B2 Sunday, April 1, 2012 SCOREBOARD THE INDEPENDENT | Ashland | Kentucky

Greg Owen 66-69-76—211 Brendon de Jonge 70-70-72—212 Graeme McDowell 70-69-73—212 AUTO RACING Ben Crane 69-70-73—212 SPORTS ON THE AIR Rickie Fowler 68-70-74—212 Vickers on a Billy Mayfair 70-71-71—212 Mathew Goggin 70-72-70—212 Goody's Fast Relief Rod Pampling 73-69-70—212 TODAY 500 Lineup Will Claxton 70-72-70—212 Roberto Castro 71-69-73—213 AUTO RACING comeback trail After Saturday qualifying; race today Steve Stricker 68-70-75—213 At Steve Wheatcroft 68-72-73—213 12:30 p.m. — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Goody’s Fast Relief 500, Ridgeway, Va. Shawn Stefani 71-71-71—213 at Martinsville, Va...... FOX MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) Lap length: .526 miles Shaun Micheel 70-72-71—213 (Car number in parentheses) Joe Ogilvie 71-69-74—214 2 p.m. — IRL, IndyCar, Grand Prix of Alabama, at Birming- ’ latest come- Today’s race: 1. (5) , , 97.128. Ricky Barnes 66-74-74—214 ham, Ala...... NBCSN back got off to a roaring 2. (29) , Chevrolet, 97.048. Jamie Lovemark 70-70-74—214 Goody’s Fast Relief 500 3. (11) , , 97.003. Jason Bohn 69-72-73—214 7 p.m. — NHRA, SummitRacing.com Nationals, at Las Ve- start two weeks ago with a 4. (15) , Toyota, 97.003. Cameron Beckman 74-67-73—214 gas (same-day tape)...... ESPN2 fifth-place finish at Bristol At Martinsville, Va. 5. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 96.988. 73-69-72—214 TV: FOX at 12:30 p.m. 6. (55) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 96.765. Ted Potter, Jr. 74-68-72—214 COLLEGE BASEBALL for Rac- 7. (2) Brad Keselowski, , 96.75. John Merrick 70-72-72—214 ing. 8. (18) , Toyota, 96.746. Jhonattan Vegas 72-70-72—214 2 p.m. — Southern Miss. at Rice ...... FSN Bull Racing when it 9. (24) , Chevrolet, 96.731. Troy Kelly 71-71-72—214 The driver who admit- 10. (20) , Toyota, 96.706. Miguel Angel Carballo 74-68-73—215 closed down after last sea- 11. (27) , Chevrolet, 96.701. Following players made cut did not finish CYCLING ted having wondered son. 12. (9) , Ford, 96.627. Bill Lunde 69-71-76—216 more than once if he was 13. (56) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 96.583. Omar Uresti 71-69-76—216 8:30 a.m. — Tour of Flanders, Brugge to Oudenaarde, Bel- “Yeah, which time did I 14. (88) Jr., Chevrolet, Jimmy Walker 72-70-74—216 gium...... NBCSN viewed as “damaged think that?” he said about 96.43. Padraig Harrington 69-73-74—216 goods” hopes to keep his 15. (14) , Chevrolet, 96.322. Hunter Haas 73-65-79—217 GOLF worrying if he was dam- 16. (47) , Toyota, 96.215. Kris Blanks 69-72-76—217 comeback on track when aged goods. “That conver- 17. (78) , Chevrolet, 96.2. Kyle Stanley 73-69-75—217 7 a.m. — European PGA Tour, Sicilian Open, final round, at Charley Hoffman 74-68-75—217 he returns this weekend sation — I have had with 18. (31) , Chevrolet, 96.18. Sciacca, Italy...... TGC 19. (43) , Ford, 96.049. Brian Harman 69-73-75—217 to the scene of one of his myself many times over 20. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 72-68-78—218 1 p.m. — PGA Tour, , final round, at Humble, 96.049. Chris Stroud 69-73-76—218 worst days in racing: Mar- the last couple of years, Texas ...... TGC 21. (17) , Ford, 95.971. Lucas Glover 73-66-80—219 tinsville Speedway. whether it was I found out 22. