WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Saturday

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

POTTSVILLE 4
BLUE MOUNTAIN 3 8 INNINGS

MARIAN 6
NATIVITY 0

BASEBALL

BLUE MOUNTAIN 11
POTTSVILLE 5


SCHUYLKILL LEAGUE SOFTBALL TODAY

NATIVITY AT SHENANDOAH VALLEY-11AM
LOURDES AT MARIAN-NOON

NON LEAGUE

BLOOMSBURG AT NORTH SCHUYLKILL-2PM

SCHUYLKILL LEAGUE BASEBALL

SHENANDOAH VALLEY AT NATIVITY-11AM
LOURDES AT MARIAN-NOON

BOSTON (AP) - THE PHILADELPHIA FLYERS RALLIED FROM A THREE-GOAL DEFICIT AGAINST BOSTON AND COMPLETED AN IMPROBABLE COMEBACK FROM THREE GAMES DOWN TO ELIMINATE THE BRUINS FROM THE PLAYOFFS. THE WIN GIVES THE FLYERS A BERTH IN THE EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS AGAINST MONTREAL.

COLOGNE, GERMANY (AP) - PENGUINS PLAYERS SERGEI GONCHAR AND EVGENI MALKIN WILL JOIN UP WITH THE RUSSIA TEAM AT THE ICE HOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE TWO-TIME OLYMPIAN MALKIN WILL PLAY IN HIS FOURTH WORLDS AND WAS A LEADING FIGURE IN PITTSBURGH'S 2009 STANLEY CUP TITLE RUN. GONCHAR IS A FOUR-TIME OLYMPIAN.

MILWAUKEE (AP) - RYAN HOWARD HIT A TWO-RUN SHOT, JAMIE MOYER OVERCAME THREE HOMERS IN ONE INNING AND THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES ROUGHED UP BREWERS STARTER RANDY WOLF IN A 9-5 VICTORY OVER MILWAUKEE. RAUL IBANEZ AND CHASE UTLEY HIT SOLO HOMERS FOR THE SURGING PHILS, WINNERS OF NINE OF 12.

MILWAUKEE (AP) - MEDICAL TESTS ON THE SURGICALLY REPAIRED RIGHT ELBOW OF PHILLIES CLOSER BRAD LIDGE SHOW NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. THE TEAM SAYS HE'S DAY-TO-DAY WITH INFLAMMATION IN THE LINING OF HIS ELBOW JOINT. MEANWHILE, THE TEAM SAYS SHORTSTOP JIMMY ROLLINS STARTING A REHAB ASSIGNMENT AT CLASS A CLEARWATER. HE'S RECOVERING FROM A STRAINED RIGHT CALF.

MILWAUKEE (AP) - PHILLIES MANAGER CHARLIE MANUEL SAYS HE SHOULD HAVE STAYED QUIET DURING THE BINOCULARS FLAP IN DENVER THIS WEEK. THE PHILLIES INSIST THEY WEREN'T TRYING TO STEAL SIGNS WHEN BULLPEN
COACH MICK BILLMEYER WAS CAUGHT PEERING THROUGH BINOCULARS FROM THE
BULLPEN. MANUEL HAS SAID THAT TEAMS "KEEP CRYING" ABOUT THE ISSUE, AND THAT COMMENT UPSET COLORADO MANAGER JIM TRACY.

CHICAGO (AP) - ANDREW MCCUTCHEN AND GARRETT JONES BOTH HOMERED TO LEAD THE PITTSBURGH PIRATES TO A 10-6 VICTORY OVER THE CHICAGO CUBS. THE PIRATES BROKE LOOSE AT THE PLATE AFTER FOUR STRAIGHT LOSSES AND BACK-TO-BACK SHUTOUTS AT CINCINNATI. MCCUTCHEN AND JONES BOTH FINISHED WITH FIVE HITS.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - DONOVAN MCNABB HAS APOLOGIZED TO PHILADELPHIA FANS FOR NOT WINNING A SUPER BOWL TITLE FOR THEM. THE QUARTERBACK TELLS RADIO STATION 97.5 THE FANATIC THAT HE DIDN'T ACCOMPLISH THE THINGS HE WANTED DURING HIS 11 SEASONS WITH THE EAGLES, WHO DRAFTED HIM THIRD OVERALL IN 1999.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - HOUSTON ROCKETS ASSISTANT COACH ELSTON TURNER HAS MET WITH THE 76ERS TO DISCUSS THE TEAM'S VACANT COACHING JOB. SIXERS TEAM PRESIDENT ED STEFANSKI INTERVIEWED TURNER YESTERDAY. THE SIXERS ALSO INTERVIEWED SUNS ASSISTANT COACH DAN MAJERLE AND TRAIL BLAZERS ASSISTANT MONTY WILLIAMS THIS WEEK. THE 76ERS ALSO HAVE TALKED TO AVERY JOHNSON AND DOUG COLLINS.

