COLLEGE BASKETBALL Men AP Top 25 Record Pts Pvs 1. Kansas (63) 29-2 1,623 2 2. Kentucky (2) 29-2 1,553 3 3. Syracuse 28-3 1,500 1 4. Duke 26-5 1,348 4 5. Ohio St. 24-7 1,344 6 6. Purdue 26-4 1,252 7 7. West Virginia 24-6 1,231 10 8. New Mexico 28-3 1,188 8 9. Kansas St. 24-6 1,063 5 10. Villanova 24-6 1,016 9 11. Michigan St. 24-7 1,015 11 12. Butler 27-4 796 12 13. Wisconsin 23-7 710 15 14. BYU 28-4 690 14 15. Tennessee 23-7 650 16 16. Pittsburgh 24-7 644 17 17. Temple 26-5 552 20 18. Gonzaga 26-5 534 18 19. Maryland 23-7 499 22 20. Vanderbilt 23-7 480 13 21. Baylor 24-6 474 21 22. Georgetown 20-9 277 19 23. Texas A&M 22-8 271 23 24. Xavier 23-7 136 25 25. UTEP 24-5 134 24 Others receiving votes: N. Iowa 48, Richmond 41, Utah St. 12, Virginia Tech 12, Texas 10, Marquette 6, Notre Dame 6, Cornell 3, Louisville 3, California 2, Oklahoma St. 1, Siena 1. USA Today/ESPN Top 25 Record Pts Pvs 1. Kansas (30) 29-2 774 2 2. Kentucky 29-2 740 3 3. Syracuse (1) 29-2 709 1 4. Duke 26-5 661 4 5. Purdue 26-4 625 6 6. West Virginia 24-6 610 8 7. Ohio State 24-7 604 7 8. New Mexico 28-3 526 10 9. Kansas State 24-6 501 5 10. Villanova 24-6 476 9 11. Michigan State 24-7 463 12 12. Butler 27-4 461 11 13. Tennessee 23-7 387 13 14. Gonzaga 26-5 347 14 15. Brigham Young 28-4 324 15 16. Pittsburgh 24-7 295 18 17. Temple 26-5 282 16 18. Wisconsin 23-7 273 17 19. Maryland 23-7 210 23 20. Baylor 24-6 167 22 21. Texas-El Paso 24-5 153 21 22. Georgetown 20-9 125 20 23. Vanderbilt 23-7 117 19 24. Texas A&M 22-8 103 24 25. Northern Iowa 28-4 54 NR Others receiving votes: Utah State 24; Xavier 24; Cornell 10; Texas 7; Saint Mary's 6; Richmond 5; California 4; Oklahoma State 2; UNLV 2; Virginia Tech 2; Memphis 1; Old Dominion 1. MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT First Round Sunday Buffalo 72, Toledo 54 Western Michigan 75, Bowling Green 73 Eastern Michigan 65, N. Illinois 59 Ohio 85, Ball State 77, OT At Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland Quarterfinals Thursday Central Michigan vs. Western Michigan, Noon Akron vs. Eastern Michigan, 2:30 p.m. Kent State vs. Ohio, 7 p.m. Miami vs. Buffalo, 9:30 p.m. Semifinals Friday Central Michigan–Western Michigan winner vs. Akron–Eastern Michigan winner, 7 p.m. Kent State–Ohio winner vs. Miami –Buffalo winner, 9:30 p.m. Championship Saturday, March 13 Semifinal winners, 6 p.m. BIG TEN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT At Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis First Round Thursday, March 11 Michigan vs. Iowa, 2:30 Northwestern vs. Indiana, 5 Minnesota vs. Penn State, 7:30 Quarterfinals Friday, March 12 Ohio State vs. Michigan-Iowa winner, Noon Wisconsin vs. Illinois, 2:30 Purdue vs. Northwestern-Indiana winner, 6:30 Michigan State vs. Minnesota-Penn State winner, 9 Semifinals Saturday, March 13 Ohio State–Michigan-Iowa winner vs. Wisconsin-Illinois winner, 1:40 Purdue–Northwestern-Indiana winner vs. Michigan State–Minnesota-Penn State winner, 4 Championship Sunday, March 14 Semifinal winners, 3:30 NATIONAL TOURNAMENT Colonial Athletic Association Championship Old Dominion 60, William & Mary 53 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championship Siena 72, Fairfield 65, OT Summit League Oakland, Mich. 71, IPFW 58 Sun Belt Conference Troy 54, W. Kentucky 48 West Coast Conference St. Mary's 81, Gonzaga 62 Women AP Top 25 Record