HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
Regional Finals
Division I
Games scheduled for 7 p.m. unless noted, Saturday, Nov. 17
Region 1
4 Mentor (11-1) vs. 2 Cleveland St. Ignatius (11-1)
at Parma Byers Field
Region 2
1 Massillon Washington (11-1) vs. 2 Whitmer (12-0)
at Mansfield Arlin Field
Region 3
4 Pickerington North (11-1) vs. 7 Hilliard Davidson (10-2)
at Ohio Wesleyan University Selby Stadium
Region 4
1 Cincinnati Colerain (12-0) vs. 3 Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller (9-3)
at University of Cincinnati Nippert Stadium, 7:30 p.m.
Division II
Games tentatively scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16
Region 5
4 Chardon (10-2) vs. 3 Aurora (11-1)
at Twinsburg Tiger Stadium
Region 6
4 Avon (11-1) vs. 2 Central Catholic (11-1)
at Clyde Robert Bishop Jr. Stadium
Region 7
4 New Albany (10-2) vs. 3 Columbus Marion-Franklin (11-1)
at Gahanna Lincoln Stadium
Region 8
1 Cincinnati Turpin (12-0) vs. 6 Trotwood-Madison (10-2)
at Kings Stadium
Division III
Games tentatively scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17
Region 9
1 Chagrin Falls (11-1) vs. 6 Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary (10-2)
at Solon Stewart Field
Region 10
1 Napoleon (11-0-1) vs. 2 Bellevue (11-1)
at Findlay Donnell Stadium
Region 11
4 Dover (10-2) vs. 2 Millersburg West Holmes (11-1)
at Canton Fawcett Stadium
Region 12
1 Dayton Thurgood Marshall (11-1) vs. 3 The Plains Athens (11-1)
at Reynoldsburg Raider Stadium
Division IV
Games tentatively scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16
Region 13
1 Brookfield (12-0) vs. 2 Creston Norwayne (12-0)
at Stow Ron Marhofer Auto Family Field
Region 14
1 Columbus Bishop Hartley (12-0) vs. 2 Ottawa-Glandorf (12-0)
at Piqua Alexander Stadium-Purk Field
Region 15
1 St. Clairsville (12-0) vs. 3 Johnstown-Monroe (10-2)
at Zanesville Sulsberger Stadium
Region 16
1 Clarksville Clinton-Massie (12-0) vs. 7 West Milton Milton-Union (10-2)
at Centerville Stadium
Division V
Games tentatively scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17
Region 17
1 Kirtland (12-0) vs. 7 Youngstown Ursuline (8-4)
at Aurora Veterans Stadium
Region 18
4 Liberty-Benton (11-1) vs. 7 Patrick Henry (10-2)
at Lima Stadium
Region 19
1 Lucasville Valley (12-0) vs. 6 Baltimore Liberty Union (10-2)
at Nelsonville Boston Field
Region 20
1 Coldwater (12-0) vs. 3 Covington (12-0)
at Dayton Welcome Stadium
Division VI
Games tentatively scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16
Region 21
1 Mogadore (12-0) vs. 6 Youngstown Christian (9-2)
at Ravenna Gilcrest Field
Region 22
1 McComb (12-0) vs. 6 Delphos St. John's (8-4)
at Findlay Donnell Stadium
Region 23
1 Danville (11-1) vs. 2 Newark Catholic (10-2)
at Westerville Central Warhawk Field
Region 24
4 St. Henry (9-3) vs. 3 Maria Stein Marion Local (10-2)
at Wapakoneta Harmon Field
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
New York 5 0 1.000 —
Brooklyn 4 2 .667 11/2
Philadelphia 4 3 .571 2
Boston 4 3 .571 2
Toronto 2 6 .250 41/2
Southeast Division
W L Pct GB
Miami 6 2 .750 —
Atlanta 3 3 .500 2
Charlotte 3 3 .500 2
Orlando 2 5 .286 31/2
Washington 0 6 .000 5
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Milwaukee 4 2 .667 —
Chicago 4 3 .571 1/2
Indiana 3 5 .375 2
Cleveland 2 6 .250 3
Detroit 0 8 .000 5
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
San Antonio 6 1 .857 —
Memphis 5 1 .833 1/2
New Orleans 3 2 .600 2
Dallas 4 4 .500 21/2
Houston 3 4 .429 3
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB
Oklahoma City 6 2 .750 —
