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THE INDEPENDENT | Ashland | Kentucky SCOREBOARD Saturday, March 31, 2012 B3

Portland ...... 24 27 .471 15 Pacific Division TENNIS W L Pct GB SPORTS ON THE AIR L.A. Lakers...... 31 20 .608 — L.A. Clippers ...... 29 21 .580 1 1/2 KU, OSU meet Phoenix ...... 25 26 .490 6 High School Golden State...... 20 29 .408 10 TODAY Sacramento ...... 17 33 .340 13 1/2 BOYS Russell 5, Latin 4 x-clinched playoff spot AUTO RACING Singles: Robert Rajser (LC) d. Taylor in ‘Other Game’ 10 a.m. — NASCAR, Truck Series, pole qualifying for Kroger Nguyen (R) 6-2, 6-5; Carter Bird (LC) d. Friday’s Games Evan White (R) 6-1, 7-6 (4); Brian Dhingra Denver 99, Charlotte 88 250, at Martinsville, Va...... SPEED By EDDIE PELLS player of the year awards (LC) d. Miles Mussetter (R) 7-6 (10), 4-6, Miami 113, Toronto 101 10-8; Matthew Eastham (R) d. Michael Washington 97, Philadelphia 76 11:30 a.m. — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, pole qualifying for AP National Writer from The Arensen (LC) 4-6, 6-2, 10-6; Ben Natinsky Atlanta 100, New York 90 Goody’s Fast Relief 500, at Martinsville, Va...... SPEED (LC) d. Paul Spradlin (R) 6-2, 6-2; Alex Milwaukee 121, Cleveland 84 and college writ- Nguyen (R) d. Lynden Lee (LC) 6-1, 6-1. Chicago 83, Detroit 71 1:30 p.m. — NASCAR, Truck Series, Kroger 250, at Mar- NEW ORLEANS Welcome ers Friday. But while Davis is Doubles: Miles Mussetter/Paul Spradlin Houston 98, Memphis 89 tinsville, Va...... SPEED (R) d. Robert Rajser/Carter Bird (LC) 8-3; Boston 100, Minnesota 79 to “The Other Game” at a story of an ultra-talented Taylor Nguyen/Evan White (R) d. Brian Dallas 100, Orlando 98 4 p.m. — IRL, IndyCar, pole qualifying for Grand Prix of Ala- the Final Four. freshman trying to lead his Dhingra/Michael Arenson (LC) 8-6; Sacramento at Utah (n) bama, at Birmingham, Ala. (same-day tape)...... NBCSN Matthew Eastham/Alex Nguyen (R) d. Ka- at Golden State (n) OK, so, the Ohio State- team to a championship in plan/Spear (LC) 8-5. Portland at L.A. Clippers (n) 4 p.m. — Rolex Sports Car Series, Porsche 250, at Birming- Kansas matchup may not what likely will be his only Today’s Games ham, Ala. (same-day tape) ...... SPEED New Orleans at L.A. Lakers, 3:30 p.m. have the fantastic fresh- year with the Wildcats, Charlotte at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. men, the outspoken coaches Sullinger and Robinson ap- Cleveland at New York, 7:30 p.m. COLLEGE SOFTBALL BASKETBALL Atlanta at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. — Baylor at Missouri ...... FSN or blood-feud story line of proach college in a different Indiana at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. the opening semifinal be- way. Memphis at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. New Jersey at Sacramento, 10 p.m. GOLF tween Kentucky and AP Player of the Year Utah at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m. 7 a.m. — European PGA Tour, Sicilian Open, third round, at Louisville. But this one still Today: Voting Sciacca, Italy...... TGC should be worth a two-hour , Kentucky 43 1 p.m. — PGA Tour, Houston Open, third round, at Humble, investment in front of the Kansas (31-6) vs. Thomas Robinson, Kansas 20 , Mich. St 2 Texas ...... TGC TV set tonight. Ohio State (31-7) Last 10 3 p.m. — PGA Tour, Houston Open, third round, at Humble, Besides the chance to Tipoff: 8:49 p.m. 2012 — Anthony Davis, Kentucky Texas ...... NBC watch two top-line teams 2011 — , BYU TV: CBS 2010 — , Ohio State College scores 4:30 p.m. — LPGA, Kraft Nabisco Championship, third play for a spot in the nation- 2009 — , Oklahoma round, at Rancho Mirage, Calif...... TGC al title game, the Buckeyes- 2008 — , North Carolina Friday EAST Jayhawks game offers a At one last season, 2007 — , Texas HORSE RACING 2006 — J.J. Redick, Duke CCSU 9, Quinnipiac 3 rare opportunity to see two Sullinger was viewed as a 2005 — , Utah Saint Joseph’s 3, Rhode Island 2 5 p.m. — NTRA, Florida Derby and Gulfstream Oaks, at Hal- 2004 — , Saint Joseph’s SOUTH All-Americans going at it surefire lottery pick, a one- 2003 — , Xavier Alice Lloyd 5-1, Indiana-Southeast 4-6 landale Beach, Fla...... NBCSN Ark.