A8 | WEDNESDAY,WEDNESPORTSSD AY, 02.15.201202.15.2012 WEDNESDAY, 02.15.2012 | THE LEDGER INDEPENDENT nings answered. Black hit a He missed the second, gonna take it day by day, SPORTS DIRECTORY free throw on Mason’s next but chased down the ball hopefully progressing MASON trip, and again Jennings himself as time expired. from here on out,” the 606-564-9091 OR 800-264-9091 matched him with one of Brossart led the entire coach said. NAME EXT. EMAIL COUNTY two at the line. third quarter, including at Up next for the Royals Chuck Hamilton 251 [email protected] FROM A7 It appeared for a mo- 10 after a 9-2 run to begin is a senior night double- Zack Klemme 273 [email protected] ment Jennings put Bros- the second half, and 50-44 header on Friday night in SCORE DEADLINE FOR NEXT DAY’S EDITION: 10 P.M. sart ahead with 1:12 to go, late in the third before that the Fieldhouse, with the But the Royals’ other but his and-1 was waved Royals run. Johnson found girls playing Montgomery two starting bigs, Johnson off due to a walk. Thirteen himself wide open down County in the opener and and Steven Chambers, put seconds later, Black scored low and scored in the final the boys taking on Nicho- together their best collec- down low himself while second of the third period, las County in the nightcap. tive offensive performance being fouled by the Mus- Black scored in transition In addition to the usual PREP SCHEDULE in awhile, and against a tangs’ Nate Verst, who was 25 seconds into the fourth senior night festivities, Wednesday, Feb. 15 solid Mustangs front line. subsequently also whistled quarter, and Johnson hit the 1987 region champion BOYS’ BASKETBALL West Union vs. Portsmouth West, “Tyler was a workhorse for a technical, his fifth two free throws to tie the boys’ and girls’ teams will Morgan County at Fleming County sectional tournament at Lucasville tonight, and we got good foul, with 59.1 seconds game at 50 with 6:31 left in be recognized, along with GIRLS’ BASKETBALL Valley, 8 p.m. contributions from Ste- left. regulation. the first- through sev- Bracken County at Paris Georgetown vs. Felicity, sectional tour- ven and Shawn,” O’Hearn Black converted the old- Black made a steal and enth-grade peewee teams. Deming at Grant County nament at Wilmington, 7 p.m. fashioned three-point play transition layup, and after “It’s gonna be a spe- Manchester vs. Ironton St. Joseph, sec- All varsity tip-offs scheduled for said. “Combined we had 18 tional tournament at Northwest High 7:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted; points (and) 13 rebounds but missed the two ensu- Walton and Brossart’s Ben cial night,” O’Hearn said. School, 8 p.m. times subject to change out of those two. We have ing technical free throws. Uebel collided in midair “Hopefully we’ll play well to have that.” On the free possession, and Chambers collected and it’ll be the icing on the The Royals led for a good Mason’s Zaire Henry sank the loose ball, Johnson cake.” chunk of the fourth quar- one at the line to extend cleaned the offensive glass ter after their 9-0 spurt the Royals’ lead to 68-65 and converted one char- Mason County 18 15 13 14 9 — 69 SPORTS ON TV turned their six-point with 14.9 seconds left. ity toss for a 53-50 Mason Bishop Brossart 17 19 14 10 5 — 65 MC: Black 34, Johnson 10, Hamm 9, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 15 NBA deficit into a three-point Brossart senior Zach lead with 5:21 to go in the Chambers 8, Henry 2, Walton 5, Os- MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 10 P.M. edge. Tanner Walton’s Fardo, who had already fourth. borne 1, Greenhill 0, Gibbs 0. Total 69. 7 P.M. ESPN — Portland at Golden State trey with 37 seconds to canned three 3s, launched More good news for the BB: Jo. Jennings 17, Saunders 14, Fardo ESPN2 — Villanova at South Florida NHL go broke a 57-all tie, but an off-balance trey in the Royals: senior Josh Harris, 9, Au. Trentman 4, Uebel 2, Al. Trent- 8 P.M. 7:30 P.M. Saunders answered with a final seconds to try to tie, a Kentucky football signee, man 7, Verst 6, Burns 6, Ja. Jennings ESPN — North Carolina at Miami NBCSN — Boston at Montreal dressed out for the first 0, Rieger 0. Total 65. 