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PANTHER VALLEY VS POTTSVILLE-AT BLUE MOUNTAIN-7:30PM-ON WPPA AND WPPARADIO.COM

BLUE MOUNTAIN VS JIM THORPE-AT WEATHERLY-7:30PM-ON T102 AND T102RADIO.COM

CLASS AA-GIRLS

SHENANDOAH VALLEY VS PEN ARGYL-AT NORTHERN LEHIGH-7:30PM

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - WHEN SEVENTH-RANKED VILLANOVA ENTERS THE CARRIER DOME FOR TOMORROW NIGHT'S GAME AGAINST NUMBER 4 SYRACUSE, THE WILDCATS WILL BE CAUGHT IN AN ORANGE WAVE BIGGER THAN ANY IN THE BUILDING'S BASKETBALL HISTORY. A CROWD OF 34,616 IS EXPECTED, THE LARGEST ON CAMPUS FOR AN NCAA GAME.

EMMITSBURG, MD. (AP) - SHAWN ATUPEM SCORED 15 POINTS AND WILL HOLLAND HAD A DOUBLE-DOUBLE TO LEAD MOUNT ST. MARY'S TO A 67-51 WIN OVER ST. FRANCIS (PA.) LAST NIGHT. HOLLAND HAD 13 POINTS AND 10 REBOUNDS FOR THE MOUNTAINEERS. DEVIN SWEETNEY SCORED 15 AND SORENA ORANDI ADDED 12 POINTS FOR ST. FRANCIS.

NEW YORK (AP) - ROB ROBINSON SCORED 16 POINTS TO LEAD ROBERT MORRIS OVER WAGNER 76-55 LAST NIGHT. KARON ABRAHAM AND JOSIAH WHITEHEAD EACH FINISHED WITH 11 POINTS FOR THE COLONIALS, WHILE DALLAS GREEN HAD 10. CHRIS MARTIN AND TYLER MURRAY LED WAGNER WITH 15 POINTS APIECE.

BRADENTON, FLA. (AP) - LASTINGS MILLEDGE SAYS HE IS DETERMINED TO MAKE THIS HIS BREAKOUT SEASON. THE PITTSBURGH PIRATES OUTFIELDER SAID YESTERDAY HE HAS PUT THE PROBLEMS THAT PLAGUED HIM WITH THE METS AND NATIONALS BEHIND HIM AND IS READY TO PROVE HE CAN BE A PRODUCTIVE EVERYDAY PLAYER. MILLEDGE, WHO MADE HIS MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUT IN 2006, HAS EARNED A REPUTATION FOR BEING TOO COCKY AND LAZY TO SUCCEED IN THE MAJORS.

CLEARWATER, FLA. (AP) - AFTER THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES HELD THEIR FIRST FULL-SQUAD WORKOUT OF SPRING TRAINING YESTERDAY, COACH CHARLIE MANUEL WAS ASKED ABOUT THE SPEECH HE GAVE HIS TEAM. THE MESSAGE, THE USUALLY JOCULAR AND CHATTY COACH SAID, WAS SIMPLE: WIN.