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, Kevin Stadler 73-69-77—219 3 p.m. — PGA Tour, Houston Open, final round, at Humble, 95.854. Duffy Waldorf 71-71-77—219 Last fall, Vickers was Red Bull was shutting Texas...... NBC 23. (98) Michael McDowell, Ford, 95.849. William McGirt 70-72-77—219 involved in five cautions down or towards the end 24. (34) , Ford, 95.83. Chris DiMarco 73-69-78—220 4:30 p.m. — LPGA, Kraft Nabisco Championship, final 25. (13) , Ford, 95.796. Daniel Summerhays 72-69-80—221 on the small, paperclip- of last year trying to keep 26. (16) , Ford, 95.743. Ryan Moore 71-66-85—222 round, at Rancho Mirage, Calif...... TGC 27. (22) A J Allmendinger, Dodge, 95.738. Colt Knost 69-73-81—223 shaped oval, three in the it going or through the 28. (99) , Ford, 95.607. Justin Leonard 69-72-83—224 MOTORSPORTS first 100 laps. He tangled off-season talking to other 29. (10) , Chevrolet, 95.607. 2 p.m. — FIM World Superbike, at Imola, Italy (same-day with Matt Kenseth, Juan teams or when I was lay- 30. (26) , Ford, 95.583. Middle school scores ing in hospital bed two 31. (83) , Toyota, 95.511. At River Bend Golf Course tape) ...... SPEED Pablo Montoya and Jamie 32. (42) , Chevrolet, From Thursday McMurray, and was criti- years ago.” 95.477. Greenup County (205) — Levi Meadows NBA Looking ahead, he real- 33. (23) Scott Riggs, Chevrolet, 95.352. 42, Caleb Adkins 53, Jacob Smallwood 53, cized by former teammate 34. (93) , Toyota, 95.347. Jacob Benner 57. 1 p.m. — Chicago at Oklahoma City ...... ABC ized, is the best way to ap- Verity (198) — Tate Justus 39, Andrew Jimmie Johnson after- 35. (74) , Chevrolet, 95.223. 3:30 p.m. — Miami at Boston ...... ABC proach his opportunity 36. (32) , Ford, 95.127. Preece 49, Jacob Porter 52, Zac Clark 58. ward. Russell (239) — Ben Wilson 45, Baylee 37. (87) , Toyota, 94.936. NHL Vickers, though, has with MWR, which initial- 38. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, 94.78. Salyers 61, Aaron Aldrich 64, Brennen Barry 69. ly gave his six races to run 39. (30) , Toyota, 94.609. 12:30 p.m. — Philadelphia at Pittsburgh ...... NBC plenty of practice on the 40. (51) , Chevrolet, 94.567. this year in a shared ride 41. (33) , Chevrolet, 94.486. 7 p.m. — Boston at N.Y. Rangers ...... NBCSN comeback trail, and big- 42. (36) , Chevrolet, Owner ger issues than a few with , and Points. SOCCER added the two road cours- 43. (49) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, 93.212. BASKETBALL ticked off competitors. He 6:30 a.m. — Women’s national teams, exhibition, Japan vs. missed 25 races in 2010 es to Vickers’ slate after United States, at Sendai, Japan...... ESPN2 while battling blood clots, his good showing last weekend. GOLF NBA standings TENNIS and lost his ride with Red EASTERN CONFERENCE 1 p.m. — ATP World Tour-WTA, Sony Ericsson Open, men’s Atlantic Division championship match, at Key Biscayne, Fla...... CBS W L Pct GB Boston ...... 29 22 .569 — WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Houston Open Philadelphia ...... 29 23 .558 1/2 Weber hired at K-State Saturday New York ...... 26 26 .500 3 1/2 6:30 p.m. — NCAA Division I tournament, semifinal, Notre At Redstone Golf Club (Tournament New Jersey ...... 18 35 .340 12 Dame vs. UConn, at Denver ...... ESPN Course) Toronto ...... 17 35 .32712 1/2 The Associated Press coach was hired by Kansas Humble, Texas Southeast Division 9 p.m. — NCAA Division I tournament, semifinal, Baylor vs. State on Saturday to re- Purse: $6 million W L Pct GB Stanford, at Denver ...... ESPN Yardage: 7,457; Par: 72 Miami ...... 37 13 .740 — Bruce Weber knows that place Frank Martin, whose Third Round Orlando ...... 32 20 .615 6 Kansas State fans may not departure for South Caroli- Louis Oosthuizen 67-66-66—199 Atlanta ...... 