Minnesota 5 2 .714 1/2
Utah 4 4 .500 2
Denver 4 4 .500 2
Portland 2 5 .286 31/2
Pacific Division
W L Pct GB
L.A. Clippers 5 2 .714 —
Phoenix 4 4 .500 11/2
Golden State 3 4 .429 2
L.A. Lakers 3 4 .429 2
Sacramento 2 5 .286 3
Tuesday
Toronto 74, Indiana 72
New York 99, Orlando 89
Charlotte 92, Washington 76
Brooklyn 114, Cleveland 101
Portland at Sacramento, 10
San Antonio at L.A. Lakers, 10:30
Monday
Utah 140, Toronto 133, OT
Milwaukee 105, Philadelphia 96
Oklahoma City 92, Detroit 90
Miami 113, Houston 110
Boston 101, Chicago 95
Minnesota 90, Dallas 82
Phoenix 110, Denver 100
Atlanta 95, Portland 87
Today
Detroit at Philadelphia, 7
Utah at Boston, 7:30
Charlotte at Minnesota, 8
Memphis at Oklahoma City, 8
Indiana at Milwaukee, 8
New Orleans at Houston, 8
Washington at Dallas, 8:30
Chicago at Phoenix, 9
Miami at L.A. Clippers, 10:30
Atlanta at Golden State, 10:30
Cleveland 30 12 33 26 – 101
Brooklyn 29 35 21 29 – 114
Cleveland: Gee 2-7 0-0 4, Thompson 6-11 2-5 14, Varejao 16-21 3-3 35, Irving 9-19 14-14 34, Waiters 3-16 1-2 8, Gibson 0-1 0-0 0, Leuer 2-7 0-0 4, Samuels 0-3 0-0 0, Sloan 0-2 2-2 2, Walton 0-0 0-0 0, Casspi 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 38-87 22-26 101.
Brooklyn: Humphries 4-5 4-6 12, Bogans 0-3 0-0 0, Lopez 10-14 3-5 23, Johnson 9-16 4-5 25, Williams 10-20 5-5 26, Watson 2-7 2-2 7, Evans 0-0 2-2 2, Blatche 4-7 5-6 13, Childress 1-2 0-0 2, Stackhouse 2-3 0-0 4, Shengelia 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 42-77 25-31 114.
Leaders
THROUGH Tuesday
Scoring
G FG FT PTS AVG
Anthony, NYK 4 37 27 109 27.3
Bryant, LAL 7 63 44 183 26.1
Harden, HOU 7 57 56 181 25.9
James, MIA 8 77 24 191 23.9
Durant, OKC 8 64 49 184 23.0
Irving, CLE 7 58 30 160 22.9
Mayo, DAL 8 57 27 171 21.4
PRO FOOTBALL
NFL
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
New England 6 3 0 .667 299 201
Miami 4 5 0 .444 173 186
N.Y. Jets 3 6 0 .333 175 228
Buffalo 3 6 0 .333 211 285
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Houston 8 1 0 .889 250 143
Indianapolis 6 3 0 .667 186 201
Tennessee 4 6 0 .400 219 311
Jacksonville 1 8 0 .111 127 246
AFC NORTH
W L T Pct PF PA
Baltimore 7 2 0 .778 254 196
Pittsburgh 6 3 0 .667 207 177
Cincinnati 4 5 0 .444 220 231
Cleveland 2 7 0 .222 169 211
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Denver 6 3 0 .667 271 189
San Diego 4 5 0 .444 209 191
Oakland 3 6 0 .333 191 284
Kansas City 1 8 0 .111 146 256
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
N.Y. Giants 6 4 0 .600 267 216
Dallas 4 5 0 .444 188 204
Philadelphia 3 6 0 .333 156 221
Washington 3 6 0 .333 226 248
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Atlanta 8 1 0 .889 247 174
Tampa Bay 5 4 0 .556 260 209
New Orleans 4 5 0 .444 249 256
Carolina 2 7 0 .222 163 216
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Chicago 7 2 0 .778 242 133
Green Bay 6 3 0 .667 239 187
Minnesota 6 4 0 .600 238 221
Detroit 4 5 0 .444 216 222
West
W L T Pct PF PA
San Francisco 6 2 1 .778 213 127
Seattle 6 4 0 .600 198 161
St. Louis 3 5 1 .444 161 210
Arizona 4 5 0 .444 144 173
Sunday
Cincinnati 31, N.Y. Giants 13
Denver 36, Carolina 14
Tampa Bay 34, San Diego 24
Tennessee 37, Miami 3
Baltimore 55, Oakland 20
New England 37, Buffalo 31
Minnesota 34, Detroit 24
New Orleans 31, Atlanta 27
Seattle 28, N.Y. Jets 7
Dallas 38, Philadelphia 23
San Francisco 24, St. Louis 24, OT
Houston 13, Chicago 6
Monday
Pittsburgh 16, Kansas City 13, OT
Thursday
Miami at Buffalo, 8:20
Sunday, Nov. 18
Cleveland at Dallas, 1 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at St. Louis, 1 p.m.
