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0 The Daily Item Motorsports Second place not good enough for Edwards www.dailyitem.com SPORTS Cooper's pick six helps Huskies advance Bloomsburg 28 West Chester 21 victory over the Golden Rams Saturday afternoon at Redman Stadium. "We were in man coverage and they ran that route a lot with that receiver the last couple of times we played them," Cooper said. "I just sat back and waited for him to throw the ball. I broke real hard and he hit me right in the hands." Bloomsburg (11-1) will host California a 48-7 winner over Seton Hill, at noon next Please see HUSKIES, C3 Matthew HarrisThe Daily Item Bloomsburg's Stefan Adams drags West Chester's Mike Dell toward the end zone Saturday in Bloomsburg. COLLEGE Coming FOOTBALL up roses By Todd Hummel For The Daily Item BLOOMSBURG Playing four times in the last two seasons, West Chester and Bloomsburg have developed quite a familiarity with each other.

That worked to Bloomsburg cornerback Jesse Cooper's advantage early in the fourth quarter of the teams' clash in the NCAA Division II playoffs and helped the Huskies advance to the quarterfinals. Cooper stepped in front of a Joe Wright pass early in the fourth quarter and returned it 62 yards to give Bloomsburg the lead for good in a 28-21 Perm State Michigan State 49 18 Nittany Lions win Big Ten, headed to Pasadena By Genaro C. Armas The Associated Press STATE COLLEGE Penn State coach Joe Paterno has no plans to go out on top of the Big Ten. After the Nittany Lions routed No. 17 Michigan State 49-18 on Saturday to earn a conference title and a trip to the Rose Bowl, Paterno said he doesn't intend for his 43rd Please see LIONS, C3 Williams key to PSU turnaround By William Bowman The Daily Item STATE COLLEGE As the snow began to fall harder and harder minutes before kickoff, Derrick Williams waited in the tunnel, anticipating the final time he would walk out in front of the Beaver Stadium crowd with his classmates.

See WILLIAMS, C3 Carney's kick IS' "Mtfiflf jjum Daily Items in Sports Thunder fire Carlesimo after 1-12 start OKLAHOMA CITY The losses kept piling up for P.J. Carlesimo, and it didn't matter which city his team called home. With the relocated Oklahoma City Thunder off to an NBA-worst 1-12 start, Carlesimo was fired as coach Saturday and replaced on an interim basis by assistant Scott Brooks. The firing the first of an NBA coach this season followed a 105-80 defeat to the New Orleans Hornets on Friday night for the Thunder's 10th straight loss. Brooks was to make his debut Saturday night in a rematch with the Hornets in New Orleans, and general manager Sam Presti said he would remain through the end of the season.

"This isn't about one person," Presti said. "There's accountability for everybody involved players, coaches, myself and anyone involved with our basketball team. We understand that." The Thunder also let go assistant Paul Westhead, who guided the Phoenix Mercury to the 2007 WNBA title and won an NBA title in 1980 with the Los Angeles Lakers. Carlesimo had been expected to produce a winner around Kevin Durant, but he never really stood a chance. He inherited a roster shredded by the trades of stars Ray Allen and Rashard Lewis after a decision to rebuild.

But there was clearly more to rebuild than anticipated. Carlesimo had questioned his team in recent games for failing to give full effort, performances resulting in a string of blowouts. The last six losses were by double-digits, and most of those were even more out of hand before the Thunder rallied. Spain wins doubles, takes Davis Cup lead MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina Spain's Feli-ciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco defeated Argentina's David Nalbandian and Agustin Calleri 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (5), 6-3 on Saturday. Spain leads 2-1 heading into the last day of the Davis Cup final.

Playing without top-ranked Rafael Nadal, who is sidelined with a knee injury, Spain can clinch the title on Sunday. Spain's David Ferrer will meet Juan Martin del Potro in the first reverse singles match. If he loses, Lopez will face Nalbandian in the final match at Islas Malvinas Stadium. Argentina needs to win both matches to win its first title. 24 23 Syracuse rallies to shock Irish By Tom Coyne The Associated Press SOUTH BEND, Ind.

After getting fired by Syracuse, outgoing coach Greg Robinson helped turn up the heat on Charlie Weis at Notre Dame. Cameron Dantley, son of one of Notre Dame's basketball greats, threw an 11-yard TD pass to Donte Davis with 42 seconds left to lead Syracuse to a 24-23 victory Saturday against the stunned and disheartened Fighting Irish. The Orange trailed 23-10 in the fourth quarter before rallying as Notre Dame struggled mightily on offense. The Irish came away with just six points after starting four times inside the Syracuse 23 -yard line. The victory allowed Syracuse (3-8) to avoid a third 10-loss season in four years under Robinson, who was fired last week, effective the end of the season.

Dantley, the son of former NBA star Adrian Dantley, was 13-of-25 passing for 126 yards. For the Irish (6-5), losing to a 19V2-underdog ranks among the worst losses in school history and leaves coach Charlie Weis with a 28-20 record in four seasons. Weis's 58.3 winning percentage is the same that Bob Davie was fired with after five seasons and Tyrone Willingham after three. Weis has seven years left after this season on a 10-year contract. The Irish had one last chance to win in the closing seconds.

With 7 seconds left, the Irish could have run one more play before attempting a field goal, but Weis opted to go for a 53-yard field goal-attempt by Brandon Walker, whose career long is 48. His kick fell well short. Walker was 3-of-6 on field goals for the game. The loss was at least as surprising as last year's triple overtime loss to Navy, ending a 43-game winning streak over the Midshipmen. Freshman Antwon Bailey, who entered the game with 66 yards rushing on 13 carries, started the Orange rally with a 26 -yard TD run up the middle with 12:30 left that cut the score to 23-17.

Bailey finished with 126 yards rushing. Notre Dame held the Orange to three-and-out on their next possession and had a chance to ice the game, but a 49-yard field goal attempt by Walker came up short. After $5 Mail-In Rebate $6.95 BOX OF 20 $9.95 BOX OF 20 Sunbury 286-261 1 SAT. NOON TO 9 P.M. Syracuse Notre Dame IE Robert InglisThe Daily Item Derrick Williams makes a catch for a touchdown as Michigan State's Johnny Adams defends during Saturday's game in State College.

Advertisement completes Bison comeback FE DERAL 30-30 150 gr 243 lOOgr. 270 30-06 308 1 50 80 gt. Bucknell 24 Fordham 21 Overtime By Brett R. Crossley For The Daily Item LEWISBURG Four years ago, Will Carney started his journey as the kicker of the Bucknell football team. On Saturday, Carney ended his journey in Bucknell's final game of the season and stamped his name on the program with a 46 -yard overtime field goal to beat Fordham 24-21 in the Patriot League season finale for both teams.

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Pro football Eagles at Ravens FOX, 1 p.m. 1 70 Lenker FALL HOURS: TUES. Matthew HarrisThe Daily Item Bucknell's Andrew Lair runs for yardage Saturday during Saturday's game against Ford ham..