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The Ithaca Journal Tuesday, October 31, 2000 Sports 5B National Hockey League Basketball Devils win in OT Knicks learn to play without Ewing By MIKE DOUGHERTY Gannett Nws Service then came back in the third to tie the game with 5:59 remaining on Jokinen's second goal. Jokinen's goal came after Devils' defenseman Ken Sutton failed to clear a loose puck in front and Jokinen wristed a shot over Martin Brodeur, who was left defenseless by his teammates two nights after a 9-0 win over Pittsburgh. Holik's game-winner came seconds after a centering pass by Florida's Ivan Novoseltsev skidded through the Devils' crease. Holik got the puck in center ice, skated into the Panthers' zone and wristed a shot that may have hit off the stick of Hedican before beating goaltender Trevor Kidd. New York Knicks Preview missed practice time in camp because of minor injuries.

"I think they've done really well for us, and surprisingly so," Sprewell said. "LJ. is definitely making a conscious effort to get more boards for us, and Marcus, he's so long, if he's around the basket, he's going to get his hands on a lot of rebounds." Just like in past years, Johnson will trigger the offense most of the time he's on the court. When the Knicks run an offensive set through him, they convert more than 60 percent of the time. Kurt Thomas also will be called on to score.

And don't expect to see the Knicks transform into a running team. They will push the ball, hoping to get easy baskets, but the tempo will slow as they seek out the mismatch. No matter how much perimeter firepower the Knicks have, they still rely on defense to win games. Without a true presence in the middle, they are forced to scramble a little more. It won't be easy to hide mistakes.

"That's what worries me," Van Gundy said. "When you're a small team and you're coming over late to help, you're going to give up layups and free throws. We're going to have to be a count early on defense." Now that the Miami Heat arc being forced to make do without Alonzo Mourning, the Eastern Conference is wide-open. There are no NEW YORK While Patrick Ewing plays out his contract with the Seattle SuperSonics, the great debate continues here. Are the New York Knicks better off without him? Despite positive reviews from the general public, there's been no rush by team officials to declare the trade a success.

Based on sentiment around the league, trading Ewing was a mistake. "New York dishonored him greatly," Los Angeles Lakers center Shaquille O'Neal said. "I don't think he'll say it, but they did. The NBA should have stopped that deal. It was a sad day for me when he got traded.

I never thought I'd see my idol in another uniform." But there will be a great deal of anticipation tonight at Madison Square Garden when the Knicks tip off the 2(100-01 season against the Philadelphia 76ers. The lineup coach Jeff Van Gundy will use gets tricky when Glen Rice comes off the bench. Somebody has to sit, Allan Houston or Latrell Sprewell. "Yeah, I want them on the court together, but not just to get them minutes," Van Gundy said. "It's because those guys are good." Finding situations where a trio of players with similar tendencies can work effectively isn't going to be easy.

There could be some rough moments, but all that scoring potential could solve one problem. "The focus defensively is going to be on us three," Houston said, "The scouting report is probublv going to say. 'If you have to give up something, give it up to the post There's no wuy to replace the most productive post phtver in franchise history, but Lurry Johnson and" Murcus Cumby have been trying. Health will be their biggest obstacle. Both 'Jt The Associated Press EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ.

(AP) Bobby Holik scored from the right circle with 3:05 left in overtime to give the New Jersey Devils a wild 6-5 win over the Florida Panthers on Monday night. Patrik Elias and Scott Gomez scored two goals apiece and Sergei Brylin added another as the Devils extended their unbeaten streak to five games (4-0-1) by winning a game that featured seven goals on the first 10 shots. Bret Hedican and Olli Jokinen scored twice and Igor Larionov once for Florida, which blew three two-goal leads in the first period and NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division TOLPts GF GA NewJersey 6 2 2 0 14 45 28 Pittsburgh 5 4 1 0 11 31 33 Philadelphia 3 5 3 0 9 30 39 Y. Rangers 4 6 0 0 8 30 33 Islanders 3 3 2 0 8 21 21 Northeast Division TOLPts GF GA Ottawa 6 1 3 0 15 39 21 Toronto 6 4 0 0 12 23 20 Buffalo 5 3 1 1 12 29 26 Montreal 4 5 2 0 10 31 33 Boston 4 5 1 1 10 27 36 Souths it Division OL Pts OF OA Florida 1 3 3 3 8 21 29 Carolina 2 6 3 0 7 23 30 Atlanta 1 3 5 0 7 24 28 Washington 1 6 4 1 7 23 34 Tampa Bay 2 6 1 0 6 28 39 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division OL Pti OF OA St Lou 8 2 1 0 17 37 20 Detroit 7 3 0 1 15 33 23 Nashville 4 2 3 1 12 23 22 Chisago 3 7 0 1 7 20 34 Columbus 2 6 0 1 6 IB 38 Northwest Division TOLPts OF OA Colorado 6 0 2 0 20 38 15 Vancouver 6 2 2 1 15 40 31 Edmonton 5 6 2 0 12 32 33 Calgary 3 8 1 0 7 28 35 Minnesota 2 7 3 0 7 23 37 Pacific Division TOLPts OF OA Phoenix 6 1 2 0 18 38 23 Anaheim 6 3 1 2 15 37 40 Dallas 6 4 1 1 14 33 31 San Joss 6 2 1 0 13 25 18 Los Angeles 6 5 2 0 12 45 38 Two points for a win, one point for a tie and overtime loss. Sunday's Osmee N.Y.

