Scoreboard: 3/13

3/13/2013

GIRLS

State Tournament

At Columbus

Division I

Twinsburg vs. Lewis Center Olentangy Orange, Friday, 6

Notre Dame vs. Kettering Fairmont, Friday, 8

Final: Saturday, 8:30

Division II

Shaker Heights Hathaway Brown vs. Clyde, Thursday, 6

Dayton Chaminade Julienne vs. Millersburg West Holmes, Thursday, 8

Final: Saturday, 2

Division III

Columbus Africentric vs. Beverly Fort Frye, Thursday, 1

Orrville vs. Anna, Thursday, 3

Final: Saturday, 10:45 am

Division IV

Reedsville Eastern vs. Berlin Hiland, Friday, 1

Ottoville vs. Fort Loramie, Friday, 3

State Final: Saturday, 5:15

All-State

DIVISION III

FIRST TEAM: Cassidy Wyse, Archbold, 5-10, jr., 14.1; Terra Stapleton, Proctorville Fairland, 6-4, jr., 17.4; Kelsey Dugger, Gates Mills Gilmour Acad., 5-8, jr., 14.1; Hanna Plybon, Orrville, 5-10, sr., 24.6; Abby Cash, Casstown Miami East, 6-0, sr., 12.0; Jessica Kinney, Martins Ferry, 5-9, sr., 21.6; Marley Hill, Cols. Africentric, 6-2, sr., 17.7.

Players of the year: Hannah Plybon, Orrville; Terra Stapleton, Proctorville Fairland; Marley Hill, Cols. Africentric.

Coaches of the year: Mike Coreno, Beachwood; Jon Buchanan, Proctorville Fairland; Brenda Friend, Collins Western Reserve.

SECOND TEAM: Bre Nauman, Richwood N. Union, 6-0, sr., 17.3; Aaliyah Dotson, Canton Cent. Cath., 5-6, sr., 11.0; Mackenzie Kizer, Warren Champion, 6-0, sr., 19.3; Taylor Graboski, Upper Sandusky, 6-1, jr., 17.4; Rachel Myers, Liberty-Benton, 5-7, jr., 15.6; Jenna Stegmaier, Cuyahoga Hts., 5-10, soph., 19.1; Mikah Aldridge, Beachwood, 5-6, jr., 19.1; Natalie Billing, Anna, 5-11, sr., 16.7; Tori Leader, Portsmouth West, 5-10, sr., 21.5.

THIRD TEAM: Natalie Carpenter, Johnstown-Monroe, 5-6, jr., 18.4; Deidre Combs, Beverly Ft. Frye, 5-10, sr., 11.4; Amisha Herd, Zanesville W. Muskingum, 5-5, jr., 12.6; Kayla Byler, Burton Berkshire, 5-10, sr., 20.5; Jenny Grigsby, Franfort Adena, 5-9, sr., 17.0; Emily Fite, Seaman N. Adams, 5-11, sr., 19.4.

Honorable Mention (area)

Katie Simon, Liberty-Benton; Ciara Albright, Genoa; Brigan Wymer, Delta.

DIVISION IV

FIRST TEAM: Abby Siefker, Ottoville, 6-2, sr., 17.1; Jill Blacksten, Newark Cath., 6-1, soph., 19.0; Karla Bonar, Shadyside, 5-7, sr., 19.5; Shaye Thomas, New Madison Tri-Village, 5-4, sr., 14.9; Sarah Cash, Lordstown, 5-10, jr., 22.5; Sydney Clark, N. Ridgeville Lake Ridge Acad., 5-8, sr., 12.0; Jenna Burdette, Reedsville Eastern, 5-9, jr., 18.1; Miranda Palmer, Arcadia, 5-6, sr., 15.3.

Player of the year: Abby Siefker, Ottoville.

Coaches of the year: Dave Kleman, Ottoville; Randy Baker, Arcadia.

SECOND TEAM: Brooke Drayer, Waterford, 5-8, sr., 14.7; Bri Staats, Danville, 5-8, soph., 20.4; Randa Payne, Mansfield St. Peter's, 5-9, sr., 22.6; Kaylee Patton, Waynesfield-Goshen, 5-9, sr., 26.5; Kelsey Tietje, Patrick Henry, 6-3, sr., 18.0; Jen Arnzen, Portsmouth Notre Dame, 6-2, sr., 19.7; Darian Rose, Ft. Loramie, 5-8, jr., 17.3.

