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Sunday, December 3, 2006 The Index-Journal, Greenwood. C. 7B Ex-caddy shares Q-school lead SCOREBOARD LancaaUr 51. FecnlMx) North 37 NBA STANDINGS EASTERN CONFERENCE AttanttcUvMon Pet Ne Jersey 7 .438 Toronto 7 to .412 Boston 5 10 .333 5.10 .333 New York 13 .316 tions to the Nationwide Tour. The remaining players in the field will be conditionally exempt to the Nationwide Tour next season.

Mini-tour veteran George McNeill (69) was third at 13 under, and PGA Tour veterans Cameron Beckman (71) and Rich Garrigus (68) followed at 12 under. Several big names remain outside the cut for tour exemptions. Four-time PGA Tour winner LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) Four years ago, Michael Boyd was caddying in the PGA Tour final qualifying tournament On Saturday, Boyd took a share of the lead in die event "I'm just thankful to be here. I've got nothing to lose," Boyd said after a 6-under 66 on the Stadium Course at PGA West "At the end of the week, I'm playing in a better place, no matter what I do.

I'm going to be in a better place than I've every been in my life. So it's just free-wheel it and have fun." Boyd share the top spot with Rich Barcelo at 14-under 274, with two rounds feft in the six-day tournament. Barcelo shot a 69. The top 30 players and ties at the end of Monday's final round will earn PGA Tour cards for next year, with approximately the next 50 players earning full exemp Dufly Waldorf was tied for 47th at 3 under after a 69. Two-time U.S.

Open winner Lee Janzen struggled to a 77 Saturday to fall into a tie for 91st at 2 over. An exemption to either the PGA Tour or Nationwide Tour would be fine with the 30-year-old Boyd, who has played mostly on the Hooters Tour the last few years. Boyd had six top-five finishes on the Hooters Tour in 11 starts this year. Latta3. Muftne36 Laurens SO, Clinton 28 Ls Central 48.

lakewood 27 Lanngton 67, Camden 24 Manning 44. Scott's Branch 13 Mariboro County 34. Robert La Academy 31 S.C. School tor tie Deal 4 Band 53, Ky. School tor the Deal, Ky 17 Seneca 52, Pendleton 45 Silver Butt 47, South Asian 34 Soutti Florence 48, Lamar 31 Spartanburg 63, Broome 52 St John's 50, Garrett Academy of Technology 41 Sumter 57, Crestwcod 22 Swansea 82.

Gaoert 23 Union59.Jonesvo15 W. Wyman King Academy 38, Francis Hugh Wardtow Academy 35 Wade Hampton (G) 50, Bare 37 Wagener-Satley 59, Psion 33' Wilson Hal 38, Hammond 31 Woodrutl 46, Southsde Christian 43 Wren 38, HiHcrest 22 NCAA DIVISION I-AA FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS (T CD Italy's Blardone wins giant slalom BEAVER CREEK, Colorado (AP) Italy's Massimiliano Blardone captured a World Cup giant slalom Saturday in which Bode Miller squandered his first-run lead by catching his arm on a gate. U.S. teammate Ted Ligety finished third. Blardone, who bulked up dur ing the summer, rallied from a deficit of 0.09 seconds after the first run for his third World Cup victory.

Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal made another great comeback to finish second. Blardone, runner-up after the first run, completed his two trips down the Birds of Prey course in 2 minutes, 27.88 seconds. He Massimiliano sprays champagne the Giant Slalom Creek, Colo. AP photo UC-Santa Barbara players celebrate after beating Wake Forest 1-0 on penalty kicks in Saturday's semifinal of the NCAA men's Division I soccer championships in St Louis. Two California teams play for NCAA title 0 1 iK i I UC-Santa Barbara (17-7-0) was mired in a disappointing season with a 7-6 record when coach Tim Vom Steeg told his players he planned to use younger players to prepare for the 2007 season if a turnaround did not come quickly.

It did as the Gauchos won 10 of their next 1 1 games including Saturday which put them in the title game for the second time in three years. "It's been fun. It's been an adventure for sure," said senior midfielder Bryan Byrne. "We didn't really expect 13 game in (tHeSeatariyto be in this situation. Thankfully, we got to this stage." after winning Men's World Cup Saturday at Beaver ST.

