THE WINCHESTER SUN B4 — FRIDAY, MARH 30, 2012 Tubby Scoreboard Sports NIT On the Air Sunday, March 25 Derek Lamely 35-36—71 -1 looking UConn 77, Penn State 59 Jhonattan Vegas 35-37—72 E briefs Kentucky 79, Gonzaga 62 Stewart Cink 37-35—72 E Semifinals Today Regional Championship Chris DiMarco 37-36—73+1 At Madison Square Garden GOLF Tuesday, March 27 Tag Ridings 36-37—73+1 Baseball New York 8:30 a.m. UConn 80, Kentucky 65 Roland Thatcher 34-39—73+1 ahead Tuesday, March 27 TGC — European PGA Tour, Sicilian Open FINAL FOUR David Mathis 33-40—73+1 The Conkwright Middle Stanford 74, UMass 64 Noon At Pepsi Center D.A. Points 40-33—73+1 Minnesota 68, Washington 67, OT TGC — LPGA, Kraft Nabisco Championship School baseball teams Denver Brendan Steele 35-38—73+1 Championship 3 p.m. swept Georgetown to open after NIT National Semifinals Andres Romero 37-36—73+1 the conference schedule Thursday, March 29 TGC — PGA Tour, Houston Open, second round Sunday, April 1 Cameron Beckman 36-38—74+2 Stanford 75, Minnesota 51 6 p.m. this week at Lykins Park. Baylor (38-0) vs. Stanford (35-1), 6:30 or 9 p.m. Stuart Appleby 37-37—74+2 TGC — LPGA, Kraft Nabisco Championship In the first game, the Notre Dame (34-3) vs. UConn (33-4), 6:30 or 9 p.m. Josh Teater 37-39—76+4 setback NBA eighth-grade team posted a NCAA Tournament National Championship Nick O’Hern 38-38—76+4 8 p.m. 10-0 victory and the sev- Tuesday, April 3 Anders Hansen 39-38—77+5 NEW YORK (AP) — ESPN — Dallas at Orlando enth-grade team followed Semifinal winners, 8:30 p.m. Bob Estes 37-40—77+5 Andre Ingram went up for a 10:30 p.m. with a 5-2 win in the second EAST REGIONAL Matt Bettencourt 38-40—78+6 wide-open dunk in the final ESPN — Portland at L.A. Clippers Regional Semifinals Michael Bradley 40-39—79+7 game. seconds of the first half NHL At TD Garden Golf Leaderboard The eighth-graders 10 p.m. with Minnesota still in strik- Boston Carl Pettersson -7 thru 18 turned two double plays, NBCSN — Dallas at Vancouver ing distance. Thursday, March 22 Shell Houston Open Par Scores Angel Cabrera -7 thru 18 while Andrew Flynn faced TENNIS The ball slipped out of his Syracuse 64, Wisconsin 63 The Associated Press Ricky Barnes -6 thru 18 the minimum batters allow- 3 and 7 p.m. hands before he could slam Ohio State 81, Cincinnati 66 Thursday Jim Herman -6 thru 15 ing only one hit and striking ESPN2 — ATP World Tour/WTA, Sony Ericsson Open it in, a fitting image for a Regional Championship At Redstone Golf Club (Redstone Course) Jeff Maggert -6 thru 18 out five. frustrating night. The short- Saturday, March 24 Humble, Texas James Driscoll -5 thru 18 The Cougars tallied seven handed Golden Gophers’ Ohio State 77, Syracuse 70 Local Sports Purse: $6 million Keegan Bradley -5 thru 18 hits, led by Colby Birkes SOUTH REGIONAL Yardage: 7,457 Par: 72 (36-36) Bud Cauley -5 thru 18 and Flynn with two singles spirited run ended in the Partial First Round Regional Semifinals Graham DeLaet -5 thru 17 NIT title game with a 75-51 Today 92 players were unable to finish the round due each. At The Georgia Dome Johnson Wagner -4 thru 18 loss to Stanford on Thurs- PREP SOFTBALL to thunderstorms The seventh-grade Atlanta Rickie Fowler -4 thru 18 day. 6 p.m. Carl Pettersson 31-34—65 -7 Cougars jumped out to an Friday, March 23 Steve Stricker -4 thru 18 Minnesota committed 22 George Rogers Clark vs. Jeffersontown Angel Cabrera 32-33—65 -7 early 3-0 lead in the first in- Baylor 75, Xavier 70 Steve Wheatcroft -4 thru 16 turnovers — including two 9 p.m. Jeff Maggert 33-33—66 -6 ning to earn their second Kentucky 102, Indiana 90 Lee Westwood -4 thru 18 to open the second half, George Rogers Clark vs. Russell Ricky Barnes 33-33—66 -6 win of the year. Regional Championship Pat Perez -4 thru 18 when the Cardinal opened Sunday, March 25 Bud Cauley 32-35—67 -5 Alex Back started and Saturday up a double-digit lead they Kentucky 82, Baylor 70 Keegan Bradley 31-36—67 -5 went the distance pitching PREP BASEBALL held for the rest of the MIDWEST REGIONAL James Driscoll 32-35—67 -5 NASCAR for Conkwright, allowing Noon Regional Semifinals Pat Perez 34-34—68 -4 only two hits and striking game. George Rogers Clark at Pulaski County At Edward Jones Dome Lee Westwood 34-34—68 -4 Odds to Win Goody’s Fast Relief 500 out six. The Cougars were The Golden Gophers