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E5 THE COURIER-JOURNAL GIL THORP By Jerry Jenkins and Frank McLaughlin Scorecard PRO FOOTBALL NFL All Times EST AMERICAN CONFERENCE East WLTPctPFPA New England620.750154129 Miami420.66711877 Buffalo440.500143148 N.Y. Jets250.286111118 South Indianapolis610.857208126 Tennessee620.750224167 Houston250.286121200 Jacksonville160.143127184 North Baltimore430.571160132 Cincinnati340.429138156 Cleveland350.375115130 Pittsburgh250.286132179 West Kansas City8001.00246130 Denver530.625184141 Oakland250.286125161 San Diego150.167115169 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East Dallas520.714150116 Philadelphia430.571119136 N.Y. Giants340.429134140 Washington340.429135171 South Carolina610.857141125 Tampa Bay430.57115097 New Orleans350.375172191 Atlanta160.143114220 North Minnesota610.857196133 Green Bay340.429200166 Chicago250.286121192 Detroit160.143117184 West Seattle520.714170131 St. Louis520.714203129 San Fran.350.375172142 Arizona250.28698193 results Chicago 24, Detroit 16 Baltimore 26, Denver 6 St. Louis 33, Pittsburgh 21 Cincinnati 27, Seattle 24 Tampa Bay 16, Dallas 0 Tennessee 30, Jacksonville 17 New England 9, Cleveland 3 Carolina 23, New Orleans 20, OT N.Y.

Giants 29, Minnesota 17 Arizona 16, San Francisco 13, OT Indianapolis 30, Houston 21 Philadelphia 24, N.Y. Jets 17 Kansas City 38, Buffalo 5 Open: G.B., Atlanta game Miami vs. San Diego at Tempe, Ariz. Next games Oakland at Detroit, 1p.m. San Diego at Chicago, 1p.m.

N.Y. Giants at N.Y. Jets, 1p.m. Carolina at Houston, 1p.m. Indianapolis at Miami, 1p.m.

Jacksonville at Baltimore, 1p.m. New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 1p.m. Pittsburgh at Seattle, 4:05 p.m. Cincinnati at Arizona, 4:05 p.m. Washington at Dallas, 4:15 p.m.

Philadelphia at Atlanta, 4:15 p.m. St. Louis at San Francisco, 4:15 p.m. Green Bay at Minnesota, 8:30 p.m. Open: Buffalo, K.C., Cleveland Next game New England at Denver, 9 p.m.

KENTUCKY Cash Ball For 10-27-03 15 19 20 28 21 (Last number is CASH BALL) For 10-27-03 Pick Three Midday 5 0 6 Evening 0 0 0 Pick Four Midday 5 3 3 7 Evening 7 10 9 INDIANA For 10-27-03 Daily Three Midday 6 8 4 Evening 5 8 6 Daily Four Midday 6 8 3 8 Evening 7 4 7 2 Lucky 5 Midday 4 5 18 27 34 Evening 12 22 26 30 34 ILLINOIS For 10-27-03 Pick Three Midday 8 5 6 Evening 2 2 2 Pick Four Midday 0 7 5 6 Evening 114 4 Little Lotto 12 4 14 16 OHIO For 10-27-03 Pick Three Morning 2 11 Evening 6 3 2 Pick Four Morning 3 19 7 Evening 4 0 4 2 Buckeye Five 5 19 20 30 34 Lottery numbers any time (two phone numbers are toll-free): Kentucky: (502) 583-2000 Indiana: (800) 955-6886 Illinois: (217) 524-5155 Ohio: (800) 589-6446 Lotteries ROLL CALL BASEBALL BOSTON RED SOX to exercise the 2004 option on Grady Little, manager. CINCINNATI REDS Dan general manager. BASKETBALL BOSTON CELTICS the 2004-05 option on Kedrick Brown. Placed Brandon Hunter, Kendrick Perkins and Chris Mills on the injured reserve list. CHICAGO BULLS Kirk Hinrich, Jay Williams and Linton Johnson on the injured list.

