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LOCAL CORNER

Local Corner is an occassional feature of the Beacon Journal featuring local amateur and participatory results.

Information should be delivered to the Beacon Journal sports department in person, by mail or fax (330-996-3629) by 4 p.m. Monday.
BOWLING

AFLAC Men-Magic City Lanes: High Series: Tony Grable 793; Matt Knapp 711. High Game: John Elseg 279; Ed Rich 278; John Bruder 266; Billy Young 257; Bob Rich 254; Keith Mothersbaugh 253; Ron W. Wood 238; Shawn Ramsey 234; Kevin Duff 233; Terry Jenkins 231; Larry Folden 225; Mike Bodnar 225; Ron L. Wood 223; Wade Carpenter 221; Chuck Seiberling 221; Ted George 215
GOLF

Northern Ohio PGA

Stableford Stroke Play Series #1(at Madison Country Club, Madison, Ohio)
(Par score, Stableford score, earnings)
1. Paul Wackerly 34-35--69 25 $1,200
T2. Gary Robison 35-36--71 22 $950
T2. Mike Rutgers 36-35--71 22 $950
T4. David Engram 36-34--70 21 $700
T4. David Lapmarado 33-38--71 21 $700
T4. Brian Varsey 38-33--71 21 $700
7. Tom Atchison 36-34--70 20 $550
T8. Nick Gustin 37-36--73 18 $400
T8. Joe Meglen 39-34--73 18 $400
T8. Eric Morgan 38-35--73 18 $400
T8. David Mottice 34-40--74 18 $400
T8. Chuck Radabaugh 39-35--74 18 $400
T13. John Dorsey 36-38--74 17 $85
T13. Mitch Flemming 38-36--74 17 $85
T13. Jon Jones 36-38--74 17 $85
T13. William McKinley 38-36--74 17 $85
T13 Tony Milam 35-42--77 17 $85
T13. Dennis Miller 36-37--73 17 $85
T13. Stephen Parker 40-33--73 17 $85
T13. Scott Pollack 39-35--74 17 $85
T13. Bill Pollert 39-35--74 17 $85
T13. Thomas Waitrovich 35-39--74 17 $85
Senior Division
1. Thomas Fussaro 37-35--72 20 $650
2. Charlie Wood 37-36--73 17 $400
3. David Boos 37-39--76 15 $300
T4. Gus Mehallis 39-38--77 13 $225
T4 Daniel Priest 42-34--76 13 $225
AUTO RACING

MIDVALE SPEEDWAY
Northern Ohio Legends
Top Qualifier—Jason Knox 15.87.
Feature—Jason Knox, Steve Rector, Larry Young, Randy Burns, Travis Braden, Jeff Huber, Mike Copen, Daniel Shively, Steve Rector, Wendall Napper, Jonathon Reitter, Robert Copen, Billy Richards, Mike MacDonald, Tom Spisak.
McIntosh Oil Company Late Models
Top Qualifier—Bubba Smith 14.71.
Feature—Ryan Tedesco, Tom Garbrandt, Doug McMillen, Mike Miller, Dusty Woodie, Bob Schneider Jr., Bob Eichel, William Robinson, John Sluka, Rich Marcum, Mark Willison, Bubba Smith, Dave McAlicker, Ron Jaberg Jr., Mark Willison Jr., Greg Beule.
Tusco Net Sport Stocks
Top Qualifier—Nick Grubbs 15.28 (new track record).
Feature—Ron Dague, Virgil Ravenscroft III, Nick Grubbs, Randy Smart, Scott Archer, Kevin McClintock, Chris Kail, Blake Mackey, Chris Miller, Blake Bitticker, Gabe Pringle.
Midvale Speedway Pure StocksTop Qualifier—Tad Grove 16.75.
Feature—Tad Grove, Tory Gibbs, Rich Schweitzer, Keith Anderson, Todd Miller, Doug Higgins, Joe Oliver, Luther Chambers, Bob Passwaters Sr., Josh Anders, Mike Phillips Jr., Teddy Oliver, Jimmy Orr.
Parkway Suzuki CompactsTop Qualifier—Don Rufener Jr. 17.98.
Feature #1—John McNutt, A.J. Diano, Don Rufener Jr., Jay Hunt, Gabe Pringle, Rich Dunlap, Adam Mishler, Brad Henry, Max McCartney, Johnny Campbell, Kelly McNutt, Jason Morgan, Earl Scranton, Bubba Smith, Felicia Myers.
Feature #2—Michael Keefe, Derek Grewell, Bob Passwaters Jr., Kyle Grove, Jeffrey Orr, Tammy Rufener, Pat Carnes, Kyle Rector, Chris Bloom, Joe Konovsek, Jim Campbell, Jamie Leslie, Howard Bartholow, Tim Westerfield Jr., Larry Ennis, Rich Hess, Isaac Ferrebee, Jake Albright.
Feature #3—Billy Nicholas, Jason Anthony, Dan Konovsek, Kenny Jewell, Kyle Lawson, Ryan Kopp, Tim Frederick, Perk Pyle, Mike Lawson, Jesse Crabtree, Chasity Crawford, Tyler Schupbach, Mark Bates.
Midvale Speedway Figure 8's
Feature—Don Rufener Jr., Jason Morgan, Kenny Jewell, Tim Frederick, Jesse Crabtree.

