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B2 SPORTS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2009 DECATUR, ILLINOIS www.herald-review.com AREA CALENDAR SCOREBOARD Today MidState Soccer Club High School Boys tryouts, p.m., Decatur Soccer Cor Decatur. 429-3472 NASCAR SPRINT CUP LEADERS Points Jimmie Johnson, 6,297. 2, Mark Mar tin, 4,224. 3, Jeff Gordon, 4,185. 4, Kurt Busch, 6,124.

5, Tony Stewart, 4,119. 4, Juan Pablo Montoya, 6,061. 7, Greg Biffle, 6,050. 8, Denny Hamlin, 5,975. 9, Ryan Newman, 5,973.

10, Kasey Kahne, 5,898. II, Carl Edwards, 5,857. 12, Brian Vick-ers, 5,777. 13, Kyle Busch, 4,183. 14, Matt Kenseth, 4,151.

15, Clint Bowyer, 4,078. 16, David Reutimann, 3,969. 17, Jeff Burton, 3,477. 18, Marcos Ambrose, 3,437. 19, Joey Logano, 3,400.

20, Casey Mears, 3,571. Chicago vs. New England Sunday, Nov. 1: New England 2, Chicago 1 Saturday, Nov. 7: Chicago 2, New England 0, Chicago advances on 3-2 aggregate Championship Real Salt Lake vs.

Chicago Saturday's game: Real Salt Lake al Chicago, 7 p.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE Semifinals Los Angeles vs. Chivas USA Sunday, Nov. 1: Chivas USA 2, Los Angeles 2, tie Sunday, Nov. 6: Los Angeles 1, Chivas USA 0, Los Angeles advances on 3-2 aggregate Houston vs.

Seattle Thursday, Oct. 29: Seattle 0, Houston 0, tie Sunday, Nov. 8: Houston 1, Seattle 0, OT, Houston advances on 1-0 aggregate Championship Houston vs. Los Angeles Friday's game: Houston at Los Angeles, 10 p.m. MLS CUP Sunday, Nov.

22: at Seattle, 7:30 p.m. Class 3A 12 Pana (8-3) at 1 Greenville (11-0), Sat. 2 p.m. 3 Tolono Unity (11-0) at IK Nashville (7-4), Sat. 1:30 p.m.

t2 Wilmington (11-0) at 1 Carthage lllini West (11-0), Sat. 1 p.m. 1 Stillman Valley (110) at Sterling Newman Central Catholic (8-3), Sat. 1 p.m. Class 4A ti Quincy Notre Dame (11-0) at 1 Rochester (11-0), Sat.

4 p.m. fl Metamora (10-1) at 16 Breese Mater Dei (10-1), Sat. 1 p.m. 8 Geneseo (9-2) at is Mendota (9-2), Sat. 1 p.m.

2 Richmond-Burton (10-1) at 111 Johns-burg (8-3), Sat. 1 p.m. Class 5A 1 Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin (110) at S5 Peoria Rich woods (10-1), Sat. 1 p.m. Washington (110) at 16 Joliet Catholic Academy (9-2), Fri.

7 p.m. 12 Lombard Montini (7-4) at 9 Sycamore (8-3), Sat. 1 p.m. 3 Glenbard South (9-2) at 7 Woodstock (8-3), Sat. 7 p.m.

Class 4A 4 Lemont (10-1) at 1 Danville (11-0). Sat. 3 p.m. 3 Crete-Monee (10 1) at 2 New Lenox Providence Catholic (10-1), Sat. 1 p.m.

5 Chicago De La Salle (9-2) at 1 Cary-Grove (110), Sat. 1 p.m. 14 Belvidere North (7-4) at 10 Crystal Lake Prairie Ridge (8-3), Sat. 1 p.m. Class 7A 2 Wheaton Warrenville South (10-1) at 4 Chicago St.

Rita (9-2), Fri. 7 p.m. 2 East St. Louis (9-2) at 5 O'Fallon (8-3), Sat. 1 p.m.

12 St. Charles North (8-3) at 1 Glen Ellyn Glenbard West (110), Sat. 1 p.m. 11 Lake Zurich (8-3) at 15 Wheaton North (7-4), Sal. 7 p.m.

Class 8A Chicago Marist (9-2) at 1 Palatine Fremd (11-0), Sat. 6 p.m. 7 Downers Grove South (9-2) at 3 Carol Stream Glenbard North (101), Sat. 6 p.m. 5 Glenbrook South (9-2) at 1 Park Ridge Maine South (11-0), Sat.

