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Published: May 30, 2008
Baseball
HIGH SCHOOL
NCHSAA championships
(All series best-of-3; x-if necessary)
CLASS 4-A (at Five Co. Stadium, Zebulon)
Fri.: Greenville Rose (26-3) vs. Charlotte Ardrey Kell (28-4), 8 p.m.
Sat.: Rose vs. Ardrey Kell, 2 p.m.
x-Sat.: Rose vs. Ardrey Kell, 8 p.m. (or 5 p.m. if no Game 3 in Class 3-A)
CLASS 3-A (at Five Co. Stadium, Zebulon)
Fri.: Rocky Mount (25-5) vs. East Rowan (28-3), 5 p.m.
Sat.: Rocky Mount vs. East Rowan, 11 a.m.
x-Sat.: Rocky Mount vs. East Rowan, 5 p.m.
CLASS 2-A (at UNC Greensboro)
Fri.: Hillsborough Orange (25-3) vs. East Rutherford (22-9), 8 p.m.
Sat.: Orange vs. East Rutherford, 2 p.m.
x-Sat.: Orange vs. East Rutherford, 8 p.m. (or 5 p.m. if no Game 3 in Class 1-A)
CLASS 1-A (at UNC Greensboro)
Fri.: Hampstead Topsail (24-6) vs. Cherryville (22-7), 5 p.m.
Sat.: Topsail vs. Cherryville, 11 a.m.
x-Sat.: Topsail vs. Cherryville, 5 p.m.
Ice hockey
PROFESSIONAL
Stanley Cup Finals
(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)
DETROIT vs. PITTSBURGH
(Detroit leads series 2-0)
Detroit 4, Pittsburgh 0
Detroit 3, Pittsburgh 0
Pittsburgh 3, Detroit 2
Sat.: at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m.
Mon.: at Detroit, 8 p.m.
x-Wed., June 4: at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m.
x-Sat., June 7: Detroit, 8 p.m.
Tennis
PROFESSIONAL
French Open
(Yesterday, at Paris)
Men's second-round singles
Dmitry Tursunov (30), Russia, def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, 7-6 (4), 6-0, 6-0; Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, def. James Blake (7), United States, 7-6 (2), 3-6, 7-5, 6-3; Jeremy Chardy, France, def. David Nalbandian (6), Argentina, 3-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-2; Mikhail Youzhny (15), Russia, def. Maximo Gonzalez, Argentina, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2; Nicolas Lapentti, Ecuador, def. Bobby Reynolds, United States, 7-5, 6-4, 5-7, 7-5; Fernando Gonzalez (24), Chile, def. Pablo Andujar, Spain, 7-5, 6-0, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (3); Jarkko Nieminen (26), Finland, def. Martin Vassallo Arguello, Argentina, 7-5, 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (2); Stanislas Wawrinka (9), Switzerland, def. Marin Cilic, Croatia, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4), 6-1; Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, def. Nicolas Devilder, France, 6-4, 6-0, 6-1; Ivan Ljubicic (28), Croatia, def. Diego Junqueira, Argentina, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2; Fernando Verdasco (22), Spain, def. Juan Ignacio Chela, Argentina, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5; Roger Federer (1), Switzerland, def. Albert Montanes, Spain, 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-0, 6-4.
Nikolay Davydenko (4), Russia, def. Marat Safin, Russia, 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-2; Mario Ancic, Croatia, def. David Marrero, Spain, 4-6, 6-0, 6-3, 6-2; Jurgen Melzer, Austria, def. Marcos Daniel, Brazil, 4-6, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4; Radek Stepanek (21), Czech Republic, def. Jiri Vanek, Czech Republic, 6-1, 6-0, 6-7 (7), 6-3; David Ferrer (5), Spain, def. Fabrice Santoro, France, 6-0, 6-1, 6-0; Robin Soderling, Sweden, def. Paul Capdeville, Chile, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4; Lleyton Hewitt (25), Australia, def. Mardy Fish, United States, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2; Gael Monfils, France, def. Luis Horna, Peru, 7-6 (5), 6-4, 7-5; Robby Ginepri, United States, def. Igor Andreev (27), Russia, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (5), 6-2; Tommy Robredo (12), Spain, def. Marc Gicquel, France, 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-4, 6-4; Florent Serra, France, leads Victor Hanescu, Romania, 6-4, 6-3, 6-7 (5), susp., darkness.
