JEFF KAROUBTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DETROIT — Fans lined thesidewalk outside Comerica Park indowntown Detroit on Thursday topay their final respects to cherishedbroadcaster Ernie Harwell, whowas considered by many Tigersfans to be the voice of summer.

Hundreds of fans lined upovernight to view an open casketbearing Harwell — dressed in hissignature hat — that was posi-tioned behind metal barriers justinside the stadium’s front gate.

The casket was placed neara life-sized statue of the Hall ofFame broadcaster, microphone inhand, with the inscription, “TheTigers’ broadcasting legend andmasterful storyteller for 42 sea-sons.” Several large portraits and

memorial bou-quets also wereset in place.

Harwell diedTuesday of cancer at age 92.

Bud Sommerville, 54, of theDetroit suburb of Westland, saidhe arrived at the ballpark beforemidnight to ensure he’d be firstin line to pay his final respects tothe man he said “treated you likehe knew you forever.”

“I felt I had to be here to saygoodbye,” said Sommerville, add-ing that he met Harwell “hundredsof times” at games and events.

“I met him for the first time atthe ballpark,” he said, chokingback tears. “I guess the last time Iwill see him is at the ballpark.”

Sister Deborah Ciolek, a 56-year-old nun with the FranciscanSisters of St. Joseph, said she

came to honor Har-well’s memory andthat of her father,who passed along to

her his love of baseball.“I was one of the guilty ones who

had the radio in the bed listening tothe West coast games at night, evenfalling asleep,” Ciolek said.

She said Harwell’s “soothing,gentle voice” reminded her of herdad and she praised the broad-caster’s love of God, family andthe game.

He was “truly an inspiration,”she said.

Inside the ballpark, somemourners knelt, others made thesign of the cross, while manysnapped photos and removedtheir old English “D” caps whilestanding in front of the casket.Detroit Tigers general man-

ager Dave Dombrowski greetedmourners after they paid theirrespects.

“You can see that it didn’t makea difference what age, what color,what religion — you were touchedby Ernie,” Dombrowski toldreporters. “There were so manypeople that said, ‘I never met him,but I knew him.’”

Dombrowski said planning forthe event began in September,after Harwell was diagnosed withinoperable cancer. Harwell’s attor-ney and friend Gary Spicer invitedDombrowski and Tigers ownerMike Ilitch to Harwell’s home.Dombrowski said Harwell request-ed holding the viewing at Com-erica Park so fans could come.

“Ilitch basically said, ‘Whateveryou want — we’ll do whateveryou want,’ ” Dombrowski said.

Fans turn out at Comerica to pay final respects to Harwell

DARREN BREEN | FOR THE FLINT JOURNAL

Flint’s Pascal Rheaume, left, checks Muskegon’s Mario Larocque during Game 7 of an International Hockey League semifinalseries at L.C. Walker Arena in Muskegon on Wednesday. The Generals won the game, 5-2, to reach the Turner Cup finals.

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FILE | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

This 1942 photo shows broadcaster ErnieHarwell. Beloved by generations of baseballfans who grew up enraptured by his richvoice, Southern cadence and quirky phraseson the radio, Ernie Harwell died Tuesday.

More memories of the Tigers’legendary broadcaster, B5.

Several key playersreturn from lastseason’s injuries

TOM KOWALSKIFOR THE FLINT JOURNAL

ALLEN PARK — In theirfirst full-team public appear-ance since the end of theregular season four monthsago, the Detroit Lions lookmuch better now than theydid then.

Severalkey Lionsplayers whoended theseason onthe injuredreserve listwere backon the fieldThursday foran OrganizedTeam Activ-ity (OTA) practice and whilemost of them weren’t 100percent, there were encour-aging signs.

Quarterback MatthewStafford, who missedgames because of kneeand shoulder injuries, wastaking part in all drills andthrowing the ball withoutany problems.

Tight end Brandon Pet-tigrew and running backKevin Smith, both returningfrom late-season knee sur-geries, took part in individu-al drills and looked good.

“Those guys are startingto do individual drills andstuff like that. They’re noteven close to being clearedfor team work and competi-tive stuff,” Lions head coachJim Schwartz said. “They’renot right in the middle of along-term rehab, but they’reprobably more past themiddle. But they’ve still gota long way to go. They’vedone well in their rehabs,there haven’t been anysetbacks. Hopefully by thetime training camp comes,they’ll be able to be on thefield without very manylimitations.”

Lions gladto be backon the field

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MatthewStafford

MUSKEGON — Whenthe International HockeyLeague is compared to “SlapShot,” it’s never in a flatter-ing light.

The Flint Generals arereenacting the heartwarm-ing aspect of that cult clas-sic, best known for its cel-ebration of goonery duringthe era of the Broad StreetBullies.

The storyline in “SlapShot,” lost in the antics ofthe Hanson Brothers, washow a minor league hockey

team that was going to bemoved to Florida cametogether and won the cham-pionship of the fictionalFederal League.

Like the CharlestownChiefs, the Generals wereseemingly lost orphans ofthe IHL.

Abandoned by their own-ership and most Flint-areasports fans, the Generalsbanded together and playedfor the only people whoreally mattered — them-selves.

A team thatseemed to beout of the play-off race witha month leftin the seasoncharged backto make the postseason,only to fall behind threegames to one against theregular-season championMuskegon Lumberjacks inthe first round of the play-offs.

In one of the great-est postseason series in

Flint’s 40-yearpro hockeyhistory, theGenerals wonthree straight5-2 decisionsagainst the

heavily favored Lumber-jacks, the clinching victorycoming in Game 7 Wednes-day night at L.C. WalkerArena.

“This wasn’t in the script,”said Flint forward JohnRonan, whose power-playgoal at 6:26 of the second

period gave the Generals a3-1 lead.

“We were written off. Weshould’ve folded, realisti-cally. To be playing in thefinals, like, c’mon. This istoo good to be a movie.”

There was a truly wretch-ed sequel to “Slap Shot,”but there won’t be one forthe Generals if they beatFort Wayne in the TurnerCup finals. They’ve playedthe final part of the season,knowing that they’ll bereplaced at Perani Arena by

a North American HockeyLeague junior team nextseason.

Even if the Generalsreturned next season, thenature of minor leaguehockey is that there aremajor lineup changes everyseason.

This team, as currentlyconstructed, would neverplay together again, evenif there was a pro team inFlint next season.

The Generals are determined to write a happy ending to season of despairBILL

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Playing for the CupGenerals aim forfourth pro titlein Flint history

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Getting the chance toplay for a championshipwasn’t the only motivationthe Flint Generals hadin the first round of theplayoffs.

They’ve developed sucha close bond that they’renot ready to say farewellsince most of them arealmost certain to go indifferent directions oncethe International HockeyLeague playoffs are over.

Thanks to an amazingcomeback against theregular-season cham-pion Muskegon Lumber-jacks, the Generals willbe together for at leastanother week while pur-suing the fourth cham-pionship in Flint’s prohockey history.

“I sit next to (RickSmith) in the room andwe tell each other everyday, ‘We’re not ready forthis to end,’ ” said forwardJohn Ronan. “We’re stillhaving too much fun.We’re going to push thisas far as we can.

“We might as well keepgoing.”

So that’s exactly whatthey’ll do beginningSaturday night in FortWayne, where the two-time defending Kometswill host Game 1 of theTurner Cup finals at 7:30p.m. at Allen County WarMemorial Coliseum.

Not bad for a Flint teamthat was in last place formuch of the year, didn’tqualify for the playoffsuntil the final day of theregular season and hadto overcome a 3-1 seriesdeficit to regular-seasonchampion Muskegon inthe semifinals.

“I’m really proud of myboys,” said Jason Muzzat-ti, the IHL’s Coach of theYear. “They’re a resilientbunch, very resilient.

Turner CupFinals

Flint vs. Fort WayneBest-of-7

Saturday: at Fort Wayne, 7:30 p.m.

Monday: at Fort Wayne, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday: at Flint, 7 p.m.

May 14: at Flint, 7 p.m.

x-May 15: at Fort Wayne, 7:30 p.m.

x-May 17: at Flint, 7 p.m.

x-May 19: at Fort Wayne, 7:30 p.m.

x-if necesssary

THE FLINT JOURNAL

Flint Generals tickets for homegames against the Fort Wayne Kom-ets in the Turner Cup finals will goon sale at 10 a.m. today at the PeraniArena box office or through Ticket-Master.

The prices will remain the same asthey were for the regular season: $10and $12 for adults; $8 and $10 foradults 55-and-over; $6 and $8 for stu-dents aged 11-21; and $5 and $7 forchildren aged 3-11.

There is no surcharge for anyonebuying tickets in person at the PeraniArena box office.

There will be a $2 surcharge foranyone who reserves tickets overthe phone at (810) 744-0580 and theusual fees will apply for anyone whogoes through TicketMaster.com orby calling TicketMaster at (800) 745-3000.

The Generals will host Game 3 at7 p.m. Wednesday, Game 4 at 7 p.m.Friday and, if necessary, Game 6 at 7p.m. May 17.

Fort Wayne increased ticket prices$1 over the regular-season rates:$11, $15, $18 and $21 for adults;$9, $11, $13 and $16 for studentsaged 12-18 and adults 60-and-over;and $7, $8, $9 and $10 for childrenunder 12.

Komets tickets can be purchasedat the Allen County War Memo-rial Coliseum box office or throughTicketMaster using the aforemen-tioned information. Tickets cannot bereserved over the phone through thearena box office.

The Generals have also char-tered buses to take Flint fans to FortWayne. The cost is $35 and includesa game ticket. Fans can reserve a seaton the bus by calling the Generals at(810) 744-0222.

Finals tickets on sale todayAvailable at Perani Arena and Ticket-Master

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The Turner Cup playoffs werelike a horror story for the MuskegonLumberjacks and Port Huron Icehawks.

Muskegon won the regular-seasonchampionship only to blow a 3-1 serieslead against the Flint Generals, who spentmuch of the campaign in last place. PortHuron also blew a 3-1 lead for the secondtime in three years against the Fort WayneKomets, costing coach Stan Drulia hisjob.

For the Komets and Generals, theplayoffs have been more like a fairy tale.

Fort Wayne is seeking its third straightchampionship, a feat unprecedented inthe club’s 57-year history, while Flint hasrisen from the ashes after being left fordead six weeks ago.

So the finals are shaping up as abattle between the Evil StepKomets andCinderGenerals.

How will it end?I’m glad you asked. Let’s take a look at

how the teams match up:

OffenseThe Komets outscored the Generals by 29 goalsduring the regular season but that only boilsdown to a difference of .382 per game. Bothteams have scored 26 goals in seven playoffgames.Fort Wayne had two players with at least 30goals during the regular season in formerGeneral Leo Thomas (33) and Matt Syroczynski(30) with four others getting at least 20.

Flint’s John Ronan and JamieSchaafsma both scored 30goals during the regular seasonand four other Generals had atleast 20.That’s a washEdge: Even

DefenseThe Komets were the IHL’s best team during theregular season with 183 goals allowed and also

rank No. 1 in the playoffs with 18.They’ve also got more firepower on the blueline, where Guy Dupius gave them 43 pointsand Frankie DeAngelis had 41 to go withplus-minus ratings of plus-29 and plus-31,respectively.The Generals ranked fourth during the regularseason with 257 goals allowed and are secondin the playoffs with 20. They have a solid groupwith four members posting plus ratings in

Brandon Gentile (8), ChrisBogas (5), Steve Silver (4) andCraig Cescon (4).Edge: Fort Wayne

GoaltendingFort Wayne’s Tim Haun and Nick Boucherranked 1-2 in both goals against average andsave percentage during the regular season andBoucher has been solid while getting most ofthe postseason playing time.But Flint rookie Rob Nolan has been spectacular

during the playoffs. He leadsthe IHL in victories (4), savepercentage (.923) and GAA(2.12). And he’s done thatdespite not being able to eatsolid food for two weeks.Edge: Flint

Special teamsThe Komets had the edge during the regularseason, when their penalty killers ranked No. 1.But Flint is No. 1 in that department during the

postseason, when the powerplays have been virtually even.The big concern is Flint’s threeshort-handed goals allowed inseven playoff games.Edge: Even

CoachingThe smart pick here is Fort Wayne, since formerFlint general manager Al Sims has won threeTurner Cups and coached in the NHL.But the Generals are fiercely loyal to Jason

Muzzatti, the reigning IHLCoach of the Year. If Muzzattitold them wearing pink jerseyswould give them an advantage,the Generals would probablydo it.Edge: Even

IntangiblesThe Komets have home-ice advantage andwould surely have 10,500 in the Allen CountyWar Memorial Coliseum if there was a Game7. But they also have the pressure of trying to3-peat.Flint, on the other hand, has been in playoffmode for six weeks and to borrow a line fromthe movie “Caddyshack,” the Generals are the

Cinderella boys without the tearsin their eyes.They’re playing as if they havenothing to lose and have had anus-against-the-world mentality formonths and that won’t change.Edge: Flint

PredictionI liked Muskegon to get out of the first round insix games but promised to pick Flint in the finalsif I was wrong.So?The glass skate fits.CinderGenerals in six.

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Ernie.

With love, from your Detroit Tigers family

For over forty years, Ernie Harwell wasthe voice who warmed us in the spring,soothed us in the summer, and, if we werelucky, thrilled us in the fall. He was morethan just a man behind a microphone.

He was our friend.He was our family.

And he will be missed.

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That’s a thought thathas driven the Generals topush through adversity thepast two months.

“We just like each other,”Flint defenseman ChrisBogas said. “We don’t wantto go home to our normallives. Yeah, we all love ourfamilies, but this familyhere is for a short periodof time. I really doubt afterthe season is over we’regoing to be together in thelocker room again.”

The Generals are foldingdue to years of decliningattendance. What Flintfans lack in quantity, theymore than make up for intheir passion for the Gen-erals.

Three busloads offans made their way toL.C. Walker Arena. Theynearly filled an entire sec-tion behind the Generals’bench, outcheering thehome fans because theGenerals gave them reasonto be excited. Flint nevergave up the lead afterJamie Schaafsma openedthe scoring just 15 secondsinto the game.

“I feel like they packedeveryone up from PeraniArena and brought themhere,” Bogas said. “It wasawesome.”

“It’s a huge lift,” Ronansaid. “Right behind thebench you could hear themthe whole game. They’rejust as big a part of thisrun as we are. Our hatsare off to them. They spenttheir money to come outhere.”

Those fans came toMuskegon, knowing theywould see the end of anera.

As it turned out, this wasthe final game in the 50-year history of pro hockeyin Muskegon. Flint’s 40thseason of pro hockey con-tinues on, as the Generalsrallied from a 3-1 seriesdeficit against a team with34 more regular-seasonpoints.

It’s the kind of stuff onlyHollywood could make up.

“They love each other andthey believed they could doit.”

Although the Generalswere 32 points behind FortWayne in the final regular-season standings — theKomets finished secondwith a 50-21-1-4 recordwhile Flint was 33-36-3-4— the teams matched upsurprisingly well.

Both teams had 14 pointsin their 12-game series, eachwon six times and both hadone road victory.

“When we played them atat the end of the year, theywere probably the best teamin the league,” said Kometsforward P.C. Drouin. “Theimprovement they madethrough the season wasremarkable. I kind of hada feeling we were going toend up playing them theway they were playing atthe end of the season.

“They are a really, reallygood team.”

The Komets are loadedwith experience as Drouinis one of 12 players whoplayed on last year’s cham-pionship team and one ofnine who helped win thelast two Turner Cups.

Coach Al Sims, a formerFlint general manager, wasbehind the bench the lasttwo years.

While all of the Generalsare new to Flint this sea-

son, that doesn’t mean theydon’t know what it feelslike to hoist a championshiptrophy. Defenseman JakePence spent the last twoseasons in Fort Wayne andcaptain Pascal Rheaumehelped the New JerseyDevils win the 2003 StanleyCup.