31 23 .574 8 Washington ...... 12 39 .23525 1/2 69-67-65—201 Denver at Orlando, 6 p.m. Tulane 13, Memphis 7 accept him right away. na earlier in the week sent 65-70-67—202 Charlotte ...... 7 42 .14329 1/2 Central Division Indiana at Houston, 7 p.m. Union (Tenn.) 4, Cumberland (Tenn.) 3 That much became clear shockwaves through the Brian Davis 68-65-69—202 Minnesota at Portland, 9 p.m. Vanderbilt 12, South Carolina 4 James Driscoll 67-66-71—204 W L Pct GB when a small rally for an- program. The school x-Chicago...... 42 11 .792 — New Orleans at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Villanova 5, Louisville 2 Ryan Palmer 71-68-66—205 Golden State at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m. MIDWEST other coaching candidate moved quickly on the hir- Keegan Bradley 67-69-69—205 Indiana...... 30 20 .60010 1/2 Milwaukee ...... 24 27 .471 17 Ohio 7, E. Michigan 2 65-70-70—205 Xavier 5, Charlotte 4 turned into a protest of his ing, reaching out to Weber John Senden 72-65-69—206 Detroit...... 18 33 .353 23 hiring. in the last few days and fi- Boo Weekley 69-67-70—206 Cleveland ...... 17 32 .347 23 John Huh 66-70-70—206 WESTERN CONFERENCE BASEBALL The former Illinois nalizing a deal late Friday. J.B. Holmes 68-67-71—206 Southwest Division Tommy Gainey 68-67-71—206 W L Pct GB coach doesn’t have a prob- Weber agreed to a five- Jeff Overton 69-70-69—208 San Antonio...... 35 14 .714 — TRANSACTIONS lem with that, though. year, $8.5 million contract Ernie Els 70-69-69—208 Dallas...... 30 23 .566 7 College scores Lee Westwood 68-70-70—208 Memphis ...... 27 22 .551 8 Weber is up for any chal- that will pay him $1.5 mil- Thomas Bjorn 69-69-70—208 Houston ...... 28 24 .538 8 1/2 EAST lenge that’s presented to lion next season and an ad- New Orleans ...... 13 39 .25023 1/2 Castleton St. 16, Curry 3 Saturday Pat Perez 68-69-71—208 BASEBALL Brandt Jobe 68-69-71—208 Northwest Division Iona at Manhattan, 2, ppd., rain him. ditional $100,000 each re- W L Pct GB Rhode Island 5, St. Joseph’s 4, 10 innings American League Vaughn Taylor 69-67-72—208 BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Optioned RHP The former Illinois maining year. Jeff Maggert 66-66-76—208 Oklahoma City ...... 39 12 .765 — Susquehanna 5, Moravian 4 Denver ...... 28 24 .538 11 1/2 SOUTH Chris Tillman to Norfolk (IL). Bryce Molder 70-70-69—209 CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Optioned RHP Johnson Wagner 68-71-70—209 Utah ...... 27 25 .51912 1/2 Alabama 4, 2, susp., 6 innings Minnesota ...... 25 28 .472 15 Alice Lloyd 3-3, Indiana-Southeast 0-9 Dylan Axelrod to Charlotte (IL). Reassigned Y.E. Yang 69-71-69—209 RHP Brian Bruney, C Hector Gimenez, INF Cameron Tringale 69-70-70—209 Portland ...... 24 28 .46215 1/2 Austin Peay 4, UT-Martin 0 Pacific Division Bellarmine 8-7, Kentucky Wesleyan 2-4 Rey Olmedo, LHP Leyson Septimo and LHP Marc Leishman 70-70-69—209 Eric Stults to their minor league camp. Danny Lee 69-68-72—209 W L Pct GB Birmingham-Southern 6-3, Rhodes 4-2 L.A. Lakers...... 32 20 .615 — Boston College 5-1, Maryland 4-7 MINNESOTA TWINS—Optioned C Drew Henrik Stenson 69-68-72—209 Butera to Rochester (IL). Placed RHP Kyle Bud Cauley 67-69-73—209 L.A. Clippers ...... 30 21 .588 1 1/2 Bryan 4-3, Va. Intermont 1-1 Phoenix ...... 25 26 .490 6 1/2 Clemson 3, Miami 1 Waldrop on the 15-day DL, retroactive to John Mallinger 70-70-70—210 March 26. Reassigned INF Michael Hol- Okla. St. ends Scott Piercy 70-70-70—210 Golden State ...... 20 30 .400 11 E. Kentucky 8, SIU-Edwardsville 2 Sacramento ...... 