Bangers 5, Boston 1 Washington 1. Philadelphia 1, tie St. Louis 4. Carolina 1 Chicago 3. Minnesota 2 Anaheim 6.

Calgary 3 Monday's Games Late Games Not Included New Jersey 6, Florida 5, OT Phoenix at Colorado, (n) The Associated Press New York's Allan Houston drives against San Antonb's Steve Kerr on Friday during a preseason game at the Alamodome in San Antonio. Houston, Latrell Sprewell and Glen Rice all play similar styles of basketball for the New York Knicks and will have to learn to blend togetlxer this season for tlie team to be successful favorites, and the Knicks like their chances. "We have seven guys returning who've been to the Lustern Conference finals the last two years and once to the NBA Finals," Sprewell said. "We definitely still have a bad taste in our mouths, We haven't gotten that ultimate goal accomplished. The guys who have been here still want it." Anaheim at Edmonton, (n) Tuesday's Game Toronto at Ottawa.

7 p.m. Los Angeles at Columbus. 7 m. Tampa Bay at Carolina, 7 p.m. Boston at N.Y.

Islanders, 7:30 p.m. Detroit at Washington, 8 p.m. St. Louis at Nashville, 8 p.m. Wednesday's Games Tampa Bay at N.Y.

Rangers, 7 p.m. Detroit at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia at New Jersey, 8 p.m.

Columbus at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Calgary at Edmonton, 9 p.m. Colorado at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Phoenix at Anaheim. 10:30 pm Pittsburgh at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

Monday's Box Devils 6, Panthers 5 Florida 4 0 1 06 New Jersey 3 2 0 16 First Period 1, Florida, Jokinen 1 (Whitney, Novoseltsev), 2:10. 2. Florida, Lanonov 3 (Boyle, Sure), 2 44. 3, New Jersey, EliM 4, 3 58 4, Florida, Hedican 2 (Whitney, Sillmger), 608 (pp). 8, New Jersey, Qamej 1 (Mogilny, Brylin).

713 6, Fiends, Hedican 3 (Whitney, Sillinger). 9 35 (pp). 7, New Jersey. Qemei 2 (Mogilny), 1Q 48 Penalties Tetarenko, Fla, major (fighting), McKenjie, NJ, major (fighting), Sutton, NJ (high-sticking), 643: Sutton, NJ (tripping), 7:46, Second Period 8, New Jersey, Brylin 4 (Mogilny, Gomel), 15 25 (pp), 9, New Jersey, Eliai 5 (Mckay. Honk), 19 51 (pp), Penaltiee-Svehla.

Fla (high (ticking). 3:16: Simpson. Fla (roughing), 12:16: Slevena, NJ (roughing), 12:15: Niedermayer, Fla (slashing), Worrell. Fit (crosschecking), 17:58. Third Period 10, Florida, Jokinen 2 (Novoseltsev, Whitney), 14:01.

Penalties Daneyko. NJ (roughing), Florida bench, served by Worrell (too many men), Florida bench, served by Tetarenko (too many men), 9:48, Overtime 11. New Jersey, Holik 4, 1:55, Penalties None. Shots on goal Florida 10-5-5-121. New Jersey 8-13-4-1 26.

Power-play Opportunities Florida 2 of New Jersey 2 of 5. Goalies Florida. Kidd 1-3-1 (26 shots-21 saves). New Jersey, Brodeur 5-2-2 (21-15). Referees Kerry Fraser, Brad Meier.

Linesmen lyle Seitz, Ray Scapinello. NBA prised, very surprised." Santiago, a 7-f(xt-l center who played in Italy the past two seasons and also was a member of the Puerto Rican national team, will begin the season as the backup center to Chris Dudley. "What we're going to get is someone who will be more reliable to us than Oliver Miller was last year," Suns general manager Bryan Colangelo said. pros with no college in between. A high school Ail-American in 1(W6, he didn't have the grades to attend Arizona after signing a letter of intent.

