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2D St Cloud Times Sports Wednesday, Oct 12, 2005 Sports highlights Compiled from Times staff and news service report! 2-minute drill Compiled from Tunes staff and news service reports Area pro, college sports calendar era Minnesota Vikings football Noon Sunday at Chicago on Channel 9. For tickets or information, call 612-338-4537. St Cloud State football 1 p.m. Saturday vs. South Dakota on WJON-AM.

For tickets or information, call 308-2137. St John's football I p.m. Saturday at Concordia on KKJM-FM. For tickets or information, call 363-2757. Minnesota Gophers football II a.m.

Saturday vs. Wisconsin on ESPN. For tickets or information, call 800-846-7437. Minnesota Wild hockey 7:30 p.m. today vs.

Vancouver on FSN. For tickets or information, call 651-222-9453. Today Major League playoffs 7 p.m. ALCS Game 2. Los Angeles Angels at Chicago White Sox, Channel 9.

7 p.m. NLCS Game Houston Astros at St Louis Cardinals, FX. Soccer 7 p.m. Panama vs. United States, ESPN2.

NHL hockey 7:30 p.m. Vancouver Canucks at Minnesota Wild, FSN. Thursday Golf 8 a.m. European PGA Open de Madrid, GOLF. 3 p.m.

PGA Michelin Championship at Las Vegas, USA. 4 p.m. LPGA Samsung World Championship, GOLF. Auto racing 6 p.m. NASCAR Busch Series Dollar General 300 practice, SPEED.

College football 6:30 p.m. Clemson at North Carolina State, ESPN. Major League playoffs 7 p.m. NLCS Game 2, Houston Astros at St. Louis Cardinals, Channel 9.

Prep football 7:30 p.m. Denton Ryan vs. Southlake Carroll, FSN. Friday Golf 8 a.m. European PGA Open de Madrid, GOLF.

2 p.m. LPGA Samsung World Championship, GOLF. 3 p.m. PGA Michelin Championship at Las Vegas, USA. skating will take place from p.m.

and admission WsGaborik closer to returning Minnesota star forward Marian Gaborik might be able to play for the first time this season in tonight's game against Vancouver. A pulled groin has kept Gaborik from appearing in any of the Wild's exhibition or regular-season games, but he has resumed skating and practiced harder on Tuesday, coach Jacques Lemaire said, than he had since training camp started. "He was asking me the last couple of days to play? Lemaire said following Tuesday's workout at Parade Ice Garden. Gaborik is on injured reserve, so another player will have to go when he's activated. A decision on whether Gaborik plays against the Canucks will be made after the morning skate-around, Lemaire said.

Albany team competing at golf tournament The Albany Golf Course team of PGA professional Paul Wellenstein and amateurs Luke Ebnet, Eric Fiedler, Dan Fiedler and Larry HadleywiH compete in this week's Buick Scramble National Championships, which begins Thursday in Orlando, Fla. The four-day, 72-hole tournament will be played on six Orlando-area golf courses. PGA money leader Tiger Woods will present the champions with their trophy on Sunday. Volleyball league sign-ups to begin Registration for winter recreational volleyball leagues at the Whitney Recreation Center begins Monday. Leagues offered include Monday Night Men's and Women's, and Tuesday or Wednesday Night Co-Rec.

There will be both power Today's teaser When Don Larsen pitched his perfect game in the 1956 World Series, who was the losing pitcher? Tuesday's answer Cleveland's Elmer Smith hit the first grand slam in World Series history in 1920 against Brooklyn. and recreational levels offered for all leagues. Register online at: stcloudcity.comportal or in person at the Recreation Office at Whitney, 1529 North-way Drive. Cost is $250 per team. For more information, contact Steve Krueger at 650-3053 or by e-mail at Steve.Kruegerci.stcloud.

mn.us. Skate with the Huskies offered St Cloud State men's and women's hockey players will be signing autographs and skating with the public from p.m. Oct 23. Open 4 p.m. PGA Michelin Championship at Las Vegas, GOLF.

Auto racing 5 p.m. NASCAR Busch Series Dollar General 300 qualifying, SPEED. 7 p.m. NASCAR Busch Series Dollar General 300. TNT.

Major League playoffs 7 p.m. ALCS Game 3, Chicago White Sox at Los Angeles Angels, Channel 9. College football 7 p.m. Texas-El Paso at Tulane, ESPN. College hockey 7 p.m.

