Today's Sports-Saturday, February 7th

The Blue Mountain wrestling team continues their quest for team gold today in Hershey after handily defeating District 9 Champion Clearfield and Quakertown, the District 1 champ in the early rounds of the PIAA Class AAA team meet.

In the semi finals this morning, Blue Mountain will wrestle Cumberland Valley from District 3. The winner of that match will battle the winner of Central Dauphin and District 11 champion Northampton this afternoon for the AAA team title. Best of luck to the Blue Mountain grapplers today.

SCHUYLKILL DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Tamaqua divers sweep the titles in the Schuylkill League Diving Championships in Tamaqua Friday. Dane DeWire captured boys gold, and Katie Hummel claimed the girls championship. Today, the swimmers take to the pool at DHH Lengel Natatorium in Pottsville for the Schuylkill League Championships.

SCHUYLKILL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS SET

The second season of high school hoops gets underway Tuesday night with the Schuylkill League playoffs at Martz Hall. The Nativity Golden Girls and the Pine Grove Lady Cardinals open action at 6pm, followed by the Tamaqua Lady Cardinals against the Tri Valley Lady Bulldogs in the nightcap.

Wednesday, it’s the boys turn, as Williams Valley plays Jim Thorpe at 6pm, followed by the North Schuylkill Spartans against the Marian Colts.

The winners play for the Schuylkill League Championship Friday night. Catch all the action on WPPA, and on line at wpparadio.com.SCOREBOARD

BOYS

POTTSVILLE 55
PANTHER VALLEY 54

NORTH SCHUYLKILL 87
TAMAQUA 38

BLUE MOUNTAIN 70
JIM THORPE 67

LOURDES 49
MINERSVILLE 43

MARIAN 54
MAH AREA 51

WEATHERLY 56
NATIVITY 50

WILLIAMS VALLEY 60
SCH HAVEN 46

GIRLS

TRI VALLEY 53
LEHIGHTON 29

TODAY’S GAMES

BOYS

UPPER DAUPHIN AT PINE GROVE

GIRLS

COL MON VO TECH AT WEATHERLY
SELINSGROVE AT PINE GROVE
PANTHER VALLEY AT MINERSVILLE
WILLIAMS VALLEY AT LINE MOUNTAIN

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - The University of South Florida is celebrating its basketball team's first-ever victory over a team ranked in the AP Top-10. The Bulls nipped eighth-ranked South
Florida 57-56 last night behind 22 points from Jesus Verdejo.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The New Orleans Hornets were raining in 3-pointers, tying a franchise record with 15 treys in their 101-92 win over Toronto that ended their four-game losing streak. Peja Stojakovic made seven 3's and scored a season-high 28 points.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Kansas City Chiefs continue the trend toward younger head coaches in the NFL by hiring Todd Haley, who is just weeks shy of his 42nd birthday. Haley, the former offensive coordinator of the NFC champion Arizona Cardinals, replaces Herm Edwards, who was fired after the Chiefs' 2-and-14 season.

SAN DIEGO (AP) - Camilo Villegas is the 36-hole leader at the Buick Invitational at Torrey Pines after his second-round 70. John Rollins is one shot back with Charley Hoffman four off the lead.

ST. LOUIS (AP) - The St. Louis Blues waived Manny Legace in a move that gives other teams the opportunity to claim the 36-year-old goalie. Last season, Legace went to the All-Star game with a 2.41 goals-against average.