1 pm 3 Wilmette Loyola Academy (10-1) at 10 Chicago Mount Carmel (8-3), Sat. noon College No. 14 OHIO STATE 100, ALCORN STATE 60 Alcorn State (0-1) Holt 4-12 1-1 9, Francis 2-5 5-8 1, Ragland 2-10 1-2 5, Boyd 7-13 0-0 20, Searcy 0-5 0-0 0, Savannah 0-2 0-2 0, Anthony 0-1 1-2 1, Ingram 0-2 0-0 0, Eackles 5-9 3-4 14, Blake-ly 1-10-12, Martin o-l 0-0 0. Totals 21-61 11-20 60. Ohio State (1-0) Madsen 3-4 1-1 7, Turner 6-12 2-2 14, Lighty 4-7 0-0 8, Diebler 7 10 2-2 22, Buford 8-14 0-0 19, Simmons 5-8 0-0 12, Offutt 3-5 3-4 11, Hill 0-5 0-0 0, Peters 0-1 0-0 0, Kecman 2-4 0-1 5, Titus 0-0 0-0 0, Sarikopoulos 1-3 0-2 2.

Totals 39-73 8-12 100. Halftime-Ohio St. 56-28. 3-Point Goals-Alcorn St. 7-17 (Boyd 610, Eackles 1-1, Holt 0-1, Anthony 0-1, Ingram 0-1, Ragland 0-3), Ohio St.

14-33 (Diebler 6-9, Buford 3-7, Simmons 2-4, Offutt 2-4, Kecman 1-2, Turner 0-1, Lighty 0-2, Hill 0-4). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Alcorn St. 35 (Holt 10), Ohio St. 47 (Turner 17).

Assists-Alcorn St. 7 (Boyd 3), Ohio St. 29 (Turner 10). Total Fouls-Alcorn St. 16, Ohio St.

19. NFL AMERICAN CONFERENCE East Wednesday MidState Soccer Club High School Boys tryouts, p.m., Decatur Soccer Complex, Decatur. 429-3472 Saturday 16th Annual JSM Challenger ATP Tennis Tournament, 10 a.m. Atkins Tennis Center, Urbana. www.illinois-challenger.com Sunday 16th Annual JSM Challenger ATP Tennis Tournament, 10 a.m.

Atkins Tennis Center, Urbana. www.illinois-challenger.com Capital Area Volleyball Club tryouts, 2-5 p.m., Lincoln Land Community College, Springfield. 786-2485 lllini United Volleyball Club tryouts, 1-4 p.m., Decatur Indoor Sports Center, Decatur. 429-3472. Monday, Nov.

16 16th Annual JSM Challenger ATP Tennis Tournament, 1 p.m. Atkins Tennis Center, Urbana. www.illinoischal-lenger.com Eisenhower Girls Winter Sports Mania, 5:30 p.m., Eisenhower High School, Decatur. Tuesday, Nov. 17 16th Annual JSM Challenger ATP Tennis Tournament, Atkins Tennis Center, Urbana.

www.illinoischallenger.com Wednesday, Nov. 18 16th Annual JSM Challenger ATP Tennis Tournament, Atkins Tennis Center, Urbana. www.illinoischaIlenger.com Thursday, Nov. 19 16th Annual JSM Challenger ATP Tennis Tournament, Atkins Tennis Center, Urbana. www.illinoischallenger.com Friday, Nov.

20 16th Annual JSM Challenger ATP Tennis Tournament, Atkins Tennis Center, Urbana. www.illinoischallenger.com Eisenhower Boys Winter Sports Mania, 5:30 p.m., Eisenhower High School, Decatur. Saturday, Nov. 21 16th Annual JSM Challenger ATP Tennis Tournament, Atkins Tennis Center, Urbana. www.illinoischallenger.com ASEP Coaching Clinic, Ramada Limited North, Springfield.

586-4799 Midwest Open Taekwondo Championship, 10 a.m., Decatur Conference Center Hotel, Decatur. 875-5031. www.midwestchampionships.com TopSpin Volleyball Club tryouts, 1-5 p.m., Effingham Central Grade School, Effingham. (618) 665-4950 Turkey Trot, 9 a.m., Fairview Park, Decatur. 429-3472.

Sunday, Nov. 22 lllini United Volleyball Club tryouts, 1-4 p.m., Decatur Indoor Sports Center, Decatur. 429-3472. TopSpin Volleyball Club tryouts, 1-5 p.m., Effingham Central Grade School, Effingham. (618) 665-4950 Record Pis Pvs 1.

Montana (16) 9 0 684 2 2. Southern Illinois (6) 8-1 665 3 3. Villanova (6) 8-1 663 4 4. Richmond 81 591 1 4. William Mary 8-1 591 5 6.

