State football championships
Division I
Saturday, 7 p.m.
at Canton Fawcett Stadium
Whitmer (14-0, AP #3) vs. Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller (11-3, AP NR)
Division II
Friday, 7 p.m.
at Massillon Paul Brown Stadium
Central Catholic (13-1, AP #4) vs. Trotwood-Madison (12-2, AP #9)
Division III
Saturday, 11 a.m.
at Canton Fawcett Stadium
Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary (12-2, AP #9) vs. Bellevue (13-1, AP #7)
Division IV
Friday, 3 p.m.
at Canton Fawcett Stadium
St. Clairsville (14-0, AP #7) vs. Clarksville Clinton-Massie (14-0, AP #4)
Division V
Saturday, 3 p.m.
at Massillon Paul Brown Stadium
Kirtland (14-0, AP #2) vs. Coldwater (14-0, AP #1)
Division VI
Friday, 11 a.m.
at Massillon Paul Brown Stadium
Newark Catholic (12-2, AP #9) vs. Maria Stein Marion Local (12-2, AP #7
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
Brooklyn 9 4 .692 —
New York 9 4 .692 —
Philadelphia 8 6 .571 11/2
Boston 8 6 .571 11/2
Toronto 3 11 .214 61/2
Southeast Division
W L Pct GB
Miami 10 3 .769 —
Atlanta 8 4 .667 11/2
Charlotte 7 6 .538 3
Orlando 5 8 .385 5
Washington 0 12 .000 91/2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Milwaukee 7 5 .583 —
Chicago 6 7 .462 11/2
Indiana 6 8 .429 2
Detroit 4 11 .267 41/2
Cleveland 3 11 .214 5
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
Memphis 10 2 .833 —
San Antonio 12 3 .800 -1/2
Dallas 7 7 .500 4
Houston 6 7 .462 41/2
New Orleans 4 9 .308 61/2
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB
Oklahoma City 11 4 .733 —
Utah 8 7 .533 3
Denver 8 7 .533 3
Portland 6 8 .429 41/2
Minnesota 5 7 .417 41/2
Pacific Division
W L Pct GB
Golden State 8 6 .571 —
L.A. Clippers 8 6 .571 —
L.A. Lakers 7 7 .500 1
Phoenix 6 8 .429 2
Sacramento 4 9 .308 31/2
Tuesday
Dallas at Philadelphia, 7
Phoenix at Cleveland, 7
Toronto at Houston, 8
Minnesota at Sacramento, 10
Indiana at L.A. Lakers, 10:30
Today
San Antonio at Orlando, 7
Portland at Washington, 7
Phoenix at Detroit, 7:30
Brooklyn at Boston, 7:30
Charlotte at Atlanta, 7:30
Dallas at Chicago, 8
Toronto at Memphis, 8
New York at Milwaukee, 8
Houston at Oklahoma City, 8
Utah at New Orleans, 8
Minnesota at L.A. Clippers, 10:30
Phoenix 19 18 34 20 – 91
Cleveland 13 19 27 19 – 78
Phoenix: Beasley 6-8 2-2 15, Morris 2-5 0-0 4, Gortat 3-7 0-4 6, Dragic 6-11 4-4 19, Brown 4-9 0-0 9, Scola 6-10 2-3 14, Dudley 5-7 0-0 11, O'Neal 4-9 1-2 9, Tucker 0-3 2-2 2, Telfair 1-6 0-1 2, Johnson 0-2 0-0 0, Marshall 0-1 0-0 0, Zeller 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 37-79 11-18 91.
