WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Saturday

LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

GIRLS

Pottsville 41, Panther Valley 20
Tamaqua 53, Pine Grove 51 – Tamaqua Clinches Division 1 Crown
Jim Thorpe 54, Blue Mountain 43
Mahanoy Area 42, Shenandoah Valley 36
Lourdes 64, Williams Valley 30
Marian 46 Weatherly 21

BOYS

Panther Valley 36 North Schuylkill 34
Marian 68 Weatherly 27

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Steelers cornerback Bryant McFadden is back at
practice for the first time since Pittsburgh's AFC championship
victory. Two other injured players worked out yesterday - rookie
wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders and All-Pro safety Troy Polamalu.
All three are listed as probable for the Super Bowl on Feb. 6
against Green Bay.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - After the Green Bay Packers beat the
Chicago Bears, Charles Woodson led a cheer in the locker room.
President Barack Obama had promised to attend the Super Bowl if the
Bears were in it. So Woodson says that if Obama doesn't want to see
the Packers play, they'll have to go see him. He led his teammates
in a cheer: "1-2-3 ... White House!"

DALLAS (AP) - Fans from Green Bay and Pittsburgh won't get much
of a break from the cold during Super Bowl week in Texas. The
National Weather Service says freezing temperatures will descend on
the Dallas-Fort Worth area early in the week, and highs might not
get out of the 40s until after the Feb. 6 game at Cowboys Stadium
in Arlington.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Rudy Gay scored 16 points and put Memphis
ahead for good with a 6-footer in traffic, helping the Memphis
Grizzlies rally from a 21-point deficit and beat the Philadelphia
76ers 99-94. Zach Randolph had 22 points and 12 rebounds for the
Grizzlies.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Call Memphis guard Sam Young a bad tipper.
Young's grab at a defensive board backfired when he tipped in a
rebound on the Philadelphia 76ers' basket, giving two points to the
wrong team last night.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Left-hander Joe Beimel and the Pittsburgh
Pirates have agreed to a minor league contract. Beimel would get a
$1.75 million, one-year deal if added to the Pirates' 40-man roster
under yesterday's agreement The reliever was 1-2 with a 3.40 ERA in
71 games with Colorado last season.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Miles Cartwright scored 18 points and
Pennsylvania beat Yale 66-58 last night for its second straight
win. The Quakers never trailed and built their biggest lead at 24-6
with 9:09 remaining in the first half.

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Final Memphis 99 Philadelphia 94
Final OT Milwaukee 116 Toronto 110
Final Indiana 124 New Jersey 92
Final Denver 117 Cleveland 103
Final Miami 88 Detroit 87
Final Atlanta 111 New York 102
Final Chicago 99 Orlando 90
Final 2OT Oklahoma City 124 Washington 117
Final Utah 108 Minnesota 100
Final Phoenix 88 Boston 71
Final OT Charlotte 121 Golden State 113
Final Sacramento 100 L-A Lakers 95

TOP-25 WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Final (14) Maryland 75 Wake Forest 44
Final (15) North Carolina 64 Virginia 52