LOUIS (AP) -r- A team that nearly wrote itself off midway through the season and a player who walked onto his team helped set up an all-California final at the College Cup. Sophomore Eric Avila scored the deciding goal on UC-Santa Barbara's fifth penalty kick and the unseeded Gauchos beat Wake Forest 4-3 in the tiebreaker Saturday to advance to the national title game. The Gauchos face UCLA on Sunday after the Bruins were led by non-scholarship freshman David Estrada's two goals in a 4-0-upset over Virghrhirrthe first semifinal. QB 1C 112 1 12 212 Tinirtheaal DtvWon Orlando 13 4 Miami '79 Atlanta 6 8 Washington 6 9 Pel QB .765 .438 .429 512 512 6 812 .400 Chertotte 4 12 250 CanM UvMon Detroit 11 5 Pet GB Ctevetand 10 6 .625 Indiana 9 8 .529 Chicago 6 9 .400 Milwaukee to 333 WESTERN CONFERENCE 1 212 412 512 Southeast Drvtaion 12 4 12 5 10 5 8 8 Pet .750 .706 GB 12 1 12 4 8 Dallas San Antonio Houston New Orleans Memphis 4 12 .250 13 4 9 5 7 10 6 9 6 11 Pacific -talon 10 5 9 6 9 7 8 7 7 7' Pet GB .765 .643 212 Utah Denver Seattle Minnesota Portland .412 6 .400 .353 Pet .667 .600 QB A. Lakers Phoenix Gokten State Sacramento LA.

Clippers .563 1 12 .533 2 .500 212 Friday 's Game Toronto 108, Boston 102 Washington 109 Cleveland 106, Atlanta 95 Chicago 1 1 1 New Orleans 108 Denver 108, Minnesota 92 Detroit 108, New York 100 Dallas 109, Sacramento 90 Phoenix 122, Milwaukee 116 Orlando'91, Portland 69 Seattle 105, Indiana 103 Saturday's Games New Jersey' 1 12, Philadelphia 107 Miami 98, Memphis 97 San Antonio 100, Sacramento 98 Toronto 103, New York 100 Washington at Chicago (n) Cleveland at Houston (n) Indiana at Denver (n) Seattle at Utah (n) Milwaukee at Gokten State (n) A. Lakers at A. Clippers (n) Today's Games Detroit at Charlotte, 6 p.m. Minnesota at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. Atlanta at Portland, 9 p.m.

Orlando at A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m. Monday's Games Dallas at Washington, 7 m. Memphis at New York, 7:30 p.m. Golden State at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

Boston at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Utah, 9 p.m. Orlando at Sacramento, 10 p.m. Indiana at A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

FRIDAY'S MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCORES EAST Maine 68, N.J. Tech 58 St. John's 78. UMBC 57 Towson 67, Vermont 54 SOUTH Davidson 86, Ebn.61 Navy 61 Longwood 59, OT Stephen F.Austin 73, Southern U. 64 Tennessee 89.

Murray St. 64 MIDWEST Santa Clara 71 Alabama St. 45 SOUTHWEST Tulsa 78, Lamar 64 FAR WEST New Mexico St. 80, Chicago St. 74 SanJnjWlW 74 LmiWanaM in TOURNAMENT Hawkeye Challenge Ftrat Round Coppin St.

69. La Saa 68 Iowa 62, Texas-Pan American 46 Pepsi Blue A Gold Classic First Round Marquette 83, Northwestern St. 67 N. Dakota St. 57, Princeton 50 WtM Tlpott Classic First Round Cornell 99.

VMI 94 William Mary 59, Jacksonville St. 56 FRIDAY'S PREP BASKETBALL SCORES Boys Abbeville 55. Emerald 54 Aynor 59, St. James 50 Belton-Honea Path 73, Palmetto 60 Bottng Springs 58, Chesnee 44 Byrnes School 46, Clarendon Halt Academy 40 Camden 74, Lexington 60 Chapman 57, West Oak 48 Chester 68, LewisvHIe 65, OT Chesterfield 71, Central 62 Darlington 65, HartsvHIe 64 Dreher 68. Columbia 65 Eastey 66, Pickens 44 Gastoma Huss, N.C.