He enrolled for the spring semester at a community college in Kansas but did not play, then declared for the draft in 1997 and was a second-round choice of the Suns. He was cut during training camp, then made professional stops in Venezuela and the Dominican Republic before being cut year ago by the Vancouver Grizzlies. The Nets gave him a tryout and coach Byron Scott had no idea who he was on the first day of training camp. But he was the team's leading scorer for much of the preseason and will begin the season as a starter in place of the injured Keith Van Horn. "This is unexpected, very unexpected," Jackson said.

"I have high expectations for myself, but I'm sur (Continued from Page 411) Jackson that's Mark with a has relocated from Indiana to Toronto and led the league in assists during the preseason. There is no next Michael Jordan. A rookie by that name from Penn was cut by the Boston Celtics during training camp. Stephen Jackson Uxik a not-so-direct route from high schiwl to the High Schools Baseball Transactions Auto Racing College Football Division l-AA Poll SOUTHAMPTON. Pa.

(AP) The top 25 teams in the Sports Network Division l-AA football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct 28. points and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. Georgia So. (81) 8-1 2.305 1 2. Delaware (11) 8-0 2.240 2 3.

Montana (1) 7-1 2.091 4 4. Western Illinois (3) 8-1 2.062 3 5. Youngstown State 7-1 1.880 7 6. Western Kentucky 8-0 1 820 9 7 Troy State 6-2 1.664 10 8 Hofstra 7-2 1.551 11 9 Lehigh 8-0 1.370 12 10 Northwestern State 6-2 1.284 5 11Furman 6-2 1.282 13 12 Portland State 6-2 1.266 8 13. Richmond 6-2 1.243 16 14.

Grambling Slate 8-1 1,164 17' 15. Appalachian State 5-3 1,089 6 16. Florida ASM 7-2 952 20 17. McNeese State 6-2 844 21 18. North Carolina 6-2 699 23 19 James Madison 5-3 616 15 20 Weber State 6-3 505 24 21 Eastern Illinois 6-2 461 19 22.

Massachusetts 5-3 318 14 23. Villanova 5-3 261 18 24. Northern Iowa 5-3 196 25. Bethune-Cook'man 7-1 195 22 Potential Free Agents NEW YORK (AP) The 43 players who have filed for free agency. Eligible players may file through Nov.

10: AMERICAN LEAGUE ANAHEIM (1) Ron Gant. of. BALTIMORE (1) Mike Mussina, rhp. BOSTON (3) Manny Alexander, ss; Bernard Gilkey, of; Steve Ontiveros, rhp. CHICAGO (2) Charles Johnson, Jose Valentin, ss.

CLEVELAND (3) Sandy Alomar, Manny Ramirez, of: David Segui. 1b. DETROIT (1) Rich Becker, of. NEW YORK (2) Roberto Kelly, of Luis Poionia. of.

OAKLAND (1) Mike Stanley, 1b. SEATTLE (2) Tom Lampkin, Alex Rodriguez, ss. TEXAS (1 Ruben Sierra, of. TORONTO (1) Alex Gonzalez, ss. NATIONAL LEAGUE ARIZONA (2) Matt Mieske, of; Dan Plesac.

Ihp. ATLANTA (4) Andres Galarraga, 1b; Wally Joyner. 1b; Rudy Seanez. rhp; Walt Weiss, ss. CHICAGO (2) Rick Aguilera, rhp: Mark Grace.

1b. COLORADO (3) Jeff Frye, 2b; Jeffrey Hammonds, of; Todd Hollandsworth, of. HOUSTON (2) Tim Bogar, ss; Ken Caminiti, 3b. LOS ANGELES (3) Darren Dreifort. rhp; Todd Hundley, Ismael Valdes.

rhp. MILWAUKEE (1) James Mouton, of. NEW YORK (1) Mike Bordick. ss. PHILADELPHIA (2) Alex Arias, 3b; Kent Bottenfield.

rhp. ST. LOUIS (2) Shawon Dunston. ss; Jesse Orosco, Ihp. SAN DIEGO (2) John Mabry.

of; Dave Magadan. 3b. SAN FRANCISCO (1) Ellis Burks, of. On The Air International Bssketball Association BILLINGS RIMROCKERS Signed Alonzo Richmond and Zoderick Green. DAKOTA WIZARDS Signed Darius Baerd, Donald Harrison and Chris Anderson.

DES MOINES DRAGONS Signed Michael Nurse. FARGOMORRHEAD BEEZ Signed Wayne Copeland. SASKATCHEWAN HAWKS Signed Michael Collins and Julian Bonner. FOOTBALL National Football League SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS Claimed LB Jason Kyle off waivers. Placed KR Travis Jervey on injured reserve.

arenafootball2 AFL2 Approved the addition of Baton Rouge, Columbus, Ga Lincoln, Peoria, Rochester, and Wichita, Kan. franchises for the 2001 season. HOCKEY National Hockey League CAROLINA HURRICANES Recalled Jean-Marc Pelletier from the Cincinnati of the IHL. TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING Recalled LW Nils Ekman from Detroit of the IHL. TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS Assigned Don McLean to St.