NEW YORK (AP) - THE UNITED STATES HAS PROPOSED HOLDING THE WORLD CUP DRAW IN MIAMI AHEAD OF A TOURNAMENT IN 2018 OR 2022 AND SUGGESTED THE POSSIBILITY OF HOSTING THE OPENER IN DALLAS. THE U.S. BID WAS PRESENTED YESTERDAY. THE U.S. PROPOSED 18 CITIES -- INCLUDING PHILADELPHIA. SOCCER'S GOVERNING BODY WILL CHOOSE THE 2018 AND 2022 HOSTS IN DECEMBER.

STATE COLLEGE, PA. (AP) - PENN STATE'S MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM HAS ADDED 6-FOOT-8 RECRUIT JONATHAN GRAHAM TO HELP REPLENISH A ROSTER DEPLETED BY THREE OFFSEASON DEPARTURES. GRAHAM IS A POWER FORWARD FROM BALTIMORE WHO AVERAGED 18 POINTS AND 10 REBOUNDS A GAME AS A HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - MINNETONKA HIGH SCHOOL STAR COLE STEFAN HAS SIGNED A LETTER OF INTENT TO PLAY BASKETBALL AT LASALLE. STEFAN AVERAGED 19.3 POINTS PER GAME LAST YEAR AND WAS A FINALIST FOR MINNESOTA'S MR. BASKETBALL AWARD. HE WAS A TWO-YEAR CAPTAIN AND HELPED MINNETONKA WIN THE BIG-SCHOOL STATE TITLE IN 2008.

CLEVELAND (AP) - CLEVELAND CAVALIERS OWNER DAN GILBERT IS DENYING A REPORT THAT COACH MIKE BROWN HAS BEEN FIRED. HE SAYS THE TEAM IS "GOING THROUGH THE EVALUATION PROCESS" AND STRESSES THAT THE CLUB WOULD NOT REACT EMOTIONALLY AFTER "UNEXPECTEDLY" LOSING TO BOSTON IN SIX GAMES IN THE SECOND ROUND OF THE PLAYOFFS.

ATLANTA (AP) - MIKE WOODSON IS OUT OF WORK. THE ATLANTA HAWKS SAY THEY WILL NOT OFFER THEIR COACH OF THE PAST SIX SEASONS A NEW CONTRACT AFTER THE HAWKS WERE SWEPT IN THE SECOND ROUND OF THE PLAYOFFS BY THE ORLANDO MAGIC.

BALTIMORE (AP) - THE HORSE RACING WORLD IS FOCUSING ON BALTIMORE FOR SUNDAY'S RUNNING OF THE PREAKNESS STAKES, SECOND JEWEL OF THE TRIPLE CROWN BEING RUN AT A MILE AND THREE-16THS. CALVIN BOREL WON THE KENTUCKY DERBY ABOARD SUPER SAVER AND SAYS HIS HORSE IS PEAKING FOR THE TRIPLE CROWN.

BALTIMORE (AP) - THERE ALREADY HAS BEEN A BIG UPSET AT PIMLICO AHEAD OF THE PREAKNESS. ACTING HAPPY WAS THE SURPRISE WINNER AT 10-TO-1 IN THE BLACK-EYED SUSAN STAKES WITH JOSE LEZCANO ABOARD IN FRIDAY'S GRADE 2 STAKES RACE FOR 3-YEAR-OLD FILLIES.