Cleveland: Gee 3-7 6-7 12, Thompson 1-7 3-4 5, Varejao 10-15 0-0 20, Waiters 7-20 2-3 16, Pargo 3-12 1-2 8, Zeller 1-4 0-0 2, Miles 3-11 2-2 8, Casspi 2-4 0-0 5, Samuels 0-4 1-2 1, Leuer 0-0 1-2 1, Sloan 0-0 0-0 0, Walton 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-84 16-22 78.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Women
USA Today/ESPN Top 25 Poll
The top 25 teams in the USA Today-ESPN Women's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 26, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week's ranking:
Record Pts Pvs
1. Stanford (21) 6-0 765 1
2. Connecticut (9) 5-0 748 2
3. Baylor (1) 5-1 716 3
4. Duke 4-0 675 4
5. Notre Dame 4-0 647 5
6. Louisville 7-0 611 6
7. Penn State 5-0 584 7
8. Kentucky 4-1 547 8
9. Georgia 7-0 527 9
10. Maryland 3-1 496 10
11. California 5-0 476 11
12. Oklahoma 5-1 383 13
13. Purdue 5-1 363 12
14. Tennessee 4-1 361 15
15. St. John's 4-1 286 16
16. Ohio State 4-1 285 17
17. Oklahoma State 4-0 272 18
18. Texas 4-0 218 21
19. Nebraska 5-1 205 20
20. Kansas 5-0 151 23
21. UCLA 3-1 137 22
22. Dayton 6-0 113 25
23. West Virginia 3-2 93 14
24. South Carolina 7-0 88 –
25. Texas A&M 3-3 70 24
Others receiving votes: North Carolina 47, Iowa State 43, Syracuse 38, Florida State 36, Gonzaga 20, Miami 17, Middle Tennessee 14, Vanderbilt 12, DePaul 9, Rutgers 6, Chattanooga 4, Minnesota 4, Virginia 4, Green Bay 2, Georgetown 1, South Florida 1.
Men
EAST
Bucknell 62, Dartmouth 49
Pittsburgh 70, Howard 46
Providence 61, Holy Cross 42
Vermont 85, Harvard 78
SOUTH
Alabama 75, Lamar 47
Minnesota 77, Florida St. 68
Mississippi St. 60, Alcorn St. 42
Southern Miss. 61, Denver 50
Tulane 69, Loyola NO 57
UAB 75, Troy 55
Virginia Tech 95, Iowa 79
MIDWEST
Bowling Green 70, Detroit 65
Butler 97, Hanover 73
Ill.-Chicago 58, N. Illinois 46
Michigan 79, NC State 72
SOUTHWEST
Texas 65, Sam Houston St. 37
PRO FOOTBALL
NFL
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
New England 8 3 0 .727 407 244
Miami 5 6 0 .455 211 226
N.Y. Jets 4 7 0 .364 221 290
Buffalo 4 7 0 .364 243 319
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Houston 10 1 0 .909 327 211
Indianapolis 7 4 0 .636 230 273
Tennessee 4 7 0 .364 238 335
Jacksonville 2 9 0 .182 188 308
AFC NORTH
W L T Pct PF PA
Baltimore 9 2 0 .818 283 219
Pittsburgh 6 5 0 .545 231 210
Cincinnati 6 5 0 .545 282 247
Cleveland 3 8 0 .273 209 248
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Denver 8 3 0 .727 318 221
San Diego 4 7 0 .364 245 237
Oakland 3 8 0 .273 218 356
Kansas City 1 10 0 .091 161 301
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
N.Y. Giants 7 4 0 .636 305 226
Washington 5 6 0 .455 295 285
Dallas 5 6 0 .455 242 262
Philadelphia 3 8 0 .273 184 282
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Atlanta 10 1 0 .909 294 216
Tampa Bay 6 5 0 .545 310 254
New Orleans 5 6 0 .455 308 304
Carolina 3 8 0 .273 214 265
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Chicago 8 3 0 .727 277 175
Green Bay 7 4 0 .636 273 245
Minnesota 6 5 0 .545 248 249
Detroit 4 7 0 .364 267 280
West
W L T Pct PF PA
San Francisco 8 2 1 .773 276 155
Seattle 6 5 0 .545 219 185
St. Louis 4 6 1 .409 205 254
Arizona 4 7 0 .364 180 227
Thursday
New Orleans at Atlanta, 8:20
SUNDAY
Seattle at Chicago, 1
Minnesota at Green Bay, 1
San Francisco at St. Louis, 1
Carolina at Kansas City, 1
Houston at Tennessee, 1
Arizona at N.Y. Jets, 1
Indianapolis at Detroit, 1
Jacksonville at Buffalo, 1
New England at Miami, 1
Tampa Bay at Denver, 4:05
Cleveland at Oakland, 4:25
Cincinnati at San Diego, 4:25
Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 4:25
Philadelphia at Dallas, 8:20
MONDAY, DEC. 3
N.Y. Giants at Washington, 8:30 p.m.