Elon 8-1 541 6 7. New Hampshire 8-1 532 7 8. Appalachian State 7-2 513 8 9. South Carolina State 8-1 473 10 10. McNeese State 7-2 436 11 11.

Northern Iowa 6-3 409 12 12. South Dakota State 7-2 343 9 13. Eastern Illinois 7-2 336 13 14. Holy Cross 8-1 334 14 15. Jacksonville State 6-3 293 15 16.

Liberty 7-2 258 17 17. Stephen F. Austin 7-2 249 18 IB. Eastern Washington 6-3 223 16 19. Prairie view 6-1 182 22 20.

Lafayette 8-1 168 24 21. Florida 7-2 148 23 22. Weber State 5-4 113 21 23. Delaware 6-3 90 25 24. Colgate 8-2 64 20 25.

Texas State 6-3 46 Others receiving votes: Butler (39), Southeastern Louisiana (21), Central Arkansas (15), Montana State (13), Harvard (10), Northern Arizona (7), Drake (6), Eastern Kentucky (6), Massachusetts (5), Cal Poly (4), Pennsylvania (3), Chattanooga (2), Alabama (1), UC Davis (1). AFCA DIVISION II POLL Record Pis Pvs 1. Central Washington (23) 11-0 621 2 2. Northwest Missouri St. (1)10-1 600 3 3.

Grand Valley St. (Mich.) 10-1 565 5 4. Minnesota-Duluth 10-1 542 6 5. North Alabama (1) 10 1 513 1 6. Nebraska-Kearney 10-1 503 8 7.

Midwestern St. (Texas) 9-2 449 9 8. Minnesota 10-1 443 4 9. West Liberty (W.Va.) 10 1 405 11 10. Carson-Newman (Tenn.) 9-2 385 14 11.

North Carolina-Pembroke9-l 378 10 12. Tarleton St. (Texas) 9-2 331 7 13. Texas Kingsville 9-2 300 17 14. Tuskegee (Ala.) 8-2 298 15 15.

Hillsdale (Mich.) 9-2 277 20 16. Saginaw Valley St. 252 22 17. Shippensburg (Pa.) 9-2 246 23 18. Abilene Christian (Texas) 8-3 179 12 19.

Charleston (W.Va.) 9-2 147 25 20. Albany St. (Ga.) 8 2 145 13 21. Arkansas Tech 8-2 107 22. California (Pa.) 8-3 90 18 23.

Central Missouri 8-3 88 16 24. Washburn (Kan.) 8-3 75 25. Bloomsburg (Pa.) 8-3 44 19 AFCA DIVISION III POLL Record Pts Pv 1. Mount Union (Ohio) (39) 9-0 997 1 2. (1) 9 0 961 2 3.

Wesley (Del.) 9-0 910 3 4. St. John's (Minn.) 9-0 876 4 5. Central (Iowa) 10-0 821 5 6. Linfield (Ore.) 8-0 803 6 7.

Case Western Reserve 9-0 711 7 8. Monmouth (III.) 10 0 702 8 9. Mary Hardin-Baylor 8-1 454 9 10. Thomas More (Ky.) 9-0 645 10 11. Wittenberg (Ohio) 9-0 575 12 12.

St. Thomas (Minn.) 8 1 563 13 13. Washington Jefferson 8-1 476 15 14. Wabash (Ind.) 8-1 426 16 15. Hampden-Sydney (Va.) 9 0 423 17 16.

Illinois Wesleyan 8-1 392 23 17. Mount St. Joseph (Ohio) 9-0 343 19 18. Delaware Valley (Pa.) 8 1 296 24 19. North Central (III.) 7-2 226 20 20.

Willamette (Ore.) 7-2 1 83 22 21. Ohio Northern 7-2 169 22. Coe(lowa) 8-1 117 23. Wheaton (III.) 7-2 IX 11 24. Kean (N.J.) 8-1 98 25.

California Lutheran 7-1 84 NAIA FOOTBALL POLL Record Pts Pv I. SiOUX Falls (18) 10-0 444 1 2. Carroll (Mont.) (1) 11-0 426 2 1 Lindenwood 9-0 411 3 4. Morningside (Iowa) 9-0 392 4 5. Saint Xavier 11-0 371 6 4.

Ottawa (Kan.) 9-0 353 7 7. Lamouth (Tenn.) 9-1 340 5 8. MidAmerica Nazarene 9-1 326 10 9. McKendree 81 301 11 10. U.

of tne Cumberlands 9-1 284 1 2 II. Saint Francis (Ind.) 7-2 258 8 12. Missouri Valley College 7-2 246 9 13. Friends 8-1 240 14 14. Langston 6-2 238 13 15.