Pts Pvs 1. Connecticut (40) 31-0 1,000 1 2. Stanford 28-1 959 2 3. Nebraska 29-0 920 3 4. Tennessee 30-2 880 4 5. Xavier 26-3 821 5 6. Notre Dame 26-4 770 6 7. Duke 27-5 764 9 8. Ohio St. 30-4 734 10 9. West Virginia 27-4 669 7 10. Florida St. 25-5 616 8 11. Texas A&M 22-7 588 15 12. Oklahoma 21-9 553 11 13. Georgetown 25-6 457 12 14. Iowa St. 23-6 431 13 15. Texas 21-9 415 18 16. Baylor 22-8 382 14 17. St. John's 24-5 373 16 18. Gonzaga 26-4 346 17 19. Kentucky 25-7 324 19 20. Oklahoma St. 20-9 203 20 21. Hartford 27-3 187 23 22. LSU 20-9 113 21 23. UCLA 22-7 107 – 24. Georgia 23-8 86 22 25. Michigan St. 22-9 44 25 Others receiving votes: Fresno St. 42, Georgia Tech 35, Virginia 33, Wis.-Green Bay 31, Iowa 19, Ark.-Little Rock 18, Middle Tennessee 17, TCU 17, Vanderbilt 13, Princeton 11, North Carolina 4, Syracuse 4, Bowling Green 3, Illinois St. 3, Temple 3, BYU 2, DePaul 1, Rutgers 1, Wisconsin 1. Mid-American Conference Tournament First Round Saturday Miami 67, Northern Illinois 66 Eastern Michigan 66, Buffalo 56 Ball State 67, Western Michigan 43 Sunday Central Michigan 69, Ohio 66 At Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland Quarterfinals Tomorrow Toledo vs. Ball State, Noon Kent State vs. Central Michigan, 2:30 p.m. Bowling Green vs. Miami, 5 p.m. Akron vs. Eastern Michigan, 7:30 p.m. Semifinals Friday, March 12 Toledo-Ball State winner vs. Kent State–Central Michigan, Noon Bowling Green–Miami winner vs. Akron-Eastern Michigan winner, 2:30 p.m. Championship Saturday, March 13 Semifinal winners, 1 p.m. NATIONAL SOUTH Charleston Southern 66, Winthrop 62, OT Coastal Carolina 47, Presbyterian 46 East Carolina 102, Southern Miss. 64 Liberty 73, High Point 48 UCF 59, Marshall 57, OT SOUTHWEST UAB 52, Tulsa 45 TOURNAMENT Atlantic 10 Conference Championship Xavier 57, Temple 55, OT Big East Conference Semifinals Connecticut 59, Notre Dame 44 West Virginia 56, Rutgers 49 Horizon League First Round Wis.-Milwaukee 71, Valparaiso 57 Wright St. 61, Youngstown St. 43 Southern Conference Championship Chattanooga 72, Samford 67 Summit League Semifinals Oral Roberts 77, UMKC 71 S. Dakota St. 67, W. Illinois 39 Sun Belt Conference Semifinals Ark.-Little Rock 73, New Orleans 43 Middle Tennessee 76, W. Kentucky 63 West Coast Conference Championship Gonzaga 76, Pepperdine 48
SPORTLIGHT March 9
1948–NHL president Clarence Campbell expels Billy Taylor of the New York Rangers and Don Gallagher of the Boston Bruins because of gambling associations. 1958–George Yardley of the Detroit Pistons becomes the first NBA player to score 2,000 points in a season. 1977–Anthony Roberts of Oral Roberts sets an NIT record with 65 points in a 90-89 loss to Oregon in the first round. 1984–Tim Witherspoon wins the vacant WBC heavyweight title with a 12-round majority decision over Greg Page. 1986–Buffalo's Gil Perreault scores his 500th goal in a 4-3 win over the New Jersey Devils. 1994–Detroit's Dino Ciccarelli scores his 1,000th career point with a goal in a 5-1 win over Calgary. 2001–Jesper Parnevik maintains the lead and young Ty Tryon stays in the spotlight. Parnevik shoots a 5-under 67 in the second round of the Honda Classic for a three-stroke lead. Tryon, a 16-year-old high school sophomore, makes the cut in his first PGA Tour event. He's 1-over, good enough to make him the second-youngest player to make the cut in a PGA Tour event.
NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Boston 40 21 .656 – Toronto 32 29 .525 8 Philadelphia 23 39 .371 171/2 New York 22 41 .349 19 New Jersey 7 56 .111 34 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Orlando 44 20 .688 – Atlanta 40 23 .635 31/2 Miami 32 31 .508 111/2 Charlotte 30 31 .492 121/2 Washington 21 39 .350 21 Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 50 15 .769 – Milwaukee 33 29 .532 151/2 Chicago 31 31 .500 171/2 Detroit 22 41 .349 27 Indiana 20 43 .317 29 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB Dallas 44 21 .677 – San Antonio 36 25 .590 6 Memphis 33 31 .516 101/2 New Orleans 32 32 .500 111/2 Houston 31 31 .500 111/2 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Denver 42 21 .667 – Utah 40 22 .645 11/2 Oklahoma City 38 24 .613 31/2 Portland 37 28 .569 6 Minnesota 14 50 .219 281/2 Pacific Division W L Pct GB L.A. Lakers 46 18 .719 – Phoenix 40 25 .615 61/2 L.A. Clippers 25 38 .397 201/2 Sacramento 21 42 .333 241/2 Golden State 17 46 .270 281/2 LAST NIGHT Cleveland 97, San Antonio 95 New York 99, Atlanta 98 Memphis 107, New Jersey 101 Dallas 125, Minnesota 112 New Orleans 135, Golden State 131 SUNDAY Detroit 110, Houston 107, OT Philadelphia 114, Toronto 101 Orlando 96, L.A. Lakers 94 Boston 86, Washington 83 Oklahoma City 108, Sacramento 102 Denver 118, Portland 106 TONIGHT Miami at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Indiana, 7 p.m. Houston at Washington, 7 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Orlando, 7 p.m. Utah at Chicago, 8 p.m. Boston at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. Sacramento at Portland, 10 p.m. Toronto at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m. TOMORROW Charlotte at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Memphis at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Utah at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Denver at Minnesota, 8 p.m. New Orleans at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. New Jersey at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. New York at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. Toronto at Sacramento, 10 p.m. San Antonio 26 26 24 19 – 95 Cleveland 28 21 23 25 – 97 SAN ANTONIO: Ginobili 12-23 7-7 38, Duncan 6-12 1-2 13, McDyess 2-8 0-0 4, Hill 8-13 5-8 23, Bogans 0-2 0-0 0, Bonner 4-7 0-0 9, Jefferson 1-3 1-2 3, Mason 1-10 0-1 2, Blair 0-3 0-0 0, Hairston 1-2 0-0 2, Mahinmi 0-1 1-2 1. Totals 35-84 15-22 95. CLEVELAND: J.Williams 6-11 0-1 13, Jamison 6-12 2-4 17, Hickson 5-12 2-2 12, M.Williams 7-16 2-2 17, A.Parker 3-3 2-2 8, West 5-13 6-6 16, Varejao 3-5 5-7 11, Moon 0-1 0-0 0, Gibson 1-3 0-0 3. Totals 36-76 19-24 97. Note: 3-point goals — San Antonio 10-29 (Ginobili 7-11, Hill 2-3, Bonner 1-3, Bogans 0-2, Jefferson 0-2, Mason 0-8), Cleveland 6-14 (Jamison 3-4, J.Williams 1-2, Gibson 1-2, M.Williams 1-5, Hickson 0-1). Fouled Out – None. Rebounds — San Antonio 51 (Jefferson 9), Cleveland 50 (Varejao 9). Assists — San Antonio 21 (Ginobili, Duncan 5), Cleveland 21 (M.Williams 8). Total Fouls – San Antonio 19, Cleveland 17. Technicals — Cleveland defensive three second. A — 20,562 (20,562).
COLLEGE BASEBALL Baseball America Top 25 Record Pv 1. Virginia 9-2 1 2. Louisiana State 11-0 2 3. Texas 8-3 3 4. Georgia Tech 10-1 4 5. Florida State 10-0 6 6. Florida 7-2 5 7. Texas Christian 8-2 7 8. Coastal Carolina 10-1 8 9. Rice 7-5 9 10. Louisville 11-0 10 11. Arizona State 11-0 12 12. Clemson 9-1 13 13. East Carolina 7-3 14 14. Arkansas 8-2 17 15. UCLA 9-0 19 16. UC Irvine 6-5 11 17. North Carolina 10-1 20 18. Mississippi 9-2 21 19. South Carolina 6-4 15 20. Miami 7-3 16 21. Oregon State 7-3 22 22. Kentucky 9-1 23 23. Stanford 7-4 24 24. Vanderbilt 10-1 NR 25. Oklahoma 11-1 NR LOCAL SCORES Ulster County 000 00 - 0 2 4 Owens 010 45 - 10 11 1 WP-Daniel. LP-Snow. Busch (O) 2-3, 2 RBI.
