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Times Leader 11-21-2011
Times Leader 11-21-2011
TiTA N
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HAZLE TWP.
Manager shot in robbery
A
convenience store manager was
shot twice with a BB gun and
robbed Sunday morning when she
was about to make a deposit at the
PNC Bank on Susquehanna Boule-
vard, state police said.
State police provided the following
account of the robbery: The masked
suspect, believed to be a white male
wearing jeans and a hooded sweat-
shirt with GAP across the chest,
approached the manager of the Tur-
key Hill on state Route 93 and Air-
port Road around 10 a.m., shot her in
the face and demanded the money.
The manager went to the ground.
The suspect took the deposit, shot
her in the back of the head and fled
to an adjacent storage unit business
where he had parked a white sport
utility vehicle, possibly a four-door
Dodge.
The manager pursued the suspect
but he was able to drive around her
and flee north on state Route 93. She
lost sight of him at the Laurel Mall.
Anyone with information about
the robbery is asked to Trooper Ken-
neth J. Houck Jr. of the Hazleton
barracks at 570 459-3890.
WEST PITTSTON
Advisory to lock homes
Police and Mayor Tony Denisco
advised residents to lock and secure
their homes that are unoccupied and
undergoing renovations from the
September flooding.
Weve been having a rash of at-
tempted break-ins and a few homes
have been entered in the flood area
mostly, said Denisco on Sunday.
Anyone who wants to make a
report to police of anything suspi-
cious or of an incident is asked to
contact 911. Police are on patrol and
might not receive a report in a timely
manner if the call is made to the
borough building.
PLAINS TWP.
Girls Night Out planned
The Domestic Violence Service
Center is hosting a Girls Night Out
on Dec. 1 from 6-9 p.m. at the River
Street Jazz Caf on River Street.
The event will feature local busi-
nesses selling their products. Among
vendors will be: Silpada jewelry; J.
Sacavage Studios Photography and
Glass Art; Designs by Wisteria; and
Pink Papaya spa products.
There will be a complimentary
buffet and entertainment by local
artists Karl Kleist and Tyler Mariano.
Tickets can be purchased in ad-
vance for $8 by contacting Nina C.
Dei Tos at 570 823-6799 ext. 221 or
at the door for $10.
NEWPORT TWP.
Seat-belts will be enforced
The Newport Township Police
Department announced seat-belt
enforcement activities as part of a
statewide wave through Dec. 4.
Drivers stopped for traffic vio-
lations will receive an additional
citation for not wearing their seat
belt. There will be a Zero Tolerance
policy in effect for this program.
MARSHALLS CREEK
Man dies in cabin fire
Authorities say a man died in a fire
early Sunday morning in a cabin in
eastern Pennsylvania.
Officials in Monroe County say the
cabin was engulfed in flames when
firefighters arrived after they were
called to Pocono Heights just after 2
a.m. Sunday.
The cabin burned to the ground.
Officials say the coroner was called
at about 5 a.m. Sunday after crews
found the body of the victim, who
was in his late 40s. The victim has
not yet been identified.
The fire marshal is investigating
the cause of the blaze.
N E W S I N B R I E F
WEST WYOMING - Cele-
bratingits10thyear inbusiness,
theSixthStreet FleaMarket can
offer treasures and collectibles
galore along with those hard-to-
find items.
Chris Dunn, of Indianapolis,
Ind., happily found a flame de-
flector for a gas stove. He said
he was looking for one around
his area but came up empty.
While visiting the area, he stop-
ped in and found it.
The flea market has a nice
selection, Dunn said.
The SixthStreet Flea Market,
owned by Zurenda Realty of
Wyoming, offers 98 vendor
spots indoors and about 35 out-
door spots. Prices to rent a spot
start at $60.
There is anything and every-
thing at the Sixth Street Flea
Market, said manager Joe Bag-
nato. You just have to come in
and look.
Inside the warehouses, ven-
dors offer a variety of items to
look through, everything from
tools and antiques to collectible
rocknroll paraphernalia, valua-
ble M.I. Hummels, books, base-
ball cards, and model trains.
Merchandise changes every
week, Bagnato said.
The draw to flea markets has
seen a slight resurgence during
the tough economy as custom-
ers look to stretch their dollars
further. Bagnatosaidcustomers
are more frugal and vendors are
looking to make a sale.
a variety of high- andlow-priced
items.
Vendor Carl Stein, of Forty
Fort, has been trying to down-
size and sell off some items for
five years. He said he has some
regular customers. Stein shares
a spot with Nancy Castano, a li-
censed baker, from Inkerman.
Castanos business, Favors n
Flavors, offering fresh cakes,
breads and sweets, has devel-
oped a customer base and even
takes orders.
I have made wedding cakes,
too, she said.
Tucked in the corner of the
second building, Liz and Richs
Caf is prepared to offer a warm
breakfast or lunch. Rich Gar-
mize, Harding, and his girl-
friend, Liz Pilch, prepare their
dishes fresh weekly. Their spe-
ciality, fruity French toast, has
created its own following with
patrons coming in for Sunday
breakfast.
Bagnatos wife, Erica, has had
a stand since the beginning. On
average, she can earn about
$200 a week, sometimes more.
Her secret to success is to carry
Celebrating 10 years of hidden treasures
Sixth Street Flea Market,
West Wyoming, offers items
from tools to trains.
By EILEEN GODIN
Times Leader Correspondent
BILL TARUTIS/FOR THE TIMES LEADER
Jonathan Barry, 13, left, and his dad John, both of Nanticoke,
look over items at the Sixth Street Flea Market, Sunday.
The Sixth Street Flea Market,
West Wyoming, is an indoor and
outdoor flea market open from 8
a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays. To be a
vendor, call Joe Bagnato, manag-
er, at 466-6533.
B U Y O R S E L L
LAKE TOWNSHIP -- Lake Townships pro-
posedbudget for 2012will seeasmall increasein
spending, but thetaxratewill remainthesame.
The millage rate will remain at .322, marking
the 36th year the municipality did not raise the
rate. Amill is $1for every$1,000assessedtaxval-
ue. The earnedincome taxrate will stay at 1per-
cent andtheper capitataxwill be$5.
Theproposedbudgettotalis$496,274whichis
$11,974morethanwhat wasspent in2011.
Duetothisyearsstorms,LakeTownships2011
spending reached $484,300, which was $6,821
over what was initially planned. This does not
mean the municipality was operating in the red.
Theexpenseswerebalancedbyincome.
Infact, theproposedbudgetpredictsacarryov-
erfromthisyearof$91,200.In2011,themunicipal-
ity started the year with a $92,303 surplus from
2010.
Carlene Price, townshipsecretary andtreasur-
er, saidonelargeexpenseincreasein2012will be
$20,000 in loan payments for a new one-ton
Dodgedumptruckpurchasedin2011.
Due to numerous winter storms, the munici-
palityusedupitssupplyof roadsalt andanti-skid
material. Under the proposed budget, $14,000 is
plannedfor snowandice removal, anincrease of
$5,462.
Thereisanincreaseinthecost of truckingthe
material tousandour stockpilewasusedupdue
tothewinter stormslast year, Pricesaid.
Under the proposed budget, the township is
planningtospend$4,000toupdatestreetsignsto
be incompliance witha state mandate whichre-
quires signs to have larger letters so emergency
personnel canseethembetter, ChairmanLonnie
Piatt said.
Areas such as fuel, vehicle maintenance and
roadresurfacinghaveall seenaslight increase.
The municipality will see a small increase of
$1,000initsliquidfuelsincome. Liquidfuelsfund-
ing is given by the state based on the mileage of
roads and population within the municipality,
Pricesaid.
Pricesaidthetotal amount of liquidfuelsfund-
ingwill be$81,000.
ACommunityDevelopmentgrantof$100,000,
whichwillbeusedforroadrepairs, isalsoplanned
for 2012.
Theproposedbudgetisavailableinthemunici-
palbuildingforpublicreviewduringregularoffice
hours. Supervisorswillvoteontheproposed2012
budgetduringtheirnextmeeting,scheduledfor7
p.m. onDec.14inthetownshipbuilding.
Spending up, but
no tax hike for
Lake Township
The proposed budget total is $496,274,
which is $11,974 more than 2011.
By EILEEN GODIN
Times Leader Correspondent
WYOMING -- Dressed in Elmo
Christmas pajamas, 18-month-old Za-
chary Stone of Wyoming watched from
the porch with his dad, Chris, 38, as
nearly a dozen fire trucks from neigh-
boring municipalities blared through
the neighborhood Sunday.
The mild weather was perfect for the
Santa Parade, said Forty Fort mayor,
Boyd Hoats. Although its neighbor,
Wyoming, has held the parade for the
past six years, this is the first year Forty
Fort participated. The parade began at
First Street inWyomingandendedwith
a tree lighting ceremony at Forty Fort
Park.
The Marine Wing Support Squadron
472, the National Guard, council mem-
bersfromthetwoboroughs, andseveral
floats, including a Nutcracker-themed
Kings College float, participated in the
parade.
Perched atop his dads shoulders, 19-
month-old Michael Badman of Wyom-
ing hopped excitedly as the Christmas
train float glided along Wyoming Ave-
nue. Looking down at his mom, Heath-
er, 28, hepointedandsquealedwhenhe
caught sight of Santa.