John's of theAHL. American Hockey League CINCINNATI MIGHTY DUCKS Assigned LW Jay Legault to Baton Rogue of the ECHL. HARTFORD WOLF PACK Announced Johan Holmqvist was returned from the New York Rangers. LOUISVILLE PANTHERS Received Mike Green on loan from Port Huron of the UHL. PROVIDENCE BRUINS Received RW Jay Henderson and RW Eric Nickulas on loan from the Boston Bruins.

Announced LW Joe Hulbug, RW Cameron Mann and Nick Boynton have been recalled by Boston. QUEBEC CITADELLES Announced Mathieu Garon was recalled by the Montreal Canadiens. Received Eric Fichaud on loan from Montreal. East Coast Hockey League ARKANSAS RIVERBLADES Placed Matt Masterson on the injured list. Activated Shane Kenny from the injured list.

DAYTON BOMBERS Announced Alex Westlund has been recalled by Milwaukee of the IHL. Placed Jonathon Schill on the injured list. SOCCER Major League Soccer COLORADO RAPIDS Announced the retirement of MF Paul Dougherty. MIAMI FUSION Named Glen Hoskmg director of marketing. Promoted John Borozzi to vice president of sales, Gabriel Gabor to vice president of corporate communications and broadcasting, and David Feeley to director of operations.

Women's United Soccer Association WUSA Signed MF Sissi. Katia, Pretmha, F-MF Roseli, MF Doris Fitschen. MF-F Maren Meinert. SW Bettina Wiegmann and MF Homare Sawa. COLLEGE, BUFFALO Fired Craig Cirbus, football coach, effective at the end of the season.

RUTGERS-NEWARK Named Dan Palumbo, Jorge Hernandez, Tom Bisignano and Greg Schaub assistant baseball coaches. Bowling PBA Indianapolis Open, 8 p.m., ESPN NBA Basketball Cleveland at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m., FOXNY Philadelphia at New York, 8 p.m., TBS, MSG L.A. Lakers at Portland, 10:30 p.m., TBS Hockey Detroit at Washington, 8 p.m., ESPN2 Basketball CART-Marlboro 500 Results FONTANA. Calif. (AP) Results Monday for the Marlboro 500 presented by Toyota FedEx Championship Series race at California Speedway, with starting position number in parentheses, dnver, type of car, laps completed, reason out.

if any: 1 (3) Christian Fittipaldi, Ford Lola, 250, 2. (19) Roberto Moreno, Ford Reynard, 250. 3. (1) Gil de Ferran, Honda Reynard, 250. 4.

(15) Casey Mears, Ford Reynard. 250. 5 (14) Adrian Fernandez, Ford Reynard, 250. 6. (10) Alex Tagliani, Ford Reynard.

248, contact. 7. (25) Tarso Marques. Ford Swift, 247. 8.

(20) Alex Barron. Ford Lola, 239, mechanical. 9. (4) Helio Castroneves, Honda Reynard, 226. contact.

10. (5) Juan Montoya, Toyota Lola. 219, mechanical. 1 1 (23) Michel Jourdain Mercedes Lola, 154. mechanical.

12. (13) Max Papis. Ford Reynard, 182, mechanical. 13. (8) Kenny Brack, Ford Reynard.

167. mechanical. 14. (11) Patrick Carpentier. Ford Reynard, 154, mechanical.

15. (21) Mark Blundell, Mercedes Reynard, 129, mechanical. 16. (24) Shinji Nakano, Honda Reynard, 113. mechanical.

17. (22) Mauricio Gugelmin, Mercedes Reynard, 103, mechanical. 18. (12) Tony Kanaan, Mercedes Reynard. 88.

mechanical 19. (2) Michael Andretti, Ford Lola, 88. contact. 20. (16) Oriol Servia.

Toyota Reynard. 88, contact. 21. (17) Memo Gidley, Toyota Reynard, 78, mechanical. 22.

(6) Jimmy Vasser, Toyota Lola, 71, mechanical. 23. (7) Dario Franchitti, Honda Reynard, 45, mechanical. 24. (9) Paul Tracy.

Honda Reynard. 23. mechanical. 25. (18) Cnstiano da Malta.

Toyota Reynard, 23. contact. 26 (26) Luiz Garcia Mercedes Reynard. DNS. Race Statistics Time of race: 3:38:04.376.

Margin of victory: 0.1T4 sec. Winner's average speed: 139.5634 mph. Caution flags: 1 1 for 85 laps. Lead changes: 56 among 12 drivers. Lap leaders: Castroneves 1-2.

deFerran 3-6. Castroneves 7-10. de Ferran 11-21. Castroneves 22-26. Montoya 27-40, Andretti 41-45.