BASEBALL Exhibition American League W L Pct Cleveland 3 0 1.000 Tampa Bay 5 1 .833 Toronto 5 1 .833 Boston 4 2 .667 Chicago 2 2 .500 Detroit 3 3 .500 Kansas City 2 2 .500 Minnesota 3 3 .500 Oakland 2 2 .500 Seattle 3 3 .500 New York 3 4 .429 Los Angeles 1 2 .333 Texas 1 3 .250 Baltimore 1 5 .167 National League W L Pct San Francisco 5 1 .833 Chicago 3 1 .750 New York 6 2 .750 Atlanta 5 2 .714 Colorado 5 2 .714 Florida 4 2 .667 Houston 2 3 .400 Milwaukee 2 3 .400 Cincinnati 1 2 .333 Los Angeles 1 2 .333 Pittsburgh 2 4 .333 Philadelphia 1 3 .250 San Diego 1 3 .250 St. Louis 1 4 .200 Arizona 1 5 .167 Washington 0 6 .000 Note: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not. YESTERDAY Atlanta 12, Detroit 4 Cleveland 3, Arizona 2 N.Y. Yankees (ss) 6, Pittsburgh (ss) 0 Toronto 4, Houston 1 Minnesota 5, Baltimore 0 Florida (ss) 11, Washington 2 N.Y. Mets 11, Florida (ss) 2 N.Y. Yankees (ss) 7, Philadelphia 5 Boston 7, St. Louis 6 Tampa Bay 4, Pittsburgh (ss) 3, 10 innings L.A. Angels 13, Texas 9 Seattle (ss) 5, Chicago White Sox 4 San Francisco 3, L.A. Dodgers 2, 10 innings Colorado 5, San Diego 4 Chicago Cubs 10, Oakland 3 Milwaukee 6, Seattle (ss) 2 Cincinnati 14, Kansas City 5
TODAY Pittsburgh vs N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 1:05 p.m. St. Louis vs Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Boston vs Florida at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Tampa Bay vs Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Detroit vs Washington at Viera, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Houston vs N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 1:10 p.m. Texas vs Oakland (ss) at Phoenix, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox vs San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. Milwaukee vs Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. Colorado vs L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. Oakland (ss) vs Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. Arizona vs Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. San Diego vs L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. Cleveland vs Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. Philadelphia vs Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 7:05 p.m. TOMORROW Tampa Bay vs Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets vs Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Philadelphia vs Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Washington vs St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees vs Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Florida vs Houston at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m. San Diego (ss) vs Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. Cincinnati vs L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. Milwaukee vs San Diego (ss) at Peoria, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. Arizona vs L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. San Francisco vs Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. Seattle vs Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox vs Oakland at Phoenix, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. Kansas City vs Colorado at Tucson, Ariz., 3:10 p.m. Baltimore vs Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 7:05 p.m.
At Lakeland, Fla. Atlanta 530000013–12 13 0 Detroit 100002010–4 7 1 Hudson, Reyes (4), L.Hyde (6), S.Marek (7), Dunn (8), E.Cordier (9) and Ross, Sammons; Scherzer, Ni (1), Willis (3), Zumaya (5), Coke (6), Thomas (7), Gonzalez (8), C.Crosby (9), R.Weinhardt (9) and Avila, M.St. Pierre. W–Hudson. L–Scherzer. HRs–Atlanta, Jones (1), Heyward (1).
AUTO RACING Sprint Cup Leaders Through March 7 Points 1, Kevin Harvick, 644. 2, Matt Kenseth, 618. 3, Greg Biffle, 585. 4, Jimmie Johnson, 570. 5, Clint Bowyer, 558. 6, Jeff Burton, 538. 7, Mark Martin, 521. 8, Tony Stewart, 510. 9, Paul Menard, 505. 10, Kurt Busch, 502. 11 (tie), Jeff Gordon and Scott Speed, 482. 13, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 475. 14, Joey Logano, 471. 15, Kyle Busch, 468. 16, Brian Vickers, 466. 17, Kasey Kahne, 447. 18, David Reutimann, 440. 19, Jamie McMurray, 439. 20, Carl Edwards, 435.
Money 1, Jamie McMurray, $1,930,895. 2, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $1,424,304. 3, Kevin Harvick, $1,288,406. 4, Jimmie Johnson, $1,256,601. 5, Greg Biffle, $1,150,829. 6, Clint Bowyer, $966,470. 7, Matt Kenseth, $913,383. 8, David Reutimann, $896,854. 9, Jeff Gordon, $875,508. 10, Kasey Kahne, $869,599. 11, Jeff Burton, $837,189. 12, Kurt Busch, $816,946. 13, Kyle Busch, $798,678. 14, Joey Logano, $789,090. 15, Juan Pablo Montoya, $789,078. 16, Tony Stewart, $781,546. 17, Carl Edwards, $766,246. 18, Mark Martin, $757,379. 19, Brian Vickers, $737,396. 20, AJ Allmendinger, $678,249.