Thefamilyhadbeentakingaleisurely
afternoon stroll when the parade rolled
downtheavenue. Wedidnt evenknow
what was goingonuntil weheardthesi-
rens, said dad Kevin, 28.
We reached out to our neighbors in
Forty Fort and hope to make this West
Side Parade a traditionevery year, said
Wyoming Mayor Robert Boyer.
Wyoming will hold its tree lighting
ceremony Saturday at dusk in Butler
Park.
Forty Fort joins Wyoming in annual Santa Parade
DON CAREY/THE TIMES LEADER
Santa waves to the children at the Santa Parade in Wyoming and Forty Fort Sunday.
A warm welcome
By CAMILLE FIOTI
Times Leader Correspondent
DON CAREY/THE TIMES LEADER
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sticks a finger in her ear to block out the siren from the fire trucks.
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N A T I O N & W O R L D
SAN FRANCISCO
Pepper spray cops on leave
A
California university placed two of
its police officers on administrative
leave Sunday because of their involve-
ment in the pepper spraying of passive-
ly sitting protesters, while the schools
chancellor accelerated an investigation
into the incident amid calls for her
resignation.
Officials at the University of Cali-
fornia, Davis refused to identify the
two officers but one was a veteran of
many years on the force and other
fairly new to the department, the
schools Police Chief Annette Spicuzza
told The Associated Press. She would
not elaborate further because of the
pending probe.
Videos posted online of the incident
Friday clearly shows one riot-gear clad
officer dousing the line of protesters
with spray as they sat in a line with
their arms intertwined. Spicuzza told
the AP that the second officer was
identified during an intense review of
several videos.
NEW YORK
Wall Street financier dies
Theodore J. Forstmann, a longtime
Wall Street financier who was a major
player during the wave of corporate
takeovers in the 1980s, including the
battle for RJR Nabisco in 1988, died
Sunday at the age of 71.
The cause was brain cancer, accord-
ing to a statement from sports market-
ing giant IMG, where Forstmann
served as chairman and CEO. He was
the senior founding partner of the
investment firm Forstmann Little &
Co.
Forstmann Little, which was founded
in 1978, completed leveraged buyouts
of companies including Dr. Pepper,
Yankee Candle, the cable TV tech-
nology company General Instrument
and Community Health Systems.
NEW HAVEN, CONN.
Driver passed sobriety test
Police say a Yale student who was
driving a U-Haul that fatally struck a
tailgater at the Harvard-Yale game
passed a sobriety test and has not been
charged in connection with the death,
though the investigation is continuing.
New Haven police say Brendan Ross
was driving the truck carrying beer
kegs Saturday morning when it acceler-
ated after making a turn in a parking
area where people were tailgating.
Thirty-year-old Nancy Barry of Sa-
lem, Mass., was killed. Two other wom-
en were injured. Thirty-one-year-old
Yale student Sarah Short of New Haven
remained hospitalized Sunday, and
23-year-old Harvard employee Eliza-
beth Dernbach, originally of Naples,
Fla., was treated and released.
MADRID
Conservatives are elected
Spains opposition conservatives
swept commandingly into power and
into the hot seat Sunday as voters
enduring a 21.5 percent jobless rate
and stagnant economy dumped the
Socialists the third time in as many
weeks Europes debt crisis has claimed
a government.
With 90 percent of the votes from the
election counted, the center-right PP
won 186 seats compared to 154 in the
last legislature, while the Socialists
plummeted from169 to 110, their worst
performance ever.
The PP, with leader and future prime
minister Mariano Rajoy, thus won an
absolute majority and resounding man-
date from the troubled electorate. It
needed 176 votes for such a majority.
I N B R I E F
AP PHOTO
Getting ready for the big day
Penned turkeys seen at a poultry farm
on Sunday, in Evans City, Pa. Accord-
ing to the farmer, these birds will be
sold for the upcoming holiday season.
ZINTAN, Libya Libyas new lead-
ers said Sunday they will try Moammar
Gadhafis son at home and not hand
him over to the International Criminal
Court, where hes charged with crimes
against humanity. The government al-
so announced the capture of the top-
pled regimes intelligence minister,
who is also wanted by the court.
In one of several emerging complica-
tions, however, the former rebel faction
that captured Seif al-Islam Gadhafi a
day earlier is refusing to deliver him to
national authorities in Tripoli, raising
concern over whether he will get a
proper trial and demonstrating the in-
terim leaders weak hold over their
fractured nation.
In the capital, Information Minister
Mahmoud Shammam said ex-Intelli-
gence Minister Abdullah al-Senoussi
was captured alive on Sunday by revo-
lutionary fighters from a southern re-
gion called Fazan, not far from where
Gadhafis son was seized on Saturday
while trying to flee to neighboring Nig-
er.
Fighters tracking al-Senoussi for two
days caught up with him at his sisters
house inDeerat al-Shati, about 40miles
south of the desert city of Sebha, said
fighter Abdullah al-Sughayer. There
were few other immediate details on
his capture, and it was not clear wheth-
er his captors would also resist turning
him over to Tripoli.
Though they are wanted by the Inter-
national Criminal Court in The Hague,
Netherlands, Libya will likely seek to
try both men at home.
Speaking earlier in the day, before al-
Senoussis capture, the information
minister said Seif al-Islam, the ousted
Libyan leaders one-time heir apparent,
must be tried in Libya even though the
countrys newleaders have yet to estab-
lish a court system.
It is only fair for the Libyan people
that he is tried here. ... Seif al-Islam
committed crimes against the Libyan
people, Shammam said.
The ICC is just a secondary court,
and the people of Libya will not allow
Seif al-Islamto be tried outside, Sham-
mam said.
The ICC indicted the two men along
with Gadhafi in June for unleashing a
campaign of murder and torture to sup-
press the uprising against the Gadhafi
regime that broke out in mid-February.
Al-Senoussi, Gadhafis brother-in-
law, was alsoone of sixLibyans convict-
ed in absentia and sentenced to life in
prison in France for the 1989 bombing
of a French passenger jet over Niger
that killed all 170 people on board.
ICC spokesman Fadi El Abdallah
said Sunday that Libya would have to
convincingly lay out its arguments in
what is called a challenge of admissib-
ility if it wanted to try the two men at
home instead of sending them to The
Hague court.
Gadhafi son to be tried in Libya
Libya announced the capture of the
toppled regimes intelligence
minister, also wanted by the court.
By RAMI AL-SHAHEIBI
and HADEEL AL-SHALCHI
Associated Press
AP PHOTO
Seif al-Islam Gadhafi makes remarks
while in captivity in Zintan, Libya,
Sunday.
CAIRO Egypt plunged deeper into
political crisis just eight days before elec-
tions, as security forces attacked protes-
ters and torched their tents Sunday in
unrest that appears headed toward a sec-
ond uprising, this time against Egypts
military rulers.
Thousands of young Egyptians bat-
tled security forces for a second day in
the streets surrounding Tahrir Square,
the nerve center of the revolt that
brought down President Hosni Mubarak
and left the military in charge of Egypt.
Clashes and civil disobedience contin-
ued in Alexandria, Suez and other big ci-
ties as protesters expressed their soli-
darity with the capital.
By nightfall, three people were dead,
hundreds were wounded, fires burned in
the square, and Egyptians worried that
the violence would force a delay in par-
liamentary elections and leave the rul-
ing military council in power even long-
er.
Caretaker Prime Minister
Essam Sharaf and the Su-
preme Council of the Armed
Forces met for crisis talks,
but one of the senior gener-
als said there would be no
delay of elections set to be-
gin Nov. 28.
We wont accept any calls
to postpone elections and
we affirm that that the
armed forces and the police are capable
of securing the process and leading
Egypt through this ditch were stuck in,
Gen. Mohsen el Fangary said on Haya,
an Egyptian cable channel. If every-
thing moves forwardina proper manner,
and without the chaos and division in
the political street, the armed forces will
be back to their barracks before 2012.
The caretaker Cabinet issued a state-
ment reiterating its commitment to
holding elections on time, even as one of
its members, Culture Minister Emad
Abu Ghazi, resigned in pro-
test of the militarys tactics.
Protesters were furious that
the Cabinet also announced
its support of the interior
ministry, which oversees the
riot police, the main force
battling protesters.
At dusk Sunday, military
police stormed into the
square and cleared it within
minutes, beating protesters and destroy-
ing their tents. The operationwas broad-
cast live on television. Then the forces
pulledback, andthe protesters returned.
A handful of political groups suspend-
ed their election campaigns in solidarity
with the demonstrators. Egypts first fe-
male presidential candidate, Bouthaina
Kamel, was briefly arrested in the fight-
ing, her family said in online posts.
Protesters attacked, tents torched just eight days before elections
AP PHOTO
Egyptian riot police are seen on the move during clashes with protesters in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday.
Egypt may see another revolt
By HANNAH ALLAM
and MOHANNAD SABRY
McClatchy Newspapers
We wont ac-
cept any calls
to postpone
elections.
