake 93, Genoa 108, Otsego 109, Rossford 132: Top 5 individuals: Jackson, Eastwood 21:12.48; Kaminski, Eastwood 21:47.19; Gose, Genoa 21:54.43; Fackler, Otsego 22:44.12; Murlin, Elmwood 22:51.78.

TENNIS

U.S. Open

Singles

Men

First Round

Tomas Berdych (6), Czech Republic, d. David Goffin, Belgium, 7-5, 6-3, 6-3.

Jimmy Wang, Taiwan, d. Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (8), 6-1, 6-4.

Nicolas Almagro (11), Spain, d. Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4.

Milos Raonic (15), Canada, d. Santiago Giraldo, Colombia, 6-3, 4-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Pablo Andujar, Spain, d. Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, 7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-6 (1), 7-5.

Andy Roddick (20), United States, d. Rhyne Williams, United States, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (5), France, d. Karol Beck, Slovakia, 6-3, 6-1, 7-6 (2).

Steve Darcis, Belgium, d. Malek Jaziri, Tunisia, 3-6, 6-1, 6-1, 6-1.

Philipp Petzschner, Germany, d. Nicolas Mahut, France, 1-6, 4-6, 6-4, 7-5, 7-6 (3).

Dennis Novikov, United States, d. Jerzy Janowicz, Poland, 6-2, 7-6 (6), 3-6, 6-3.

Sam Querrey (27), United States, d. Yen-hsun Lu, Taiwan, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-4, 7-5.

Stanislas Wawrinka (18), Switzerland, d. Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, 6-7 (6), 7-6 (2), 6-4, 6-2.

Julien Benneteau (31), France, d. Olivier Rochus, Belgium, 7-6 (1), 6-2, 6-3.

Fabio Fognini, Italy, d. Edouard Roger-Vasselin, France, 3-6, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4, 7-5.

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, d. Juan Monaco (10), Argentina, 3-6, 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (3).

Novak Djokovic (2), Serbia, d. Paolo Lorenzi, Italy, 6-1, 6-0, 6-1.

Women

First Round

Agnieszka Radwanska (2), Poland, d. Nina Bratchikova, Russia, 6-1, 6-1.

Ana Ivanovic (12), Serbia, d. Elina Svitolina, Ukraine, 6-3, 6-2.

Sofia Arvidsson, Sweden, d. Kimiko Date-Krumm, Japan, 6-4, 6-2.

Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, d. Eleni Daniilidou, Greece, 6-1, 6-4.

Carla Suarez Navarro, Spain, d. Ksenia Pervak, Kazakhstan, 7-5, 1-2, retired.

Galina Voskoboeva, Kazakhstan, d. Arantxa Rus, Netherlands, 6-1, 6-3.

Andrea Hlavackova, Czech Republic, d. Klara Zakopalova (24), Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-4.

Elena Vesnina, Russia, d. Peng Shuai (32), China, 7-6 (5), 6-1.

Roberta Vinci (20), Italy, d. Urszula Radwanska, Poland, 6-1, 6-1.

Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino, Spain, d. Shahar Peer, Israel, 6-4, 7-6 (5).

Ayumi Morita, Japan, d. Monica Niculescu (26), Romania, 6-3, 6-3.

Angelique Kerber (6), Germany, d. Anne Keothavong, Britain, 6-2, 6-0.

Vera Dushevina, Russia, d. Nastassja Burnett, Italy, 6-0, 6-3.

Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakhstan, d. Vania King, United States, 6-4, 6-2.

Venus Williams, United States, d. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, 6-3, 6-1.

Jelena Jankovic (30), Serbia, d. Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukraine, 6-1, 6-2.

Dominika Cibulkova (13), Slovakia, d. Johanna Larsson, Sweden, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-0.

Johanna Konta, Britain, d. Timea Babos, Hungary, 6-2, 7-5.

Silvia Soler-Espinosa, Spain, d. Alla Kudryavtseva, Russia, 6-3, 6-2.

Olga Govortsova, Belarus, d. Tamira Paszek (29), Austria, 6-3, 6-4.

Sara Errani (10), Italy, d. Garbine Muguruza, Spain, 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-1.

Olga Puchkova, Russia, d. Irina Falconi, United States, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (2), 6-3.

Sloane Stephens, United States, d. Francesca Schiavone (22), Italy, 6-3, 6-4.

Greta Arn, Hungary, d. Agnes Szavay, Hungary, 6-4, 3-2, retired.

Maria Kirilenko (14), Russia, d. Chanelle Scheepers, South Africa, 6-2, 6-1.

Irina-Camelia Begu, Romania, d. Caroline Wozniacki (8), Denmark, 6-2, 6-2.

PREP GOLF

Girls

NORTHVIEW 188, SOUTHVIEW 195, ROSSFORD 254: N: JDeBelly 45, Elrod 47, McHugh 48, Williams 48, S: Moreland 40, North 47, Witt 53, Bain 55, R: Scott 52, Newell 54, Parisi 57, Rodgers 91

PERRYSBURG 181, SOUTHVIEW 188: (P) Dorner 44, Wolf 45, Diehl 46, Shook 46; (S) Morland 45. North 46, Witt 48, Katterheinrich 49. At Spuyten Duyval.