“They’re a good team,”Ronan said. “They’re ateam that has plenty ofexperience winning cham-pionships. We’ve got goodexperience, too. We’ve gota guy over there who wona Stanley Cup and BryanSmolinski with 1,000 (NHL)games.

“We all just grew a littlebit winning a seven-gameseries.”

Goaltending is always bigin the playoffs and the net-minders for both teams areamong the best in the IHL.

Fort Wayne’s Tim Haunand Nick Boucher ranked1-2 in goals-against averageand save percentage duringthe regular season whileFlint rookie Rob Nolan isthe playoff leader in vic-tories (4), GAA (2.17) andsave percentage (.939).

Boucher has seen themajority of the postseasonaction for the Komets whileFlint veteran Sergei Zvya-gin, who led Quad City toback-to-back champion-ships in 1997-98, has played

just one playoff game aftergoing 8-2 during the regularseason.

Nolan, who has been bat-tling a nasty virus through-out the playoffs and hasdropped 16 pounds, couldbe the key for Flint.

“He’s the one whobrought us to the playoffs,”Rheaume said. “We knewwhen we got rid of (formerNHL goalie J.F.) Labbe wehad a goalie ready to takeover. He doesn’t panic foranything and he’s making alot of big saves right now.”

The victory over Muske-gon marked the first time aFlint team has won a playoffseries since the Generalsswept Quad City in fourgames to win the 2000Colonial Cup. That was thelongest drought in the 40-season history of Flint prohockey.

But don’t expect the Gen-erals to be satisfied justbecause they’re in the finals.

“We overcame a lot ofhardships,” said defensemanChris Bogas. “We just madeit to the finals. We reallyhaven’t done anything yet.We won one series. We stillhave another tough seven-game series.”

Game 2 will be Monday inFort Wayne before the seriesreturns to Flint for Game 3Wednesday and game 4 nextFriday at Perani Arena.

From B1 — GENERALSDoes Hollywood ending await?

From B1 — CUP Team has grown close despite early-season struggles

Turner Cup Finals Matchup

JEFFREY LaMONDE | THE FLINT JOURNAL

The Flint Generals celebrate their victory over Muskegon after Game 6 of their International HockeyLeague semifinal series on Tuesday at Perani Arena. Flint went on to win the series.

GREG CHRAPEKFOR THE FLINT JOURNAL

In an age of overnightsensations, Davison seniorJordan Guttrich is a testa-ment to dedication and hardwork paying off.

A member of the FlintYMCA Falcons swim teamfor the past 11 years, Gut-trich recently committedto attend the University ofMassachusetts-Amherst,where he will be a memberof the Minutemen swimteam next year.

He was recruited by anumber of colleges beforeselecting Massachusetts fora combination of reasons.

“First of all, it has a goodengineering school, and I’mgoing into engineering,”he said. “It also has a verysuccessful swim program.They have won the (Atlantic10) conference title 11 outof the past 14 years. I also

really like the campus a lot.It is out east, and the cam-pus has a lot of historicalbuildings.”

In Guttrich, the Minute-men are getting a versatileand hardworking swimmerwho has spent years devel-oping his skills.

“I think that Massachu-setts is a real good fit forJordan,” said Falcons swimcoach Adam Cooper. “I’mreal excited for Jordan. Hehas put in a ton of time overthe years. He and his familyhave been a big part of thisprogram for 11 years andhe has worked very hard forthis opportunity.”

Guttrich also has devel-oped into one of the topswimmers for the Flint Fal-cons.

“I just got back fromthe YMCA nationals at theInternational SwimmingHall of Fame in Ft. Lauder-dale,” Guttrich said. “I did

pretty good overall. Betweenthe summer and fall nation-als during my career, I haveplaced in the top 16 a totalof 12 times. There are 120swimmers at the nationalsin each event, so to finishin the Top 16 you get all-American recognition. It’spretty tough to do, and justgetting the qualifying timesto make it to nationals ispretty tough.”

Guttrich competes in thebackstroke and the individ-ual medley. Guttrich swimsfrom the 50-meter to the200 backstroke and also inthe 200 IM. His best time inthe 100 backstroke is 52.96seconds. He has recorded atime of 1 minute, 55.30 sec-onds in the 200 backstrokeand a 1:56.10 in the 200 IM.

He competes in swim-

ming 11 months of the year.In a typical week, he puts inaround 14 hours of training,plus meets on the week-ends. During some weeks,he puts in more than 20hours.

Along with Massachu-setts, he also was recruitedby Wayne State and Buck-nell.

Guttrich began his swim-ming career at an early age.

“I began taking swim-ming lessons when my

family lived in Singapore,”he said. “My dad’s job tookus to Singapore and welived there for two years.When we moved back tothe States, I took more les-sons and then I joined theFalcons when I was 6-yearsold.

“Coach Cooper saw meswim and contacted my par-ents and wanted me to swimfor the team. That was howI joined the Falcons.”

He is one of five Falcons

who have committedto swim in college nextyear.

“I’m really looking for-ward to swimming in col-lege,” he said.

“The coach at UMasshas been there for 30 yearsand has an outstandingprogram. They had a seniorcaptain who was a back-stroker, and they were look-ing to recruit a backstroker.I’m really looking forwardto it.”

Davison’s Guttrich chooses UMass

FOR THE FLINT JOURNAL

The highest actual scores morphedin the winning handicap totals forJoyce Borowicz in the Flint SeniorBowling Association Tournament atGrand Blanc Lanes.

Borowicz was the only womanto reach 600 in the 12th annualwomen’s competi-tion and she alsomatched the thirdhighest women’sset of the tourney.

Her 600 series led Borowicz andRita Promenchenkel to first place inClass AA doubles with 1,317.

Borowicz had 590 actual and 722with handicap in doubles. Her win-ning singles handicap score was 732and she easily topped the all eventsstandings with 1,454.

While dominating the Class AA divi-sion for bowlers 75 and older, Borow-icz also led the younger bowlers in thefour other classes and she was secondoverall in singles with 732.

Bowowicz was one of two womento sweep all three crowns.

Annette Johnson did the same inClass C for the 60-64 bracket.

Johnson used 186 pins in handicapto register 731 in singles. She had502 actual and 688 with handicap indoubles where her partner, Delois Wil-liams, added 653 to give the pair 1,341.

Sammie Richardson, who had theonly higher singles series than Boro-wicz, 757, was the only other womanamong the 31 contestants to lead

multiple categories.Richardson soared above her 157

average with 574 actual. A 505 actualtotal and 688 with handicap enabledRichardson to also win all events inClass A (70-74) with 1,445.

Three men won both singles andall events championships.

Al Brown ruled in Class D (55-59),Fred Ward led in Class C and CharlesPayne paced Class A.

Ward rolled the highest handicaptotal in the tournament with 1,553.Ward, who had 252 pins in handi-cap, had 1,301 actual including 663in singles where he won with a 789handicap total.

Payne’s 792 was the second high-est handicap singles series of thetournament. He had 30 pins pergame in handicap added to his actualoutput of 702.

Brown, who did not receive handi-cap for his 232 average, had 761 insingles and posted a six-game totalof 1,443.

Bill Bergen registered the highesthandicap series of the tournamentwith 799. His performance featured a278 game in a 781 actual set in ClassB sngles.

Among the other men who wonwas Borowicz’s husband, Steve.He shared the Class AA singleschampionship with Walt Ducharmewith 759.

Ron Miller and Joe Fitzsimmonscombined for the highest doublesgame. The pair had 545 with Millerrolling 279 and Fitzsimmons 266.

Borowicz comes out on topin Flint senior tournament

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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

GENESEE COUNTY DRAIN COMMISSIONER –DIVISION OF WATER & WASTE SERVICES

GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE RELATIVE TO STATEREVOLVING FUND (SRF) TO FUND CONSTRUCTION OFTHE ANTHONY RAGNONE TREATMENT PLANT (ARTP)

Notice is hereby given that the Genesee County Drain Commissioner – Division of Water &Waste Services (GCDC-WWS) will hold a Public Hearing on the proposed construction of switchgear and cable replacement at the Anthony Ragnone Treatment Plant (ARTP).

The Public Hearing is for the purpose of receiving comments from interested persons.

THE HEARING WILL BE HELD ON:

Date: ThursdayJune 10, 2010

Time: 5:30 p.m.Place: Genesee County Drain Commissioner’s Office

G-4610 Beecher RoadFlint, Michigan 48532

The existing electrical switchgear and associated cables were originally installed in 1974 andare over 35 years old. The equipment is vital to the treatment plant’s operation as it servesas the main power feed into the plant. The existing electrical cables feed both the Brent RunPump Station and the entire wastewater treatment plant via two separate power feeds fromConsumers Energy.

Proposed construction at ARTP is to begin in the fall of 2010.

Copies of the project plan will be available for public inspection by May 7, 2010, at thefollowing locations:

1) Genesee County CourthouseClerk’s Office900 South Saginaw StreetRooms 201 and 202, 2 EastFlint, Michigan 48502

(Request to review from County Clerk)

2) Genesee County Drain Commissioner’s OfficeDivision of Water & Waste ServicesG-4610 Beecher RoadFlint, Michigan 48532

(Request to review at front desk)

3) Genesee County District LibraryG-4195 West Pasadena AvenueFlint, Michigan 48504

(Request to review at front desk)

4) Charter Township of Montrose139 South Saginaw StreetMontrose, Michigan 48457

(Request to review from Township Clerk)

If you have questions or would like to submit written statements for the Public Hearing Record,call, fax, e-mail, or write:

Mr. David M. Jansen, Assistant DirectorGenesee County Drain Commissioner –Division of Water & Waste ServicesG-4610 Beecher RoadFlint, Michigan 48532(810) 732-7870Fax (810) 732-9773E-Mail: djansen@gcdcwws.com

(Written comments will be entered into the public hearing record if received prior to 4 p.m.on June 10, 2010. All envelopes must be clearly labeled as “SRF – Public Hearing to FundConstruction at ARTP”.

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FLINT SENIOR BOWLING ASSOCIATIONSingles & Doubles Tournament

GRAND BLANC LANESWomen’s results

SinglesClass AA

1. Joyce Borowicz 732 2. Nancy Sewell 693 3. RitaPromenchenkel 692 4. Lelia Adams 669 5. JoyceGuelde 662.

Class A1. Sammie Richardson 757 2. Violet Wright 711 3.

Pat Koeske 701 4. Barbara Mayes 695 5. BonetaHubbard 679.

Class B1. Katharine Knowles 703 2. Judy Leinweber 694

3. Fredia Swain 679 4. Carol Brownell 647 5. PatJohnson 646.

Class C1. Annette Johnson 731 2. Marianne Slaughter 680

3. Jan Marshall 674 4. Diana Salerno 653 5. BobbyeThom 646.

Class D1. Marlene Pellens 684 2. Kay Buford 633 3.

Alberta Bethay 598 4. Char Smith 596.DoublesClass AA

1. Borowicz-Promenchenkel 1,317 2. JuanitaSeitz-Sewell 1,282 3. Betty Christensen-DorisBallge 1,255 4. Mary Blakley-Pauline McDonald1,192.

Class A1. Curry-Mayes 1,330 2. Elizabeth Martin-Hazel

Mathis 1,320 3. Linda Dickerson-Helen Mannor1,317 4. Joyce Guelde-Mary Grilliot 1,285 5. GraceVickroy-Barbara Haw 1,276.

Class B1. Pat Johnson-Nancy Clark 1,330 2. Richardson-

B. McCready 1,295 3. Ernestine Lattimore-JimmyeMaxwell 1,278 4. Swain-Janette Jackson 1,249 5.Mary Ethridge-Knowles 1,231.

Class C1. Delois Williams-Annette Johnson 1,342 2.

Dorothy Nordberg-Carol Nordberg 1,313 3. JeanDavis- Marianne Slaughter 1,294 4. Linda Van

Brocklin-Thom 1,283 5. Carol Brownell-Salerno 1,240.Class D

1. Hubbard-C. Smith 1,357 2. Karon Johnson-K.Buford 1,329 3. Koeske-Pellens 1,263 4. Adams-Bethay 1,256.

All eventsClass AA

1. Borowicz 1,454 2. Sewell 1,379 3. G uelde1,352 4. Curry 1,332 5. Adams 1,322 .

Class A1. Richardson 1,445 2. Wright 1,368 3. Martin

1,360 4. Koeske 1,357 5. Mayes 1,347.Class B

1. Leinweber 1,335 2. Swain 1,320 3. Knowles1,320 4. Lattimore 1284 5. McCready 1,249.

Class C1. A. Johnson 1,419 2. Davis 1,320 3. Salerno

1,316 4. P. Johnson 1,315 5. Thom 1,313.Class D

1. (tie) Pellens 1,291, K. Buford 1,291 3. Smith1,288 4. Bethay 1,201.

Men’s resultsSingles

Class AA1. (tie) Walt Ducharme 759, Steve Borowicz 759 3.

Milt Tomkinson 708 4. Bud Flenniken 698 5. JamesGeorge 693.

Class A1. Charles Payne 792 2. Henry Young 758 3.

Gordon Stough 750 4. James Greer 721 5. (tie) A..Buford. 705, Chuck Ward 705.

Class B1. Bill Bergen 799 2. Jerry Dickenson 771 3. Ernie

Callard 751 4. Manny Cantu 734 5. Ron Kuberski731.

Class C1. Fred Ward 789 2.

Larry Hess 754 3. Ken Little 752 4. Stan Cichoracki718 5. Dick Fox 691.

Class D1. Al Brown 761 2. John Kunder 736 3. Ron Ermert

712 4. Steve Francisco 676 5. Larry Luchenbill 674.DoublesClass AA

1. Edward Graham-Earnest Kelly 1,370 2. Norm

Dickenson-Donald Dickenson 1,365 3. RobertFate-Henry Swyrtek 1,335 4. Joseph Clark-GeneGerard 1,328 5. Elwin Green-Harry Payman1,326.

Class A1. Phil Littlejohn-Willie Wiggins 1,447 2. Gerald

McKeever-Bill Deneen 1,403 3. Frederick Dady-TerryWright 1,401 4. Willian Running-Fred Irish 1,376 5.Al Long Sr.-Phil Satkowiak 1,322.

Class B1. Don Younger-Ed Brown 1,441 2.

Edwin Mayhew-William Salerno 1,432 3. JoeFitzsimmons- Ron Miller 1,410 4. James Morris-Robert Marshall Sr., 1,358 5. Douglas Knowles-Roger Welch 1,350.

Class C1. Ray Buford-Brian Johnson 1,421 2. James

Chapple-Dane Bertram 1,414 3. Thomas Brake-Larry Harmon 1,376 4. Cliff Hoffmeyer-Ron Moughler1,374 5. Harold Wrubel-Robert VanSickle 1,352.

Class D1. Roger Norton Jr.,- Clyde Jenkins 1,465 2.

Michael Turner-Russell Bethay Jr., 1,412 3. RonnieErmert-Don Steward 1,404 4. Fred Ward- GaryMacMillan 1,396 5. Amos Buford- Michael Atkins1,370.

All eventsClass AA

1. N. Dickenson 1,476 2. Borowicz 1,448 3.Earnest Kelly 1,427 4. Running 1,389 5. Fate 1,384.

Class A1. Charles Payne 1,436 2. T. Wright 1,423 3. H.

Young 1,418 4. Brown 1,416 5. (tie) Wiggins 1,394,Buford 1,394.

Class B1. Callard 1,441 2. Apolonio Pardo 1,432 3. (tie)

Ralph Dietlin 1,425 and Ron Miller 1,425 5. TerryMcCormick 1,420.

Class C1 Fred Ward 1,553 2. Jack McTaggart 1,444 3.

Cichoracki 1,422 4. Little 1,405 5. Dane Bertram1,399.