McPherson 8-1 228 15 16. Hastings (Neb.) 8-2 181 17 17. Grand View B-2 156 19 18. Minot State B-2 140 21 19. Ohio Dominican 7-2 139 20 20.

Dickinson State 7-3 127 16 21. Walsh 7-3 118 23 22. Eastern Oregon 7-4 82 22 23. Northwestern (Iowa) 7-3 68 18 24. Baker 6-3 51 25.

Taylor 6-3 19 Preps Class 1A 12 Astoria-South Fulton (8-31 at i8 Tuscola 8-3, Sat. 4 p.m. 3 Concord Triopia (10-1) at 10 Jacksonville Routt (8-3), Sat. 1 p.m. 1 Lexington (11-0) at 2 Alexis United (101), Sat.

1 p.m. ti Lena-Winslow (10-1) at j3 East Dubuque (10-1), Sat. 1 p.m. Class 2A Marshall (10-1) at 1 Casey-Westfieid (ll-O), Sat. 1:30 p.m.

Central (8 3) at Maroa-Forsyth (9-2). Sat. 1 p.m. Orion (10-1) at Morrison (ll-O), Sat. 1 p.m.

Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley (10-1) at 46 Annawan-Wethersfieid (10-1), Sat. 2 p.m. New England at Indianapolis, 7:20 p.m. Open: N.Y. Giants, Houston Monday, Nov.

16 Baltimore at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. STEELERS 28, BRONCOS 10 Pittsburgh 0 7 7 14 28 Denver 3 0 7 0 10 First Quarter Den-FG Prater 40, 10:24. Second Quarter Pit-Carter 48 interception return (Reed kick), 12:50. Third Quarter Den-Ayers 54 fumble return (Prater kick), 11:16. Pit-Ward 3 pass from Roethlisberger (Reed kick), 9:09.

Fourth Quarter Pit-Wallace 25 pass from Roethlisberger (Reed kick), 7:03. Pit-Ward 3 pass from Roethlisberger (Reed kick), 1:22. Pit Den First downs 21 12 Total Net Yards 375 242 Rushes-yards 29-173 14-27 Passing 202 215 Punt Returns 2-16 2-21 Kickoff Returns 3-69 4-74 Interceptions Ret. 3-51 1-21 Comp-Att-Int 21-29-1 23-38-3 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-31 2-6 Punts Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0 Penalties-Yards 428 3-25 Time of Possession 33:03 26:57 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Pittsburgh, Mendenhall 22-155, Moore 4-18, Wallace 1-3, Roethlisberger 2-(-3). Denver, Buckhalter 9-24, Moreno 5-3.

PASSING-Pittsburgh, Roethlisberger 21-29-1-233. Denver, Orion 23-38-3-221. RECEIVING Pittsburgh, Ward 7-44, Holmes 6-93, Wallace 4-69, Miller 3-18. Mendenhall 1-9. Denver, Marshall 11-112, Royal 5-74, Gaffney 2-6, Buckhalter 2-4, Graham 1-18, Stokley 1-4, Scheffler 1-3.

MISSED FIELD GOALS-None. NFL INJURY REPORT NEW YORK (AP) The National Football League injury report for Thursday's game, as provided by the league (OUT -Definitely will not play; DNP Did not practice; LIMITED Limited participation in practice; FULL Full participation in practice): Thursday's game CHICAGO BEARS vs. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS BEARS: OUT: LB Pisa Tinoisamoa (knee). DNP: Al Afalava (shoulder), Kevin Payne (back), RB Garrett Wolfe (back). LIMITED: TE Desmond Clark (neck), DT Tommie Harris (knee), CB Charles Tillman (shoulder).

49ERS: Did not practice on Monday (the practice report is an estimation). OUT: CB Nate Clements (shoulder), RB Glen Coffee (concussion), DT Demetric Evans (shoulder), Joe Staley (knee). DNP: Michael Lewis (quadricep), RB Michael Robinson (shoulder), DE Justin Smith (not injury related), LB Takeo Spikes (shoulder), Curtis Taylor (shin). LIMITED: TE Vernon Davis (shoulder), WR Jason Hill (ankle), TE Delanie Walker (shin, knee). FULL: David Baas (shoulder), CB Tarell Brown (rib), RB Frank Gore (eye lid).

College football TSN FCS POLL PHILADELPHIA The top 25 teams In The Sports Network Football Championship Subdivision poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 8, points and previous ranking: Record Pis Pvs 1. Southern Illinois (37) 813,196 3 2. Montana (44) 2 3. Villanova (32) 4 4.

Richmond 1 5. William Mary 5 4. Elon 6 7. Appalachian State 7 8. New Hampshire (1) 8 9.