Gen. Mohsen el
Fangary
Rocket-propelled grenades re-
portedly struck a Damascus of-
fice of Syrian President Bashar
Assads Baath Party before dawn
Sunday in the first attack of its
kind in the capital since an anti-
government uprising began last
spring.
Few details were available on
the unusually brazen attack, re-
sponsibility for which was
claimedby a group of military de-
fectors calling itself the Free Syr-
ian Army.
The Turkey-based defectors
have joined protesters and ap-
pear to be taking the lead in an
increasingly armed rebellion that
analysts fear will lead to a civil
war that couldfurther destabilize
the Middle East. The region al-
ready is in turmoil from this
years mass uprisings against au-
tocratic regimes.
The Free Syrian Army also
claimed to have killed or wound-
ed about 20 soldiers and regime
loyalists in a string of attacks on
checkpoints in a Damascus sub-
urb this weekend. None of the
claims could be independently
verified; state media had not re-
ported on any attacks by midday
Sunday.
The Free Syrian Army made
the claims on its Facebook page,
saying the attacks were in retal-
iation for the regime failing to
meet a deadline for releasing
prisoners. It called the assault a
number of parallel and synchro-
nized operations in the heart of
the capital, Damascus, and list-
ed each target: the Baath Party
building, a political security of-
fice, a base and an intelligence of-
fice belonging to the Air Force,
and a group of thugs.
Members of the brigade used
rockets and medium and light
weapons, and returned victo-
rious, the Free Syrian Army
statement said.
Independent journalists are
banned fromworking in Syria, so
most documentation of the
bloodshed comes from activists
statements, witnesses reached
by phone and amateur videos
posted online.
Thabet Salem, a Syrian jour-
nalist who lives about half a mile
from the Baath Party building in
central Damascus, told Al-Jazee-
ra English that he was awakened
just after 4 a.m. by two loud
booms. He later learned that the
target was a main office for the
party, which has controlled Syria
for decades.
Uprising
in Syria
reaches
capital
Defectors claim credit for
rocket attack on office of
presidents Baath party.
By HANNAH ALLAM
McClatchy Newspapers
WASHINGTON Police
departments around the
country are moving to shield
their radio communications
fromthe public as cheap, user-
friendly technology has made
it easy for anyone to use hand-
held devices to keep tabs on
officers responding to crimes.
The practice of encryption
has become increasingly com-
mon from Florida to New
York and west to California,
with law enforcement offi-
cials saying they want to keep
criminals from using officers
internal chatter to evade
them. But journalists and
neighborhood watchdogs say
open communications ensure
that the public receives infor-
mation as quickly as possible
that can be vital to their safe-
ty.
D.C. police became one of
the latest departments to
adopt the practice this fall. Po-
lice Chief Cathy Lanier said
recently that a group of bur-
glars who police believe were
following radio communica-
tions on their smartphones
pulled off more than a dozen
crimes before ultimately be-
ing arrested and that drug
dealers fled a laundromat af-
ter a sergeant used his radio
to call in other officers sug-
gesting that they, too, might
have been listening in.
Whereas listeners used to
be tied to stationary scanners,
new technology has allowed
people and especially crim-
inals to listen to police
communications on a smart-
phone from anywhere, La-
nier testified at a D.C. Council
committee hearing this
month. When a potential
criminal can evade capture
and learn, Theres an app for
that, its time to change our
practices.
More police departments look to tune public out
D.C. police became one of
the latest departments to
adopt encryption.
By ERIC TUCKER
Associated Press
AP PHOTO
Scanner hobbyist Rick Hansen holds his scanner/Ham radio
device at his home Saturday, in Silver Spring, Md.
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WEST PITTSTON Serving
up a homemade Thanksgiving
dinner with sides of friendship
and camaraderie is the menu for
a free dinner to help area flood
victims.
As hundreds of area home-
owners are still trying to clean
upandrepair their flood-ravaged
homes, a church in western
Pennsylvania, The Hope Mis-
sion DuBois Inc., in DuBois, will
offer them an opportunity to re-
lax andenjoy a free home cooked
traditional holiday meal.
The dinner will be held from
noon to 4 p.m. on Thursday in
Fellowship Hall of The Christian
and Missionary Alliance
Church, 317 Luzerne Ave., West
Pittston.
The menu will include turkey,
stuffing, potatoes, vegetables
and fresh-made pies.
Everythingwill be made from
scratch, said Lena Ogershock,
event organizer and church
member. We have a teamof vol-
unteers preparing the food.
Ogershock said the plan is to
prepare enough food to provide
150 dinners.
Pastor Don Strope of the
Christian and Missionary Alli-
ance Church said the free dinner
is open to residents in all area
communities whose homes were
flooded.
Ogershock and her husband,
Dave, were inspired to do more
than volunteer to help clean out
homes. Soon after the Susque-
hanna retreated back into its riv-
er bed, the Ogershocks traveled
three hours to volunteer with
their church group. The couple
was shocked to see the damage
firsthand.
I just could imagine what the
families are going through,
Ogershock said.
Strope saidhe has seenweekly
groups of volunteers coming in
every Saturday from the Clear-
field County Community
Churches, and this is another,
appreciated effort.
We received about 10 to al-
most 60 volunteers from the
churches in Clearfield County
every Saturday, he said. They
have shown a lot of compas-
sion.
Ogershock said as a member
of The Hope Mission DuBois,
they believe the word HOPE
stands for Helping Other
People Everywhere.
Whether it is in the Domin-
ic Republic or inPennsylvania,
we want to show Gods love
and give people hope, she
said.
Meals, friendship on the menu
Volunteers will serve up
Thanksgiving dinner for flood
victims in West Pittston.
By EILEEN GODIN
Times Leader Correspondent
BILL TARUTIS/FOR THE TIMES LEADER
Ron Lindahl of DuBois, right, and Josh Ellison of Philadelphia
work with drywall at a home in West Pittston on Saturday as
part of a flood recovery assistance program coordinated by the
Christian and Missionary Alliance Church of West Pittston.
A free Thanksgiving Dinner, for
flood affected families, will be
held from noon to 4 p.m. on
Thursday in Fellowship Hall in
The Christian and Missionary
Alliance Church, 317 Luzerne
Ave., West Pittston. Call 654-
2500 to register or for more
information.
I F YO U G O
WILKES-BARRE-- The fruit of
the vine was flowing in colors of
red, tawny and white at the Penn-
sylvania International Wine &
Food Festival being held through
today at Genettis.
The event was scheduledto co-
incide with the first tasting of the
Beaujolais Nouveau in France, a
customary French holiday which
celebrates thefull richredwineof
the Beaujolais region.
This particular festival is dif-
ferent from many of the other lo-
cal wine events because were fea-
turing international wines and
spirits, said event organizer
Thom Greco. Other festivals
were tasting Pennsylvania wines
exclusively. With international
wines from countries like Italy,
Spain and France, we can give
people a variety of wines which
will pair well with the food were
serving this weekend.
Greco said the thought behind
the event was to showcase local
restaurants and chefs and allow
them to present their particular
specialties to a willing audience
inpairing witha selectedwine of-
fering. Event sponsor Southern
Wine Distributors supplied a
wide selection of wines, which
featured Pinot Noir, Riesling,
Chardonnay, Merlot and Caber-
net Sauvignon, as well as vodkas
from countries like Poland and
Sweden.
Its a win-win situation, said
Greco. They supply the wines
for our event and get to showcase
their product to prospective cus-
tomers. Its amazing how people
inthe area respondto these types
of events.
We drove up from Berwick to
taste the wines, said Chris and
Shelly Hittle, as they enjoyed a
glass of Merlot. We always try to
find something to do on the
weekends and when we heard
about this event on the radio, we
decided to come.
The two-day festival included
cooking demonstrations from lo-
cal chefs Shawn Jackson and Pe-
ter Adams as well as a guest ap-
pearance by Hells Kitchen con-
testant and NEPA native Maria
Torrisi.
An array of pastas, risottos,
arancini andsushimi were served
at various stations throughout
the ballroom and several standa-
lone carving stations offered
mouth-watering slices of perfect-
ly roasted prime beef to the hun-
gry wine-tasters.
Our passion is wine tasting,
stated Monica Chupka of Shaver-
town, who came out with her
friend Donna Pautak of Wilkes-
Barre. We have a small group of
friends who generally meet from
house to house, but its nice to
come to an event like this. Its ex-
citing.
The event continues today
from 6-10 p.m. Tickets are $30 at
the door or $20 in advance. Tick-
ets are available at all Nardones
Gallery of Sound stores, at Tick-
etSalesNow.com, and at Genet-
tis front desk
A vine opportunity for some wine tasting
Pennsylvania Wine & Food
Festival concludes today at
Genettis in Wilkes-Barre.
By STEVEN FONDO
Times Leader Correspondent
DON CAREY/THE TIMES LEADER
Norman Tarantino serves Pat Zaborsky some risotto with vodka
sauce during the Pennsylvania International Wine & Food Festival.
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This is the first time I can re-
call ever seeing a decline of sales
right out of the box, said Matt
Powell, an analyst with industry
research organization Sports-
OneSource Group. I have never
seen anything like this before.
But weve never seen a scan-
dal quite like this before.