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS Ira Newble, Bruno Sundov and DaJuan Wagner on the injured reserve list. HOUSTON ROCKETS Eddie Griffin on the team suspended list, and G-F Adrian Griffin, Eric Piatkowski and Ben Davis on the injured list. INDIANA PACERS Jonathan Bender, James Jones and Jamison Brewer on the injured list. NEW ORLEANS HORNETS Jamal Mashburn, Courtney Alexander and James Lang on the injured reserve list. ORLANDO MAGIC Keith Bogans, Pat Garrity and Grant Hill on the injured list.

PHILADELPHIA 76ERS Greg Buckner, Todd MacCulloch and Monty Williams on the injured list. SACRAMENTO KINGS Chris Webber and Lawrence Funderburke on the injured list. TORONTO RAPTORS Hakeem Olajuwon and Stanley Roberts. Placed Michael Bradley, Rick Brunson and Eric Montross on the injured list. WASHINGTON WIZARDS G-F Jerry Stackhouse on the injured list.

COLLEGE Dietz was named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic co-Offensive Player of the Week in football. KENTUCKY Abney was named the Southeastern Special Teams Player of the Week in football. LOUISVILLE Christy Hershey was named the Mid-American Defensive Player of the Week in field hockey; Lena Ustymenko was named Conference co-Player of the Week in volleyball. THE LINE (Home Team in CAPS) College football games Boise NORTH State games S. games B.C.............................1...............Pittsburgh MARYLAND Carolina STATE WAKE W.

VIRGINIA Florida C. Michigan NC N. State Carolina Carolina KANSAS TEXAS TEXAS Florida DAME Fresno AIR Colorado JOSE STATE Ohio STATE State OREGON MARSHALL PASO SOUTHERN State TECH Tech NEW ARIZONA ST Added games CONN. Michigan Monroe SO. Lafayette UTAH Tennesse St N.M.

State a Maryland QB S. McBrien is questionable; Cent. Florida QB R. Schnieder is probable; Marshall QB S. Hill, RB B.

Wallace Akron QB C. Hill are all questionable; Arizona State QB A. Walter is questionable; W. Michigan QB C. Munson is questionable NFL games Ny JETS Diego TAMPA Orleans Carolina St.

Louis FRANCISCO Bay game England a HOU Texans QB D. Carr is questionable; SF 49ers QB J. Garcia is questionable Odds provided by National Sports Services, Inc. (http://www.nss.net) PRO BASKETBALL NBA At A Glance All Times EST games Miami at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Phoenix at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

Dallas at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m. games Miami at Boston, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Toronto, 8 p.m. Indiana at Detroit, 8 p.m.

Orlando at New York, 8 p.m. Atlanta at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Milwaukee at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Washington at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Portland at Utah, 9 p.m.

San Antonio at Denver, 9 p.m. Cleveland at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m. Dallas at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. PRO HOCKEY NHL At A Glance All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division WLTOLPtsGFGA Philadelphia3131102219 NY Islanders421092316 NY Rangers222061114 New Jersey232061417 Pittsburgh142041223 Northeast Division WLTOLPtsGFGA Boston5220122420 Ottawa5101112813 Toronto4320102122 Buffalo5400102125 Montreal5400102220 Southeast Division WLTOLPtsGFGA Atlanta5121132618 Tampa Bay600012208 Florida342081718 Carolina124061314 Washington161031729 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division WLTOLPtsGFGA Detroit5300102216 St. Louis420191816 Chicago342081625 Nashville340061719 Columbus350061616 Northwest Division WLTOLPtsGFGA Vancouver4220102515 Calgary430081314 Colorado440082721 Edmonton350062226 Minnesota261052026 Pacific Division WLTOLPtsGFGA Dallas5400102120 Los Angeles440082320 Phoenix332082224 Anaheim251161425 San Jose143051523 Two points for a win, one point for a tie and overtime loss.

late results Chicago 1, Anaheim 1, tie Buffalo 3, Colorado 1 Phoenix 3, Vancouver 3, tie games Philadelphia 5, Montreal 0 Atlanta 3, Toronto 2, OT games Minnesota at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Boston at Montreal, 7 p.m. San Jose at Carolina, 7 p.m. New Jersey at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.

