WPPA/T102 SPORTS-WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2009

HIGH SCHOOL HOOPS

TODAYS SCHEDULE

BOYS

MINERSVILLE 62
SHEN VALLEY 41

NW LEHIGH 46
MAH AREA 41

DANVILLE 68
SCH HAVEN 48

STEEL HIGH 55
NORTH SCH. 52

PINE GROVE 59
PHILMONT ACADEMY 48

GIRLS

PINE GROVE 58
BLUE MOUNTAIN 47

TRI VALLEY 62
WILLIAMS VALLEY 39

LOURDES 51
MOUNT CARMEL 46

NON LEAGUE BOYS TODAY

TAMAQUA AT HAMBURG
MARIAN AT PANTHER VALLEY

NON LEAGUE GIRLS

PANTHER VALLEY AT MMI
MINERSVILLE AT SHENANDOAH VALLEY

BATTLE OF THE HILLS AT MARTZ HALL

NATIVITY/POTTSVILLE GIRLS AT 6PM
FOLLOWED BY THE BOYS AT 7:30PM ON WPPA AND WPPARADIO.COM

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - JASON POMINVILLE SCORED WITH 9:05 LEFT TO COMPLETE THE BUFFALO SABRES' RALLY FROM A THREE-GOAL DEFICIT AND BEAT THE PITTSBURGH PENGUINS 4-3 LAST NIGHT. JORDAN STAAL, BILL GUERIN AND CHRIS KUNITZ SCORED FOR THE PENGUINS, WHO SQUANDERED A THREE-GOAL LEAD FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE A LOSS AT NASHVILLE ALMOST A YEAR AGO.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - PITTSBURGH STEELERS LINEBACKER JAMES HARRISON HAS BEEN CHOSEN AS AN AFC PRO BOWL STARTER FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE SEASON. NOSE TACKLE CASEY HAMPTON IS THE ONLY OTHER STEELERS PLAYER ON THE AFC TEAM, WHICH WAS ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY. THIS IS THE FIFTH TIME IN SIX SEASONS HAMPTON HAS BEEN CHOSEN.

WASHINGTON (AP) - TEMPLE UNIVERSITY'S FIRST BOWL GAME IN 30 YEARS WAS RUINED BY THE UCLA BRUINS. AKEEM AYERS RETURNED AN INTERCEPTION 2 YARDS FOR A GO-AHEAD TOUCHDOWN IN THE FOURTH QUARTER AND UCLA SHUT DOWN TEMPLE IN THE SECOND HALF FOR A 30-21 VICTORY YESTERDAY IN THE EAGLEBANK BOWL.

ORLANDO, FLA. (AP) - IT'S BEEN A ROLLER COASTER OF A DECADE FOR COACH JOE PATERNO AND THE NITTANY LIONS.THE DECADE FOR NO. 11 PENN STATE ENDS IN ORLANDO, WHERE PATERNO'S TEAM PLAYS NO. 13 LSU IN THE CAPITAL ONE BOWL ON FRIDAY. AFTER WINNING JUST 26 GAMES IN THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF THE DECADE, THE NITTANY LIONS HAVE NEARLY DOUBLED THEIR WIN TOTAL OVER THE LAST FIVE SEASONS WITH 50.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - ALEX FRANKLIN SCORED 25 POINTS AND GRABBED 12 REBOUNDS TO HELP SIENA DEFEAT SAINT JOSEPH'S 92-75 LAST NIGHT. EDWIN UBILES SCORED 20 OF HIS 22 POINTS IN THE SECOND HALF, CLARENCE JACKSON ADDED 23 POINTS AND GARRETT WILLIAMSON HAD 12 ASSISTS FOR THE SAINTS.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - IN WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL, VANESSA ABEL SCORED 17 POINTS TO LEAD A BALANCED OFFENSE AND DUQUESNE UPSET NO. 20 PITTSBURGH 72-63 YESTERDAY. ALEX GENSLER ADDED 14 POINTS FOR THE DUKES. TANEISHA HARRISON LED PITT WITH 17 POINTS.

NEW YORK (AP) - THE NEW YORK METS APPEAR TO HAVE SOLVED THEIR LEFT-FIELD PROBLEMS. A PERSON FAMILIAR WITH THE TALKS SAY THE NEW YORK METS AND FREE AGENT SLUGGER JASON BAY HAVE REACHED PRELIMINARY AGREEMENT ON A FOUR-YEAR DEAL WORTH ABOUT $65 MILLION.

