western hockey league

WHL playoffs

MNP EASTERN CONFERENCE

QUARTERFINALS (BEST-OF-7)

Thursday, March 29

Brandon 7, Prince Albert 3; Brandon leads series 2-1

Calgary 5, Kootenay 4; Calgary leads series 3-1

Friday, March 30

Medicine Hat 4, Red Deer 0; Medicine Hat leads series 3-2

Swift Current 3, Regina 2; Regina leads series 3-2

Saturday, March 31

Brandon at Prince Albert

Calgary at Kootenay

Sunday, April 1

Medicine Hat at Red Deer

Regina at Swift Current

Monday, April 2

Kootenay at Calgary, if necessary

Tuesday, April 3

Prince Albert at Brandon

Red Deer at Medicine Hat, if necessary

Swift Current at Regina, if necessary

Wednesday, April 4

Calgary at Kootenay, if necessary

Prince Albert at Brandon, if necessary

KAL TIRE WESTERN CONFERENCE

QUARTERFINALS (BEST-OF-7)

Wednesday, March 28

Spokane 3, Everett 1

Prince George 4, Kamloops 3, OT; Prince George wins series 4-0

Seattle 2, Tri-City 0

Vancouver 5, Chilliwack 1

Friday, March 30

Everett 5, Spokane 1; Everett leads series 3-2

Tri-City 5, Seattle 4, OT; Seattle leads series 3-2

Vancouver 3, Chilliwack 1; Vancouver wins series 4-1

Saturday, March 31

Tri-City at Seattle

Sunday, April 1

Everett at Spokane, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, April 3

Spokane at Everett, 7:05 p.m., if necessary

Seattle at Tri-City, if necessary

Auto racing

Goody’s Cool Orange 500 lineup

NASCAR NEXTEL CUP

After Friday qualifying, race Sunday; At Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, Va.; Lap length: .526 miles; (Car number in parentheses)

1. (11) Denny Hamlin, Chevrolet, 95.103 mph. 2. (26) Jamie McMurray, Ford, 94.955. 3. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 94.851. 4. (21) Ken Schrader, Ford, 94.623. 5. (18) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, 94.562. 6. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 94.548. 7. (20) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 94.515. 8. (8) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 94.482. 9. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 94.406. 10. (70) Johnny Sauter, Chevrolet, 94.378.

11. (96) Tony Raines, Chevrolet, 94.336. 12. (2) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 94.317. 13. (36) Jeremy Mayfield, Toyota, 94.223. 14. (5) Kyle Busch, Chevrolet, 94.190. 15. (1) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 94.176. 16. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, 94.064. 17. (88) Ricky Rudd, Ford, 94.031. 18. (19) Elliott Sadler, Dodge, 94.027. 19. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 93.999. 20. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 93.957.

21. (07) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 93.957. 22. (22) Dave Blaney, Toyota, 93.887. 23. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Dodge, 93.859. 24. (12) Ryan Newman, Dodge, 93.826. 25. (7) Robby Gordon, Ford, 93.784. 26. (10) Scott Riggs, Dodge, 93.780. 27. (6) David Ragan, Ford, 93.752. 28. (41) Reed Sorenson, Dodge, 93.645. 29. (40) David Stremme, Dodge, 93.604. 30. (13) Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet, 93.571.

31. (43) Bobby Labonte, Dodge, 93.543. 32. (66) Jeff Green, Chevrolet, 93.497. 33. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 93.483. 34. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 93.419. 35. (25) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 93.414. 36. (01) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 93.345. 37. (14) Sterling Marlin, Chevrolet, 93.267. 38. (44) Dale Jarrett, Toyota, 93.235. 39. (49) Mike Bliss, Dodge, 93.221. 40. (84) AJ Allmendinger, Toyota, 93.184.

41. (9) Kasey Kahne, Dodge, 93.042. 42. (45) Kyle Petty, Dodge, Owner Points. 43. (00) David Reutimann, Toyota, 92.978. Failed to qualify: 44. (55) Michael Waltrip, Toyota, 92.801. 45. (15) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 92.674. 46. (78) Kenny Wallace, Chevrolet, 92.493. 47. (37) Kevin Lepage, Dodge, 92.470. 48. (83) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 92.321. 49. (4) Ward Burton, Chevrolet, 91.855.

Soccer

High school boys

Greater Spokane League

Central Valley 3, North Central 0

First half — 1, CV, Busby, 16:00. Second half — 2, CV, Busby (penalty kick), 45:00. 3, CV, T.DelMedico (Keenan), 71:00.

