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edited by Susan Robinson The Republic, Columbus, Saturday, February 24, 2007 O'Hern stops Woods to end Julieta Granada (75), who finished second at Turtle Bay, was at 2 over. She fell out of her game after double bogeying her ninth hole, the par-4 18th. Her approach shot fell well short of the green, about a foot behind a wood railing. Instead of laying up, Granada attempted to pitch over the railing, but whiffed. She angrily threw down her club with the grandstand looking on.

She then chipped about 10 feet sideways on to the fairway where she safely hit onto the green and two I i 1 A Associated Press MARANA, Ariz. Tiger Woods' winning streak is over no matter what tour he is playing- In a shocking end to a PGA Tour streak that began in July, Woods failed to notice a ball mark in the line of his 4-foot birdie putt that would have won his third-round match against Nick O'Hern. Woods missed, then lost in 20 holes when the Australian saved par with a 12-foot putt Friday at the Accenture Match Play Championship. That finished off the second-longest streak in tour history. It is rare that Woods makes such a gaffe, and misses such a short putt with so much riding on the outcome One hole earlier, he hit a sand wedge to 5 feet and made the birdie putt to extend the match, completing a rally in which he was four holes behind after seven holes, and still trailed by three with eight holes left.

O'Hern became the first player to beat Woods twice in professional match play. The straight-hitting lefty also beat Woods in the second round at La Costa two years ago. Byron Nelson's record of 11 straight tour victories in 1945 again looks as untouchable as ever. Woods had won seven in a row although the purity of the streak was in question because he had failed to win four times during that streak while competing on other tours. O'Hern advanced to play Henrik Stenson, who defeated Aaron Baddeley, 4 and 3.

The lone American remaining is Chad Campbell, who advanced to the quarterfinals for the second straight year Associated Press Trevor Immelman pumps his fist as he sinks the match-clinching putt to defeat Ian Poulter, during the third round of the World Golf Championships Accenture Match Play Championship in Marana, Friday. College game sets record for length Golf Roundup after beating David Toms, 1-up. He will play Stephen Ames, a 3-and-1 winner over Stewart Cink. In other matches: Paul Casey beat Shaun Micheel for the second time in five months, 2-up. Casey also beat the former PGA champion in the final of the HSBC World Match Play Championship in September, where Woods' worldwide winning streak ended at five Defending champion Geoff Ogilvy won his ninth straight match, defeating Niclas Fasth of Sweden, 2 and 1.

Justin Rose built a big lead and beat good friend Charles Howell HI, 3 and 2. Trevor Immelman never trailed in an otherwise close match against Ian Poulter, winning 2 and 1. Fields Open KAPOLEI, Hawaii Stacy Pram-manasudh shot a 4-under 68 on Friday to take a two-stroke lead over Morgan Pressel before play was suspended in the second round because of rain. Prammanasudh had seven birdies and three bogeys and was at 10-under 134. The 18-year-old Pressel shot a 65.

Rookie Angela Park, who wasn't able to start her round, was at 6 under along with Carri Wood (68) and Mi Hyun Kim, who was one hole short of finishing the round. Jee Young Lee also was 6 under with 15 holes The day started out with sunny conditions but the usually dry Leeward Coast was hit by a downpour just as the morning leaders stepped into the media tent. The rain soaked players, sent spectators running X7i a NHL Roundup record set in 1965. Nicklas Lid-strom and Mathieu Schneider had two assists apiece, and Dominik Hasek made 23 saves. Zetterberg has 14 goals and 27 points in his last 12 games.

Bruins lightning 2 TAMPA, Fla. Brad Boyes had two goals and Tim Thomas made 24 Hewitt Tax Service Inc. It's believed to be the first time the hood of a NASCAR vehicle will carry the image of regular guy. Only celebrities have had the honor in the past. Hot tlx for hoops COLUMBUS, Ohio Tickets Sunday for No.

2 Ohio State's game against No. 1 Wisconsin are fetching higher prices than any previous Buckeyes' regular-season game Seats behind the basket that normally cost $14 are being sold for 1123. and tickets in the first few rows with a face value of $26 will cost $400 each, said Greg Guy. owner of Chuck Grimes Wohlford bound for greatness HAVING known Michael Wohlford since he was a little guy, predicting his future can be done without risk. Unless Wohlford alters his career goals, the Ball State University junior will become in the near future an outstanding teacher and coach.

The 2003 graduate of Columbus East pursues all interests with passion. Both his thinking and his actions are organized beyond his years. He abhors losing or just coming up short. And all of these characteristics have been in develop- ment since he was old enough to walk and talk. Currently, Wohlford is pursuing a degree in secondary education as a social studies major.

"I want to impact young people's lives," said Wohlford. "I want to help them grow." The former Olympian basketball star is not waiting for college graduation to begin doing his thing. He has been a fixture on Muncie Central's coaching staff for several months. He spends two hours daily at the Muncie Fieldhouse tutoring young men that make up the state's 4A No. 1-ranked Bearcats.