Vasser 46-49. Brack 50-57, Castroneves 58-59. Brack 60-64, Castroneves 65-66, Brack 67-68. Andretti 69-71, Brack 72-74. Papis 75-75.

Montoya 76-86, Papis 87-90. Gugelmin 91-98. Moreno 99-104. Castroneves 105-108, Papis 109-117. Brack 118-124.

Papis 125-126, Brack 127-127. Castroneves 128-128, Brack 129-137, Fittipaldi 138-141. Brack 142-144. Castroneves 145-146. Brack 147-149.

Castroneves 150-150. Brack 151-154. Castroneves 155-156. Brack 157-158. Papis 159-159, Castroneves 160-160.

Papis 159-159. 160-160. Papis 161-162, Montoya 163-163, Papis 164-164. Montoya 165-167, Papis 168-171, Barron 172-172. Moreno 173-174.

Papis 175-176, Castroneves 177- 177, de Ferran 178 178. Mears 196-196, Montoya 197-198, Castroneves 199-200, Montoya 201-201. Barron 202-206, Castroneves 207-217. Fittipaldi 281-218. Castroneves 210-221, Fittipaldi 222-250.

Final points standings: de Ferran 168. Fernandez 158. Moreno 147. Montoya 126. Brack 135, Tracy, 134.

Vasser 131, Castroneves 129. Andretti 127. Montoya 126, daMatta 112 NASCAR Leaders DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) NASCAR Winston Cup driver standings and money leaders through Oct. 22: Points Bobby Labonte, 4645.

2, Dale Earnhardt. 4444. 3. Jeff Burton. 4394.

4. Dale Jarrett. 4315. 5. Ricky Rudd.

4272. 6. Tony Stewart, 4210. 7. Rusty Wallace.

41 15. 8. Mark Martin. 4042. 9, Jeff Gordon, 3904.

10, Ward Burton. 3809. II, Mike Skinner. 3514. 12, Steve Park, 3512.

13, Mart Kenseth, 3436. 14, Johnny Benson, 3389. 15, Joe Nemechek, 3246. 16. Dale Earnhardt, 3207.

17, Ken Schrader, 3203. 18, Terry Labonte, 3121. 19. Sterling Marlin, 3018. 20, Bill Elliott.

2955. Money 1. Dale Jarrett. 15.002.724. 2.

Jeff Burton, $4,772,609. 3. Bobby Labonte. $3.735.721 4, Dale Earnhardt. $3.471 .641 5.

Rusty Wallace, $2,820,981. 6, Tony Stewart, $2,788,741. 7, Mark Martin, $2,466,686. 8. Dale Eamhardl Jr.

$2,455,436. 9. Jeff Gordon, $2.449,51 1 1 0, Bill Elliott, $2,293,338. Wednesday, Oct 25 1 Maine-Endwell (15-1) bye 2- Oneonta (14-1-1) bye 3- Chenango Valley (8-6-2) bye 4- Johnson City (8-7-1) bye 5- Dryden (12-4-1) bye 6- Norwich (6-8-2) bye Sherbume-Earlville 3, Windsor 0 Owego Free Academy 4, Whitney Point 1 Quarterfinals Saturday, Oct 28 Maine-Endwell 2, Owego FA 1 Johnson City 5, Dryden 0 Chenango Valley 2, Norwich 2 (CV advances on penalty kicks) Oneonta 4, Sherbume-Earlville 0 Semifinals Wednesday, Nov. 1 4-Johnson City (9-7-1) at 1-Maine-Endwell (16-1), 2 p.m.

3-Chenango Valley (9-6-2) vs. 2-Oneonta (15-1-1), 2 p.m. at National Soccer Hall of Fame Final Saturday, Nov. 4 Semifinal winners, at National Soccer Hall of Fame, time TBA Class First Round Wednesday, Oct 25 1 Elmira Notre Dame (16-2) bye 2- Lansing (15-0-1) bye 3- Unatego (14-2) bye 4- SetonC.C. (91) bye Union Springs 3.

Sidney 0 Trumansburg 1, Groton 0 So. Cayuga 3, Bainbridge-Guitford 0 Unadilla Valley 2, Delaware 0 Quarterfinals Saturday, Oct 28 Elmira Notre Dame 6, Unadilla Valley 2 Seton Catholic 3, Union Spnngs 1 Unatego 2, Trumansburg 1 Lansing 3, So. Cayuga 0 Semifinals Wednesday, Nov. 1 4- Seton Catholic (10-6-1) at 1-Elmira Notre Dame (17-2), 5:30 p.m. 3-Unatego (15-2) vs.