Shots on goal — North Central 7, Central Valley 24.Saves — North Central, Brickey 11. Central Valley, Piger 2, Wurz 3.

East Valley 2, Mt. Spokane 0

First half —1, EV, Eatock (Mastranardi), 17:00. 2, EV, Mastranardi (Polello), 25:00. Second half —None.

Shots on goal — Mt. Spokane 4, East Valley 14.Saves — Mt. Spokane, Closkey 9. East Valley, Peck 2.

Gonzaga Prep 2, Shadle Park 1

First half —1, GP, Nortell (Wakeley), 34:00. Second half —2, GP, Wakeley, 52:00. 3, SP, Leech (Krueger), 65:00.

Shots on goal —Gonzaga Prep 10, Shadle Park 9. Saves —Gonzaga Prep, Roberts 3. Shadle Park, Mjelde 5.

Lewis and Clark 1, Ferris 0

First half — 1, LC, Dunau, 7:00. Second half – None.

Shots on goal — Lewis and Clark 11, Ferris 7.Saves — Ferris, Bray 8, Lewis and Clark, Gawl 4.

University 4, Rogers 1

First half — 1, U-Hi, Frobe (penalty kick), 23:00. 2, U-Hi, McElroy, 33:00. Second half — 3, U-Hi, Alling (Frobe), 41:00. 4, Rog, Rasic (penalty kick), 52. 5, U-Hi, Holloway, 76:00.

Shots on goal — University 12, Rogers 3.Saves — University, Dixon 2. Rogers, Aarnes 3.

Softball

College

Pacific-10 Conference

Arizona 6, Washington 0

Mowatt and Balko; Lawrie, Noble (5) and Matthews. W—Mowatt (18-6). L—Lawrie (13-4).

HITS: Arizona—Fox, Leles, Balko 2, Arredondo, Acton. Washington—Lastrapes 2, Tyson, Greer. 2B—Greer. HR—Fox.

NWAACC

Treasure Valley 7-9, CC Spokane 5-22

Booker and Purser; Mangum and Bamburg. W—Mangum. L—Booker.

HITS: CC Spokane—Dilworth, Keeler 2, Purser 2, Coulter 2, Piephoff 2, Boreson. Treasure Valley—Macfarlane 2, Peterson, Mangum 3, Bamburg, Standley 2, Kallestad, Kuehne, Tipton. 2B—Keeler, Purser, Boreson, Mangum 3. HR—Peterson, Bamburg.

Keeler and Purser; Mangum, Tate (3), Tipton (6), Mangum (7) and Tipton. W—Keeler. L—Mangum.

HITS: CC Spokane—Dilworth, Keeler 5, Piephoff 2, Johnson, Purser 2, Urann 4, Tveit 2, Boreson, Osterwyk 2, Coulter 2. Treasure Valley—Peterson 2, Mangum, Ross, Standley 2, Tipton, Kuehne 2, Tate 3. 2B—Piephoff, Urann 2, Tveit, Tate. HR—Dilworth, Johnson, Peterson 2, Tate.

Scenic West Athletic Conference

North Idaho 8-5, Colo. Northwestern 0-1

Ryan and Hofman; Cavan and Krier. W—Cavan. L—Ryan.

HITS: Colorado Northwestern—None. North Idaho—Fouty 3, Boardman, Burtch, Craig 2, Taxter, Farmer. 2B—Craig, Taxter, Farmer. HR—Boardman, Burtch.

Pacheco, Ryan (5) and Hofman; Mikelson, Akana (6) and Williams. W—Mikelson. L—Pacheco.

HITS: Colorado Northwestern—Hofman 2, Cross 2, Pacheco, Nelson. North Idaho—Bridges, Boardman, Burtch, Williams 2, Farmer. 2B—Cross, Pacheco, Farmer. 3B—Boardman.

High school

Greater Spokane League

Mead 11, East Valley 2

Riggin, Abramson (6) and Hanley; Mobley, Pounder (6) and Parker. W-Mobley (5-0). L-Riggin. Sv-Pounder.

HITS: East Valley-Abramson 2, Hanley, Manchester, Krogseth, Reinland, Ragan. Mead-Yuen 2, Shanholtzer, Cey 2, Kine 3, Mobley, Parker 2, Auld, Miller 2, Barrington, Mick. 2B-Manchester, Parker. 3B-Kine, Parker. HR-Cey.

North Central 20, Gonzaga Prep 6

Vallies and Brown; Kellogg, Rambo (6) and Anderson. W-Vallies. L-Kellogg.

