Saturday Sports-December 29th

HIGH SCHOOL HOLIDAY BASKETBALL

Girls

Panther Valley Tournament

Tamaqua 49
Panther Valley 25 (championship)

Minersville 52
Weatherly 28 (consolation)

Cardinal Classic

Dallas 60
Pine Grove 51 (championship)

Blue Mtn 72
Atholton, MD 67 (consolation)

Tulpehocken Tournament

Sch Haven 39
Tulpehocken 32 (championship)

Love 99 Tourney

Tri Valley 36
Williams Valley 34 (championship)

Upper Dauphin 49
Millersburg 32 (consolation)

Lourdes Tip Off

Lourdes 66
Southern Columbia 43

Shamokin 70
Line Mtn 45

BOYS TOURNAMENT ACTION

Tamaqua Holiday

Mahanoy Area 57
Sch Haven 51 (championship)

Jim Thorpe 81
Tamaqua 50 (consolation)

Shamokin Knights of Columbus

Shamokin 57
Southern Columbia 41

Mt Carmel 51
Lourdes 33

Cardinal Classic

North Sch 48
Notre Dame-Green Pond 46 (championship)

Pine Grove 55
Hanover 44 (consolation)

Love 99 Tournament

Upper Dauphin 67 (championship)
Millersburg 60

Williams Valley 68
Tri Valley 36 (consolation)

Boys Schedule Today

Shamokin Knights of Columbus

Southern Columbia v Lourdes-consolation
Mt Carmel v Shamokin-championship

Non League

Marian at Panther Valley
Blue Mtn at Exeter

Girls Schedule

Shamokin Knights of Columbus

Southern Columbia v Line Mtn (consolation)
Lourdes v Shamokin (championship)

Non League

Holy Redeemer at Nativity
Mah Area at Mt Carmel

College football bowl scores and schedule

Friday's Scores

Champs Sports Bowl at Orlando
(14) Boston College 24 Michigan State 21

Emerald Bowl at San Francisco
Oregon State 21 Maryland 14

Texas Bowl at Houston
TCU 20 Houston 13

Today
Meineke Bowl at Charlotte, N.C.
Connecticut vs. Wake Forest, 1 p.m.

Liberty Bowl at Memphis, Tenn.
Mississippi State vs. UCF, 4:30 p.m.
Alamo Bowl at San Antonio
Penn State vs. Texas A&M, 8 p.m.

NBA scores and schedule (all times EST)

Friday's Scores
New Orleans Hornets 99 Charlotte Bobcats 85
Orlando Magic 121 Miami Heat 114, OT
New Jersey Nets 109 Washington Wizards 106
Houston Rockets 103 Memphis Grizzlies 83
Detroit Pistons 114 Indiana Pacers 101
Chicago Bulls 103 Milwaukee Bucks 99
Toronto Raptors 83 San Antonio Spurs 73
Phoenix Suns 94 Los Angeles Clippers 88
Philadelphia 76ers 92 Sacramento Kings 80
Portland Trail Blazers 109 Minnesota Timberwolves 98
Los Angeles Lakers 123 Utah Jazz 109
Denver Nuggets 124 Golden State Warriors 120

Today
Atlanta Hawks at Dallas Mavericks, 1 p.m.
Detroit Pistons at Indiana Pacers, 7 p.m.
Charlotte Bobcats at Orlando Magic, 7 p.m.
Miami Heat at Washington Wizards, 7 p.m.
Cleveland Cavaliers at New Orleans Hornets, 8 p.m.
Toronto Raptors at Houston Rockets, 8:30 p.m.
New Jersey Nets at Milwaukee Bucks, 8:30 p.m.
Boston Celtics at Utah Jazz, 9 p.m.
Minnesota Timberwolves at Seattle SuperSonics, 10 p.m.

NHL Scores and Schedule (all times EST)
Friday's Scores
Carolina Hurricanes 4 Boston Bruins 3
New Jersey Devils 2 Buffalo Sabres 1, SO
Montreal Canadiens 5 Florida Panthers 1
San Jose Sharks 1 St. Louis Blues 0

Today
Philadelphia Flyers at Tampa Bay Lightning, 1 p.m.
Los Angeles Kings at Colorado Avalanche, 3 p.m.
Boston Bruins at Atlanta Thrashers, 7 p.m.
Washington Capitals at Ottawa Senators, 7 p.m.
New York Rangers at Toronto Maple Leafs, 7 p.m.
Carolina Hurricanes at Columbus Blue Jackets, 7 p.m.
New Jersey Devils at New York Islanders, 7 p.m.
Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins, 7:30 p.m.
San Jose Sharks at Nashville Predators, 8 p.m.
Edmonton Oilers at Minnesota Wild, 8 p.m.
Detroit Red Wings at Phoenix Coyotes, 9 p.m.
St. Louis Blues at Dallas Stars, 9 p.m.
Anaheim Ducks at Calgary Flames, 10 p.m.

Top 25 men's basketball scores and schedule (all times EST)
Friday's Scores
(16) Butler 57 S. Illinois 55
(22) Mississippi 78 Southern Miss. 58
(25) Rhode Island 92 E. Michigan 75
( 4) Washington St. 67 N. Carolina A&T 34

Today
( 2) Memphis vs. (17) Arizona, 10 p.m.
( 3) Kansas vs. Yale, 8 p.m.
( 5) UCLA vs. UC Davis, 7:30 p.m.
( 6) Pittsburgh at Dayton, 8 p.m.
( 7) Michigan State vs. Wisconsin-Green Bay, 4 p.m.
( 8) Georgetown vs. American, 1 p.m.
( 9) Texas vs. Wisconsin, Noon
(11) Tennessee at Gonzaga, 4 p.m.
(12) Marquette vs. Savannah State, 2 p.m.
(13) Indiana vs. Chicago State, 7 p.m.
(14) Texas A&M vs. Florida A&M, 2 p.m.
(15) Vanderbilt vs. Tennessee-Martin, 1 p.m.
(18) Villanova vs. La Salle, 7 p.m.
(19) Miami vs. Winthrop at Sunrise, Fla., 4:30 p.m.
(20) BYU at Boise State, 9 p.m.
(21) Clemson vs. Samford, 4 p.m.
(23) West Virginia vs. Oklahoma, 6 p.m.
(24) Southern Cal vs. UC Riverside, 8 p.m.
(25) Rhode Island vs. Georgia Southern at Corpus Christi, Texas, 8:30

Top 25 women's basketball scores and schedule (all times EST)

Friday's Scores
2) Stanford 105 Washington St. 47
Middle Tennessee 67 ( 8) LSU 56
(11) California 66 Washington 40
(17) Texas 91 (12) DePaul 81
(13) Duke 84 Houston 68
(14) Texas A&M 69 Texas-Arlington 55
(15) Auburn 66 Davidson 59
(23) Old Dominion 71 Kentucky 62
(24) Oklahoma St. 83 Oral Roberts 65
(25) Colorado 81 S. Utah 38

Today
( 1) Connecticut vs. Hartford, 7 p.m.
( 5) Maryland vs. Richmond, 2 p.m.
( 7) Georgia vs. Florida State at Miami, 7:30 p.m.
(15) Auburn vs. New Jersey Tech or Saint Joseph's, 3 or 5 p.m.
(16) Notre Dame vs. St. Francis, Pa., 2 p.m.
(24) Oklahoma State vs. Texas Southern, 8 p.m.