COLLEGE BASKETBALL FINAL FOUR St. Louis Johnson Wagner 35-33—68 -4 started three freshmen, a 6:07 p.m. led by Caleb May’s triple Friday, March 23 Steve Stricker 34-34—68 -4 Jimmie Johnson 5-1 sophomore and a junior be- Kentucky vs. Louisville and Trenton Reddix’s dou- cause of injuries to two key North Carolina 73, Ohio 65, OT Rickie Fowler 33-35—68 -4 Kyle Busch 6-1 ble. Kansas 60, N.C. State 57 Chad Campbell 35-34—69 -3 Denny Hamlin 6-1 seniors: Trevor Mbakwe and National Championship Back, Austin Faris, Regional Championship Thomas Bjorn 33-36—69 -3 Tony Stewart 7-1 Ralph Sampson III. Monday, April 2 Pierce Nisbit, Nick Ashcraft Sunday, March 25 Chris Stroud 36-33—69 -3 Jeff Gordon 8-1 Semifinal winners, 9 p.m. and Tyler Miles all added “I learned that we have Ben Crane 35-34—69 -3 Kansas 80, North Carolina 67 Kevin Harvick 9-1 singles. got some pretty good play- WEST REGIONAL Y.E. Yang 34-35—69 -3 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 15-1 ers,” coach Tubby Smith Regional Semifinals NCAA Women Hunter Mahan 36-33—69 -3 Carl Edwards 15-1 Soccer said of their performance in Thursday, March 22 Justin Leonard 33-36—69 -3 Brad Keselowski 15-1 the NIT before Thursday’s At US Airways Center RALEIGH REGIONAL Vaughn Taylor 36-33—69 -3 Kasey Kahne 20-1 The Clark Middle School final. Phoenix Regional Semifinals Boo Weekley 34-35—69 -3 Clint Bowyer 25-1 “We have them all com- Louisville 57, Michigan State 44 At PNC Arena John Mallinger 35-35—70 -2 Ryan Newman 25-1 soccer teams lost a double- ing back — that’s the best Florida 68, Marquette 58 Raleigh, N.C. Shaun Micheel 35-35—70 -2 Jeff Burton 30-1 header to Bourbon County thing I learned about our Regional Championship Sunday, March 25 John Merrick 35-35—70 -2 Matt Kenseth 30-1 this week. team,” he added. Saturday, March 24 Maryland 81, Texas A&M 74 Scott Piercy 35-35—70 -2 Jamie McMurray 30-1 The Lady Eagles lost 3-1 And Mbakwe, Min- Louisville 72, Florida 68 Notre Dame 79, St. Bonaventure 35 Graeme McDowell 34-36—70 -2 A.J. Allmendinger 35-1 and got its lone goal from nesota’s leading scorer, FINAL FOUR Tuesday, March 27 Sean O’Hair 35-35—70 -2 Greg Biffle 35-1 Brooke Abner, while Sydney could be coming back, too, At The Superdome Regional Championship Scott Verplank 34-36—70 -2 Martin Truex Jr. 35-1 Melvin had seven saves. Marc Leishman 36-34—70 -2 Kurt Busch 40-1 after being granted a sixth New Orleans Notre Dame 80, Maryland 49 The Eagles lost 2-1 and National Semifinals Nathan Green 33-37—70 -2 Joey Logano 45-1 season of eligibility by the KINGSTON REGIONAL Hunter Caudill scored the Saturday, March 31 Regional Semifinals Ryan Moore 35-36—71 -1 Juan Pablo Montoya 45-1 goal on an assist from Jose NCAA. Kentucky (36-2) vs. Louisville (30-9), 6:09 p.m. Omar Uresti 37-34—71 -1 Brian Vickers 60-1 The final minutes turned At The Ryan Center Villa. Jermaine Barber had Ohio State (31-7) vs. Kansas (31-6), 8:49 p.m. Kingston, R.I. Ryan Palmer 35-36—71 -1 Marcos Ambrose 80-1 into a celebration of 3- six saves. pointers and fast-break layups for third-seeded pressure on ourselves and felt Stanford (26-11), players on HYPE we had to win this and the bench jumping up to needed to win this. This year FROM PAGE B3 cheer on nearly every pos- we are just playing basketball. Get Out There Kentucky! session. know they will be ready for us. Last year we were a little up- Both teams got off to a We know we will be ready for tight, especially myself. We hot start, but then the Car- them, so it should be an excit- felt we needed to win. This dinal turned up the defen- ing game.” year we are just trying to do sive pressure, and when the Miller says all four Final the same things we have all Golden Gophers (23-15) Four teams — Kansas and year because we have been had good looks, they Ohio State meet in the other successful doing so.” Central Kentucky couldn’t make them. Sixth- national semifinal — im- Miller, who averages 10 seeded Minnesota missed proved during the season. points and 2.7 rebounds per 16 of its last 19 shots in the “Players have gotten better. game, hopes the experience first half. Every team continues to get him and sophomore Doron The Cardinal scored 12 better during the year,” Miller Lamb and Terrence Jones TOURISM straight points to go ahead said. “It should be a lot of