NOTRE DAME 187, CLAY 190, WHITMER 208, CENTRAL CATHOLIC 240: Top individuals: Kasper, NCA 40; Fussell, Clay 42; Brummett, Clay 48, Beckstead, NDA 48; Krum, Whitmer 48, Carrington, Central 49. At Maumee Bay

Boys

WAUSEON 158, LIBERTY CENTER 174: W: Dominique 36, Williams 40, Rupp 40, Tefft 42. LC: Davis 36, Studer 42, Lapinski 48, Wymer 48.

ST. FRANCIS 143, MAUMEE 168: (SF) Metzger 34, Austin 36, Williams 35, Mitchell and Schlembach 38; (M) Kontak 35, Lemons 43, Struffilino 45, Smith 45.

SWANTON 173, DELTA 190: (S) Dockery 39, O'Riordon 42, Wilson 45, Weaver 47; (D) Smith 45, Nafziger 47, Yoder 48, Parker 50.

PERRYSBURG 179, SPRINGFIELD 184: (P) George 42, McMullen 43, Skocynsky 46, Davis 48; (S) Sosnowicz 43, Burns 46, Elliott 46, Racette 49.

OTTAWA HILLS 145, LAKE 173: (OH) Abendroth 35, Silverman 36. Denner 36. Hoeflinger 38; (L) Johnson 37, Kranz 39, Hansen 47, Brossia 50. At Ottawa Park.

NORTHVIEW 164, EASTWOOD 191: N--Emmenecker 40, LaPlante 40, Edinger 41, Rakich 43. E--Bruning 43, Bockbrader 47, Krukemyer 50, Coffman 51. At Stone Oak.

PREP SOCCER

Girls

SWANTON 5, ROSSFORD 0: Callicotte 2, Williams 3.

GENOA 6, NORTHWOOD 0: Sheehan 4, McGee, Vizzi.

Boys

TOLEDO CHRISTIAN 3, STRITCH 0: Hecklinger, Burson, own goal.

ARCHBOLD 5, BRYAN 0: Nofziger 3, Hernandez, Bontrager.

SWANTON 4, CLAY 1: (S) Prentice 3, Schnabel; (C) Klorer

ST. JOHN'S 8, FREMONT ROSS 0: Almester 2, Gramza 2, Buesher, Peterson 2, Crawford.

EASTWOOD 6, VAN BUREN 1: E--Baker 2, Sweeney, Volschow, Luther, Mercer.

NORTHVIEW 6, BOWLING GREEN 0: Gonia 2, Sielski, Kupetz, Clement, Koback.

ROSSFORD 5, MAUMEE 0: Hotz 2, Aguirre, Kameaca, Johnson

LAKE 7, OLD FORT 5: (L) Hall 3, Francis 2, Likes, Plummer; (OF) Davidson 3, Heilman, Salas.

LIBERTY CENTER 6, START 1: (LC) Carnahan, Pouch, Mehlow, Oberhaus 2, Kline; (S) Dahmoun.

ANTHONY WAYNE 7, NAPOLEON 0: Conkin 2, Hansen 2, Mills, Fortner, Yokum.

SPRINGFIELD 1, PERRYSBURG 1: (S) J. Yeager; (P) Jemma.

MAUMEE VALLEY 4, EMMANUEL CHRISTIAN 1: (MV) Fixler, Diara, Cunliffe, Hazamah; (EC) Snyder

ST. FRANCIS 2, WHITMER 0: Micham, Resk.

GLANTZ-culver line

Major League Baseball

National League

FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE

Los Angeles -145 at Colorado +135

Cincinnati -125 at Arizona +115

Atlanta -140 at San Diego +130

at Philadelphia -165 New York +155

at Pittsburgh -110 St. Louis +100

Washington -135 at Miami +125

Milwaukee -110 at Chicago +100

San Francisco -175 at Houston +165

American League

at New York -260 Toronto +230

Oakland -125 at Cleveland +115

at Baltimore -130 Chicago +120

at Texas -150 Tampa Bay +140

Detroit -130 at Kansas City +120

at Minnesota -110 Seattle +100

at Los Angeles -185 Boston +175

Preseason NFL

Tonight

FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG

New England +2 1/2 1 1/2 (40 1/2) at N.Y. Giants

at Washington 3 4 (40) Tampa Bay

at Dallas 4 2 1/2 (37) Miami

PREP TENNIS

START 4, ROGERS 1: Bricker (S) d. Minnfield, 6-1, 6-0, Dreslinski (S) d. Cogdell, 6-2, 7-5, Lugo (S) d. Baucom, 6-3, 6-3, Aossey-Giovannucci (R) d. Falk-Bauman, 6-1, 6-1, Lascola-Harrell (S) d. Vehue-Huston, 6-1, 7-5.