HITS: North Central-Wise 3, Capwell 2, Vallies 3, Kahler 3, Darcy 2, Delarosa, Clary. Gonzaga Prep-Hamer 2, Wilcoxen, Rambo 2, Reyes, Cunningham. 2B-Wise, Kahler.

Rogers 16, Ferris 2

M.Carlon and Burney; Connor and Johnson. W-M.Carlon. L-Connor (0-7).

HITS: Rogers-Whitehead 2, Knight 3, S.Carlon 3, Partridge 2, Fagan, Shelton 2, Burney, M.Carlon. Ferris-Krahn, Johnson 2, Corcino 2, Jesberger 2, Rath, Edwards. 2B-S.Carlon. 3B-Whitehead, Johnson. HR-Partridge 2.

Shadle Park 10, Mt. Spokane 0

Skillingstad and Predisik; Tremblay and Holcomb. W-Skillingstad (8-0). L-Tremblay (3-5).

HITS: Shadle Park-Frost 2, Burger 2, Lynn, Jackson 2, Zappone, Schwartz. Mt. Spokane-Holcomb. 2B-Lynn. 3B-Zappone.

University 8, Central Valley 2

Bethel, Beulow (6) and Fargher; Mandler, Erickson (6) and Alden. W-Bethel. L-Mandler (2-2).

HITS: University-Hawley 2, Fargher 2, Wells, Warren 2, Obenchain 3, Bethel, Squires. Central Valley-Aman, Alden 2, Morales, Holt. 2B-Warren 2, Obenchain, Alden. HR-Hawley, Fargher 2, Alden.

Panorama League

Curlew 10-8, Republic 4-0

Jons and Sager; Somday and Kirkendall. W-Somday (2-0). L-Jons (2-1). 2B-Curlew, Miller. 3B-Curlew, Miller.

Somday and Kirkendall; Jons and Sager. W-Somday (3-0). L-Jons (2-2). 2B-Curlew, Burke, Wilson.

Non-league

Colton 6, Lacrosse-Washtucna 2

Koller and Martinez; S.Druffle and Reidner. W-S.Druffle. L-Koller. 2B-Colton, Moerhle.

LaCrosse-Washtucna 21, Pomeroy 6

Koller, Dainty (4) and Martinez; Uto and Love. W-Koller. L-Uto. 3B-LaCrosse-Washtucna, Koller.

Moscow 13, Clarkston 3

McKeehan, Blessing (5) and Currin; Beck, Hawley (2), Strunk (3), Lowe (5) and Charles. W-Hawley. L-McKeehan.

HITS: Clarkston-Currin, Blessing, Malcolm, Ogden. Moscow-Fritz 2, Bender 3, Hawley, Smith 2, Charles, Strunk 2, Lowe 2, Beck, Kleffner. 2B-Strunk, Beck. HR-Bender.

ISG Tournament

Coeur d’Alene 5, Capital 0

Deninger and Smith; Coburn and Horton. W-Coburn (3-0). L-Deninger.

HITS: Capital-Hansen, Newton. CdA-Stark 3, DeLong, Chandler, Coburn. 2B-Stark, Chandler.

Coeur d’Alene 5, Eagle 1

DeLong and Horton; Cook and Hunn. W-DeLong (6-0). L-Cook.

HITS: Coeur d’Alene-Brouillard, Kraft 3. Eagle-Wenzel, Cook, Woodson. 2B-Kraft.

Lake City 11, Centennial 2

Balliett and Gordon; Lynn, Neal (5) and Ortega, Wade (6). W-Lynn. L-Balliett.

HITS: Centennial-Spear 2, Gordon, Mohr 2. Lake City-Senenbock, Wade 3, Work, Krier 2, Walker 2, Ortega 2, Ross. 2B-Senenbock, Wade, Work, Krier, Ortega 2. 3B-Wade, Walker. HR-Krier.

Mountain View 7, Lake City 6

Work and Wade; LePire and Sharts. W-LePire. L-Work.

HITS: Lake City-Senenbock, Wade, Work, Krier, Harbour 4, Ross 2. Mountain View-LePire 3, Richardson 3, Gregory. 2B-Senenbock, Harbour, LePire. HR-Work, LePire.

Swimming

World Championships

At Melbourne, Australia

Men

200 Backstroke Final

1, Ryan Lochte, United States, 1:54.32 (world record; previous record, 1:54.44, Aaron Peirsol, United States, Aug. 19, 2006). 2, Aaron Peirsol, United States, 1:54.80. 3, Markus Rogan, Austria, 1:56.02. 4, Arkady Vyatchanin, Russia, 1:57.14. 5, Razvan Florea, Romania, 1:57.31. 6. James Goddard, Britain, 1:58.88. 7, Tomomi Morita, Japan, 1:59.14. 8, Gregor Tait, Britain, 1:59.41.