Alaska Fairbanks at Minnesota, FSN. NHL hockey 7 p.m. Vancouver Canucks at Minnesota Wild, KSTC. Russell steps up for Times photo by Paul Middlestaedt, pmlddlestaedtstcloudtimes.com St. Benedict's Adrianne Racek heads the ball between Macalester's Katie Pastorius (left) and Liz Hormann.

Today's scoreboard DataSport Fish Game Forecast Predicting wildlife patterns The information in these charts can, to an extent, predict the optimal times of day for catching fish and hunting game. This information is based on past wildlife activity patterns and many predictable factors (sunrise, sunset, tide forces, I I I I I II I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I EXCELLENT GOOD 12 3 6 9 12 3 6 9 12 WEDNESDAY Copyright 2004 DataSxirt.lnc. OCTOBER 12 II I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I EXCELLENT Jgood I 12 3 6,9 12 3 6 9 12 THURSDAY CCnpyrighl2004Dat.Sport.Inc. OCTOBER 13 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Tied with Michigan with less than 1 minute to play, Minnesota coach Glen Mason was perfectly content to run out the clock and play for overtime. Gary Russell had other ideas.

With 111,000 hostile fans watching, the sophomore took the handoff, scooted around right end and burst 61 yards, setting up the game-winning field goal that stunned Michigan and may have saved Minnesota's season. "We hadn't popped a big one all day," Russell said with a grin. "I thought that would be a good time for 6. Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 5-1 30 7. Nashwauk-Keewatin 5-1 26 a Mankato Loyola 5-1 19 9.

Browerville 5-1 18 lO.Osakis 5-1 15 Others receiving votes: Fertile-Beltra-ml 10, Sleepy EyeSt Mary's 4. Nine-man 1. Stephen-Argyle (7) 6-0 79 2. Bertha-Hewitt 64 67 3. Kittson Central 6-0 64 4.

Edgerton (1) 64 54 5. Ulen-Hitterdal 6-0 44 6. Grand Meadow 6-0 36 7. Cromwell 6-0 27 aChokio-Alberta 6-0 25 9. Lanesboro 5-1 10 10.

Clearbrook-Gonvlck 5-19 Others receiving votes: Ada-Borup 6, Mabel-Canton 6, Underwood 5, Nevis 4, Tower-Soudan 3, Hillcrest Lutheran Academy 1. Latest line Harrah's Odds NCAA Football Thursday FAVORITE at N.C. State at Arkansas St Friday UTEP Tulane Saturday at Pittsburgh Alabama Georgia Tech at Boston College at Texas Louisville at Minnesota at Syracuse at Iowa at Ohio St Georgia at Cent. Michigan at Purdue Miami at Navy Bowling Green at Miami (Ohio) Toledo Colorado St at Air Force atSMU at Wyoming at Michigan at Texas Oklahoma-x at Missouri at Texas Tech at Oregon atLSU Southern Cal at N. Illinois Connecticut Nebraska UAB UCLA at California at Southern Miss.

atTCU at Arizona Auburn at Utah at Houston Florida St. at Boise St Tulsa at Fresno St at Nevada at Hawaii Troy St Middle Tenn. at Fta. Int'l NFL Sunday FAVORITE at Dallas at Detroit Atlanta at Chicago at Kansas City Cincinnati at Pittsburgh at Baltimore at Tampa Bay at Denver at Buffalo San Diego at Seattle Monday FAVORITE at Indianapolis LINE UNDERDOG 5 Clemson OFF 7 at 2H South Florida 12) 4 at Mississippi 20 at Duke 14 Wake Forest 17 Colorado 7 at West Virginia OFF Wisconsin 2Vi Rutgers 15 Indiana 6Vi Michigan St 16 at Vanderbilt 6 Ohio 7Vi Northwestern 4014 at Temple 12 Kent St 24 at Buffalo 13) 4 Akron OFF at Ball St 1 atBYU 14 UNLV lVi East Carolina 7 New Mexico 3) 4 Penn St OFF Oklahoma St 5V4 Kansas 6 Iowa St 13)4 Kansas St 15)4 Washington 6 Florida 11! at Notre Dame 19)4 E. Michigan 7)4 at Cincinnati 214 at Baylor 3J4 at Marshall 6 at Wash.

