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SPORTS C2 TUesday Dec 16 2003 The Lima News 1 Akron selects Brookhart Te on rom staff and news services PREP GIRLS GAMES 7 BASKETBALL TRANSACTIONS BASKETBALL HOCKEY 9 GB GA 111 GA 2 Ridgemont 3 1 Vanule IN THE BLEACHERS By Steve Moore COLLEGE 6 Kansas 5 1 GAMES ma I Pct PA 0769281 222 0643 263 244 0357 256 314 0286216 331 Pel PA 0857433 284 0 643 347 253 0286 249 317 Pel PA 0786 410 288 0 714 375 287 0357 214 333 0286242 291 90 88 Vancouver Colorado Calgary Edmonton Minnesota 5 0 3 0 0 0 2 34 32 29 29 28 87 66 79 76 8 8 6 4 8 5 '4 10 5 Pct PA 0643 268 266 0500308 299 0500260 201 0214 248 380 18 17 14 13 11 7 6 6 3 2 39 38 33 29 27 43 39 29 27 80 71 73 67 62 90 88 66 81 60 GA 70 70 85 84 73 GA 57 43 76 72 9 5 4 Pct PA 0857 296 222 0615 241 203 0429240 228 0429 246 255 2 8 4 7 10 5 GA 68 65 61 89 64 Buffalo NY Jets VANLUE Thomas 8 Stanzman 9 Lee 16 Watson 16 To SoutheaslOhrtslon TOL Pte 5 0 6 1 Carolina New Orleans Tampa Bay Atlanta Halfliitte: Goshen 31 14 3 polat goals: Bluffton Detscamp 2 Rickenberg Goshert Hanson Williams 2 isher McDugle 2 Records: Goshen 11 3 Bluffton 0 6 throw 25 TDsiq six straight seasons A Toledo Loux was 1 1 with a 712 ERA in 11 games with Detroit last season Shelton 23 was a catcher and infielder in organization Buniatay 24 is a left handed pitcher from system Urdaneta 24 is a right handed pitcher from organization Last season Shelton hit a combined 336 with a 441 on base percentage at Single A Lynchburg and Double A Altoona LEARY TO PLAY IN Comedian and hockey aficionado Dennis Leary has 1 been offered a one game contract by the Columbus Stars of the United Hockey League 1 Leary would be paid about $300 the standard one game salary for a player and a percentage of the game's proceeds would be donated to the comedian's Leary ire fighters oundation Stars general manager Dean Schoenwald said Monday Schoenwald said he sent the contract offer to Leary agent Steve Small whose office re ferred calls to vol Michael Simon A portion of sales from the team's $10 $12 and $15 tickets would be donated to Leary's foundation RED WINGS ROLL: Pavel Datsyuk scored his fifth goal in five games and added an assist and Curtis Joseph stopped 21 of 22 shots to give the Detroit Red Wings a 4 1 victory Monday night over the lorida Pan thers Kirk Maltby Mark Mowers and Mathieu Schneider got the other goals for the Red Wings Lukas Kra jicek scored for lorida getting his first NHL point Joseph stopped Nathan Horton from in close in the opening two minutes Green Bay Minnesota Chicago Detroit BASKETBALL 7:15 pm Boys High School: Kalida at Pandora Gilboa (RADIO: WDOH 1071) 9 pm College: Utah at LSU (TV: ESPN) Nerd phenoqjl I Waynesfield 58 Perry 54 PERRY Rinehart 12 Smith 23 Raesky 8 Phillips 5 Laroche 4 Gordon 2 Totals 25 2 54 WAYNESIELD Hennon 10 Shephard 10 Suther land 15 Crawford 6 Kabara 5 Sibener 12 Totals: 21 15 58 Score by quarters: Perry 12 14 9 19 54 Waynesfield 12 14 13 19 58 3 poinl goals: Rinehart Phillips Sutherland Records: Waynesfield 1 4 Celina 83 Ansonia 40 ANSONIA raley 2 Stammen 13 Ersman 2 Pritnz 8 Billenstein 11 Marshall 4 