MONDAY
Carolina 14 0 7 9 — 30
Philadelphia 3 12 7 0 — 22
First Quarter
Phi-FG Henery 36, 11:12
Car-Barnidge 24 pass from Newton (Gano kick), 6:12
Car-Lafell 43 pass from Newton (Gano kick), 3:36
Second Quarter
Phi-FG Henery 41, 14:15
Phi-Brown 65 run (pass from Foles to ), 10:56
Phi-FG Henery 45, 3:20
Third Quarter
Car-Newton 1 run (Gano kick), 9:13
Phi-Brown 5 run (Henery kick), 3:30
Fourth Quarter
Car-FG Gano 23, 12:40
Car-Newton 2 run (Gano kick), 4:40
TEAM STATS
Car Phi
First downs 24 18
Total Net Yards 398 311
Rushes-yards 35-109 26-204
Passing 289 107
Punt Returns 0-0 2-32
Kickoff Returns 5-114 4-110
Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0
Comp-Att-Int 18-28-0 16-21-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-17 1-12
Punts 5-37.6 2-41.0
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 4-3
Penalties-Yards 6-101 5-30
Time of Possession 35:12 24:48
INDIVIDUAL STATS
RUSHING—Carolina, Newton 14-52, Stewart 8-27, Williams 11-21, Lafell 1-6, Tolbert 1-3. Philadelphia, Brown 19-178, Lewis 5-24, Jackson 1-2.
PASSING—Carolina, Newton 18-28-0-306. Philadelphia, Foles 16-21-0-119.
RECEIVING—Carolina, Lafell 3-74, Murphy 2-65, Smith 4-60, Olsen 4-50, Tolbert 2-24, Barnidge 1-24, Stewart 2-9. Philadelphia, Maclin 5-55, Celek 2-19, Johnson 2-13, Brown 4-11, Jackson 1-9, Cooper 1-7, Havili 1-5.
SPORTS NOTE
WHITMER PLAYOFF TICKETS: Tickets for Whitmer's state final football game with Cincinnai Moeller this Saturday will be available today from 7 a.m.-3 p.m. in Room 108 of school building; Thursday from 7 a.m.-3 p.m. in Room 108 and in back field house from 5-7:30 p.m.; Friday 7 a.m.-3 p.m. in Activities Office.
Cardinal Stritch Catholic High School is seeking a head varsity football coach. Successful candidates should have knowledge of a faith-based school and the football landscape that goes along with a Catholic school environment. The possibility of a teaching position may occur with this position. Interested candidates should send a resume and 3 references to the Athletic Director, Craig Meinzer, at cmeinzer@katerischools.org by December 12 at 3 p.m.
GLANTZ-CULVER LINE
NCAA Football
Tomorrow
FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG
at Rutgers 2½ 3 (43½) Louisville
Friday
Mid-American Conference
at Detroit
Championship
N. Illinois 5 6 (58) Kent St.
Pacific-12 Conference
Championship
at Stanford 10½ 8½ (46) UCLA
Saturday
Cincinnati 5½ 5 (40½) at UConn
Pittsburgh 5½ 6 (46½) at S. Florida
Oklahoma 7 6½ (60½) at TCU
at Kansas St. 10½ 11½ (63½) Texas
Oklahoma St. 4½ 4½ (86) at Baylor
Boise St. 8½ 9½ (59½) at Nevada
at West Virginia 20 20 (70½) Kansas
at Texas St. 12½ 13 (57) N. Mexico St.
at Arkansas St. 10½ 10 (62½) Middle Tenn.
La. Lafayette 9½ 9½ (60) at FAU
at Hawaii 3½ 6 (53½) S. Alabama
Conference USA
Championship
at Tulsa 1 1 (55) UCF
Southeastern Conference
at Atlanta
Championship
Alabama 7½ 7 (49½) Georgia
Atlantic Coast Conference
At Charlotte, N.C.