"My official label is JV assistant," said Wohlford "I scout, work with the big guys and do anything they need. I think the players connect with me." Wohlford's connection to one of Indiana's most hallowed roundball programs came as no accident. "I had a practicum at the school," said Wohlford. "Coach (Matt) Fine is a math teacher. I asked and he said I could help.

It's a great opportunity. He is giving me a chance to get started." Not many have had the opportunity to start the journey up the ladder on a rung so rich in tradition. As a young Indiana basketball historian, Wohlford is soaking up every ounce of his experience "It's awesome," he said. "Every day I walk in there and see those eight (state championship) banners, I think 'Wow. I can just feel coach (Bill) Harrell and those teams from the past.

So whenever I'm in there, I want to do something to help uphold the tradition." Central (18-2) was the state runner-up the past two seasons, dropping the title game each year to Greg Oden and Co. at Lawrence North. The young assistant is optimistic. "Anything short of getting to the final game will be a disappointment," he said. "I like our chances.

This is a really good team." And like most good coaching staffs, Central's is leaving nothing to chance When we talked, Wohlford was on the way back to campus after a scouting trip to view first-round sectional opponent Greenfield-Central, a winner of only four games. "We don't leave any stone unturned," he said. Pre-tourney tidbits Through last weekend, LA teams in Indiana had a 7-33 record against 4A teams. Ha user with wins over Jennings County, CoJunixis North and Franklin owns three of them. Hauser owns the 27th best record (138-68) in the state since class basketball began.

Bloomington South and North hold down third and 18th spots in the list. Entering tourney play, Columbus North's opponents' 199-130 record is the 16th best in the state SheSyvilk's are 18th and Bloomington South are 35th. Muncie Central's rank first. Chuck Grimes is a sixth-grade teacher at Southsid Elementary School and a veteran sports correspondent' for The Republic He can be reached at cgrimetbcsc.kl2.in.us or sports8therepublic.com. C5 streak putted.

Mayakoba Golf Classic PLAYA DEL CARMEN. Mexico Boo Weekley followed his opening 6-under 64 the best round of Ns PGA Tour career with a 67 to move him into a three-way tie for the lead midway through the event. Fred Funk, the first-round leader after a 62, had a 69 to match Week-ley and Cameron Beckman (67) at 9-under 131 in the PGA Tour's first tournament in Mexico. Jose Coceres (65), Bill Haas (66) and Brian Gay (67) were one shot back. Peter Lonard (68).

Ryan Armour (65) and John Merrick (69) were 7 under, followed by a big group at 6 under that included Bob Tway and Fabrizio Zanotti, both of whom shot 63s. Brent Geiberger had the best round of the day, an 8-under 62, taking him from over par to into contention at 5 under. The ACE Group Classic NAPLES. Fla. Bobby Wadkins shot an 8-under 64 to take a one-stroke lead over Champions Tour newcomer Mark O'Meara, Allen Doyle and GM Morgan after the first round.

Wadkins, who won the The Boeing Championship and Ford Senior Players last year, had two eagles, five birdies and one bogey on the Quail West Golf and Country Club course. O'Meara bounced back from a closing 82 last week in his tour debut in the Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am, eagling No. 1 and birdieing four of the next eight holes to make the turn at 6-under 30. After a double bogey at No. 10 when he hit his tee shot out of bounds, O'Meara birdied Nos.

12 and 13, then closed with another birdie. New Zealand PGA CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand American rookie Michael Letzig shot a 4-under 68 for a share of the second-round lead in the rain-delayed tournament. Letzig completed his round Friday on the Clearwater course. Sal SpaJ-lone (68) and Peter Senior (71) then joined Letzig at 7-under 137 this morning. utes.

"I didn't have class today, thank God," Smallwood said after she grabbed a few hours sleep following the Huskies' 5 a.m. arrival in Boston. "Some of my teammates did, I don't know how they did it." Drexel's Gabriela Margin-ean, a freshman from Romania, scored 20 points after regulation and finished with a school-record 47 points to lead the Dragons and then had to be up for a 10 a.m. math class. Getting a win made it a little easier, though.

"I thought I was going to be really tired," Margin-ean said. "But I wasn't I was so excited we won." The Dragons squandered a 13 point ha If time lead and trailed in the closing seconds before Marginean hit one of two foul shots at the end of regulation to tie it at 55. But it seemed every time Drexel took control. Small-wood would hit a big shot. Three times she hit baskets to force another overtime.

