WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Saturday

SCHUYLKILL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS

GIRLS

TAMAQUA 51
TRI VALLEY 28

BOYS

POTTSVILLE 49
WILLIAMS VALLEY 25

TAMAQUA COACH JOE BRESWICK ON THE WIN:

BREZWICK

POTTSVILLE COACH DAVE MULLANEY COMMENTS AFTER THE GAME:

MULLANEY

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - LOU WILLIAMS SCORED 14 OF HIS 20 POINTS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, FUELING A DECISIVE RUN THAT LIFTED THE PHILADELPHIA 76ERS TO A 106-94 VICTORY FRIDAY NIGHT OVER THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS. ANDRE IGUODALA HAD 20 POINTS, NINE REBOUNDS AND EIGHT ASSISTS FOR PHILADELPHIA. ELTON BRAND ADDED 18 AND SEVEN REBOUNDS.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - MATT MULLERY SCORED 22 POINTS AND GRABBED 11 REBOUNDS AS BROWN WITHSTOOD A LATE PENN RALLY IN AN 80-73 VICTORY ON FRIDAY NIGHT. ZACK ROSEN HAD A DOUBLE-DOUBLE WITH 29 POINTS AND 10 ASSISTS FOR THE QUAKERS. HE SCORED 12 OF PENN'S FIRST 18 POINTS - ALL ON 3-POINTERS - TO GIVE THE QUAKERS AN 18-15 LEAD IN THE FIRST HALF.

CLEARWATER, FLA. (AP) - A STRONG WORK ETHIC IS A MAJOR REASON ROY HALLADAY IS WIDELY CONSIDERED TO BE THE BEST PITCHER IN THE MAJORS. THE 32-YEAR-OLD RIGHT-HANDER SHOWS UP FOR WORKOUTS AT 5:45 A.M. AND HIS REGIMEN INCLUDES A LOT OF RUNNING, STRETCHING AND EXERCISES TO STRENGTHEN HIS ARM, LEGS AND CORE.

BRADENTON, FLA. (AP) - JUST TWO DAYS INTO SPRING TRAINING, THE PITTSBURGH PIRATES MIGHT ALREADY HAVE SETTLED ONE OF THEIR POSITION BATTLES. MANAGER JOHN RUSSELL ON FRIDAY MENTIONED RIGHT-HANDER KEVIN HART AS ONE OF THE STARTERS AND DANIEL MCCUTCHEN AMONG THE BULLPEN CREW. BUT WHEN PRESSED, RUSSELL STOPPED SHORT OF CONFIRMING HART HAS WON THE JOB.

BRADENTON, FLA. (AP) - THE PIRATES' FIRST FULL-SQUAD WORKOUT IS TUESDAY. ONLY SEVEN POSITION PLAYERS HAVE NOT YET BEEN SPOTTED AT PIRATE CITY. MEANWHILE, RELIEVER JEAN MACHI WAS GIVEN MEDICAL CLEARANCE FRIDAY AND THREW A BULLPEN SESSION. HE WAS HELD OUT OF THURSDAY'S WORKOUT AND HAD EXTRA PHYSICAL TESTS.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - THE CLEVELAND CAVALIERS HAVE TO BE HOPING THAT ANTAWN JAMISON'S FIRST GAME WITH THEM IS NOT THE REAL JAMISON. THE FORMER WASHINGTON WIZARD MISSED ALL 12 OF HIS SHOTS AND HAD FIVE BLOCKED IN THE CAVALIERS' SECOND STRAIGHT LOSS, 110-93 TO CHARLOTTE.

WHISTLER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (AP) - BODE MILLER IS THE MOST DECORATED AMERICAN ALPINE SKIER EVER WITH HIS FOURTH MEDAL, A SILVER IN THE MEN'S SUPER-G COMPETITION. MILLER WON THE SILVER IN THE DOWNHILL ON MONDAY AND CAPTURED TWO SILVER MEDALS EIGHT YEARS AGO IN SALT LAKE CITY.

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FLA. (AP) - TIGER WOODS IS ASKING FOR FORGIVENESS FROM HIS LEGIONS OF FANS, APOLOGIZING FOR WHAT HE CALLED "IRRESPONSIBLE AND SELFISH" BEHAVIOR AND HIS MARITAL INFIDELITY. WOODS SAID HE WAS IN TREATMENT FOR 45 DAYS AND WILL RETURN FOR MORE THERAPY ADDED HE WOULD RETURN TO COMPETITIVE GOLF, BUT HE DOESN'T KNOW WHEN.

MARANA, ARIZ. (AP) - THE QUARTERFINAL ARE SET AT THE MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP. SIXTH SEED PAUL CASEY, THE HIGHEST RANKED PLAYER LEFT, FACES STEWART CINK (SIHNK) IN ONE OF SATURDAY MORNING'S QUARTERFINAL MATCHES WITH SERGIO GARCIA TAKING ON OLIVER WILSON, THONGCHAI JAIDEE MEETING IAN POULTER, AND RETIEF GOOSEN CHALLENGING CAMILO VILLEGAS.

FONTANA, CALIF. (AP) - IT WILL BE AN ALL EARNHARDT GANASSI FRONT ROW FOR TOMORROW'S NASCAR SPRINT CUP RACE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. DAYTONA 500 WINNER JAMIE MCMURRAY IS THE POLE-SITTER AND COLOMBIA SENSATION JUAN PABLO MONTOYA HAS SECURED THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT ROW.

WHISTLER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (AP) - LINDSEY VONN SPENT YESTERDAY BAKING BANANA BREAD AND RESTING HER BRUISED SHIN. TODAY SHES BACK ON THE SLOPES IN ONE OF HER SPECIALTIES, THE SUPER G.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (AP) - APOLO ANTON OHNO COULD BECOME THE MOST SUCCESSFUL U.S. WINTER OLYMPIAN EVER. IF HE EARNS A MEDAL IN THE 1,000-METER SHORT TRACK RACE, HELL PASS BONNIE BLAIR FOR MOST CAREER MEDALS. ON HIS TWITTER SITE, OHNO SAYS ITS GOING TO BE, IN HIS WORD, "CAARAAZZZY."

RICHMOND, BRITISH COLUMBIA (AP) - WITH ANOTHER GOLD MEDAL, SHANI DAVIS WILL ECLIPSE BONNIE BLAIR AND ERIC HEIDEN. THEY BOTH WON TWO SPEEDSKATING GOLDS. DAVIS WILL SKATE THE 1,500 METERS ON THE LONG TRACK. AMONG THE TOP CHALLENGERS WILL BE FELLOW AMERICAN CHAD HEDRICK.

WHISTLER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (AP) - THE SKI JUMPERS SOAR OFF THE LARGE HILL AT WHISTLER TODAY. OFFICIALS HAVE RULED THAT THREE-TIME GOLD MEDALIST SIMON AMMANN OF SWITZERLAND CAN KEEP HIS MODIFIED BINDINGS. THE AUSTRIAN TEAM HAD ARGUED THEY VIOLATED REGULATIONS AND ARE UNSAFE.

WEST VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (AP) - THE WOMEN GET ACROBATIC AT CYPRESS MOUNTAIN TODAY. ITS THE QUALIFICATION ROUND OF THE LADIES AERIALS IN FREESTYLE SKIING.