Championship
Florida St. 13 14 (63½) Georgia Tech
Big Ten Conference
At Indianapolis
Championship
Nebraska 3 3 (49) Wisconsin
NFL
Tomorrow
FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG
at Atlanta 3½ 4 (56) New Orleans
Sunday
at Chicago 4 4 (37½) Seattle
at Green Bay 9 9 (46½) Minnesota
San Francisco 7 7 (40) at St. Louis
at N.Y. Jets 3½ 4½ (36½) Arizona
Carolina 1 3 (40½) at Kansas City
at Detroit 4½ 4½ (51) Indianapolis
at Buffalo 6 6 (45) Jacksonville
New England 7 7½ (51) at Miami
Houston 4½ 5½ (47) at Tennessee
at Denver 6½ 7 (50½) Tampa Bay
at Baltimore OFF OFF (OFF) Pittsburgh
at Oakland OFF OFF (OFF) Cleveland
Cincinnati +1 1½ (46) at San Diego
at Dallas 9 9 (43) Philadelphia
Monday
N.Y. Giants Pk 2½ (51) at Washington
Off Key
Pittsburgh QB questionable
Cleveland QB questionable
NCAA Basketball
FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG
at Ohio 10 St. Bonaventure
at Wisconsin 10½ Virginia
at Youngstown St. 4½ Kent St.
Cleveland St. 1 at Ball St.
at Richmond 12½ William & Mary
at James Madison Pk George Wash.
Temple 8 at Buffalo
Bradley 2½ at Cent. Michigan
at Clemson 6 Purdue
Michigan St. 2 at Miami
George Mason 4½ at Rhode Island
at North Texas 8 Texas-Arlington
at Wichita St. 15 Tulsa
at S. Illinois 3 Fresno St.
at SMU 8 Utah
at Creighton 14 Boise St.
at UTEP 2½ New Mexico St.
at Illinois 9 Georgia Tech
at Penn St. 2½ Boston College
at Duke 6 Ohio St.
at UC Santa Barbara Pk Wyoming
at Washington St. 6½ Idaho
at Nevada 13½ UC Davis
at UNLV 15 UC Irvine
at Stanford 19 Seattle
at Santa Clara 8½ Utah St.
at Washington 4½ Saint Louis
at UCLA 16½ CS Northridge
at Marshall 11½ Morehead St.
Duquesne 4 at Appalachian St.
at Dayton 14 Weber St.
at Georgia Southern 2½ Elon
at Furman Pk W. Carolina
at Iona 6 Niagara
UMass 8½ at Siena
x-at Salt Lake City
NBA
FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG
Portland 4 at Washington
San Antonio 7½ at Orlando
at Boston 3½ Brooklyn
at Atlanta 9 Charlotte
at Detroit 1 Phoenix
at Chicago 5 Dallas
New York 1½ at Milwaukee
at Memphis 9½ Toronto
Utah 3½ at New Orleans
at Oklahoma City 9½ Houston
at L.A. Clippers 8½ Minnesota
ECHL
TUESDAY
No games scheduled
TODAY
Reading at Greenville, 7
Trenton at Wheeling, 7
Fort Wayne at Gwinnett, 7:05
Evansville at Cincinnati, 7:35
Colorado at Idaho, 9:10
Alaska at Stockton, 10 p.m.
PREP BASKETBALL
Girls
Northview 4 7 7 14 – 32
Perrysburg 14 16 12 11 – 53
NORTHVIEW: Fries 1-1-3; Campos 0-1-0-3; Puwve 1-0-2; Riggs 0-2-2; Keil 1-0-2; Isnail 2-0-4; McCoy 0-2-2; Cole 2-4-8; Jessing 2-2-6. Totals 9-1-11-32.
PERRYSBURG: Sattler 0-1-1-4; Whitacre 1-0-2; Williams 3-0-6; Moore 1-0-2; Dunphy 0-2-1-7; Dorner 1-0-2; DeLong 1-1-0-5; Baer 4-5-13; Brown 5-2-12. Totals 16-4-9-53.