9 P.M. SOCCER 3 with 15 seconds to go to but it ricocheted off the 3-pointers: Mason County 5 (Black ESPNU — Providence at Cincinnati 8 P.M. send the game to overtime iron. Black claimed the time this season and saw 3, Hamm, Walton), Bishop Brossart ESPN2 — Oklahoma St. at Missouri FSN — UEFA Champions League, Arse- tied at 60. rebound, was fouled and about four minutes of JV 8 (Fardo 3, Verst 2, Saunders 2, Al. nal at AC Milan (same-day tape) Black drove the lane on hit the first of his two free time, O’Hearn said. Trentman). the Royals’ first possession throws with one second “He didn’t have any Records: Mason County 13-13, Bishop for a basket, which Jen- left. pain, moved well, so we’re Brossart 19-7. THIS DAY IN SPORTS FEB. 15 1932 — Eddie Eagen, as a member of 1995 — Charlie Standish sets a PBA trees in central and south with a Green Monster left Much to the delight the four-man U.S. bobsled team, wins record by rolling three perfect games FLORIDA Florida, playing a slate field wall. of Tampa Bay Rays fans, a gold medal at the Winter Olympics in the first round of the Peoria Open of 236 Grapefruit League The rest of the venues are the team plays its spring in Lake Placid, New York. He previ- bowling tournament. Standish rolls FROM A7 games throughout March. scattered in central Florida games in a terrific refur- ously won a gold medal in boxing the 300s in the second, fourth and (The other 15 teams play and on the east coast, from bished ball park about 75 light heavyweight division at the 1920 sixth games of the six-game round Summer Games in Antwerp, Belgium. and at one point has 23 consecutive Many of the seats are so their preseason games in the Atlanta Braves’ beauti- miles south of the dreary 1936 — Sonja Henie of Norway, wins strikes. close that fans can hear the the Cactus League in Ari- ful park at the Walt Disney domed stadium in St. her third consecutive Olympic figure 1998 — Dale Earnhardt takes the Day- on-field chatter. Players zona.) For veteran players, World Resort down to Petersburg where they skating gold medal in Garmisch- tona 500 on his 20th try and ends haven’t become mired in it’s a chance to shake out Jupiter, just north of West play their regular season Partenkirchen, Germany. a 59-race winless streak on the day slumps or losing streaks the cobwebs, while rookies Palm Beach, where the home games. The 6,923- 1952 — Emmett Ashford becomes NASCAR begins celebrating its 50th the first black umpire in organized anniversary. yet, so most of them don’t and journeymen compete St. Louis Cardinals and seat Charlotte Sports baseball when he signs to work in 2002 — The worst judging scandal in mind stopping for auto- to be one of the 25 guys left rebranded Miami Marlins Park has become a fan the class-C Southwest International Winter Olympics history is resolved, graphs. standing when the teams share training facilities and favorite on the Grapefruit League. He later serves as a major with Canadian pairs figure skaters Ja- “It’s very intimate com- break camp. the 7,000-seat Roger Dean League circuit since the league umpire for the American mie Sale and David Pelletier declared pared to going to a big Nine of the Grapefruit Stadium. Rays moved in three years League from 1966 to 1970. co-gold medalists with the Russian stadium,” says Julie Bald- League parks are clus- “You’re so close to the ago. 1953 — Tenley Albright becomes the winners. first American woman to win a world 2004 — Dale Earnhardt Jr. barrels past win, who lives in suburban tered on or near the state’s field,” said Brian Hurowitz, Spring training and figure skating title by beating Germa- Tony Stewart to win the Daytona 500 Washington D.C. and has west coast, from Dunedin who has taken an annual some of the stadiums are ny’s Gundi Busch at the World Cham- on the same track that claimed his come down with her family (Toronto Blue Jays), in the trip down with his father as much a part of the fab- pionships in Davos, Switzerland. father’s life three years ago. Junior to root for the Boston Red Tampa Bay area, south 150 from Long Island for the ric of their Florida com- 1964 — Ken Hubbs, the 22-year-old wins this race in his fifth try, the same Sox in some spring games. miles or so to Fort Myers. past 20 years or so to see munities as the teams are Chicago Cubs second baseman, dies race that bedeviled his later father when his private plane crashes in for 19 years. The Minnesota Twins play their beloved New York back in their permanent Utah. The 1962 NL Rookie of the Year 2007 — Joe Sakic scores twice, includ- “Your parking is right there at Hammond Sta- Yankees.