Anaheim at N.Y. Rangers, 7:30 p.m. Nashville at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Chicago at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Calgary at Colorado, 9:30 p.m. Columbus at Vancouver, 10 p.m. games Anaheim at Washington, 7 p.m. Florida at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. St.

Louis at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. Calgary at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS soccer STATE TOURNAMENT Sectional finals Yesterday: One, Bowling Green 5 Marshall County 1 Two at of Xavier 2 (Brad Frederick, Sergio Victor), DeSales 1 (Michael Brothers); Three, Lexington Catholic 4 (Chris Davies, Zach Tewell, Landry Gray, Russell Ashcraft), Oldham County 1 (Greg Klass); Four at Scott Catholic 5 South Laurel 2 (OT).

Semifinals at Rawlings Stadium Georgetown College, Georgetown, Ky. Tomorrow: Bowling Green vs. St. 6 p.m.; Lex. Catholic vs.

Cov. Catholic, 8 p.m. Finalat Rawlings Stadium Saturday: 6 p.m. PREVIOUS STATE CHAMPIONS As provided by the KHSAA 2002 Xavier; 2001 Dunbar; 2000 Xavier; 1999 1998 Trinity; 1997 Xavier; 1996 1995 1994 Xavier; 1993 1992 Dunbar; 1991 Clay; 1990 1989 1988 Creek; 1987 1986 1985 Creek; 1984 Trinity; 1983 (spring), Lexington Catholic (fall); 1982 (spring); 1981 (spring); 1980 (spring); 1976 (spring); 1975 Country Day (spring); 1973 Xavier (fall); 1972 Xavier (fall). Note: The Kentucky High School Athletic Association moved competition to the fall in 1983.

Also, in the 1976-77, 77-78 and 78-79 no tournament was sanctioned by the KHSAA due to participation. soccer STATE TOURNAMENT Sectional finals Today: Section One, Marshall County at Greenwood, 7 p.m.; Section Two, Sacred Heart at South Oldham, 7 p.m.; Section Three, Covington Holy Cross at Rowan County, TBA; Section Four, Woodford County at West Jessamine, 7 p.m. Semifinals at Rawlings Stadium Georgetown College, Georgetown, Ky. Thursday: Section One winner vs. Section Three winner, 6 p.m.; Section Two winner vs.

Section Four winner, 8 p.m. Final at Rawlings Stadium Saturday: 8 p.m. PREVIOUS STATE CHAMPIONS As provided by the KHSAA 2002 Catholic; 2001 Oldham; 2000 Oldham; 1999 Oldham; 1998 Oldham; 1997 1996 Oldham; 1995 Oldham; 1994 1993 1992 Field hockey STATE TOURNAMENT Semifinals at Eastern Yesterday: Sacred Heart 1 (Laken Letellier), Collegiate 0 Today: Assumption vs. Kentucky Country Day, 6 p.m. Final at Eastern Thursday: Sacred Heart vs.

Assumption-KCD winner, 6 p.m. Football late result Sheldon Clark 51, Pike County Central 20. Volleyball ALL-STATE TOURNAMENT TEAM Julia Noe, Alli Christian and Ellen Heintzman of Sacred Heart; Meredith Harmon and Jenna Gronotte of Notre Dame; Abbey Vierling and Shannon Rosado of Mercy; Jessica Thiem and Cristy Jaspers of Newport Central Catholic; Jacqueline Beck and Mary Tobin of Henry Clay; Mallory Eikenberry of South Oldham; Piper Lindsey of Barren County; Rachel Howard and Meredith Wahler of Owensboro Catholic; Brittany Donald of Christian Fellowship. Most Valuable Player U.S. Marines Corps Sportsmanship Award COLLEGE ATHLETICS golf USA FALL BEACH CLASSIC At Gulf Shores, Ala.

Gulf Shores G.C., par-72 Top teams: Florida; Florida; State. Also: 568 Kentucky; 569 Top individual: Roof (Central Florida). Top Kentuckiana individuals: (t7th) Woo (Louisville). (t13th) Smith (W. Kentucky).

soccer DIV. I TOP 10 1. North Carolina (17-0-0); 2. Notre Dame (18-0-1); 3. UCLA (12-1-3); 4.