St 16 Oregon St 9 UCF 23 Army 51 Stanford 7V4 at Arkansas 10 San Diego St 10 Memphis 7 at Virginia 31 San Jose St 7 at Rice 33 Utah St 1 Louisiana Tech 20 New Mexico St 2 5 at Fla. Atlantic Pk North Texas LINE UNDERDOG 3 N.Y. Giants 1 Carolina OFF New Orleans 3 Minnesota 6 Washington 3 at Tennessee OFF Jacksonville 5Vi Cleveland 4) 4 Miami 3 New England 3 N.Y. Jets 2 at Oakland 9)4 Houston LINE UNDERDOG 13V4 i St Louis From Page ID Blazers McNeil had no comment on the call. Nevertheless, Pastorius used the extra bit of room in the corner to her advantage, as she curled the ball left to right and over the outstreched arms of Broad-bent "I don't think she could have hit it any more perfectly," said Broadbent, who finished with 11 saves, including a diving stop with two minutes before half in which she pushed a rolling ball wide of the goal.

"She came up with a lot of big saves out there, but we knew that we couldn't give Hockey College poll USA TodayAmerican Hockey Magazine poH Below is this week's USA TodayAmerican Hockey Magazine men's college hockey top 15, with first-place votes in parentheses: Team, Points Pvs. W-L-T 1. Minnesota, 487 (19) 1 0-0-0 2. Denver, 465 (15) 2 0-0-0 3. Ohio State, 403 3t 0-0-0 4.

Cornell, 389 3t 0-0-0 5. Boston College, 386 5 0-0-0 6. Colorado College, 340 7 2-0-0 7. Michigan, 308 8 2-0-0 8. New Hampshire, 262 9 0-0-0 9.

North Dakota, 210 6 1-1-0 10. Boston University, 146 12 0-0-0 11. Wisconsin, 145 10 1-1-0 12. Northern Michigan, 129 13 0-0-0 13. Michigan State, 127 NR 2-0-0 14.

Maine, 122 11 1-1-0 15. Harvard, 40 15 0-0-0 Others receiving votes: Colgate 38, Dartmouth 34, UMass-Lowell 14, Miami (Ohio) 10, Bemidjl State 8, St. Lawrence 8, Vermont 6, Mercyhurst 2, Canisius 1. WCHAmen Conf. Overall Team W4T Pts.

W-L-T GF GA ColoradoColl. 0-0-0 0 2-0-0 9 3 Michigan Tech 0-0-0 0 1-1-0 6 8 North Dakota 0-0-0 0 1-1-0 3 3 Wisconsin 00 0 1-1-0 4 4 AK-Anchorage 04-0 0 0-04 0 0 Denver 04-0 0 04-0 0 0 Minnesota 044 0 044 0 0 MSU-Mankato 044 0 044 0 0 SCSU 044 0 044 0 0 044 0 0-24 3 8 Games Friday St Cloud State at Northern Michigan, 6 p.m. (NO Denver at Maine, 6:35 p.m. (NO Alaska Fairbanks at Minnesota, 7:07 p.m.(NC) Minnesota State-Mankato at Bemidjl State, 7:35 p.m. (NO Northeastern at North Dakota, 7:37 p.m.

(NO Ohio State at Colorado College, 8:37 p.m. (NO Nye Frontier Classic at Anchorage Vermont vs. Michigan Tech, 8:07 p.m. (NO RPI vs. Alaska Anchorage, 11:07 p.m.

(NO Games Saturday St Cloud State at Northern Michigan, 6 p.m. (NO Denver at Maine, 6:05 p.m. (NO Alaska Fairbanks at Minnesota, 7:07 p.m. (NO Northeastern at North Dakota, 7:07 p.m.(NC) Minnesota State-Mankato at Bemidjl State, 7:35 p.m. (NO Ohio State at Colorado College, 8:07 p.m.

(NO Nye Frontier Classic at Anchorage RPI vs. Michigan Tech, 7:07 p.m. (NC) Vermont vs. Alaska Anchorage, 10:07 p.m.(NC) WCHA women Conf. Overal Team W-LTPts.