South Carolina State (1) 10 10. McNeese State 12 11. Northern Iowa 11 12. South Dakota State 9 13. Holy Cross 8 11,579 13 14.

Eastern Illinois 14 15. Stephen F. Austin 15 16. Liberty 16 17. Jacksonville State 17 18.

Eastern Washington 6 3 869 21 19. Weber Slate 5-4 790 19 20. Lafayette 8 1 778 25 21. Prairie View 6 1 741 22 22. Florida 7-2 636 24 23.

Delaware 6 3 405 23 24. Colgate 8-2 392 18 25. Texas State 4-3 207 Others receiving votes: Southeastern Louisiana 168, Massachusetts 127, Penn 116, Harvard 114. Montana State 109, Northern Arizona 106, Central Arkansas 86, Eastern Kentucky 84. Butler 77, Cal Poly 42, James Madison 36.

Drake 28. Tennessee Tech 27, Illinois State 19, Central Connecticut State 14, UC Davis 14, Sam Houston State 13, Grambling 11. Old Dominion 11, Jacksonville 9. Maine 9, Missouri State 8, Tennessee-Martin 5, Texas Southern 5, Brown 3, Morgan State 3, Alabama 2, Arkansas-Pine Biuff 1, Dayton 1, Hofstra 1, Southern 1, Stony Brook 1. FCS COACHES POLL SPARTANBURG, S.C.

(AP) The top 25 teams in the Coaches Football Championship Subdivision poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 8 and revious ranking: Pel PF PA New England 6 2 0 .750 225 115 N.Y. Jets 4 4 0 .500 1 77 134 Miami 3 5 0 .375 193 204 Buffalo 3 5 0 .375 123 169 South Pet PF PA Indianapolis 8 0 0 1.000 217 108 Houston 5 4 0 .554 215 188 Jacksonville 4 4 0 .500 157 198 Tennessee 2 4 0 .250 148 238 North Pet PF PA Cincinnati 4 2 0 750 180 1 35 Pittsburgh 6 2 0 750 195 139 Baltimore 4 4 0 .500 206 154 Cleveland 1 7 0 .125 78 209 West Pet PF PA Denver 6 2 0 .750 150 124 San Diego 5 3 0 .625 204 179 Oakland 2 4 0 .250 78 201 Kansas City 1 7 0 .125 124 205 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East Pet PF PA Dallas 6 2 0 .750 217 152 Philadelphia 5 3 0 .625 219 153 N.Y. Giants 5 4 0 .556 232 204 Washington 2 6 0 .250 113 154 South Pet PF PA New Orleans 8 0 0 1.000 303 174 Atlanta 5 3 0 .625 202 166 Carolina 3 5 0 .375 148 196 Tampa Bay 1 7 0 .125 134 231 North Pet PF PA Minnesota 7 1 0 .875 244 174 Green Bay 4 4 0 .500 215 172 Chicago 4 4 0 .500 180 191 Detroit 1 7 0 .125 133 237 West Pet PF PA Arizona 5 3 0 .625 198 164 San Francisco 3 5 0 .375 174 174 Seattle 3 5 0 .375 167 167 St. Louis 1 7 0 .125 77 221 ATP WORLD TOUR BNP PARIBAS MASTERS Monday; At Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris; Purse: S4.08 million (Masters 1000); Surface: Hard-Indoor Singles First Round Andreas Seppi, Italy, def.

Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany, 6-3, 6-3. Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, def. Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, 7-6 (3), 6-4. Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic, def. Vincent Millot, France, 6-3, 7-6 (4).

Lukasz Kubot, Poland, def. Andreas Beck, Germany, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. Viktor Troicki, Serbia, def. Paul-Henri Mathieu, France, 7-6 (4), 3-0, retired. Albert Montanes, Spain, def.

Victor Hanescu, Romania, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3). John Isner, U.S., def. Alejandro Falla, Colombia, 4-6, 7-6 (10), 7-5. Marat Safin, Russia, def. Thierry Ascione, France, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (3).

Ivan Ljubicic Croatia, def. Sebastien Grosjean, France, 7-6 (2), 6-4. BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES-Claimed RHP Armando Gabino off waivers from Minnesota. BOSTON RED SOX -Exercised their 2010 contract option on C-1B Victor Martinez. Declined their 2010 contract options on SS Alex Gonzalez and Jason Varitek.

Agreed to terms with RHP Tim Wakefield on a two-year contract. DETROIT TIGERS-Named Tom Brookens first base, outfield and base running coach. MINNESOTA TWINS Sent INF Justin Huber outright to Rochester (IL). OAKLAND ATHLETICS-Sent OF Chris Denorfia outright to Sacramento (PCL). TAMPA BAY RAYS Exercised their 20J0 contract option on OF Carl Crawford.

