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Published: May 31, 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 5, Charlotte Ardrey Kell 3 (8)
Sat.: Rose (27-3) vs. Ardrey Kell (28-5), 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 7, East Rowan 4
Sat.: Rocky Mount (26-5) vs. East Rowan (28-4), 11 a.m.
x-Sat.: Rocky Mount vs. East Rowan, 5 p.m.
CLASS 2-A (at UNC Greensboro)
Fri.: Hillsborough Orange 6, East Rutherford 1
Sat.: Orange (26-3) vs. East Rutherford (22-10), 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.: Cherryville 2, Topsail 0
Sat.: Topsail (24-7) vs. Cherryville (23-7), 11 a.m.
x-Sat.: Topsail vs. Cherryville, 5 p.m.
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
UCLA 1, Arizona 0
Friday's games
Texas A&M 2, Louisiana-Lafayette 1
Game 6: Arizona State (62-5) vs. UCLA (51-7), late
Saturday's games
Game 7: Florida (67-4) vs. Virginia Tech (49-18), noon
Game 8: Alabama (56-7) vs. Arizona (41-18), 2 p.m.
Game 9: Game 6 loser vs. Game 7 winner, 7 p.m.
Game 10: Louisiana-Lafayette (52-14) vs. Game 8 winner, 9 p.m.
Sunday's games
Game 11: Texas A&M (56-7) 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
Ice hockey
PROFESSIONAL
Stanley Cup finals
(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)
DETROIT vs. PITTSBURGH
(Detroit leads series 2-1)
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
Florent Serra, France, def. Victor Hanescu, Romania, 6-4, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5); Julien Benneteau, France, def. Alejandro Falla, Colombia, 1-6, 7-6 (6), 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-0.
Men's third-round singles
Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, def. Nicolas Lapentti, Ecuador, 6-3, 7-5, 6-2; Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, def. Jarkko Nieminen (26), Finland, 6-1, 6-3, 6-1; Michael Llodra, France, def. Simone Bolelli, Italy, 7-6 (2), 6-4, 7-6 (5); Nicolas Almagro (19), Spain, def. Andy Murray (10), Britain, 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-3, 7-5; Fernando Verdasco (22), Spain, def. Mikhail Youzhny (15), Russia, 7-6 (5), 5-7, 7-5, 6-1; Jeremy Chardy, France, def. Dmitry Tursunov (30), Russia, 7-6 (1), 6-3, 6-4; Novak Djokovic (3), Serbia, def. Wayne Odesnik, United States, 7-5, 6-4, 6-2; Paul-Henri Mathieu (18), France, def. Eduardo Schwank, Argentina, 6-2, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (9).
Women's second-round singles
Nadia Petrova (25), Russia, def. Alisa Kleybanova, Russia, 6-3, 6-3; Maria Sharapova (1), Russia, def. Bethanie Mattek, United States, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2; Vera Zvonareva (11), Russia, def. Stephanie Cohen-Aloro, France, 6-2, 6-4.
Women's third-round singles
Ana Ivanovic (2), Serbia, def. Caroline Wozniacki (30), Denmark, 6-4, 6-1; Katarina Srebotnik (27), Slovenia, def. Serena Williams (5), United States, 6-4, 6-4; Petra Cetkovska, Czech Republic, def. Iveta Benesova, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-3; Agnieszka Radwanska (14), Poland, def. Alize Cornet (19), France, 6-4, 6-4; Patty Schnyder (10), Switzerland, def. Emilie Loit, France, 7-6 (4), 5-7, 6-2; Carla Suarez Navarro, Spain, def. Casey Dellacqua, Australia, 6-3, 6-3; Flavia Pennetta (26), Italy, def. Venus Williams (8), United States, 7-5, 6-3; Jelena Jankovic (3), Serbia, leads Dominika Cibulkova (28), Slovakia, 7-5, 4-2, susp., darkness.
Men's first-round doubles
Christopher Kas, Germany, and Rogier Wassen (15), Netherlands, def. Jonathan Eysseric and Adrian Mannarino, France, 6-2, 6-1; Scott Lipsky and David Martin, United States, def. Ivan Ljubicic, Croatia, and Petr Pala, Czech Republic, 7-5, 7-6 (3); Bruno Soares, Brazil, and Dusan Vemic, Serbia, def. Chris Haggard, South Africa, and Mischa Zverev, Germany, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3; Dominik Hrbaty, Slovakia, and Lee Hyung-taik, South Korea, def. Gael Monfils and Josselin Ouanna, France, 6-3, 6-4; Marcel Granollers and Santiago Ventura, Spain, def. Chris Guccione and Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, 6-4, 7-5; Steve Darcis and Olivier Rochus, Belgium, def. Carlos Berlocq, Argentina, and Paul Capdeville, Chile, 6-2, 7-6 (5); Albert Montanes, Spain, and Sergio Roitman, Argentina, def. Harel Levy and Dudi Sela, Israel, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2; Jeff Coetzee and Wesley Moodie (10), South Africa, def. Jurgen Melzer and Alexander Peya, Austria, 7-5, 6-4; Paul Hanley and Todd Perry, Australia, def. Thierry Ascione and Florent Serra, France, 7-5, 6-3.