W-L-T GFGA Ohio State 244 4 244 7 2 1-14 2 1-14 8 6 Wisconsin 1-14 2 1-14 6 8 Bemidjl State 044 0 14-1 3 2 Minnesota 044 0 1-14 4 3 MSU-Mankato 044 0 0-14 2 4 North Dakota 044 0 044 0 0 SCSU 0-24 0 0-24 2 7 Games Friday St Cloud State at Mlnnesota-Duluth, 7:07 p.m. Minnesota at Bemidjl State, 2:07 p.m. Ohio State at Northeastern, 6 p.m. (NO North Dakota at Minnesota State-Mankato, 7:07 p.m. Games Saturday St.

Cloud State at Mlnnesota-Duluth, 7:07 p.m. Ohio State at Northeastern, 2 p.m. (NO Minnesota at Bemidjl State, 2:07 p.m. Vermont at Wisconsin, 2:07 p.m. (NC) North Dakota at Minnesota State-Mankato, 3:07 p.m.

Guiw Suoctay Vermont at Wisconsin, 2:07 p.m. (NC) Late Monday NHL OILERS 4, MIGHTY DUCKS 2 Edmonton 0 2 2-4 Anaheim 2 1-2 First Perlod-1, Anaheim, Selanne 2 (McDonald), 6:36. 2, Anaheim, Perry 1 them corners," said McNeil of the Scots, who had a corner kick advantage of 10-4. The Blazers' best scoring chance came from sophomore Adrianne Racek. In the 82nd minute, the forward beat the Macalester defense and kicked a roller to the left side of the box.

The goal was left empty but the ball went inches outside of the left post The loss leaves the Blazers three points behind Macalester in the standings in the conference race. "We prepared a lot for this one" Broadbent said. "Anytime you give everything you have and you came up short it's tough, but you have to move on." Macalester goal Pastorius. Goalkeeper Louisa Bigelow (6 saves). St.

Benedict goalkeeper Amanda Broadbent (11 saves). (Marshall, R.Niedermayer), 11:06. Second Period-3, Edmonton, Torres 3 (Stoll, Hemsky), 1:13 (pp). 4, Edmonton, Reasoner 1 (Pronger, Horcoff), 14:22 (PP). Third Period-5, Edmonton, Dvorak 1 (Pronger, Stoll), 8:20 (pp).

6, Edmonton, Torres 4 (Hemsky), 19:27 (en). Shots on goal-Edmonton 4-17-11-32. Anaheim 11-8-14-33. Goalies-Edmonton, Markkanen. Anaheim, Giguere.

Football Late Monday NFL STEELERS 24, CHARGERS 22 Pittsburgh 0 14 0 10-24 San Diego 0 6 9-22 Second Quarter Plt-Roethlisberger 7 run (Reed kick), 9:14. Plt-Bettls 1 run (Reed kick), 1:37. SD-Gates 11 pass from Brees (feeding kick), :34. Third Quarter Fourth Quarter SD-FGKaeding 41, 11:41. Pit-Miller 16 pass from Roethlisberger (Reed kick), 10:30.

SD-Tomlinson 2 run (run failed), 4:42, PH SD First downs 25 20 Total Net Yards 311 279 Rushes-yards 32-104 21-66 Passing 207 213 Punt Returns 14 2-11 Kickoff Returns 6-138 5-157 Interceptions Ret 1-25 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 17-26-0 20-35-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-18 1-6 Punts Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1 Penalties-Yards 11-104 9-100 Time of Possession 33:23 26:37 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Plttsburgh, Bettis 17-54, W.Parker 10-26, Roethlisberger 2-15, Randle Ei 2-7, Kreider 1-2. San Diego, Tomllnson 18-62, Brees 2-3, Neal 1-1. PASSING-Pittsburgh, Roethlisberger 17-26-0-225, Batch 0-0-0-0. San Diego, Brees 20-35-1-219. RECEIVING-Plttsburgh, Ward 6-83, Miller 4-36, Randle El 3-50, C.WIIson 1-22, Bettis 1-16, W.Parker 1-14, Haynes 1-4.

San Diego, Tomllnson 7-68, E.Parker 5-72, Gates 5-61, Caldwell 1-7, Osgood 1-6, McCardell 1-5. MISSED FIELD GOALS-None. Division II poll Record Pts Pvs 1. Grand valley St (15) 6-0 615 1 2. North Dakota (10) 74 610 2 3.