Jacksonville at Houston, 1 p.m.
Cincinnati at Kansas City, 1 p.m.
Philadelphia at Washington, 1 p.m.
Green Bay at Detroit, 1 p.m.
Arizona at Atlanta, 1 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Carolina, 1 p.m.
New Orleans at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.
San Diego at Denver, 4:25 p.m.
Indianapolis at New England, 4:25 p.m.
Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 8:20 p.m.
Open: Minnesota, N.Y. Giants, Seattle, Tennessee
Monday, Nov. 19
Chicago at San Francisco, 8:30 p.m.
MONDAY
Kansas City 7 3 0 3 0— 13
Pittsburgh 0 10 0 3 3— 16
First Quarter
KC-Charles 12 run (Succop kick), 8:37
Second Quarter
KC-FG Succop 22, 14:20
Pit-FG Suisham 35, 9:02
Pit-Wallace 7 pass from Roethlisberger (Suisham kick), 3:16
Fourth Quarter
Pit-FG Suisham 31, 12:37
KC-FG Succop 46, 0:00
Overtime
Pit-FG Suisham 23, 14:05
A—57,644.
TEAM STATS
KC Pit
First downs 14 14
Total Net Yards 290 249
Rushes-yards 35-142 29-95
Passing 148 154
Punt Returns 3-17 3-4
Kickoff Returns 5-102 1-23
Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-23
Comp-Att-Int 11-26-1 16-32-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-6 1-3
Punts 8-42.1 6-42.7
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 3-1
Penalties-Yards 6-76 2-19
Time of Possession 29:18 31:37
INDIVIDUAL STATS
RUSHING—Kansas City, Charles 23-100, Hillis 10-30, Cassel 2-12. Pittsburgh, Dwyer 19-56, Redman 8-21, Roethlisberger 1-14, Sanders 1-4.
PASSING—Kansas City, Cassel 11-26-1-154. Pittsburgh, Roethlisberger 9-18-0-84, Leftwich 7-14-0-73.
RECEIVING—Kansas City, Moeaki 3-68, Bowe 4-55, McCluster 2-18, Baldwin 1-11, Hillis 1-2. Pittsburgh, Miller 4-47, Sanders 2-30, Cotchery 1-22, Redman 2-18, Paulson 2-15, Wallace 3-14, Johnson 1-7, Dwyer 1-4.
MISSED FIELD GOAL—Kansas City, Succop 33.
ECHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Reading 7 5 0 1 15 35 37
Elmira 6 5 0 0 12 38 31
Trenton 5 6 0 1 11 33 35
Wheeling 3 6 2 1 9 29 42
North Division
W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Cincinnati 8 1 2 0 18 34 29
Fort Wayne 7 3 0 1 15 35 32
Kalamazoo 7 5 0 0 14 40 34
Toledo 6 6 0 1 13 38 36
Evansville 3 9 0 1 7 30 48
South Division
W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Gwinnett 11 3 1 0 23 48 34
Greenville 9 4 1 0 19 47 43
Orlando 6 5 2 1 15 45 45
S. Carolina 6 9 0 1 13 44 50
Florida 5 5 0 2 12 47 50
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Mountain Division
W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Idaho 8 2 0 2 18 53 37
Alaska 8 4 0 0 16 36 33
Colorado 6 4 0 2 14 56 40
Utah 5 6 0 0 10 35 48
Pacific Division
W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Ontario 9 4 0 0 18 45 35
Stockton 8 2 1 0 17 47 30
Bakersfield 4 7 1 1 10 36 50
San Francisco 3 8 0 2 8 32 55
Las Vegas 3 6 0 1 7 23 32
TUESDAY
Cincinnati 3, South Carolina 2
TODAY
Elmira at Reading, 7:05
Stockton at Idaho, 9:10
San Francisco at Ontario, 10
Colorado at Alaska, 11:15
SPORTS NOTE
TICKETS: For Whitmer's Saturday game with Massillon at Mansfield will be available today thru Friday in Room 108 from 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. On Saturday they will be sold at the stadium window 5 from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Presale tickets are $7. At the game they cost $9.