Portland (16-2-0); 5. Virginia (12-3-2); 6. (tie) Colorado (14-2-1), Texas (12-3-2); 8. Penn St. (16-2-2); 9.

Santa Clara (10-3-5); 10. Florida (13-3-1). DIV. II TOP 20 1. Metro St.

(16-0-1); 2. Kennesaw St. (15-1-0); 3. UC San Diego (12-1-0); 4. Merrimack (17-1-0); 5.

Adelphi (12-1-1); 6. Christian Brothers (14-1-1); 7. Grand Valley St. (15-1-2); 8. Nebraska-Omaha (14-1-2); 9.

Franklin Pierce (14-2-0); 10. Truman St. (15-1-1); 11. Ashland (14-1-1); 12. Seattle Pacific (12-1-2); 13.

Slippery Rock (12-2-1); 14. Central Oklahoma (13-2-2); 15. Carson- Newman (12-2-2); 16. Texas (14-1-3); 17. Cal St.

Dominguez Hills (13-3-1); 18. West Florida (16-2-1); 19. Barry (9-4-2); 20. Northern Kentucky (13-2-2). NCAA DIVISION II GREAT LAKES REGION RATINGS 1.

Grand Valley State; 2. Northern Kentucky; 3. Ashland; 4. Indianapolis; 5 (tie). West Virginia Wesleyan, Wisconsin-Parkside.

tennis ITA MIDWEST REGIONAL At East Lansing, Mich. unreported results Singles: Jhonny Berrido (UofL) d. Willy Gali (N. Illinois) 5-7, 6-2, 6-4; Dennis Mertens (Ohio State) d. Berrido 6-1, 6-2; Avery Ticer (Minnesota) d.

Matt Mayer (UofL) 7-5, 6-4; Chuck Perrin (Northwestern) d. Octavian Nicodim (UofL) 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-3. Doubles: Troy Havens-Paul Rose (Purdue) d. Berrido-Damar Johnson (UofL) 8-5; Matt Baccarani-Patrick Thompson (Ball State) d. Jonathan Howard-Mark Kennedy (UofL) 8-6; Brandon Weber (E.

Illinois) d. Jeremy Clark-Jakob Gustafsson (UofL) 8-6; Ryan Recht-John Stone (Indiana) d. Mayer-Nicodim (UofL) 9-7. Yesterday Doubles: Clay Estes-Avery Ticer (Minnesota) d. Recht-Stone 8-6.

tennis OMNI SOUTHEAST REGIONAL At Winston-Salem, N.C. Singles: Karin Coetzee (Wake Forest) d. Aibika Kalsarieva (Kentucky) 6-1, 6-3. of schedule TODAY at Kentucky Relays, 6 p.m., Lexington, Ky. golf: at Fall Beach Classic, Gulf Shores, Ala.

GOLF World Golf Ranking Through Oct. 26 1. Tiger 2. Vijay 3. Ernie 4.

Davis Love 5. Jim 6. Mike 7. David 8. Kenny 9.

Padraig 10. Retief 11. Nick 12. Darren 13. Phil 14.

Stuart 15. Justin 16. Robert 17. Choi 18. Brad 19.

Paul 20. Chris 21. Adam 22. Jay 23. Scott 24.

Rocco 25. Jonathan 26. Charles Howell 27. Bob 28. Fred 29.

Thomas 30. Jerry 31. Sergio 32. Chad 33. Rich 34.

Fred 35. Bob 36. Shigeki 37. Chris 38. Colin 39.

Stephen 40. Alex 41. Fredrik 42. Shaun 43. Eduardo 44.

Justin 45. Peter 46. Ben 47. Michael 48. Ian 49.

Loren 50. Tim 51. Stewart 52. Scott 53. Niclas 54.

Phillip 55. Steve 56. Trevor 57. John 58. Kirk 59.