THIRD TEAM: Anya Misko, Sugarcreek Garaway, 6-0, sr., 18.0; Nickyla Garverick, N. Robinson Col. Crawford, 6-1, sr., 21.3; Michaela Nelson, Xenia Christian, 5-8, sr., 16.0; Molly Nash, Zanesville Rosecrans, 5-10, jr., 15.7; Kaye Solak, Lowellville, 5-8, sr., 15.3.

Honorable Mention (area)

Darian Westmeyer, Toledo Christian; Amber Gerdeman, Leipsic.

BOYS

Regionals

Division I

Anthony Wayne vs. Rogers, Thursday, 7 at Savage Arena

Brecksville Broadview Heights vs. Macedonia Nordonia, Wednesday, 7 at Univ. of Akron

Final: Saturday, 3 at Savage Arena

Division II

At BGSU Stroh Center

Sandusky Perkins vs. Columbus Bishop Watterson, Thursday, 6:15

Lima Bath vs. Cleveland Benedictine, Thursday, 8

Final: Saturday, 3

Division III

At BGSU Stroh Center

Carroll Bloom-Carroll vs. Huron, today, 6:15

Lima Central Catholic vs. Ottawa-Glandorf, today, 8

Final: Saturday, 7:30

Division IV

At BGSU Stroh Center

Leipsic 57, Edgerton 49

Ottawa Hills 53, Col. Crawford 40

Final: Friday, 7:30

Colonel Crawford 6 7 6 21 - 40

Ottawa Hills 15 5 18 15 - 53

Colonel Crawford: A. Adams 0-1-3, Keingenberger 4-1-1-12, Tackett 1-1-5, McCreary 4-4-12, Jury 1-2, N. Adams 1-2, Vanmeter 1-2-4. Totals 12-3-7-40.

Ottawa Hills: Pappas 3-2-8, Beans 4-1-9, Silverman 1-2-1-9, Janowicz 4-2-10, Coil 6-2-14, Denner 0-1-1, King 0-2-2. Totals 17-3-10-53.

State

Cle. VASJ 93, Windham 56

Delphos St. John's 62, Jackson Center 53

Fairfield Christian 61, Danville 48

S. Webster 51, Portsmouth Notre Dame 39

Troy Christian 48, New Madison Tri-Village 43, OT

Youngs. Christian 60, Hannibal River 49

GLANTZ-CULVER LINE

NCAA Basketball

Big East Conference

At New York

Second Round

FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG

Cincinnati 3½ Providence

Syracuse 13 South Florida

or Syracuse 12 Seton Hall

Villanova 4½ at St. John's

Notre Dame 6½ Rutgers

or Notre Dame 10½ DePaul

Pac-12 Conference

At Las Vegas

First Round

Stanford 3½ Arizona St.

Colorado 4½ Oregon St.

Southern Cal 2 Utah

Washington 1½ Washington St.

Mountain West Conference

At Las Vegas

Quarterfinals

at UNLV 10 Air Force

Colorado St. 9½ Fresno St.

New Mexico 11½ Nevada

or New Mexico 9½ Wyoming

San Diego St. 4 Boise St.

Mid-American Conference

At Cleveland

Second Round

Buffalo 3 Ball St.

Miami (Ohio) 2½ E. Michigan

Big 12 Conference

at Kansas City, Mo.

First Round

West Virginia 8½ Texas Tech

Texas 11 TCU

Southeastern Conference

First Round

South Carolina 5½ Mississippi St.