-Little Rock 3, W. Kentucky 1 with everything on the line. and-done prospect with Asbury 12-6, Berea 3-5 MEN’S Ohio State is led by Jared nothing much left to prove Austin Peay 10, Tenn.-Martin 2 AP Coach of the Year Boston College 10-4, Maryland 3-4, 2nd 6 p.m. — NCAA, Division I tournament, Final Four, Ken- Sullinger, the sophomore in college. He never saw it game, susp. 9th inning forward who missed the that way, however, and Voting Brescia 1, Oakland City 0 tucky vs. Louisville and Ohio State vs. Kansas, at New Or- Frank Haith, Missouri 21 Brevard 6, Lincoln Memorial 2 leans ...... CBS first matchup between when Ohio State was elimi- , Kentucky 10 Bryan 11, Va. Intermont 1 these teams with a bad nated from last year’s tour- , Michigan State 10 Catawba 9, Carson-Newman 1 , Kansas 7 Clemson 3, Miami 1 PREP BASKETBALL back. Kansas’ best player is nament as a No. 1 seed, the 6- Steve Prohm, Murray St. 6 Cumberlands 5, Rio Grande 3 Noon — National Invitational, girls’ championship game, at foot-9 forward committed to Tommy Amaker, Harvard 2 Duke at Georgia Tech, ppd. Thomas Robinson, who had , Syracuse 2 E. Kentucky 8, SIU-Edwardsville 1 Bethesda, Md...... ESPN2 21 points and seven re- staying in college. Tom Crean, Indiana 2 Florida St. 5, Virginia Tech 2 “I wanted to make a state- Buzz Williams, Marquette 2 Freed-Hardeman 6, Bethel (Tenn.) 5 2 p.m. — National Invitational, boys’ championship game, bounds in the Jayhawks’ 78- Tad Boyle, Colorado 1 Georgia Southern 4, Charleston 2 at Bethesda, Md...... ESPN 67 win on Dec. 10. ment, that not everybody is , Notre Dame 1 Grove City 16, Thomas More 11 “In my eyes, he’s the col- using college basketball as a , Fla. St. 1 Jacksonville St. 8, Morehead St. 3 SOCCER Lipscomb 6, ETSU 2 lege player of the year,” pit stop to go the next level,” Lindsey Wilson 4, Campbellsville 2 9:55 a.m. — Premier League, Sunderland at Manchester he said. NBA Standings Memphis 10, Tulane 0 Sullinger said of Robinson. Mount Olive 14, Erskine 1 City ...... ESPN2 “I know some think differ- Robinson spent most of EASTERN CONFERENCE N.C. State 5, Virginia 1 9 p.m. — CONCACAF Men’s Olympic qualifier, Mexico vs. Atlantic Division N. Kentucky 12, S. Indiana 5 ent. But with his season, the his first two seasons playing W L Pct GB Shawnee St. 23, Pikeville 0 Canada, at Kansas City, Kan...... NBCSN way he took his team to the limited minutes behind the Boston...... 29 22 .569 — South Carolina 8, Vanderbilt 3 11 p.m. — MLS, New England at Los Angeles ...... NBCSN Philadelphia ...... 28 23 .549 1 Tennessee 10, Alabama 8 top, you’ve just got to give it Morris twins, Markieff and New York...... 26 26 .500 3 1/2 Tennessee Tech 6, Murray St. 1 to him.” Marcus. He averages 17.7 New Jersey ...... 17 35 .327 12 1/2 Trevecca Nazarene 12, Blue Mountain 7 TENNIS Toronto...... 17 35 .327 12 1/2 Union, Ky. 5, Point 0 12:30 p.m. — ATP World Tour-WTA, Sony Ericsson Open, In fact, it’s Kentucky’s points and 11.8 rebounds a Southeast Division Union, Tenn. 1-3, Cumberland, Tenn. 0-7, 1st game this season. W L Pct GB game, 8 innings women’s championship match, at Key Biscayne, Fla. ..CBS Anthony Davis who took Miami ...... 37 13 .740 — Wake Forest 7, North Carolina 6, 11 innings Orlando ...... 32 20 .615 6 William Carey 10, Spring Hill 0 Atlanta ...... 31 22 .585 7 1/2 MIDWEST tract. with RHP Cory Luebke on a contract exten- Washington...... 12 39 .235 25 1/2 Doane 2-5, Northwestern 1-1 —Selected the sion. Charlotte ...... 7 42 .14329 1/2 St. Scholastica 6, Bethany Lutheran 2 contract of RHP Jason Isringhausen from —Released INF Central Division Xavier 12, Charlotte 6 Salt Lake (PCL). Optioned OF Mike Trout to . Placed 2B , W L Pct GB Salt Lake. RHP Ryan Vogelsong, LHP Eric Surkamp x-Chicago ...... 42 11 .792 — —Released INF and LHP Dan Runzler on the 15-day DL; Russell tennis fares well Indiana ...... 30 20 .600 10 1/2 Russell Branyan from his minor league Sanchez, Surkamp and Runzler retroactive Milwaukee ...... 24 27 .471 17 contract, then re-signed him to a new mi- to March 26, and Vogelsong to March 27. Detroit ...... 