THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2010
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College Basketball:
Georgetown 69
South Florida 49

Marquette 57
St. John's 55

Notre Dame 68
Seton Hall 56

Cincinnati 69
Louisville 66

Robert Morris 52
Quinnipiac 50

 

 

 

Robert Morris Heads To NCAA Tournament
UNDATED (AP) - Robert Morris and Montana have earned automatic berths in the NCAA men's basketball tournament by winning their conference tourney on Wednesday. The Colonials advanced by winning the Northeast Conference tournament final for the second straight year, downing Quinnipiac 52-50. Montana pulled out a 66-65 win over Weber State as Anthony Johnson scored 34 of his career-high 42 points in the second half.

Vecchio Leaves Wild Things
The Washington Wild Things announced today that general manager Ross Vecchio has resigned. Vecchio has accepted a position with California University of Pennsylvania, where he will serve as director of athletic development for the university. Vecchio, the 2004 Frontier League Executive of the Year, had been the general manager of the Wild Things since the team’s inception in 2002. The franchise was honored as the Frontier League Organization of the year in 2002, 2004 and 2005 with Vecchio at the helm. Prior to his resignation, Vecchio was the longest tenured general manager working in the Frontier League.

County Teams Prep For States, Peters Twp Girls Wins
The longest bus ride for the opening rounds of the PIAA basketball tournament belongs to the Trinity boys team. The Hillers play at Pitt-Bradford Friday night, some 205 miles from Trinty High School. For those of you staying in the area, we'll make the trip for you, carrying the game on WJPA-FM (95.3) and online. Tip-off is set for 7 pm.

Merissa Morgan and Emily Matthis combined for 17 points in the fourth quarter as Peters Township came from 12 points down to edge Erie McDowell, 49-48 Tuesday night in a PIAA girls play-in game.  Peters Township faces District 6 champion State College Friday night at Tyrone Middle School. Wash High's boys team travels to Clarion University's Tippin Gym Saturday for a first-round match-up with Brookville, the District 9 champion. We've got that game for you on WJPA-FM (95.3), too, with a scheduled start of 3:30 pm.

Crosby's Missing Olympic Stick, Glove Found
TORONTO (AP) - Sidney Crosby's missing Olympic stick and glove have been found. Hockey Canada said Wednesday that Crosby's missing equipment was misplaced rather than stolen after the frenzy following Crosby's overtime goal against the United States in the gold-medal game on Feb. 28. Crosby's stick was accidentally placed in a shipment bound for the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in St. Petersburg, Russia. It ended up getting intercepted in Toronto. One of his gloves was put in a bag belonging to Patrice Bergeron, who sat beside him in the locker room. After the gear went missing, Reebok put up a $10,000 reward for the stick. Crosby announced Wednesday that he'll donate the $20,000 bonus he received for winning the gold to his foundation.

PIAA Wrestling Begins
HERSHEY, Pa. (AP) - 17 wrestlers are hoping to repeat as gold medal winners when the PIAA wrestling championships begin today. But at least two former champs will fall short of that goal. Two weight classes in Class AA boast a pair of returning champs. Two-time champ Dirk Cowburn from Coudersport and last year's 145-pound champ Eric Hess of Benton are both entered at 160. The 135-pound weight class features Wyomissing's Nick Hodgkins, who won at 130 last year, and Montoursville's Luke Frey, the 2008 champ at 103 pounds. All told, Class AA has nine returning champs entered. There are eight coming back in Class AAA, including Central Dauphin's Marshall Peppleman (160) and Central Mountain's Dylan Alton (152), who are both two-time winners. One other former champion, West Mifflin senior Sam Sherlock,
will miss the tournament with an injury sustained in a tournament in December.


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ON THE AIR:

Today:
PIAA Wrestling
Championships
WJPA-AM (1450)
9 am--AA Preliminaries
4 pm--AAA Preliminaries
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Friday
PIAA Wrestling
Championships
WJPA-AM (1450)
8 am--AA Quarterfinals
1 pm--AAA Quarterfinals
6:30 pm--AA Semifinals

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PIAA Boys Basketball
Triple-A 1st Round
Trinity
vs. Bradford Area
(at Pitt-Bradford)
WJPA-FM (95.3)
7 pm --
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Saturday
PIAA Wrestling
Championships
WJPA-AM (1450)
8 am--AAA Quarterfinals
12:30 pm--AA Conso. Finals
2:30 pm--AA Champ. Finals
6:00 pm--AAA Conso. Finals
8:00 pm-AAA Champ. Finals

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PIAA Boys Basketball
Double-A 1st Round
Washington
vs. Brookville
(at Clarion Univ. of Pa.)
WJPA-FM (95.3)
3:30 pm --
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