ODDS

Glantz-Culver Line

Major League Baseball
Today's GameAmerican League
FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE

at Cleveland -175 Seattle +165
at New York -130 Detroit +120
Tampa Bay -115 at Baltimore +105
at Boston -105 Toronto -105
at Texas -130 Kansas City +120
at Minnesota -110 Chicago +100
at Los Angeles -135 Oakland +125
National League

at Philadelphia -175 San Diego +165
at New York -230 Pittsburgh +210
Atlanta -115 at Washington +105
Los Angeles -130 at Florida +120
Milwaukee -130 at Chicago +120
at St. Louis -110 Cincinnati +100
at Arizona -145 Houston +135
at San Francisco -130 Colorado +120
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NBA Playoffs
Today's Game
FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG

at Detroit 9 (178) Philadelphia
at New Orleans 6 (193) Dallas
at Houston 2 (182) Utah
at San Antonio 5 (1971/2) Phoenix
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NHL Playoffs
Today's Game
FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE

at N.Y. Rangers -145 Pittsburgh +125
at Dallas -135 San Jose +115
at Colorado -110 Detroit -110

TRANSACTIONS

BASEBALL
American League• CLEVELAND INDIANS—Recalled LHP Aaron Laffey from Buffalo (IL). Optioned OF Brad Snyder to Buffalo.
National League• CINCINNATI REDS—Recalled LHP Bill Bray from Louisville (IL). Optioned RHP Todd Coffey to Louisville.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association• MIAMI HEAT—Announced the resignation of Pat Riley, coach. Named assistant coach Erik Spoelstra coach.
FOOTBALL
National Football League• CINCINNATI BENGALS—Waived S Nick Turnbull.
• CAROLINA PANTHERS—Agreed to terms with DT Darwin Walker on a one-year deal. Signed QB Taylor Tharp, DE Casper Brinkley, TE Chris Conklin, CB Cortney Grixby, FB Breyone Evans, S Joseph Fields, DT Brandon Jenkins, WR Damon Morton, CB Darren Toney and P Dan Ziedman.• OAKLAND RAIDERS—Signed RB Louis Rankin, LB Malik Jackson, LB Shane Simmons, C Adam Spieker, CB Derrick Brown and TE Chris Wagner.• TENNESSEE TITANS—Agreed to terms with DT Barry Booker, RB Omar Cuff, LB Jerrell Freeman, S Tony Joiner, RB Rafael Little, T Brock Pasteur, WR Jason Rivers, C Eric Scott, C-G Fernando Velasco and WR Edward Williams.Canadian Football League• WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS—Re-signed DB Greg Bearman. Signed LB Jesse Alexander.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League• ATLANTA THRASHERS—Assigned F Guillaume Desbiens, F Tomas Pospisil and D Chad Denny tom Gwinnett (ECHL) to Chicago (AHL).
• PHOENIX COYOTES—Signed LW Brett MacLean and assigned him to San Antonio (AHL).
ECHL• CHARLOTTE CHECKERS—Announced Allan Egeland, assistant coach, will not return next season.
LACROSSE
Major League Lacrosse• BOSTON CANNONS—Claimed M Craig Hammond from the league player pool. Waived M Nolan Godfrey.• CHICAGO MACHINE—Waived M Joseph Barile.
• LOS ANGELES RIPTIDE—Claimed D Doug Abate from the league player pool.
• WASHINGTON BAYHAWKS—Claimed M Brian Read from the league player pool.