ValdostaSt(Ga.) 6-1 562 3 4. Saginaw Valley St 6-0 547 4 5. South Dakota 74 530 t5 5-1 471 8 7. Bloomsburg (Pa.) 7-0 469 10 a Albany St (6a.) 4-1 397 12 9. EastStroudsburg(Pa.) 5-1 389 14 10.

West Texas 7-0 362 16 11. Northwood (Mich.) 6-1 359 15 11 St Cloud State 6-1 322 IS 13. Washburn (Kan.) 6-1 274 25 14. Arkansas Tech 5-1 255 7 15. Tuskegee(Ala.) 5-1 251 19 16.

Shepherd (W.Va.) 7-0 239 21 17. Presbyterian (SC.) 6-1 231 23 17. North Alabama 5-1 231 22 19. Michigan Tech 5-1 190 9 20. Pittsburg St (Kan.) 5-2 189 20 21.

Northwest Missouri St 5-2 170 t5 22. TarletonSt(TexJ 5-1 160 24 23. Carson-Newman 4-2 57 11 24.StAugustlnes(N.C) 7-0 44 -25. Central Arkansas 5-2 33 Division III Poll Record Pts Pvs 1. 4-0 993 1 2.

Mount Union (Ohio) (6) 5-0 961 2 3. Rowan (NJ.) 5-0 895 4 4. Hardin-Simmons 5-0 859 6 5. St John's 64 856 6. Ithaca (N.Y.) 54 759 7 7.

5 0 753 8 Occidental (Calif.) 5-0 665 9 9. Trinity (Texas) 5-0 637 10 10. Delaware Valley (Pa.) 5-0 625 11 11. Concordla-Moorhead 5-0 555 13 12. Crosse- 3-1 496 15 13.

Mary Hardin-Baylor 3-1 435 3 14. 5-0 412 17 15. Coe(lowa) 5-0 367 20 16. St John Fisher (N.Y.) 5-1 308 18 17. Bridgewater(Va.) 3-1 277 19 18 Johns Hopkins (Md.) 54 262 22 19.

Wash. Jefferson (Pa.) 5-1 250 21 Gophers set up a showdown at the Metrodome on Saturday against No. 23 Wisconsin That it was Russell, and not star Laurence Ma-roney, who made the big play is becoming less and less of a surprise. The 218-pound bowling ball has been the straight right-hand powerful, but not flashy to Maroney's highlight-grabbing haymaker all season. Russell's eight rushing touchdowns are good for sixth in the nation, one more than his more bally-hooed headliner.

He is averaging 7.7 yards a carry and 84 rushing yards a game. coach. GENEVA-Named Brian Yowler assistant cross country coach. MANSFIELD Named Jason Matterr men's assistant basketball coach. NEW MEXICO-Announced the resignation of Rudy Davaios, athletics director, effective Aug, 2006.

PITTSBURGH-Announced the resignation of Mike Pratapas, senior associate athletic director. RICE-Named Charlie Rizzo defensive coordinator. ROGER WILLIAMS-Named Anne Marie Shaughnessy women's assistant volleyball coach, Michelle Kellerman assistant swimming coach, and Dan Davis anc John Egan assistant wrestling coaches. SIENA-Named Ryan Smith assistant sports information director. This Week Today College VOLLEYBALL MIAC St.

Benedict at Macalester. 7:30 p.m. MEN'S SOCCER MIAC St John's at Macalester, p.m. WOMEN'S SOCCER MIAC Macalester at St Benedict, 4 p.m. Thursday High school VOLLEYBALL Central Lakes Sauk Rapids at Brain-erd, 7:30 p.m.; Apollo at Willmar, p.m.; Sartell at Rocorl, 7:30 p.m.

Tech al Little Falls, 7:30 p.m. West Central North Albany at Cathedral, 7:30 p.m.; Melrose at Sauk Centre 7:30 p.m.; Paynesville at LPGE, 7:30 p.m. Central Minnesota Holdlngford at EV-Watklns, 7:30 p.m.; Kimball at Plerz 7:30 p.m.; Howard Lake-Waverly at BBE 7:30 p.m. Mississippi 8 Becker at Princeton. 7:30 p.m.