Texas A&M 5½ Auburn

Patriot League

Championship

at Bucknell 11 Lafayette

ECHL

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L OL SL Pts GF GA

Reading 39 18 3 3 84 212 169

Elmira 34 22 3 4 75 216 194

Wheeling 27 23 3 8 65 162 179

Trenton 26 29 4 4 60 189 216

North Division

W L OL SL Pts GF GA

Cincinnati 40 17 5 2 87 208 168

Toledo 31 22 5 4 71 194 171

Kalamazoo 31 26 4 1 67 181 179

Fort Wayne 29 30 1 2 61 172 209

Evansville 22 35 2 3 49 178 234

South Division

W L OL SL Pts GF GA

Gwinnett 37 25 2 1 77 188 174

Florida 32 20 4 7 75 223 218

S. Carolina 34 24 4 3 75 176 158

Greenville 32 24 2 5 71 199 190

Orlando 26 30 3 3 58 172 214

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Mountain Division

W L OL SL Pts GF GA

x-Alaska 46 12 2 4 98 208 149

x-Idaho 39 17 1 6 85 238 178

x-Colorado 30 27 3 3 66 214 199

Utah 25 29 4 5 59 184 247

Pacific Division

W L OL SL Pts GF GA

y-Ontario 42 16 3 3 90 225 174

x-Stockton 32 24 5 4 73 204 199

x-Las Vegas 31 27 2 3 67 176 175

San Francisco 22 34 1 6 51 168 224

Bakersfield 19 40 2 3 43 155 224

x-clinched Playoff Berth

y-clinched Divisional Title

TUESDAY

No games scheduled

TODAY

Greenville at Toledo, 7:05

Wheeling at Reading, 7:05

Evansville at Fort Wayne, 7:30

South Carolina at Florida, 7:30

Las Vegas at Colorado, 9:05

Utah at Bakersfield, 10

San Francisco at Stockton, 10

Idaho at Alaska, 11:15

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Men

Mid-American Conference

FINAL STANDINGS

East

Conference All Games

W L Pct. W L Pct.

Akron 14 2 .875 24 6 .800

Ohio 14 2 .875 23 8 .742

Kent St. 9 7 .563 19 12 .613

BGSU 7 9 .438 13 18 .419

Buffalo 7 9 .438 12 19 .387

Miami 3 13 .187 8 21 .276

West

Conference All Games

W L Pct. W L Pct.

W. Michigan 10 6 .625 19 11 .633

Toledo 10 6 .625 15 13 .536

Ball St. 8 8 .500 15 14 .517

E. Michigan 7 9 .438 14 17 .452

C. Michigan 4 12 .250 11 19 .367

N. Illinois 3 13 .188 5 24 .172

TOURNAMENT

Today

Cleveland

Buffalo vs. Ball State, 6:30 p.m.

Eastern Michigan vs. Miami, 9 p.m.

Third Round

Thursday

Kent State vs. Ball State-Buffalo winner, 6:30 p.m.

Western Michigan vs. Eastern Michigan-Miami (Ohio) winner, 9 p.m.

Semifinals

Friday

Akron vs. Kent State_Ball State-Buffalo winner, 6:30 p.m.

Ohio vs. Western Michigan_Eastern Michigan-Bowling Green winner, 9 p.m.

Championship

Saturday

Semifinal winners, 6:30 p.m.

Big Ten Conference

FINAL STANDINGS

Conference All Games

W L Pct. W L Pct.

Indiana 14 4 .778 26 5 .839

Ohio St. 13 5 .722 23 7 .767

Michigan St. 13 5 .722 24 7 .774

Wisconsin 12 6 .667 21 10 .677

Michigan 12 6 .667 25 6 .806

Iowa 9 9 .500 20 11 .645

Purdue 8 10 .444 15 16 .484

Illinois 8 10 .444 21 11 .656

Minnesota 8 10 .444 20 11 .645

Nebraska 5 13 .278 14 17 .452

Northwestern 4 14 .222 13 18 .419

Penn St. 2 16 .111 10 20 .333

TOURNAMENT

First Round

Thursday

Illinois vs. Minnesota, Noon

Michigan vs. Penn State, 2:30 p.m.

Purdue vs. Nebraska, 6:30 p.m.

Iowa vs. Northwestern, 9 p.m.

Quarterfinals

Friday

Indiana vs. Illinois-Minnesota winner, Noon

Wisconsin vs. Michigan-Penn State winner, 2:30 p.m.

Ohio State vs. Purdue-Nebraska winner, 6:30 p.m.

Michigan State vs. Iowa-Northwestern winner, 9 p.m.

Semifinals

Saturday

Indiana_Illinois-Minnesota winner vs. Wisconsin_Michigan-Penn State winner, 1:40 p.m.

Ohio State_Purdue-Nebraska winner vs. Michigan State_Iowa-Northwestern winner, 4 p.m.