Class D1. Al Brown 1,443 2. Ermert 1,422 3. Michael

Evans 1,420 4. Steve Fransisco 1,388 5. NortonJr., 1,385.

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Jordan Guttrich of Davison will swim at UMass next season.

First of all, ithas a goodengineeringschool, andI’m going intoengineering. Italso has a verysuccessful swimprogram.”

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LINDEN — Linden’s soccerteam is still in the hunt for theMetro League championship andthe Eagles can thank Mary-Kath-ryn Fiebernitz.

For the second straight game,the Michigan State University-bound player scored two goals tohelp Linden tie a Metro opponent.

Fiebernitz scored two goalsWednesday, the last of which camewith six minutes remaining in thesecond half, allowing Linden to tievisiting Holly, 3-3.

The Eagles’ junior midfielderscored both of her team’s goalsMonday in Linden’s 2-2 tie at Fen-ton. Linden and Holly are both2-0-2 (eight points) in the Metro,two points behind Fenton (3-0-1,10 points).

“It’s huge to have a player likethat,” said Linden coach KevinFiebernitz, Mary-Kathryn’s father.“It wasn’t pretty, but we’re still init. Now, we have to ride it out andsee who falters.”

The contest was an offensivebattle, with the teams combiningfor 23 shots on goal and four sec-ond-half goals.

“They played three forwardsup, and that causes issues withteams,” Kevin Fiebernitz said ofHolly. “Our strength is our attack.(With both) you’re going to getfireworks and you got it tonight.”

Linden opened the scoringWednesday on Mary-KathrynFiebernitz’s first goal with 27:17left in the first half.

The Bronchos came back andtied the game at 1-1 on a goal byNatalie Cieslak with 14:37 leftbefore halftime.

Holly appeared to take con-trol of the contest on a coupleof occassions in the second half— the Bronchos held 2-1 and 3-2leads — but weren’t wasn’t able toput away the Eagles.

Linden tied the game at 2-2 ona goal by freshman Sam Thorn-ton. Holly seemed headed to avictory when it took a 3-2 lead ona goal by Lorena Klotz with 10:30left.

“The girls had a lot of intensitytonight,” Holly coach Mike Steibelsaid. “They played with a lot ofenergy. I’m really proud of thesegirls. They have come a long wayin a short amount of time.”

Mary-Kathryn Fiebernitz tied thegame at 3-3 when she booted in adeflected ball with six minutes left.

“I knew we had to pull throughsomehow,” Mary-Kathryn Fieber-nitz said. “We had to make it hap-pen. It barely went in.”

Kayla Skopek had one goaland Kaitlyn Pusey made 15 savesWednesday for the Bronchos(5-5-2). Lexi Downs made fivesaves for Linden (7-0-3).

Both teams have five Metrogames remaining. Holly will hostFenton in a pivotal contest at 6:45p.m. Monday.

“We have our fate in our ownhands,” Steibel said. “If we canplay with this kind of energy,hopefully, we can put the ball inthe net against Fenton.”

Fiebernitzleads Lindenplayoff push

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Verburg ready to bea head coach again

MARK SPEZIAmspezia@flintjournal.com | (810) 766-6184

Steve Verburg’s first head foot-ball coaching experience hardlyturned out as planned.

And that’s putting it mildly.After a successful four-season

stint as a Howell assistant, Ver-burg was ecstatic when he wasnamed North Branch coach in2008, emerging from a field of 30candidates for the job which alsoincluded a teaching position.

The honeymoon was brief, how-ever, as Verburg was removed fromhis post by Athletic Director Jim Fishafter one season and a 2-7 record.

After a year away from thesideline, Verburg is back, andloves the situation he’s steppedinto. The Davison resident wasnamed Genesee’s coach in March,succeeding Brad Brown, who leftafter three seasons for Flushing.

“I just heard from anothercoach there was an opening,checked it out online and applied,”said Verburg, a three-sport stand-out at Fenton before graduating in1996. “Genesee is a small school(291 students) and I like that kindof atmosphere. They have hadplenty of success recently, and I’mreally excited about this.”

Verburg, who has remaineda physical education and healthteacher at North Branch, has likedwhat he’s seen from the playersthus far, especially how they inter-act with one another.

“They are working really hard

to sustain the success they’ve had,and I’m really pleased with howthey look after one another,” Ver-burg said. “It’s just very refreshingto see that. They go out of theirway to help each other, and youdon’t see that very often.”

The Wolves went 18-12under Brown, but were 6-4 in2008 before enjoying of the finestseasons in school history last fall.Genesee finished 10-1, winningits first Genesee Area ConferenceBlue Division title and first play-off game in 10 years. The Wolvesset a school scoring recordwith 418 points while giving upjust 191.

Genesee graduated only nine of26 varsity players, but the depart-ed players left some enormousvoids.

Their ranks include all-statersGarret Cook, Tyler Peltonen

and Jacob Nagengast. Cook, afour-year varsity player, was theWolves’ top passer, rusher andscorer last season. Peltonen wasthe top receiver and Nagengasttheir best lineman.

The top returnee is senior line-backer Caleb Quintanilla, a four-year varsity player with 262 tacklesover the past two seasons. Dono-van Aleman is also a four-year var-sity player, who had 550 combinedrushing and receiving yards and 54points. Aleman also had 51 tacklesand four interceptions.

The explosive Carl Youry fin-ished with 12 receptions for 374yards, a 31.2-yard average with 62points. The defensive back alsohad 36 tackles and five intercep-tions. Linebacker Brandon Smallmade 62 tackles.

Genesee will play only leaguegames next season with Webber-

ville, Morrice and Dryden joiningthe GAC Blue.

“It’s kind of in the air what toexpect from next season becauseI am still getting to know whatwe have,” Verburg said. “After thesummer we’ll have a better ideawhere we are at as a program, butwe do have a good mix of experi-enced and new players.”

The 32-year-old Verburg wasa football, wrestling and trackstandout at Fenton before let-tering in football and trackat Adrian College. Followinggraduation, Verburg began a six-year stint in the Marine CorpsReserves which led to active dutyin Iraq in 2003.

Howell was 25-14 during Ver-burg’s time on the staff, the lasttwo seasons as defensive coordi-nator, with three playoff berthsand a league championship.

Returning to the sidelines

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Emily Ockerman led thePowers Catholic softball team’soffense Wednesday with eightRBIs in its doubleheader sweepof Saginaw Heritage. The Char-gers took the nightcap 19-3(four innings), and the opener,11-0 (five innings).

Ockerman hit a solo homerun in the Chargers’ six-runfirst inning in the opener. In thenightcap, she hit a three-runhomer.

Jessica Thick threw no-hitterin second game, and Kayla Ster-ling posted a shutout in opener.

• Grand Blanc 5, Howell 0;Howell 4, Grand Blanc 1: TaylorSeaton won the first game,allowing two hits and two walksin seven innings. She also hitan RBI triple. Mahogany Turnerwent 2-for-4 and scored tworuns in that game.

Girls soccer• Birch Run 7, Caro 0: Alexis

McLeod scored a school record50th goal. She scored threegoals total Wednesday. BreeRick scored twice.

• Swartz Creek 2, Clio 1: SwartzCreek’s Nichole Casler andSarah Hynes each scored a goal.Tori Nowiski scored for Clio.

• Fenton 2, Oxford 1: ElizabethDavis and Payton Maxheimereach scored one goal for theTigers (3-0-1 Metro League).

• Millington 3, Carrollton 1:Millington’s Candace Hartwickmade 20 saves.

• Essexville-Garber 4, NorthBranch 3

• Bay City Central 19, Northern 0

Boys golf• Fenton 156, Brandon 161:

Fenton’s Austin Giesey wastournament medalist with a 36.Brandon’s Thomas Soave wassecond with a 37.

• Oxford 157, Lapeer East 189:Oxford’s Doug Piesko shot a 37.East’s Cullent Turczyn cardeda 42.

• Lapeer West 158, SwartzCreek 168: Swartz Creek’s LoganHull shot a 36. West’s NateSmith and R.J. Wojciechowski

shot 39s.• Mt. Morris 167, Goodrich 173,

Bentley 204: Mt. Morris’ PaulOstby and Goodrich’s Luc Hil-debrand shot 39s.

• New Lothrop 184, Byron 185,LakeVille 262: Byron’s Sam Hunt-er shot a 43, and Nick Hafner ledNew Lothrop (12-2) with a 44.

• North Branch 158, EssexvilleGarber 164, Frankenmuth 166,Caro 169, Millington 174

Boys lacrosse• Lapeer West 15, Bay City

Western 2: West’s Austin Krehelscored five goals. Alex Giddingsscored three. Nathan Richardshad 24 saves.

Girls Lacrosse• Grosse Pointe North 17,

Flushing 4: Grosse Pointe Northscored 10 first-half goals en routeto beating Flushing. Tori Lockharthad two goals and Maia Assaf andAlexis Weller added one each forthe Raiders (3-6-1).

Boys track and field• Flint Kearsley 86, Oxford

51; Kearsley 127, Lapeer West 9;Oxford 127, Lapeer West 10

Discus — Nathan Link (K) 146-4;pole vault — Elijah Chapman (K) 11-6; shot put — Andy vwski (K) 45-9;high jump — Jake Vahlbusch (K) 6-1; long jump — Chris Sachs (O) 20-2.75; 3,200 relay — Kearsley (JasonVoight, Cameron Shegos, DrewDavis, Thomas Sweeney) 8:23.90;110 hurdles — Aaron Stuk (O)15.60; 100 — Chris Rolle (O) 10.90;800 relay — Kearsley (Jon Locke,Cody Mosher, Cody Gustafson, Der-rick Kalocy) 1:31.70; 1,600 — Davis(K) 4:50.00; 400 relay —Oxford(Stuk, Rolle, Mike Cynowa, AnthonyMcDougald) 44.10; 400— Gustafson(K) 51.50; 300 hurdles — Chapman(K) 41.50; 800— Davis (K) 2:04.10;200— Rolle (O) 22.30; 3,200— AlexPollack (O) 10:45.20; 1,600 relay—Kearsley (Cody Gehrig, Locke,Gustafson, Voight) 3:33.00

• Swartz Creek 108, Lapeer East29

Discus — Andrew Lide (SC)135-8; pole vault — Blake Boersma(SC) 11-6; shot put —Aaron Waibel(SC) 45-4; high jump — Aaron Was-cha (SC) 5-6; long jump — AaronWascha (SC) 20-8.25; 3,200 relay— East (Sebashton Sullivan,DevonCarey, Kyle Griffin, Justin Hender-son) 8:52.71; 110 hurdles — Alex-ander Willford (SC) 15.74; 100— Alvin Jones (SC) 11.24; 800 relay

— Swartz Creek (Anthony Jewell,Trevor Black,Tyler Adams, AaronYoon) 1:37.31; 1,600 — Anthony Peel(SC) 4:47.08; 400 relay — SwartzCreek (Alexander Willford, Jones,Adams, Timothy Littles) 45.90; 400— Jeremy Dickie (SC) 53.24; 300hurdles — Alexander Willford (SC)44.06; 800 — Anthony Peel (SC)2:07.67; 200 — Trevor Black (SC)23.65; 3,200 — Jeremy Dickie (SC)9:41.27; 1,600 relay — East (DevonCarey, Alex Henson, Sebashton Sul-livan, Zach Nolan) 3:49.10

Goodrich 117, Bentley 25;Goodrich 88, LakeVille 49; LakeV-ille 104, Bentley 31

3200 relay — Goodrich (AlexWarden, Jordan Stinchcomb, PatSeasons, Jack Zito), 9:29.0; 110hurdles — Lewis (L) 16.8; 100— Nick Sweet (G) 11.0; 800 relay— Goodrich (Cal Sesock, WadeWood, Alex Arnold, Sweet) 1:35.0;1600 — Fiodor Kessler (G) 4:57; 400relay — Goodrich (Nate Bila, CaseyPorrit, Arnold, Sweet) 45.1; 400 —Carter Goetz (G) 52.8; 300 hurdles— R. Huber (L) 45.1; 800 — Warden(G) 2:14.0; 200 — Sweet (G) 23.0;3200 — Kessler (G) 11:26.0; 1600relay — Goodrich (Goetz, Warden,Seasons, Sesock) 3:36.0; Shot put— K. Sanders (L) 42-5; Discus— Derrick Warner (G) 126-11; Highjump — Sesock (G) 5-10; Long jump— Mitchell (L) 18-4.5; Pole Vault— Jacobs (L) 11-6.

Girls track and field• Oxford 133, Lapeer West 4;

Oxford 101, Kearsley 36; Kearsley105, Lapeer West 32

Discus — Katie VanRaemdonck(K) 96-2; pole vault — Sarah Hil-lebrand (O); 9-0 shot put — Jes-sica Brasington (O) 30-0.5; highjump — Kate Wolanin (O) 5-4; longjump — Jessica Howell (O) 16-3;3,200 relay — Oxford (Ashley Burr,Shannon Seeley, Brittany John-son, Brooke Kovacic)10:28.60; 100hurdles — Shae Batten (K) (schoolrecord), 15.40; 100 — Jessica How-ell (O) 12.80; 800 relay — Kearsley(Kelsey Councilor, Shanice Lewis,Batten, Keondra Griffin) 1:52.30;1,600 — Brooke Kovacic (O) 5:42.60;400 relay — Oxford (Sally Gui-mond, Keeona Ives, Jessica How-ell, Michelle Gilmore) 52.30; 400— Shannon Seeley (O) 1:02.90; 300hurdles — Kate Wolanin (O) 46.60;800 — Brittany Johnson (O) 2:30.70;200 — Keeona Ives (O) 28.50; 3,200— Brooke Kovacic (O) 11:40.80;1,600 relay — Oxford (Megan See-ley, Shannon Seeley, Kate Wolanin,Brittany Johnson) 4:08.60

• Lapeer East 84, Swartz Creek52

Discus — Jessica Scott (SC) 82-10; pole vault — Taylor McGuffie(LE) 8-6; shot put — Lindsey Veihl(LE) 28-4; high jump — SamanthaRubik (LE) 4-3; long jump — CassieCiaravino (LE) 14-9; 3,200 relay— Swartz Creek (Ashley Kemmerer,Katrina Bean, Casey Campbell,Aimee Sedlarik) 11:38; 100 hurdles— Samantha Rubik (LE) 17.08;100 — Allison Argyris (LE) 13.7;800 relay — Lapeer East (Stepha-nie Morris, Allison Argyris, TaylorMcGuffie, Sarah Olds) 2:01; 1,600 —Casey Campbell (SC) 5:48; 400 relay— Lapeer East (Allison Argyris, Tay-lor McGuffie, Olivia Wallace, Lind-sey Veihl) 57.6; 400 — Kelsey Jarvis(LE) 1:10; 300 hurdles — CassieCiaravino (LE) 52.2; 800 — KatrinaBean (SC) 2:43.9; 200 — StephanieMorris (LE) 30.9; 3,200 — CaseyCampbell (SC) 12:14.6; 1,600 relay— Lapeer East (Samantha Rubik,Amy Gaylor, Cassie Ciaravino, JennyPutz) 4:34

Goodrich 109, LakeVille 26;Goodrich 121, Bentley 10; LakeV-ille 83, Bentley 31

3200 relay — Goodrich (KekeSevillian, Kacy Norgaard, TaylorPogue, Chelsea Bellanger) 11:01.0;100 hurdles — Sevillian (G) 17.0;800 relay — Goodrich (Maria Bunor,Taylor Gleason, Taylor Westerby,Morgan Eddy) 1:56.0; 100 — KaitlynRabinette (L) 14.30; 1600 — Pogue(G) 5:37.0; 400 relay — Goodrich(Bunor, Clair Charnowski, Westerby,Gleason) 56.2; 400 — Eddy (G)1:07.0; 300 hurdles — Sevillian (G)45.6; 800 — Bellanger (G) 2:40; 200— Kayla Bliss (L) 28.9; 3200 — Pogue(G) 12:10.0; 1600 relay — Goodrich(Sevillian, Pogue, Eddy, Bellanger)4:31.0; Shot put — Ashley Grzywacz(G) 26-11; Discus — Grzywacz (G)94-8; High jump — Eddy (G) 5-0;Long jump — Gleason (G) 15-3; Polevault — Emily Francis (G) 8-0.