A pair of foul shots tied it at 85 and sent the game to a record fifth OT breaking the Division I mark set 11 times, most recently by Northern Illinois and Bowling Green in 2004. La-Force Mann found herself mentally going through all the sports movies she had seen, like "Hoosiers," trying to come up with something to say to her team. ment at the Pan American Center next month and next season, but Hurd said presidents of the nine W.AC schools could vote to move the event if the sportsmanship issue persists. Squash via rail NEW YORK Commuters passing through Grand Central station can watch some squash competition before catching their trains. The top squash players in the Tournament of Champions will compete Saturday in a portable glass court in Yanderbtlt Hall Tth free seating for 500.

The event runs through Friday. Associated Pre klanlMiMnV4lfedBM4 v- 1 I I i TT" Auooated Press Edmonton Oilers' Ryan Smyth makes a shot against Detroit Red Wings goalie Domlnlk Hasek during the first period of Friday's game In Detroit Red Wings' streak snapped under coconut trees and drew a smile from the players in the clubhouse. More than half the field waited out the rain delay. It cleared up about an hour after play was halted at 1:18 p.m., and crews busily worked to make the course playable. Pressel and Park are vying to become the youngest winner of a full LPGA Tour event.

Pressel got close at last week's season-opening SBS Open. She shared the lead heading into the final day and closed with a 74 to tie for fourth. saves, leading surging Boston past Tampa Bay. Marco Sturm. Phil Kessel.

Brandon Bochenski and Stantsiav Chtstov had Boston's other goals. The Brums have won eight of 10 to move within five points of Carolina for the final Eastern Conference playoff berth. Boyes scored midway tfvough I Ib-st and early in tw second to grve Boston a 3-1 advantage. Thomas stopped an ivctose shot by Rusian redotonfco halfway trough the second. Dan Boyle and Fp Kuba scored tor the Southeast Djvisioo-teadinq Lightning, who tost for just the fifth me in 21 games.

Tampa Bay has a one-point lead over second-place Atlanta. Blue Chip Ticket Bureau. The prices are twice as much as any other game this season, Guy said. They're about 20 percent more than the next most expensive regular-season game Ohio State's upset of then-No. 1 Illinois in March 2006.

Tickets to the No. 2 Michigan vs. No. 1 Ohio State football game in November sold for betwwn $650 and $1,500 each. Coach scolds fans LAS CRUCES.

N.M. New Mexico Slate coach Reggie Then loves the support for his team from the home fans. But the coach doesn't like some of the language, and he I i I 4 i By Randy Penned Associated Press PHILADELPHIA Somewhere in the second overtime, Drexel coach Denise Dillon was running out of water and Northeastern's Daynia La-Force Mann was running out of movies to quote. It was the game that, wouldn't end. The teams went at it for five overtimes Thursday night, exhaustion and injuries taking a toll.

Drexel final- ly prevailed, winning 98-90 in the longest game in NCAA Division I women's basketball history. Two Division II games have gone to five overtimes. "As the game went on, we just tried to find humor in it," Dillon said Friday. It was almost like a boxing match." Northeastern's Shaleyse Smallwood finished with 37 points despite the flu. Drexel's Delise Johnson was cut on the head diving for a loose ball in the third overtime Jody Burrows, one of Northeastern's starting guards, played with a partially torn knee ligament.

Even the crowd was in bad shape Twice, 911 had to be called for medical emergencies in the stands. I was thinking, five overtimes, are you kidding me?" Smallwood said. "Are we going to play all night?" Smallwood nearly did she played 63 of the game's 63 min- warned students during a pep rally that continued use of vulgarities could result in having next season's Western Athletic Conference tournament moved out of Las Cruces. He told students that some athletic directors at other WAC schools have expressed concern about a chant containing a vulgarity. Aggies fans have used it for at least the past 12 years after opponents shoot free throws.

Penalties for violating the policy can vary from letters of reprimand to monetary fines against member schools. New Mexico State has a coo-tract to stage the WAC tourna Associated Press DETROIT Ryan Smyth scored the only goal of the shootout, giving the Edmonton Oilers a 4-3 win Friday night that snapped the Detroit Red Wings' 13-game winning streak. Smyth, Raffi Torres, and Marty Reasoner had goals for Edmonton in regulation and Dwayne Roloson stopped 27 shots. Henrik Zetterberg, Tomas Holmstrom, and Valtteri Filp-pula scored for the Red Wings, whose winning streak ended one short of a tying a franchise Names in the Game Mears'army JACKSON, Miss. Sorry, Dale Earnhardt Jr.

and Tony Stewart. Your fans in one Mississippi family and a big chunk of the state's Army National Guard will be pulling for Casey Mtars this weekend. An image of Staff Sgt. Quintan Martin will adorn the hood of Mears' car Sunday during the Auto Club 500 race in Fontana, Calif. The 51-year-old Martin is from the tiny town of Seminary just north of Hattiesburg.

He was chosen as "Hero of the Year in a national competition sponsored by Jackson THEM Ami WHAT ARE YOU IN THE MRKBT FOR? r. mm i i i a I.