BOWSHER 4, WAITE 1: May (W) d. Thornton 6-3.6-4; Peace (B) d. Kindall 7-5, 6-3; Repka (B) by forfeit; Dresch/Napolski (B) d. Richards/Glennon 6-1, 6-1; Sheets/Davis (B) by forfeit.

MAUMEE VALLEY 5, ARCHBOLD 0: Issa def.Leupp 6-1,6-0; Jaara def. Krieger 6-0,6-0; Rana def. Lindsay 6-1,6-1; Bergeon/Swatzell def. Meyer/Gutierrez 6-1,6-3; Safadi/Shin def. Fryman/Cline 6-0, 6-0.

NORTHVIEW 5, MAUMEE 0: Miller d. Weber 6-0, 6-0; Rentner d. Burkett 6-2, 6-1; Howald d. Grove 8-2, 6-0; Gross/Ciucci d. Albright/Fields 6-0, 6-1; Diment/Mills d. Moore/Kham 6-1, 6-1.

ANTHONY WAYNE 5, SPRINGFIELD 0: Jankowski d. Geiser, 6-4, 7-5; Krieg d. Caniglia, 6-4, 6-2; Smith d. Hollingsworth 6-0, 6-2; Tokes-McKay d. Baxter-January, 7-5, 6-3; Gucciardo-Cousino d. Mauriello-Spillett 6-0, 6-2.

PERRYSBURG 3, BOWLING GREEN 2: Baker (B) d. J. Northcutt, 6-3, 6-3; K. Northcutt (P) d. Schaller, 6-2, 7-5; Stidel (P) d. Spackey, 6-1, 6-1; Riffer-Fastnacht, 6-3, 6-2; Kiel-Conley (P) d. Graves-Dorch, 6-0, 6-1

SPRINGFIELD 4, WHITMER 1: Nikki Geiser (S) d. Stewart, 6-1, 6-1; Kimmel (W) d. Caniglia, 6-7, 6-2, 6-2; Jewell (S) d. Hoyt, 7-5, 6-3; January-Baxter (S) d. Meyer-Ignatowicz, 7-5, 6-2; Mauriello-Hollingsworth (S) d. Cochenour-Miller, 6-4, 6-3.

WNBA

TUESDAY

Tulsa 84, Atlanta 80

Indiana 83, Washington 68

Connecticut 83, Chicago 72

Minnesota 96, San Antonio 84, OT

THURSDAY

Washington at Atlanta, 7

Indiana at New York, 7

Connecticut at San Antonio, 8

Los Angeles at Tulsa, 8

Phoenix at Seattle, 10 p.m.

SPORTLIGHT

1974-Nineteen-year-old high school basketball star Moses Malone signs a contract with the Utah Stars of the ABA to become the first player to go directly from high school into major professional basketball.

1987-Charlie Whittingham becomes the first trainer to surpass 500 stakes wins when he sends Ferdinand to victory in the Cabrillo Handicap at Del Mar Racetrack.

1993-Laffit Pincay Jr. wins the 8,000th race of his career aboard El Toreo in the seventh race at Del Mar racetrack to become the second thoroughbred jockey to ride 8,000 winners.

1993-Brandie Burton's 20-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff edges Betsy King for the du Maurier Classic title, the LPGA tour's final major of the season.

1998-Toms River, N.J., wins its first Little League World Series with a 12-9 victory over Kashima, Japan. Chris Cardone hits home runs in consecutive at-bats-including the game-deciding two-run shot.

2000-Second-seeded Gustavo Kuerten, the reigning French Open king, is beaten 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (1) by qualifier Wayne Arthurs in the U.S. Open. Kuerten is the second No. 2 seed to be eliminated in the first round since 1956.

2000-Anaheim's Darin Erstad goes 3-for-5 to reach 200 hits faster than any player in 65 years as the Angels beat Toronto 9-4.

2002-Mark Bellhorn becomes the first player in NL history to hit a home run in the same inning from both sides of the plate. The homers come in the fourth inning of the Chicago Cubs' 13-10 win over Milwaukee.

2005-Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova becomes the first U.S. Open defending women's champion to fall in the first round, losing 6-3, 6-2 to fellow Russian Ekaterina Bychkova on the first day of the U.S. Open.

2007-Bernard Lagat, an American citizen since 2004, is the first U.S. runner to win a world 1,500-meter championship. No American had won an Olympic gold medal in the event since Mel Sheppard in 1908.

2010-Kenya's David Rudisha sets a world record in the 800 meters for the second time in a week at the Rieti Grand Prix. Rudisha clocks 1:41.01 in the two-lap race, shaving 0.08 seconds off the mark he set last weekend in Berlin.

2010-The Little League aces from Japan end the United States' five-year reign as World Series champions. The team from Tokyo limits Waipahu, Hawaii, to four singles, and gets a homer and three RBIs from Konan Tomori to take the Little League World Series title with a 4-1 victory.