Former football defensive co-
ordinator Jerry Sandusky stands
accused of sexually abusing eight
boys, some on campus, over 15
years.
College-branded merchandise
accounts for more than $4 billion
in annual retail sales, and Penn
State typically ranks in the top10
in sales, capturing roughly $80
million annually, Powell said.
They probably made about $3
millionlast year fromsales of roy-
alty products, he said. This is a
very unusual situation, and my
gut tells me its not going away, at
least in the short term.
For the week after the scandal
broke, Penn States slice of the
market share was about 1.93 per-
cent. During the same week last
year, that figure stood at 2.67 per-
cent, Powell said.
If consumers continue to ex-
press their displeasure with their
wallets, it could spell huge finan-
cial losses to add to Penn States
newly marred reputation.
The ensuing fallout from the
scandal has cost coaching legend
Joe Paterno and longtime presi-
dent Graham Spanier their jobs.
Athletic Director Tim Curley
has been placed on administra-
tive leave, and Vice President Ga-
ry Schultz, who was in charge of
the universitys police depart-
ment, has retired. Both are
charged with lying to the investi-
gating grand jury and failure to
report to police. They maintain
their innocence, as does Sandus-
ky.
In addition to the ongoing
criminal investigation, Penn
State and the NCAAhave started
their own reviews and the U.S.
Department of Education is ex-
amining whether Penn State vio-
lated federal law by failing to re-
port incidents of sexual abuse on
campus.
Weve never seen anything
like this, said Brian Swallow,
vice president of business devel-
opment at Fanatics LLC, a pri-
vately held seller of licensed
sports merchandise. This is
unique; theres nothing we can
compare it to.
The Jacksonville, Fla.-based
company does not provide sales
figures, but Swallow said the
companys Penn State sales have
dropped 40 percent since the
scandal broke, compared with
the same period last year.
Just as no two scandals are
alike, fan response varies from
case to case.
Swallow said sales of Ohio
State merchandise fell last year in
the wake of an NCAA investiga-
tion into football players accept-
ing cash and discounted or free
tattoos in exchange for Buckeyes
memorabilia such as jerseys and
championship rings. The scandal
cost coachJimTressel his joband
led to several players suspen-
sions.
There was a drop and rebound
for OhioState merchandise sales,
Swallowsaid, but thePennState
drop-off is double that of any-
thing weve ever seen.
This is a large story andanun-
fortunate one. It really hits home
for a lot of people, Swallowsaid.
Its one thing to have a kid sign a
jersey and get paid for it; this is
obviously something very differ-
ent.
A sporting goods store in the
heart of State College said sales
of Paterno-specific merchandise
are up.
Im not sure it relates to the
situation or if people dont know
how long those items will be
available, said Caroline Gum-
mo, advertising manager of The
Family Clothesline shop. Also
selling briskly is a new Penn
State T-shirt that features a foot-
ball helmet with a blue ribbon
representing child abuse preven-
tion, she said.
Five dollars from the sale of
each shirt will be donated to the
Let Go, Let Peace Come In Foun-
dation, a Pennsylvania-based
nonprofit that helps adult victims
of childhood sexual abuse and is
working with the attorney for
several men who said they were
victimized by Sandusky.
Those have been a great suc-
cess. We have seen people com-
ing into the store specifically for
those T-shirts, she said.
PENN STATE
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GIRVAN Frank, funeral 9 a.m.
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Funeral Home Inc., 416 Wyoming
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GLESS Dale, memorial service
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JONES Patricia, funeral, 11a.m.
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a.m. until time of service.
KOBYLARSKI Anthony, funeral
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Jendrzejewski Funeral Home, 21
North Meade Street, Wilkes-
Barre. Mass of Christian Burial at
noon in Our Lady of Hope Parish,
Wilkes-Barre.
LIBENSON Arnold, Shiva 2 to 4
and 7 to 9 p.m. today in the
family residence, 126 Pollock Dr.,
Brooks Estates, Jenkins Town-
ship.
MIKUSH Elizabeth, Mass of Chris-
tian Burial 9 a.m. today in Our
Lady of Hope Parish, 40 Park
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MITCHNECK David, Shiva 2 to 4
and 7 to 9 p.m., today and Tues-
day at the home of his daughter,
Lisa Grossman, 725 Hampton
Road, Shavertown.
STENCAVAGE George Sr., funeral
services with a Mass of Christian
Burial noon Tuesday in Our Lady
of Hope Parish, 40 Park Avenue,
Wilkes-Barre. Friends may call
one hour prior to the service at 11
a.m.
STROH Joseph, funeral services 9
a.m. today in the Kopicki Funeral
Home, 263 Zerbey Ave., Kingston.
Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30
a.m. in St. Ignatius Church, King-
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SWEENEY Mary, funeral services
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Funeral Home, 89 Park Ave.,
Wilkes-Barre. Mass of Christian
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Parish, Wilkes-Barre.
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Tuesday in the S.J.Grontkowski
Funeral Home, 530 West Main
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FUNERALS
SHARONBARLOW, 59, of West
Pittston, passed away Sunday, No-
vember 20, 2011, at the Wilkes-
Barre General Hospital.
Funeral arrangements are
pending from Kiesinger Funeral
Services, 255 McAlpine St., Du-
ryea.
ANTHONY J. TONY MORIO
SR, 68, of First Street, Hanover
Township, passed away on Satur-
day, November 12, 2011, while va-
cationing with friends.
Funeral arrangements are
pending fromthe George A. Strish
Inc. Funeral Home, 105 N. Main
St., Ashley.
CHARLOTTE BANTA TON-
KIN, age 80, of Orange, died Sun-
day, November 20, 2011 at the La-
keside Nursing Center, Dallas. A
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SANDRA ZAGATA, 62, of West
Ridge Street, Nanticoke, passed
awayat her home onNovember19,
2011. Born October 12, 1949, in
Nanticoke, shewas thedaughter of
the late Harold and Mildred Kile
Wilson. She was preceded in death
by her brother George Wilson. Sur-
viving are her sons, Christian Za-
gata and his wife Suzanna, Shick-
shinny, and Gregg Zagata and his
friend Deanna, Nanticoke; grand-
children, Christian Zagata Jr. and
friend Tricia; Brandon Zagata;
great-granddaughter Serenity Za-
gata; sisters, Carol Parkinson, Nan-
cy Royer and Joyce ODonnell;
close friendEdmundOrloski, Nan-
ticoke, and stepfather Clark Diehl.
Funeral services will be held
Tuesday, November 22, 2011, at
8:30 p.m. fromthe Clarke Piatt Fu-
neral Home Inc., 6 Sunset Lake
Road, Hunlock Creek, with the
Rev. Terry Hughes officiating.
Friends may call on Tuesday from
7 p.m to time of service.
J
osephine M. Hessler, 88, of West
Wyoming, passed away Saturday
in the Highland Manor Nursing and
Convalescent Center, Exeter.
Born in Kingston, she was the
daughter of the late Joseph and
Frances Ezerskis Orleski. She was a
graduate of St. Cecilias High
School, formerly of Exeter. Jose-
phine was a member of the Duryea
Congregation of Jehovahs Witness,
Duryea.
Preceding her in death was her
brother Alex Orleski.
Surviving are her husband with
whom she celebrated 65 years of
marriage, Kenneth W. Jr; sons,
Charles and his wife Emma, West
Wyoming; Andrew, Tannersville;
grandaughter Rebecca Ashenback
and her husband Jon, Fort Pierce,
Florida; great-grandchildren, Jacob
and Jaden.
A memorial service celebrating
Josephines life will be held Satur-
day, November 26, at 1:30 p.m. in
the Duryea Congregation of Jeho-
vahs Witness, 55 Foote Avenue, Du-
ryea.
Interment will be in the Wyom-
ing Cemetery.
There will be no calling hours.
Memorial contributions may be
made to the Duryea Congregation
of Jehovahs Witness, 55 Foote Ave-
nue, Duryea, PA18642.
Josephine M. Hessler
November 19, 2011
L
ouise M. Just, 76, of Dupont,
passed away peacefully Friday,
November 18, 2011in Hospice Com-
munity Care, Dunmore, following a
prolonged illness.
Born in Pittston on August 22,
1935, she was the daughter of the
late Louis and Mary McQueen
Abate.
She was a graduate of Pittston
High School, class of 1952. She was
a member of Our Lady of Mount
Carmel Church, Pittston. She had
worked as a seamstress in the local
garment industry and was a mem-
ber of the ILGWU.
She was a loving wife, mother,
grandmother and great-grandmoth-
er who loved being around all ani-
mals, especially dogs.
She was preceded in death by her
son, John Just, in 1993.
Surviving are her husband, John
L. Just; daughters, Denise Cross,
Florida; Cheryl and her husband,
John Faulkner, Florida; and Anna
and her husband, Joe Joyce, Hugh-
estown; grandchildren, Lawrence
Cross; Christina Faulkner; John
Faulkner; Alexandra Faulkner; Joe
Joyce III; John Joyce; Brent Joyce;
Kahli Joyce; and Aidan Joyce; great-
grandchildren, Annabel Joyce; Jo-
seph Anthony Joyce; and Ava Maria
Cross; sisters, Pat Arnone, Califor-
nia and Janette Jones, New Jersey;
nieces and nephews.