Totals: 15 8 40 CELINA Smalley 4 Clouse 4 Hoying 6 Os terfeld 21 Schumann 5 Williams 12 Link 6 Hone 11 Bryan 12 Brack man 2 Totals: 28 22 83 Score by quarters: Ansonia 7 14 8 11 40 Celina 21 19 23 20 83 3 point goals: A Stammen Bil lenstein Osterfeld 3 Williams 2 OTHER Russia at Jackson Center 6 pm ort Loramie at Botkins 6 pm WEDNESDAY NWC Ada at Ridgemont 6 pm RIDAY CITY Ridgemont at Temple Christian Bath at Shawnee Elida at Kenton Perry at Spencerville WBL Van Wert at Celina St Marys at Defiance Ottawa Glandorf at Wapakoneta NWC Allen East at Bluffton Columbus Grove at Crestview Delphos Jefferson at Lincolnview Lee 3 Yeater 4 A tals: 22 9 56 Score by quarters: Ridgemont 15 10 12 22 59 Vanlue 16 17 4 19 56 3 polnt goals: Manns Mc Cloud L33 Stanzman A Lee Hecords: 1 5 Goshen 75 Bluffton 48 BLUTON Delscamp 6 Weisbecker 4 Rick enberg 14 Champion 4 Studer 3 Schaller 17 Totals: 18 9 48 GOSHEN Hanson 10 Rupp 6 Williams 16 isher 5 Hegerfeld 3 Martin 6 Moyer 2 McDugle 25 Bartal 2 Totals' 27 14 75 Philadelphia 10 uauas Washington NY Giants OOTBALL 7 pm College Bowl: New Or leans Bowl: Memphis vs North Texas (TV ESPN 2) Indiana New Orleans Detroit Toronto Milwaukee Atlanta Chicago Cleveland 25 23 Ridgemont 59 Vanlue 56 RIDGEMONT Manns 1 1 McCloud 7 Watkins 12 Cox 16 Griffith 13 Totals: 21 15 59 THIS SCHEDULE GIRLS BASKETBALL All JV games start at 6 pm unless otherwise noted TODAY CITY Dayton Colonel White at Lima Se nior 7:30 pm Elida at indlay WBL Ottawa Glandorf at Llberty Benton NWC Wayne Trace at Paulding PCL Continental at airview Leipsic at ort Jennings OTHER airbanks at Hardin Northern 6:30 pm St Marys 61 Delphos St 44 ST MARYS annon 15 Haines 18 Matthews 5 Hall 10 Howell 1 Anderson 2 Imwalle 10 Totals: 23 11 61 DELPHOS ST JOHN'S Mansfield 2 German 4 Bockey 3 Grothouse 6 Miller 11 Morrow 10 Anthony 2 Minnig 6 Totals: 18 6 44 Score by quarters: St Marys 16 15 11 19 61 Delphos SI John's 6 6 14 18 44 3 polnt goals: SM Hall 2 annon Records: St Marys 5 0 Delphos St John's 0 4 Blue Jackets left wing Rick Nash leads the NHL with 19 pals also 19 years old HOCKEY 8 pm NHL: Blue Jackets at Blues (TV: ESQ) Northwest Division TOL Pte 7 5 7 5 9 2 16 16 14 1213 5 11 14 5 Pacific Division TOL Pte 1511 1 10 810 1010 8 1012 4 1215 4 Philadelphia New Jersey NY Rangers NY Islanders 1213 2 BENGALS 8 Baltimore Pittsburgh BROWNS NHL STANDINGS EASTERN CONERENCE Atlantic Division TOL Pts 17 4 8 16 5 7 11 12 5 roOTBAltSgl LATE SUNDAY 24 Michigan St 6 1 25 Boston Colleae 7 1 Others receiving votes: Vanderbilt 75 Rutgers 70 DePaul 56 Old Dominion 50 Baylor 37 Villanova 34 Washington 34 Arizona 25 Miami 1 8 lorida 1 6 Clemson 9 Notre Dame 6 South Carolina 6 Virginia 6 Nebraska 4 SW Missouri St 3 Rich mond 2 CINCINNAT1 1 George Wash 1 WESTERN CONERENCE Central Division WL TOL Pte Vikings defensive tackle Chris Hovan after the Vikings 13 10 loss to the Bears on Sunday 2003 season at Class AA Binghamton where he went 8 7 with a 349 ERA in 20 starts and one relief appearance In 2002 he was the Mets minor league pitcher ofthe year after ping 12 6 with a 329 ERA jp 26 starts at Class A Columbia and St Lucie INDIANS SELECT WEST: The Cleve land Indians selected infielder Todd West in Rule 5 draft West spent last season in minor league system at High Desert (A) of the California League where he hit 239 with 21 doubles and 41 RBIs in 109 games The 24 year old played 65 games at Aec ond base and 53 at shortstop and made only five errors all at short The Indians lost five players in draft: left hander Matt White (Colorado) infielder Hector Luna (St Louis) outfielder I Willy Taveras (Houston) right hander Lino Urdaneta (Detroit) and infielder Luis Gon zalez (Colorado) 1 TIGERS TAKE THREE: The Tigers se lected Chris Shelton Mike Bumatay and Lino Urdaneta on Monday in the winter meeting draft Shelton was the first pick Bumatay was 17th and Urdaneta was the 20th and final player taken The Tigers also outrighted the contract of Los Angeles San Jose Phoenix Anaheim Dallas Two points for a win one point for a be and overtime loss New Engl 12 6 6 BASKETBALL APTOP25 The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' men's college basketball poll with first place votes In parentheses records through Dec 14 total points based on 25 points for a first place vote through one point for a 25th place vote and previous ranking: Record Pte Pn 1 Connecticut (21) 2 Kentucky (26) 3 Duke (1) WEDNESDAY PCL Miller City at Ottoville THURSDAY CITY LCC at Wayne Trace Temple Christian at Ridgemont 7:15 pm Bath at Kenton Ottawa Glandorf at Elida Celina at Shawnee Perry at Lincolnview WBL Van Wert at Defiance St Marys at Wapakoneta NWC Allen East at Ada Columbus Grove at Bluffton Delphos Jefferson at Crestview Upper Scioto Valley at Spencerville PCL Continental at Antwerp BVC Pandora Gilboa at Llberty Benton Leipsic ai Mccomo MAC Minster at Coldwater Delphos St at Versailles New Knoxville at ort Recovery Marion Local at New Bremen St Henry at Parkway OTHER Jackson Center at Botkins Vanlue at Cory Rawson Hardin Northern at Van Buren pm Tecumseh at Indian Lake Riverside at Waynesfield RIDAY CITY Lima Senior at remont Ross 7:30 pm Games Orlando 105 Atlanta 102 Boston 105 Cleveland 98 New York 95 Denver 88 Memphis 110 New Jersey 63 Chicago 86 Indiana 75 San Antonio 86 Houston 73 Portland 112 LA Lakers 108 LA Clippers 106 Phoenix 91 Games Miami su lorontoBM Seattle 108 Milwaukee 102 Utah 94 Philadelphia 86 New York 89 Washington 87 Sacramento 1 07 Phoenix 1 02 Monday's Games Minnesota at Boston ninht Cleveland at Indiana night Paul Maurice coach Rant Memphis at San Antonio night ceur assistant coach and nnoiTAHninn aah loromo at uauas nignr New Orleans at 'A Clippers night Games Utah at Washington 7 pm Atlanta at Miami 7:30 pm Golden State at New Ybrk 7:30 pm Sacramento at Memphis 8 pm Houston at Mlnnesota 8 pm Orlando at Chicago 8:30 pm 1 New Orleans at Denver 9 pm Seattle at Phoenix 9 pm Milwaukee at Portland 10 pm NBA STANDINGS EASTERN CONERENCE Atlantic Division Pd 12 500 12 500 12 478 16 360 15 348 3) NEW YORK Agreed to 16 304 4) terms with John laherty on a one 20 167 8 year contract uAKUiNU At nit i Acquired GB LHP rank Brooks from the New York Mets and Michael Barrett from Mon 1 treat for players to be named 4 TORONTO BLUE Sent RHP 4 Sandy