Sports News - March 12, 2010
LINCOLN - The Norfolk High Panthers have advanced to the semi-finals of the Boy's Class A State basketball tournament in Lincoln easily defeating Grand Island 69-44. It wasn't as easy for the Norfolk Catholic Knights in their Class C-1 opener against Grand Island Central Catholic 50-48. The 23-and-2 Knights now take on top seed Hastings Saint Cecilia in a C-1 semi-final at 10:45 this morning. St. Cecilia crushed Tekamah-Herman Thursday 80-44 Thursday. The 21-2 Panthers square off against Creighton Prep in a Class A semi-final at 7:00. Prep won its opener over Omaha Bryan 62-50.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Donald Sloan scored 23 points and Bryan Davis had a key three-point play at the 1:01 mark, enabling No. 23 Texas A&M to stave off upset-minded Nebraska 70-64 in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament on Thursday. Nebraska, trailing all game while trying to become the first No. 12 seed in Big 12 history to win two tournament games, cut the lead to 62-58 with 1:35 left on Sek Henry's 3-pointer. Davis then managed to get behind the Nebraska defense for a layup, was fouled by Jorge Brian Diaz and make the free throw to make it 65-58. In Friday's semifinals, the Aggies (23-8) get a rematch with No. 1 Kansas, which beat them last month 59-54. The Huskers (15-18), who lost all but two of their 16 regular-season conference games but beat No. 5 seed Missouri in the first round, will sit out the NCAA tournament for the 12th straight season.
NEW YORK (AP) - No. 3 Syracuse was one of three ranked teams that were beaten in the Big East quarterfinals Thursday. The Orange fell to No. 22 Georgetown 91-84 before 10th-ranked Villanova lost to Marquette 80-76. Sixteenth-ranked Pittsburgh was a 50-45 loser to Notre Dame, and seventh-rated West Virginia beat Cincinnati 54-51 on Da'Sean Butler's three-pointer at the buzzer.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Pro Football Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen has died at age 69, one year after being diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. Olsen was taken third overall by the Rams in the 1962 draft and was selected to 14 Pro Bowls during his 15 years with the team. He became a fixture on NBC as a football analyst and an actor, appearing regularly on "Little House on the Prairie" before starring in "Father Murphy."
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Colorado first baseman Todd Helton has agreed to a $9.9 million, two-year contract extension through the 2013 season. The veteran hit .325 with 38 doubles, 15 home runs, 86 RBIs and a .416 on-base percentage in 151 games for the Rockies last season.
DORAL, Fla. (AP) - Two people with knowledge of Tiger Woods' future plans tell The Associated Press the golfer won't play in a tournament until at least the Masters next month. Woods has spent the last two weeks practicing at Isleworth near his Orlando home. He took an indefinitely leave from the tour following his automobile accident and reports of his infidelity.
DORAL, Fla. (AP) - Charl Schwartzel played bogey-free golf en route to a 5-under-par 67 and a one-stroke lead after the opening round of the CA Championship in Florida. Ernie Els hit into the water with his approach on No. 18 and made bogey for a 4-under 68, putting him in a three-way tie for second with Vijay Singh and Robert Allenby.
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) - Lindsey Vonn has won her third straight overall World Cup title. The U.S. Olympian, who won the final super-G of the season Friday, also won titles in the downhill, the super-G and combined events this season. She is the first woman to win three straight overall titles since Petra Kronberger of Austria in 1990-92.
The Scoreboard
BOYS STATE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
Class A
Norfolk 69, Grand Island 44
Creighton Prep 62, Omaha Bryan 50
Lincoln Southeast 67, Millard South 47
Omaha central 71, Lincoln high 44
Class B
South Sioux City 67, Sidney 55
Ralston 54 Adams Central 42
Omaha Skutt 78, Crete 34
Beatrice 55, Lincoln Pius X 54
Class C1
Chadron 41, Wilber-Clatonia 32
Minden 46, Falls City Sacred Heart 41
Hastings St. Cecilia 80, Tekamah-Herman 44
Norfolk Catholic 50, Grand Island CC 48
Class C2
Axtell 73, Dundy Cty-Stratton 45
Archbishop Bergan 62, Hartington CC 59
Ravenna 73, Sutton 44
Johnson County 49, Burwell 44
Class D1
Freeman 54, Sandhills/Thedford 43
Emerson Hubbard 56, Humphrey 39
Overton 55, Randolph 45
Humphrey St. Francis 53, Exeter Milligan 32
Class D2
Ewing 58, Heartland Lutheran 43
Hay Springs 69 Giltner 66 OT
Hampton 63, Lynch 38
Hayes Center 53, Sterling 48
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Atlanta 105 Washington 99
Orlando 111 Chicago 82
Portland 110 Golden State 105
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Columbus 2 Atlanta 1
Boston 5 Philadelphia 1
2OT Montreal 5 Edmonton 4 (SO Montreal 1-0)
OT Carolina 4 Pittsburgh 3
2OT St. Louis 2 N-Y Islanders 1
OT Toronto 4 Tampa Bay 3
Detroit 5 Minnesota 1
Colorado 3 Florida 0
Calgary 2 Ottawa 0
San Jose 8 Nashville 5
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
( 1) Kansas 80 Texas Tech 68
(22) Georgetown 91 ( 3) Syracuse 84
( 7) West Virginia 54 Cincinnati 51
( 8) New Mexico 75 Air Force 69
( 9) Kansas St. 83 Oklahoma St. 64
Marquette 80 (10) Villanova 76
(14) BYU 95 TCU 85
(15) Tennessee 59 LSU 49
Notre Dame 50 (16) Pittsburgh 45
(21) Baylor 86 Texas 67
(23) Texas A&M 70 Nebraska 64
(25) UTEP 76 UCF 54
TOP-25 WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
(15) Texas 64 Missouri 59
(16) Baylor 72 Colorado 65
(20) Oklahoma St. 76 Kansas 69
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