Tickets: For the Central Catholic vs. Avon Division II Regional Championship footballgame Friday at Clyde will be on sale today through Friday at Central Catholic. Pre-sale tickets are $7; site tickets are $9. Pre sale ends at 3:30 Friday.
MLS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Championship
Sunday: Houston 3, D.C. United 1
Sunday, Nov. 18: D.C. United vs. Houston, 4 p.m.
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Championship
Sunday: Los Angeles 3, Seattle 0
Sunday, Nov. 18: Seattle vs. Los Angeles, 9 p.m.
PREP VOLLEYBALL
Michigan Class A Quarterfinal
Bedford d. Farmington Hills Mercy 19-25, 26-24, 25-22, 25-23
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Men
EAST
Bucknell 61, George Mason 56
New Hampshire 72, Dartmouth 58
Niagara 86, St. Francis (Pa.) 69
Northeastern 67, Princeton 66
St. John's 77, Detroit 74
UConn 67, Vermont 49
UMass 67, Harvard 64
SOUTH
East Carolina 87, Methodist 51
Florida Gulf Coast 63, Miami 51
Furman 90, Southern Wesleyan 71
High Point 86, Appalachian St. 64
Jacksonville 78, Trinity Baptist 48
LSU 73, McNeese St. 48
Michigan St. 67, Kansas 64
Middle Tennessee 58, Savannah St. 55
Mississippi 90, Coastal Carolina 72
Mississippi St. 78, FAU 58
Richmond 101, UNC Wilmington 58
Tulane 65, Bethune-Cookman 55
UCF 85, Alabama St. 56
W. Kentucky 74, Austin Peay 54
Wichita St. 53, VCU 51
MIDWEST
Ashland 72, Oberlin 47
Chicago St. 81, Concordia (Ill.) 65
Cincinnati 102, MVSU 60
IPFW 73, Rochester (Mich.) 56
Indiana St. 66, Winthrop 55
Miami (Ohio) 80, Grambling St. 54
Missouri 91, Alcorn St. 54
Northwestern 79, Texas Southern 49
Temple 80, Kent St. 66
UMKC 99, Lincoln (Mo.) 64
Valparaiso 69, N. Illinois 46
W. Michigan 85, Marygrove 40
Wis.-Parkside 122, Indiana Dabney 60
Wright St. 56, E. Illinois 44
Xavier 62, Butler 47
SOUTHWEST
Arkansas St. 76, Ark.-Monticello 47
Cent. Arkansas 108, Hendrix 65
Sam Houston St. 82, Hardin-Simmons 31
Texas St. 86, Texas-Tyler 66
FAR WEST
Gonzaga 84, West Virginia 50
Hawaii 73, Houston Baptist 60
New Mexico 86, Davidson 81
TOURNAMENT
NIT Season Tipoff-East
Third Place
Robert Morris 74, Fordham 58
NIT Season Tipoff-Midwest
Third Place
North Texas 74, Lamar 59
NIT Season Tipoff-North
Championship
Michigan 77, Cleveland St. 47
Third Place
IUPUI 80, Bowling Green 66
NIT Season Tipoff-South
Championship
Delaware 59, Virginia 53
Third Place
Fairfield 62, Penn 53
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
National League
CHICAGO CUBS – Agreed to terms with RHP Scott Baker on a one-year contract.
LOS ANGELES DODGERS – Named Chuck Crim bullpen coach, Ken Howell assistant pitching coach and John Valentin assistant hitting coach.
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES – Agreed to terms with INF Kevin Frandsen on a one-year contract.