Nin to Colorado to complete an 2 a'irtiar 'irin Rnr lzmoOnJ DUD CUM 1 Politte for assignment National League ARIZONA Traded Quinton McCracken to Seattle for IN Greg Colbrunn Ac quired Michael Goss from Boston and Gary Varner from the Milwau kee to complete earlier trades COLORADO Traded RHP Chris Buglovsky to Seattle for RHP Allan Simpson Waived Luke Allen and IN Pablo Ozuna LORIDA Acquired RHP Mike Nannlnl from the Chicago Cubs and Travis Ezi from Los An geles to complete earlier trades LOS ANGELES Agreed to terms with Juan Encar nacion on a two year contract Ac quired RHP Brandon Weeden from the New York Yankees to complete an ear lier trade MONTREAL Agreed to terms with Carl Everett on a two year contract PHILADELPHIA Agreed to terms with RHP Roberto Hernandez on a one year contract SAN DIEGO Acquired RHP Jason Szuminskl and cash con siderations from Kansas City for Rich Thompson SAN RANCISCO Ac quired Dustan Mohr from Min nesota for a player to be named BASKETBALL NatteMl Bukatbafl Assecteflon CHICAGO Acoulred Rick Brunson from Toronto for Roger Mason Jr HOCKEY NaUonal Hockey Imom CAROLINA ired idy Lado Don Ed wards goaltending consultant Named Peter LaviolettB coach and Jeff Daniels assistant coach NASHVILLE Re called Wade Brookbank and An drew Hutchinson from Milwaukee of theAHL VANCOUVER Called up edor edorov from Manitoba of the AHL COLLEGE Named JD Brookhart football coach Saints 45 Giants 7 NYGlMte 0 7 0 NtwOrteaas 10 14 14 7 48 int (hurtor Horn 50 pass from Brooks (Carney kick) 1301 Carney 35 7 03 Second Quarter Shlancoe 4 pass from Palmer (Bryant kick) 13 05 Horn 13 pass from Brooks (Carney kick) Thomas 64 blocked re turn (Carney kick) 3:10 Third Quarter Horn 7 pass from Brooks (Carney kick) 7:35 Pathon 26 pass from Brooks (Carney kick) 7 24 ourth Quarter Hom 18 pass from Brooks NCCA DIVISION AA PLAYOS Semifinals Saturday Dec 13 Colgate 36 lorida Atlantic 24 Delaware 24 Wofford 9 Championship At Chattanooga Tenn riday Dec 19 Delaware (14 1) vs Colgate (1 5 0) 7 pm The Rudi uonnson ran iur i a yards arid two TDs quarterback to in tneir 41 00 victory on Sunday ft we ll go 10 61f you want to turn itii go 8 8 Guys going to turn It In going to go 10 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS New York Barber 11 37 Levens8 37 Palmer 2 25 Joyce 4 21 Tyree 1 (minus 9) New Or leans McAllister 15 80 lSmlth 8 40 Brooks 3 11 Bouman3 1 New YbrK Palmer 15 26 0 140 New Orleans Brooks 26 35 0 296 Bouman 2 4 0 19 New York Barber 5 33 Shlancoe 3 19 Toomer 2 20 Levens 2 19 Ponder 2 10 Tyree 1 39 New Orleans Hom 9 133 McAl lister 8 65 BWilllams 5 47 Pathon 3 45 Stallworth 2 23 LSmith 1 2 Philadelphia at Miami night Games Aoanta ar lamoa uav onaid uny at rvns icouia ji Sunday Dae 21 Miami at Buffalo 1 pm NY Giants at Dallas 1 pm Detroit at Carolina 1 om Washington at Chicago 1 pm Tennessee at Houston 1 pm BENGALS at St Louis 1 pm Baltimore at BROWNS 1 pm New Orleans at Jacksonville 1 pm San Diego at Pittsburgh 4:05 pm Arizona at Seattle 4:15 pm San rancisco at Phila 4:15 pm Denver at Indianapolis Monday Dec 22 Green Bav at Oaklarjd 9 pm NCAA DIVISION II PLAYOS Semifinals Saturday Dec 6 