WPPA/T102 SPORTS-WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2009

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
SCHUYLKILL LEAGUE

POTTSVILLE 63
TAMAQUA 41

WILLIAMS VALLEY 32
TRI VALLEY 28

PANTHER VALLEY 51
NORTH SCHUYLKILL 46

JIM THORPE 63
PINE GROVE 59

SCH HAVEN 55
MINERSVILLE 45

MAH AREA 67
SHEN VALLEY 37

MARIAN 58
NATIVITY 41

GIRLS

PINE GROVE 64
JIM THORPE 34

TODAY'S SCHEDULE

BOYS SCHUYLKILL LEAGUE

TRI VALLEY AT SCH. HAVEN

NON LEAGUE

SHAMOKIN AT BLUE MOUNTAIN
TAMAQUA AT SHENANDOAH VALLEY

GIRLS NON LEAGUE

BLUE MOUNTAIN AT MIDD WEST
POTTSVILLE AT SHAMOKIN
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN AT NATIVITY
READING CENTRAL CATHOLIC AT MINERSVILLE
SHENANDOAH VALLEY AT TAMAQUA
MMI AT WEATHERLY

WASHINGTON (AP) - BRILLIANT AT THE BEGINNING AND END, AND BASICALLY SILENT IN BETWEEN, GILBERT ARENAS SCORED 31 POINTS LAST NIGHT TO LEAD THE WASHINGTON WIZARDS TO A 105-98 VICTORY OVER THE PHILADELPHIA 76ERS, ENDING A THREE-GAME HOME LOSING STREAK. ELTON BRAND LED PHILADELPHIA WITH 18 POINTS AND 12 REBOUNDS.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - WHEN A WEARY MIKE TOMLIN ARRIVED HOME FROM THE STEELERS' 37-36 VICTORY OVER THE PACKERS, 8-YEAR-OLD DINO POPPED THE SAME QUESTION MUCH OF PITTSBURGH WAS ASKING. WHY DID YOU TRY THAT ONSIDE KICK? THE STEELERS OVERCAME THE FAILED ONSIDE KICK TO BEAT GREEN BAY 37-36 ON SUNDAY AND KEEP THEIR AFC PLAYOFF HOPES ALIVE.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - WIDE RECEIVER JOEY GALLOWAY HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS' ROSTER AS THE REPLACEMENT FOR LIMAS SWEED. SWEED WAS PLACED ON INJURED RESERVE THIS WEEK WITH A NON-FOOTBALL RELATED ILLNESS. COACH MIKE TOMLIN WOULD NOT REVEAL ANY DETAILS OF SWEED'S PROBLEM YESTERDAY. GALLOWAY WAS CUT BY NEW ENGLAND EARLIER
THIS SEASON.

BOWLING GREEN, KY. (AP) - JANIA SIMS SCORED 19 POINTS AND BRITTANEY THOMAS ADDED 18 TO LEAD NO. 20 PITTSBURGH TO A 76-60 WIN OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY LAST NIGHT. TANEISHA HARRIS HAD 15 POINTS AND CHELSEA COLE ADDED 17 POINTS AND 13 REBOUNDS FOR THE PANTHERS.

BETHLEHEM, PA. (AP) - MARQUIS HALL SCORED 16 POINTS TO LEAD LEHIGH, WHICH KEPT MARIST WINLESS WITH A 66-55 VICTORY LAST NIGHT. ZAHIR CARRINGTON ADDED 12 POINTS AND GABE KNUTSON CHIPPED IN 11 FOR THE MOUNTAIN HAWKS, WHICH HAVE WON TWO OF THEIR LAST THREE GAMES SINCE DROPPING THREE STRAIGHT.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - DAMIAN SAUNDERS SCORED 18 POINTS AND HAD 12 REBOUNDS FOR HIS 10TH DOUBLE-DOUBLE OF THE SEASON WHILE HELPING DUQUESNE CRUISE TO AN 86-56 WIN OVER SAINT FRANCIS (PA.) LAST NIGHT. SAUNDERS ALSO HAD FOUR BLOCKED SHOTS, THREE ASSISTS AND TWO STEALS FOR THE DUKES, WHO HAVE WON THREE OF THEIR LAST FOUR GAMES.

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Final Charlotte 88 Detroit 76
Final Washington 105 Philadelphia 98
Final New York 88 Chicago 81
Final Boston 103 Indiana 94
Final Atlanta 112 Minnesota 87
Final Memphis 121 Golden State 108
Final Houston 108 L-A Clippers 99
Final Portland 85 Dallas 81
Final L-A Lakers 111 Oklahoma City 108

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Final San Jose 3 Chicago 2
Final Anaheim 4 Colorado 2
Final Vancouver 4 Nashville 1

TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Final ( 1) Kansas 84 California 69
Final ( 2) Texas 79 ( 9) Michigan St. 68
Final ( 4) Purdue 90 SIU-Edwardsville 63
Final ( 5) Syracuse 92 Oakland, Mich. 60
Final (10) North Carolina 98 Marshall 61
Final (11) Connecticut 71 Maine 54
Final (17) Ohio St. 72 Cleveland St. 59
Final South Alabama 67 (18) Florida 66
Final (22) Washington 73 (19) Texas A&M 64
Final UAB 67 (20) Butler 57
Final (23) Texas Tech 100 Stanford 87
Final (24) Clemson 79 W. Carolina 57

TOP-25 WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Final ( 4) Tennessee 89 San Francisco 34
Final ( 6) Ohio St. 99 W. Illinois 38
Final ( 9) Georgia 66 Detroit 42
Final (11) LSU 72 SE Louisiana 27
Final (20) Pittsburgh 76 W. Kentucky 60
Final (21) Kansas 89 Houston 69
Final (24) Georgia Tech 62 Georgia St. 50