Len 60. Scott TENNIS BNP Paribas Masters At Paris Singles: First round Beck, Slovakia, d. Robby Ginepri, U.S., 7-6 (5), 6-4; Gregory Carraz, France, d. Radek Stepanek, Czech 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (3); Tim Henman, Britain, d. Nikolay Davydenko, Russia, 6-3, 6-4; Albert Costa, Spain, d.

Mariano Zabaleta, Argentina, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-5; Hicham Arazi, Morocco, d. Paul-Henri Mathieu, France, 7-5, 6-4; Nicolas Mahut, France, d. Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, 4-6, 6-4, 7-5. Gaston Gaudio, Argentina, d. Richard Gasquet, France, 1-6, 7-6 (11), 6-4; Victor Hanescu, Romania, d.

Wayne Ferreira, S. Africa, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4; Thierry Ascione, France, d. Juan Ignacio Chela, Argentina, 6-0, 6-3; Fabrice Santoro, France, d. Max Mirnyi, Belarus, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1; James Blake, U.S., d. Fernando Gonzalez, Chile, 6-3, 6-4; Andrei Pavel, Romania, d.

Karol Kucera, Slovakia, 7-6 (4), 6-2. Advanta Championships At Villanova, Pa. Singles: First round Cohen-Aloro, France, d. Aniko Kapros, Hungary, 6-3, 6-3; Jelena Jankovic, d. Shenay Perry, U.s., 6-0, 6-3; Tina Pisnik (10), Slovenia, d.

Janet Lee, Taiwan, 6-4, 6-4; Martina Sucha, Slovakia, d. Cara Black, Zimbabwe, 6-0, 6-3; Tathiana Garbin, Italy, d. Marissa Irvin, U.S., 6-1, 7-6 (2); Ashley Harkleroad, U.S., d. Elena Likhovtseva, Russia, 6-0, 2-0, ret. Bell Challenge At Quebec Singles: First Kurhajcova, Slovakia, d.

Julia Schruff, Germany, 6-3, 6-3; Els Callens, Belgium, d. Miho Saeki, Japan, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2; Antonella Serra Zanetti, Italy, d. Klara Koukalova (8), Czech 6-4, 6-0; Rita Grande (9), Italy, d. Adriana Serra Zanetti, Italy, 7-6 (3), 0-6, 6-4. COLLEGE FOOTBALL NCAA Div.

I-AA Poll The top 25 teams in the Sports Network Division I-AA football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 26 and previous ranking: Rec.PtsPvs 1. McNeese St. 2. Delaware 3.

So. Illinois 4. 5. 6. Northern 7.

8. Western 9. 10. 11. 12.

13. Western 14. Grambling 15. Northern Arizona6-298810 16. Harvard6-091320 17.

Florida Atlantic6-276921 18. Southern7-172914 19. N.C. 20. Furman5-368022 21.

Hampton6-157225 22. Fordham6-249924 23. Northwestern St.6-329618 24. Idaho State5-329417 25. The Citadel5-3253NR AUTO RACING NASCAR Winston Cup BASS PRO SHOPS MBNA 500 results At Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton, Ga.

Lap length: 1.54-mile quad-oval (Start position in parentheses) F-Ford; 1. (19) Jeff Gordon, 325 laps, 127.769 mph, $249,978. 2. (24) Tony Stewart, 325, $207,678. 3.

(9) Jimmie Johnson, 325, $122,800. 4. (5) Bill Elliott, 325, $133,833. 5. (2) Bobby Labonte, 325, $133,383.

6. (3) Dale Earnhardt Jr, 325, $121,692. 7. (15) Jeremy Mayfield, 325, $89,200. 8.

(17) Kurt Busch, 325, $110,475. 9. (22) Jimmy Spencer, 325, $92,450. 10. (8) Joe Nemechek, 325, $92,225.

11. (37) Matt Kenseth, 325, $95,825. 12. (31) Dale Jarrett, 325, $115,403. 13.

(29) Ward Burton, 325, $74,125. 14. (12) Kevin Lepage, 325, $78,550. 15. (18) Jamie McMurray 324, $74,400.