• Ovid-Elsie 77, Durand 59; Free-land 86, Durand 49

Girls tennis• Brandon 8, Swartz Creek 0Singles — Alexis Dickie (B) d.

Rebecca Dejonge; 6-4, 6-4; HeidiFluck (B) d. Kandee Hamby; 6-0,6-0; Alex Cook (B) d. Abby VanDue-sen; 6-0, 6-0, Brenna Egan (B) d.Audrey Hale; 6-0, 6-0

Doubles — Katelyn Gunnels-Kristin Wilson (B) d. Brittany Miller-Danielle Adams; 6-1, 6-4; JaclynGraveldinger-Becca Chewning (B)d. Rachel Bonney-Gabrielle Lee; 6-2,6-0; Danie Richards-Linsey Han-sen (B) d. Lauren Sippert-ChelseaMeade; 6-1, 6-1; Jessie Begley-Clau-dia Wenta (B) d. Chelsea Schaeffer-Sarah Glynn; 6-0, 6-0

Powers Catholic overruns Saginaw Heritage in sweep

The Eagles sweep adoubleheader fromKearsley to improveto 8-0 in the Metro

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You won’t find the playerson Lapeer East’s baseball teamgoing to the plate and lookingfor walks.

They usually are not in thebatter’s box long enough toearn free passes, anyway.

“You can’t show me toomany good hitters who are0-2,” East coach Larry Grumleysaid.

“Usually, the first pitch is afastball.”

The Eagles like to swing

the bat and they showed itin sweeping a Metro Leaguedoubleheader Thursday fromvisiting Kearsley.

East pounded out 19 hits— seven extra-base hits — tobeat the Hornets by scores of4-3 in eight innings and 5-3 toimprove to 19-4-1 overall and8-0 in the Metro.

East had six doubles Thurs-day, bumping its season totalto 64, breaking the single-sea-son school record of 58 set in2007.

“We swing the bat and wedon’t strike out a lot,” Grumleysaid. “We have kids that can doit. It’s attributed to being goodhitters.”

What makes East’s start tothe 2010 season surprising isthe Eagles are playing with ayoung cast that includes foursophomores and two freshman.

East’s young players per-formed well beyond their years

Thursday in beating the Hor-nets.

Sophomore Chad Carsonhad three hits on the day,including a pair of doubles,and he pitched the final 12/3innings in relief, retiring allfive batters he faced to pick upthe win in the first game forEast.

Sophomore Tom McCarterhad three hits, including atriple, and two RBIs.

Senior Greg Schrot andjunior Travis Early each hadthree hits for East.

East won the opener in thebottom of the eighth inningwhen senior Bryn Ludlowscored on a suicide squeezebunt with the bases loaded byfreshman Austin Greenleaf.

“We may be young, butwe’ve been playing baseball fora long time and our coacheshave prepared us very well,”McCarter said. “We’re gaining

confidence as the year goeson.”

In the second game, Kears-ley scored three unearned runsin the top of the third inning totake a 3-2 lead.

East came back in the bot-tom of the inning, taking thelead for good at 4-3 by scor-ing two runs on four hits. TheEagles added a run in the bot-tom of the fifth for their mar-gin of victory.

Schrot tossed a three-hit-ter, yielding no earned runs toget the win in the nightcap forEast. Kyle McRill had three hitsto lead the Hornets (8-12, 4-4Metro).

“I think we faced the bestteam in the Metro Leaguetonight,” Kearsley coach TimPhipps said. “I’m proud of thekids.

“I told them if we continueto play this well, we will win alot of games.”

Lapeer East continues winning ways

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Tom Herzog earns degree;will complete eligibility at

Central FloridaDAVID MAYOFOR THE FLINT JOURNAL

EAST LANSING — Tom Herzog willgraduate with a degree from MichiganState this weekend, but he will finish hiscollege basketball playing days at theUniversity of Central Florida.

The 7-foot senior from Flint will trans-fer to UCF under NCAA guidelines thatallow some graduating players withremaining eligibility to play elsewherewithout sitting out a year.

Herzog has one year left because heredshirted as a freshman out of PowersCatholic High School.

“I’m excited about the opportunity tocontinue my college basketball career atCentral Florida,” he said, in a statementreleased by MSU’s sports informationdepartment. “I felt really comfortable onmy visit and believe it will be the best fitas I work to achieve some of my goals.

“I had a good four years at MichiganState and accomplished a lot of greatteam goals with my teammates, and yetthere were some personal goals I wasunable to reach. When I came to MSU,I wanted to earn a degree, and reachingthat goal will always mean a lot to me.I’ve formed some lifelong bonds with alot of people in the Spartan basketballfamily, and leaving won’t change those

relationships or what they mean to me.”Herzog played 44 games as a Spartan,

including 15 for this year’s Final Four

team. He started one game during the2008-09 season.

He shot 9-of-11 from the floor in 55minutes this season, with three blockedshots and two steals.

“He works his butt off,” MSU coach TomIzzo said. “He’s a great kid. He’s one of thefew big men who has a passion for basket-ball. I don’t know, because of the Big Ten,because of some injuries he’s had, becauseof me — whatever — it just didn’t workout for him here. And I think he could be agreat addition to their team, I really do.”

Herzog returned Sunday from his visitto the Orlando-based school, Izzo said.

Herzog had the option to participatein Senior Day ceremonies this year butdeclined, saying he was uncertain abouthis future plans.

He and Izzo had discussed other play-ing options almost from the moment theSpartans were eliminated by Butler in anational semifinal game.

“He did help us in a lot of ways,” Izzosaid. “He did help (Goran) Suton last year.As you guys know, when you’re at prac-tice, he can block shots, he can run like adeer — he just struggles under the pres-sure sometimes, or the physical nature ofthings. He struggled with his conditioninga little bit. I don’t think it’s because hewas out of shape, I just think he’d get ner-vous energy and he burned himself out.”

Izzo said Herzog narrowed his optionsto UCF and Bowling Green, adding thatthe player also visited Toledo and GrandValley State.

“I just think a new environment couldreally help him,” Izzo said. “I would notbe surprised if he played really well. Ireally wouldn’t. I think he’s got it in him.”

MSU senior transfers to UCF

DETROIT — As Ernie Harwell madehis final appearance at Comerica Park,adorned in blue suit and hat, with hiswhite shirt offset by a blue tie adornedwith tiny old English “D” logos, his impacton thousands of mourners who filed pasthis casket Thursday was not measured

in trademark phrases ofcalled-out batters standinglike the house by the sideof the road, or someonefrom Alpena or Chesaningsnaring a foul ball.

It was measured in per-sonal tales.

Tom Saputo recentlyretired after 31 years atChrysler, but was only 18in 1976, when he and his

brother, Tony, went to Minneapolis to visita friend, and the Detroit Tigers happenedto be playing the Twins at old Metropoli-tan Stadium.

The boys worked their way down tofield level, where they spied Harwell, thelegendary Tigers broadcaster, emergingfrom the dugout with longtime sidekickPaul Carey.

They excitedly asked to have theirnames broadcast to fans back home.

The announcers did them one better,telling them to come by the broadcastbooth in the fifth inning.

“So we come up there and knockedon the door and Paul Carey says, ‘Shh-hhh! Ernie’s on the air — come on in,boys,’ ” Saputo recalled. “So, we come inand Ernie goes to commercial, and Paulsays, ‘Ernie, these young fellows are fromDetroit, they’d like to get their namesback to Detroit.’ We couldn’t believe it, wewere in the booth with both of them. AndErnie turns around and says, ‘Sure, boys,put your names on this piece of paper andwhen we come back from commercial, I’llannounce it.’

Years later, Saputo, of Shelby Township,who attended Thursday’s public viewingwith his wife, Chris, recalled the storyfor Harwell, whom he described as “justthankful that we remembered, and justgracious, the way he always was.”

Metropolitan Stadium is long gone,as Harwell might have put it, razed andreplaced by the world-famous Mall ofAmerica.

But the youthful memories thereremain.

“To this day, I remember everythingthey said,” Saputo said. “I rememberevery word. My brother says, ‘How canyou remember that?’ And I said, ‘It’s justin the back of my head. We were there.’ ”

Harwell, who died Tuesday of cancer at92, worked for four Major League clubs,but became a legend by spending 42 of his55 years in broadcasting with the Tigers.

Molly Duggan, of Farmington Hills,didn’t necessarily remember him that way,although her father listened to gamessince she was a little girl and Harwell’svoice “is in my head.”

She was a neighbor of Harwell’s formore than two decades, until he movedinto an assisted-living facility, and fre-quently encountered him during hismorning strolls.

“I’m a Gordie Howe fan and that’s aclass act,” Duggan said. “I’m an Al Kalinefan and that’s a class act. Steve Yzerman,our generation. But Ernie, that’s the topof the charts. He never changed. He wasthe same man, from the beginning to theend. You could tell he was just a verydeeply faithful man and a humanitarian.He just loved people.”

As thousands at the 19-hour viewing fileddown Montcalm Street, then turned downWitherall Street, and ultimately throughGate A — the entry topped by a massivephotograph of Harwell bellowing into amicrophone — they encountered a casket,surrounded by flowers and pictures.

Smiles and tears intermingled.At the end of the line, Tigers general

manager Dave Dombrowski shook everymourner’s hand.

Jay Davis, 56, has attended Tigersgames ever since his father taught himhow to use the bus.

Thursday, the music teacher broughtwith him a framed photo he had takenwith Harwell at Tiger Stadium in the early1990s, one of two photos hanging in hisden, alongside one of Muhammad Alistanding over a fallen Sonny Liston.

“He was so warm and genuine,” Davissaid of that meeting. “It was like you hadknown him for years. He was very per-sonable. He was putting his arms aroundme, laughing, and I was like, ‘Wow, howcool was that?’ ”

At family gatherings, Davis recalled,the radio played constantly. His grand-mother never knew the call letters when-ever someone spun the dial, “but she justlistened for Ernie’s voice and would say‘Leave it right there, that’s the ballgame.’ ”

The first time Davis could afford boxseats, he took his grandmother. Shewaved at Willie Horton, who waved back.

“That’s what baseball was all about,”Davis said. “Ernie Harwell representsfamily. He represents what baseball’s allabout.”

Harwell’s legacyis about morethan baseball

Around the State

Pettigrew, who was injuredin the Thanksgiving gameagainst the Packers, said thereis no timetable for his return.

“I’m still taking it easy. Iheal fast anyway. It’s comingalong just fine,” Pettigrew said.“They’re not rushing me tocome back. I don’t know howmuch preseason stuff I’ll do.”

Two players who didn’t par-ticipate were safety Ko Simp-son, who is recovering frommicrofracture surgery, andtackle Gosder Cherilus, whorecently underwent a relative-ly minor knee procedure.

“I think we’ll just take thatday-by-day,” Schwartz said ofCherilus.

“This is the time of the yearwhere we’re not going to worryabout a guy missing a day of

practice. We’ll be patient withit, but he needs to get back onthe field as soon as he can.”

“I’m doing everythingthey’re askingme to do so I canget back. WhenI’m ready, I’ll beback out there,”said Cherilus,who played withknee, ankle andshoulder inju-ries last season.While thoseailments mighthave affected hisperformance, Cherilus won’tuse them as an excuse.

“At the end of the day, I’mout there playing,” he said.“If I wasn’t healthy enough toplay, I wouldn’t have been out

there. I just show up every dayand do my job.”

The Lions secondary shouldget a boost by the return of

cornerback EricKing and safetyDaniel Bullocks.King suffered ashoulder injuryearly in the sea-son against thePittsburgh Steel-ers and went onIR while Bullockshas gone througha series of set-backs stemming

from a knee injury he sufferedin the preseason in 2007.

King took part in all drills,but there are no pads duringthese OTA workouts.

“I don’t know from the day

you take your first snap in theNFL if you’re ever 100 percent(again), but he’s able to gothrough and do all that stuff,”Schwartz said of King. “If wewere in contact now, maybe not.But he’s running full speed.”

As for Bullocks, the Lionsare hoping he continues toprogress without any othersetbacks. It was revealed inDecember that he also hadmicrofracture surgery.

“He’s at a little differentstage because his ACL wasthree years ago. He’s dealingwith other issues with thatand the surgery he had lastyear,” Schwartz said. “He’s nottaking as many reps, but he’sstarting to do everything thateverybody else does and that’sencouraging to see.”

From B1 — LIONS Matthew Stafford, Kevin Smith and Brandon Pettigrew return to the field after suffering injuries last season

Ernie Harwell’s sonappreciated hisfather’s gentle

demeanorDAVID MAYOFOR THE FLINT JOURNAL

DETROIT — Ernie Har-well, the beloved DetroitTigers broadcaster who diedTuesday, spoke for the finaltime with his minister son,Gray, the day before hisdeath.

Gray Harwell recounteda peaceful, spiritual finalexchange.

“I talked to him on Mondayafternoon and he said, ‘Gray,I’m ready to go home, I’mready to see the Lord,’ ” GrayHarwell said.

“And I said, ‘Dad, God’sarms are wide open to you.Let’s pray.’ And I said, ‘God,please be merciful to my dad,he’s starting to suffer. Pleasebring him home to be withyou.’ He was gone the nextmorning, after we prayed.

“We’re thankful for that. Ourjoy is in where he is, and hispeace.”

Gray Harwell recalled achildhood in which uniqueprivilege interspersed withunusual caring for others ashe grew up at long-gone plac-es like the Polo Grounds andEbbets Field.

“I was in the dugout withJackie Robinson and WillieMays and Pee Wee Reese and

Duke Snider and all thoseguys,” he said. “And in thosedays, it wasn’t like it is now,it was loose. So I would sit inthe dugout, I’d talk to them,I’d play catch with them. Sothat’s how I grew up. I didn’tknow anything else.”

That wasn’t why thousandsof Tigers fans lined up Thurs-day around Comerica Park tohonor the passing of a broad-casting legend.

It was how Ernie Harwelltreated his fellow man thatpeople remembered most.

“What I always remem-ber about him is he wouldstop and talk to every usher,people in concessions,” GrayHarwell, one of Ernie andLulu Harwell’s four children,said.

“He would say ‘Hi Joe,how’s your wife doing?’ or‘Hi Barb, how’s your kid?’ Heknew them all by name andhe cared about them. It wasamazing.

“He treated the concessionguy, or the usher, the sameway he would treat some-one in the front office or aballplayer — somebody whowas somebody, so to speak.It didn’t matter to him. Herespected the person. And Ithink that’s one of the thingsthat he taught me, is that Godcares about people, and weshould care about people.They’re all people and theymatter to God, and it mattershow we treat them. So he leftus a great legacy because hetruly was a man of love andcaring and kindness towardpeople.”

And when his father left

him to call games for the Balti-more Orioles or long-departedBrooklyn Dodgers — yearsbefore becoming the voiceof the Tigers — young Grayalways had oversight fromthose same people.

“He would put me in thestands behind the dugoutand he would go to the radiobooth, and he would give theusher a dollar and he’d say‘Keep him in peanuts,’ ” GrayHarwell said.

Gray Harwell, 63, lives inEstero, Fla., where he directsa non-denominational minis-try.

He recalled his father as the“most generous man I’ve everknown” in helping his familyduring some of his pioneeringministry efforts.

He also remembered afather who never once yelledat him or got angry with him,and who never fully grasped“the love of the people forhim.”