74, Clover 57 Georgetown 55, Carvers Bay 50 Greenville 53, Carolina Academy 45 Hearhwood Hall 59. Charleston Collegiate 31 Hemingway 55, Kingstree 49 Holry Hi Academy 68, Williamsburg Academy 47 Irmo 57, Dutch Fork 25 Lake City 65, C. E.Murray 60 Landrum 81 Blecksburg 41 Laurens 42, Clinton 41 Lee Central 76, Lakewood 43 Liberty 54, Tamassee-Salem 50 Loris 72, Green Sea Floyds 67 Mariboro County 40, Scotland County, N.C. 38 Multins91.Lana70 Newberry 55, Airport 36 North Central 75, Andrew Jackson 50 Richland Northeast 62, Lancaster 55 Scott's Branch 63, Manning 58 Seneca 72, Pendleton 60 Silver Bluff 51 South Aiken 46 Socastee 58, West Florence 44 South Florence 51 Lamar 44 Spartanburg 65. Broome 60 Spring Valley 63, A.

C. Flora 54 St. John's 52, Garrett Academy of Technology 38 Travelers Rest 69, Blue Ridge 67 Union 98, Jonesville 41 Wade Hampton (G) 89, Berea 73 White KnoH 57, BrooklandCayce 44 Woodland 42, Colleton County 36 Woodrutl 71, Southside Christian 69 Wren 47. Hfcrest 44 Girls A. C.

Flora 39, Sprmg VaHey 38 Abbeville 45, Emerald 43 Airport 52, Newberry 33 Andrews 67, Waccamaw 40 Belton-Honea Path 45, Palmetto 44 Blue Ridge 46, Travelers Rest 33 Bortng Springs 81, Chesnee 15 Cardinal Newman 53, Orangeburg Prep 33 Chapm 39. Lugotf-Elgin 21 Chapman 57, West Oak 48 Chesterfield 52. Central 39 Christ Church Episcopal 48. St. Joseph 23 Crescent 38, Calhoun Fans 34 Dorman 63, Northwestern 29 Easley 50.

Pickens 29 Fairfield Central 57. Great Fans 42 Georgetown 44, Carvers Bay 32 Green Sea Floyds 48, Lons 43 Greenville 75, Carolina Academy 28 Hearhwood Hall 57, Charleston Collegiate 22 Hemingway 48, Kingstree 46 Indian Land 62, Buford 30 Irmo 53, Dutch Fork 37 Johnsonviee 52, East Clarendon 31 Lake City 49, C. E. Murray 46 won for the first time since taking a giant slalom in Alta Badia nearly a year ago. Miller, who won the previous day's downhill, got back on the tails of his skis and caught an SPURRIEB Continued from IB Spurrier also asked to increase the buyout that he or the school would pay.

to terminate the contract from $250,000 per remaining year to $500,000. "Some school would have to pay three million dollars," Spurrier said. "That's not going to happen." There also were incentives added where Spurrier would get $50,000 for winning nine games and $100,000 for 10 victories. Hyman said the move was well worth it, since the football program at South Carolina drives the athletic department's economic engine. "We couldn't be more ecstatic to have coach Spurrier as the conductor of our train and to have him for an extended period of Massachusetts 24.

New Hampshire 17 Montana 20, Southern Wnois 3 Appalachian State 38, Montana State 17 Youngstown State 28, Illinois State 21 Friday, Dec. 8 or Saturday, Dec. 9 Youngstown Stale (1 1-2) at Appalachian State (12-1), TBA Massachusetts (12-1) at Montana (12-1), TBA At Flnley Stadium Chattanooga, Tenn. Friday, Dae. 15 Semifinal winners, 8 p.m.

NCAA DIVISION FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS Quarterfinals Saturday Btoomsburg 24, Shepherd 21 Grand Valley State 30, North Dakota 20 Delta State 27, North Alabama 10 Northwest Missouri Stale 28, Chadron State 21 Osffllfliiala Sunday, Dec, 10 Grand Valley State (13-0) vs. Delta State (12-2), 5:30 p.m. or 7 p.m. Btoomsburg (12-1) vs. Northwest Missouri State (1 3-0), 5:30 p.m.

or 7 p.m. i Championship Saturday, Dee. 18 At Florence, Ala. TBD, Noon NCAA DIVISION DI FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS Saturday Mount Union 17, Capital 14 St. John Fisher 31 Rowan 0 Wesley 34, Mary Hardin-Baylor 20 Wisconsin-Whitewater 17, St.

John's, Minn. 14 Ssfiriftnata Saturday, Dae. I St. John Fisher (12-1) vs. Mount Union (13-0), Noon Wesley (13-0) vs.

Wisconsin-Whitewater (13-0), Noon or 1 p.m. Championship Saturday, Dec. 18 At Salem, Va. TBD, 4 p.m. NHL STANDINGS EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division OT Pis OF GA New Jersey 14 9 2 30 62 66 NY.