North Dakota 29 North Alabama 22 Grand Valley State 31 Texas Kingsville 3 Championship Al lorence Ala Saturday Dec 13 Grand Valley State 10 North Dakota 3 NCAA DIVISION III PLAYOS SemlllMte Saturday Dec 13 Mount Union 66 Bridgewater Va 0 St John's Minn 38 RP1 10 Championship Al Salem Va Saturday Dec 20 Mount Union (13 0) vs SL John's Minn (13 0) 11 am Others roctlvlng volet Vanderbilt 80 Michigan St 68 Iowa 40 Mississippi St 31 Providence 26 Auburn 23 Ronda St 20 BYU 1 5 South Carolina 10 Virginia 10 NC State 9 UCLA 9 Texas tech 8 Oregon 7 Utah 7 Boston College 6 Creighton 5 Notre Dame 5 Murray St 4 Oklaoma St 4 George Wash 2 Rhode Island 2 Boise St 1 Detroit 1 Lafayette 1 Memphis 1 Sunday's Games Dallas 1 Chicago 1 tie Edmonton 3 Anaheim 2 Vancouver 2 Carolina 10T Monday's Games Detroit 4 lorida 1 Minnesota at Phoenix night Today's Games Calgary at Philadelphia 7 pm New Jersey at NY Islanders 7 pm Boston at Montreal 7:30 pm Buffalo at Pittsburgh 7:30 pm Washington at Atlanta 7:30 pm Tampa Bay at Toronto 7:30 pm Columbus at St Louis 8 pm Vancouver at Nashville 8 pm Edmonton at Los Angeles 10 30 pm WMnuday'i Ganns San Jose at Detroit 7:30 pm Washington at lorida 7:30 Vancouver at Dallas 8:30 pm Minnesota at Colorado 9:30 Boston Philadelphia New Jersey New York Miami Washington Orlando Red Wings 4 Panthers 1 lorida 1 i Detroit 1 1 4 X4 irst 1 Detroit Datsyuk 18 (Hull Draper) 6:34 2 lorida Krajicek 1 (Bouwmeester Weiss) 16:11 (pp) Maltby Det (slashing) 14:27 Lllja ha (topping) 19:46 Second 3 Detroit Maltby 5 6:57 (sh) tilja Ra (in terference) 2:52 Shanahan Det (In terference) 4:12 Detroit bench served by Woolley (too many man) 5:12 Horton la (holding) 9:32 Ritchie Ra (roughing) 11:48 Mac Donald la (Interference) 17:17 Third 4 Detroit Mowers 2 (Shanahan Woolley) 5:09 (pp) 5 Detroit Schneider 4 (Datsyuk Shana han) 19:01 (en) Bouwmeester Ra (holding) 4:09 De vereaux Det (hooking) 8:34 Shots on lorida 9 9 Detroit 10 14 40 Power play Opportunities Honda 1 of 4 Detroit 1 of 6 Ronda Luopgo 8 13 6 (39 shots 36 Saves) Detroit 'Joseph 5 4 0(22 21) A 20066 (1 9983) AP COLLEGE ALL AMERICA TEAM IRST TEAM OENSE Quarterback Jason White Okla home senior Running backs Chris Parry Michigan senior Darren Sproles Kansas State junior Wide Larry itzgerald Pittsburgh sophomore Mike Williams Southern California sopho more Tight end Kellen Winslow Miami junior Center Jake Grove Virginia Tech senior Guards Tackles Shawn An drews Arkansas junior Alex Barron lorida State junior Robert Gallery Iowa senior Jacob Rogers Southern California senior Kicker Nate Kaedlng Iowa se nior All Purpose Antonio Parkins Ok lahoma junior DEENSE Linemen David Ball UCLA se nlor Tommie Harris Oklahoma ju nior Chad Lavalals LSU senior Kenechl Udeze Southern California junior Linebackers Derrick Johnson Texas junior Teddy Lehman Okla homa senior Grant Wiley West Vir ginia senior Backs WIN Allen Ohio State senior Kelwan Ratliff lorida senior Derrick Strait Oklahoma senior Sean Taylor Miami Junior Punter Dustin Colquitt Ten nessee junior SECOND TEAM OENSE Quarterback Eli Manning Mis sissippi Running backs Kevin Jones Vir ginia Tech Michael Turner