18 33 .353 23 TRANSACTIONS nor league contract. Assigned C Craig —Selected Staff report coming back to win two of Cleveland...... 17 32 .347 23 Tatum outright to Scranton-Wilkes-Barre the contract of OF Rick Ankiel from Syra- the next three and then WESTERN CONFERENCE (IL). cuse (IL). Southwest Division FOOTBALL LOUISVILLE In a solid take all three doubles W L Pct GB Friday —Agreed to terms National Football League comeback performance, matches. San Antonio ...... 35 14 .714 — BASEBALL with RHP Livan Hernandez on a one-year NFL—Suspended N.Y. Giants RB Andre Dallas ...... 30 23 .566 7 American League contract. Brown four games for violating the league Russell’s boys tennis team Matthew Eastham and Memphis...... 27 22 .551 8 —Optioned LHP —Released RHP Li- policy on performance enhancing sub- outlasted Latin School of Alex Nguyen defeated Houston ...... 28 24 .538 8 1/2 and INF Russ Canzler to van Hernandez. stances. New Orleans ...... 13 38 .255 23 Columbus (IL). Reassigned C Luke Carlin, —Traded INF- CAROLINA PANTHERS—Traded RB Mike Chicago on Friday evening Michael Arensen and Lyn- Northwest Division INF Andy LaRoche, LHP Chris Seddon, RHP OF Matt Rizzotti to Minnesota for cash con- Goodson to Oakland for OT Bruce Camp- in the DecoTurf High den Lee, respectively, to ac- W L Pct GB Chris Ray and RHP Robinson Tejeda to mi- siderations. bell. Oklahoma City ...... 39 12 .765 — nor league camp. Placed RHP —Traded RHP Ry- CINCINNATI BENGALS—Agreed to terms School Tennis Teams count for Russell’s singles Denver...... 28 24 .538 11 1/2 on the restricted list. ota Igarashi to Toronto for a player to be with LB Manny Lawson. Championships in victories. Utah...... 27 24 .529 12 —Agreed to terms named or cash considerations. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Re-signed Minnesota...... 25 28 .472 15 with OF Alex Gordon on a four-year con- —Agree to terms WR Deion Branch. Louisville. Miles Mussetter and The Red Devils take on Paul Spradlin, Taylor University School of Nguyen and Evan White Nashville, which defeated and Matthew Eastham Louisville Trinity, today at and Alex Nguyen all 10:30 a.m. at St. Xavier emerged victorious in dou- High School. bles matches to complete a PRE-REGIONAL TENNIS RECAP Russell fell behind 3-0 in come-from-behind night singles matches before for the Red Devils. Rose Hill’s David Bush and Kennedy Womack were crowned singles champions on Thursday; Rose Hill girls, Russell boys took doubles Kittens win three in two days, now 8-0 Staff report 2-for-3, including a home , with three RBIs. Jor- ASHLAND Ashland’s soft- dan Hensley was 2-for-4 ball team were 7-0 heading with three RBIs. into Friday’s matchup The Kittens scored 10 with Wayne, W.V., and runs in the third inning of games hadn’t been close. the nightcap, rolling be- But Wayne had the Kit- hind eight walks and two tens against the ropes at RBIs from Hammonds, Ashland Blazer High two RBIs from Kat Jack- School. The Kittens held son, three RBIs from Jor- on to win, 3-2, and move to dan Hensley and two from 8-0 on the young season. Megan Hensley. They now have 10 days off Myriah Euton a before facing Boyd County three-run for at home on April 10. Greenup County (4-3), Kelsee Hammonds hit a which heads to Myrtle bases-loaded to Beach, S.C., this coming bring two runs home in week. the fourth inning to get WAYNE 000 101 0 — 2 3 3 Ashland on the board. ASHLAND 000 210 x — 3 5 2 Megan Hensley came Rowe and Adams; Hammonds and KEVIN GOLDY / THE INDEPENDENT Preece. W—Hammonds. L—Rowe. 2B— through with an RBI sin- Hammonds (A), Endicott (W). LEFT: Top-seeded girls player Kennedy "Kiki" Womack, of Rose Hill Christian, returns a volley during her championship gle in the fifth to extend match against Ashland's Lauren Fazenbaker on Thursday at Ashland Tennis .. Top-seeded boys singles player David the Kittens’ lead to 3-1. ASHLAND 200 208 — 12 9 0 Bush, also from Rose Hill, returns a ball to Russell’s Matthew Eastham. GREENUP 000 000 — 0 5 0 Wayne came up with an- Hammonds and Preece; Short and Eu- other run, but finished ton. W—Hammonds L—Euton. 