A Mass of Christian Burial will
be celebrated on Wednesday, No-
vember 23, 2011 at 9:30 a.m. in Our
Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Pitt-
ston. The family will receive friends
and relatives in the church from
8:30 a.m. until the time of Mass. In-
terment will be at the convenience
of the family. Funeral arrangements
are entrusted to the Peter J. Adoni-
zio Funeral Home.
Onlinecondolences maybemade
at www.peterjadoniziofuneral-
home.com.
Louise M. Just
November 18, 2011
M
rs. Lillian M. (Krukowski) Jut-
kiewicz, 87, of Hudson Road,
Plains Township, passed into Eter-
nal Life Friday night inthe Inpatient
Unit of Hospice Community Care at
Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre.
Born April 1, 1924, in Wilkes-
Barre, she was the daughter of the
late John and Anna (Okrasinski)
Krukowski. She was educatedinthe
city schools, and was a member of
the 1942 graduating class of the
James M. Coughlin High School.
Until her retirement, Mrs. Jut-
kiewicz workedas a shop stewardin
the local garment industry. Prior to
that, sheworkedfor theCarter Foot-
wear Company and the local cigar
industry.
Mrs. Jutkiewicz was a member of
Saint Andre Bessette Parish Com-
munity. She is remembered by fam-
ily and friends as being a loving, de-
voted mother and grandmother to
her family.
She was preceded in death by an
infant daughter, Joann and by a sis-
ter, Mrs. Helen Petro.
Surviving are sons, Mr. John A.
(Jack) Jutkiewicz of Fairlawn, N.J.
andMr. Daniel J. Jutkiewicz, andhis
wife Susan, of Kearney, N.J.; daugh-
ter Mrs. Ann Marie Chirco and her
husband Thomas, at home; grand-
children, including Thomas Chirco
III and Jessica Jutkiewicz; brothers
and sisters, Raymond Krukowski of
Nanticoke, Joseph Krukowski of
Kendall Park, N.J, Lucy Sciandra of
Pittston and Theresa Petruska of
NorthWilkes-Barre; numerous niec-
es and nephews.
Funeral services for Mrs. Jut-
kiewicz will be conducted on Tues-
day at 12:30 p.m. from the John V.
Morris Funeral Home, 625 North
Main Street, North Wilkes-Barre,
followed by a Funeral Mass at 1p.m.
in Saint Stanislaus Kostka worship
site of Saint Andre Bessette Parish,
with Mrs. Jutkiewiczs great-neph-
ew, the Reverend Thomas J. Petro,
pastor of Ss. Peter and Paul Roman
Catholic Church, Towanda, officiat-
ing.
Interment will be in Ss. Peter and
Paul Roman Catholic Cemetery,
Cemetery Street, Plains Township.
Relatives and friends may call to-
day from 6 to 9 p.m. at the funeral
home.
To send Mrs. Jutkiewiczs family
online words of comfort, please visit
our website at www.johnvmorrisfu-
neralhomes.com.
Mrs. Lillian M. (Krukowski) Jutkiewicz
November 18, 2011
A
nna Kazukietas, 91, formerly of
Spring Street, Glen Lyon,
passed away early Saturday morn-
ingat BirchwoodNursingandReha-
bilitation Center, Nanticoke.
Anna was born in Glen Lyon, on
April 19, 1920. She was the daughter
of the late John and Anna (Harakal)
Harcharik.
Anna was a graduate of Newport
Township High School, Class of
1938. She was employed by Daro
Blouse Manufacturing, retiring in
1968.
Anna was preceded in death by
her husband, William Kazukietas;
sisters, Mary Kotulak, Bertha Gav-
rish, Emma Harcharik; brothers,
Stephen, John, Albert, Edward and
Joseph Harcharik. Nieces, Dolores
Kotulak and Regina Engdaho.
Surviving are nieces and neph-
ews, great-great nieces and great-
great nephews.
Funeral services for Anna will
be held on Wednesday at 10:30 a.m.
from the George A. Strish Inc. Fu-
neral Home, 211 West Main Street,
Glen Lyon. A Mass of Christian
Burial will be held at 11a.m. in Holy
Spirit Parish/ St. Adalberts
Church, Market Street, Glen Lyon.
Interment will be held in St. John
the Baptist Cemetery, Glen Lyon.
Family and friends may call on
Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. until
time of service at 10:30 a.m.
Anna Kazukietas
November 19, 2011
Algard (Al)
Maciun, 91, of
Ashley, passed
away on Sun-
day, November
20, 2011, in the
Hospice Com-
munity Care,
Inpatient Unit,
Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre, fol-
lowing an illness. Prior to his ill-
ness, he had been a resident of Tif-
fany Court, Kingston.
He was born March 10, 1920, in
Duryea, a son of the late Bolek and
Margaret Maciun. He received his
education in the Duryea School
District.
Mr. Maciun was a U.S. Navy vet-
eran, serving inthe Mediterranean
and Pacific aboard the U.S.S. Mas-
sachusetts battleship during
World War II. The Massachusetts
was involved in 11 battles, includ-
ing Casablanca, Truk, Leyete Gulf,
Okinawa and Iwo Jima. He was
employed by Mas Old Fashion So-
da as a truck driver until his retire-
ment. He also owned and man-
aged Pollocks Caf, Ashley.
Mr. Maciunwas a member of St.
Leos/Holy Rosary Church, Ash-
ley. He was a member of the Ca-
tholic War Veterans Post # 274, Ha-
nover Township, American Legion
Post # 673, Ashley; and the Interna-
tional Brotherhood of Teamsters. He
was also an active member of the
Ashley Sportsman Club.
He was preceded in death by his
wife, Agnes (Babe) Maciun and by
his brother, Leonard Maciun.
Mr. Maciun is survived by his son,
Thomas Maciun and his wife, Peggy,
Ashley; daughters, Margaret Perkins
and her husband, Michael, Shaver-
town; Marianne Zoranski and her
husband, Frank, Hanover Township;
grandchildren, Michelle Reilly,
Megan Balara, Melissa Liebner, Ste-
phen Zoranski, Allison Zoranski;
great-grandchildren, Liam Reilly, Vi-
olet Balara; brother, John Machun,
San Rafael, California.
Military funeral services will
be held on Wednesday at 9 a.m.
fromthe George A. Strish Inc. Funer-
al Home, 105 N. Main St., Ashley. A
Mass of Christian Burial is at 9:30
a.m. in St. Nicholas R.C. Church, 226
South Washington St., Wilkes-Barre.
Interment is in St. Marys Cemetery,
Hanover Township.
Family and friends may call on
Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. and on
Wednesday from 8 to 9 a.m.
Algard (Al) Maciun
November 20, 2011
D
avid J. Nilles, 47, of State Col-
lege, formerly of Hazleton,
died Friday morning surrounded
by his family at Geisinger Medical
Center, Danville, after a brief ill-
ness.
David was a loving husband,
son, brother, uncle, stepfather and
step grandfather to his family and
will be deeply missed by all whose
lives he touched in his journey
through life.
He was born in Hazleton, son of
the late Emily (Steber) Nilles and
Robert Nilles of Hazleton.
David was employed in a groce-
ry manager positionfor the past 30
years. He was a member of the Dia-
mond Fire Company #2, Hazleton,
and the Undine Fire Co., Belfonte,
the Six County Firemans Associ-
ation, fromwhichhe receivedtheir
Valor Award in 1991
He is survived, in addition to his
father, by his wife, the former Me-
lissa Sherman, stepchildren,
Brianna Bair and her fiance, Todd
Lidgett, Philipsburg; Ashley Bair
and his wife Lyndsie Howard, Pa.;
his sisters and brother, Michele
Holincheck and her husband Mi-
chael, Hazleton; Marisa Jemo and
her husband Michael, Algonquin,
Ill.; John Nilles, Hazleton; two
stepgrandchildren, Ashlynn and
Carly Bair and several nieces and
nephews.
Friends and relatives are invit-
ed to attend the Mass of Christian
Burial on Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the
Parish of Ss. Cyril & Methodius at
the Church of St. Joseph, 6th and
Laurel streets, Hazleton. Inter-
ment will be at the convenience of
the family. The family will receive
friends and relatives at the church
from 10:30 to 11 a.m. prior to ser-
vices.
Arrangements are under the di-
rectionof theFrankJ. BoninFuner-
al Home Inc.
David J. Nilles
November 18, 2011
J
ennie T. Larson, 95, formerly of
the Hanover Greensectionof Ha-
nover Township, passed away Sun-
day, November 20, 2011at the Gold-
en Living Center-Summit, Wilkes-
Barre.
She was born March 11, 1916, in
Hanover Township, and was the
daughter of the late JosephandStel-
la Niezwiecki Duszak.
Jennie was employed in the local
garment industry and was a mem-
ber of the Amalgamated Golden
Age Club. She was a member of Our
Lady of Hope Parish, Wilkes-Barre
and former member of the St. Jo-
sephs Monastery and its Altar and
Rosary Society, Wilkes-Barre Town-
ship.