Championship

Sunday

Semifinal winners, 3:30 p.m.

National

EAST

Princeton 71, Penn 58

TOURNAMENT

Big East Conference

First Round

Seton Hall 46, South Florida 42, OT

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference

First Round

Bethune-Cookman 89, Coppin St. 78

NC A&T 65, Florida A&M 54

Northeast Conference

Championship

LIU Brooklyn 91, Mount St. Mary's 70

Women

Mid-American Conference

Tournament At Quicken Loans Arena

Cleveland

Second Round

Today

Bowling Green vs. Western Michigan, Noon

Buffalo vs. Miami, 2:30 p.m.

Third Round

Thursday

Central Michigan vs. Bowling Green-Western Michigan winner, Noon

Akron vs. Buffalo-Miami winner, 2:30 p.m.

Semifinals

Friday

Toledo vs. Central Michigan_Bowling Green-Western Michigan winner, Noon

Ball State vs. Akron_Buffalo-Miami (Ohio) winner, 2:30 p.m.

Championship

Saturday

Semifinal winners, 1 p.m.

NATIONAL

TOURNAMENT

Big East Conference

Championship

Notre Dame 61, UConn 59

Summit League

Championship

S. Dakota St. 56, South Dakota 53

Western Athletic Conference

First Round

Denver 73, Texas St. 63

New Mexico St. 76, Texas-Arlington 63

BASEBALL

Exhibition

TUESDAY

Houston 9, Miami 4

Atlanta 12, St. Louis 3

N.Y. Yankees 3, Tampa Bay 1

Detroit 10, Philadelphia 6

Boston 5, Toronto 3

Arizona (ss) 5, Seattle 4

Oakland 6, Kansas City 3

Texas 12, Milwaukee 3

Colorado 4, Arizona (ss) 3

TODAY

Washington (ss) vs. Houston at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Toronto vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets vs. Washington (ss) at Viera, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Seattle vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Colorado vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

San Francisco vs. Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Cleveland vs. Chicago White Sox at Glendale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Baltimore vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 7:05 p.m.

Atlanta vs. Miami at Jupiter, Fla., 7:05 p.m.

Philadelphia vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 7:05 p.m.

Milwaukee vs. Arizona at Scottsdale, Ariz., 10:10 p.m.

Detroit 124?021?000– 10 11 1

Philadelphia 102?020?001– 6 13 1

Smyly, L.Marte (4), Benoit (6), Alburquerque (7), Putkonen (8), D.Downs (9) and Avila, B.Davis. Halladay, Horst (3), Diekman (5), Valdes (7) and Kratz, Lerud. W–Smyly. L–Halladay. HRs–Detroit, D.Kelly (2), R.Santiago (1), B.Pena (2). Philadelphia, Utley (1).