“There’s so many thingsthat I appreciate about himand I love about him, and Ihope to be able to live up to,”he said.

Gray Harwell said the fam-ily is doing as well as couldbe expected, thanks to ninemonths of adjusting to ErnieHarwell’s terminal cancer.

“There is an advantage inknowing somebody’s dying,”he said, because people“grieve some ahead of time.”

“There is a finality to it,” hesaid.

“But the main thing for us,my dad knew where he wasgoing. He knows Jesus, heknows the Lord, and he diedvery confident, and peacefully,in his bed.

“It’s just a temporary sepa-ration. Whether it’s now or10 years from now, we’ll betogether soon and we’ll betogether forever. That’s justhow we look at it.”

Kindness as a way of life

DAVIDMayo

FOR THE FLINT JOURNAL

COURTESY | FOR THE FLINT JOURNAL

Powers Catholic grad Tom Herzog hasmaintained good work habits despite notseeing the court much during games atMichigan State this season.

CARLOS OSORIO | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Detroit Tigers fans pay their respects to late Hall of Fame broadcasterErnie Harwell at Comerica Park in Detroit.

“I’m still takingit easy. I healfast anyway. It’scoming alongjust fine.”Brandon Pettigrew

DETROIT LIONSTIGHT END

B6 FRIDAY,MAY 7,2010 mlive.comTHE FLINT JOURNALSPORTS

WILFREDO LEE | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Tiger Woods tees off on the sixth hole during the first round of The Players Championship golf tournament Thursday in Ponte VedraBeach, Fla.

WILL GRAVESTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Todd Pletcher is breaking oneof his own rules in pursuit of aTriple Crown.

The Eclipse Award winningtrainer likes to give his horses atleast five weeks off between races.Super Saver’s win the KentuckyDerby, however, hasn’t left Pletch-er much choice.

The 3-year-old colt will run onjust two weeks’ rest in next Sat-urday’s Preakness. After finallycapturing his first Derby followinga decade of trying, Pletcher willgladly take his chances with hisenergetic star.

“I wish in a perfect world wewould have more time but this isthe way it’s laid out,” Pletcher saidThursday.

Super Saver hasn’t exactlylooked tired since beating IceBox by 21/2 lengths in the slop atChurchill Downs. He’s been activeand lively in his stall and relaxedwhile jogging on the track underexercise rider Kevin Willey.

Pletcher said most horses are“wiped out” following a big race.Not Super Saver.

“He does not appear to beknocked out,” Pletcher said.

Good thing, because SuperSaver will face a a stiff challenge atPimlico as he attempts to take thenext step toward becoming the firstTriple Crown winner in 32 years.

While Super Saver’s nearly per-fect trip under jockey Calvin Borelin the Derby is hardly consideredan aberration, opponents aren’texactly living in fear of the sturdybay.

Derby third-place finisherPaddy O’Prado is a definite forthe Preakness and will joined bystablemate First Dude, second inthe Blue Grass Stakes. TrainerDale Romans was impressed withSuper Saver’s Derby performance,but isn’t ready to call him unbeat-able.

“It’s a tough campaign to get inthe Derby and run in the Derbyand then be fresh two weekslater,” Romans said. “Anybodywould be vulnerable.”

Beaten Derby favorite LookinAt Lucky could also be in thestarting gate.

Trainer Bob Baffert said Thurs-day there’s a 51 percent chanceLookin At Lucky will be shippedto Pimlico next week. That’s upfrom the 50-50 odds the Hall ofFamer offered after the Derby,

when Lookin At Lucky finishedsixth following a troubled tripalong the rail.

“We’re going to change hisname at Lookin At Aluminum,”Baffert joked. “That’s the thinghe’s seem to have done in his lastfew starts.”

The track won’t be quite ascrowded at Pimlico. A full fieldof 14 is expected, meaning thePreakness won’t be the 20-horsetraffic jam that slogged throughthe mud under the twin spires inthe Derby.

Still, don’t expect Lookin AtLucky to race if he somehowdraws the first post again.

“I think he’s a little bit uncom-fortable when he’s down there,”Baffert said.

Something Borel is decidedlynot.

The affable Cajun riderbecame the first jockey to takethree Derbys in four years whenhe deftly guided Super Saveralong the rail to victory. Yet Boreldoesn’t always need a cleaninside trip to win. He capturedthe Preakness aboard filly RachelAlexandra last year while start-ing from the 13th post.

“A lot of people were talkingabout (that post) being a disad-vantage and it wasn’t,” Pletchersaid.

Borel boasted Super Saverwould win the Triple Crown fol-lowing the Derby. He isn’t exactlybacking off that claim.

“He has the talent to do it,” hesaid. “It’s hard to say you’re goingto win it. But he’s peaking at theright time. He’s lightly raced.That’s why I love him so much.”

Super Saver bouncing back quickly after Derby win

L.T. faces rape chargeJIM FITZGERALDTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SUFFERN, N.Y. — Pro Football Hall of FamerLawrence Taylor has been arraigned on rape andprostitution charges in an assault on a16-year-old runaway who police said was broughtto his New York hotel room against her will.

A Rockland County judge set bail at $75,000.The former New York Giants linebacker was

arrested early Thursday at a Holiday Inn in Suf-fern, N.Y. He was charged with third-degree rapeand third-degree patronizing a prostitute.

Authorities said the victim was 16, one yearbelow the legal age of consent in New York.

Taylor’s lawyer, Arthur Aidala, said the playerdenies the charges.

JOSH DUBOWTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ALAMEDA, Calif. — TheOakland Raiders releasedformer No. 1 overall pickJaMarcus Russell onThursday, ending a three-year tenure marked by hishigh salary and unproduc-tive play on the field.

Senior executive JohnHerrera told The Associ-ated Press about the moveand said that “we wish himwell.”

The decision came lessthan two weeks afterOakland acquired JasonCampbell from Washingtonto take over at quarterbackand signifies that owner AlDavis finally lost patiencewith the immensely talent-ed but unproductive playerhe drafted first overall in2007 against the wishes offormer coach Lane Kiffin.

Russell will now likelybe considered one of thebiggest draft busts in NFLhistory, joining Ryan Leaf,Ki-Jana Carter, Akili Smithand others on that list.He will have been paidmore than $39 million by

the Raiders while produc-ing only seven wins as astarter.

Russell showed up atlast week’s minicamp, say-ing he would keep comingto work until told other-wise. He looked decent inthe first of five practiceslast weekend, but got lesswork as the weekend wenton and the decision to cutties was finally made.

The Raiders paid Rus-sell more than $36 millionthrough last season. Theystill owe him $3 millionmore, but saved $6.45 mil-lion by not having him onthe roster in 2010.

Since the start of thecommon draft in 1967,only one other No. 1 pickwas released this quicklyin his NFL career. India-napolis cut 1992 top pickSteve Emtman after threeseasons, but that was morebecause of injuries thanproduction.

Emtman played threemore seasons for Miamiand Washington. Itremains to be seen wheth-er any team will give Rus-sell another shot.

Raiders release Russell

STEVE KARNOWSKITHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MINNEAPOLIS — AMinnesota judge chastisedthe NFL on Thursday andsaid the league broke statelaw even as he handed theleague a significant vic-tory in a closely watchedlawsuit by two MinnesotaVikings challenging theirsuspensions for taking abanned substance.

Hennepin County Dis-trict Judge Gary Larsonsaid the NFL failed to noti-fy the two players of theirtest results within threedays, as required in Min-nesota, and said an NFLofficial played “a game of‘gotcha’” with them. Buthe said that wasn’t enoughto block the NFL’s plan tosuspend the players forfour games each.

The decision doesn’t nec-essarily clear the way forthe NFL to suspend KevinWilliams and Pat Williamsfor part of next season,

however. The judge put offa decision on whether toextend an injunction block-ing the suspensions pend-ing an expected appeal bythe players. A decision isn’texpected for about twoweeks.

The NFL first attemptedto suspend the defen-sive tackles in December2008, a few months afterthey tested positive for abanned diuretic that was inthe StarCaps weight-losssupplement they were tak-ing. They were not accusedof taking steroids andsaid they had no idea thediuretic was in the supple-ment.

The players challengedtheir suspensions whiletheir lawsuit played outin federal and state court.They got to play for theentire 2009-10 season,helping Minnesota reachthe NFC championshipgame, where it lost toeventual Super Bowl win-ner New Orleans.

Minnesota judge sideswith NFL in StarCaps case

KATHY WILLENS | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Pro Football Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor leaves theRamapo Police Department, where he was arraigned oncharges of third-degree rape and patronizing a prostitute.

JONATHAN POETTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

PHILADELPHIA — Robin Roberts, the tirelessHall of Fame pitcher who led the Philadelphia Phil-lies to the 1950 National League pennant as part ofthe famed “Whiz Kids,” died Thursday. He was 83.

Roberts died at his Temple Terrace, Fla., homeof natural causes, the Phillies said, citing son Jim.

“He was a boy-hood hero of mine,”team presidentDavid Montgomerysaid. “Then I had achance to meet himpersonally. I remem-ber pinching myselfknowing I was talk-ing to Robin Rob-erts. His career andstats speak for them-selves. But first andforemost, he wasa friend, and we’llmiss him badly.”

The right-handerwas the most pro-ductive pitcher inthe National Leaguein the first half ofthe 1950s, toppingthe league in winsfrom 1952 to 1955,innings pitched from’51 to ’55 and com-plete games from ’52to ’56.

He won 286 games and put together six consecu-tive 20-win seasons. Roberts had 45 career shut-outs, 2,357 strikeouts and a lifetime ERA of 3.41.He pitched 305 complete games, but also holds thedistinction of giving up more home runs than anyother major league pitcher.

“Workhorse is a weak description,” PhiladelphiaDaily News writer Stan Hochman wrote aboutRoberts in 2003. “He was a mule, stubborn ... andwilling to toil from sunup to sundown.”

Long after his career ended, Roberts followedthe Phillies closely and was still popular in Phila-delphia, drawing boisterous applause from fanseach time he came back. A statue of him outsidethe first-base gate at Citizens Bank Park wasadorned with a wreath Thursday, one of severaltributes the Phillies planned.

Roberts’ No. 36 jersey, which the team retiredin 1962, was hung in the dugout before an after-noon game with St. Louis. It will remain therethe rest of the season, at home and on the road.Players will wear No. 36 on their sleeves, startingFriday night.

Hall of Fame pitcherRobin Roberts dies

FILE | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

This is a 1957 file photo showingPhiladelphia Phillies Hall ofFame pitcher Robin Roberts.

DOUG FERGUSONTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

PONTE VEDRA BEACH,Fla. — Tiger Woods hit onetee shot that went 190 yardsand barely reached the fair-way. He hit another shotsmack into the middle of asawgrass plant, the ball onlyseen by standing over it andsuspended a few inches offthe ground.

Both times, he scratchedout a par and wound upwith a 2-under 70 in ThePlayers Championship.

That’s usually not a badscore to start out this tour-nament.

J.B. Holmes and RobertAllenby shared the lead at66, which didn’t give themmuch separation. Twentyplayers were separated bytwo shots at the top of theleaderboard.

Conditions were sobenign, and greens were

so soft, that more than halfthe field broke par on theStadium Course. And that’snot all. The 36 players whoshot in the 60s were themost for the opening roundsince 1994, and the averagescore (71.1) was the low-est in 17 years in the firstround.

“I only made three bird-ies today,” said Woods, whodidn’t make a bogey untilthe final hole when his 5-wood took a hard hop intothe water. “I had myselfa few chances in there tomake some putts, makesome birdies, and didn’treally do it.”

Masters champion PhilMickelson shot the samescore, in much more con-ventional fashion.

He felt about the sameway.

“Two under is not whatI wanted today,” Mickelsonsaid. “But there is a round

in the mid 60s. If I can shootthat tomorrow, I’ll get rightback in it.”

Holmes played bogey-freefor his 66. The only time hecame close to a bogey wasat No. 10, when he hit overthe green and did well tochip to 15 feet before mak-ing the par putt.

“It was a fun day, one ofthose rounds where every-thing was going prettygood,” Holmes said. “It’skind of one of those roundswhere it’s not easy, but itfelt pretty easy.”

Allenby played in theafternoon, when the breezekicked up, and only had onelapse with a three-putt onthe par-3 eighth.

“Greens were a bit slowout there, definitely quitesoft after the rain that we’vehad the last couple of days,”Allenby said. “It definitelymade it very accessible,some of those flags.”

ROB CARR | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

J.B. Holmes lines up his putt on the18th green during the first roundof The Players Championship.

Allenby, Holmes share lead at TPC

OutdoorsB7 • FRIDAY, MAY 7, 2010 • THE FLINT JOURNAL • mlive.com

SATURDAY:• Open trap and skeet shoot, 11

a.m., Saginaw Field & Stream Club,1500 N. Gleaner Road. Call (989)642-8312.

• Open trap, skeet, sporting claysand elevated 5-stand shoots, 10 a.m.to 4 p.m., Freeland Sportsman’sClub, 9693 LaDuke Road, Freeland.Call (989) 695-2641.

• Open trap, sporting clays and 5-stand shoots, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., GrandBlanc Huntsman’s Club, 9046 S.Irish Road, Grand Blanc. Call: (810)6363-7261.

• Open skeet, trap, sporting claysand 5-stand shoots, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.,Bay County Gun Club, 860 RogersRoad, Linwood. Call: (989) 631-9944.

• Open trap, skeet, 5-stand andsporting clays shoots, 10 a.m. to 4p.m., Genesee Sportsman’s Club,8208 N. Seymour Road, Flushing.Call: (810) 639-5100.

SUNDAY:• Open trap, skeet, 5-stand and

sporting clays shoots, noon to 5p.m., Saginaw Gun Club.

• Open trap and skeet shoots, 1p.m. to 4 p.m., Tuscola County Con-servation Club, M-24 and Gun ClubRoad, Caro. Call: (989) 673-6291.

• Open trap, skeet, sporting claysand elevated 5-stand shoots, noon to4 p.m., Freeland Sportsman’s Club.

• Open trap, sporting clays and 5-stand shoots, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., GrandBlanc Huntsman’s Club.

• Open trap shoot, 10 a.m to 1p.m., Linden Sportsmen Club, 14343Hogan Road, Linden. Call: (810)730-2154.

• Open skeet, trap, sporting claysand 5-stand shoots, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.Bay County Gun Club.

• Open trap, skeet, 5-stand andsport clays shoots, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.,Genesee Sportsman’s Club.

• Open trap, skeet, sporting clays,5-stand and wobble shoots, 10 a.m.to 4 p.m., Lapeer County Sports-men’s Club, 1213 Lake GeorgeRoad, Attica. Call: (810) 725-5582.

TUESDAY:• Open trap shoot, 10 a.m. to

noon, Brant Rifle & Pistol Club,9300 S. Raucholz Road, Brant. Call:(989) 385-4623.

• Open trap and skeet shoot, 4p.m., Saginaw Field & Stream Club.

• Winter 3-D archery league and

open shooting under the lights, 6p.m., Genesee Sportsman’s Club.

• Open trap, skeet, sporting clays,5-stand and wobble shoots, 1 p.m. to9 p.m., Lapeer County Sportsmen’sClub.

WEDNESDAY:• Open trap, skeet, sporting clays

and elevated 5-stand shoots, 1 p.m.to 9 p.m., Freeland Sportsman’sClub.

• Open trap shoot, 6:30 p.m. to 10p.m., Chesaning Conservation Club,13700 Baldwin Road. Call (989) 845-7181.

• Open trap, sporting clays and 5-stand shoots, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., GrandBlanc Huntsman’s Club.

• Open skeet , trap, sporting claysand 5-stand shoots, 2 p.m. to 9 p.m.,Bay County Gun Club.

• Open trap, skeet, 5-stand andsporting clays shoots, 4 p.m. to 9p.m., Genesee Sportsman’s Club.