Northern Illinois Wide receivers Mark Clayton Oklahoma Rashaun Woods Okla homa State Tight end Ben Troupe lorida Center Ben Wilkerson LSU Guards Tackles David Baas Michigan Jamaal Brown Oklahoma Tony Pape Michigan Stephen Peter man LSU Kicker Nick Browne TCU All purpose Derek Abney Ken tucky DEENSE Linemen David Pollack Geor gia Shaun Phillips Purdue Bo Schobel TCU Will Smith Ohio State Linebackers Josh Buhl Kansas State Karlos Dansby Auburn Jonathan Vllma Miami Josh Bullocks Nebraska Will Poole Southern California Bob Sanders Iowa Corey Webster LSU Punter Tom Malone Southern California THIRD TEAM OENSE Quarterback Ben Roethlis berger Miami (Ohio) Running backs Steven Jackson Oregon State Quincy Wilson West Virginia Wide receivers Michael Clayton LSU Roy Williams Texas Tight end Kris Wilson Pitts Greg Esliriger Minnesota Guards Tackles Vernon Carey Miami Tillman Holloway Texas: Alex Stepanovich Ohio State Claude Ter rell New Mexico Kicker Jonathan Nichols Mis sissippi All purpose Skyler Green LSU DEENSE Linemen Dan Cody Oklahoma Shaun Cody Southern California Dar nell Dockett lorida State Dusty Dvo racek Oklahoma Linebackers Rod Davis South ern Mississippi Michael Boulware lorida State DJ Williams Miami Backs Sean Jones Georgia Antrel Rolle Miami Stuart Schweigert Purdue Nathan Vastier Texas Punter BJ Sander Ohio State Oakland 4 San Diego 3 11 0214 268 387 NATIONAL CONERENCE East 3 5 9 10 South 5 7 7 SATURDAY CITY LCC at Van Wert noon Temple Christian at Antwerp 1pm Bath at Coldwater noon Allen East at Shawnee 1 pm WBL Kenton at Indian Lake 1 pm Wapakoneta at ort Recovery noon NWC Crestview at Ottoville 1 pm Ben Logan at Upper Scioto Valley 1 pm PCL ort Jennings at Kalida 1pm Leipsic at Pandora Gilboa 1 pm Miller City at airview 1 pm MAC Arcanum at Versailles 1 pm OTHER Botkins at Houston 1 pm Anna at Jackson Center 1 pm BOYS BASKETBALL All JV games start at 630 un less otherwise noted MONDAY PCL Paulding at Ayersville Sf TUESDAY PCL Kalida at Pandora Gilboa 6 pm Miller City at North Baltimore 6 pm Upper Scioto Valley at Paulding PCI airview at Continental ort Jennings at Ottoville IK Pandora Gilboa at Llberty Benton Cory Rawson at Arcadia 6 pm McComb at Leipsic 6 pm MAC Coldwater at Minster Versailles at Delphos St John's ort Recovery at New Knoxville New Bremen at Marlon Local Parkway at St Henry OTHER Waynesfield at Riverside Botkins at Anna Indian Lake at Urbana SATURDAY CITY remont Ross at Lima Senior 6 pm LCC at Bryan 6 pm Bath at Llberty Benton 6 pm WBL Greenville at Celina 6 pm Urbana at Kenton Bowling Green at Ottawa Glandorf 6 pm Paulding at Van Wert Wapakoneta at St Henry NWC Ada at Waynesfield Hardin Northern at Allen East Ayersville at Columbus Grove Crestview at ort Recovery Kalida at Delphos Jefferson Upper Scioto Valley at Arlington PCL Antwerp at Continental Miller City at Leipsic MAC Wayne Trace at Coldwater Delphos St John's at Westerville Central 6 pm ranklin Monroe at Marlon Local Anna at New Bremen Vanlue at New Knoxville Twin Valley South at Versailles OTHER Indian Lake at Riverside The University of Akron on Monday named University of Pittsburgh offensive coordinator