Women's second-round singles
Venus Williams (8), United States, def. Selima Sfar, Tunisia, 6-2, 6-4; Jelena Jankovic (3), Serbia, def. Marina Erakovic, New Zealand, 6-2, 7-6 (5); Flavia Pennetta (26), Italy, def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, 3-6, 6-1, 6-1; Iveta Benesova, Czech Republic, def. Peng Shuai, China, 6-4, 6-3; Dominika Cibulkova (28), Slovakia, def. Milagros Sequera, Venezuela, 6-3, 6-0; Petra Cetkovska, Czech Republic, def. Galina Voskoboeva, Russia, 7-5, 6-3; Katarina Srebotnik (27), Slovenia, def. Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, 6-0, 7-5; Alize Cornet (19), France, def. Gisela Dulko, Argentina, 6-0, 4-6, 6-4; Carla Suarez Navarro, Spain, def. Amelie Mauresmo (22), France, 6-3, 6-4; Olga Govortsova, Belarus, def. Ai Sugiyama (31), Japan, 6-0, 7-5; Elena Dementieva (7), Russia, def. Marta Domachowska, Poland, 6-1, 6-4; Casey Dellacqua, Australia, def. Nathalie Dechy, France, 6-4, 6-2; Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic, def. Samantha Stosur, Australia, 6-2, 6-1.
Karin Knapp (32), Italy, def. Olivia Sanchez, France, 6-2, 7-6 (4); Agnes Szavay (12), Hungary, def. Sabine Lisicki, Germany, 7-6 (3), 6-3; Aleksandra Wozniak, Canada, def. Akgul Amanmuradova, Uzbekistan, 1-6, 6-1, 6-3; Dinara Safina (13), Russia, def. Magdalena Rybarikova, Slovakia, 6-0, 6-1; Victoria Azarenka (16), Belarus, def. Sorana-Mihaela Cirstea, Romania, 6-0, 6-0; Francesca Schiavone (18), Italy, def. Sanda Mamic, Croatia, 6-3, 6-0; Kaia Kanepi, Estonia, def. Anna Chakvetadze (6), Russia, 6-4, 7-6 (2); Zheng Jie, China, def. Maria Kirilenko (21), Russia, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2; Svetlana Kuznetsova (4), Russia, def. Vania King, United States, 6-4, 6-2; Anabel Medina Garrigues (29), Spain, def. Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1; Maria Sharapova (1), Russia, leads Bethanie Mattek, United States, 6-2, 2-3, susp., darkness; Nadia Petrova (25), Russia, leads Alisa Kleybanova, Russia, 6-3, 4-2, susp., darkness.
Men's first-round doubles
Stephen Huss, Australia, and Ross Hutchins, Britain, def. Mahesh Bhupathi, India, and Mark Knowles (4), Bahamas, 6-4, 6-4; Lukas Dlouhy, Czech Republic, and Leander Paes (9), India, def. Sanchai and Sonchat Ratiwatana, Thailand, 6-2, 6-4; Janko Tipsarevic and Viktor Troicki, Serbia, def. Lukasz Kubot, Poland, and Lovro Zovko, Croatia, 6-1, 2-6, 6-3; Jonas Bjorkman, Sweden, and Kevin Ullyett (8), Zimbabwe, def. Eric Butorac, United States, and Ashley Fisher, Australia, 7-6 (8), 1-6, 7-6 (2); Michal Mertinak, Slovakia, and Jean-Claude Scherrer, Switzerland, def. Travis Parrott, United States, and Filip Polasek, Slovakia, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4; John Isner and Sam Querrey, United States, def. Potito Starace and Filippo Volandri, Italy, 6-3, 7-5; Daniel Nestor, Canada, and Nenad Zimonjic (2), Serbia, def. Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Gilles Simon, France, 6-3, 6-3; Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski (11), Poland, def. Jaroslav Levinsky and David Skoch, Czech Republic, 6-4, 7-6 (3); Rik de Voest, South Africa, and Robin Haase, Netherlands, def. Max Mirnyi, Belarus, and Jamie Murray (12), Britain, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5; Jose Acasuso and Sebastian Prieto, Argentina, def. Tomas Behrend, Germany, and Tomas Cibulec, Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-1; Bob and Mike Bryan (1), United States, def. Rohan Bopanna, India, and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, Pakistan, 6-1, 6-4; Marcelo Melo and Andre Sa (14), Brazil, def. Simone Bolelli and Andreas Seppi, Italy, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2; Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram (3), Israel, def. Eric Prodon and Laurent Recouderc, France, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5.