She was a wonderful and caring
mother and grandmother who en-
joyed baking, trips to Atlantic City
and was an avid Phillies, Eagles and
Hanover Area sports fan. Saying
good-bye to a dear mother is never
easy, but we take comfort in know-
ing that memories last forever.
She was preceded in death by her
husband, Elwood; brothers, Frank,
John, Stanley, Joseph and Edward
Duszak; daughter-in-law, Sue Ann
Bray Larson.
Surviving are son Elwood and
wife Joyce, Shavertown; daughter
Evelyn and her husband Edward M.
Evans, Hanover Township; grand-
children, GwenFay, ElwoodLarson,
Brett Larson, Edward M. Evans II
and Jennifer Evans; stepgrandchil-
dren, Cathy Stegman and Kimberly
Zavrotny; eight great-grandchil-
dren.
Funeral will be held Wednesday
at 8:45 a.m. from the Charles V.
Sherbin Funeral Home, 630 Main
Road, Hanover Green, Hanover
Township. AMass of ChristianBuri-
al will be at 9:30 a.m. in Our Lady of
Hope Parish, 40 Park Avenue,
Wilkes-Barre. The Reverend John S.
Terry will officiate. Interment will
be in the Hanover Green Cemetery,
Hanover Township.
Friends may call Tuesday from 5
to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
The family extends its deepest
gratitude to the Golden Living Cen-
ter - Summit staff for their care and
kindness.
Jennie T. Larson
November 20, 2011
M
r. Leonard J. Sulzinski, 91 of the
NorthEndsectionof Wilkes-Barre,
passed into Eternal Life early Saturday
morning in the Green Ridge Health
Care Center, Boulevard Avenue, Scran-
ton, following a lingering illness.
BornNovember 7, 1920, inExeter, he
was the son of the late Michael and
Frances (Pietruszewski) Sulzinski.
Educated in the city schools, he was a
graduate of the James M. Coughlin
High School, Wilkes-Barre.
He was a lifelong member of Saint
Andre Bessette Parish Community of
North Wilkes-Barre, having previously
attended the former Sacred Heart of Je-
sus Roman Catholic Church.
He was previously employed for
manyyearsasamineforemanat thefor-
mer Dorrance Colliery, and by the for-
mer B.F. Goodrich Company of Exeter.
Until his retirement, he served the City
of Wilkes-Barre as a Health Inspector
for several years.
He was precededindeathby his wife
of 60 years, the former Marie A. (Gdo-
vin) Sulzinski, who passed on February
24, 2008, andbydaughters, MarieHerg-
ert and Regina Bria, as well as a sister,
Alice Daniels.
Surviving are his daughter, Mrs. Bar-
bara Lowe and her husband Gary of
Wilkes-Barre; sonDr. Michael A. Sulzin-
ski and his wife Kimof Scranton; seven
grandchildren; one great-grandchild;
his sister, Mrs. Helen George of Shaver-
town, several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services for Mr. Sulzinski
will be conductedat 11a.m. Wednesday
fromthe John V. Morris Funeral Home,
625 North Main Street, North Wilkes-
Barre, followed by a Funeral Mass at
11:30a.m. intheSaint StanislausKostka
worship site of Saint Andre Bessette
Parish with the Reverend Kenneth M.
Seegar, pastor, officiating.
Interment will be in Sacred Heart of
Jesus Roman Catholic Cemetery, Dor-
chester Drive, Dallas.
Relatives and friends may join the
Sulzinski family for visitation and re-
membrances Tuesday from 5 to 8 p.m.
and Wednesday from 10 a.m. until the
time of services.
In lieu of floral tributes, memorial
contributions may be made in Mr. Sul-
zinskis name to the Wyoming Valley
Childrens Association, 1133 Wyoming
Avenue, Forty Fort, PA18704.
To send his family online words of
comfort and support, please visit our
familys website at www.JohnVMorris-
FuneralHomes.com.
Leonard Sulzinski
November 19, 2011
JOSEPH SOFA, formerly of
Wilkes-Barre Township, died Sun-
day, November 20, 2011, at the
home of his son in Bernville, Pa.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced by the Jendrzejewski
Funeral Home, Wilkes-Barre.
M
rs. Jean D. Kessler, 95, a resi-
dent of the Parsons section of
Wilkes-Barre, died Sunday, Novem-
ber 20, 2011, in the Inpatient Unit,
Hospice Care of the Visiting Nurses
Association, St. Lukes Villa, Wilkes-
Barre.
Mrs. Kessler was born in the for-
mer borough of Miners Mills, now
Wilkes-Barre, and was a graduate of
James M. Coughlin High School,
Wilke-Barre, class of 1934. She had
been employed by Fowler, Dick and
Walker, the Boston Store, and later,
by Boscovs Department Store,
Wilkes-Barre, for 54 years, retiring
in1993. Jean was well known as the
manager andsupervisor of theMilli-
nery Department of the Boston
Store and Boscovs and always had
meaningful suggestions when
askedfor her advice onthe selection
and wearing of ladies hats. She had
also been a buyer for the millinery
departments for stores in Wilkes-
Barre, Hazleton and Binghamton
with Boston Store and Boscovs.
Mrs. Kessler was a faithful mem-
ber of HolyCross Episcopal Church,
Wilkes-Barre, and its predecessor,
Calvary Episcopal Church.
She was preceded in death by her
husband Harold S. Kessler, who
died in 1990, and by brothers, Mur-
land, Norwood, Bill and David
Raeder andby sisters, Mrs. AnnRal-
ston, Mrs. Lorraine DaltonandMrs.
Betty L. Walker
Surviving are her daughter, Mary
Elizabeth Kessler, at home; and sev-
eral nieces and nephews.
Funeral will be held Wednesday
at 11 a.m. from the H. Merritt
Hughes Funeral Home Inc., 451 N.
Main St., Wilkes-Barre, with the
Rev. Timothy Alleman, rector, Holy
Cross Episcopal Church, Wilkes-
Barre, officiating. Interment will be
in Mt. Greenwood Cemetery,
Trucksville. Friends may call
Wednesday from 10 a.m. until time
of service.
The family requests that flowers
be omitted and that memorial dona-
tions be made to Holy Cross Episco-
pal Church, 373 N. Main St., Wilkes-
Barre, PA18702.
Jean D. Kessler
November 20, 2011
MERLE B. BAKER of Wilkes-
Barre passed away Sunday, No-
vember 20, 2011, at his home fol-
lowing a lengthy illness.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced by the H. Merritt
Hughes Funeral Home Inc., 451 N.
Main St., Wilkes-Barre.
services returning from abroad.
He was under surveillance by
New York police who were work-
ing with a confidential informant
andwas intheprocess of building
a bomb; no injury to anyone or
damage to property is alleged,
Police Commissioner Raymond
Kelly said. In addition, author-
ities have no evidence that Pi-
mentel was working with anyone
else, the mayor said.
He appears to be a total lone
wolf, the mayor said. He was
not part of a larger conspiracy
emanating from abroad.
Instead, Bloomberg said, Pi-
mentel represents the type of
threat FBI Director Robert
Mueller has warnedabout as U.S.
forces erode the ability of terror-
ists to carry out large scale at-
tacks.
Pimentel, also known as Mu-
hammad Yusuf, is accused of hav-
ing an explosive substance Satur-
day when he was arrested that he
plannedto use against others and
property to terrorize the public.
The charges accuse himof con-
spiracy going back at least to Oc-
tober 2010, and include first-de-
gree criminal possession of a
weapon as a crime of terrorism,
and soliciting support for a ter-
rorist act. He was to be arraigned
later Sunday.
Kelly said a confidential in-
formant had numerous conversa-
tions with Pimentel on Sept. 7.
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S E RV I NG T HE P UB L I C T RUS T S I NC E 1 8 81
Editorial
You cant despise small
beginnings; its OK to start off
small.
Vince OBoyle
The 58-year-old Falls man, working with co-pastor
Louis Smyth, plans to open a non-denominational
storefront church early next year on Wilkes-Barres Public Square next
to Leo Matus News.
ITS BEEN more than two
years since the recession
officially ended on paper
in June 2009, but a persist-
ently stubborn high unem-
ployment rate has been a
drag on a slow-growing
economy. Its no surprise it has given rise to
disgruntled movements such as the Tea
Party and Occupy Wall Street.
President Barack Obama has responded to
the lack of jobs by proposing the American
Jobs Act, essentially a second stimulus bill
with an estimated $450 billion price tag. Its
true that government spending in the short
run creates jobs, and this bill is no different.
But the economy needs to be placed on a
firm path of long-term growth in order to
generate enough family-sustaining jobs.
The presidents economic team rightly
recognizes that the economy suffers from
weak demand. However, the administration
has responded with a mismatched collection
of temporary policies that try to spark per-
manent change. Economic history clearly
shows that consumers and businesses alike
make decisions based on the long-term out-
look, not short-term incentives from Wash-
ington.
Consider consumer spending. To bolster
weak consumer demand, the Obama plan
calls for a temporary payroll tax cut. In fact,
workers are enjoying a partial payroll tax
holiday right now and, as economic theory
predicts, are using the money to pay down
debt or add to their savings. People consume
based upon their permanent incomes and
recognize that the temporary tax cuts even-
tually will be discontinued. Its a good idea
to improve consumers balance sheets, but it
likely will fall short as an economic catalyst.