200 Breaststroke Final

1, Kosuke Kitajima, Japan, 2:09.80. 2, Brenton Rickard, Australia, 2:10.99. 3, Loris Facci, Italy, 2:11.03. 4, Paolo Bossini, Italy, 2:11.38. 5, Eric Shanteau, United States, 2:11.50. 6, Daniel Gyurta, Hungary, 2:11.62. 7, Mike Brown, Canada, 2:12.01. 8, Grigori Falko, Russia, 2:12.16.

800 Freestyle Relay Final

1, United States, (Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Klete Keller, Peter Vanderkaay) 7:03.24 (world record, previous Australia 7:04.66, July 27, 2001). 2, Australia (Patrick Murphy, Andrew Mewing, Grant Brits, Kenrick Monk), 7:10.05. 3, Canada (Brian Johns, Brent Hayden, Rick Say, Andrew Hurd), 7:10.70. 4, Britain, 7:11.28. 5, Italy, 7:12.31. 6, Russia, 7:14.86. 7 (tie), Japan and Poland, 7:17.46.

Women

100 Freestyle Final

1, Libby Lenton, Australia, 53.40. 2, Marleen Veldhuis, Netherlands, 53.70. 3, Britta Steffen, Germany, 53.74. 4, Natalie Coughlin, United States, 53.87. 5, Erica Morningstar, Canada, 54.10. 6, Jodie Henry, Australia, 54.21. 7, Josefin Lillhage, Sweden, 54.67. 8, Malia Metella, France, 54.77.

200 Breaststroke Final

1, Leisel Jones, Australia, 2:21.84. 2 (tie), Kirsty Balfour, Britain, and Megan Jendrick, United States, 2:25.94. 4, Suzaan van Biljon, South Africa, 2:26.19. 5, Luo Nan, China, 2:27.55. 6, Birte Steven, Germany, 2:28.13. 7, Sandra Jakobsson, Sweden, 2:28.25. 8, Tara Kirk, United States, 2:28.67.

Tennis

Sony Ericsson Open

ATP TOUR-WTA TOUR

At The Tennis Center at Crandon Park, Key Biscayne, Fla.; Purse: Men, $3.45 million (Masters); Women, $3.45 million (Tier I); Surface: Hard-Outdoor

Singles

Men, Semifinals

Novak Djokovic (10), Serbia, def. Andy Murray (12), Britain, 6-1, 6-0.

Guillermo Canas, Argentina, def. Ivan Ljubicic (7), Croatia, 7-5, 6-2.

Doubles

Women, Semifinals

Cara Black, Zimbabwe, and Liezel Huber (2), South Africa, def. Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, and Martina Hingis, Switzerland, 6-4, 6-3.

Lisa Raymond, United States, and Samantha Stosur (1), Australia, def. Chan Yung-jan and Chuang Chia-jung (8), Taiwan, 6-4, 6-4.

College men

Non-conference

GONZAGA 4, WEBER STATE 3. No. 1 Singles–Fabio Mancarella (WSU) def. Bryce Cooper 6-4, 6-2. No. 1 Doubles–Mario Schnabl and Travis Covington (WSU) def. Brett Womack and Zack Radetzky 8-3.

NEW MEXICO STATE 6, EASTERN WASHINGTON 1. No. 1 Singles–Gustave Diep (NMSU) def. Pannhara Mam 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2). No. 1 Doubles–Pannhara Mam and Kyle Schraeder (EWU) def. Stjepan Beg and Roman Stoisavljevic 8-3.

CC SPOKANE 5, PIMA 4. No. 1 Singles–Alex Hart (CCS) def. Jorge Tiscareno 6-4, 1-6, 6-3. No. 1 Doubles–Alex Hart and Mike Shelton (CCS) def. Jorge Tiscareno and Ean Esguer 9-7.

College women

Non-conference

PIMA 6, CC SPOKANE 3. No. 1 Singles–Heather Handwerk (CCS) def. Donna Qabazard 6-0, 6-2. No. 1 Doubles–Qabazard and Amy Meyer (PCC) def. Handwerk and Joanna Otto 8-5.

Track & field

High school

Colville Invitational

BOYS

TEAM SCORING—Freeman 170, Colville 139, Medical Lake 105, Selkirk 71, Republic 36, Deer Park 30, Kettle Falls 20, Chewelah 11, Inchelium 11, Northport 2.