2-Lansing (16-0-1), 2 p.m. at Whitney Point Final Saturday, Nov. 4 Semifinal winners, at National Soccer Hall of Fame, time TBA Class First Round Wednesday, Oct 25 1 Stamford (16-0) bye 2- Gilbertsville-Mt. Upton (14-2-1) bye Schenevus 3, Windham 0 Jefferson 1 Edmeston 0 Margaretville 5. Odessa-Montour 0 Worcester 2, Milford 0 Laurens 3.

Downsvitle 1 Cherry Valley-Springfield 1, Charlotte Valley 0. Quarterfinals Saturday, Oct.28 Stamford 3. Cherry Valley-Springfield 2 Margaretville 1, Jefferson 0 Schenevus 1, Worcester 0, penalty kicks (2-2, 1-0) Gilbertsville-Mt. Upton 2, Laurens 1, OT Semifinals Wednesday, Nov. 1 5- Margaretville (12-5) at 1 -Stamford (17-0).

2 p.m. 3- Schenevus (15-1-3) at 2-Gilbertsville-Mt. Upton (15-2-1), 2 pm. Final Semifinal winners, at National Soccer Hall of Fame, time TBA Field Hockey Section IV Tournament Class A-B Quarterfinals Friday, Oct 27 1 Whitney Point bye 2- Greene bye 3- Vestal bye Maine-Endwell 2, Owego 0 Semifinals Today 4- Maine-Endwell (7-9-1) at 1-Whitney Point (16-1), 3 p.m. 3-Vestal (12-6) at 2-Greene (13-2-1).

3 p.m. Final Friday, Nov. 3 Semifinal winners, at Colgate University, time TBA Class Quarterfinals Friday, Oct 27 1 -Marathon bye Afton 3, Walton 1 Spencer-Van Etten 2, Moravia 1 Deposit 2, Tioga 1 Semifinals Wednesday, Nov. 1 5- Deposit (10-7) at 1 -Marathon (15-2), 3 p.m. 3-Spencer-Van Etten (13-5-1) vs.

2-Afton (13-4), 3 p.m. at Whitney Point Final Friday, Nov. 3 Semifinal winners, at Colgate University, time TBA Soccer Section IV Tournaments Seedings and first-round matchups for the Section IV boys' and girls' soccer tournaments, which start next week (number preceding team indicates seeding): BOYS Class A Quarterfinals Tuesday, Oct. 24 1 -Unlon-Endicott (1 5-1 bye 2- Horseheads (10-4-2) bye 3- lthaca (10-4-1) bye Vestal 1, Coming-Painted Post 0 Semifinals Friday, Oct 27 Horseheads 1, Ithaca 0, penalty kicks (4-1) Union-Endicott 1 Vestal 0 Final Saturday, Nov. 4 2-Horseheads (11-4-2) vs.

1 -Union-Endicott (16-1), at Soccer Hall of Fame, Oneonta, (me TBA Class Quarterfinals Tuesday, Oct 24 (all games at 3:30 p.m.) 1 -Susquehanna Valley (12-2-2) bye Owego Free Academy 4, Johnson City 2 Oneonta 4, Norwich 1 M-E 3, Sherbume-Earlville 0 Semifinals Friday, Oct 27 Susquehanna Valley 2, Maine-Endwell 1 Oneonta 6, Owego Free Academy 2 Final Saturday, Nov. 4 1 -Susquehanna Valley (13-2-2) vs. 3-Oneonta (15-2), at Soccer Hall of Fame. Oneonta, time TBA Class First Round Tuesday, Oct 24 Seton Catholic 5, Moravia 0 So. Cayuga 2, Candor 0 Sidney 3, Union Spnngs 1 Spencer-Van Etten 3, Trumansburg 2, penalty kicks (5-4) Newark Valley 3, Greene 1 Lansing 3, Elmira Notre Dame 2 (OT) Watkins Glen 3, Unatego 2 Marathon 2, BainbridgeGuilford 1 Quartefinals Friday, Oct 27 Seton Catholic 4, Marathon 1 Newark Valley 2, S-VE 1 Lansing 3, Sidney 2, OT So.

Cayuga 1, Watkins Glen 0 Semifinals Today 1-Seton Catholic (13-5) vs 5-Newark Valley (14-4), 2 p.m., Binghamton Municipal Stadium 6- Lansing (144) at 1-Southem Cayuga (18-0), 2 p.m. Final Saturday, Nov. 4 Semifinal winners, at Soccer Hall of Fame, Oneonta, time TBA Class First Round Tuesday, Oct 24 1- Laurens (15-1) bye 2- Kortright (14-2-1) bye 3- Downsville (13-3-1) bye Charlotte Valley 3. Andes 0 Gilbertsville-Mt. Upton 2, CV-Springfield 0 Milford 2, Hunter-Tannersville 0 Schenevus 4, Jefferson 0 Roxbury 1 Stamford 0 Quarterfinals Friday, Oct 27 Laurens 2.