LATEST LINE NBA a-Houston Off (OFF) WASHINGTON b-ORLANDO Off (OFF) LA Clippers INDIANA 11/2 (209) Philadelphia CHARLOTTE 3 (184) Miami MILWAUKEE 1 (188) Boston Utah 2 (203) CHICAGO PORTLAND 8 (199) Sacramento LA LAKERS 9 (207) Toronto a-Houston forward T. Ariza is questionable. b-LA Clippers forward E. Gordon is doubtful.
College Basketball PRINCETON 13 Pennsylvania South Florida 7 Depaul Connecticut 41/2 St. John's Seton Hall 6 Providence Cincinnati 71/2 Rutgers ST. BONA. 2 Duquesne RHODE ISLAND 131/2 St. Joseph's DAYTON 11 Geo. Washington CHARLOTTE U 9 Mass. Butler 71/2 Wright St Montana 11/2 Northern Colorado WEBER ST 8 Portland St
NHL ATLANTA Even-1/2 Nashville DETROIT 1/2 -1 Calgary PHILADELPHIA 1-11/2 NY Islanders Boston Even-1/2 TORONTO MONTREAL Even-1/2 Tampa Bay MINNESOTA 1/2 -1 Florida Vancouver Even-1/2 COLORADO Ottawa Even-1/2 EDMONTON ANAHEIM 1/2 -1 Columbus Home Team in CAPS
PREP BASKETBALL Girls Regionals DIVISION I At Canton Field House Uniontown Green vs. Canton McKinley, 6:15 p.m.; Twinsburg vs. Lyndhurst Brush, tonight, 8 Final: Saturday, 7:30 p.m. At Norwalk Waite vs. Lorain Southview, 6:15 p.m.; Perrysburg vs. Brecksville Broadview Heights, tonight, 8 Final: Saturday, 1 p.m. At Otterbein College Xenia vs. Pickerington North, 6:15 p.m.; Gahanna Lincoln vs. Reynoldsburg, tonight, 8 Final: Saturday, 7:30 p.m. At Wright State Kettering Fairmont vs. Cincinnati Princeton, 6:15 p.m.; Vandalia Butler vs. Cincinnati Walnut Hills, tonight, 8 Final: Saturday, 7:30 p.m.
DIVISION II At Barberton Struthers vs. Geneva, 6:15 p.m.; Canton South vs. Shaker Heights Hathaway Brown, tonight, 8 Final: Friday, 7:30 p.m. At Ontario Wauseon vs. Rocky River, 6:15 p.m.; Tiffin Columbian vs. Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit, tonight, 8 Finals: Friday, 7:30 p.m. At Dresden Tri-Valley H.S. Millersburg West Holmes vs. Minerva, tonight, 7 At Hamilton Township H.S. Columbus Eastmoor vs. Washington Court House Miami Trace, tonight, 7 Finals: Dresden Tri-Valley winner vs. Hamilton Township winner, Friday, site and time TBA At Springfield H.S. Dayton Chaminade-Julienne vs. Columbus St. Francis DeSales, 6:15 p.m.; Kettering Alter vs. Cincinnati Indian Hill, tonight, 8 Final: Friday, 7:30 p.m.
DIVISION III At Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit H.S. South Euclid Regina vs. Elyria Catholic, 6:15 p.m.; Smithville vs. Youngstown Ursuline, tomorrow, 8 p.m. Final: Saturday, 1:30 p.m. At Ohio Northern University Liberty-Benton vs. Tinora, tomorrow, 7 p.m. At Lexington H.S. Collins Western Reserve vs. Richwood North Union, tomorrow, 6:15 p.m. Final: Ohio Northern winner vs. Lexington winner, Saturday at Lexington H.S., 1 p.m. At Ohio University Ironton vs. Sugarcreek Garaway, 6:15 p.m.; Albany Alexander vs. Oak Hill, tomorrow, 8 p.m. Final: Saturday, 1:30 p.m. At Springfield H.S. Columbus Africentric vs. Middletown Madison, 6:15 p.m.; Anna vs. Versailles, tomorrow, 8 p.m. Final: Saturday, 1:30 p.m.