100-1, Roberts (Col) 11.4. 2, Stallworthy (ML) 11.4. 3, Davis (Fre) 11.6. 200-1, Stallworthy (ML) 23.1. 2, Lara (Fre) 23.1. 3, Dumas (Col) 23.8. 400-1, Souders (ML) 54.6. 2, Lara (Fre) 55.2. 3, Connell (Fre) 57.4. 800-1, Ettman (Fre) 2:10.6. 2, Ochoua (Inc) 2:18.9. 3, Entman (Fre) 2:19. 1,600-1, Jacobs (ML) 4:42. 2, Rose (Col) 4:47. 3, Entman (Fre) 4:52.1. 3,200-1, Rose (Col) 10:12.5. 2, Munson (Fre) 10:17.9. 3, Cassou (Col) 10:46.5. 110 high hurdles-1, Mueller (ML) 17.5. 2, Strottman (Fre) 19.1. 3, Entman (Fre) 19.1. 300 low hurdles-1, Mueller (ML) 44.8. 2, Carpenter (Col) 45.5. 3, Entman (Fre) 46.0. 400 relay-1, Colville 45.2. 2, Medical Lake 45.8. 3, Freeman 46.1. 1,600 relay-1, Medical Lake 3:39.5. 2, Freeman 3:40.4. 3, Selkirk 3:53.2. High jump-1, Thompson (ML) 6-0. 2, Dumas (Col) 5-10. 3, Almas (Col) 5-10. Long jump-1, Davis (Fre) 19-7. 2, Almas (Col) 19-4. 3, Luu (Col) 19-3. Triple jump-1, Palmier (Rep) 40-8¼. 2, Stroebel (KF) 40-¼. 3, Almas (Col) 38-¾. Discus-1, Milliren (Sel) 133-4. 2, Gorst (Col) 126-10. 3, Godderz (Fre) 125-2. Javelin-1, Musson (Col) 188-0. 2, Koontz (Rep) 161-11. 3, Thompason (ML) 147-9. Shot put-1, Doramus (Sel) 46-3. 2, WhySong (Sel) 43-3. 3, Godderz (Fre) 41-9½.

GIRLS

TEAM SCORING—Freeman 135, Colville 119, Chewelah 98, Deer Park 92, Medical Lake 46, Inchelium 43, Republic 30, Selkirk 30, Kettle Falls 9, Northport 0.

100-1, Gauche (Col) 13.2. 2, Smith (Che) 13.3. 3, Luu (Col) 13.3. 200-1, Birch (Inc) 28.1. 2, Naber (Fre) 28.4. 3, Ruygrok (DP) 28.6. 400-1, Nabor (Fre) 1:06.4. 2, Kondon (Sel) 1:10.4. 3, Jacobsen (Inc) 1:11.9. 800-1, Gonyo (ML) 2:25.9. 2, Williams (Col) 2:28.2. 3, Sayers (Fre) 2:37.2. 1,600-1, S.Dunich (DP) 5:45.4. 2, Sayers (Fre) 5:48.1. 3, J.Dunich (DP) 5:51.2. 3,200-1, Williams (Col) 11:39.4. 2, S.Dunich (DP) 11:47.8. 3, Klinger (Che) 14:31.3. 100 high hurdles-1, Miller (Fre) 17.3. 2, C.Heinen (Fre) 17.9. 3, Denton (Rep) 18.6. 300 low hurdles-1, Obert (DP) 49.3. 2, K.Heinen (Fre) 52.4. 3, Miller (Fre) 54.1. 400 relay-1, Colville 52.3. 2, Chewelah 53.6. 3, Deer Park 53.9. 800 relay-1, Colville 1:52.3. 2, Inchelium 2:00.4. 3, Freeman 2:03.5. 1,600 relay-1, Freeman 4:33.5. 2, Medical Lake 5:57.3. High jump-1, Willard (Fre) 4-10. 2, Verzal (DP) 4-10. 3, Mills (Che) 4-10. Long jump-1, Smith (Che) 16-5¼. 2, Obert (DP) 15-6. 3, Johnstone (Che) 14-11½. Triple jump-1, Johnstone (Che) 34-10¼. 2, Cobb (Che) 34-3½. 3, Naber (Fre) 30-11¾. Discus-1, Jack (Inc) 102-1. 2, Huguenin (Che) 95-3. 3, Frankart (Fre) 92-11. Javelin-1, Verzal (DP) 126-2. 2, Mills (Che) 104-6. 3, Lahman 98-11. Shot put-1, Huguenin (Che) 33-3¼. 2, Pond (Col) 30-9½. 3, Lentz (Col) 30-5½.

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NBA

College Basketball

NCAA Final Four (Atlanta)

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