Roxbury 1 Gilbertsville-Mt. Upton 1, Charlotte Valley 0 Downsville 2. Milford 0 Schenevus 4, S. Kortright 3, OT Semifinals Today 5-Gilbertsville-Mt. Upton (14-5) at 7- Schenevus (14-4-1) at 3-Downsville (14-3-1), 2 p.m.

Final Saturday, Nov. 4 Semifinal winners, at Soccer Hall of Fame, Oneonta, time TBA GIRLS Class A Quarterfinals Wednesday, Oct 25 1 Union-Endicott (13-1-2) bye 2- lthaca (13-2) bye 3- Vestal (10-4-1) bye Coming-Painted Post 1, Horseheads 0. Semifinals Friday, Oct. 27 Ithaca 1, Vestal 0 Saturday, Oct 28 Union-Endicott 3, 5-Corning-Pamted PostO Final Saturday, Nov. 4 2-lthaca (14-2) vs.

1-Union-Endicotl (14-1 -2). at Soccer Hall of Fame, Oneonta, time TBA Class First Round ARCHERY National Archery Association NAA Named Rick Mack executive director. BASEBALL American League ANAHEIM ANGELS Exercised the 2001 contract option on RHP Shigetoshi Hasegawa. Announced they have not exercised the contract options on RHP Tim Belcher and SS Gary DiSarcina. National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS Named Bob Brenly manager.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS Sent RHP Chad Fox and RHP Rocky Coppinger outright to Indianapolis of the International League. Announced Coppinger refused his outright assignment and elected to become a free agent. Signed Coppinger to a minor-league contract. Signed INF Luis Lopez to a two-year contract. Exercised the option on the contract of RHP Curtis LsskBnic.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES Named Bill Virdon bench coach. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS Exercised the 2001 contract option of Mike Matheny. Announced they have not exercised the contract options on LHP Jesse Orosco, RHP Pat Hentgen and LHP Scott Radinsky. SAN DIEGO PADRES Declined to exercise 2001 contract option on 2B Bret Boone.

Carolina League MYRTLE BEACH PELICANS Named Robert Stockhausen corporate sales executive and Patrick Coakley head groundskeeper. Announced the resignation of Drew Stuart, director of operations, to take the same postition with Tidewater of the International League. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA Fined Portland Rasheed Wallace $10,000 for verbally abusing a game official at the conclusion of a game against Sacramento on Oct. 27. ATLANTA HAWKS Placed Dikembe Mutombo, Cal Bowdler, Dion Glover on injured list.

BOSTON CELTICS Waived F-C John Williams. Placed Greg Minor, Chris Herren and Walter McCarty on the injured list. CHARLOTTE HORNETS Placed Lee Nailon and Terrance Roberson on the injured list. CHICAGO BULLS Waived Steve Goodrich. Placed Corey Benjamin, Jake Voskuhl and Daiibor Bagaric on the injured list.

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS Placed F-C Mark Bryant. Brevin Knight and F-C J.R. Reid on the injured list. Exercised their options on Matt Harping and F-C Robert Traylor. DALLAS MAVERICKS Placed Donnell Harvey, Etan Thomas and Gary Trent on injured list.

DENVER NUGGETS Waived Cory Alexander and Dan McClintock. Placed Mamadou N'diaye. Ryan Bowen and G-F Calbert Cheaney on the injured list. DETROIT PISTONS Placed Dana Barros. Torraye Braggs.

and Brian Cardinal on the injured list. GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS Placed Chris Mullin and Bob Sura on the injured list. INDIANA PACERS Waived Jimmy King. Placed F-C Terry Mills, Bruno Sundov and F-C Lari Ketner on the injured list. LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS Placed Earl Boykins and Zendon Hamilton on the injured list.

MIAMI HEAT Waived Dale Ellis. Placed Alonzo Mourning, Ricky Davis and Harold Jamison on the injured list. MILWAUKEE BUCKS Placed Jason Hart and. Mark Pope on the injured list. MINNESOTA TiMBERWOLVES Waived Sharone Wright.

Placed G-F Todd Day, Tom Hammonds and Andrae Patterson on the injured list. NEW YORK KNICKS Placed Luc Longley. Jonathan Kerner and Pete Mickeal on the injured list. NEW JERSEY NETS Waived Elliot Perry and Kevin Freeman. PHILADELPHIA 76ERS Waived Jermaine Jackson.

PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS Waived Rodrick Rhodes and Nikita Morgunov. Placed Arvydas Sabonis and Detlef Schrempf on the injured list. TORONTO RAPTORS Waived Vladimir Stepania. Placed Garth Joseph. Alek Radojevic and Michael Stewart on the injured list.