NBA

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

New York 38 23 .623 —

Brooklyn 38 27 .585 2

Boston 34 29 .540 5

Toronto 25 39 .391 141/2

Philadelphia 24 39 .381 15

Southeast Division

W L Pct GB

Miami 48 14 .774 —

Atlanta 34 29 .540 141/2

Washington 20 42 .323 28

Orlando 18 47 .277 311/2

Charlotte 14 50 .219 35

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Indiana 39 24 .619 —

Chicago 35 28 .556 4

Milwaukee 32 29 .525 6

Detroit 23 43 .348 171/2

Cleveland 22 42 .344 171/2

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

W L Pct GB

San Antonio 49 16 .754 —

Memphis 42 19 .689 5

Houston 34 30 .531 141/2

Dallas 29 33 .468 181/2

New Orleans 22 43 .338 27

Northwest Division

W L Pct GB

Oklahoma City 47 17 .734 —

Denver 43 22 .662 41/2

Utah 33 31 .516 14

Portland 29 33 .468 17

Minnesota 22 39 .361 231/2

Pacific Division

W L Pct GB

L.A. Clippers 45 20 .692 —

Golden State 36 29 .554 9

L.A. Lakers 34 31 .523 11

Phoenix 22 42 .344 221/2

Sacramento 22 43 .338 23

Tuesday

L.A. Lakers 106, Orlando 97

Cleveland 95, Washington 90

Charlotte 100, Boston 74

Brooklyn 108, New Orleans 98

Miami 98, Atlanta 81

Dallas at Milwaukee, 8

Minnesota 107, San Antonio 83

Memphis at Portland, 10

Today

Minnesota at Indiana, 7

Miami at Philadelphia, 7

Milwaukee at Washington, 7

L.A. Lakers at Atlanta, 7:30

Toronto at Boston, 7:30

Phoenix at Houston, 8

Utah at Oklahoma City, 8

Chicago at Sacramento, 10

New York at Denver, 10:30

Detroit at Golden State, 10:30

Memphis at L.A. Clippers, 10:30

Washington 33 16 16 25 – 90

Cleveland 20 30 26 19 – 95

Washington: Webster 6-14 0-0 17, Hilario 5-11 5-6 15, Okafor 8-12 2-2 18, Wall 7-15 13-14 27, Temple 1-3 0-0 2, Price 1-7 1-3 3, Booker 0-1 2-2 2, Ariza 1-2 0-0 2, Singleton 1-4 0-1 2, Martin 0-3 0-0 0, Seraphin 1-4 0-0 2, Collins 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 31-76 23-28 90.

Cleveland: Thompson 5-8 3-3 13, Gee 5-15 3-4 17, Zeller 2-4 0-0 4, Livingston 6-9 0-0 12, Waiters 5-13 10-14 20, Miles 4-10 0-0 10, Ellington 4-10 3-4 12, Walton 1-4 0-0 2, Gibson 2-5 0-0 5, Speights 0-5 0-0 0. Totals 34-83 19-25 95.

Rebounds – Cleveland 48 (Thompson 14). Assists – Washington 20 (Wall 14), Cleveland 24 (Livingston 6).

MONDAY

Detroit 19 18 33 20 – 90

Utah 20 31 25 27 – 103

Detroit: Jerebko 5-14 4-4 15, Singler 1-6 3-4 5, Monroe 7-15 1-1 15, Calderon 6-8 1-1 14, Knight 0-2 0-0 0, Stuckey 6-10 2-2 15, Middleton 4-7 0-0 12, Villanueva 1-7 0-0 2, Bynum 4-11 4-4 12, Kravtsov 0-0 0-2 0. Totals 34-80 15-18 90.

Utah: Favors 2-5 2-2 6, Carroll 2-6 1-1 5, Jefferson 7-15 2-2 16, M. Williams 9-14 1-1 20, Foye 1-5 0-0 2, M. Williams 5-8 2-2 14, Hayward 4-8 3-4 13, Evans 3-4 2-3 8, Burks 2-7 0-0 5, Kanter 7-9 0-0 14. Totals 42-81 13-15 103.