The bill also tries this same short-term
relief for producers. There is tax relief for
companies that hire new workers or increase
wages, and for hiring veterans or long-term
unemployed workers. These proposals funda-
mentally misunderstand the dynamics of the
labor market. Businesses hire workers whose
productivity contributes at least as much to
the company as they are paid. If the compa-
ny can afford to hire them based only on the
tax incentives, these jobs will disappear once
the tax breaks end. Businesses are unlikely
to hire as much as the administration ex-
pects.
This mismatch also undergirds his $35
billion support for public-sector workers.
While its being billed as support for emer-
gency first-responders and teachers, it will
enable states to keep fewer essential employ-
ees on the payroll. First responders, after all,
rarely are the first workers to be laid off.
With state and local governments struggling
to find a sustainable size for their public-
sector workforces, this sort of temporary
subsidy merely postpones the inevitable.
Infrastructure improvements such as
building roads and water systems, rehabil-
itating public buildings and developing a
government infrastructure bank are
envisioned through Obamas jobs act. How-
ever, the last stimulus bill demonstrated that
there arent many shovel-ready jobs that can
be started immediately, as projects still must
proceed through various permitting issues.
While infrastructure spending is vital for the
economy, it is not a likely source of immedi-
ate stimulus.
A very important social component of the
American Jobs Act is the extension of unem-
ployment benefits to the long-term unem-
ployed. Preservation of the safety net is
essential for people who find themselves
unemployed through no fault of their own.
But its important to recognize that safety-
net spending does not really stimulate the
economy. The unemployed cant increase
their spending beyond a bare minimum. If
anything, their dollars will go toward low-
cost goods, many of which are made abroad.
Much like the Tea Party before it, Occupy
Wall Street reflects societys unease over the
lack of recovery from the recession. It is
made up of different groups, ranging from
anarchists to unions to the unemployed to
the middle class. They dont have a unified
message yet, beyond a call to separate poli-
tics from money. Without a more concrete
platform, it will be difficult for these pro-
testers to break through to the voting public
and have the same political success as the
Tea Party, which championed no bailouts
and less debt.
If this message vacuum is filled with a
Woodstock-like image, an important opportu-
nity will have been missed. The Tea Party
showed that a leaderless revolution can
bring change to Washington.
Occupy Wall Street has the opportunity to
keep the mobilization of the public going.
Economy needs long-term growth, not short-term boost
Timothy F. Kearney is an assistant professor of
business at Misericordia University in Dallas Town-
ship. He can be reached at tkearney@misericor-
dia.edu.
COMMENTARY
T I M O T H Y F . K E A R N E Y
Much like the Tea Party before it, Occupy
Wall Street reflects societys unease over
the lack of recovery from the recession.
W
HILE U.S. Presi-
dent Obama puts
personal politics
ahead of his coun-
trys critical need for oil via the
Keystone XL pipeline, Cana-
das wooingof the Asianoption
should move quickly beyond
simply courtship.
It should ramp up the North-
ern Gateway pipeline to our
west coast post-haste. We have
the oil sands crude that China
and India are lusting after.
If the faltering Obama ad-
ministration doesnt want it,
then Canada should move for-
ward immediately to secure oil
exports to Asia-based clients.
The NorthernGateway pipe-
line is therefore key.
In politics as in comedy, tim-
ing is everything, and so Prime
Minister Stephen Harper had
the perfect stage during a re-
cent meeting of Pacific-rim
leaders to lay out his position
to Obama. And kudos to him
for doing just that. Harper
made sure the international
media were aware of Obamas
real reason for delaying the $7-
billion Keystone XL pipeline
that would hook up Albertas
ethical oil with refineries in
Texas.
Dumb political reasons, at
that.
Theres Obamas decision to
breathe life back into the crip-
pling buy American rules for
accepting foreign exports and
the odious plan to raise $100
million by nicking Canadian
travelers with a $5.50 passen-
ger inspection fee.
He is grasping at straws, and
knuckling under to the Holly-
wood crowd.
Until the 2012 election is
over, American politics will be
contorting itself for at-home
votes, and saying whatever is
necessary to get them.
The Ottawa Sun, Ontario
WORLD OPINION
Canada can capitalize on
Obamas pipeline policy
F
REQUENT high-level
contacts have become
a prominent feature of
relations between
China and the United States.
Given the many woes the
world is facing today and the
current status of China-U.S. re-
lations, whichis like a calmriv-
er with surging undercurrents,
the significance of Chinese
President Hu Jintaos meeting
with his U.S. counterpart Ba-
rack Obama on Nov. 12, their
second this month, was be-
yond routine.
Their meeting, held on the
sidelines of the Economic
Leaders Meeting of the Asia-
Pacific Economic Cooperation
in Hawaii, was a clear signal
that the two countries still
have far more common ground
than they do differences.
There are undoubtedly prob-
lems at the bilateral level as
Washingtons China policy
tends to be manipulated by its
domestic issues. Mutual politi-
cal trust also has been under-
mined on occasion by Wash-
ingtons willful disregard of
Chinas major concerns and
core interests. The growth and
dynamism of our two coun-
tries are closely intertwined.
Any misjudgment and mis-
stepwill have dire consequenc-
es that will benefit neither
sides interests in the end.
China Daily, Beijing
On China-U.S. relations
T
HE CRISIS IN the eu-
rozone is, like the sin-
gle currency itself, a
political as well as an
economic issue. British Prime
Minister DavidCameronhas de-
clared that he is preparing for
the worst: He is right.
We have noidea what the out-
comewill be, whether abreakup
of the eurozone or a bailout for
Italy or merely a drastic rework-
ing of the European Central
Banks rules to enable it to inter-
venemoredecisivelyinthebond
markets.
The German chancellor, An-
gela Merkel, said that Europe
needs to change its rules in or-
der to solve the crisis.
The implications for less pow-
erful states are large: German
bankers could decide sensitive
political issues. In states such as
Ireland, this already is happen-
ing.
Britain has taken a sanguine
view of this development; the
chancellor, GeorgeOsborne, has
said that he favors closer fiscal
union. But however we might
approve of more budget disci-
pline, closer integrationmaynot
be in our interests: It has very
worrying implications.
Britain has neither the will
northemeanstoprevent greater
Franco-German hegemony in
the eurozone, but we can take a
robust approach to any attempt
to shift the balance of power to-
ward other financial center.
London Evening Standard
Eurozone crisis troubling
QUOTE OF THE DAY
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MARK E. JONES
Editorial Page Editor
Editorial Board
MALLARD FILLMORE DOONESBURY
Postal service center
hearing set for Tuesday
W
ake up, America! The U.S. Postal
Service is being destroyed from the
inside.
They are closing small, local post offices,
threatening to stop Saturday deliveries,
doing away with door-to-door deliveries
and possibly turning the postal service
over to a private company. Do you think a
private company will mail your letters for
the same prices as the post office? What
will happen to businesses that depend on
bulk mailings or to the elderly who rely on
the mail for their prescriptions? What
about birthday and Christmas cards or
wedding invitations? This affects all of us.
There must be ways to make the post
office more efficient. How much money is
wasted by having bosses, with their clip-
boards, follow around the carriers? Dont
believe the spin from the post office when
it says theres not enough mail. Ask your
letter carrier or window clerk. Look at the
lines at the windows of the post office.
Write your senators and representatives
and tell them that you want the postal
services processing center to stay in Scran-
ton.
There is a public meeting scheduled for
6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Scranton High
School. Please attend.
Sharon Zielinski
Scranton
Kids face slim chance
of avoiding obesity
I
n all probability, Americans have the
most obese children in the world.
When I went to high school and mid-
dle school, gym class was mandatory,
barring any physical excuse by a doctor.
There were daily exercises, even physical
activity after school when we played
games with each other. Families actually
ate the majority of their meals most
likely made by mom together at the
kitchen table.
Today, there are cheesy bacon bowls,
super-sized types of sodas, snacks and junk
food.
The mothers and fathers ask, Why are
my children obese?
To tell you the truth, I dont have a clue.
Gregory M. Suda
Nanticoke
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cant at current levels of demand.
Just try to imagine if more of the
veterans who are eligible begin to
use services, Bellon said. If a
couple hundred thousand more
show up on their doorstep they
need to meet that demand.
As of June 30 this year, 211,819
veterans of the Iraq and Afghanis-
tan conflicts have been diagnosed
as potentially having PTSD, ac-
cording to a quarterly report is-
sued by the Department of Veter-
ans Affairs. That includes 1,376
veterans who have been seen at
the Veterans AdministrationMed-
ical Center in Plains Township or
its outpatient clinics.
A study released in 2008 by the
RANDCenter for Military Health
PolicyResearchentitledInvisible
Wounds of War raised concerns
regarding gaps in treatment for
Iraq and Afghanistan veterans
seeking care for PTSD and other
mental health conditions.
The study found that roughly
half of the veterans who have
symptoms of PTSD or major de-
pression seek treatment. Of those
who did seek treatment, only
slightly more than half got mini-
mally adequate care.