Women's first-round doubles
Cara Black, Zimbabwe, and Liezel Huber (1), United States, def. Klaudia Jans, Poland, and Mervana Jugic-Salkic, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 6-3, 6-4; Julie Coin and Violette Huck, France, def. Amandine Hesse and Kristina Mladenovic, France, 6-1, 6-3; Sophie Lefevre and Aurelie Vedy, France, def. Darya Kustova, Belarus, and Klara Zakopalova, Czech Republic, 6-1, 6-4; Emilie Loit and Pauline Parmentier, France, def. Marina Erakovic, New Zealand, and Michaella Krajicek, Netherlands, 6-4, 7-6 (3); Timea Bacsinszky, Switzerland, and Alize Cornet, France, def. Gabriela Navratilova, Czech Republic, and Tamira Paszek, Austria, 6-4, 2-0, retired; Mariya Koryttseva, Ukraine, and Vladimira Uhlirova (15), Czech Republic, def. Ioana Raluca Olaru, Romania, and Arantxa Parra Santonja, Spain, 6-3, 6-2; Peng Shuai and Sun Tiantian (11), China, def. Tathiana Garbin and Roberta Vinci, Italy, 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-0; Youlia Fedossova and Virginie Pichet, France, lead Ashley Harkleroad, United States, and Galina Voskoboeva, Russia, 6-4, 3-3, susp., darkness.
Softball
COLLEGE WOMEN
NCAA Division I World Series
(Double elimination; in Oklahoma City)
Thursday's games
Louisiana-Lafayette 3, Florida 2
Texas A&M 1, Virginia Tech 0
Arizona State 3, Alabama 1
Game 4: Arizona (41-17) vs. UCLA (50-7), late
Friday's games
Game 5: Louisiana-Lafayette (52-13) vs. Texas A&M (55-7), 7 p.m.
Game 6: Arizona State (62-50 vs. Arizona-UCLA winner, 9 p.m.
Saturday's games
Game 7: Florida (67-4) vs. Virginia Tech (49-18), Noon
Game 8: Alabama (56-7) vs. Arizona-UCLA loser, 2 p.m.
Game 9: Game 6 loser vs. Game 7 winner, 7 p.m.
Game 10: Game 5 loser vs. Game 8 winner, 9 p.m.
Sunday's games
Game 11: Game 5 winner vs. Game 9 winner, 1 p.m.
Game 12: Game 6 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 3 p.m.
Game 13: Game 5 winner vs. Game 9 winner, 7 p.m., if necessary
Game 14: Game 6 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 9 p.m., if necessary
(Note: Game time will be 6 p.m. if only one of Games 13 or 14 is needed)
Championship series (best-of-3)
Mon., June 2: Pairings TBD, 8 p.m.
Tue., June 3: Pairings TBD, 8 p.m.
Wed., June 4: Pairings TBD, 8 p.m., if necessary
RECREATION
Thursday Coed League
Cooper Realty 9, Motlee Crew 5
Carlisle's Pub 8, Enforcers 7
Sherry's 12, Deacons 11
Church Coed League
Unitarians 9, First Presbyterian 3
Central Terrace 14, Trinity Moravian 4
Green Street UMC 15, United Baptist 3
City Coed League
GMAC 14, Sunnyside 2
Paper Moon 15, Blue Rhino 5
The Vets 8, Kaplan 7
Gospel Coed League
Holy Family 8, Mount Sinai 5
Goodwill 15, Mount Carmel 4
Hopewell 14, Mount Zion 7
Tarheel Coed League
Mullen 12, BB&T Incented 5
OSC 15, BB&T Compensated 3
Quality Oil 22, Novant 3
Omar Smith League
The Naturals 13, Kenco 11
Warriors 18, Pain Killers 4
The Source 16, Newark Boys 8
Kenco 7, Pain Killers 0
Basketball
PROFESSIONAL
WNBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Detroit 4 1 .800 --
Connecticut 3 1 .750 ½
Indiana 3 1 .750 1
Washington 2 2 .500 1½
Chicago 1 1 .500 1½
New York 1 2 .333 2
Atlanta 0 4 .000 3½
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Minnesota 3 0 1.000 --
Seattle 3 1 .750 ½
Los Angeles 2 1 .667 1
San Antonio 2 1 .667 1
Sacramento 1 3 .250 2½
Houston 0 3 .000 3
Phoenix 0 3 .000 3
Tuesday's Games
Washington 80, Atlanta 74
Indiana 75, Connecticut 46
Minnesota 98, Houston 92, OT
Wednesday's Games
None scheduled
Thursday's Games
Indiana 82, Los Angeles 78, 2OT
Minnesota 75, Chicago 69
Friday's Games
New York at Connecticut, 7 p.m.
