Sports-Saturday, June 6, 2009

The spotlight shines on high school football tonight in Schuylkill Haven as the Schuylkill County Football Coaches Association presents the North South Senior All Star Game. Kickoff is at 7pm from Rotary Field. Catch all the action on WPPA and wpparadio-dot-com with Chaz Hepler, Joe Purcell and Larry O'Rourke.

NASCAR-POCONO QUALIFYING
Washout leaves Stewart with Pocono 500 pole

LONG POND, Pa. (AP) - NASCAR Sprint Cup points leader TonyStewart will start from the pole for the Pocono 500 after rainwashed out qualifying at Pocono Raceway on Friday. Jeff Gordon will start second in Sunday's 500-mile race,followed by Jimmie Johnson, Kurt Busch and Ryan Newman. Stewart hopes to build on what so far has been a banner year inhis first season as an owner and driver. A second-place finish lastweek at Dover catapulted the Stewart Haas Racing driver to the topof the Sprint Cup standings. He is the first driver/owner to lead in points since AlanKulwicki won the 1992 Cup championship. Stewart has a first-placefinish at Pocono in 2003, and was runner-up last year.

HOUSTON (AP) - Mike Hampton beat Pittsburgh for the ninth straight time in the Houston Astros' 9-1 win over the Pirates on Friday night. Hampton struck out five and allowed five hits in seven innings, holding the Pirates to one run for the second time in a week. He also pitched seven innings in Houston's 2-1 win at PNC Park on Sunday.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Philadelphia Phillies' seven-game winning streak ended with a 4-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers last night. Andre Ethier hit a two-run double with the bases loaded in the ninth inning after third baseman Pedro Feliz made a fielding error with two outs. Brad Lidge got his fifth blown save of the season in 18 attempts.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Philadelphia Eagles running back Brian Westbrook has had surgery on his right ankle and is expected to be ready for the regular season. The procedure removed scar tissue and bone fragments from the ankle, which Westbrook initially injured in a game against Pittsburgh last season.

OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) - The U.S. Open will return to Oakmont Country Club in suburban Pittsburgh in 2016, nine years after the national championship was last played there. The tournament will make its ninth trip to Oakmont, which waited 13 years between 1994 and 2007
to play host to its most recent national championship.


AMERICAN LEAGUE
Final L.A. Angels 2 Detroit 1
Final Toronto 9 Kansas City 3
Final Texas 5 Boston 1
Final Cleveland 6 Chi White Sox 0
Final Oakland 9 Baltimore 1
Final Minnesota 2 Seattle 1, 10 Innings
Tampa Bay at N-Y Yankees (7:05 p.m., postponed, Rain)

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final N-Y Mets 3 Washington 1, 10 Innings
Final Chi Cubs 2 Cincinnati 1
Final San Francisco 2 Florida 1
Final Milwaukee 4 Atlanta 0
Final Houston 9 Pittsburgh 1
Final Colorado 11 St. Louis 4
Final Arizona 8 San Diego 0
Final L.A. Dodgers 4 Philadelphia 3


Weekend Time Schedule
By The Associated Press
All Times EDT
Saturday
HORSE RACING
Belmont Stakes at New York, approx. 6:27 p.m.
BASEBALL
American League
Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m.
Kansas City at Toronto, 1:07 p.m.
Minnesota at Seattle, 4:10 p.m.
Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, 4:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels at Detroit, 7:05 p.m.
Texas at Boston, 7:10 p.m.
Baltimore at Oakland, 9:05 p.m.
National League
Philadelphia at L.A. Dodgers, 4:10 p.m.
San Francisco at Florida, 6:10 p.m.
N.Y. Mets at Washington, 7:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Houston, 7:05 p.m.
Milwaukee at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.
Colorado at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m.
Arizona at San Diego, 10:05 p.m.
HOCKEY
STANLEY CUP FINALS
Pittsburgh at Detroit, 8 p.m.
BASKETBALL
WNBA
Detroit at Los Angeles, 2:30 p.m.
Seattle at Sacramento, 4 p.m.
Washington at Connecticut, 4 p.m.
Indiana at Atlanta, 7 p.m.
Chicago at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
San Antonio at Phoenix, 9 p.m.
MOTORSPORTS
Formula One, Turkish Grand Prix Qualifying, Istanbul, 7 a.m.
NHRA, United Association Route 66 NHRA Nationals Qualifying,
Joliet, Ill., 1 p.m.
NASCAR Nationwide, Federated Auto Parts 300 Qualifying,
Gladeville, Tenn., 3 p.m.
NASCAR Nationwide, Federated Auto Parts 300, Gladeville, Tenn.,
7:30 p.m.
IRL, Bombardier Learjet 550k, Fort Worth, Texas, 9:40 p.m.
MLS
Los Angeles at Toronto FC, 3:30 p.m.
Columbus at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m.
Colorado at Real Salt Lake, 10 p.m.
Seattle FC at Chivas USA, 10:30 p.m.
OTHER EVENTS
Tennis
ITF/FFT, French Open, Paris
Golf
PGA Tour, The Memorial, Dublin, Ohio
LPGA Tour, LPGA State Farm Classic, Springfield, Ill.
Champions Tour, Triton Financial Classic, Lakeway, Texas
PGA European Tour, Celtic Manor Wales Open, Newport, Wales
Nationwide Tour, Melwood Prince George's County Open,
Mitchellville, Md.
Sunday
BASEBALL
American League
Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels at Detroit, 1:05 p.m.
Kansas City at Toronto, 1:07 p.m.
Texas at Boston, 1:35 p.m.
Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, 2:05 p.m.
Baltimore at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.
Minnesota at Seattle, 4:10 p.m.
National League
Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m.
Milwaukee at Atlanta, 1:35 p.m.
N.Y. Mets at Washington, 1:35 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Houston, 2:05 p.m.
Colorado at St. Louis, 2:15 p.m.
Arizona at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.
San Francisco at Florida, 5:05 p.m.
Philadelphia at L.A. Dodgers, 8:05 p.m.
BASKETBALL
NBA FINALS
Orlando at L.A. Lakers, 8 p.m.
BASKETBALL
WNBA
Atlanta at Washington, 4 p.m.
Connecticut at New York, 4 p.m.
Minnesota at Indiana, 7 p.m.
Sacramento at Seattle, 9 p.m.
MOTORSPORTS
Formula One, Turkish Grand Prix, Istanbul, 8 a.m.
NHRA, United Association Route 66 NHRA Nationals, Joliet, Ill.,
Noon
NASCAR Sprint Cup, Pocono 500, Long Pond, Pa., 2 p.m.
MLS
San Jose at FC Dallas, 3 p.m.
Chivas USA at New England, 6 p.m.
OTHER EVENTS
Tennis
ITF/FFT, French Open, Paris
Golf
PGA Tour, The Memorial, Dublin, Ohio
LPGA Tour, LPGA State Farm Classic, Springfield, Ill.
Champions Tour, Triton Financial Classic, Lakeway, Texas
PGA European Tour, Celtic Manor Wales Open, Newport, Wales
Nationwide Tour, Melwood Prince George's County Open,
Mitchellville, Md.
Cycling
Criterium du Dauphine Libere, prolog, Nancy, France
Athletics
IAAF Grand Prix, Prefontaine Classic, Eugene, Ore.