JD Brookhart as its new foot ball coach Brookhart 39 replaces Lee Owens who was fired Nov 16 following a 7 5 season said director of athletics Mike Thomas extremely excited to be the new head coach at Akron and be part of the vision that Mike (Thomas) and the university have for the football team and the entire athletics Brookhart said in a statement are moving in the right direction on campus and I would like to be part iA of that Brookhart has been with VWBMwjpi the Panthers since 1997 first as tight ends and spe dal teams assistant and then as wide receivers coach He spent the past three seasons as offensive coordinator Thomas said the decision was made to re place Owens in an effort to give new leader ship a chance to improve the program SCHALLER SETS MARK: Karin Schaller set the single season basketball record for blocks in a season in a 75 48 loss to Goshen at Goshen right handed pitcher Shane Loux to Triple on Monday night Schaller had six blocks for the game to give her a single season record of 33 on the year She broke the mark of 28 held by Kim Bostater in the 1995 1996 season Goshen is 11 3 while Bluffton is 0 6 Schaller (Arlington) led Bluffton with 17 points and five rebounds HURRICANES IRE MAURICE: Paul Maurice was fired Monday as coach of the Carolina Hurricanes who are next to last in their division Maurice was replaced by former New York Islanders coach Peter Laviolette gen eral manager Jim Rutherford said Maurice coached the franchise for nine years the longest tenure of any current NHL coach Two of those years came when the franchise was in Hartford He took the team to the Stanley Cup finals in 2002 The Hurricanes are 8 12 8 2 for 26 points in the Southeast Division Their next game is Thursday at home against Pittsburgh Laviolette had 77 wins in two seasons as coach of the Islanders ranking as the third winningest coach in team history He led the team to the playoffs in the 2001 02 and 2002 03 seasons but was fired after the Is first round loss to Ottawa REDS SELECT MATTOX IN RULE 5: Right hander David Mattox was selected by the Cincinnati Reds in the Rule 5 Draft on Monday Mattox 23 was selected off the New York Mets Class AAA Norfolk roster in the first round of the draft If he does not stay on the Reds 25 man roster all next season they will have to offer him back to New York at half the $50000 acquisition price The 6 2 195 pound pitcher spent the 12 12 11 9 8 7 4 Central Division Pct 6 750 7 708 10 583 4A CCC 13 458 7 earier ttade Designated RHP Cliff 1H ZK 16 273 11 17 261 11! WESTERN CONERENCE Midwest Division NL STANDINGS AMERICAN CONERENCE East 2 5 8 8 South BASKETBALL AP TOP 25 The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll with first piace votes in parentneses recoros tnrougn Dec 1 4 total points based on 25 points for a first place vote through one point tor a 25th place vote and previous ranking: lndianapolis 1 1 3 lennessee Houston Jacksonville North Pct PA 6 0571 322 335 6 0 571 343 271 9 0357250 290 10 0286232 273 West Kansas City 1 2 2 Denver 9 5 10 St Louis 11 Seattle 8 San rancisco 6 Arizona clinched playoff spot clinched division Sunday's Games