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SCHUYLKILL LEAGUE BOYS

BLUE MOUNTAIN 54
PANTHER VALLEY 49

LOURDES 58
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN 38

TAMAQUA 66
PINE GROVE 49

MARIAN 36
WEATHERLY 35

TRI VALLEY 48
MINERSVILLE 46

SHENANDOAH VALLEY 66
NATIVITY 45

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - THE 76ERS WIN THEIR FOURTH IN A ROW, BEATING THE MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES 119-97 BEFORE A SPARSE CROWD THAT BRAVED
PHILADELPHIA'S LATEST SNOWSTORM. ANDRE IGUODALA SCORED 24 POINTS AND ELTON BRAND ADDED 21 FOR THE SIXERS, WHO WERE WITHOUT ALLEN IVERSON FOR A FOURTH GAME. IVERSON HAS BEEN HOME TENDING TO HIS ILL DAUGHTER.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - PHILADELPHIA GUARD ALLEN IVERSON WILL MISS A FIFTH STRAIGHT GAME TONIGHT AGAINST TORONTO BECAUSE OF THE LINGERING ILLNESS OF ONE OF HIS CHILDREN. IT'S NOT YET KNOWN IF IVERSON WILL PLAY IN SUNDAY'S ALL-STAR GAME IN TEXAS, BUT HE IS EXPECTED BACK ON TUESDAY WHEN THE SIXERS PLAY THE MIAMI HEAT.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - THE FLYERS AND DEVILS WRAP UP A HOME-AND-HOME SERIES IN NEW JERSEY TONIGHT. PHILADELPHIA RALLIED FROM A TWO-GOAL DEFICIT TO WIN MONDAY'S GAME 3-2. THE DEVILS HAVE LOST 10 OF THEIR LAST 14 GAMES AND THEIR LEAD OVER PITTSBURGH IN THE ATLANTIC DIVISION IS DOWN TO JUST TWO POINTS.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - THE PITTSBURGH PENGUINS ARE HOME TONIGHT TO FACE THE NEW YORK ISLANDERS. A WIN COUPLED WITH A NEW JERSEY LOSS TO PHILADELPHIA WOULD LIFT THE PENGUINS INTO A FIRST-PLACE TIE IN THE ATLANTIC DIVISION. THE ISLANDERS ARE ONE OF SEVERAL EASTERN CONFERENCE TEAMS BATTLING TO STAY ALIVE IN THE PLAYOFF RACE.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - FORMER PITT PUNTER ADAM GRAESSLE AND FORMER UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS WIDE RECEIVER BRANDON LONDON HAVE BEEN
SIGNED TO THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS' OFFSEASON ROSTER. GRAESSLE WAS RELEASED BY THE GREEN BAY PACKERS BEFORE THE START OF TRAINING CAMP
LAST SEASON. LONDON WAS RELEASED BY THE MIAMI DOLPHINS BEFORE THE
START OF LAST SEASON.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - CODY ELLIS SCORED 13 POINTS - INCLUDING THREE 3-POINTERS - AS SAINT LOUIS BEAT SAINT JOSEPH'S 56-52 IN AN ATLANTIC-10 CONTEST IN PHILADELPHIA LAST NIGHT. WILLIAMSON SCORED 13 POINTS TO PACE THE HAWKS, WHO HAVE LOST FOUR OF THEIR LAST FIVE GAMES.

CLEVELAND (AP) - LEBRON JAMES SCORED 32 POINTS TO LEAD THE CLEVELAND CAVALIERS TO THEIR 12TH STRAIGHT VICTORY, 104-97 VICTORY OVER THE NEW JERSEY NETS. THE WIN GIVES CLEVELAND THE LONGEST WINNING STREAK IN THE NBA THIS SEASON.

MADISON, WIS. (AP) - DEMETRI MCCAMEY SCORED 27 POINTS AND MIKE TISDALE ADDED 19 ON 8-OF-11 SHOOTING TO LEAD ILLINOIS TO A 63-56 UPSET OVER 11TH-RANKED WISCONSIN LAST NIGHT. THEN ENDS THE BADGERS' 51-AND-0 HOME RECORD AGAINST UNRANKED BIG TEN OPPONENTS UNDER COACH BO RYAN.

NASHVILLE, TENN. (AP) - JEFFERY TAYLOR SCORED 16 OF HIS CAREER-HIGH 26 POINTS IN THE FIRST HALF AND NO. 22 VANDERBILT NEVER TRAILED IN ROUTING NO. 12 TENNESSEE 90-71. THE COMMODORES GRABBED SOLE POSSESSION OF SECOND PLACE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE'S EASTERN DIVISION BEHIND THIRD-RANKED KENTUCKY.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - THE SUPER BOWL CHAMPION NEW ORLEANS SAINTS CELEBRATED THEIR FIRST SUPER BOWL TITLE WITH A MARDI GRAS-STYLE CELEBRATION BEFORE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DELIRIOUS NO-LONGER-DOWNTRODDEN SAINTS FANS. SUPER BOWL MVP QUARTERBACK DREW BREES AND OTHER PLAYERS TOSSED BEADS INTO THE CROWDS AS CONFETTI FLOATED IN THE AIR.

LAS VEGAS (AP) - THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS WEREN'T THE ONLY WINNERS ON SUPER BOWL DAY. GAMBLING REGULATORS SAY NEVADA CASINOS WON ALMOST $6.9 MILLION ON THIS YEAR'S SUPER BOWL AS BETTORS WAGERED $82.7 MILLION ON THE NFL TITLE GAME.