LUBBOCK, TEXAS (AP) - THE LAWYER FOR MIKE LEACH SAYS THE SUSPENDED TEXAS TECH COACH DID NOTHING WRONG IN HOW HE TREATED A PLAYER WITH A "MILD" CONCUSSION, AND LEACH WANTS A COURT'S HELP TO ALLOW HIM TO COACH THE ALAMO BOWL THIS SATURDAY. THERE WILL BE A HEARING WEDNESDAY MORNING IN THE 99TH DISTRICT COURT WHERE LEACH WILL SEEK A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER THAT WOULD ALLOW HIM TO COACH.

ORLANDO, FLA. (AP) - SCOTT TOLZIEN THREW FOR 260 YARDS AND WISCONSIN'S 248-POUND RUNNING BACK JOHN CLAY LED A POWERFUL GROUND GAME WITH 121 YARDS RUSHING AND TWO SCORES IN POWERING NO. 24 WISCONSIN PAST 14TH-RANKED MIAMI 20-14 IN THE CHAMPS SPORTS BOWL. THE BADGERS OUT OF THE BIG TEN FINISHED 10-AND-3 AND EARNED THEIR FIRST WIN OVER A RANKED TEAM ALL SEASON.

WASHINGTON (AP) - UCLA RUINED TEMPLE'S FIRST BOWL TRIP IN 30 YEARS BY RALLYING FROM A 14-POINT DEFICIT TO BEAT THE OWLS 30-21 IN THE EAGLEBANK BOWL IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL. AKEEM AYERS RETURNED AN INTERCEPTION 2 YARDS FOR A GO-AHEAD TOUCHDOWN IN THE FOURTH QUARTER FOR UCLA'S FIRST BOWL TRIUMPH SINCE THE 2005 SUN BOWL.

NEW YORK (AP) - BRETT FAVRE IS AMONG EIGHT MINNESOTA VIKINGS SELECTED AS HE MAKES HIS 11TH TRIP TO THE PRO BOWL. PEYTON MANNING IS ONE OF SIX INDIANAPOLIS COLTS ON THE AFC SQUAD FOR THE PRO BOWL AND WILL BE MAKING HIS 10TH TRIP TO THE PRO BOWL, WHICH THIS YEAR IS BEING PLAYED IN MIAMI ONE WEEK BEFORE THE SUPER BOWL IN THE SAME CITY. THEY WON'T PLAY IF THEY'RE IN THE SUPER BOWL.


NBA

Tuesday's Games

Cleveland 95, Atlanta 84
Oklahoma City 110, Washington 98
New York 104, Detroit 87
Chicago 104, Indiana 95
San Antonio 117, Minnesota 99
Houston 108, New Orleans 100
L.A. Lakers 124, Golden State 118

Wednesday's Games

Milwaukee at Orlando, 7 p.m.
Memphis at Indiana, 7 p.m.
Atlanta at Cleveland, 7 p.m.
Charlotte at Toronto, 7 p.m.
New York at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m.
Miami at New Orleans, 8 p.m.
Utah at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Boston at Phoenix, 9 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at Portland, 10 p.m.
Philadelphia at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

NHL

Tuesday's Games

N.Y. Islanders 2, Columbus 1, SO
Buffalo 4, Pittsburgh 3
Nashville 4, St. Louis 3
Dallas 5, Chicago 4
Phoenix 3, Vancouver 2, SO
Anaheim 4, Minnesota 2
Wednesday's Games
Pittsburgh at New Jersey, 7 p.m.
Colorado at Ottawa, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.
Atlanta at Boston, 7 p.m.
Montreal at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at Calgary, 9:30 p.m.
Washington at San Jose, 10 p.m.

NFL

Sunday, Jan. 3

Chicago at Detroit, 1 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Miami, 1 p.m.
New England at Houston, 1 p.m.
Indianapolis at Buffalo, 1 p.m.
San Francisco at St. Louis, 1 p.m.
Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.
New Orleans at Carolina, 1 p.m.
Jacksonville at Cleveland, 1 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at Minnesota, 1 p.m.
Tennessee at Seattle, 4:15 p.m.
Philadelphia at Dallas, 4:15 p.m.
Washington at San Diego, 4:15 p.m.
Kansas City at Denver, 4:15 p.m.
Baltimore at Oakland, 4:15 p.m.
Green Bay at Arizona, 4:15 p.m.
Cincinnati at N.Y. Jets, 8:30 p.m.