MEMPHIS, TENN. (AP) - AFTER MISSING FIVE GAMES WITH AN ANKLE INJURY, IT DIDN'T TAKE KOBE BRYANT LONG TO MAKE HIS PRESENCE FELT IN THE NBA. BRYANT SCORED 32 POINTS AND HIT THE WINNING THREE-POINTER WITH 4.3 SECONDS LEFT TO LIFT THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS TO 99-98 VICTORY OVER MEMPHIS LAST NIGHT.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - THERE'S A NEW NAME IN THE BASKETBALL RECORD BOOKS. DIVISION II PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY COACH HERB MAGEE WON HIS 903RD CAREER GAME LAST NIGHT WITH THE RAMS' 76-65 WIN OVER GOLDEY-BEACOM COLLEGE TO MOVE PAST HALL OF FAMER BOB KNIGHT AND BECOME THE WINNINGEST MEN'S COACH IN NCAA HISTORY.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (AP) - COMING OFF SUNDAY NIGHT'S BIG EMOTIONAL VICTORY OVER CANADA, TEAM USA TAKES TO THE HOCKEY RINK
THIS AFTERNOON IN A QUARTERFINAL GAME AGAINST SWITZERLAND, WHICH
BEAT BELARUS 3-2 IN A SHOOTOUT YESTERDAY. CANADA BEAT GERMANY 8-2
YESTERDAY AND GETS RIGHT BACK TO WORK TODAY AGAINST RUSSIA, ONE OF
THE FAVORITES TO WIN THE HOCKEY GOLD.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - THE CAROLINA PANTHERS HAVE DECIDED AGAINST SLAPPING A FRANCHISE TAG ON FIVE-TIME PRO BOWL DEFENSIVE END JULIUS PEPPERS, CLEARING THE WAY FOR HIM TO BECOME ONE OF THE TOP PRIZES ON THE FREE AGENT MARKET. GENERAL MANAGER MARTY HURNEY SAYS IT WOULD HAVE COST AT LEAST $20 MILLION TO FRANCHISE PEPPERS, THE PANTHERS' ALL-TIME SACKS LEADER, FOR A SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR.

BRISTOL, CONN. (AP) - FANS OF ESPN'S "PARDON THE INTERRUPTION" SHOW WON'T BE SEEING HOST TONY KORNHEISER FOR TWO WEEKS. ESPN HAS SUSPENDED KORNHEISER FOR WHAT THE NETWORK CALLS "HURTFUL" AND "NOT ACCEPTABLE" COMMENTS HE MADE ON THE RADIO LAST WEEK ABOUT SPORTSCENTER ANCHOR HANNAH STORM'S WARDROBE.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (AP) - THE MEN'S HOCKEY QUARTERFINALS GET UNDER WAY TODAY. THE UNITED STATES TAKES ON SWITZERLAND AND RUSSIA AND CANADA FACE OFF IN A GAME MANY THOUGHT WOULD BE FOR THE GOLD MEDAL. THE U.S. BEAT THE SWISS 3-1 IN THE OLYMPIC OPENER A WEEK AGO.

WHISTLER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (AP) - AMERICAN JULIA MANCUSO IS LOOKING TO DEFEND HER OLYMPIC TITLE IN THE WOMEN'S GIANT SLALOM. MANCUSO WON GOLD AT THE TURIN GAMES AND WILL BE JOINED IN THE EVENT BY RIVAL AMERICAN STANDOUT LINDSEY VONN. BOTH ARE SEEKING THEIR THIRD MEDAL IN VANCOUVER.

WEST VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (AP) - THREE AMERICANS ARE IN THE FINALS OF THE WOMEN'S FREESTYLE AERIALS, AN EVENT IN WHICH NO AMERICAN HAD ADVANCED PAST QUALIFYING SINCE 1998. ONE OF THE AMERICAN FINALISTS IS 16-YEAR-OLD ASHLEY CALDWELL.

WHISTLER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (AP) - A CANADIAN TEAM HOLDS THE CURRENT TOP SPOT GOING INTO THE WOMEN'S BOBSLED FINAL. THERE'S AN AMERICAN TEAM IN SECOND, BUT IT'S NOT WHO YOU'D EXPECT. USA-2, DRIVEN BY ERIN PAC, IS A MERE 0.13 SECONDS AWAY FROM TRACK-RECORD-SETTERS KAILLIE HUMPHRIES AND HEATHER MOYSE OF CANADA.

RICHMOND, BRITISH COLUMBIA (AP) - AMERICA'S MOST DECORATED WINTER OLYMPIAN IS BACK ON THE SHORT TRACK TODAY. APOLO ANTON OHNO IS GOING FOR AN EIGHTH MEDAL WHEN PRELIMINARIES BEGIN IN THE MEN'S 500 METERS. THE FINAL IS FRIDAY NIGHT.