NHL

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L OT Pts GF GA

Pittsburgh 19 8 0 38 100 78

New Jersey 12 9 5 29 65 75

N.Y. Rangers 13 10 2 28 64 61

N.Y. Islanders 11 12 3 25 77 88

Philadelphia 12 14 1 25 75 82

Northeast Division

W L OT Pts GF GA

Montreal 17 5 4 38 84 66

Boston 17 4 3 37 72 53

Ottawa 13 8 5 31 61 54

Toronto 15 11 1 31 81 75

Buffalo 10 14 3 23 70 84

Southeast Division

W L OT Pts GF GA

Carolina 15 9 1 31 79 69

Winnipeg 13 11 2 28 68 76

Tampa Bay 11 14 1 23 88 81

Washington 10 14 1 21 69 76

Florida 7 14 6 20 66 101

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

W L OT Pts GF GA

Chicago 21 2 3 45 85 58

St. Louis 14 10 2 30 80 79

Detroit 12 9 5 29 68 66

Nashville 10 9 6 26 54 61

Columbus 10 12 5 25 62 74

Northwest Division

W L OT Pts GF GA

Vancouver 12 7 6 30 68 68

Minnesota 13 10 2 28 59 61

Colorado 10 10 4 24 62 69

Edmonton 9 11 5 23 60 76

Calgary 9 11 4 22 64 82

Pacific Division

W L OT Pts GF GA

Anaheim 19 3 3 41 87 63

Los Angeles 14 8 2 30 71 60

San Jose 11 8 6 28 58 61

Phoenix 12 10 3 27 72 72

Dallas 12 10 2 26 67 67

Note: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

TUESDAY

Vancouver 2, Columbus 1, SO

Buffalo 3, N.Y. Rangers 1

Carolina 4, Washington 0

Pittsburgh 3, Boston 2

Tampa Bay 3, Florida 2

Winnipeg 5, Toronto 2

St. Louis 4, San Jose 2

Anaheim 2, Minnesota 1

Nashville at Dallas, 8:30

Edmonton at Colorado, 9

Los Angeles at Phoenix, 10

TODAY

Ottawa at Montreal, 7

Philadelphia at New Jersey, 7:30

Detroit at Calgary, 9:30

Transactions

BASEBALL

American League

BOSTON RED SOX – Optioned OF Alex Hassan and RHP Steven Wright to Pawtucket (IL). Reassigned RHP Pedro Beato, 1B/OF Mark Hamilton, OF Jeremy Hazelbaker and OF Juan Carlos Linares to their minor league camp.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS – Optioned LHP Chris Dwyer and LHP Justin Marks to Omaha (PCL) and LHP John Lamb to Northwest Arkansas (TL).

SEATTLE MARINERS – Optioned LHP Anthony Fernandez to Jackson (SL).

National League

ATLANTA BRAVES – Optioned RHP Cory Rasmus to Gwinnett (IL) and RHP Juan Jaime and RHP Aaron Northcraft to Mississippi (SL). Reassigned LHP Ryan Buchter, LHP Yohan Flande, RHP Gus Schlosser, C Luis De La Cruz, C Braeden Schlehuber, C Jose Yepez and INF Joe Leonard to their minor league camp.

CINCINNATI REDS–Optioned LHP Tony Cingrani and RHP Daniel Corcino to Louisville (IL). Optioned RHP Kyle Lotzkar and RHP Josh Ravin to Double-A (SL). Optioned RHP Carlos Contreras and OF Yorman Rodriguez to Bakersfield (Calif.). Optioned LHP Ismael Guillon to Dayton (MW). Reassigned RHP Nick Christiani, RHP Chad Rogers, C Nevin Ashley, INF Kristopher Negron and OF Ryan LaMarre to their minor league camp.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS – Optioned LHP Kevin Siegrist to Memphis (PCL). Reassigned LHP Barret Browning and C Cody Stanley to their minor league camp.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS – Assigned G Kent Bazemore and F Malcolm Thomas to Santa Cruz (NBADL).

MIAMI HEAT – Signed F Juwan Howard to a second 10-day contract.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

ARIZONA CARDINALS – Agreed to terms with S Rashad Johnson on a three-year contract.

BALTIMORE RAVENS – Signed LS Morgan Cox and WR/KR David Reed to two-year contracts.

BUFFALO BILLS – Released QB Ryan Fitzpatrick.

CINCINNATI BENGALS – Signed DE Wallace Gilberry to a contract extension.

DETROIT LIONS – Agreed to terms with S Amari Spievey on a one-year contract.

HOUSTON TEXANS – Released WR Kevin Walter.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS – Traded WR Percy Harvin to Seattle for 2013 first-and seventh-round draft picks and a 2014 third-round draft pick. Terminated the contract of CB Antoine Winfield. Re-signed T Phil Loadholt.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES – Released CB Nnamdi Asomugha.

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS – Released TE Randy McMichael.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS – Activated F Brandon Dubinsky from injured reserve. Assigned F Matthew Ford to Springfield (AHL).

DETROIT RED WINGS – Recalled F Gustav Nyquist from Grand Rapids (AHL). Reassigned F Tomas Tatar to Grand Rapids and D Gleason Fournier from Grand Rapids to Toledo

SPORTLIGHT

March 13

1894–J.L. Johnstone of England invents the starting gate for horse racing.

1920–NYU wins the national amateur basketball championship in Atlanta. The Violets beat Rutgers 49-24 in the final of the AAU tournament.

1961–Floyd Patterson knocks out Ingemar Johansson in the sixth round to retain the world heavyweight title in Miami Beach.

1982–Elaine Zayak of the United States wins the world figure skating championship.

1983–Randy Smith's consecutive game streak ends at 906 games, the longest in NBA history. Smith played for Buffalo, San Diego (twice), Cleveland and New York during the streak.