Declined their 2010 contract options on LHP Brian Shouse and Gregg Zaun. Claimed RHP Ramon Ramirez off waivers from Cincinnati. TORONTO BLUE JAYS-Purchased the contract of IB Brian Dopirak from Las Vegas (PCL). Claimed INF Mike McCoy off waivers from Colorado. National League CINCINNATI REDS-Reinstated UT Wilkin Castillo from the 60-day DL.

assigned him outright off the 40-man roster and agreed to terms with him on a minor league contract. Announced OF Darnell McDonald has elected to become a free agent. LOS ANGELES DODGE RS-Declined the 2010 contract option on LHP Will Ohman. MILWAUKEE BREWERSReinstated RHP Mark DiFelice, RHP David Riske and 2B Rickie Weeks from the 60-day DL. Purcnased the contract of INF Adam Heetherfrom Nashville (PCL).

FOOTBALL National Football League CLEVELAND BROWNS-Signed LB Marcus Benard from the practice sauad. Signed TE Evan Moore and WR Chris Williams to the practice squad. Released TE Colin Cloherty from the practice squad. DALLAS COWBOYS-Signed CB Jamar Love to the practice squad. KANSAS CITY CHlEFS-Released RB Larry Johnson.

HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL-Suspended Calgary Curtis Glen-cross three games for delivering a high hit to an unsuspecting opponent, Chris Drury, during a Nov. 7 game against the New York Rangers. ANAHEIM DUCKS-Reassigned Justin Pogge to Bakersfield (ECHL). BUFFALO SABRES-Placed Adam Mair on waivers. CAROLINA HURRICANES-Signed Manny Legace to a one-year contract.

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS-Activated LW Ben Eager from injured reserve. PHILADELPHIA FLYERS-Recalled Oskars Bartulis from Adirondack (AHL). WASHINGTON CAPITALS-Announced Michael Nytander has cleared waivers. CROSS COUNTRY At South Side Country Club 1. Chad Corley, Mike Corley 33; 2.

Joe Prather, Chris Espinoza 34; 2. Todd Newell, Mark Metiver 34; 4. Larry Ramey, Steve Bickes 35; 4. Steve Bickes, Jack Rebert 35; 4. Ken Hatcher, Chris Espinoza 35; 7.

Mark Metivier, Barry Hitchens 36; 7. Chad Corley, Jack Kiley 36; 9. Todd Newell, Barry Hitchens 37; 9. Barry Hitchens, Tom Eichenauer 37; 9. Mark Metivier, Tom Eichenauer 37; 9.

Merle Davis, Mike Corley 37; 9. Joe Prather, Doug Snyder 37; 9. Joe Prather, Ken Hatcher 37; 9. Bill Blackburn, Doug Snyder 37; 9. Darrell Babcock, Ken Hatcher 37; 9.

Darrell Babcock, Chris Espinoza 37; 9. Darrell Babcock, Doug Snyder 37; 9. Chris Espinoza, Jerry Harrison 37. MATTOON HARVEST OF CHAMPIONS INVITATIONAL Dynamite Gymnastics resutts Level 4 Vault 2. Marissa Rohm 9.25; 2.

Jaidyn Sowa 8.85; 3. Jillian Hubbard 8.65; 6. Rileigh Watts 8.75. Bars 2. Marissa Rohm 9.25; 4.

Rileigh Watts 9.15. Beam 1. Marissa Rohm 9.0; 1. Morgan Hollon 9.425; 3. Lucy Besser 8.875; 3.

Jillian Hubbard 8.35; 6. Jaidyn Sowa 7.95. Floor 1. Marissa Rohm 9.0; 4. Morgan Hollon 9.4.

Ail-Around 1. Marissa Rohm 36.5; 1. Morgan Hollon 35.45; 6. Jillian Hubbard 33.175 Levels Vault 1. Isabella Newingham 9.1; 1.

JerQuavia Henderson 9.225; 2. Jaidyn Marshall 9.025; 2. Tiara Gore 8.7; 3. Madison Harper 8.7; 3. Grace Oliver a.

4. Brianna Amos 8.75; 6. Erica Besser 8.25; 6. Trinity Gore 8.6. Bars 1.

JerQuavia Henderson 9.425; 2. Madison Harper 9.275; 3. IsaDella Newingham 3. Tiara Gore 9.0; 4. Grace Oliver 8.35; 4.

Jaidyn Marshall 8.85; 5. Trinity Gore 8.775; 6. Brianna Amos 8.6. Beam 1. JerQuavia Henderson 8.9; 3.