16. (40) Sterling Marlin, 324, $111,150. 17. (6) Elliott Sadler, 324, $105,300. 18.

(33) Tony Raines 324, $70,550. 19. (21) Rusty Wallace, 324, $104,692. 20. (10) Kevin Harvick, 324, $110,753.

21. (16) Robby Gordon, 324, $94,712. 22. (11) John Andretti, 324, $94,062. 23.

(38) Jeff Burton, 324, $102,442. 24. (30) Johnny Benson, 323, $94,475. 25. (25) Kyle Petty, 323, $75,725.

26. (43) Ken Schrader, 323, $67,025. 27. (36) Bobby Hamilton 323, $63,575. 28.

(14) Casey Mears 321, $82,864. 29. (1) Ryan Newman, 320, accident, $107,900. 30. (28) Kenny Wallace, 320, $66,585.

31. (42) Ricky Rudd, 319, $73,425. 32. (41) Scott Wimmer, 316, $98,801. 33.

(32) Terry Labonte, 316, $89,531. 34. (27) Greg Biffle 314, transmission, $62,425. 35. (26) Ricky Craven, 222, accident, $70,300.

36. (20) Steve Park, 221, accident, $70,225. 37. (35) Dave Blaney, 201, accident, $70,100. 38.

(13) Michael Waltrip, 170, engine failure, $80,050. 39. (39) Mark Martin, 159, engine failure, $95,833. 40. (23) Derrike Cope, 132, engine failure, $61,950.

41. (34) Hermie Sadler, 77, accident, $61,900. 42. (7) Todd Bodine, 44, accident, $61,850. 43.

(4) Brian Vickers, 18, engine failure, $62,059. Time of Race: 3 hours, 55 minutes, 2 seconds. Margin of Victory: Under Caution. Caution Flags: 10 for 63 laps. Lead Changes: 28 among 12 drivers.

Lap Leaders: R.Newman 1-12; K.Harvick 13-33; D.Earnhardt Jr 34; E.Sadler 35; K.Harvick 36-55; B.Labonte 56-61; T.Stewart 62-99; D.Earnhardt Jr 100-101; K.Busch 102-104; D.Earnhardt Jr 105-128; T.Stewart 129-152; D.Earnhardt Jr 153; T.Stewart 154-200; B.Labonte 201; J.Spencer 202-203; J.Gordon 204-205; B.Labonte 206-224; J.Gordon 225-231; B.Labonte 232-239; D.Earnhardt Jr 240-243; B.Labonte 244-274; J.Gordon 275; B.Labonte 276; J.Gordon 277-285; J.Johnson 286; R.Newman 287; K.Lepage 288; T.Raines, 289; J.Gordon 290-325. Top 10 in Points: M.Kenseth, D.Earnhardt Jr, K.Harvick, J.Johnson, J.Gordon, R.Newman, T.Stewart, B.Labonte, B.Elliott, T.Labonte, 3,839. Halloween 200 results at Salem, Ind. Salem Speedway 1. Johnny Magee, Carthage, 207 laps 2.

Tony Conway, Louisville, 207 3. Greg Howard, Wheatfield, 207 4. Mike Riddle Anderson, 207 5. Calvin Parham, Lewisville, 206 6. Dick Leach, Demotte, 206 7.

Troy Ashbaugh, Shepherdsville, 206 8. Jason Williams, New Castle, 205 9. Dwayne Klem, St. Anthony, 204 10. Billy Williams, Bowling Green, 204 11.

Brian Hopkins, New Castle, 204 12. Jason Pitts, Anderson, 203 13. Mathew Berg, St. Anthony, 203 14. Kyle Hadley, Louisville, 202 15.

Curtis Knieriem, Celestine, 202 16. Todd Kempf, Huntingburg, 200 17. Jeff Stankiewicz, Clarksville, 199 18. Jamie Williams, Yorktown, 198 19. Derrick Layne, Anderson, 196 20.

