WPPA / T-102 SPORTS-MONDAY, DEC. 28, 2009

HIGH SCHOOL HOOPS

NON LEAGUE BOYS

PIUS THE X AT MARIAN
DANVILLE AT POTTSVILLE

CARDINAL CLASSIC-PINE GROVE

PHILMONT ACADEMY VS NORTH SCHUYLKILL
STEEL HIGH VS PINE GROVE

LOVE 99 TOURNAMENT

UPPER DAUPHIN VS WILLIAMS VALLEY
MILLERSBURG VS TRI VALLEY

NON LEAGUE GIRLS

POTTSVILLE AT NORTHWESTERN LEHIGH

CARDINAL CLASSIC

BELLEFONTE VS BLUE MOUNTAIN
ATHOLTON OF MD VS PINE GROVE

LOVE 99 TOURNAMENT

UPPER DAUPHIN VS WILLIAMS VALLEY
MILLERSBURG VS TRI VALLEY

MIDD WEST TOURNAMENT

LINE MOUNTAIN VS NORTH SCHUYLKILL
NEWPORT VS MIDD WEST

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - DAVID AKERS KICKED A 28-YARD FIELD GOAL WITH 4 SECONDS REMAINING, LIFTING THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES TO A 30-27 WIN OVER THE DENVER BRONCOS ON SUNDAY. KYLE ORTON RALLIED THE BRONCOS FROM A 27-10 DEFICIT IN THE THIRD QUARTER, BUT DONOVAN MCNABB LED THE EAGLES ON A WINNING DRIVE IN THE FINAL MINUTES. BRONCOS WIDE RECEIVER BRANDON STOKLEY WAS EJECTED FROM SUNDAY'S GAME AGAINST PHILADELPHIA AFTER HE ACCIDENTALLY SWATTED A REFEREE DURING AN ARGUMENT. STOKLEY ARGUED HE WAS INTERFERED WITH ON A THIRD-AND-1 PASS OVER THE MIDDLE. HE STARTED JAWING WITH A REF, AND THREW HIS FIST IN THE AIR IN ANGER AND INADVERTENTLY POKED THE REF'S FINGER. IN A SCHEDULED CHANGE, THE EAGLES WILL PLAY AT THE COWBOYS AT 4:15 SUNDAY, MOVED FROM THE EARLY GAME.

UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) - JEFF CARTER SNAPPED A TIE IN THE SECOND PERIOD AND THE PHILADELPHIA FLYERS BEAT THE NEW YORK ISLANDERS 2-1 ON SUNDAY NIGHT. THE FLYERS HAVEN'T LOST TO THE ISLANDERS SINCE FEB. 12, 2008. IT IS THE LONGEST ACTIVE STREAK IN THE NHL, ONE WIN MORE THAN WASHINGTON'S CURRENT 12-GAME RUN OVER TAMPA BAY.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - JEFF REED'S 38-YARD FIELD GOAL PUT PITTSBURGH AHEAD WITH 5:25 REMAINING AND THE STEELERS HELD ON TO BEAT BALTIMORE 23-20 ON SUNDAY. THE WIN KEEPS THE STEELERS IN PLAYOFF CONTENTION.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - INDIANAPOLIS COACH JIM CALDWELL PULLED PEYTON MANNING AND A HANDFUL OF OTHER STARTERS FOR THE PREVIOUSLY UNBEATEN COLTS IN THE THIRD QUARTER, AND THE JETS TOOK ADVANTAGE BY RALLYING FOR A 29-15 VICTORY THAT ENDED THE NFL'S LONGEST REGULAR-SEASON WINNING STREAK AT 23 GAMES. THE 8-AND-7 JETS WILL EARN A PLAYOFF BERTH IF THEY BEAT CINCINNATI AT THE MEADOWLANDS NEXT WEEKEND. THAT GAME WAS MOVED TO SUNDAY NIGHT.

LANDOVER, MD. - THE DALLAS COWBOYS ARE BACK IN THE PLAYOFFS. THE COWBOYS CLINCHED AT LEAST A WILD-CARD BERTH WITH A 17-0 SHUTOUT OF WASHINGTON. THE COWBOYS CAN WIN THE NFC EAST TITLE WITH A VICTORY OVER
PHILADELPHIA NEXT SUNDAY IN TEXAS AT 4:15PM, ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR 1PM.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - URBAN MEYER'S RESIGNATION LASTED ABOUT 24 HOURS. THE FLORIDA COACH CHANGED HIS MIND ABOUT RESIGNING AND NOW SAYS HE WILL TAKE AN INDEFINITE LEAVE OF ABSENCE AND PLANS TO COACH THE FIFTH-RANKED GATORS IN THE SUGAR BOWL AGAINST CINCINNATI ON NEW YEAR'S DAY AND COULD BE BACK WITH THE TEAM IN 2010.

NASHVILLE, TENN. (AP) - C.J. SPILLER SCORED A TOUCHDOWN AND HAD 172 ALL-PURPOSE YARDS IN HIS FINAL COLLEGE GAME, LEADING CLEMSON TO A 21-13 VICTORY SUNDAY NIGHT IN THE MUSIC CITY BOWL. THE TIGERS (9-5) HADN'T WON A BOWL SINCE THE 2005 CHAMPS SPORTS BOWL. KENTUCKY (7-6) WAS TRYING TO MAKE PROGRAM HISTORY BY WINNING A FOURTH STRAIGHT BOWL GAME. THE WILDCATS CERTAINLY HAD THE HOME-FIELD ADVANTAGE WITH BLUE FILLING NEARLY TWO-THIRDS OF THE LOWER BOWL AT LP FIELD.

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Sunday's Scores

Pittsburgh 23 Baltimore 20
Atlanta 31 Buffalo 3
Carolina 41 N-Y Giants 9
Houston 27 Miami 20
New England 35 Jacksonville 7
Cincinnati 17 Kansas City 10
Cleveland 23 Oakland 9
Green Bay 48 Seattle 10
Tampa Bay 20 New Orleans 17 (OT)
San Francisco 20 Detroit 6
Arizona 31 St. Louis 10
Philadelphia 30 Denver 27
N-Y Jets 29 Indianapolis 15
Dallas 17 Washington 0

Monday's Game

Minnesota at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Sunday's Scores

Toronto 102 Detroit 95
Cleveland 108 Houston 83
Miami 114 Indiana 80
San Antonio 95 New York 88
Dallas 104 Denver 96
L-A Clippers 92 Boston 90
Monday's Games
Milwaukee at Charlotte, 7 p.m.
Oklahoma City at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m.
Washington at Memphis, 8 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Phoenix, 9 p.m.
Philadelphia at Portland, 10 p.m.
Denver at Sacramento, 10 p.m.
Boston at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Sunday's Scores

Boston 2 Florida 1
Philadelphia 2 N-Y Islanders 1
Buffalo 5 St. Louis 3
Chicago 5 Nashville 4
Toronto 4 Pittsburgh 3
Vancouver 5 Calgary 1

Monday's Games

Atlanta at New Jersey, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Columbus, 7 p.m.
Carolina at Washington, 7 p.m.
Boston at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.
Montreal at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.
Calgary at Edmonton, 9 p.m.
Minnesota at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
Phoenix at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Sunday's Scores

No. 11 Connecticut 93 Iona 74
No. 22 Washington 86 San Francisco 71

Monday's Games

No. 10 North Carolina vs. Rutgers
No. 18 Florida vs. American University
No. 21 Temple vs. Bowling Green
No. 25 Gonzaga vs. Eastern Washington