WPPA/T102 SPORTS-MONDAY

PIAA CLASS A SEMI FINALS

GIRLS

FROM BELLEFONTE HIGH SCHOOL....WEDNESDAY NIGHT

TRI VALLEY VS NORTHERN CAMBRIA

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - ONDREJ PAVELEC MADE 44 SAVES, RON HAINSEY, TODD WHITE AND RICH PEVERLEY SCORED, AND THE ATLANTA THRASHERS BEAT THE PHILADELPHIA FLYERS 3-1 LAST NIGHT. MIKE RICHARDS SCORED FOR PHILADELPHIA. THE WIN PUTS THE THRASHERS WITHIN A POINT OF EIGHTH-PLACE BOSTON IN THE EASTERN CONFERENCE.

CLEARWATER, FLA. (AP) - JAMIE MOYER PITCHED FIVE SHARP INNINGS IN HIS SPRING DEBUT, BUT THE PHILLIES LOST TO THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES 5-4 YESTERDAY. MOYER, WHO IS IN COMPETITION WITH RIGHT-HANDER KYLE KENDRICK FOR THE FIFTH SPOT IN THE ROTATION, HELD BALTIMORE TO ONE
RUN AND FIVE HITS IN FIVE INNINGS.

MILWAUKEE (AP) - JORDAN CRAWFORD SCORED 27 POINTS AS XAVIER BEAT PITTSBURGH 71-68 IN THE SECOND ROUND OF THE NCAA TOURNAMENT LAST NIGHT. JASON LOVE ADDED 14 POINTS FOR THE SIXTH-SEEDED MUSKETEERS, WHO ADVANCED TO PLAY SECOND-SEEDED KANSAS STATE IN THE WEST REGIONAL SEMIFINALS THURSDAY. ASHTON GIBBS LED PITTSBURGH WITH 19 POINTS.

NORFOLK, VA. (AP) - QWEDIA WALLACE SCORED 21 POINTS AND EIGHTH-SEEDED TEMPLE BEAT JAMES MADISON 65-53 IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE WOMEN'S NCAA TOURNAMENT YESTERDAY. KRISTEN MCCARTHY AND LAKEISHA EADDY ADDED 15 POINTS EACH FOR TEMPLE. DAWN EVANS LED JAMES MADISON WITH 18 POINTS, AND TARIK HISLOP HAD 14.

BRADENTON, FLA. (AP) - PITTSBURGH RIGHT-HANDER DANIEL MCCUTCHEN'S START WAS PUSHED BACK A DAY AFTER THE PIRATES' GAME AGAINST THE TAMPA BAY RAYS WAS RAINED OUT YESTERDAY. HE'LL PITCH MONDAY IN CLEARWATER AGAINST THE PHILLIES' TRIPLE-A CLUB - AN ASSIGNMENT THAT INDICATES HE'S CLOSED THE GAP ON KEVIN HART IN THE RACE TO BE PITTSBURGH'S FIFTH STARTER.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - JANTEL LAVENDER SCORED 23 POINTS AND GRABBED 15 REBOUNDS AS OHIO STATE BEAT ST. FRANCIS 93-59 IN A FIRST-ROUND NCAA DAYTON REGIONAL GAME YESTERDAY. LAVENDER, THE THREE-TIME BIG TEN PLAYER OF THE YEAR, STARTING GUARD TAYLER HILL AND TWO RESERVES GOT SICK AFTER EATING SANDWICHES FOLLOWING PRACTICE SATURDAY, BUT THE BUCKEYES WEREN'T SLOWED BY THE ILLNESS.

AMES, IOWA (AP) - ANNA PRINS SCORED 21 POINTS IN IOWA STATE'S 79-42 VICTORY OVER LEHIGH LAST NIGHT IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE NCAA WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT. CHELSEA POPPENS ADDED 18 POINTS AND KELSEY BOLTE 12 FOR IOWA STATE. EMILY GRATCH HAD 12 POINTS TO LEAD LEHIGH, THE PATRIOT LEAGUE CHAMPION.

UNDATED (AP) - THREE DOUBLE-DIGIT SEEDS ARE HEADED TO THE NCAA TOURNAMENT ROUND OF 16. THE UNDERDOGS WHO MADE IT TO THE NEXT ROUND
INCLUDE NO. 12 SEED CORNELL, NO. 11 WASHINGTON AND NO. 10 SAINT MARY'S. OTHER UPSET WINNERS MOVING ON TO THE REGIONALS INCLUDE NO. 9 NORTHERN IOWA, WHICH OUSTED TOURNAMENT FAVORITE KANSAS, AND NO. 6 XAVIER AND NO. 5 BUTLER, TWO OF FIVE MID-MAJOR TEAMS THAT ADVANCED.

MILWAUKEE (AP) - MID-MAJOR XAVIER PUNCTUATED FOUR DAYS OF UPSETS IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT. JORDAN CRAWFORD SCORED 27 POINTS, SENDING THE SIXTH-SEEDED MUSKETEERS TO A 71-68 WIN OVER THIRD-SEEDED PITTSBURGH IN A WEST REGIONAL SECOND-ROUND GAME IN MILWAUKEE. XAVIER WILL FACE SECOND-SEEDED KANSAS STATE IN A ROUND-OF-16 MATCHUP IN SALT LAKE CITY.

UNDATED (AP) - TIGER WOODS HAS ACKNOWLEDGED "LIVING A LIE," AND SAYS HE ALONE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SEX SCANDAL THAT COST HIM SPONSORS AND FANS. WOODS GAVE FIVE-MINUTE INTERVIEWS TO ESPN AND THE GOLF CHANNEL THAT AIRED YESTERDAY. HE SAYS HE'S NERVOUS ABOUT HOW HE'LL BE RECEIVED WHEN HE RETURNS TO GOLF AT THE MASTERS AT AUGUSTA NATIONAL NEXT MONTH.

PALM HARBOR, FLA. (AP) - JIM FURYK (FYOOR'-IHK) IS THE 13TH WINNER IN 13 PGA TOUR EVENTS THIS SEASON. FURYK WON A TOUR EVENT FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2007. FURYK CLOSED WITH A 2-UNDER 69 FOR A ONE-SHOT VICTORY OVER K.J. CHOI IN THE TRANSITIONS CHAMPIONSHIP. FURYK LAST WON AT THE 2007 CANADIAN OPEN.

BRISTOL, TENN. (AP) - JIMMIE JOHNSON'S THIRD WIN OF THE SEASON CAME ON A TRACK WHERE HE WAS WINLESS. THE SPRINT CUP POINTS LEADER WON FOR THE FIRST TIME AT BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY, DARTING FROM SIXTH TO FIRST IN THREE LAPS. JOHNSON MADE HIS MOVE THROUGH THE FIELD ON A RESTART WITH 10 LAPS TO GO SUNDAY AND PICKED UP HIS 50TH CAREER WIN. TONY STEWART FINISHED SECOND WITH KURT BUSCH THIRD. BUSCH LED 275 OF THE 500 LAPS.