Trinity Gore 9.15; 3. Madison Harper 8.75; 3. Grace Oliver 8.75; 4. Erica Besser 8.55; 5. Brianna Amos 8.95; 6.

Jaidyn Marshall 8.15. Floor 1. JerQuavia Henderson 9.1; 1. Grace Oliver 9. 3.

Jaidyn Marshall 9.0; 5. Grace Oliver 8.8. All-Around 1. JerQuavia Henderson 36.65; 2. Madison Harper 35-325; 3.

Grace Oliver 35.1; 3. Isabella Newingham 34.7; 4. Jaidyn Marshall 35.25; 5. Trinity Gore 35.75; 6. Brianna Amos 34.9.

Level 6 Vault 1. Sierra Higginson 8.7. Bars 1. Higginson 8.3. Beam 2.

Higginson 8.35. Floor 3. Higginson 7.8. All-Around 2. Higginson 33.65.

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER PLAYOFFS EASTERN CONFERENCE Semifinals Columbus vs. Real Salt Lake Saturday, Oct. 31: Real Salt Lake 1. Columbus 0 Thursday, Nov. 5: Columbus 2, Real Salt Lake 3, Real Salt Lake advances on 4-2 aggregate OFF THE WIRE To submit items for the sports calendar, e-mail them to For more information on some of these events and others, go to www.herald-review.com and click on the calendar.

Sunday's games Arizona 41, Chicago 21 Atlanta 31, Washington 17 New England 27, Miami 17 Indianapolis 20. Houston 17 Cincinnati 17, Baltimore 7 Tampa 8ay 38, Green Bay 28 Jacksonville 24, Kansas City 21 Seattle 32, Detroit 20 New Orleans 30, Carolina 20 San Diego 21, N.Y. Giants 20 Tennessee 34, San Francisco 27 Dallas 20, Philadelphia 16 Open: Buffalo, N.Y. Jets. Oakland.

Minnesota. St. Louis. Cleveland Monday's game Pittsburgh 28. Denver 10 Thursday's games Chicago at San Francisco, 7:20 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 15 Buffalo at Tennessee, Noon Denver at Washington, Noon Tampa Bay at Miami, Noon Jacksonville at N.Y. Jets, Noon Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, Noon New Orleans at St. Louis. Noon Atlanta at Carolina, Noon Detroit at Minnesota, Noon Kansas City at Oakland, 3:05 p.m.

Dallas at Green Bay, 3:15 p.m. Philadelphia at San Diego, 3:15 p.m. Seattle at Arizona, 3:15 p.m. ON TV TODAY BASKETBALL Denver Nuggets at Chicago Bulls. (Live) 7 p.m., (Taped) 2 a.m.

(COMCAST) FOOTBALL Ohio at Buffalo. (Live) 6 p.m. (ESPN2) THIS DATE 1963 Don Meredith of the Dallas Cowboys passes for 460 yards and three touchdowns in a 31-24 loss to the San Francisco 49ers. 1963 Detroit's Gordie Howe becomes the leading career goal scorer in the NHL with his 545th in a 3-0 victory over the Montreal Canadiens. 1984 Wyoming's Kevin Lowe rushes for 302 yards, and Rick Wegher of South Dakota State rushes for 231 to set an NCAA record for most yards gained by two opposing players.

Wyoming wins 45-29. 1990 The Phoenix Suns shatter the NBA record with 107 points in the first half of a 173-143 victory over the Denver Nuggets. 1996 Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino surpasses 50,000 career Matsui, Damon become free agents Red Sox keep Martinez, Wakefield Michigan at Illinois. (Taped) 2 a.m. (BTN) IN HISTORY passing yards in a 37-13 win over Indianapolis.

Marino also reaches 4,000 completions, another NFL first, with his 10th completion of the game. 2001 San Jose State beats Nevada 64-45, setting an NCAA single-game record for total offense with 1 ,640 yards. San Jose State has 849 yards to Nevada's 791 eclipsing the previous record of 1,563 yards set by Houston and TCU in 1990. 2007 Navy and North Texas set a major-college record by combining for 136 points in the Midshipmen's 74-62 win. 2007 Notre Dame loses for the ninth time this season, a school-record, falling 41-24 to Air Force.

The last time the Irish lost to two military academies in the same season was 1944. WEB CORRECTION COLLEGE FOOTBALL Hockaday earns CCIW's Player of Week honor NAPERVLLLE Millikin quarterback Luke Hockaday was named the CCIW Football Offensive Player of the Week on Monday. Hockaday helped rally the Big Blue from 14 points down heading into the fourth quarter during a 36-34 triple overtime win over Elmhurst on Saturday. Hockaday was 33-of-49 passing for 332 yards and three touchdowns. He connected with Chris Hampton for the game-deciding two-point conversion pass, and was Millikin's leading rusher with 71 yards on 18 carries including a 59-yard touchdown run in the first quarter.