Houston at Sacramento, 10 p.m.
San Antonio at Seattle, 10 p.m.
Soccer
PROFESSIONAL
Major League Soccer
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
New England 6 3 2 20 15 13
Chicago 6 2 1 19 19 6
Columbus 6 2 1 19 14 10
Toronto FC 4 3 2 14 11 12
New York 3 2 3 12 10 11
Kansas City 3 4 2 11 10 13
D.C. United 3 7 1 10 15 22
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Los Angeles 4 3 2 14 22 17
FC Dallas 3 3 4 13 14 15
Colorado 4 5 0 12 14 11
CD Chivas USA 3 4 2 11 15 17
Houston 2 3 5 11 12 15
Real Salt Lake 2 5 2 8 12 16
San Jose 2 5 1 7 6 11
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Wednesday's Game
Houston 2, FC Dallas 2, tie
Thursday's Game
D.C. United 2, New England 2, tie
Saturday's Games
Los Angeles at Toronto FC, 3:30
New York at Houston, 8:30
San Jose at Real Salt Lake, 9 p.m.
Columbus at CD Chivas USA, 10:30
Sunday's Game
FC Dallas at Colorado, 3 p.m.
Cycling
PROFESSIONAL
Giro d'Italia
18th Stage
A 91-mile leg from Mendrisio, Switzerland
1. Jens Voigt, Germany, CSC, 3 hours, 22 minutes, 46 seconds; 2. Giovanni Visconti, Italy, Quick Step, 1 minute, 7 seconds; 3. Rinaldo Nocentini, Italy, AG2R, same time; 4. Gabriele Bosisio, Italy, LPR Brakes, same time; 5. Daniele Bennati, Italy, Liquigas, 2:04; 6. Paolo Bettini, Italy, Quickstep, same time; 7. Felix Rafael Cardenas, Barloworld, same time; 8. Alan Perez Lezaun, Spain, Euskaltel-Euskadi, same time; 9. Mauricio Ardila, Colombia, Rabobank, same time; 10. Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver, Spain, Caisse d'Epargne, 2:06.
Overall Standings
(After 18-of-21 Stages)
1. Alberto Contador, Spain, 75 hours, 45 minutes, 17 seconds; 2. Riccardo Ricco, Italy, 41 seconds behind; 3. Gilberto Simoni, Italy, 1:21; 4. Marzio Bruseghin, Italy, 2:00; 5. Franco Pellizotti, Italy, 2:05; 6. Danilo Di Luca, Italy, 2:18; 7. Denis Menchov, Russia, 2:47; 8. Emanuele Sella, Italy, 4:25; 9. Jurgen van den Broeck, Belgium, 4:26; 10. Domenico Pozzovivo, Italy, 5:25.
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
CHICAGO WHITE SOX--Activated INF Danny Richar from the 15-day DL and optioned him to Charlotte (IL).
MINNESOTA TWINS--Claimed LHP Craig Breslow off waivers from Cleveland. Transferred RHP Pat Neshek from the 15- to the 60-day DL.
OAKLAND ATHLETICS--Activated 3B Eric Chavez from the 60-day DL. Placed DH Frank Thomas on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 28. Designated OF Jeff Fiorentino for assignment.
TAMPA BAY RAYS--Placed RHP Troy Percival on the 15-day DL. Activated INF Willy Aybar from the 15-day DL.
TEXAS RANGERS--Activated RHP Kevin Millwood from the 15-day DL. Recalled INF Travis Metcalf from Oklahoma (PCL). Optioned RHP Kameron Loe and INF German Duran to Oklahoma. Sent RHP Franklyn German outright to Oklahoma.
National League
CHICAGO CUBS--Recalled LHP Neal Cotts from Iowa (PCL). Optioned RHP Jose Ascanio to Iowa.
CINCINNATI REDS--Optioned RHP Matt Belisle to Louisville (IL). Activated LHP Kent Mercker from the 15-day DL.
HOUSTON ASTROS--Signed LHP Ray King to minor-league contract.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
CINCINNATI BENGALS--Signed CB Jerrid Gaines. Terminated the contract of WR Doug Gabriel.
COLLEGE
RUTGERS--Signed Fred Hill, men's basketball coach, to a two-year contract extension through 2013.
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