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS – Agreed to terms with C Rob Johnson on a minor league contract. Released RHP Kyle McClellan unconditionally.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
CHARLOTTE HORNETS – Traded G Matt Carroll to New Orleans for F Hakim Warrick.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
CHICAGO BEARS – Signed QB Josh McCown. Released TE Brody Eldridge.
CLEVELAND BROWNS – Signed DL Ricky Elmore to the practice squad.
DENVER BRONCOS – Released S Duke Ihenacho.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS – Signed LB Shawn Loiseau and TE Martell Webb to the practice squad.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS – Released DT Alameda Ta'amu. Signed WR David Gilreath from the practice squad.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS – Placed LB Quincy Black on injured reserve. Released WR Dale Moss and TE LaMark Brown from the practice squad. Signed DE Ernest Owusu and WR Diondre Borel to the practice squad.
COLLEGE
CAPITAL – Announced the resignation of football coach Henry Stanford.
GEORGIA SOUTHERN – Named Tom Kleinlein athletic director.
SAN DIEGO STATE – Announced the NCAA has suspended men's basketball F Winston Shepard three games.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Mid-American Conference
East
W L PF PA W L PF PA
Kent St. 6 0 233 144 9 1 354 252
Bwling Green 5 1 150 66 7 3 233 151
Ohio 4 2 188 156 8 2 334 228
Miami 3 3 174 197 4 6 240 358
Buffalo 2 4 117 179 3 7 219 302
UMass 1 5 86 217 1 9 112 411
Akron 0 7 146 243 1 10 290 393
West
W L PF PA W L PF PA
N. Illinois 6 0 283 91 9 1 406 179
Toledo 5 1 218 168 8 2 336 274
Ball St. 4 2 208 187 7 3 337 327
C. Mich. 2 4 189 233 4 6 279 363
W. Mich. 2 5 217 230 4 7 329 327
E. Mich. 0 6 135 233 1 9 220 379
TODAY
Ohio at Ball St., 8 p.m.
Toledo at N. Illinois, 9 p.m.
Saturday
Kent St. at Bowling Green, Noon
Miami at Cent. Michigan, 1 p.m.
E. Michigan at W. Michigan, 2 p.m.
Buffalo at UMass, 3 p.m.
Big Ten
Legends
W L PF PA W L PF PA
Nebraska 5 1 180 174 8 2 374 250
Michigan 5 1 183 90 7 3 297 182
N'western 3 3 180 165 7 3 305 239
Minnesota 2 4 113 156 6 4 232 223
Mich. St. 2 4 113 116 5 5 197 163
Iowa 2 4 126 146 4 6 208 220
Leaders
W L PF PA W L PF PA
Ohio St. 6 0 248 170 10 0 399 239
Wisconsin 4 2 209 101 7 3 295 172
Penn St. 4 2 192 125 6 4 280 186
Indiana 2 4 174 227 4 6 312 322
Purdue 1 5 113 213 4 6 283 296
Illinois 0 6 63 211 2 8 169 315
Saturday
Iowa at Michigan, noon
Indiana at Penn St., noon
Northwestern at Michigan St., noon
Ohio St. at Wisconsin, 3:30 p.m.
Purdue at Illinois, 3:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Nebraska, 3:30 p.m.
GLANTZ-CULVER LINE
NCAA Football
Tonight
FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG
at Ball St. 3½ 6 (63) Ohio
at N. Illinois 10½ 10½ (63½) Toledo
Thursday
North Carolina 5½ 3½ (61½) at Virginia
Friday
at Air Force 22½ 22½ (63) Hawaii
at FAU +1 1½ (52) FIU
NFL
Thursday
FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG
at Buffalo 1 1 (45½) Miami
Sunday
at Washington 3½ 3½ (45) Philadelphia
Green Bay 3 3½ (51½) at Detroit
at Atlanta 10½ 10 (45) Arizona
Tampa Bay 1 1½ (48½) at Carolina
at Dallas 8 7½ (43½) Cleveland
at St. Louis 3 3 (38) N.Y. Jets
at New England 9½ 9½ (53½) Indianapolis
at Houston 16 16 (42) Jacksonville
Cincinnati 3½ 3½ (43½) at Kansas City
New Orleans 6½ 4½ (54½) at Oakland
at Denver 7 7½ (49) San Diego
at Pittsburgh 4 3½ (45½) Baltimore
Monday
at San Francisco OFF OFF (OFF) Chicago
Off Key
San Francisco QB questionable