fun, have from last year’s Final 29-21 with 4 1/2 minutes an up tempo game. Hopefully Four help ease the tension left before the break. Aaron it will come down to an excit- Saturday. Bright had six points, in- ing game and we will do our “Coach knew he put pres- cluding a four-point play, best to win.” sure on us last year and he’s and an assist during the Miller would not be drawn trying not to make the same Time to get out and about! run, and Stanford drew into a controversy on which mistake. It’s a huge stage. If three charges. coach — UK’s John Calipari you get too much pressure, it’s Be sure you are reaching Bright finished with 15 or Pitino — would want to tough to play. You can wear your customers who are points and six assists off the win the game the most. yourself out,” Miller said. bench to earn most out- “I have not really spent a Louisville does not have a ready to venture out with standing player honors. lot of time with coach Pitino. I player that has been to a “When he comes in, it just know what he is like from Final Four, so Miller hopes our Annual Tourism Guide. when he recruited me. He gives us a big lift and it that is a plus for UK. seems like a good guy,” Miller A perfect size book for gives our kids confidence in “I don’t know how coach said. “I know coach Cal wants what they can do,” coach Pitino will handle it, I hope it every traveler’s glove to beat anybody, not just Johnny Dawkins said of is an advantage for us,” Miller coach Pitino. He has not Bright, Stanford’s third- said. box, this full color book Central Kentucky changed his coaching style for leading scorer. Kentucky’s players enjoyed will touch on some of TOURISM In front of a sparse crowd this game. We have prepared the same way. I have not seen some free time when they at Madison Square Garden, any extra initiative for coach were in New Orleans three this spring’s exciting the atmosphere on the Pitino.” weeks ago for the Southeast- court had some sizzle. Min- travel ideas. Reaching over Miller says he can’t pick a ern Conference Tournament. nesota’s Elliott Eliason and favorite UK-Louisville game or They roamed Bourbon Street 49,000 readers! Stanford’s Dwight Powell memory. as a group and often went out had to be separated after “I have seen so many. I to eat with family members. getting tangled up on a held don’t know if I could ever pick Miller says this time it has ball late in the first half, one out. It’s a huge rivalry and been a “whole lot of media, and the two exchanged I’ve been blessed to see a lot practice and then just relax- Space is LIMITED! words again in the second. of games. Just the atmos- ing amongst each other” Powell was later called for a phere is amazing. There have rather than going out. contact technical foul when been a lot of good games. I “For us, this is a basketball Secure your space today!!! the Gophers’ Rodney cannot really pick one.” trip. We are not trying to see Williams hit the floor face This is Miller’s second everything. We have a huge first after being whistled for straight Final Four — UK lost opportunity ahead. We are not Publishing Thursday, April 19th fouling the Cardinal for- to Connecticut in the national trying to do anything else,” ward. semifinals last year — and he the UK senior said. Williams stayed on the says he has the same feeling “We haven’t really been court for several minutes as in 2011. paying any attention to any of before walking off under his “We wanted to win it last it (the rivalry). Most of our own power and returned to year just the same way we time we are with the coaching the game soon thereafter. want to win it this year,” staff. We are not around any- It was the fourth foul on Miller said. “It feels the same. body else. Our focus is trying Williams, who at that junc- I am blessed to be part of to win a championship. ADVOCATE ture had scored 12 of Min- both experiences. I have had Louisville or whatever, it does- Communications, Inc. nesota’s 30 points. Williams, fun both times and hope to n’t matter. We just take it as who made the all-tourna- get a (championship) ring the next game, get down to The Winchester Sun ment team, finished with 12 this time. our game plan and get dedi- CLARK COUNTY’S VOICE FOR MORE THAN 130 YEARS to lead the Gophers. “Last year we put way more cated to it.”