Rum River Foley at Mllaca, p.m. Wright County Dassel-Cokato at An-nandale, 7:30 p.m. Prairie Royalton at Upsala, 7:30 p.m. Eagle Valley at Swanville, 7:30 p.m. GIRLS SWIMMING Central Lakes Rocorl at Willmar, p.m.; Sauk Rapids at Bralnerd, 6 p.m.; Little Falls at Alexandria, 6 p.m.; Sartell at Tech 6 pm; Apollo at Fergus Falls, 6 p.m.

West Central Albany at Montevideo 6 p.m.; Cathedral at Melrose, 6 p.m.; Mln-newaskaMorris at Sauk Centre, 6 p.m. Central Minnesota Kimball at Plerz 7:30 p.m. Nonconference Becker at Holdlngford, 6 p.m. CROSS COUNTRY Central Minnesota Conference meet -at Brooten, 4 p.m.; Rum River Conference meet at Pine City, 3 p.m.; Wright County Conference meet at Delano, 4 p.m. GIRLS TENNIS South Sub-Section 8-2A Individual finals at 9 a.m.

at Gold's Gym, Sartell. BOYS SOCCER Section 8A Sartell at St John's Prep 4 p.m.; Becker at Zimmerman, 7 p.m. GIRLS SOCCER Section 8A Little Falls at Sartell, 4 p.m.; Sauk Rapids at Cathedral, 7 p.m.: St John's Prep at Zimmerman, 5 p.m. Radio sports Station guide WBHR 660 AM; KLTF 960 AM; KASM 1150 AM; WJON -1240 AM; KXSS 1390 AM; KNSI 145C AM; KVSC 81 FM; WYRQ 92.1 FM: KKJM 92.9 FM; KFML 94.1 FM. Today MAJOR LEAGUE PLAYOFFS 3 p.m.

Houston Astros at St. Loul! Cardinals, WBHR-AM. 7 p.m. Los Angeles Angels or Nevi York Yankees at Chicago White Sox WBHR-AM. NBA PRESEASON 7 p.m.

Milwaukee Bucks at Minnesota Timberwolves, WJON-AM. NHL HOCKEY 6:45 p.m. Vancouver Canucks at Minnesota Wild, KXSS-AM. Thursday MAJOR LEAGUE PLAYOFFS 7 p.m. Houston Astros at St Louis Cardinals, WBHR-AM.

PREP VOLLEYBALL 7:30 p.m. Albany att Cloud Cathedral, KASM-AM. Next Saturday: The Gophers (2-1 Big Ten, 5-1 overall) face Wisconsin (2-1, 5-1) at 11 a.m. at the Metrodome. TV: ESPN.

one." The run put the Gophers in position for a field goal by Jason Giannini, giving them their first victory over the Wolverines since 1986 and allowing them to bounce back from an embarrassing blowout loss to Penn State the week before. It also put No. 22 Minnesota (5-1, 2-1 Big Ten) back into the AP Top 25 and man, 5609. 3, Greg Blffle, 5596. 4, Rusty Wallace, 5594.

5, Jlmmie Johnson, 5592. 6, Carl Edwards, 5589. 7, Mark Martin, 5571. 8, Matt Kenseth, 556a 9, Jeremy Mayfield, 5527. 10, Kurt Busch, 5460.

11, Kevin Harvick, 3417. 12, Jamie Mc-Murray, 3416. 13, Elliott Sadler, 3415. 14. Jeff Gordon, 3336.

15, Joe Nemechek, 3325. 16, Dale Jarrett, 3319. 17, Brian Vickers, 3317. 18, Dale Earnhardt, 3173. 19, Kyle Busch, 3164.

20, Kasey Money Tony Stewart, $6,067,769. 2, Jeff Gordon, $5,882,603. 3, Kurt Busch, $5377,093. 4, Jimmie Johnson, $5,824,418. 5, Mark Martin, $4,955,353.

6, Dale EarnhardUr $4,938,909. 7, Matt Kenseth, $4,800,433. a Ryan Newman, $4,778993. 9, Greg Biffle, $4,767,178. 10, Kasey Kahne, $4,241,103.

II, Kevin Harvick, $4,238358. 12, Elliott Sadler, $4,237,838. 13, Rusty Wallace, $4,229,623. 14, Dale Jarrett, $4,027,038. 15, Jeremy Mayfield, $3,954,078.