Anthony Wayne 12 13 15 24 – 64
Bowling Green 11 20 13 15 – 59
ANTHONY WAYNE: Cardinal 0-1-4-7; McKay 2-5-9; Bonivel 4-4-12; Bedard 4-1-3-14; Mitchell 1-0-2; Krieg 1-1-3; Benglarick 1-0-2; Hood 1-0-2; Zankel 2-9-13. Totals 16-2-26-64.
BOWLING GREEN: Glandorff 3-2-8; Smith 3-1-7; Dill 5-1-11; Williford 3-1-3-12; Morlock 3-5-0-21. Totals 17-6-7-59.
Woodward 7 12 12 13 – 45
St. Ursula 12 16 18 10 – 56
WOODWARD: Barnett 12-5-29, Stampes 3-3-9, Fitzpatrick 1-0-2, johnson 0-3-3, Alfred 0-1-1. Totals: 16-12--45.
ST. URSULA: Leonard 2-0-4, Farell 3-1-7, Rode 2-0-4, Burns 3-3-0-15, Linenkugal 1-1-0-5, Jordan 0-2-2, Christopher -0-2-2, Franco 2-0-4, Harder 3-0-6, Clear 3-1-7. Totals: 19-3-6-56.
Rossford 12 2 11 10 – 35
Ottawa Hills 18 4 15 10 – 47
ROSSFORD: Hotz 5-1-11, Morris 2-0-4, Keller 2-2-6, Parisi 1-2-4, Mitchell 4-2-10. Totals: 14-7-35.
OTTAWA HILLS: Michelle Healy 1-4-6, Fenton 4-0-8, Allie Dewire 7-0-14, Lyon 1-0-2, Lilly Petro 2-0-4, Abby Dewire 1-0-2, Smith 3-3-9, VanSlooten 1-0-2. Totals: 20-7-47.
Lake 14 11 11 7 – 43
Swanton 9 11 5 10 – 35
LAKE: Taylor 2-2-6; Swartz 0-1-0-3; Woodruff 0-3-0-9; Dabney 1-0-2; Phalen 1-1-0-5; Shaffer 2-2-1-11; Hennenman 1-1-2-7. Totals 7-8-5-43.
SWANTON: Knepley 2-0-4; Carr 1-2-4; Parzysylski 0-1-1; Gilsdorf 1-0-2; Lumbrezer 8-4-20; Christiansen 1-0-2; Wheeler 1-0-2. Totals 14-7-35.
SOUTHVIEW 57, SPRINGFIELD 52 OT
SOUTHVIEW: Huntsman 1-8-10, Hejl 4-1-4-17, Pappas 1-2-4, Horwitz 0-1-0-3, Stanley 1-1-3, Westphal 2-3-7, Green 1-0-2, Klepzig 5-1-11. Totals: 14-2-19-57
SPRINGFIELD: Yoder 4-1-3-16, Powhida 1-2-5-17, Goodwin 3-3-9, Teifke 0-1-1, Collins 3-3-9. Totals: 11-3-15-52.
New Riegel 15 12 12 9 – 48
Woodmore 9 14 5 12 – 40
NEW RIEGEL: Arbogast 4-1-9; Kirian 5-5-15; Scherger 4-4-12; Ladd 5-2-12. Totals 18-12-48
WOODMORE: O'Connor 0-1-1; Bench 1-0-2; Johnson 2-0-4; Wank 3-1-0-11; Avers 1-2-4; Blausey 1-2-4; Weirich 3-1-3-14. Totals 11-2-8-40.
Evergreen 19 8 15 13 11 – 66
Otsego 11 13 15 16 6 – 61
EVERGREEN: Mussing 9-1-9-30; Truckor 1-1-0-5; Ke. Noe 5-2-2-18; Machacek 0-2-2-10; Siefker 1-0-2; Langenderfer 0-1-1. Totals 17-6-14-66.