18 33 .35313 1/2 Freed-Hardeman 5, Bethel (Tenn.) 1 limon to their minor league camp. Nathan Green 70-70-70—210 NEW YORK YANKEES—Placed RHP Sean O'Hair 70-71-69—210 x-clinched playoff spot 1, Duke 0, 12 innings Saturday’s Games Lindsey Wilson 6, Campbellsville 4 Michael Pineda and LHP Cesar Cabral on 69-68-73—210 the 15-day DL. Tim Herron 74-68-68—210 L.A. Lakers 88, New Orleans 85 Lipscomb 7, ETSU 4 Philadelphia 95, Atlanta 90 Millsaps 13-5, Centre 4-4, 1st game, 7 in- National League tragic season 70-66-74—210 Charlotte at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. nings MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Optioned RHP Fred Couples 67-73-71—211 Mike McClendon to Nashville (PCL). As- Tommy Biershenk 72-67-72—211 Cleveland at New York, 7:30 p.m. Morehead St. 3, Jacksonville St. 2 Indiana at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. N. Kentucky 12-6, S. Indiana 5-3 signed RHP Amaury Rivas outright to Jim Herman 68-70-73—211 Nashville. Reassigned INF Edwin Erik Compton 71-67-73—211 Memphis at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. New Orleans 7, Christian Brothers 2 New Jersey at Sacramento, 10 p.m. 7, Wake Forest 3 Maysonet to their minor league camp. Mark Anderson 71-70-70—211 BASKETBALL with WNIT title Utah at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m. Rio Grande 7, Cumberlands 5 Blake Adams 67-71-73—211 National Basketball Association Kyle Reifers 68-69-74—211 Today’s Games St. Scholastica 13-5, Bethany Luth. 10-1 Chicago at Oklahoma City, 1 p.m. Thomas More 4-6, Grove City 2-4 SACRAMENTO KINGS—Signed G-F Ter- 69-67-75—211 rence Williams for remainder of the sea- STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) As nament.” Angel Cabrera 65-70-76—211 Miami at Boston, 3:30 p.m. Trevecca Nazarene 6-7, Blue Mountain 5-6 Washington at Toronto, 6 p.m. son. Tiffany Bias climbed a lad- Toni Young scored 25 der to cut down the net af- points, Tiffany Bias had 17 ter Oklahoma State’s points and 11 assists and WNIT championship, Oklahoma State beat coach Jim Littell instruct- James Madison 75-68 on ed her to take it all down Saturday to win the pro- except one last string. gram’s first WNIT champi- At the end of a season onship. Griner, Mulkey sweep awards marked by the deaths of Liz Donohoe had her head coach Kurt Budke fifth straight double-dou- and three others in a No- ble with 14 points and 11 The Associated Press sweep of the awards, being Mulkey, who won the vember plane crash, he rebounds, and the Cow- selected coach of the year. award for the first time, re- wanted someone special to girls (22-12) made it DENVER Whether emphati- “It’s an honor,” said ceived 19 votes. Tina Martin share in the triumph. through the tournament cally blocking shots or Griner, who became the first of Delaware was second with Budke’s widow, Shelley, without trailing in the sec- throwing down dunks on the Baylor player to win the 14. Jim Crowley of St. climbed up to do the last ond half despite a late other the end of the floor, award. “We have a great year Bonaventure got three votes snip. charge by the Dukes. Brittney Griner has been the going and for it to be the per- and Kim Barnes-Arico of St. “I have never been more Oklahoma State lost most dominant player in fect season for me, we’ve got John’s, Matt Bollant, who proud of a group of young Budke and assistant Mi- women’s basketball this sea- to win the national champi- coached Wisconsin-Green ladies than I have this randa Serna in a Nov. 17 son. onship.” Bay this