DIVISION IV At Massillon Perry H.S. Lowellville vs. Cuyahoga Heights, 6:15 p.m.; Berlin Hiland vs. Cleveland Heights Lutheran East, Thursday, 8 p.m. Final: Saturday, 7:30 p.m. At Elida H.S. Pettisville vs. Mt. Blanchard Riverdale, 6:15 p.m.; Pandora-Gilboa vs. Minster, Thursday, 8 p.m. Final: Saturday, 7:30 p.m. At Pickerington North H.S. Waterford vs. South Webster, 6:15 p.m.; Canal Winchester Harvest Prep vs. Plymouth, Thursday, 8 p.m. Final: Saturday, 7:30 p.m. At Springfield H.S. Fort Loramie vs. Ottoville, 6:15 p.m.; South Charleston Southeastern vs. New Madison Tri-Village, Thursday, 8 p.m. Final: Saturday, 7:30 p.m.
Boys Districts DIVISION I At University of Toledo St. John's (16-4) vs. St. Francis (14-7), Thursday, 6:15 p.m. Central Catholic (19-2) vs. Rogers (14-6), Thursday, 8 p.m. District final, Saturday, 7 p.m. At Liberty-Benton Findlay (15-7) vs. Lima Senior (13-9), Thursday, 7 p.m. At Willard Mansfield Senior (20-1) vs. Marion Harding (20-1), Thursday,7 p.m. District final, winners from Liberty-Benton and Willard, at Bowling Green Anderson Arena, Saturday, 7 p.m. DIVISION II At BGSU Libbey (11-6) vs. Wauseon (14-7), tomorrow, 6:15 p.m. Defiance (19-2) vs. Rossford (14-7), tomorrow, 8 p.m. District final, Saturday, 2 p.m. At Ashland University Port Clinton (21-0) vs. Mansfield Madison (13-8), tomorrow, 6:15 p.m. Willard (10-11) vs. Bellevue (15-6), tomorrow, 8 p.m. District final, Saturday, 7 p.m. DIVISION III At Napoleon Archbold (17-4) vs. Evergreen (17-4), Thursday, 6:15 p.m. Delta (13-8) vs. Tinora (13-8), Thursday, 8 p.m. District final, Saturday, March 13, 7 p.m. At Elida Liberty-Benton (21-0) vs. Lima Central Catholic (17-4), tomorrow, 6:15 p.m. Delphos Jefferson (15-7) vs. Ottawa-Glandorf (17-4), tomorrow, 8 p.m. DIVISION IV At Liberty-Benton Miller City (18-4) vs. Van Buren (11-11), tonight, 6:15 p.m. Vanlue (15-6) vs. Pandora-Gilboa (16-5), tonight, 8 p.m. District final, Friday, 7 p.m. At Gibsonburg Toledo Christian (12-9) vs. Norwalk St. Paul (13-9), tonight, 6:15 p.m. Ottawa Hills (20-1) vs. Monroeville (11-11), tonight, 8 p.m. District final, Friday, 7 p.m. At Napoleon North Central (10-12) vs. Wayne Trace (11-10), tonight, 6:15 p.m. Edgerton (10-11) vs. Pettisville (13-9), tonight, 8 p.m. District final, Friday, 7 p.m. At Elida Arlington (15-6) vs. Continental (20-2), tonight, 6:15 p.m. Kailda (18-2) vs. Ada (8-13), tonight, 8 p.m. District final, Friday, 7 p.m. State scores Uhrichsville Claymont 67, Cambridge 63, OT Division II Poland Seminary 84, Can. McKinley 73 Division III Ironton 76, Nelsonville-York 52 Orrville 61, Jeromesville Hillsdale 48 Peebles 73, Lucasville Valley 57 Division IV McDonald 78, Wellsville 46 Michigan Districts Whiteford 14 16 19 18 – 67 Blissfield 16 10 7 12 – 45 WHITEFORD: Pant 0-2-2, Albright 3-7-13, Roberts 3-5-3-24, DuPree 4-1-7-18, Grosteffon 2-3-7, Bischoff 1-0-2, Trejo 0-1-1. Totals: 13-6-23-67. BLISSFIELD: Wehner 1-0-2, Spotts 2-0-4, Schmidt 1-3-0-11, Kuhn 1-1-0-5, McEwan 0-2-0-6, Deising 1-0-2, Suiter 1-0-2, Schultz 0-2-2-8, Esterline 2-1-5. Totals: 9-8-3-45.
