WPPA/T102 SPORTS-SATURDAY

DISTRICT 11 BASKETBALL

BOYS AAA

AT MINERSVILLE-PANTHER VALLEY VS POTTSVILLE-2:30PM-ON WPPA AND WPPARADIO.COM

AT WEATHERLY-BLUE MOUNTAIN VS JIM THORPE-2:30PM-ON T102 AND T102RADIO.COM

BOYS AA

AT MARTZ HALL-SCHUYLKILL HAVEN AT PINE GROVE-7:30PM-ON T102 AND T102RADIO.COM

BOYS A

AT MINERSVILLE-SALEM CHRISTIAN VS WILLIAMS VALLEY-1PM
AT WEATHERLY-MAHANOY AREA VS MARIAN-1PM

GIRLS AAA

AT ALLENTOWN DIERUFF-BLUE MOUNTAIN VS SOUTHERN LEHIGH-6PM-ON WPPA AND WPPARADIO.COM

AT SOUTHERN LEHIGH-NORTH SCHUYLKILLL VS NORTHERN LEHIGH-6PM

GIRLS AA

AT NORTHERN LEHIGH-SHENANDOAH VALLEY VS PEN ARGYL-2:30PM

GIRLS A

AT MARTZ HALL-MINERSVILLE VS MARIAN-6PM-ON T102 AND T102RADIO.COM

LOS ANGELES (AP) - PAU GASOL HAD 23 POINTS AND 11 ASSISTS, KOBE BRYANT ADDED 19 POINTS AND EIGHT ASSISTS, AND THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS HELD THE PHILADELPHIA 76ERS TO ONE FIELD GOAL OVER THE FINAL 3:40 OF A 99-90 VICTORY FRIDAY NIGHT. SAMUEL DALEMBERT HAD 24 POINTS AND 11 REBOUNDS FOR THE 76ERS, AND ANDRE IGUODALA CHIPPED IN WITH 13 POINTS AND 10 ASSISTS.

NEW YORK (AP) - BRIAN GRIMES SANK A JUMPER WITH 2 SECONDS REMAINING AND COLUMBIA DEFEATED PENN 56-55 ON FRIDAY NIGHT. DAN MONCTON HAD 17 POINTS, ZACK ROSEN ADDED 16 AND JACK EGGLESTON HAD 10 FOR THE QUAKERS (5-19, 4-6). THE TWO TEAMS HAVE SPLIT THEIR SEASON SERIES THREE STRAIGHT YEARS.

BRADENTON, FLA. (AP) - STEVE PEARCE HAS GONE FROM BEING A TOP PROSPECT WITH THE PITTSBURGH PIRATES TO A SLUGGER DOWN TO HIS LAST SWINGS IN A HURRY. PEARCE WAS A HOTSHOT IN 2007 WHEN HE WENT FROM CLASS A TO THE MAJORS IN THE SAME SEASON. BUT HE'S HAD TROUBLE MAKING AN IMPACT IN THE BIG LEAGUES SINCE THEN.

NEW YORK (AP) - BRIAN GRIMES SANK A JUMPER WITH 2 SECONDS REMAINING AND COLUMBIA DEFEATED PENN 56-55. NEITHER TEAM LED BY MORE THAN FIVE POINTS IN THE FINAL 10 MINUTES. GRIMES HIT A LAYUP TO TIE THE GAME 54-54 WITH 52 SECONDS TO PLAY, THEN JACK EGGLESTON'S FREE THROW WITH 33 SECONDS LEFT PUT PENN AHEAD 55-54.

CLEARWATER, FLA. (AP) - WHEREVER CHARLIE MANUEL GOES, HE LEAVES A TRAIL OF LAUGHTER. AFTER THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES HELD THEIR FIRST FULL-SQUAD WORKOUT OF SPRING TRAINING, MANUEL WAS ASKED ABOUT THE SPEECH HE GAVE HIS TEAM. THIS TIME, HIS MESSAGE WAS SIMPLE: WIN.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - WHEN NO. 7 VILLANOVA VISITS FOURTH-RANKED SYRACUSE TONIGHT IN A GAME FEATURING THE BIG EAST'S TOP TEAMS, ANDY RAUTINS WILL BE A PRIME FOCUS OF THE WILDCATS. RAUTINS IS SYRACUSE'S SECOND-LEADING SCORER AT 11.8 POINTS PER GAME.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - WHEN SEVENTH-RANKED VILLANOVA ENTERS THE CARRIER DOME FOR TONIGHT'S GAME AGAINST NO. 4 SYRACUSE, THE WILDCATS WILL BE CAUGHT IN AN ORANGE WAVE BIGGER THAN ANY OTHER IN THE BUILDING'S BASKETBALL HISTORY. A CROWD OF 34,616 IS EXPECTED, THE LARGEST ON CAMPUS FOR AN NCAA GAME.