• Open trap shoot, 6 p.m., Bridge-port Gun Club, 3265 Roselle Road,Bridgeport. Call (989) 777-9949 or(989) 868-3614.

THURSDAY:• Open trap, 5-stand and skeet

shoot, noon to 9 p.m., and sportingclays shoot, 3 p.m. until dark, Sagi-naw Gun Club.

• Open trap and skeet shoots, 6to 9 p.m., Tuscola County Conserva-tion Club.

• Open trap shoot, 6 p.m. to 10p.m., Brant Rifle & Pistol Club.

• Open trap shoot, 6 p.m. to 8p.m., Linden Sportsmen Club.

FRIDAY:• Open trap, skeet and wobble

shoots, 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., Franken-muth Conservation Club, 8415 E.Curtis Road, Frankenmuth. Call:(989) 652-9411 (cq).

• Open trap, skeet, sporting clays,5-stand and wobble shoots, 1 p.m. to5 p.m., Lapeer County Sportsmen’sClub.

• Open trap, skeet and wobbleshoots, 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., Franken-muth Conservation Club, 8415 E.Curtis Road, Frankenmuth. Call:(989) 652-9411.

Compiled by Greg Nelson. Pleasesubmit entries by e-mail to gregnl-sn6@gmail.com at least a week priorto publication date.

Outdoors CalendarSE LOWER PENINSULALexington: Those out trollingin 20 to 40 feet of water withspoons or body baits havecaught a mix of lake trout,chinook, coho, steelhead, pinksalmon and the occasionalbrown trout.

Port Sanilac: Had the samereport as Lexington with boatstaking fish in 20 to 40 feet ofwater.

Harbor Beach: Lake trout fishingcontinues to be good straightout, north and south of theport. Use medium spoons orbody baits off downriggers andoffshore boards in 30 to 60 feetof water. Best colors have beenblue, silver, purple and yellow.A few salmon were caught. Forsteelhead, try bright colors offthe boards. Brown trout werecaught in shallow waters onsmall spoons or body baits.

Port Austin: Shore and pier an-glers are catching and releasingsmallmouth bass.

Saginaw Bay: Had good catchesof walleye on the calmer daysin 16 feet of water off Linwood,8 to 20 feet of water off the BayCity State Park, around SpoilsIsland and on the Callahan Reef.Crawler harnesses are the popu-lar bait. Walleye fishing nearQuanicassee was hit-or-miss.Not much activity at Sebewaing,but the channel buoys are nowin place. Those heading outfrom Bay Port caught a few wall-eye out in the Slot. Boat anglersfrom Caseville are heading southto the Slot or fishing around thebuoy off the end of Sand Point.

Tittabawassee River: Walleyefishing here is just about done.A few fish still remain, but mosthave headed back out to thebay. Anglers are catching andreleasing a lot of smallmouthbass, and the white bass runsare starting.

Saginaw River: Some walleyeare still being caught in thelower river near the Karn-

Weadok Power Plant. Fish werecaught on jigs with crawlers.This location is a good alterna-tive to fighting the wind out onthe bay.

NE LOWER PENINSULAMullett Lake: Walleye fishingremains closed until May 15.Surface water temperaturesrange from the low to mid 50s.Pike anglers are trolling orcasting stick baits, crank baitsor spoons in Pigeon Bay. Someare still-fishing with minnows inwaters 8 to 24 feet deep.

Alpena: Boat anglers fishingThunder Bay have caught somewalleye when fishing the shore-line between the boat launchand the cement plant. Try reefrunners 3 to 4 feet down in 12to 14 feet of water. Walleye werecaught along the north shorewhen trolling in 15 feet of water.Chartreuse was a good color.Most walleye were caught atnight when trolling green crawlerharnesses or glow-in-the-darkbody baits. A few pike werecaught and pre-season bassfishing has been good in 10feet of water with tube baits orminnows.

Thunder Bay River: Steelheadfishing is pretty much done.Most of the fish have turneddark, but there was still plentyof fishing pressure. Some weredrifting yellow beads and waxworms. No walleye were caughtbut smallmouth bass were.

Oscoda: Morning walleyecatches have increased withmost anglers catching their lim-its. Crawlers worked best. Thosefishing off the end of the piercaught walleye and steelheadwhen casting body baits.

Au Sable River: Steelheadanglers are using spawn, fliesand wax worms. A few walleyewere caught when trolling bodybaits and crawler harnesses,especially near the mouth. A fewsuckers can still be found nearFoote Dam.

Fishing Report

Cowboy Action Fun ShootThe Lapeer County Wranglers will host

a Cowboy Action Fun Shoot and SilhouetteShoot, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 8 at the Lap-eer County Sportsmen’s Club, 1213 N. LakeGeorge Road, Attica Township. Directions:(810) 895-8259 or online at www.lapeers-portsmens.org.

Ruffed Grouse to hold Youth ShootThe Robert J. Lytle Chapter of the

Ruffed Grouse Society will hold a FunTrap and Skeet Youth Shoot at the NorthMacomb Sportsmen’s Club, 3231 InwoodRoad, Washington on May 22, beginningwith registration at 10 a.m. Shooting beginsat noon.

The shoot is open to youngsters in threeage classes: 10-12, 13-15, and 16-17. Par-ticipants will shoot 25 skeet and 25 trap.Flights and shooting times will be posted atregistration. Awards will be given in eachclass along with many other prizes. Shoot-ers must be accompanied by an adult andbring their own shotgun shells. Re-loadsare not permitted.

Registration is $10 and shooters mustregister by May 13.

To register: (810) 392-2111 or e-mail:thurston@klondyke.net.

Richfield Park BMX 2010 SeasonRichfield Park BMX (Bicycle Motocross

Racing) has officially begun its 2010 seasonat Richfield Park, 6550 N. Irish Road inRichfield Township.

Everyone is invited to come out andwatch a fun competition for free, or donsafety equipment and ride the track, includ-ing a new trail section. Any bike can beoutfitted to suit BMX, and safety equip-ment is mandatory: helmets, long-sleevedshirts, long pants, and enclosed shoes.Some helmets are available as loaners fromthe track. Free one-day memberships areavailable.

Practices are 5 to 8 p.m. on Wednesdays.Upcoming Sunday race days are 11 a.m. to2 p.m. on May 2, 9 16, 23 and 30, and June13 and 27, with more dates through Octo-ber. Saturday night races are May 22, June26, July 3 and 10 and August 28.

Special events coming up include ABARace for Life on May 30, ABA MichiganState race on June 27, Trail Jam on July9 and Trail Jam Night race on July 10.A special clinic will be held on June 24with Dominique Daniels, the number oneranked American female and pro rider.

For more information: www.richfieldpar-kbmx.com. Or call the Track Hotline: (810)653-2632.

History Events at State ParksMany Michigan state parks are offering

“A Blast from the Past” for park visitorsand campers this summer. These eventsrange from Plow Days and Logging Daysto Classic Car Shows and Lighthouse Fes-tivals.

The events promise to bring history alivefor students, teachers, children, parents,park visitors and campers of all ages.

Trained staff, park explorer guides andinterpreters will be on-site to teach abouthistorical events and spark imagination.

The upcoming schedule includesFreighters of the Great Lakes Slideshowat Algonac State Park in St. Clair Countyon May 22, June 19 and July 17. A WalkThrough Time at Sleeper State Park inHuron County on June 3-5; Tawas PointCelebration Days at Tawas Point State ParkIosco County on June 12-13; and Sanato-rium History Hike at Maybury State Parkin Wayne County on June 26.

For a complete calendar of historyevents through September as well as otherinformation on state parks: www.michigan.gov/stateparks.

Spring Morel Hunting on Public LandThe Department of Natural Resources

and Environment publishes a list of pre-scribed burn and wildfire areas as a serviceto morel hunters, since such areas typicallysee a larger crop of morels the year follow-ing the burn.

Those who wish to search for mush-rooms on state land do not need a permit.Mushroom hunters who use off-roadvehicles to get into state forest lands arereminded that ORV use in the Lower Penin-sula is restricted to designated and signedtrails, routes and use areas.

Persons who use state forest lands forcamping must fill out and post a free campregistration card, available at most DNREoffices.

To find maps with suitable ORV trails,public lands available for mushroom pick-ing and types of vegetation, check out thenew innovative application Mi-HUNT. Toaccess the application, learn more aboutpoisonous mushroom species and find a listof wildfire locations, visit www.michigan.gov/mushroomhunting.

Wildflower WanderWander the trails with a naturalist to

reveal the best of For-Mar’s flora. For fami-lies of all ages, 2 to 3:30 p.m., May 8 at For-Mar Nature Preserve & Arboretum, 2142N. Genesee Road, Burton. Cost: $3 perperson. Preregistration not required, butorganized groups are asked to call ahead.(810) 736-7100.

Sierra Club Leadership TrainingLearn how to become a future environ-

mental leader while learning about theSierra Club’s different campaigns, 8:30 a.m.to 4 p.m. May 8 at Wayne County Commu-nity College, eastern campus. To register:action.sierraclub.org/leadership.

Outdoors Briefs

DAVID V. GRAHAMdgraham@flintjournal.com I (810) 659-4485

A South African safari outfitter withlong ties to the Flint area hunting commu-nity has been fined $30,000 and ordered topay $7,500 in restitution to an Americanhunter who was unknowingly taken on anillegal leopard hunt in 2006.

The sentence was imposed April 14on Dawie Groenewald, who owns Outof Africa Adventurous Safaris with hisbrother, Janneman, by U.S. District JudgeMark E. Fuller in Montgomery, Ala. Fulleralso sentenced Groenewald to time servedfor the eight days he spent in jail after hisFebruary arrest.

Out of Africa Safaris donated severalAfrican hunts to the annual fund-raisingbanquets hosted by the Flint chapter ofSafari Club International earlier in thisdecade, and Janneman attended several ofthose banquets. More than a dozen localhunters have hunted with Out of Africa,including this reporter.

Dawie Groenewald was indicted in Feb-ruary on charges of violating the LaceyAct by exporting a leopard trophy to theU.S. two years after it was killed and with-out having a proper export permit fromthe Convention on International Trade inEndangered Species (CITES), accordingto a press released issued by the office ofU.S. District Attorney Leura G. Canary.

According to a story on the online biggame hunter-oriented service HuntingRe-port.com, Dawie plead guilty to selling aleopard hunt to an American hunter in2006 knowing he did not have the authori-zation from the South African governmentfor a valid CITES permit. Dawie report-edly waited two years to apply for an

export permit for the animal, claiming itwas killed in 2008.

The trophy was confiscated by federalwildlife agents when it arrived at KennedyInternational Airport in New York.

The American hunter did not knowabout the permit situation and cooperatedwith federal agents when the investigationbegan, The Hunting Report story says.

Barbara Crown, editor and owner ofThe Hunting Report of Miami, Fla., saidDawie was arrested by U.S. Fish andWildlife agents Jan. 29 after he boardedan airliner in Montgomery to return hometo South Africa after visiting his brotherthere.

He was jailed for eight days and thenspent nearly two and a half months underhouse arrest at his brother’s house beforehe was sentenced.

Matt Gettler, of Gaines Township, is oneof at least two Flint area big game hunterswho has a pending lawsuit against Out ofAfrica in South Africa.

Gettler and Dale McClelland, of FentonTownship, accuse Out of Africa of notdelivering several trophies they took onseparate safaris several years ago, despitethe fact that they said they paid the trophyfees for the animals, including a leopard.

“He (Dawie) has it (the fine and jailtime) coming for taking people’s moneyand not giving them their animals,” Get-tler said when informed about the April 14sentencing. “I would like to get my moneyback and my animals.”

McClelland, who was interviewed on thetelephone while preparing to leave SouthAfrica for home, said he sees the sentenc-ing as the tip of a very large iceberg ofserious allegations involving Out of AfricaSafaris.

“The thing that bothers me most if thatmost hunters are ethical and obey the gamelaws,” he said. “When outfitters disregardethics and the law, that (negatively) affectseveryone involved in the hunting industry.”

McClelland said he knows of at leasta dozen other American hunters whohaven’t received their trophies from Outof Africa. McClelland said he is amongseveral hunters who did receive some oftheir animals, but then discovered thatthey were not animals they had killed.

Marc Somers, who served two terms aspresident of the Flint Safari Club chapter,said he heard many rumors about Out ofAfrica’s reputation in recent years, butsaid he knows the Flint area hunters whobooked with Out of Africa were happywith their hunting experience.

Somers said Out of Africa has notdonated a hunt to the Flint chapter in atleast two or three years and he said hehasn’t seen any of the principals in thefirm for several years before that.

“We never heard any proof of illegalproceedings by them,” Somers said. “It istough when you hear so many rumors. Iknow they (Out of Africa) still has goodrelations with many other chapters aroundthe state and country.”

Somers said the Flint chapter has goodrelations with several other African safarioutfitters “who we are more comfortablewith.”

Somers said the Flint chapter supports allnational and international game laws andits members will be upset to learn that alocally-known outfitter has violated the law.

“Unfortunately, this whole thing givesus hunters a black eye,” he said. “The anti-hunters will try to use this incident to shutdown hunting in general.”

Safari outfitter slapped with fines

Tigersighting

In this photo taken April10, a tiger stands atop awooden platform in theLion and Rhino Reserve

near Johannesburg, SouthAfrica has nearly 600

national parks and reserves— plenty of opportunityfor the hordes of visitors

coming for Africa’s firstWorld Cup to do something

besides watching soccer.CARLEY PETESCH |

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

B8 FRIDAY,MAY 7,2010 mlive.comTHE FLINT JOURNALSPORTS

BASEBALLAMERICAN LEAGUE

East DivisionW L Pct GB

Tampa Bay 20 7 .741 —New York 19 8 .704 1Toronto 16 13 .552 5Boston 14 14 .500 61/2Baltimore 7 21 .250 131/2

Central DivisionW L Pct GB

Minnesota 19 9 .679 —Detroit 16 13 .552 31/2Chicago 12 16 .429 7Kansas City 11 17 .393 8Cleveland 10 17 .370 81/2

West DivisionW L Pct GB

Oakland 15 14 .517 —Texas 14 14 .500 1/2Los Angeles 12 17 .414 3Seattle 11 16 .407 3

Wednesday’s GamesToronto 5, Cleveland 4N.Y. Yankees 7, Baltimore 5Minnesota 5, Detroit 4Oakland 4, Texas 1Boston 3, L.A. Angels 1Chicago White Sox 9, Kansas City 2Tampa Bay 8, Seattle 3

Thursday’s GamesL.A. Angels at Boston, 7:10 p.m.Kansas City at Texas, 8:05 p.m.Baltimore at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.Toronto at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m.Tampa Bay at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

Friday’s GamesDetroit (Bonderman 1-1) at Cleveland

(D.Huff 1-4), 7:05 p.m.N.Y. Yankees (P.Hughes 3-0) at Boston

(Beckett 1-0), 7:10 p.m.Kansas City (Greinke 0-3) at Texas

(C.Wilson 2-1), 8:05 p.m.Baltimore (Millwood 0-3) at Minnesota

(Liriano 4-0), 8:10 p.m.Toronto (Marcum 1-1) at Chicago White

Sox (Buehrle 2-4), 8:10 p.m.Tampa Bay (Price 3-1) at Oakland

(G.Gonzalez 3-1), 10:05 p.m.L.A. Angels (Jer.Weaver 3-1) at Seattle

(F.Hernandez 2-2), 10:10 p.m.Saturday’s Games

Detroit at Cleveland, 1:05 p.m.Baltimore at Minnesota, 1:10 p.m.N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 3:10 p.m.Tampa Bay at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.Toronto at Chicago White Sox, 7:05 p.m.Kansas City at Texas, 8:05 p.m.L.A. Angels at Seattle, 9:10 p.m.