BASEBALL

MINOR LEAGUE

Eastern League (AA)

North Division
W L Pct. GB

Portland (Red Sox) 17 6 .739 —
Trenton (Yankees) 15 10 .600 3
New Britain (Twins) 10 12 .455 61/2
Connecticut (Giants) 10 13 .435 7
Binghamton (Mets) 10 14 .417 71/2
New Hampshire (Jays) 7 15 .318 91/2
South Division
W L Pct. GB

Harrisburg (Natls) 14 9 .609 —
Erie (Tigers) 13 10 .565 1
Reading (Phillies) 12 11 .522 2
Bowie (Orioles) 11 12 .478 3
Altoona (Pirates) 10 13 .435 4

Akron (Indians) 9 13 .409 41/2
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Monday's ResultsNo games scheduled
Today's GamesErie at Akron, 7:05 p.m.
Harrisburg at Altoona
New Britain at Binghamton
Portland at Bowie
Reading at New Hampshire
Trenton at Connecticut
Wednesday's GamesErie at Akron, 7:05 p.m.
Harrisburg at Altoona
New Britain at Binghamton
Portland at Bowie
Reading at New Hampshire
Trenton at Connecticut

FOOTBALL

ARENA LEAGUE

Arena Football Glance

NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Eastern Division
W L T Pct PF PA
Philadelphia 8 0 0 1.000 528 400
Dallas 7 0 0 1.000 353 299
New York 5 4 0 .556 452 430

Cleveland 4 4 0 .500 449 484

Columbus 2 6 0 .250 386 438
Southern Division
W L T Pct PF PA
New Orleans 7 2 0 .778 535 432
Orlando 6 3 0 .667 513 503
Georgia 3 5 0 .375 455 447
Tampa Bay 3 5 0 .375 432 453
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
Central Division
W L T Pct PF PA
Chicago 7 2 0 .778 537 415
Colorado 3 5 0 .375 417 462
Grand Rapids 3 5 0 .375 483 472
Kansas City 1 7 0 .125 382 481
Western Division
W L T Pct PF PA
San Jose 5 4 0 .556 507 478
Arizona 4 4 0 .500 401 465
Los Angeles 3 6 0 .333 495 570
Utah 0 9 0 .000 498 594
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Monday's GameDallas at Philadelphia, 8 p.m.
Friday's GamesPhiladelphia at Cleveland, 7 p.m.
Grand Rapids at Colorado, 9 p.m.
Saturday's Games
Dallas at Columbus, 7 p.m.
New Orleans at Georgia, 7 p.m.
San Jose at Orlando, 7:30 p.m.
Kansas City at Utah, 9 p.m.
Arizona at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

SOCCER

MLS

Standings

EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA

Columbus 4 1 0 12 9 6

Chicago 3 1 1 10 8 3
New England 3 2 1 10 8 7
Kansas City 3 2 1 10 7 7
Toronto FC 3 2 0 9 7 8
New York 2 1 1 7 5 3
D.C. United 2 3 0 6 9 10
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
FC Dallas 2 1 2 8 8 5
Los Angeles 2 2 1 7 11 11
Colorado 2 3 0 6 8 7
CD Chivas USA 1 3 1 4 9 13
Real Salt Lake 1 3 1 4 7 9
San Jose 1 3 0 3 2 5
Houston 0 2 3 3 5 9

NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
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Thursday's GameNew York at Toronto FC, 7 p.m.
Saturday's GamesKansas City at Columbus, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago at New England, 7:30 p.m.
CD Chivas USA at Houston, 8:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at Real Salt Lake, 9 p.m.
FC Dallas at San Jose, 10 p.m.
Sunday's GameD.C. United at Colorado, 3 p.m.

HOCKEY

AHL

Playoff Glance

DIVISION SEMIFINALS
(Best-of-seven)
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
PROVIDENCE VS. MANCHESTER Providence won series 4-1
PORTLAND VS. HARTFORDPortland won series 4-1
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East Division
WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON VS. HERSHEY Wilkes-Barre/Scranton won series 4-1PHILADELPHIA VS. ALBANY(Series tied 3-3)Game 1: Albany 4, Philadelphia 0
Game 2: Philadelphia 3, Albany 0
Game 3: Albany 4, Philadelphia 1
Game 4: Philadelphia 2, Albany 1
Game 5: Philadelphia 3, Albany 2, 5OT
Game 6: Albany 1, Philadelphia 0, OT
Today's Game: at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.
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Western Conference
North Division
TORONTO VS. SAN ANTONIO(Toronto wins series 4-3)
Game 1: Toronto 4, San Antonio 3
Game 2: San Antonio 6, Toronto 3
Game 3: San Antonio 3, Toronto 2
Game 4: Toronto 3, San Antonio 2
Game 5: Toronto 2, San Antonio 1
Game 6: San Antonio 3, Toronto 0
Monday's Result: Toronto 2, San Antonio 1
SYRACUSE VS. MANITOBA(Syracuse wins series 4-2)Game 1: Syracuse 2, Manitoba 1, OT
Game 2: Manitoba 3, Syracuse 2, OT
Game 3: Syracuse 2, Manitoba 1, OT
Game 4: Manitoba 5, Syracuse 2
Saturday's Result: Syracuse 3, Manitoba, 2, OT
Monday's Result: Syracuse 3, Manitoba 2
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West Division
CHICAGO VS. MILWAUKEE Chicago wins series 4-2ROCKFORD 4, HOUSTON 1Rockford wins series 4-1———
DIVISION FINALS
(Best-of-7)
Eastern Conference
Atlantic DivisionPROVIDENCE VS. PORTLAND
(Providence leads series 2-0)Game 1: Providence 4, Portland 0
Game 2: Providence 7, Portland 1
Friday's Game: at Portland, 7:05 p.m.
Sunday's Game: at Portland, 4:05 p.m.
*Tuesday's Game: at Portland, 7:05 p.m.
*May 9: at Providence, 7:05 p.m.
*May 10: at Providence, 7:05 p.m.
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East DivisionTBD
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Western Conference North DivisionTBD
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West DivisionROCKFORD VS. CHICAGO
(Series tied 0-0)Thursday's Game: at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Saturday's Game: at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Sunday's Game: at Rockford, 5 p.m.
May 7: at Rockford, 8 p.m.
*May 9: at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
*May 11: at Rockford, 5 p.m.
*May 13: at Chicago, 8 p.m.