Marcos Daniel, Brazil, and Jim Thomas, United States, def. Yves Allegro, Switzerland, and Kristof Vliegen, Belgium, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4; Simon Aspelin, Sweden, and Julian Knowle (5), Austria, def. Johan Brunstrom and Robin Soderling, Sweden, 7-5, 6-4; Robert Lindstedt, Sweden, and Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, def. Ivo Minar and Jiri Vanek, Czech Republic, 6-1, 6-2; Florin Mergea and Horia Tecau, Romania, def. Sebastien Grosjean, France, and Gustavo Kuerten, Brazil, 5-7, 6-3, 6-1; Lucas Arnold Ker and Juan Ignacio Chela, Argentina, def. Martin Damm and Pavel Vizner (6), Czech Republic, 7-5, 6-4; Nicolas Devilder and Olivier Patience, France, def. Marc Gicquel and Fabrice Santoro, France, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (7); Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, and Luis Horna, Peru, def. Arnaud Clement and Michael Llodra (7), France, 7-5, 6-4; Rajeev Ram and Bobby Reynolds, United States, def. Agustin Calleri, Argentina, and Nicolas Lapentti, Ecuador, 6-7 (6), 6-2, 6-4.
Men's second-round doubles
Lukas Dlouhy, Czech Republic, and Leander Paes (9), India, def. Jose Acasuso and Sebastian Prieto, Argentina, 6-4, 6-4; Michal Mertinak, Slovakia, and Jean-Claude Scherrer, Switzerland, def. Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski (11), Poland, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.
Women's first-round doubles
Nathalie Dechy, France, and Elena Likhovtseva (14), Russia, def. Virginie Razzano, France, and Yanina Wickmayer, Belgium, 6-2, 6-3; Marta Domachowska and Alicja Rosolska, Poland, def. Ji Chunmei and Sun Shengnan, China, 6-4, 6-2; Chan Yung-jan and Chuang Chia-Jung (4), Taiwan, def. Akiko Morigami and Aiko Nakamura, Japan, 6-0, 6-1; Tatiana Poutchek, Belarus, and Anastasia Rodionova (16), Russia, def. Ekaterina Dzehalevich and Olga Govortsova, Belarus, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5); Yan Zi and Zheng Jie (8), China, def. Alla Kudryavtseva, Russia, and Martina Muller, Germany, 6-1, 6-0; Edina Gallovits and Monica Niculescu, Romania, def. Maria Emilia Salerni, Argentina, and Selima Sfar, Tunisia, 6-2, 6-1; Dinara Safina, Russia, and Agnes Szavay (9), Hungary, def. Stephanie Foretz, France, and Olga Savchuk, Ukraine, 6-4, 6-1; Nuria Llagostera Vives and Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, Spain, def. Maria Elena Camerin, Italy, and Gisela Dulko, Argentina, 7-6 (3), 3-6, 7-5; Ashley Harkleroad, United States, and Galina Voskoboeva, Russia, def. Youlia Fedossova and Virginie Pichet, France, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1; Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, and Shahar Peer (6), Israel, def. Catalina Castano, Colombia, and Kaia Kanepi, Estonia, 7-6 (4), 6-1; Lucie Hradecka and Renata Voracova, Czech Republic, def. Sybille Bammer, Austria, and Sabine Lisicki, Germany, 6-3, 7-5.
Lisa Raymond, United States, and Samantha Stosur (12), Australia, def. Akgul Amanmuradova, Uzbekistan, and Jasmin Woehr, Germany, 6-3, 6-2; Sorana-Mihaela Cirstea, Romania, and Aravane Rezai, France, def. Yaroslava Shvedova, Russia, and Tamarine Tanasugarn, Thailand, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2; Rossana de Los Rios, Paraguay, and Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, def. Olivia Sanchez and Laura Thorpe, France, 7-5, 1-6, 6-3; Kveta Peschke, Czech Republic, and Rennae Stubbs (3), Australia, def. Petra Cetkovska and Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic, 4-6, 6-3, 6-0; Alisa Kleybanova and Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, def. Vera Dushevina, Russia, and Tatiana Perebiynis, Ukraine, 7-5, 6-3; Severine Bremond and Mathilde Johansson, France, def. Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan, and Vania King, United States, 7-5, 2-6, 6-4; Katarina Srebotnik, Slovenia, and Ai Sugiyama (2), Japan, def. Jill Craybas, United States, and Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark, 6-0, 6-1; Sara Errani, Italy, and Bethanie Mattek, United States, def. Alicia Molik, Australia, and Mara Santangelo (5), Italy, 6-4, 6-2; Elena Vesnina and Vera Zvonareva, Russia, def. Sofia Arvidsson, Sweden, and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, Czech Republic, 6-1, 6-3; Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual (10), Spain, vs. Agnieszka and Urszula Radwanska, Poland, 7-6 (3), 6-7 (6), susp., darkness.