Mike Cain, Arcadia, 195 IGH CHOOLS St. Xavierisgoing to the state soccer tournament final four for the fourth straight year. The defending state champions beat DeSales in the Section Two final for the second season in a row, clipping the Colts 2-1last night at the University of Cardinal Park. Brad Frederick and Sergio Victor scored as St. took a 2-0 lead, then held off the Colts, who were outshot 15-0 until Michael attempt went wide left with 8:40 left in the game.

Hefinally scored on a header off a free kick by Jack Manning with 2:07 left. St. which is rankedNo.5 in the take a 21-3-1record to the state semifinals beginning to- morrowat Georgetown College. The Tigers, whowon the state title in 2000 and was runner-up in 2001, will play Section One winner Bowling Green at 6p.m. was only the second one scored against St.

since the Tigers lost to No. 2 Trinity 5-1on Sept.25. St. avenged that loss with a 1-0 victory in the sub-sectional last Saturday. years in a coach Andy Schulten said.

know what to think. been very fortunate. We had a lot of close games to get there. extremely proud of these guys. We came into this game a little beat up after the (second) Trinity Ed Ohin, one of St.

best defenders, play yesterday. got kicked in the leg against Trinity and still messed Schulten said. St. which nipped DeSales 1-0 in last sectional, went ahead 1-0 when Frederick took a cross from Tim Wilkening and scored with 26:13 left in the first half. cross from Tim went right over Chad head and came right to said.

took my time and hit it in the backside of the goal. It was pretty St. which outshot DeSales 16-3, made it 2-0 on some nice passing. Frederick worked the end line, passed to Hunter Strickler, who fedVictor the ball. Victor, who was in front of the goal, knocked in the shot with 34:05 left in the second half.

was a great assist by said Victor, a first-year exchange student from Brazil. DeSales, coached by Neil Schulten, brother, finished the season 10-7-1. came down to the fact that St. had too much Schulten said. tried to shorten the game as much as possible, but they got an early goal because of our inexperience in the back.

went further than we expected this year. a credit to our juniors last yearwho are seniors now. They got a taste of it and they liked it. done a fantastic job with his team. This (St.

X) team plays together better than the others SOCCER Tigers back in final four Frederick, Victor score in 2-1win over DeSales By BOB WHITE Special to The Courier-Journal SAM UPSHAW THE COURIER-JOURNAL St. Tim Wilkening, front, and Eric Tiller raced to the ball during the Section Two final last night at Cardinal Park. The chants said it all. As the clock wound down in Lexington 4-1victory over host Oldham County in last Section Three soccer final, Knights fans let loose several chants, including and As a result of its dominating performance, Lexington Catholic, the top- ranked team in the state poll, advances to the state semifinals and will play No. 20 Covington Catholic tomorrow at Georgetown College.

Cov- Cath beat South Laurel 5-2 in overtime last night in the Section Four final at Scott High. The Knights (20-4-1) posted three first-half goals en route to their easy victory over No. 12 Oldham County. They jumped out early, getting their first scoring opportunity just 4:17 into the contest. Zach throw-in bounced off teammate James head before Chris Davies redirected it with his head past goalkeeper Billy Zimmer to make it 1-0.

never looked back Davies said. The goal came moments after Zimmer made a save of Russell corner kick. But Oldham County, which started five defenders in an attempt to thwart the attack, clear the ball, knocking it out of bounds deep in its end. knew this would be the hardest game we played all said Greg Klass, who scored the only goal off a corner kick with 15 minutes remaining. started out trying to play defensively.

I guess we concentrate on marking up, and they got a free Getting an early advantage was important, said Knights coach Steven Shehan, who is taking LexCath to its third semifinals appearance in his five- year tenure. allowed us to set our defense he said. we get that early goal, this game is probably still going The Knights limited Oldham offensive opportunities through- out the first half and took advantage of a couple of defensive breakdowns to seal the game late in the first half. Tewell used his body to control the ball inside the penalty box, evading two defenders before knocking the ball past Zimmer to put Lex- Cath up 2-0 with about six minutes remaining in the half. Three minutes later, Zimmer came out to challenge a charging Justin Cecil in the box, but Cecil passed to Landry Gray, who drove the ball into the empty net and gave the Knights the commanding lead.