BRADENTON, FLA. (AP) - LASTINGS MILLEDGE SAYS HE IS DETERMINED TO MAKE THIS HIS BREAKOUT SEASON. THE PITTSBURGH PIRATES OUTFIELDER SAYS HE HAS PUT THE PROBLEMS THAT PLAGUED HIM WITH THE NEW YORK METS AND WASHINGTON NATIONALS BEHIND HIM AND IS READY TO SHOW THE CLUB HE CAN BE A PRODUCTIVE EVERYDAY PLAYER.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - NOW THAT THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS HAVE CASEY HAMPTON LOCKED UP WITH A CONTRACT DEAL, THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO THE SAME WITH SAFETY RYAN CLARK BEFORE HE CAN BECOME AN UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENT IN ONE WEEK. CLARK HAS SAID PREVIOUSLY HE WANTS TO STAY WITH THE STEELERS AND CONTINUE TO PLAY ALONGSIDE STRONG SAFETY TROY POLAMALU.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (AP) - THE UNITED STATES ROUTED FINLAND 6-1 AND WILL PLAY CANADA ON SUNDAY FOR THE OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL IN MEN'S HOCKEY. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN THREE OLYMPICS THE AMERICAN MEN WILL PLAY FOR GOLD, BUT THE U.S. HASN'T CLAIMED THE TOP SPOT ON THE PODIUM SINCE THE 1980 MIRACLE ON ICE AT LAKE PLACID, N.Y.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (AP) - APOLO ANTON OHNO ANCHORED THE UNITED STATES TO A BRONZE-MEDAL FINISH IN THE 5,000-METER SHORT TRACK SPEEDSKATING RELAY, EARNING HIS EIGHTH CAREER OLYMPIC MEDAL. EARLIER OHNO WAS DISQUALIFIED IN THE 500 FINAL, APPARENTLY FOR CAUSING A CRASH IN THE FINAL TURN.

LAS VEGAS (AP) - KURT BUSCH WON THE POLE FOR SUNDAY'S NASCAR SPRINT CUP RACE AT LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY BY SHATTERING HIS BROTHER KYLE'S TRACK RECORD WITH A LAP OF 188.646 MILES PER HOUR. GORDON WILL BE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT ROW.

LAS VEGAS (AP) - DANICA PATRICK SAYS SHE IS SAD HER THREE-WEEK STRETCH OF NASCAR IS COMING TO AN END. PATRICK WILL DRIVE IN THE NATIONWIDE SERIES RACE SATURDAY AT LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY AND THEN WILL RETURN TO FULL-TIME INDYCAR RACING FOR THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS BEFORE RETURNING TO NASCAR AT THE END OF JUNE.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) - FORMER NBA ALL-STAR ALVIN ROBERTSON HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD, TRAFFICKING AN UNDERAGE CHILD FOR PURPOSES OF SEX AND FORCING A SEXUAL PERFORMANCE BY A CHILD. AUTHORITIES ARE TRYING TO APPREHEND THE 47-YEAR-OLD FORMER SAN ANTONIO SPURS STAR.

WHISTLER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (AP) - NOT SINCE 1948 HAS A U.S. FOUR-MAN BOBSLED WON OLYMPIC GOLD. BUT STEVE HOLCOMB AND HIS USA-1 CREW ABOARD THE "NIGHT TRAIN" HAVE A SHOT TODAY. THEY HOLD A FOUR-TENTHS OF A SECOND LEAD AFTER SETTING TRACK RECORD IN BOTH OF YESTERDAY'S FIRST TWO HEATS.

WHISTLER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (AP) - THE WOMEN'S 30 KILOMETER MASS START IS THE TOUGHEST ENDURANCE TEST IN WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY, AND THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS. THEY WILL ALL LINE UP TOGETHER AT THE START, WITH THE TOP SEEDS GETTING THE FRONT ROW IN TODAY'S RACE.

WHISTLER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (AP) - THERE'S SLALOM AND GIANT SLALOM MEDAL RACES ON THE SCHEDULE AT THE VANCOUVER GAMES TODAY. AT WHISTLER, IT'S THE MEN'S ALPINE SKIING SLALOM. THE SKIERS MAKE TWO RUNS ON TWO COURSES AGAINST THE CLOCK. THE SNOWBOARDERS RACE SIDE-BY-SIDE IN THE GIANT SLALOM AT CYPRESS MOUNTAIN. WEATHER COULD PROVE A FACTOR AGAIN IN BOTH EVENTS.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (AP) - BOTH THE U.S. MEN AND WOMEN'S SPEEDSKATING TEAMS HAVE A SHOT AT MEDALS IN THE PURSUIT TODAY. THE
MEN FACE CANADA IN THE FINAL. THE WOMEN WILL HAVE TO GET PAST A SEMIFINAL MATCH AGAINST DEFENDING CHAMPION GERMANY IF THEY WANT A
GOLD OR SILVER. JAPAN AND POLAND ARE THE OTHER WOMEN'S SEMIFINAL
PAIR.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (AP) - THE MEN'S CURLING COMPETITION COMES DOWN TO CANADA AND NORWAY. WHETHER THEY TAKE GOLD OR SILVER, THE NORWEGIANS MAY HAVE ALREADY MADE THE BIGGEST SPLASH IN THE CURLING FIELD. THEIR LOUD, DIAMOND-PATTERN PANTS HAVE MADE THEM CULT HEROES. THE DEFENDING CHAMPION CANADIANS ARE UNDEFEATED IN THIS TOURNAMENT.