* - if necessary

GOLF

PGA TOUR

Statistics

Though Sunday
Scoring Average

1. Tiger Woods, 67.73. 2. Adam Scott, 69.16. 3. Luke Donald, 69.17. 4. Bart Bryant, 69.41. 5. Phil Mickelson, 69.51. 6. Steve Marino, 69.69. 7. Stewart Cink, 69.74. 8. Padraig Harrington, 69.78. 9 (tie), Vijay Singh and Ben Crane, 69.83.
Driving Distance

1. Bubba Watson, 310.6. 2. J.B. Holmes, 305.7. 3. Dustin Johnson, 304.3. 4. Robert Garrigus, 302.1. 5. Brett Wetterich, 300.9. 6. Fred Couples, 300.2. 7. Anthony Kim, 299.8. 8. Tag Ridings, 299.0. 9. Adam Scott, 297.7. 10. Jason Gore , 297.2.
Driving Accuracy Percentage

1. Olin Browne, 78.75%. 2. Scott Verplank, 76.78%. 3. Fred Funk, 75.35%. 4. Robert Gamez, 75.34%. 5. Paul Goydos, 75.26%. 6. Billy Mayfair, 74.95%. 7. Bart Bryant, 74.85%. 8. Joe Durant, 74.54%. 9. Heath Slocum, 73.88%. 10. Zach Johnson, 73.54%.
Greens in Regulation Pct.

1. Tiger Woods, 73.26%. 2. K.J. Choi, 70.74%. 3. Stewart Cink, 70.69%. 4. Robert Allenby, 70.67%. 5. Vijay Singh, 70.59%. 6. Brett Wetterich, 70.05%. 7. Justin Leonard, 69.75%. 8. Charley Hoffman, 69.62%. 9. Woody Austin, 69.52%. 10 , Hunter Mahan, 69.37%.
Total Driving

1. J.J. Henry, 72. 2. Joe Durant, 81. 3. Jason Bohn, 83. 4. Mathew Goggin, 86. 5 (tie), Charley Hoffman and Boo Weekley, 87. 7. Ben Crane, 96. 8. Jason Gore, 100. 9. Charles Warren, 102. 10. Billy Mayfair, 110.
Putting Average

1. Marco Dawson, 1.696. 2. Padraig Harrington, 1.706. 3. Aaron Baddeley, 1.707. 4 (tie), Nathan Green and Jeff Quinney, 1.716. 6. John Mallinger, 1.728. 7 (tie), Bob Tway and Justin Leonard, 1.733. 9. Parker McLachlin, 1.734. 10. Tiger Woods, 1.735.
Birdie Average

1. Padraig Harrington, 4.40. 2. Tiger Woods, 4.31. 3. Adam Scott, 4.17. 4. Aaron Baddeley, 4.03. 5. Marco Dawson, 3.95. 6. Justin Leonard, 3.91. 7. Phil Mickelson, 3.90. 8 (tie), Rory Sabbatini, Jeff Quinney and Camilo Villegas , 3.86.
Eagles (Holes per)

1. Nick Watney, 92.6. 2. Tiger Woods, 96.0. 3. Charles Warren, 100.8. 4. Adam Scott, 108.0. 5. Mathias Gronberg, 111.6. 6. Matt Jones, 113.1. 7 (tie), Mark Hensby and Rory Sabbatini, 126.0. 9. Daniel Chopra, 129.0. 10. 4 tied with 130.5.
Sand Save Percentage

1. Camilo Villegas, 69.23%. 2. Craig Barlow, 66.67%. 3. Justin Rose, 65.38%. 4. Nick O'Hern, 65.00%. 5. Brian Gay, 64.44%. 6. Lee Janzen, 64.00%. 7. Corey Pavin, 63.89%. 8. K.J. Choi, 63.83%. 9. Ian Poulter, 63.33%. 10. Steve Flesch, 63.27%.
All-Around Ranking

1. Adam Scott, 241. 2. Stewart Cink, 322. 3. Tiger Woods, 344. 4. Chad Campbell , 351. 5. Phil Mickelson, 354. 6. Robert Allenby, 359. 7. Steve Stricker, 385. 8. Justin Leonard, 386. 9. Ben Crane, 409. 10. Kevin Sutherland, 428.
PGA TOUR Official Money Leaders