OTSEGO: Asmus 2-1-1-8; McCullough 2-1-4-11; Donald 0-3-0-9; Forshey 0-1-0-3; Garrett 0-1-0-3; Roberts 10-3-23. Totals 15-7-10-61.
Transactions
BASEBALL
COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE – Suspended Philadelphia C Carlos Ruiz 25 games for a violation of the Major League Baseball's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.
American League
CLEVELAND INDIANS – Assigned RHP Fabio Martinez outright to Columbus (IL). Announced 2B Brent Lillibridge refused outright assignment and elected free agency.
National League
CHICAGO CUBS – Agreed to terms with RHP Scott Feldman on a one-year contract.
HOUSTON ASTROS – Agreed to terms with OF Trevor Crowe, LHP Sergio Escalona, RHP Edgar Gonzalez and RHP Jose Valdez on minor league contracts.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BALTIMORE RAVENS – Placed DB Anthony Levine on injured reserve.
CAROLINA PANTHERS – Placed DT Ron Edwards on injured reserve.
CHICAGO BEARS – Signed OL Andre Gurode. Waived DT Amobi Okoye. Released WR Raymond Radway and G Chris Riley from the practice squad.
HOUSTON TEXANS – Released RB Davin Meggett. Signed LB Cameron Collins.
NEW YORK GIANTS – Signed RB Ryan Torain and RB Kregg Lumpkin. Released OL Selvish Capers.
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES – Released DE Jason Babin.
GOLF
World Rankings
1. Rory McIlroy 13.61
2. Luke Donald 9.28
3. Tiger Woods 8.89
4. Justin Rose 6.66
5. Adam Scott 6.50
6. Lee Westwood 6.39
7. Louis Oosthuizen 6.35
8. Jason Dufner 5.74
9. Webb Simpson 5.61
10. Brandt Snedeker 5.56
11. Bubba Watson 5.39
12. Ian Poulter 5.13
13. Phil Mickelson 5.13
14. Steve Stricker 4.98
15. Keegan Bradley 4.90
16. Nick Watney 4.86
17. Peter Hanson 4.81
18. Matt Kuchar 4.79
19. Dustin Johnson 4.73
20. Ernie Els 4.64
21. Sergio Garcia 4.58
22. Zach Johnson 4.57
23. Bo Van Pelt 4.38
24. Graeme McDowell 4.30
25. Hunter Mahan 4.10
26. Jim Furyk 3.90
27. Paul Lawrie 3.77
28. Charl Schwartzel 3.72
29. Francesco Molinari 3.59
30. Rickie Fowler 3.55
31. Carl Pettersson 3.48
32. Martin Kaymer 3.46
33. Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano 3.44
34. Branden Grace 3.26
35. Jason Day 3.25
36. Nicolas Colsaerts 3.22
37. Bill Haas 3.19
38. John Senden 3.04
39. Robert Garrigus 3.01
40. David Toms 3.00
41. Ryan Moore 2.97
42. Scott Piercy 2.88
43. Matteo Manassero 2.76
44. Thomas Bjorn 2.75
45. David Lynn 2.63
46. K.J. Choi 2.61
47. Jamie Donaldson 2.52
48. Hiroyuki Fujita 2.47
49. George Coetzee 2.34
50. Thorbjorn Olesen 2.32
SPORTLIGHT
Nov. 28
1906–Tommy Burns fights to a 20-round draw with light heavyweight Jack O'Brien in a world heavyweight title bout in Los Angeles.
1929–Ernie Nevers rushes for six touchdowns and kicks four PATs to score all his team's points, an NFL record, in the Chicago Cardinals' 40-6 rout of the Chicago Bears.
1948–Dippy Evans of the Chicago Bears is the only NFL player to score two touchdowns on recovered fumbles in a 48-13 victory over the Washington Redskins.
1982–The United States, led by John McEnroe, beats France 4-1 to win the best-of-five Davis Cup championship.
1982–The Edmonton Eskimos beat the Toronto Argonauts 32-16 for their fifth consecutive Grey Cup title.
1992–Bobby Bowden becomes the first major college coach to win 10 games in six straight seasons as Florida State beats Florida 45-24 to finish the regular season at 10-1.