SACRAMENTO KINGS Waived Malik Allen, Antonio Lang and Roy Rogers. Place Jabari Smith on injured list. UTAH JAZZ Placed John Crotty and Scott Padgett on the injured list. Calendar National Basketball Association Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Pet GB Boston 0 0 .000 Miami 0 0 .000 New Jersey 0 0 .000 New York 0 0 .000 Orlando 0 0 .000 Philadelphia 0 0 000 Washington 0 0 .000 Central Division Pet GB Atlanta 0 0 .000 Charlotte 0 0 000 Chicago 0 0 .000 Cleveland 0 0 000 Detroit 0 0 .000 Indiana 0 0 .000 Milwaukee 0 0 .000 Toronto 0 0 .000 WESTERN CONFERENCE Midwest Division Pet GB Dallas 0 0 .000 Denver 0 0 .000 Houston 0 0 .000 Minnesota 0 0 .000 San Antonio 0 0 000 Utah 0 0 .000 Vancouver 0 0 .000 Pacific Division Pet GB Golden Stale 0 0 .000 A. Clippers 0 0 .000 A.

Lakers 0 0 000 Phoenix 0 0 .000 Portland 0 0 000 Sacramento 0 0 .000 Seattle 0 0 000 Today's Games Washington at Orlando, 7:30 p.m. Charlotte at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Cleveland at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m. Detroit at Toronto, 8 p.m. Philadelphia at New York, 8 p.m.

Milwaukee at Dallas. 8 pm. Minnesota at Houston, 8:30 p.m. Indiana at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. Sacramento at Chicago.

8:30 p.m. LA. Clippers at Utah. 9 p.m. LA Lakers at Portland, 10:30 pm Phoenix at Golden State.

10:30 pm Seattle at Vancouver, 10:30 p.m. Wednesday's Games Toronto at Philadelphia. 7 p.m. Detroit at Boston. 7 p.m.

Sacramento at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. Washington at Charlotte, 7:30 p.m. Orlando at Miami, 8 p.m. Denver at Seattle. 10 Utah at A.

Lakers. 10:30 m. Thursday's Games Atlanta at New York. 7:30 p.m. Minnesota at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

Indiana at Dallas. 8 Milwaukee at Houston, 8:30 p.m. Golden State at Denver. 9 p.m. Portland at Phoenix.

9 p.m. Vancouver at LA. Clippers, 10:30 p.m. Hockey TODAY COLLEGES Field Hockey Princeton at Cornell, 4 p.m. Men's Soccer Army at Cornell, 4 p.m.

HIGH SCHOOLS Boys' Soccer Section IV Class semifinal, Lansing at Southern Cayuga, 2 p.m. Section IV Class semifinal, Newark Valley at Seton Catholic, 2 p.m. WEDNESDAY COLLEGES Women's Soccer NCAA Division III Playoffs: first round, Scranton at Ithaca, 1 p.m. Volleyball Cornell at Buffalo, 7 p.m. HIGH SCHOOLS Field Hockey Class Sectional Semifinals: Deposit at Marathon, 3 p.m.; Spencer-Van Etten vs.

Afton at Whitney Point, 3 p.m. Girls' Soccer Class Section IV Semifinals: Unatego vs. Lansing at Whitney Point, 2 p.m.; Seton at Elmira Notre Dame, 5:30 p.m. Please send league schedules or event announcements to The Ithaca Journal via mail (123 W. Stale Si Ithaca, I4HS0), fax (272-4248) or e-mail cfeavera ithaca.gannea.com.

For more information, call Sports Editor Chris Feaver (274-9214) after 4 pm. NCAA Division I Ice Hockey Poll MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Top teams in the NCAA Division I men's ice hockey poll, compiled by U.S. College Hockey Online, with first-place votes in parentheses and records through Oct. 29: Record Pts Pvs I. Michigan (16) 6-0-2 559 3 2 Wisconsin (16) 7-1-0 556 1 3.

New Hampshire (6) 51 518 4 4. Boston College (2) 5-1-0 505 2 5 Minnesota 50-1 422 6 6. Michigan State 4-1-1 348 8 7. North Dakota 3-2-3 317 5 8. Colorado College 4-00 270 11 9.

Maine 2-2-1 265 7 10. Boston University 1-1-1 192 9 II. St Cloud 4-1-1 175 10 12. Northeastern 4-1-0 143 13 Nebraska-Omaha 4-2-0 139 13 14 Rensselaer 2-1-0 93 12 15. Providence 3-0-1 85 Others receiving votes: Cornell 62, Northern Michigan 17, St.

Lawrence 32, Colgate 28. Western Michigan 26. Ohio state a. Denver 4, Harvard 4, uuinnipiac Alabama-Huntsville 1, Army 1, Clarkson 1..