Sunday’s GamesDetroit at Cleveland, 1:05 p.m.Toronto at Chicago White Sox, 2:05 p.m.Baltimore at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m.Kansas City at Texas, 3:05 p.m.Tampa Bay at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.L.A. Angels at Seattle, 4:10 p.m.N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 8:05 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUEEast Division

W L Pct GBPhiladelphia 16 11 .593 —New York 15 13 .536 11/2Washington 14 13 .519 2Florida 13 14 .481 3Atlanta 12 15 .444 4

Central DivisionW L Pct GB

St. Louis 18 10 .643 —Cincinnati 14 14 .500 4Chicago 13 15 .464 5Milwaukee 12 15 .444 51/2Pittsburgh 12 15 .444 51/2Houston 9 18 .333 81/2

West DivisionW L Pct GB

San Francisco 16 10 .615 —San Diego 17 11 .607 —Colorado 14 14 .500 3Arizona 13 15 .464 4Los Angeles 11 16 .407 51/2

Wednesday’s GamesCincinnati 5, N.Y. Mets 4, 10 inningsAtlanta 7, Washington 6, 10 inningsPittsburgh 4, Chicago Cubs 2Philadelphia 4, St. Louis 0San Francisco 3, Florida 2Houston 4, Arizona 2Colorado 6, San Diego 5, 12 inningsMilwaukee 11, L.A. Dodgers 3

Thursday’s GamesSt. Louis at Philadelphia, 1:05 p.m.Atlanta at Washington, 7:05 p.m.Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.San Francisco at Florida, 7:10 p.m.Arizona at Houston, 8:05 p.m.Milwaukee at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

Friday’s GamesAtlanta (D.Lowe 4-2) at Philadelphia

(Moyer 3-2), 7:05 p.m.Florida (Volstad 2-2) at Washington

(Stammen 1-1), 7:05 p.m.St. Louis (Carpenter 4-0) at Pittsburgh

(Duke 2-3), 7:05 p.m.Chicago Cubs (Silva 2-0) at Cincinnati

(H.Bailey 0-1), 7:10 p.m.San Francisco (J.Sanchez 2-2) at N.Y.

Mets (Pelfrey 4-1), 7:10 p.m.San Diego (Latos 1-3) at Houston (Norris

1-3), 8:05 p.m.Milwaukee (Gallardo 3-2) at Arizona

(E.Jackson 1-3), 9:40 p.m.Colorado (Rogers 0-1) at L.A. Dodgers

(Kuroda 3-1), 10:10 p.m.Saturday’s Games

Florida at Washington, 1:05 p.m.San Francisco at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m.Atlanta at Philadelphia, 3:10 p.m.San Diego at Houston, 7:05 p.m.St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.Milwaukee at Arizona, 8:10 p.m.Colorado at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERSBATTING—MiCabrera, Detroit, .372;

AJackson, Detroit, .369; Cano, New York,.362; Longoria, Tampa Bay, .356; Morneau,Minnesota, .354; Gardner, New York, .346;Mauer, Minnesota, .345.

RUNS—Longoria, Tampa Bay, 26;Cano, New York, 23; AJackson, Detroit,23; Gardner, New York, 22; OHudson,Minnesota, 22; VWells, Toronto, 22;Youkilis, Boston, 22.

RBI—MiCabrera, Detroit, 30; Konerko,Chicago, 25; Cuddyer, Minnesota, 22;AleGonzalez, Toronto, 22; Longoria, TampaBay, 22; CPena, Tampa Bay, 22; 5 tied at 21.

HITS—AJackson, Detroit, 45;MiCabrera, Detroit, 42; Cano, New York,38; Butler, Kansas City, 37; Longoria,Tampa Bay, 37; FGutierrez, Seattle, 36;Jeter, New York, 36; ISuzuki, Seattle, 36.

DOUBLES—AleGonzalez, Toronto, 12;VWells, Toronto, 12; MiCabrera, Detroit,11; Hunter, Los Angeles, 11; Inge, Detroit,11; Markakis, Baltimore, 11; Crawford,Tampa Bay, 10; Damon, Detroit, 10.

TRIPLES—AJackson, Detroit, 3; Maier,Kansas City, 3; 12 tied at 2.

HOME RUNS—Konerko, Chicago, 12;Cano, New York, 9; AnJones, Chicago,9; Wigginton, Baltimore, 9; AleGonzalez,Toronto, 8; JGuillen, Kansas City, 8;VWells, Toronto, 8.

STOLEN BASES—Pierre, Chicago, 15;Gardner, New York, 13; RDavis, Oakland,12; Andrus, Texas, 10; Podsednik, KansasCity, 9; Rios, Chicago, 9; Crawford,Tampa Bay, 7; Figgins, Seattle, 7; Span,Minnesota, 7.

PITCHING—Garza, Tampa Bay, 5-1; AJBurnett, New York, 4-0; Liriano,Minnesota, 4-0; JShields, Tampa Bay, 4-0;Pettitte, New York, 4-0; Sabathia, NewYork, 4-1; Slowey, Minnesota, 4-2.

STRIKEOUTS—CLewis, Texas, 44;JShields, Tampa Bay, 43; Morrow, Toronto,42; RRomero, Toronto, 40; JerWeaver, LosAngeles, 40; Garza, Tampa Bay, 39; Lester,Boston, 37.

SAVES—Papelbon, Boston, 8; Aardsma,Seattle, 8; Rauch, Minnesota, 8; Valverde,Detroit, 7; Gregg, Toronto, 7; Soria,Kansas City, 7; RSoriano, Tampa Bay, 7;MRivera, New York, 7.

NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERSBATTING—Ethier, Los Angeles,

.366; Braun, Milwaukee, .355; Werth,Philadelphia, .354; Freese, St. Louis, .348;Theriot, Chicago, .345; Byrd, Chicago,.343; Loney, Los Angeles, .339; Prado,Atlanta, .339.

RUNS—Utley, Philadelphia, 26; Kemp,Los Angeles, 25; Braun, Milwaukee, 24;Reynolds, Arizona, 23; Werth, Philadelphia,23; Maybin, Florida, 22; JUpton, Arizona,21; Weeks, Milwaukee, 21.

RBI—Ethier, Los Angeles, 26; Cantu,Florida, 25; Pujols, St. Louis, 25; Braun,Milwaukee, 24; Heyward, Atlanta, 24;Reynolds, Arizona, 24; CYoung, Arizona,24.

HITS—Theriot, Chicago, 41; Braun,Milwaukee, 39; Loney, Los Angeles,38; Prado, Atlanta, 37; Byrd, Chicago,36; Headley, San Diego, 36; Pujols, St.Louis, 36.

DOUBLES—Werth, Philadelphia, 15;Byrd, Chicago, 10; Prado, Atlanta, 10;Tulowitzki, Colorado, 10; Zimmerman,Washington, 10; AdLaRoche, Arizona, 9;Loney, Los Angeles, 9; Pujols, St. Louis, 9.

TRIPLES—Morgan, Washington, 5;AEscobar, Milwaukee, 4; Bay, New York,3; SDrew, Arizona, 3; Fowler, Colorado, 3;Venable, San Diego, 3; 11 tied at 2.

HOME RUNS—Ethier, Los Angeles, 9;KJohnson, Arizona, 9; Reynolds, Arizona,9; Heyward, Atlanta, 8; Utley, Philadelphia,8; Barajas, New York, 7; Kemp, LosAngeles, 7; Pujols, St. Louis, 7; ASoriano,Chicago, 7; DWright, New York, 7.

STOLEN BASES—Bourn, Houston, 11;AMcCutchen, Pittsburgh, 10; Furcal, LosAngeles, 8; Headley, San Diego, 8; Stubbs,Cincinnati, 7; Venable, San Diego, 7;DWright, New York, 7.

PITCHING—Jimenez, Colorado, 6-0;Halladay, Philadelphia, 6-1; Zito, SanFrancisco, 5-0; Lincecum, San Francisco,4-0; Carpenter, St. Louis, 4-0; Pelfrey,New York, 4-1; Wainwright, St. Louis, 4-1;LHernandez, Washington, 4-1; DLowe,Atlanta, 4-2; Correia, San Diego, 4-2.

STRIKEOUTS—Lincecum, San Francisco,56; Halladay, Philadelphia, 48; Hamels,Philadelphia, 44; Jimenez, Colorado, 44;JoJohnson, Florida, 42; Haren, Arizona, 41;Gallardo, Milwaukee, 40.

SAVES—Capps, Washington, 11;Cordero, Cincinnati, 9; Bell, San Diego,7; Franklin, St. Louis, 7; Qualls, Arizona,6; Lindstrom, Houston, 6; BrWilson, SanFrancisco, 5; Dotel, Pittsburgh, 5.

BASKETBALLNBA PLAYOFFS

CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS(Best-of-7)

Monday, May 3Boston 104, Cleveland 86, series tied 1-1Phoenix 111, San Antonio 102

Tuesday, May 4Orlando 114, Atlanta 71, Orlando leads

series 1-0L.A. Lakers 111, Utah 103, L.A. Lakers

leads series 2-0Wednesday, May 5

Phoenix 110, San Antonio 102, Phoenixleads series 2-0

Thursday, May 6Atlanta at Orlando, 8 p.m.

Friday, May 7Cleveland at Boston, 7 p.m.Phoenix at San Antonio, 9:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 8Orlando at Atlanta, 5 p.m.L.A. Lakers at Utah, 8 p.m.

Sunday, May 9Cleveland at Boston, 3:30 p.m.Phoenix at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

Monday, May 10Orlando at Atlanta, 8 p.m.L.A. Lakers at Utah, 10:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 11Boston at Cleveland, 8 p.m.x-San Antonio at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m.

2010 ALL-NBA TEAMS LIST(Voting on a 5-3-1 basis; first-place votes

in parentheses)First Team

F — LeBron James, Cleveland (122) 610F — Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City (107)

579C — Dwight Howard, Orlando (122) 610G — Kobe Bryant, L.A. Lakers (119) 604G — Dwyane Wade, Miami (81) 520

Second TeamF — Carmelo Anthony, Denver (9) 321F — Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas (10) 356C — Amar’e Stoudemire, Phoenix (2) 239G — Steve Nash, Phoenix (24) 366G — Deron Williams, Utah (14) 343

Third TeamF — Tim Duncan, San Antonio 125F — Pau Gasol, L.A. Lakers 94C — Andrew Bogut, Milwaukee 149G — Joe Johnson, Atlanta 118G — Brandon Roy, Portland 87Other players receiving votes: Chris

Bosh, Toronto, 80; Rajon Rondo, Boston,47; David Lee, New York, 43; CarlosBoozer, Utah, 33; Chauncey Billups,Denver, 24; Zach Randolph, Memphis, 20;Al Horford, Atlanta, 19; Jason Kidd, Dallas,18; Derrick Rose, Chicago, 15; Chris Paul,New Orleans, 14; Manu Ginobili, SanAntonio, 13; Chris Kaman, LA Clippers, 9;Brook Lopez, New Jersey, 6; Josh Smith,Atlanta, 6; Paul Pierce, Boston, 6; GeraldWallace, Charlotte, 5; Marcus Camby,Portland, 3; Andrew Bynum, LA Lakers, 2;Danny Granger, Indiana, 2; David West,New Orleans, 1; Kevin Garnett, Boston,1; Mo Williams; Cleveland, 1; Tony ParkerSan Antonio, 1.

Selected by a panel of 122 sportswritersand broadcasters throughout North America

HOCKEYNHL PLAYOFFS

(Best-of-7)(x-if necessary)Monday, May 3

Boston 3, Philadelphia 2Chicago 4, Vancouver 2

Tuesday, May 4Pittsburgh 2, Montreal 0, Pittsburgh leads

series 2-1San Jose 4, Detroit 3, OT, San Jose

leads series 3-0Wednesday, May 5

Boston 4, Philadelphia 1, Boston leadsseries 3-0

Chicago 5, Vancouver 2, Chicago leadsseries 2-1

Thursday, May 6Pittsburgh at Montreal, 7 p.m.San Jose at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, May 7Boston at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.Chicago at Vancouver, 9:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 8Montreal at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.x-Detroit at San Jose, 10 p.m.

Sunday, May 9Vancouver at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Monday, May 10x-Philadelphia at Boston, 7 p.m.x-Pittsburgh at Montreal, 7 p.m.x-San Jose at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 11x-Chicago at Vancouver, 9:30 p.m.

NHL SCORING LEADERSThrough May. 05

GP G A PTSSidney Crosby, Pit 9 5 11 16Joe Pavelski, SJ 9 9 6 15Michael Cammalleri, Mon 10 8 5 13Henrik Zetterberg, Det 10 7 6 13Jonathan Toews, Chi 9 2 11 13Mikael Samuelsson, Van 9 8 4 12Pavel Datsyuk, Det 10 6 6 12Mike Richards, Phi 8 4 8 12Patrick Kane, Chi 9 6 5 11Daniel Sedin, Van 9 4 7 11Johan Franzen, Det 10 2 9 11Alex Ovechkin, Was 7 5 5 10Evgeni Malkin, Pit 9 5 5 10Miroslav Satan, Bos 9 5 5 10Ryane Clowe, SJ 9 2 8 10

IHL PLAYOFFSFIRST ROUND

SERIES A(Best-of-7)

FLINT 4 MUSKEGON 3Friday, April 23: Muskegon 2, Flint 1Saturday, April 24: Muskegon 6, Flint 4Tuesday, April 27: Flint 4, Muskegon 1Thursday, April 29: Muskegon 5, Flint 2Saturday, May 01: Flint 5, Muskegon 2Tuesday, May 04: Flint 5, Muskegon 2Wednesday, May 05: Flint 5, Muskegon 2

SERIES B(Best-of-7)

FORT WAYNE 4, PORT HURON 3Thursday, April 22: Fort Wayne 4, Port

Huron 2Saturday, April 24: Port Huron 3, Fort

Wayne 2, OTSunday, April 25: Port Huron 4, Fort

Wayne 3Wednesday, April 28: Port Huron 4, Fort

Wayne 2Friday, April 30: Fort Wayne 7, Port

Huron 2Saturday, May 01: Fort Wayne 4, Port

Huron 3Monday, May 03: Fort Wayne 4, Port

Huron 0TURNER CUP FINALS

(Best-of-7)FLINT VS. FORT WAYNE

Saturday, May 08: Flint at Fort Wayne,7:30 p.m.

Monday, May 10: Flint at Fort Wayne,7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 12: Fort Wayne at Flint,7:00 p.m.