16, Bobby Labonte, $3,910,704. 17, Michael Waltrlp, $3,767,159. 18, Carl Edwards, $3,682,518. 19, Ricky Rudd, $3,656,678. 20, Jeff Burton, $3,611,421.

Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES-Announced Jim Beattie will not return as executive vice president for baseball operations. Named Mike Flanagan executive vice president for baseball operations. DETROIT TIGERS-Named Rafael Bel-liard infield coach, Gene Lamont third base coach, Lloyd McClendon bullpen coach, Don Slaught hitting coach, and Andy Van Slyke first base, outfield and base-running coach. SEATTLE MARINERS Sent INF Justin Leone outright to Tacoma of the PCL National League CHICAGO CUBS-Slgned Larry Roth schild, pitching coach, to a one-year contract COLORADO ROCKIES-Clalmed Miguel OJeda off waivers from Seattle. MILWAUKEE BREWERS-Named Greg Hilt senior director of corporate marketing.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES-Named Jim Tracy manager. WASHINGTON NATIONALS Agreed to terms wrtn or Justin Maxwell. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS-Warved Jan Jagla and Amal McCasklll. SEATTLE SUPERSONICS-Named Bren dan Malone consultant Women's National Basketball Associa tion PHOENIX MERCURY-Named Paul Wes thead coach. FOOTBALL National Football League DALLAS COWBOYS-Released Shaun Sulsham from the practice squad.

signed kb Keyion Kincade to the practice squad. DENVER BRONCOS-Slgned DE George uause to ine practice squaa. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS-Walved LB Eric Alexander. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS-Acquired RB jesse cnatman rrom Miami for a conditional draft pick. NEW YORK GIANTS-Signed TE Wade Fletcher to the practice squad.

Released Dt-TE Bret Brains from the practice sauad. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES Signed LB Zeke Moreno to a one-year contact Released LB Mike Labinjo and DE Aionzo jacKson. HOCKEY National Hockey League BUFFALO SABRES-Signed Llndy Ruff, coach, to a one-year contract extension tnrougn tne 2006-07 season. CALGARY FLAMES Signed 0 Bryan niarcnmeni to a one-year contract COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS Assigned array ueimore to Syracuse of the AHL DALLAS STARS-Asslgned LW Garrett Burnen to Iowa or tne ahl LOS ANGELES KINGS-Actlvated Richard Petiot from Injured reserve and asstgneo mm to Manchester of the ahl ST. LOUIS BLUES-Asslgned Lee Stempniak to Peoria of the AHL SAN JOSE SHARKS-Assigned 0 Josh wraes to ueveiano or tne AHL WASHINGTON CAPITALS-Placed Stephen Peat on Injured reserve.

Recalled Mike Green from Hershey of the AHL COLLEGE ALABAMA-Announced women's row ing win become a varsity sport ARMY-Named Brandlt Copper assistant track field coach. CLEVELAND STATE-Named Ernest Simpson assistant baseball coach. EAST CAROLINA Named Billy Godwin men's interim baseball coach In addition to his duties as men's assistant baseball 4fffipfvTf Bethel at St Thomas Hamllne at Augsburg Gustavus at St Olaf Carleton at Macalester (NC) Prep poll The 2005 Minnesota Associated Press rankings for high school football. Scoring is based on 10 points for first, 9 for second, etc. First-place votes in parentheses.

Class SA 1. Eastview (5) 64 84 l.Wayzata(3) 5-1 77 1. Eden Prairie 5-1 73 4. Maple Graved) 64 57 5. Stillwater 64 53 5.

Rochester Mayo 64 36 5. Rochester Century 64 25 a Champlin Park 5-1 21 9. St Cloud Tech 64 13 10. (tie) Farmington 6-0 10 10. (tie) Hastings 5-1 10 Others receiving votes: Cretin-Derham Hall 9, Chaska 6, White Bear Lake 6, St Paul Johnson 6, Blaine 4, Bloomlngton Jefferson 4, Burnsvllle 1.

Class 4A 1. Mahtomedi(7) 6-0 79 2. Spring Lake Park (1) 6-0 71 3. Totlno-Grace 5-1 65 4. Hutchinson 5-1 55 5.