Millikin closes the season with a home game against Augustana on Saturday. BASEBALL Mother of former player kidnapped in Venezuela The mother of former major leaguer Victor Zambrano has been kidnapped. Zambrano's agent Peter Greenberg says Elizabeth Mendez Zambrano was abducted Sunday morning from her son's farm near Maracay in central Venezuela. In Venezuela, which is home to dozens of major leaguers, the families of wealthy athletes are periodically targeted by kidnappers. Rockies catcher Yorvit Torrealba's son and brother-in-law were released by kidnappers a day after they were abducted in June.

Zambrano played seven big league seasons for Tampa Bay, the New York Mets, Toronto and Baltimore. The right-hander has a career record of 45-44 with a 4.64 ERA. He hasn't appeared in a major league game since 2007. Cuban hurt stopping fight HAVANA The pitcher who helped Cuba defeat the Baltimore Orioles in the United States a decade ago tried to stop a fight and was smashed in the face with a blunt object. His injuries are not life-threatening but he will need reconstructive surgery.

Norge Luis Vera is in "delicate, stable condition and fully conscious," the government-controlled Radio Rebelde said Monday. He is in the intensive care unit of Saturnino Lora Hospital in Santiago, Cuba's second-largest city. The 38-year-old pitcher plays for Santiago in Cuba's top baseball league. Official reports did not say where or exactly when the fight occurred, or provide further details about the object used to hit Vera. HIGH SCHOOL Rhode Island investigates game-ending brawl PROVIDENCE, R.I.

League officials in Rhode Island are investigating a fight between members of two girls' high school soccer teams who threw punches, pulled hair and sparked a brawl in the bleachers. The fight broke out Sunday with about a minute left in a match between Woonsocket and Tolman high schools. Woonsocket was leading 5-0 when two players collided, setting off the fray. Fans fought in the bleachers during an awards ceremony. Rough play has already made a video sensation of New Mexico player Elizabeth Lambert.

She was suspended Friday after grabbing a BYU player's ponytail and slamming her to the ground. In the Central football story on Sunday, Nov. 8, Matt Davis should have been credited with scoring the first touchdown of the game against Petersburg PORTA in Central 23-0 playoff win. Davis finished with 81 yards on 12 carries in the game. The newspaper erred.

file by the Nov. 19 deadline. Boston prevented Victor Martinez from filing by exercising a $7.7 million option on the catcher-first baseman. The Red Sox declined a $6 million option on shortstop Alex Gonzalez, who gets a $500,000 buyout and immediately filed. Boston also declined a $5 million option on captain Jason Varitek, and the catcher now must decide whether to exercise a $3 million player option.

Rather than exercise its $4 million option on Tim Wakefield, the Red Sox agreed to a $5 million, two-year contract with 43-year-old knuckleballer. Tampa Bay blocked Carl Crawford from becoming eligible for free agency by exercising a $10 million option on the All-Star left fielder. The Rays declined $2 million options on left-handed reliever Brian Shouse and backup catcher Gregg Zaun. Shouse gets a $200,000 buyout and Zaun receives a $500,000 buyout. Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Will Ohman filed after the team declined his $2.2 million option.

NEW YORK (AP) World Series MVP Hideki Matsui became a free agent Monday along with New York Yankees team mates Johnny Damon, Eric Hinske, Jose Molina and Xavier Nady. Matsui Matsui and Damon both said after the Yankees' six-game victory over Philadelphia last week that they would like to stay with New York. The Yankees said it was too early to address how they want to formulate their team for 2010. Phillies third baseman Pedro Feliz also filed Monday, as did teammates Matt Stairs, Chan Ho Park and Paul Bako. Feliz's $5.5 million option was declined by Philadelphia on Sunday.

Also among the 31 players filing were Minnesota shortstop Orlando Cabrera, Mets outfielder Gary Sheffield and Colorado pitcher Jose Contr-eras. There are 151 players who have filed since the end of the World Series, and 28 more potentially are eligible to I j-fb .1 ON THE "It may have been the first thing many of us did when the 2A pairings came out when is the possible rematch from an outstanding, back-n-forth regular-season game? Now we've got it." To read more of the Game Central blog, go to www.herald- Nx review.comblogssports w' To read Mark Tupper's blog, go to www.herald-review.comblogsmarktupper. To read the Preps biog, go ra www.hrpreps.comblogs. For thoughts on news from around the nation, go to www.hrpreps.comblogsthesportsdesk..