SPORTS NOTES Tickets for the NORTHVIEW ICE HOCKEY team's state semifinal game will go on sale today through Thursday during school hours at the high school. Tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for students. More info: Chris Irwin, (419) 824-8570. The FOXFIRE TRAINING FACILITY will host Freestyle and Greco-Roman teams starting with an open house and first session tomorrow from 5:30-7:30 p.m. New members welcome. More info: John Mossing, (419) 345-0214. BASKETBALL: Lake High School will hold an alumni basketball game on April 16. Game No. 1 will consist of graduates prior to 2001 at 7 p.m. Game No. 2 will consist of graduates from 2001-09 at 8:30 p.m. Admission is $3 for adults, $2 for students. To register to play contact Eddie at lakealumnibball@yahoo.com or 419-320-0899. TICKETS: for Wednesday's District semifinal between Libbey and Wauseon at BGSU's Anderson Arena are available at Libbey between 9AM - 3PM. They cost $6 for adults and $4 for students.
NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 40 22 4 84 211 189 New Jersey 38 23 3 79 169 154 Philadelphia 34 26 4 72 195 173 N.Y. Rangers 29 28 9 67 170 179 N.Y. Islanders 26 31 8 60 169 206 Northeast Division W L OT Pts GF GA Buffalo 35 20 9 79 174 161 Ottawa 36 25 5 77 181 189 Montreal 32 29 6 70 178 185 Boston 29 24 11 69 157 164 Toronto 20 33 12 52 168 220 Southeast Division W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 44 13 9 97 260 186 Atlanta 28 26 10 66 194 209 Tampa Bay 27 26 11 65 172 196 Florida 26 28 10 62 168 186 Carolina 27 31 7 61 182 200 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 43 17 5 91 217 161 Nashville 35 25 5 75 182 187 Detroit 31 22 12 74 175 178 St. Louis 30 26 9 69 177 182 Columbus 25 29 11 61 170 209 Northwest Division W L OT Pts GF GA Vancouver 40 23 2 82 211 166 Colorado 37 22 6 80 192 170 Calgary 32 24 9 73 166 165 Minnesota 31 28 5 67 178 185 Edmonton 21 38 6 48 162 221 Pacific Division W L OT Pts GF GA San Jose 42 14 9 93 212 160 Phoenix 39 22 5 83 176 164 Los Angeles 38 22 4 80 194 175 Dallas 29 24 12 70 184 206 Anaheim 30 27 8 68 183 201 Note: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. LAST NIGHT Dallas 4, Washington 3, SO Columbus at Los Angeles, late SUNDAY Detroit 5, Chicago 4 Montreal 4, Anaheim 3, SO Pittsburgh 2, Boston 1 Vancouver 4, Nashville 2 Calgary 5, Minnesota 2 Carolina 4, Atlanta 0 Buffalo 2, N.Y. Rangers 1, OT Philadelphia 3, Toronto 1 Edmonton 2, New Jersey 0 TONIGHT Boston at Toronto, 7 N.Y. Islanders at Philadelphia, 7 Nashville at Atlanta, 7 Tampa Bay at Montreal, 7:30 Calgary at Detroit, 7:30 Florida at Minnesota, 8 Vancouver at Colorado, 9 Ottawa at Edmonton, 9:30 Columbus at Anaheim, 10 TOMORROW Dallas at Buffalo, 7 N.Y. Rangers at New Jersey, 7 Carolina at Washington, 7 Los Angeles at Chicago, 8:30 Vancouver at Phoenix, 10
ECHL AMERICAN CONFERENCE East Division W L OL SL Pts GF GA Elmira 33 20 3 2 71 234 179 Reading 30 25 1 3 64 200 226 Trenton 25 26 4 5 59 192 208 Johnstown 15 35 7 4 41 185 261 North Division W L OL SL Pts GF GA Cincinnati 38 21 1 2 79 200 170 Kalamazoo 34 17 5 3 76 219 198 Toledo 31 25 1 3 66 211 224 Wheeling 28 28 2 4 62 205 216 South Division W L OL SL Pts GF GA S. Carolina 36 16 5 6 83 221 195 Florida 32 20 4 5 73 202 187 Charlotte 32 20 4 3 71 207 193 Gwinnett 28 26 4 2 62 211 230 NATIONAL CONFERENCE Pacific Division W L OL SL Pts GF GA Bakersfield 31 21 4 1 67 180 181 Stockton 27 23 2 6 62 185 185 Las Vegas 26 25 4 3 59 182 207 Ontario 25 25 3 6 59 170 185 West Division W L OL SL Pts GF GA Idaho 39 13 1 4 83 203 152 Victoria 31 23 4 2 68 201 196 Alaska 28 26 3 2 61 189 203 Utah 26 25 2 5 59 196 197 Note: Two points are awarded for a win, one point for an overtime or shootout loss. LAST NIGHT Gwinnett 4, Cincinnati 3 SUNDAY Charlotte 2, Toledo 1 Elmira 5, Johnstown 4, OT Wheeling 5, Trenton 3 South Carolina 6, Cincinnati 2 Reading 6, Kalamazoo 5, OT Las Vegas 4, Ontario 3, SO TONIGHT Las Vegas at Bakersfield, 10 TOMORROW Toledo at Trenton, 7 Las Vegas at Bakersfield, 10 Idaho at Victoria, 10:05 Ontario at Alaska, 11:15