1997–The America's Cup, the oldest trophy in international sports and yachting's most coveted prize, is all but destroyed by a Maori protester who struck it repeatedly with a sledgehammer in Auckland, New Zealand.

1998–Bryce Drew hits a leaning 3-pointer as time expires to give Valparaiso a shocking 70-69 upset of Mississippi in the first round of the NCAA Midwest Regional.

2001–Philadelphia's Mark Recchi picks up his 1,000th career point during 5-2 win over St. Louis. He's the 60th player in NHL history to reach the mark.

2005–Donyell Marshall ties the NBA record with 12 3-pointers and the Toronto Raptors finish with a league-record 21 in their 128-110 victory over Philadelphia. Marshall, 12-for-19 from 3-point range, finishes with a career-high 38 points. The Raptors, 21-for-34 from 3-point range, break the previous NBA record of 19 set by Atlanta in a victory in Dallas on Dec. 17, 1996.

2007–Lance Mackey wins the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, becoming the first musher to win major long-distance North American sled dog races back-to-back. On Feb. 20, Mackey won his third consecutive Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race, a 1,000 mile race between Fairbanks and Whitehorse, Yukon.

2007–Dallas' Mike Modano becomes the 39th player in NHL history and second born in the United States to reach 500 goals, scoring with 10:24 left in the third period of a 3-2 victory over Philadelphia.

2008–Bode Miller clinches the men's overall World Cup ski title. Miller earns his second title in four years with a 12th-place finish in the super-G combined along with Didier Cuche's announcement that he would not enter the season-ending slalom in Bormio, Italy.

2008–Detroit clinches a playoff berth after beating Dallas 5-3 while reaching 100 points for a league-record tying eighth-straight season. Montreal had 100-point seasons from 1975-82.

2009–Cleveland's LeBron James scores 51 points, including six in overtime, and the Cavaliers clinch the Central Division title by beating Sacramento 126-123.

2009–The Philadelphia 76ers play a final game at the Spectrum, their old home, beating Chicago 104-101. The Sixers, who normally play across the street at the Wachovia Center, play their first game at the Spectrum, scheduled to be demolished later this year, since April 19, 1996.

2010–Oregon's Ashton Eaton breaks Dan O'Brien's 17-year-old world record in the indoor heptathlon. Eaton sets a mark of 6,499 points at the NCAA indoor track and field championships, passing O'Brien's record of 6,476.

TENNIS

BNP Paribas Open

Indian Wells, United States

ATP

Singles

Third Round

Milos Raonic (17), Canada, d. Marin Cilic (12), Croatia, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3.

Tommy Haas (19), Germany, d. Nicolas Almagro (11), Spain, 6-3, 6-7 (2-7), 7-6 (7-2).

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (8), France, d. Mardy Fish (32), United States, 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-0).

Carlos Berlocq, Argentina, d. Kei Nishikori (16), Japan, 6-2, 6-2.

Sam Querrey (23), United States, d. Marinko Matosevic, Australia, 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (7-9), 7-5.

Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, d. Grigor Dimitrov (31), Bulgaria, 7-6 (7-4), 6-1.

WTA

Singles

Fourth Round

Petra Kvitova (5), Czech Republic, d. Klara Zakopalova (19), Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-3.

Maria Sharapova (2), Russia, d. Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino, Spain, 7-5, 6-0.

Sara Errani (6), Italy, d. Marion Bartoli (9), France, 6-3, 6-2.

Victoria Azarenka (1), Belarus, d. Urszula Radwanska, Poland, 6-3, 6-1.

Maria Kirilenko (13), Russia, d. Agnieszka Radwanska (3), Poland, 6-1, 4-6, 7-5.

SPORTS NOTE

Hoop Smart Basketball Academy will have its tryouts for boys 17U and 16U players today from 6 to 8 p.m. at Robinson Junior High School near the corner of Monroe and Dorr streets. $10 registration fee. Call Terron Gillespie at 567 686 4481 or email terrongillespie@yahoo.com.

COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL

Lourdes d. Siena Heights, 25-27, 25-18, 25-18, 25-17

COLLEGE BASEBALL

Toledo 400 000 002 - 6 10 1

Dayton 000 000 010 - 1 ?5 2

WP-Palmer (1-0). LP-Wahl. T: Delewski 3-4, RBI; Baar 2B, RBI.