Friday, May 14: Fort Wayne at Flint,7:00 p.m.

x-Saturday, May 15: Flint at Fort Wayne,7:30 p.m.

x-Monday, May 17: Fort Wayne at Flint,7:00 p.m.

x-Wednesday, May 19: Flint at FortWayne, 7:30 p.m.Dates and times, TBA

GOLFPGA TOUR FEDEXCUP LEADERS

Through May 2Rank Name Pts Money1. Ernie Els 1,396 $3,143,1412. Jim Furyk 1,296 $2,562,9523. Phil Mickelson 1,233 $2,544,7194. Anthony Kim 1,215 $2,518,5215. Camilo Villegas 972 $2,118,4156. Steve Stricker 966 $2,033,7147. Dustin Johnson 903 $1,866,645

8. Matt Kuchar 849 $1,731,5639. Bill Haas 838 $1,425,83110. Hunter Mahan 795 $1,607,59311. Ben Crane 782 $1,355,27612. Jason Bohn 749 $1,547,32113. K.J. Choi 746 $1,310,31014. Luke Donald 743 $1,531,27115. Robert Allenby 731 $1,368,05716. Ian Poulter 702 $1,700,02517. Geoff Ogilvy 689 $1,400,30618. J.B. Holmes 664 $1,264,42219. Rickie Fowler 659 $1,309,90120. Paul Casey 640 $1,518,29521. Retief Goosen 605 $1,302,33322. Ryan Palmer 604 $1,162,20223. Nick Watney 604 $1,118,19724. Bubba Watson 590 $962,38625. Rory McIlroy 579 $1,324,74326. Kevin Na 569 $1,119,15727. Charles Howell III 552 $874,35728. Y.E. Yang 533 $1,040,52329. Bo Van Pelt 523 $968,44230. Tim Clark 509 $849,15831. Vaughn Taylor 496 $984,94932. Steve Marino 484 $1,044,54733. Brandt Snedeker 471 $730,76434. Justin Rose 468 $795,59635. Rory Sabbatini 460 $861,52636. Ricky Barnes 451 $797,34737. Brendon de Jonge 447 $764,56338. Alex Prugh 434 $713,06839. Padraig Harrington 433 $928,74940. D.J. Trahan 428 $815,50941. Angel Cabrera 423 $871,14242. Marc Leishman 423 $710,65243. Brian Davis 419 $740,91544. Derek Lamely 414 $880,23045. J.P. Hayes 402 $725,69646. Jeff Overton 401 $833,33347. Stephen Ames 399 $622,39748. Jason Dufner 368 $547,75949. Bryce Molder 367 $675,02050. Brian Gay 362 $578,04651. Heath Slocum 356 $589,03252. Sean O’Hair 355 $647,82053. Ryuji Imada 351 $584,87254. Matt Jones 346 $651,09455. Chad Collins 340 $614,42856. Chris Couch 338 $605,83757. John Rollins 333 $525,22458. Stewart Cink 329 $667,97159. Jerry Kelly 322 $589,11660. Ryan Moore 320 $628,93361. Tom Gillis 316 $480,72062. Kris Blanks 313 $641,72562. Carl Pettersson 313 $476,90764. Chad Campbell 312 $403,64265. Kevin Streelman 311 $558,24166. Spencer Levin 310 $335,111

TRANSACTIONSBASEBALL

American LeagueBALTIMORE ORIOLES—Reinstated RHP

Koji Uehara from the 15-day DL; optionedLHP Alberto Castillo to Norfolk (IL).

OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Recalled RHPHenry Rodriguez from Sacramento (PCL).Optioned RHP Vin Mazzaro to Sacramento.

SEATTLE MARINERS—Placed RHPMark Lowe on the 15-day DL. RecalledRHP Shawn Kelley from Tacoma (PCL).

National LeagueFLORIDA MARLINS—Agreed to terms

with 1B Doug Mientkiewicz on a minorleague contract.

FOOTBALLNational Football League

BUFFALO BILLS—Named Darrell Moodynational scout. Promoted Matt Hand to anarea scout. Announced college scoutingassistant Michael LaFlamme will add propersonnel assignments to his duties.

BASKETBALLNational Basketball Association

NBA—Fine Boston executive director ofbasketball operations and general man-ager Danny Ainge $25,000 for creating anunauthorized distraction and for conductdetrimental to the game.

HOCKEYNational Hockey League

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—SignedD Steven Delisle to a three-year contract;signed G Gustaf Wesslau to a one-yearcontract.

COLLEGEDEPAUL—Named Brian Ellerbe men’s

assistant basketball coach.HOFSTRA—Named Mo Cassara men’s

basketball coach and agreed to terms on amultiyear contract.

IOWA—Announced the dismissal ofsophomore wrestler Montell Marion fromthe team after being charged with drunkendriving.

NORTHERN ARIZONA—Announced GCameron Jones has withdrawn from theNBA draft and will return for his seniorseason.

TEMPLE—Agreed to terms with men’sbasketball coach Fran Dunphy on an eight-year contract extension through the 2018season and with football coach Al Goldenon a five-year contract extension throughthe 2014 season.

FRIDAYAuto Racing

• 3 p.m. (SPEED) NASCARRacing Nationwide Series:Darlington 200, Qualifying.• 5 p.m. (SPEED) NASCARRacing Sprint Cup: Southern 500,Qualifying.• 7:30 p.m. (ESPN2) NASCARRacing Nationwide Series:Darlington 200.

College Baseball• 7 p.m. (BIGTEN) Iowa at PennState.

MLB Baseball• 7 p.m. (FSD) DETROIT atCleveland.

NBA Basketball• 7 p.m. (ESPN) ConferenceSemifinal: Cleveland at Boston.• 9:30 p.m. (ESPN) ConferenceSemifinal: Phoenix at SanAntonio.

Boxing• 10 p.m. (ESPN2) RicardoCastillo (38-7, 25 KOs) vs.Antonio Escalante (23-2, 14KOs), junior featherweights, 10rounds.

Golf• 9:30 a.m. (GOLF) EuropeanPGA Tour BMW Italian Open.• 1 p.m. (GOLF) PGA Tour ThePlayers Championship.

NHL Hockey• 7 p.m. (VS) ConferenceSemfinal: Boston at Philadelphia.• 9:30 p.m. (VS) ConferenceSemfinal: Chicago at Vancouver.

Volleyball• 1 p.m. (ESPN2) CollegeVolleyball NCAA Tournament,Second Semifinal: Ohio State vs.Stanford.

SATURDAYAuto Racing

• 8 a.m. (SPEED) Formula OneRacing Spanish Grand Prix,Qualifying.• 7 p.m. (66) NASCAR RacingSprint Cup: Southern 500.

College Baseball• 4 p.m. (BIGTEN) Iowa at PennState.

MLB Baseball• 1 p.m. (FSD) DETROIT atCleveland.• 3 p.m. (66) New York Yankeesat Boston.• 7 p.m. (WGN-A) Toronto atChicago White Sox.

NBA Basketball• 8:15 p.m. (12) Los AngelesLakers at Utah Jazz.• 10:30 p.m. (ESPN) Conference

Semifinal, Game 3: Teams TBA.Golf

• 8 a.m. (GOLF) European PGATour BMW Italian Open.• 2 p.m. (25) PGA Tour ThePlayers Championship.

NHL Hockey• 7 p.m. (VS) Montreal atPittsburgh. Eastern ConferenceSemifinal, game 5.• 10 p.m. (VS) DETROIT atSan Jose. Western ConferenceSemifinal, game 5. (If necessary).

College Softball• Noon (ESPN) LSU atTennessee.• 2 p.m. (BIGTEN) Iowa atMinnesota.• 5 p.m. (FSD) Stanford atWashington. (Taped)• 7 p.m. (BIGTEN) Indiana atPurdue. (Same-day Tape)

Volleyball• 7 p.m. (ESPN2) NCAATournament, Final.

SUNDAYAuto Racing

• 7:30 a.m. (SPEED) FormulaOne Racing Spanish Grand Prix.College Baseball• 11 a.m. (BIGTEN) CollegeBaseball Iowa at Penn State.

MLB Baseball• 1 p.m. (FSD) DETROIT atCleveland.• 1 p.m. (WGN-A) Chicago Cubsat Cincinnati.• 1:30 p.m. (WTBS) Atlanta atPhiladelphia.• 8 p.m. (ESPN) New YorkYankees at Boston.

NBA Basketball• 3:30 p.m. (12) Cleveland atBoston. Eastern ConferenceSemifinal, game 4.• 8 p.m. (TNT) Phoenix at SanAntonio. Western ConferenceSemifinal, game 4.

Golf• 8 a.m. (GOLF) European PGATour BMW Italian Open.• 2 p.m. (25) PGA Tour ThePlayers Championship.

NHL Hockey• 8 p.m. (VS) Vancouver atChicago. Western ConferenceSemifinal, game 5.

Soccer• 3 p.m. (ESPN2) SpanishPrimera Division Soccer TeamsTBA. (Taped)

College Softball• 1 p.m. (ESPN) Georgia atTexas.• 2 p.m. (BIGTEN) Iowa atMinnesota.

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Kentucky men’s basketballcoach John Calipari annuallygets paid $4 million (insertDr. Evil laugh here) to teachkids how tocheat. Nowthe ChicagoBulls areentertainingthe thoughtof bringinghim andhis 72-112professionalcoaching record back tothe NBA. Good grief. I don’tunderstand why guys like himand USC coach Lane Kiffinare so coveted. All Caliparihas done is win a handful ofconference titles and even afew of those had to be takenaway.

GeoffMott

2010 NASCAR SPRINT CUPSCHEDULE AND STANDINGS

Feb. 6 — x-Budweiser Shootout (Kevin Harvick)Feb. 11 — x-Gatorade Duel 1 (Jimmie Johnson)Feb. 11 — x-Gatorade Duel 2 (Kasey Kahne)Feb. 14 — Daytona 500 (Jamie McMurray)Feb. 21 — Auto Club 500 (Jimmie Johnson)Feb. 28 — Shelby American, Las Vegas (Jimmie Johnson)March 7 — Kobalt Tools 500 (Kurt Busch)March 21 — Food City 500, Bristol, Tenn. (Jimmie Johnson)March 28 — Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500, Martinsville, Va.

(Denny Hamlin)April 10 — Subway Fresh Fit 600, Avondale, Ariz. (Ryan

Newman)April 18 — Samsung Mobile 500, Fort Worth, Texas (Denny Hamlin)April 25 — Aaron’s 499, Talladega, Ala. (Kevin Harvick)May 1 — Heath Calhoun 400, Richmond, Va. (Kyle Busch)May 8 — Southern 500, Darlington, S.C.May 16 — Autism Speaks 400, Dover, Del.May 22 — x-Sprint Showdown, Concord, N.C.May 22 — x-NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, Concord, N.C.May 30 — Coca-Cola 600, Concord, N.C.June 6 — Pocono 500, Long Pond, Pa.June 13 — Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400, Brooklyn, Mich.June 20 — Toyota/Save Mart 350, Sonoma, Calif.June 27 — Lenox Industrial Tools 301, Loudon, N.H.July 3 — Coke Zero 400 Powered By Coca-Cola, Daytona

Beach, Fla.July 10 — LifeLock.com 400, Joliet, Ill.July 25 — Brickyard 400, Indianapolis

Aug. 1 — Pennsylvania 500, Long Pond, Pa.Aug. 8 — Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen, Watkins

Glen, N.Y.Aug. 15 — Carfax 400, Brooklyn, Mich.Aug. 21 — Irwin Tools Night Race, Bristol, Tenn.Sep. 5 — Labor Day Classic 500, Hampton, Ga.Sep. 11 — Richmond 400, Richmond, Va.Sep. 19 — Sylvania 300, Loudon, N.H.Sep. 26 — AAA 400, Dover, Del.Oct. 3 — Price Chopper 400, Kansas City, Kan.Oct. 10 — Pepsi Max 400, Fontana, Calif.Oct. 16 — NASCAR Banking 500, Concord, N.C.Oct. 24 — TUMS Fast Relief 500, Martinsville, Va.Oct. 31 — AMP Energy 500, Talladega, Ala.Nov. 7 — Lone Star 500, Fort Worth, TexasNov. 14 — Arizona 500, Avondale, Ariz.Nov. 21 — Ford 400, Homestead, Fla.x-non-points race

2010 DRIVER STANDINGS

AUTO RACING

1. Kevin Harvick 1,4672. Jimmie Johnson 1,4573. Kyle Busch 1,3584. Matt Kenseth 1,3485. Greg Biffle 1,3346. Jeff Gordon 1,3057. Denny Hamlin 1,2688. Kurt Busch 1,2559. Jeff Burton 1,24710. Mark Martin 1,242

11. Carl Edwards 1,22712. Clint Bowyer 1,21313. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1,20914. Martin Truex Jr. 1,19615. Tony Stewart 1,16016. Ryan Newman 1,14217. Joey Logano 1,11618. Juan Pablo Montoya1,10919. Jamie McMurray 1,10420. Paul Menard 1,044

GolfGolfer says he botched shot intentionally

The top golfer at the University of St.Francis in Illinois says he intentionallybotched a shot at a recent tournament tolet his friend join him in the NAIA nation-als.

Grant Whybark hit his tee shot out ofbounds on the first playoff hole at the Chi-cagoland Collegiate Athletic Conferencechampionship last month. He finished witha double bogey while Seth Doran of OlivetNazarene made par.

The win meant Doran could go to theNAIA tournament along with Whybark,who had qualified earlier along with therest of his team.

Whybark said Thursday the decisionwasn’t a big deal because Doran is a friendwho deserved to go. Doran says he’samused some critics have said they’d beembarrassed to go to the national champi-onship courtesy of a buddy’s gift.

HockeyFinalists for top GM named

Don Maloney of the Phoenix Coyotes,George McPhee of the Washington Capi-tals and David Poile of the Nashville Pred-ators are the finalists for the inauguralNHL general manager of the year award.

The winner will be announced duringthe Stanley Cup final, the NHL said in arelease Thursday.

BasketballHayward staying in NBA Draft

Butler forward Gordon Hayward tellsThe Associated Press that he will stay inthe NBA draft. He will make the announce-ment at a news conference this afternoon.

On Thursday, after working out in India-napolis, Hayward said that he only wouldhave withdrawn if something had gonewrong between his announcement to enterthe draft April 14 and Saturday’s deadlineto pull out.

Most analysts project the 6-foot-9 for-ward with point-guard skills to be selectedin the top 10 to 20 picks of the draft. If heis, Hayward would become the highestdraft pick in school history.

Ainge fined for actionsCeltics general manager Danny Ainge

was fined $25,000 by the NBA on Thurs-day for tossing a towel to try and distractCavaliers forward J.J. Hickson as he shot afree throw.

Ainge, who was sitting courtside underthe Cavs’ basket, flipped a white towelover his head during the third quarter ofMonday night’s playoff game between Bos-ton and Cleveland. The Celtics led by 23points at the time, and Hickson made thefree throw anyway.

LeBron’s elbow is improving

Cavaliers star LeBron James says a fewday’s rest and treatment has helped hisinjured right elbow.

James, who has been bothered by asprain and bone bruise, made it throughpractice Thursday without feeling anypain. He participated in all contact drills.

Rutgers names Mike Rice as coach

Former Robert Morris coach Mike Ricehas been introduced as Rutgers new men’sbasketball coach.

Athletic director Tim Pernetti made theannouncement Thursday, saying Rice wasgiven a five-year contract with an averagesalary of $650,000.

BaseballMuseum to host Harwell display

The Detroit Historical Museum is plan-ning a special display in honor of longtimeDetroit Tigers broadcaster Ernie Harwell.

The tribute opens Saturday and runsthrough May 30. It will feature a samplingof Harwell artifacts, including a ceilingtile from the radio booth at Tiger Stadium,photos and an autographed microphone.

Visitors will be able to hear a selectionof classic Harwell calls of great momentsin Tigers history. They’ll also be able to jotdown their own memories of Harwell, whodied Tuesday of cancer at age 92.

TennisSerena advances, Venus ousted

Two-time champion Jelena Jankovicrolled to a surprisingly easy 6-0, 6-1 winover Venus Williams on Thursday andprevented an all-Williams semifinal at theItalian Open.

Williams struggled with her serve andnever really threatened on a cool eveningat the Foro Italico.

Earlier, Serena Williams overcame arough stretch in the second set to dispatchMaria Kirilenko 6-1, 6-4.

Sports Briefs

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BUFFALO, N.Y. — TheSabres have signed defen-seman Nick Crawford to athree-year entry level con-tract.

Crawford finished secondin voting for the OntarioHockey League defensemanof the year, after a careerhigh 70 points in 68 gamessplit between Barrie andSaginaw.

Among Canadian juniordefensemen, Crawford wasfourth in points last sea-son. He finished with 23goals and 117 assists in 264career games.

Sabres general managerDarcy Regier noted howmuch Crawford has pro-gressed since being drafted164th overall in 2008.

The signing wasannounced Thursday, twodays after Barrie was elimi-nated by Windsor in theOHL finals.

Sabres signCrawford to3-year deal

CARLOS OSORIO | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Detroit Tigers fans pay their respects to lateHall of Fame broadcaster Ernie Harwell lying inrepose in Comerica Park on Thursday in Detroit.