Mixed first-round doubles
Camille Pin and Gilles Simon, France, def. Chan Yung-jan, Taiwan, and Eric Butorac, United States, 6-3, 6-3; Virginie Razzano, France, and Rogier Wassen, Netherlands, def. Peng Shuai, China, and Wesley Moodie, South Africa, 7-6 (2), 7-5; Alize Cornet, France, and Marcelo Melo, Brazil, def. Sun Tiantian, China, and Max Mirnyi, Belarus, 6-3, 6-4.
USTA-Countrywide Classic
(Yesterday, at Carson, Calif.)
Singles quarterfinals
Ramon Delgado, Paraguay, def. Lester Cook, United States, 6-2,4-6, 6-2; Thiago Alves, Brazil, def. Nicholas Monroe, United States, 6-4, 6-4; Alex Bogomolov Jr. (5), United States, def. Michael McClune, United States, 1-6, 6-1, 6-4; Amer Delic (3), United States, def. Phillip King, United States, 6-2, 6-4.
Doubles semifinals
Ryler DeHeart, United States, and Daniel King-Turner (4), New Zealand, def. Scott Oudesma, United States-Michael Yani, United States, 6-3, 6-1.
USTA-East West Bank Classic
(Yesterday, at Carson, Calif.)
Singles quarterfinals
Audra Cohen (6), United States, def. Alexa Glatch (2), United States, 6-4, 6-1; Mashona Washington, United States, def. Jamie Hampton, United States, 6-4, 6-4; Lindsay Lee Waters, United States, def Sacha Jones (7), New Zealand 6-2, 6-4; Anna Tatishvili (4), Georgia, def. Melissa Torres Sandoval (5), Mexico, 6-0, 6-2.
Doubles semifinals
Surina De Beer and Kim Grant (3), South Africa, def. Romana Tedjakusuma, Indonesia, and Story Tweedie-Yates, United States, 7-6, 5-7, 11-9 tiebreak; Kimberly Couts, United States, and Anna Tatishvili, Georgia, def. Lauren Albanese and Allie Will, United States, 6-4, 6-4.
Auto racing
PROFESSIONAL
Bowman Gray standings
(Entering tonight's races)
MODIFIED
1. Tim Brown 174
2. Bobby Hutchens 160
3. Lee Jeffreys 156
4. Burt Myers 154
5. Robert Jeffreys 152
6. Brian Pack 138
7. Brad Robbins 136
8. Andrew Durham 132
9. Jason Myers 128
10. Jeremy Stoltz 126
11. Randy Butner 124
12. Al Hill 102
13. Michael Clifton 98
14. Junior Miller 88
15. Scott Rigney 80
16. Luke Fleming 76
17. Brent Elliott (tie) 48
17. Kevin Powell (tie) 48
19. Mike Herman Jr. (tie) 46
19. Brian Lofton (tie) 46
SPORTSMAN
1. Kenny Bost 205
2. Robbie Brewer 203
3. Ronnie Clifton 202
4. Derek Stoltz 198
5. David Adams 195
6. Kyle Edwards 191
7. Mike Evans 187
8. Steven Berrier 164
9. Gene Pack 150
10. Tommy Neal 146
11. Jim Shoaf 142
12. Barry Edwards 138
13. Mitch Gales 129
14. Taylor Branch 116
15. Ronnie Barron 106
16. Keith McMichael 102
17. Jay Charles 90
18. Michael Adams 80
19. Scott Hall (tie) 78
19. Daniel Beeson (tie) 78
STREET STOCK
1. Ryan Nelson 190
2. David Sumner 168
3. Tim Vaden 162
4. Doug Wall 158
5. Bobo Brown 150
6. John McNeal 146
7. Matt Cotner 144
8. Donnie Martin 142
9. Ethan Stoltz 134
10. Johnny Arnder 132
11. Reggie Doub 118
12. K.J. Stimpson 116
13. Richard Reeves (tie) 94
13. Leon Hutchens (tie) 94
15. Randy Larimore 86
16. Marty Freedle 84
17. Kevin Gilbert 82
18. Matt Fletcher 62
19. Daniel Fishel 52
20. Shane Tuttle 50
STADIUM STOCK
1. Dale Barneycastle 188
2. Shaun Cockerham 178
3. Matt Hill 164
4. Kenny Dixon 162
5. Wayne Hill 160
6. Jimmy Absher (tie) 156
6. Johnny Burke (tie) 156
8. Chuck Wall 150
9. Jason Keaton 142
10. Andrew Sanders (tie) 140
10. Gerald Robertson (tie) 140
12. Kevin L. Neal 134
13. Gary Brewer 132
14. Paul Wark (tie) 128
14. Steven Truell (tie) 128
14. Glenn Hamilton (tie) 128
17. Darren Cotner (tie) 124
17. V.L. Richardson (tie) 124
19. A.J. Quakenbush 122
20. Adam Baker (tie) 120
20. D.J. Moore (tie) 120
Basketball
PROFESSIONAL
WNBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Connecticut 4 1 .800 --
Detroit 4 1 .800 --
Indiana 3 1 .750 ½
Washington 2 2 .500 1½
Chicago 1 2 .333 2
New York 1 3 .250 2½
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
Wednesday's Games
None scheduled
Thursday's Games
Indiana 82, Los Angeles 78, 2OT
Minnesota 75, Chicago 69
Friday's Games
Connecticut 89, New York 84
Houston at Sacramento, late
San Antonio at Seattle, late
Saturday's Games
Los Angeles at Washington, 3:30
Detroit at Indiana, 7 p.m.