Sartell 5-1 45 6. Mankato East 5-1 39 7. St Michaei-Albertville 5-1 23 a Fergus Falls 5-1 18 9. Marshall 5-1 12 10. Duluth East 5-1 10 Others receiving votes: Frldley a Oro-no 5, Alexandria 4, New Prague 4, Minneapolis Washburn 2.

Class 3A 1. Becker (10) 6-0 109 2. Delano 64 94 3. Fairmont 64 86 4. Kasson-Mantorvllle (1) 64 85 5.

Le Sueur-Henderson 64 62 a Albany 64 49 7. Litchfield 64 48 a International Falls 6-0 29 9. Perham 64 26 10. Cannon Falls 6-0 6 Others receiving votes: DeLaSalle 5, Staples-Motley 5, Crookston 1. Class 2A 1.

Fieri (5) 64 68 2. Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City (1)6-0 62 3. Esko(l) 64 61 4. Eden Valley-Watklns 64 40 5. Braham 6-0 36 Caledonia 6-0 29 7.

Minnesota Valley Lutheran 5-1 19 a St Croix Lutheran 6-0 16 9. Hawley 64 10 9. East Central 64 10 Others receiving votes: Gibbon-Fair-fax-Wlnthrop 9, Winona Cotter 9, Martin County West 5, Wlndom Area 4, Moose LakeWillow River 3, Holdlngford 2, Mayer Lutheran 2, Mahnomen 1, Pelican Rapids 1. Class 1 A 1. Lewlston-Altura(5) 64 67 2.

LeCenter(l) 64 62 3. Springfield (1) 64 54 4. Rushford-Peterson 5-1 42 5. Blooming Prairie 5-1 20. Monmouth (III.) 64 205 25 21.

North Central (III.) 54 190 NR 22. Wheaton(lll.) 4-1 173 23 23. Thiel(Pa.) 5-0 168 NR 24. Wabash (Ind.) 54 122 NR 25. Carthage (Wis.) 4-1 120 12 Dropped Out (Last weeks rank): Wooster (Ohio) (15), (16), McDanlel (Md.) (24).

Others Receiving Votes: Augustana 110; Union (N.Y.), 97; Wesley 86; 47; Ferrum 44; Salisbury 42; Wooster (Ohio), 41; St. Olaf 40; Trinity 37; Central (Iowa), 21; Christopher Newport 17; McDanlel 15; Hampden-Sydney 15; Elmhurst 13; Whitworth 11; Alma 10; Cortland St (N.Y.), Capital (Ohio), John Carroll (Ohio), 1. Big Ten standings Cent. AN Team W-L W-L PF PA Penn State 34 6-0 200 93 Minnesota 2-1 5-1 222 140 Wisconsin 2-1 5-1 247 142 Iowa 2-1 4-2 179 99 Michigan State 1-1 4-1 227 117 Indiana l-l 4-1 153 112 Ohio State 1-1 3-2 124 68 Northwestern 1-1 3-2 174 185 Michigan 1-2 3-3 172 111 Purdue 0-2 2-3 160 173 Illinois 0-3 2-4 127 216 Games Saturday Wisconsin at Minnesota, 11a.m. Indiana at Iowa Penn State at Michigan Michigan State at Ohio State Northwestern at Purdue NCC standings Com.

AH Team W-L W-L PF PA South Dakota 3-0 74 382 120 North Dakota 24 74 313 64 24 6-1 212 148 St Cloud State 2-1 6-1 230 92 Nebraska-Omaha 0-2 4-2 217 158 Augustana 0-3 3-4 166 196 MSU-Mankato 0-3 1-6 179 175 Games Saturday South Dakota at St. Cloud State, 1 p.m. Augustana at Nebraska-Omaha North Dakota at Minnesota-Duluth Minnesota State-Mankato at Upper Iowa (NC) MIAC standings Conf. All Team W-L W-L PF PA St John's 4-0 6-0 248 65 Concordia 44 5-0 153 70 St Olaf ,34 5-0 232 89 Bethel 1-2 2-3 120 107 St Thomas 1-2 1-3 114 121 Carleton 1-3 2-3 108 171 Hamllne 1-3 2-3 38 106 Gustavus 1-3 1-5 78 128 Augsburg 0-3 0-5 110 209 Games Saturday St John's at Concordia, lp.m. Auto racing NASCAR Nextel Cup Leaders Through Oct 9 Points 1, Tony Stewart, 5684.

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