TRANSACTIONS BASEBALL Major League Baseball MLB–Named Sandy Alderson to serve as a consultant, focusing on the implementation of reform to the sports operations in the Dominican Republic. American League BOSTON RED SOX–Agreed to terms with RHP Daniel Bard, RHP Michael Bowden, RHP Clay Buchholz, LHP Felix Doubront, RHP Ramon A. Ramirez, LHP Dustin Richardson, C Dusty Brown, C Mark Wagner, 1B Aaron Bates, 2B Tug Hulett and SS Jed Lowrie, OF Jacoby Ellsbury and OF Josh Reddick on one-year contracts. OAKLAND ATHLETICS–Agreed to terms with LHP Brett Anderson, RHP Andrew Bailey, LHP Jerry Blevins, LHP Dallas Braden, LHP Craig Breslow, RHP Trevor Cahill, RHP Bobby Cassevah, RHP Fautino De Los Santos, RHP Pedro Figueroa, LHP Gio Gonzalez, LHP Brad Kilby, RHP Vin Mazzaro, RHP John Meloan, RHP Clayton Mortensen, LHP Josh Outman, RHP Henry Rodriguez, RHP Justin Souza, RHP Brad Ziegler, 1B Daric Barton, OF Travis Buck, 1B Chris Carter, 3B Jake Fox, 2B Eric Patterson, SS Cliff Pennington, C Landon Powell, 3B Adam Rosales, C Kurt Suzuki, OF Ryan Sweeney and 2B Steve Tolleson on one-year contracts. National League NEW YORK METS–Signed RHP Kyle Snyder to a minor-league contract. Can-Am League NEW JERSEY JACKALS–Signed INF Abraham O. Nunez. SUSSEX SKYHAWKS–Traded OF Maikel Jova to Chico (Golden) for cash. FOOTBALL National Football League PHILADELPHIA EAGLES–Agreed to terms with WR Jason Avant on a five-year contract. Canadian Football League MONTREAL ALOUETTES–Re-signed DE Gavin Walls and OT Skip Seagraves. Signed QB Cody Pickett. COLLEGE ALBANY, N.Y.–Announced the resignation of women's basketball coach Trina Patterson. MASSACHUSETTS–Fired women's basketball coach Marnie Dacko.
PRO FOOTBALL NFL Free Agent Signings ATLANTA FALCONS–Signed CB Dunta Robinson. Re-signed QB Chris Redman. CHICAGO BEARS–Signed TE Brandon Manumaleuna; DE Julius Peppers; and RB Chester Taylor. CLEVELAND BROWNS–Signed LB Scott Fujita and OL Tony Pashos. Re-signed WR-KR Josh Cribbs. DENVER BRONCOS–Agreed to terms with RB J.J. Arrington; DL Justin Bannan; and CB Nate Jones. DETROIT LIONS–Signed WR Nate Burleson and DE Kyle Vanden Bosch. Agreed to terms with OT Jon Jansen. GREEN BAY PACKERS–Re-signed LT Chad Clifton. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS–Re-signed LB Gary Brackett. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS–Signed DE Aaron Kampman and WR Kassim Osgood. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS–Re-signed WR Chris Chambers. MIAMI DOLPHINS–Signed LB Karlos Dansby. Agreed to terms with QB Chad Pennington. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS–Re-signed LB Tully Banta-Cain. Agreed to terms with NT Vince Wilfork. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS–Agreed to terms with OL Nick Leckey and S Pierson Prioleau. NEW YORK GIANTS–Signed S Antrel Rolle. OAKLAND RAIDERS–Re-signed OL Khalif Barnes. PITTSBURGH STEELERS–Signed WR Arnaz Battle and S Will Allen. ST. LOUIS RAMS–Signed QB A.J. Feeley. Re-signed S Craig Dahl. SAN DIEGO CHARGERS–Agreed to terms with DE Alfonso Boone and TE Kris Wilson. WASHINGTON REDSKINS–Signed OL Artis Hicks. Re-signed LB Lorenzo Alexander, DL Phillip Daniels and OL Mike Williams. Agreed to terms with C Casey Rabach. Permanent LinkBaseball, college basketball, NBAhttp://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100309/SPORTS15/100309735STORY:2010100309735
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