WPPA/T102 SPORTS-WEDNESDAY

DISTRICT 11 SEMI FINALS

BOYS AAA

POTTSVILLE 55
JIM THORPE 46

BOYS A

MARIAN 59
NOTRE DAME-EAST S TROUDSBURG 36

PIUS X 53
WILLIAMS VALLEY 47

GIRLS AA

TAMAQUA 51
PALMERTON 43

PEN ARGYL 47
PINE GROVE 40

TONIGHT

BOYS AA
-AT NORTHERN LEHIGH-NOTRE DAME (GREEN POND) VS PINE GROVE-7:30PM-ON T102 AND T102RADIO.COM
-AT PANTHER VALLEY-CATASAUQUA VS TRI VALLEY-7:30PM

GIRLS AAA
-AT NORTHERN LEHIGH-ALLENTOWN CENTRAL CATHOLIC VS BLUE MOUNTAIN-6PM-ON T102 AND T102RADIO.COM

GIRLS A
-AT MINERSVILLE-NATIVITY VS MARIAN-7PM-ON WPPA AND WPPARADIO.COM
-AT PANTHER VALLEY-TRI VALLEY VS MORAVIAN-6PM

FRIDAY’S DISTRICT 11 FINALS

BOYS AAA
-AT BLUE MOUNTAIN-POTTSVILLE VS ALLENTOWN CENTRAL CATHOLIC-7PM

BOYS A
-AT JIM THORPE-MARIAN VS PIUS X-7:30PM

GIRLS AA
-AT JIM THORPE-TAMAQUA VS PEN ARGYL-6PM

TAMPA, FLA. (AP) - MIKE RICHARDS HAD A GOAL AND THREE ASSISTS, AND THE PHILADELPHIA FLYERS BEAT THE TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING 7-2 LAST NIGHT. SIMON GAGNE SCORED TWO POWER-PLAY GOALS, CLAUDE GIROUX HAD A MAN-ADVANTAGE GOAL, JEFF CARTER CONTRIBUTED A SHORT-HANDED GOAL AND
JAMES VAN RIEMSDYK ADDED AN EVEN-STRENGTH GOAL IN THE THIRD. DAN
CARCILLO ALSO SCORED FOR THE FLYERS.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - RUSLAN FEDOTENKO HAD A GOAL AND AN ASSIST AND SIDNEY CROSBY SET UP SERGEI GONCHAR'S 200TH CAREER GOAL AS THE PITTSBURGH PENGUINS BEAT THE BUFFALO SABRES 3-2 LAST NIGHT. CROSBY WAS PLAYING TWO DAYS AFTER BEATING U.S. GOALIE RYAN MILLER OF THE PENGUINS FOR THE GAME-WINNING GOAL FOR CANADA IN THE VANCOUVER OLYMPICS. MILLER DIDN'T PLAY LAST NIGHT.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - BUFFALO SABRES GOALTENDER RYAN MILLER RECEIVED A STANDING OVATION IN PITTSBURGH LAST NIGHT FOR LEADING THE UNITED STATES TO AN OLYMPIC SILVER MEDAL. THE CHEERS WERE LOUDER THAN THOSE GIVEN THE PENGUINS' OWN SIDNEY CROSBY, WHO PLAYED ON THE CANADIAN TEAM AND SCORED THE GAME-WINNING GOAL SUNDAY AS CANADA BEAT THE UNITED STATES 3-2 FOR THE GOLD MEDAL.

CINCINNATI (AP) - SCOTTIE REYNOLDS SCORED 17 POINTS, ALL OF THEM IN THE SECOND HALF, AND NUMBER 9 VILLANOVA BEAT CINCINNATI 77-73 LAST NIGHT. RASHAD BISHOP LED CINCINNATI WITH 19 POINTS

TORONTO (AP) - HOCKEY CANADA SAYS THE GLOVES AND STICK USED BY SIDNEY CROSBY TO SCORE THE WINNING GOAL IN CANADA'S GOLD MEDAL VICTORY OVER THE U.S. AT THE VANCOUVER WINTER OLYMPICS ARE MISSING. CROSBY, WHO PLAYS FOR THE PITTSBURGH PENGUINS, FLUNG THE EQUIPMENT INTO THE AIR AFTER HIS OVERTIME GOAL IN CANADA'S 3-2 WIN.

TORONTO (AP) - THE TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS HAVE TRADED ALEXEI PONIKAROVSKY TO THE PITTSBURGH PENGUINS FOR FORWARD LUCA CAPUTI AND DEFENSEMAN MARTIN SKOULA. THE 29-YEAR-OLD PONIKAROVSKY HAS 19 GOALS AND 22 ASSISTS IN 61 GAMES FOR THE LEAFS THIS SEASON. THE UKRAINIAN WINGER WAS SCRATCHED FOR LAST NIGHT'S GAME AGAINST THE CAROLINA HURRICANES IN ANTICIPATION OF THE TRADE.

CLEARWATER, FLA. (AP) - PLACIDO POLANCO, WHO WAS TRADED BY PHILADELPHIA TO DETROIT IN 2005, IS BACK WITH THE PHILLIES THIS SEASON AFTER SIGNING WITH THEM AS A FREE AGENT. POLANCO IS SET TO TAKE OVER AT THIRD BASE. HE HASN'T PLAYED THERE IN SEVERAL YEARS AND SAYS HE'S GETTING FAMILIAR WITH THE FOOTWORK AND THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FIELDING PLAYS.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - PHILADELPHIA FLYERS GOALIE RAY EMERY NEEDS HIP SURGERY AND WILL MISS THE REST OF THE SEASON. FLYERS GENERAL MANAGER PAUL HOLMGREN SAID YESTERDAY THAT EMERY'S SURGERY HASN'T BEEN SCHEDULED. EMERY WENT 16-11-1 WITH A 2.64 GOALS-AGAINST AVERAGE AND .905 SAVE PERCENTAGE IN HIS FIRST SEASON WITH THE FLYERS. MICHAEL LEIGHTON HAS REPLACED HIM.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - LA SALLE UNIVERSITY SAYS WOMEN'S BASKETBALL COACH TOM LOCHNER WILL NOT RETURN NEXT SEASON. THE SCHOOL ANNOUNCED THE DECISION YESTERDAY, CALLING IT A MUTUAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN LOCHNER AND ATHLETIC DIRECTOR TOM BRENNAN. LOCHNER SAID HE HAS FOND MEMORIES OF HIS 20-PLUS YEARS COACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY AND HIS SIX SEASONS AS HEAD COACH.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - ALLEN IVERSON ISN'T RETURNING TO THE PHILADELPHIA 76ERS THIS SEASON. IVERSON HAS MISSED THE LAST FOUR GAMES TO SPEND TIME WITH HIS ILL DAUGHTER. HE MADE A BRIEF RETURN AFTER MISSING FIVE GAMES AND THE ALL-STAR GAME LAST MONTH. TEAM PRESIDENT ED STEFANSKI SAID YESTERDAY THAT IVERSON DOESN'T WANT TO BE A DISTRACTION TO THE TEAM AND HIS TEAMMATES.