Phoenix at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Sunday's Games
Connecticut at Chicago, 5 p.m.
Houston at Seattle, 9 p.m.
Soccer
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
19th Stage
A 148-mile leg from Legnano, Italy
1. Vasil Kiryienka, Belarus, Tinkoff Credit Systems, 6 hours, 37 minutes, 32 seconds; 2. Danilo Di Luca, Italy, LPR Brakes, 4 minutes, 36 seconds behind; 3. Alexander Efimkin, Russia, Quick Step, 4:43 behind; 4. Steven Cummings, England, Barloworld, 5:25; 5. Riccardo Ricco, Italy, Saunier Duval, 5:44; 6. Emanuele Sella, Italy, CSF-Navigare, 6:21; 7. Franco Pellizotti, Italy, Liquigas, same time; 8. Jurgen Van Den Broeck, Belgium, Silence-Lotto, same time; 9. Marzio Bruseghin, Italy, Lampre, same time; 10. Denis Menchov, Russia, Rabobank, same time; 11. Domenico Pozzovivo, Italy, CSF-Navigare, same time; 12. Alberto Contador, Spain, Astana, same time.
Overall Standings
(After 19-of-21 Stages)
1. Alberto Contador, Spain, 82 hours, 29 minutes, 10 seconds; 2. Riccardo Ricco, Italy, 4 seconds behind; 3. Danilo Di Luca, Italy, :21; 4. Marzio Bruseghin, Italy, 2:00; 5. Franco Pellizotti, Italy, 2:05; 6. Denis Menchov, Russia, 2:47; 7. Emanuele Sella, Italy, 4:25; 8. Jurgen van den Broeck, Belgium, 4:26; 9. Domenico Pozzovivo, Italy, 5:25; 10. Gilberto Simoni, Italy, 7:18.
Golf
AMATEUR
Holes-in-one
May 30 -- DONALD REAVES
, at Tanglewood, Championship Course. HOLE: No. 2, 148 yards. CLUB: 7-iron.
May 29 -- JIM RHYNE, at Beaver Creek GC, Dobson. HOLE: No. 3, 120 yards. CLUB: 9-iron. PLAYING PARTNERS: Jesse Hemrick, Jim Hemrick, Odell Baker, Claude Gregory
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
BOSTON RED SOX--Placed RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 28. Purchased the contract of 1B-OF Jeff Bailey from Pawtucket (IL).
KANSAS CITY ROYALS--Claimed C Brayan Pena off waivers from Atlanta. Transferred RHP Luke Hudson from the 15- to the 60-day DL.
NEW YORK YANKEES--Named Todd Letcher executive director of stadium security, effective July 7.
OAKLAND ATHLETICS--Recalled OF Travis Buck and OF Carlos Gonzalez from Sacramento (PCL). Purchased the contract of RHP Brad Ziegler from Sacramento. Activated RHP Kiko Calero from the 60-day DL. Placed RHP Joey Devine on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 26. Placed 1B-DH Mike Sweeney and OF Ryan Sweeney on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 29. Designated LHP Lenny DiNardo and INF Kevin Melillo for assignment.
TEXAS RANGERS--Optioned LHP Kason Gabbard to Oklahoma (PCL). Purchased the contract of RHP Robinson Tejeda from Oklahoma. Announced RHP Franklyn German has refused an outright assignment, making him a free agent. Assigned RHP Dustin Neppert outright to Oklahoma.
National League
ATLANTA BRAVES--Placed OF Mark Kotsay on the 15-day DL. Recalled OF Josh Anderson from Richmond (IL).
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