season before re- group,” said Littell, Bud- plane crash that also killed The 6-foot-8 junior phenom The two-time All-Ameri- cently taking the Illinois job, ke’s former top assistant pilot Olin Branstetter and has led Baylor to a perfect can got 36 of the votes from Muffet McGraw of Notre who took over after the his wife, Paula. record and the Lady Bears the 40-member national me- Dame and Katie Meier of Mi- crash. “I think they’re always stand two wins away from dia panel that selects the ami each got one vote. “They set the goal in No- on our mind, always in the becoming the first team in weekly Top 25. Delaware’s “I’m honored, but truthful- vember to pay honor, and I back of our head, just al- NCAA history to win 40 Elena Delle Donne received ly, I’m only as good as the promise you they paid hon- ways being there,” Bias games in a season. Now she two votes while Notre kids I get to coach,” Mulkey or today and in this tour- said. is The Associated Press play- Dame’s Skylar Diggins and said. “I’m blessed they are on Baylor’s Brittney Griner er of the year. Her coach Kim Stanford’s Nnemkadi Ogwu- my team, they make you look was AP Player of the Year. Mulkey completed a Baylor mike got the other ones. good.” Baylor 2 wins from perfect

Associated Press forgotten something. We are familiar Tonight’s semifinals: with Stanford.” DENVER An hour after losing in last UConn (33-4) vs. Notre Dame (34-3) These two teams haven’t played season’s regional finals, Brittney Stanford (35-1) vs. Baylor (38-0) since 2008 — the year before Griner Griner sent Baylor coach Kim Mulkey Coverage begins at 6 on ESPN showed up, but Nnemkadi Ogwumike a text. is eager for the chance. Ogwumike The message was simple: the 6-foot- faced Griner in an AAU game back in tional championship for Baylor (38-0) 8 junior phenom took responsibility are Stanford and the Ogwumike sis- high school, and that’s when she in- for the loss and said it wouldn’t happen ters. The Cardinal (35-1) are making sists she learned to shoot 3-pointers be- again. their fifth straight trip to the Final cause scoring in the paint was a big So far Griner has fulfilled her prom- Four and are hoping to win their first problem. But the senior feels like ise, helping Baylor to an undefeated title in 20 years. everybody else in the country has al- season and has the team two victories While Stanford and Baylor haven’t ready faced Griner, and now she’s fi- away from the first 40-win season in played each other in four seasons, the nally getting that chance in her NCAA NCAA history. other semifinal game features two tournament farewell. “She was the only kid that texted me teams who know each other inside and “I’m very excited to finally get a within an hour of the loss,” Mulkey out. Notre Dame and Connecticut are chance to play against her,” Nnemkadi said. “She said she was sorry that she facing each other for the eighth time in Ogwumike said. “I feel like I’m the on- didn’t deliver. When you have a kid as the past 14 months. ly person who hasn’t played against talented as she is, you knew she was “I’d much rather play teams you her, it’s a big challenge. I’m never one going to come back an even better don’t know so much about,” Mulkey person to win easy. For us to come out player. She’s stronger, she’s forceful. said. “I don’t think we played Stanford and do what we need to do to win this She’s dominant.” since Nneka is a freshman. Have to game would be a really great accom- Standing in the way of a second na- make sure I’m not overmedicated and plishment for us.”