2B—J. Hensley (A), M. Hensley (A). HR—Ham- with just three hits against monds (A). Hammonds. On Thursday, Ashland ASHLAND 10(10) 03 — 14 11 1 GREENUP 003 00 — 3 3 1 one of its top in Will Meek. A Ross Sanor double followed a crushed Greenup County M. Hensley and Preece; B. Johnson and Euton. W—M Hensley. L—B. John- But Lawrence County knew it could Lawrence County in the fifth. It twice, 12-0 and 14-3. son. 2B—Hammonds, Jackson, J. Hens- Central wait him out and make him play its gave Johnson Central a 3-2 lead. In the six-inning ley, M. Hensley, Vanover. HR—Euton game, forcing him to walk four and hit Sanor, a senior, has emerged with a shutout, Hammonds was (G). From Page B1 one batter. stronger bat this season. “We didn’t execute,” Hall said. “We “We knew they were saving their “Ross has not been very successful have to manufacture, that’s part of No. 1 for this game,” Feltner said. until this year,” Hall said. “He’s really our game. But in the later innings we “They pulled him after four. I felt like come through this season.” Perno has invited him to started to hit the baseball. They our offensive plan worked out well to Lawrence County tied the game at a Sunday morning chapel jumped on us quick but luckily we where we stayed off his offspeed stuff 3-3 in the fifth, but a hit-by-pitch al- Batboy service where he will ad- found a way to win.” and he threw a lot of pitches. We just lowed Johnson Central to put a runner From Page B1 dress the team. Lawrence County scored a run in kept pressure on him.” on base in the sixth. “I’m very excited about the first two innings after getting the Juwan Mayes took over for Meek A failed Lawrence County ball fan, the Kentucky that,” Greene said. “Any- first batter aboard in each inning. and allowed just one hit over the final attempt led to a Mayes RBI single. A Wildcats are still his fa- time God puts that oppor- The Bulldogs then looked to hold three innings. Meek ensuing RBI double put the vorite in basketball. tunity in front of you, Johnson Central with sophomore Hall said it’s a night and day differ- Golden Eagles ahead 5-3. The Greenes — David you’ve got to snatch that Adam Cavins, who finished ence between his two pitchers — Meek Feltner said with his team’s mis- and wife Susan and their up. I’m humbled at the op- with seven in 5 2/3 innings is the hard thrower while Mayes will takes and Johnson Central’s timely daughter Hannah — could portunity. Give glory to of work. wear hitters down with his curveball. hitting, it was just too much to over- miss a lot of today’s UK- God on that.” After losing all but five innings of “We started Will, who’s our hardest come. Louisville game in the Fi- The Greenes haven’t for- varsity experience from last season, thrower and we expect him to shut “I don’t want to say we gave one nal Four. gotten about a treat for Lawrence County coach Travis Felt- down teams,” Hall said. “Juwan can away, but gift-wrapped three runs for “I’ll take a day at the Hannah either. ner was more than pleased with his throw his curveball for a strike and get them in the fifth,” Feltner said. “But baseball park anytime,” “We’ll be visiting the sophomore’s effort. his changeup over the plate. Will was give them credit because they put David said. “I’m sure we American Girl Doll Store,” “That was our biggest question struggling with that, so we brought in pressure on us and came up with can keep up with the he said. “That’s her way of mark,” Feltner said. “Through nine Juwan and his first pitch was a break- some big hits.” score.” celebrating.” games our pitchers have done exactly ing ball strike. Greene, the principal at what we asked them to do. Stay in the “That kept them off balance, so he J. CENTRAL 000 032 0 — 5 8 1 Verity Middle School, is al- MARK MAYNARD can be LAWRENCE CO. 110 010 1 — 4 5 4 reached at mmaynard@dai- strike zone and give us a shot.” kept us in the game and man, what a Meek, Mayes (5) and Lemastir. Cavins, Salyers (6) and so the youth pastor at Rose Rice. W—Mayes. L—Salyers. 2B—Young (JC), Sanor lyindependent.com or (606) 326- Johnson Central countered with big time performance by him.” (JC), Meek (JC), Cavins (LC). Hill Baptist. 2648.