the No. 1team in the state without a Colonels coach Mark Robson said. The loss not only ended the season for the Colonels (17-3-2), who reached the state quarterfinals for the first time since 1986, but it also ended their 19-game unbeaten streak. The Colonels last lost 5-0 to Trinity on Aug. 25.

kids got very proud of their Robson said. they want to give it up on their home LexCath whips Oldham Co. 4-1 By STEVE BITTENBENDER Special to The Courier-Journal tempts by Katie Kiper, Carly Ormerod and Michelle Ciliberti. But it matter, as Madras and the defense did the rest. is going to roll Habeeb said.

knew Collegiate The Amazons had at least 10 shots in the second half, including one spurt in which they fired four consecutive at Madras. have total confidence in my Madras said. defense is great. been working toward this goal since the very first day of Martin said her team had plenty of opportunities. was so close, but we just put it she said.

were right on it so many times. But give Sacred Heart credit. They played The Valkyries beat KCD, whose coach Katie Deskins is one of best friends, in the Apple Tournament and the regular season. They lost to Assumption in the Apple final and the regular season. way, going to be Habeeb said of the final.

There usually a lot of goals scored when Sacred Heart Academy and Collegiate meet in field hockey. So the Valkyries felt pretty good when senior Laken Letellier scored from about 15 yards out with 8:59 left in the first half of last state tournament semifinal at Eastern High School. And they had good reason, as goal held up and Sacred Heart advanced to the state final with a 1-0 victory over the Amazons. rivalry has been going on for Sacred Heart coach Lainey Habeeb said. a great rivalry, and I know if it would even be a 1-0 game.

The goal was the best feeling in the Collegiate (17-7), which lost to Sacred Heart in overtime during the regular season, had plenty of shots in the second half but get one past Valkyries goalkeeper Allison Madras. knew it was going to be Collegiate coach Wendy Martin said. Heart played great. so fast. We just put it Sacred Heart (17-2), which won the state title two years ago and has won three overall, will face either defending champion Assumption or Kentucky Country Day in 6 p.m.

final. Assumption will face KCD tonight at 6. felt very confident coming into the Letellier said. had one goal this whole season, and that was to win a state championship. played for that the whole season, and now one game Sacred Heart had several chances early but connect until Letellier fired from the left side of the goal.

was a beautiful Martin said. gave her too much time, but you beat a shot like It was the same spot, on the same field, where she scored the game-winning goal in the 2001state final. was the same side and she said. wanted to come out and score first and not get behind. I knew even if my shot was wide that there would be someone there to help.

I just wanted to get it close to the Sacred Heart had other chances in the second half, including close-in at- FIELD HOCKEY By JODY DEMLING The Courier-Journal Sacred Heart knocks off Collegiate in state semis Muncie Bill Harrell, winningest active high school basketball coach, has resigned amid an investigation of possible Indiana High School Athletic Association violations on amateurism. The 75-year-old Harrell, who came out of a seven-year retirement in 1999, won 660 games and three Indiana state titles, along with one at Shelby County in Kentucky in 1966. He was Coach of the Year twice in each state. had some discussions with them about some improprieties that have been reported going on over IHSAA commissioner Blake Ress said yesterday. Harrell declined to comment yesterday.

His wife, Kaye, confirmed the resignation but said the coach would have no comment. Harrell coached Muncie Central from 1975-92, winning state championships in 1978, and He was inducted to the Indiana Hall of Fame in to the Kentucky Basketball Hall of Fame last year. He returned to Muncie Central in as interim coach after the resignation of Terry Thimlar and remained as coach after that, winning 61games the past four years. soccer South Oldham, ranked No. 2 in the state poll, will play host to No.3 Sacred Heart in the Section Two final tonight at 7.

The winner advances to the state semifinals. South Oldham (17-4-2) has won eight games in a row and beat Sacred Heart 4-2 on Sept. 24. Sacred Heart (18-3-1) beat South Oldham in a shootout in last sectional final and was ranked No.1this season until the loss to the Lady Dragons. ROUNDUP Harrell, who led Shelby Co.

to title, resigns From Associated Press and Courier-Journal Dispatches.