Tennessee 28 Buffalo 26 Chicago 13 Minnesota 10 Indianapolis 38 Atlanta 7 St Louis 27 Seattle 22 NY Jets 6 Pittsburgh 0 Kansas City 45 Detroit 17 Tampa Bay 16 Houston 3 BENGALS 41 San rancisco 38 New England 27 Jacksonville 13 Denver 23 GROWNS 20 OT Oakland 20 Baltimore 12 Dallas 27 Washington 0 Carolina 20 Arizona 17 Green Bay 38 San Diego 21 New Orleans 45 NY Giants 7 Monday's Game Philadelphia at Miami night Games Atlanta at Tampa Bay 1 :30 pm Kansas City at Minnesota 5 pm New England at NY Jets 8:30 pm The Peyton Manning is the first Pts Pn 1bU5 1618 1535 4 North Carolina (6) 6 0 1507 5 Georgia Tech (14) 8 0 1418 lAUS 9 7 7 3 North Pct PA 6 0571 370 297 6 0571 354 315 8 0429 253 291 10 0286226 339 West Pct PA 3 0786 400 288 6 0571 352 300 8 0 429336 285 3 11 0214 197 407 MONDAY BASEBALL American League DETROIT Sent RHP Shane Loux outright to Toledo of the IL KANSAS CITY Aoreed to terms with IN Tony Graff anlno on 3 a two year contract 4) uvwwucomicscom WHcA Look AT BenMY i''I HE'5 ONLY A SEhlloR SOtoLTAUEABY HECANDRiBaL WiTH ONE HAMP I ozoaiNMnataiMM ftfi I 1 ztl ick) 14:55399 NY NO irst downs 16 26 Total Net Yards 241 440 Rushes yards 26 111 29 132 Passing 130 308 Punt Returns 1 10 3 32 Kickott Returns 8 164 2 38 Intercaptions Ret 0 0 0 0 Comp Att trit 15 26 0 28 39 0 Sacked Ybrds Lost 3 10 1 7 Punts 6 425 1 570 umbles Lost 3 2 1 1 Penaltles Yards 7 70 7 55 Time of 32:36 Recent Pts Pn 1 Connecticut (45) 6 0 1172 1 2 Tennessee (2) 5 0 1118 2 3 Duke 6 1 1058 3 4 Texas Tech 9 0 1034 4 5 Texas 8 1 961 5 6 Penn St 7 1 943 7 7 Stanford 6 1 904 6 8 Purdue 7 1 835 8 9 Minnesota 7 0 821 9 10 Georgia 6 1 738 10 11 Kansas St 7 2 678 11 '12 Louisiana Tech 6 1 649 13 Oklahoma 8 0 565 14 14 Colorado 7 1 501 17 15 North Carolina 7 1 494 16 16 LSU 4 2 401 18 17 Virginia Tech 7 0 396 20 18 OHIO ST 4 1 379 13 19 Utah 6 2 252 21 20 UC Santa Barbara 4 2 227 15 21 Oregon 7 1 190 22 22 TCU 6 1 176 19 23 Auburn 7 2 152 24 Pittsburgh 7 16 4 2 20 62 107 Northeast Division TOL Pte GA Toronto 17 6 5 3 42 85 74 Boston 13 6 7 4 37 81 75 Ottawa 13 10 3 3 32 88 65 Montreal 14 13 3 1 32 70 72 Buffalo 12 16 2 1 27 68 86 Atlanta 16 12 3 1 36 98 94 TampaBay 13 9 4 1 31 65 58 lorida 10 15 6 1 27 68 87 Carolina 8 12 8 2 26 56 71 Washington 9 19 1 1 20 77 99 Pct GB Dallas 14 8 636 Denver 149 609 San Antonio 15 10 600 i Houston 13 9 591 1 13 9 591 1 Minnesota 13 9 591 1 Utah 13 10 565 1) Pacific Division Pct GB LA Lakers 18 5783 Sacramento 16 5 762 1 Portland 11 10 524 6 Seattle 11 10524 6 Golden State 10 11 476 7 LA Clippers 8 11 421 8 Phoenix 8 16 333 10) Detroit 19 10 3 1 42116 79 St Louis 18 6 2 1 39 75 58 Nashville 14 12 2 0 30 72 Chicago 7 15 6 3 23 58 86 COLUMBUS 8 15 4 2 22 60 83 7 Arizona (2) 4 1 1407 9 8 Oklahoma 7 0 1217 11 9 Stanford (2) 5 0 1081 13 10 Missouri 3 1 1057 3 11 Saint Joseph's 7 0 1050 12 11 Texas 5 1 1050 6 13 Gonzaga 7 1 987 17 14 Wake orest 5 0 914 15 15 lorida 5 2 863 1 16 CINCINNATI 4 0 648 II 17 Purdue 7 1 647 16 18 Pittsburgh 7 0 544 20 19 Syracuse 3 1 535 19 20 Louisville 4 1 406 21 Illinois 6 2 398 14 22 Wisconsin 6 1 367 23 23 Marquette 6 1 303 22 24 DAYTON 8 0 113 25 25 Maryland 6 2 176.