Rangers 13 9 4 30 84 80 Y. Islanders 13 9 3 29 72 67 Pittsburgh 11 10 4 28 75 80 Philadelphia t5 4 20 88 '102 -W -t-OT-ftsUr- Buffalo Montreal Toronto Ottawa Boston 20 3 2 42 109 74 68 92 73 83 GA 79 88 96 15 7 13 10 14 12 12 10 3 33 75 5 31 91 1 29 98 2 26 68 Southeast Division OT Pit OF 17 7 4 38 96 15 10 3 33 93 13 12 2 28 85 10 9 6 26 72 8 15 5 21 69 Atlanta Carolina Tampa Bay Washington Mono WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Drvtaion OT Ms OF 17 5 3 37 89 GA 69 58 73 86 74 GA NashvWe Detroit Chicago St. Louis Columbus 14 7 4 10 12 2 7 15 3 6 16 2 32 65 22 60 17 60 14 51 Nonnwtn uivwon OT Ms OF Edmonton 13 9 2 28 71 Minnesota 13 11 1 27 71 Calgary 12 10 2 28 66 Colorado 12 11 2 26 80 Vancouver 12 13 1 25 57 Pacific Drvtaion OT Ms GF OA 69 58 55 97 92 toss Anaheim San Jose Dallas Los Angeles 20 2 6 46 100 20 7 0 40 85 16 9 0 32 70 9 15 4 22 78 9 15 0 18' 63 Phoenix Two points for a win, one point for overtime or shootout toss. Friday's Games New Jersey 5. Pittsburgh 2 Buffalo 4.

NY. Rangers 3, SO Detroit 3, Minnesota 0 Chicago 5, St. Louis 2 Calgary 2, Columbus 1 Saturday's Game Anaheim 4, Los Angeles 3 Carolina 5, Boston 2 San Jose 3, Detroit 2 Ottawa 5, Tampa Bay 2 Montreal 4, Toronto 3, SO Atlanta 3, Florida 1 Y. Islanders 5, Pittsburgh 3 New Jersey 4, Philadelphia 3, SO Chicago 4, Nashville 3, OT Cohjmous at Edmonton (n) Minnesota at Dallas (n) Buffalo at Washington (n) Colorado at Vancouver (n) Today's Games Y. Islanders at Y.

Rangers, 5 p.m. Los Angeles at Anaheim, 8 m. Monday's Qemea Boston at Montreal, 7 p.m. San Jose at Dallas. 9 p.m.

Nashville at Phoenix, 9:30 p.m. Edmonton at Vancouver, 10 p.m. TRANSACTIONS BASEBALL CLEVELAND INDIANS Agreed to terms with RHP Roberto Hernandez and LHP Aaron Fultz on -one-year contracts. Named Jim Benedict major league scout. National Learn mj SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS Agreed to terms with OF Dave Roberts on a three-year contract.

FOOTBALL National Football League NEW YORK GIANTS Signed Sean Landeta. Waived DT Lance Legree NEW YORK JETS Placed WR Tim Dwkjht on injured reserve. Activated WR Wallace Wright from the practice squad. HOCKEY National Hockey League CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS Recalled Qanny Richmond from Norfott of the AHL PITTSBURGH PENGUINS Assigned John LeClair to Wftes-BarrarSoanton of the AHL Plaza arm on a gate, which cost him about a second and a half. He wound up in 12th place, 1.11 seconds off the pace.

Ligety, the Olympic combined champion, climbed from fifth into third, 0.07 seconds behind the winner. Despite finishing out of the top 10, Miller, revitalized his image in the technical events with his powerful first leg. On Friday, Miller posted his first World Cup downhill victory in two years. His last World Cup giant slalom win was a AP photo year ago on the Blardone samecourse; i a a i vaulted from 11th place after the opening run to finish 0.04 seconds behind Blardone. In Thursday's super-combi, Svindal was 20th after the downhill but won the event after a dominating performance in the slalom.

Hyman a nearly $200 million facilities plan with about $73 million going to football improvements at Wil-liams-Brice Stadium many of those were requested by Spurrier. Spurrier began talking up next season after the Gamecocks got finished with SEC play, which at 3-5 was his first losing season in the conference. He talked about the return of star wideout Sidney Rice and of increasing the team's goals to include an SEC championship. Spurrier won six SEC crowns and the 1996 national title during 12 seasons with Florida. The SEC title game "was always my favorite game of the year," he said.

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