1. Tiger Woods (5), $4.425.000. 2. Phil Mickelson (9), $2.488.830. 3. Geoff Ogilvy (9), $2.147.400. 4. Stewart Cink (9), $2.105.512. 5. Vijay Singh (10), $2.092.417. 6. K.J. Choi (9), $1.801.432. 7. Justin Leonard (12), $1.786.402. 8. Boo Weekley (12), $1.768.985. 9. Adam Scott (6), $1.540,444. 10. J.B. Holmes (11), $1.536.195.
LPAG TOUR

Statistics

Through Sunday
Scoring

1, Lorena Ochoa, 67.8696. 2, Annika Sorenstam, 69.6154 3, Yani Tseng, 70.44. 4, Karen Stupples, 70.6364. 5, Paula Creamer, 70.6538. 6 (tie), Suzann Pettersen and Lindsey Wright, 70.6923. 8, Hee-Won Han, 70.931. 9, Na Yeon Choi, 70.9615. 10, Karrie Webb, 71.1111.
Rounds Under Par

1, Lorena Ochoa, .957. 2, Annika Sorenstam, .846. 3, Yani Tseng, .640. 4, Karen Stupples, .636. 5, Suzann Pettersen, .615. 6, Song-Hee Kim, .611. 7, Hee-Won Han, .586. 8, Young Kim, .583. 9, Lindsey Wright, .577. 10 (tie), Laura Diaz and Candie Kung, .560.
Eagles

1, Sophie Gustafson, 6. 2, Jee Young Lee, 5. 3 (tie), Becky Lucidi, Sandra Gal, Marisa Baena, Brittany Lincicome and Allison Fouch, 4. 8, 9 tied with 3.
Greens in Regulation

1, Lorena Ochoa, .810. 2, Nina Reis, .806. 3, Annika Sorenstam, .747. 4, Paige Mackenzie, .741. 5, Jane Park, .735. 6, Sandra Gal, .727. 7, Helen Alfredsson, .722. 8 (tie) Dina Ammaccapane and Suzann Pettersen, .717. 10, Cristie Kerr, .715.
Top 10 Finishes

1, Lorena Ochoa, 1.000. 2, Annika Sorenstam, .857. 3 (tie), Lindsey Wright, Minea Blomqvist, Christina Kim, Paula Creamer, Na Yeon Choi and Yani Tseng, .429. 9, Karrie Webb, .400. 10, Inbee Park, .375.
Driving Distance

1, Lorena Ochoa, 277.5. 2, Becky Lucidi, 275.8. 3, Sophie Gustafson, 275.1. 4, Hee Young Park, 270.9. 5, Brittany Lincicome, 270.6. 6, Wendy Doolan, 270.3. 7, Jee Young Lee, 269.5. 8, Maria Hjorth, 269.1. 9, Laura Davies, 268.4. 10 (tie) Karin Sjodin, Grace Park and Laren Stupples, 267.8.
Sand Saves

1, Allison Hanna-Williams, 1.000. 2 , Taylor Leon, .800. 3, Su A Kim, .778. 4, Heather Daly-Donofrio, .727. 5, Ai Miyazato, .696. 6, Cindy Pasechnik, .667. 7, Teresa Lu, .650. 8 (tie) Seon Hwa Lee and Lorena Ochoa, .647. 10, Sarah Lee, .643.
Birdies

1, Lorena Ochoa, 124. 2, Hee-Won Han, 104. 3, Na Yeon Choi, 103. 4, Annika Sorenstam, 102. 5, Suzann Pettersen, 99. 6, Inbee Park, 98. 7, Angela Stanford, 96. 8 (tie), Paula Creamer and Yani Tseng, 95. 10 (tie), Jee Young Lee and Alena Sharp, 94.
Driving Accuracy

1, Taylor Leon, .885. 2, Yu Ping Lin, .869. 3, Becky Morgan, .814. 4, Meena Lee, .812. 5, Audra Burks, .786. 6, Morgan Pressel, .784. 7 (tie), Leta Lindley and Sung Ah Yim, .777. 9, Paula Creamer, .776. 10, Meg Mallon, .773.