Severe consequences
The consequences for veterans
and their families are severe. Vet-
erans suffering from untreated
mental disorders are far more like-
ly to have problems with sub-
stanceabuseandareat higher risk
to commit suicide.
There were a total of 2,293 sui-
cides of activedutymembers from
2001to September 2011, with 298
of those occurring in a war zone,
according to statistics compiled
by Veterans for Common Sense.
Former Marine Sgt. Stanley
Laskowski of Carbondale is
among those who returned from
combat with the invisible
wounds of war. The decorated
Iraqi war vet suffers from severe
PTSD brought on by his 5
monthtour of dutyinIraqin2003.
Laskowski, 33, maintains the
VAs failure to properly treat him
when he first sought care in 2007
caused his condition to worsen to
the point that hes been declared
100percent disabledandis unable
to work.
Dr. Antonette Zeiss, chief con-
sultant for the VAs Office of Men-
tal Health in Washington, D.C.,
said shes aware of the concerns
that have beenraised, but believes
theVAwhichsawmorethan1.28
million veterans for mental health
issues in 2010 -- provides excep-
tional care.
Zeiss said the VA, which oper-
ates the National Center for Post-
Traumatic Stress Disorder, is the
leading organization conducting
researchonPTSD. Thats resulted
insignificant advancesinthetreat-
ment of the disorder in the past
five years.
Those treatments focus on a
combination of individual and
group counseling, coupled with
medications, said Zeiss and Dr.
MatthewDooley, a staff psycholo-
gist at the VA Medical Center in
Plains Township.
It starts off by educating pa-
tients so they can learn to identify
and understand their symptoms
andlearncoping skills so they can
manage them better, Dooley
said.
The VA is continually evaluat-
ing treatment options and modi-
fies its approach as more informa-
tion and data becomes available,
Dooley said. There have been sig-
nificant advances in treatments
since 2006.
As treatments evolve and be-
come more effective, you adapt
your system so that you can help
patients recover more effectively,
he said.
TodaytheVAfocuses treatment
primarily on two evidence-based
therapies, Cognitive Process
Therapy and Prolonged Exposure
Therapy. Thetherapies encourage
veterans to talk about their trau-
ma and teach them how to deal
with anxiety and feelings of guilt
theyexperience, Zeiss andDooley
said.
Cognitive process therapy
deals with self punishing distor-
tions. Sometimes people can feel
personally responsible for the
death of a colleague in combat,
Zeiss said. Cognitive process
therapy deals with those distort-
ed, self-critical thoughts.
Prolonged exposure therapy
putsmoreof anemphasisonlearn-
ing how to live again in the world
even though you have negative
memories, Zeiss said.
Treatment issues
Bellon agreed the VA has made
advances in therapies, but there
remains significant concern re-
garding the availability of mental
health services, he said.
Aninternal staff surveyrecently
conducted by the Department of
Veterans Affairs revealed that 70
percent of the 272 respondents
dont think the VA has the re-
sources to handle the increasing
demand for mental health servic-
es.
According to the survey, 37 per-
cent of the respondents said they
cannot schedule an appointment
for anewpatient withinthe14-day
standard the department man-
dates.
Zeiss acknowledged the con-
cernsraisedbystaff, but saidthose
feelings conflict with other data
the VA collects.
Our internal data shows that
95 percent of all patients new to
mental health are seen within 14
days, she said. We track that
carefully and think we are doing
very well in that field.
The VA has also taken signifi-
cant steps to improve services, in-
cludingthe establishment of a sui-
cide prevention program that in-
cludes a national hotline for veter-
ans.
The hotline received more than
460,000 calls as of July 31, 2011
that resultedin16,855rescues of
veterans who had attempted or
were on the verge of attempting
suicide, according to Veterans for
Common Sense.
The VAhas alsosignificantly in-
creased mental health staff in re-
cent years, Zeiss said. Since 2005,
the VA has hired an additional
7,500mental healthprofessionals,
giving it a total of 21,000.
Bellon said those are positive
steps, but he remains concerned
that theefforts havecometoolate.
Theyarebeginningtoaddpeo-
ple. The problemis its the tip of a
problemthats been allowed to ac-
cumulate. Its going to take a sub-
stantial amount of time, Bellon
said.
Zeiss said there are no immedi-
ate plans to hire more mental
health professionals, but the de-
partment is continually monitor-
ing the situation.
We are thinking about what
happens when all the service
members come back from Iraq.
We are looking at models to en-
sure we are appropriately pre-
pared for what may be ahead.
ISSUES
Continued from Page 1A
NIKO KALLIANIOTIS/FOR THE TIMES LEADER
Former Marine Sgt. Stanley Laskowski and his wife, Marisol, talk about his tour of duty in Iraq. Las-
kowski suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder brought on by his experiences in combat.
jail by enrolling in a strict proba-
tion program that requires them
to undergo intensive counseling
and other services. If the defend-
ant successfully completes the
program, their criminal record is
expunged.
Cosgrove saidhe became inter-
ested in establishing a veterans
court based on his dealings with
troubled veterans both as a judge
and private attorney.
Those who have served in
harms way have experienced cir-
cumstances that the average citi-
zen cant imagine, Cosgrove
said. They were there because
we asked them to go. We owe
themsomething when they dont
come back whole and because of
that find themselves in the crimi-
nal justice system.
Many troubled vets
Officials with veterans organi-
zations and the criminal justice
system have expressed concern
regarding the growing number of
veterans appearing in court who
have serious mental health and
substance abuse issues.
An August 2008 report by the
Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration
estimated that veterans make up
9percent of theprisonpopulation
in the United States.
Statistics regarding the num-
ber of veterans who have ap-
peared in Luzerne County Court
were not available. But Cosgrove
and Judge Lewis Wetzel, who
oversees Luzerne Countys drug
and mental health treatment
courts, said the numbers are
growing.
The Department of Veterans
Affairs established outreach pro-
grams at its medical facilities na-
tionwide several years ago as part
of its efforts to enhance mental
health treatment, said Vince Ric-
cardo, spokesman for the Veter-
ans Administration Medical Cen-
ter in Plains Township.
Wetzel said Luzerne County
has worked closely with the local
VA to obtain assistance for veter-
ans.
Kim Sapolis-Lacey, a veterans
outreach specialist with the hos-
pital, said she
receives an av-
erage of five to
seven referrals
each month for
veterans facing
criminal charg-
es, although
not all of them
qualify for the
specialty treat-
ment courts.
The prime
thing we do is
connect veter-
ans to treat-
ment at theVA.
Many may not
have access to
health care any
other way, Sa-
polis-Lacey
said. We make
sure all their
needs are met,
including treatments that may
not be available in the communi-
ty, such as post-traumatic stress
disorder andtraumatic braininju-
ries and other issues related spe-
cifically to their military experi-
ence.
Expansion of efforts
Cosgrove wants to expand on
those efforts. Akey component of
veterans courts is establishing a
mentoring program that pairs
troubled veterans with other vet-
erans.
That type of programhas been
shown to be particularly helpful
because veterans feel more com-
fortable speaking withother vets,
who have a better understanding
of what theyre going through, he
said.
Cosgrove, who was appointed
in January 2010 to fill the unex-
pired term of former judge Mark
Ciavarella, had hoped to have the
court established by the time he
leaves the bench at the end of De-
cember.
That doesnt appear likely as
the plans for the court remain in
the preliminary stage. Hes con-
tinuingtoworkwithvarious orga-
nizations to get the structure in
place so that it can hopefully
come to fruition next year.
Our soldiers served with hon-
or and integrity, he said. We
need to address the things they
may have suffered as a result of
that service and restore them-
selves as productive citizens.
COURT
Continued from Page 1A
Those
who have
served in
harms way
have expe-
rienced
circum-
stances
that the
average
citizen
cant imag-
ine.
Luzerne County
Judge Joseph
Cosgrove
C M Y K
SPORTS S E C T I O N B
THE TIMES LEADER MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2011
timesleader.com
Saturdays state championship of-
fered one of the most prestigious coach-
ing matchups in PIAA history.
The winner was supposed to earn
bragging rights in more ways than one.
Coach Karen Klassner has the upper
hand, if that was her style, as her Wyom-
ing Seminary teamdefeated coach Mau-
rene Polley and Villa Maria 3-2 in the
Class 2A championship in Whitehall.
It made for the first consecutive state
championships in Wyoming Seminary
history. Emmaus was the last team to
win back-to-back championships, taking
Class 3A titles in 2004 and 2005. The
last Class 2A team to win two straight
crowns was Crestwood in 2003 and
2004.
This is a team that has had to work
hard for what theyve accomplished,
Klassner said of this years Blue
Knights. Very few teams have done
this. Were pleased to be in such an elite
group.
It turns out the coaches are in other
elite groups as well.
Klassner was inducted into National
Field Hockey Coaches Association Hall
of Fame in 2009. Polley is a member of
the next induction class.
Both are also cancer survivors.
Were both cancer survivors. Not a
DON CAREY/THE TIMES LEADER
Members of the Wyoming Seminary field hockey teamcelebrate Saturday after
defeating Villa Maria 3-2 for the AA Championship at the Zephyr Sports Com-
plex in Whitehall.
H I G H S C H O O L F I E L D H O C K E Y
Sem got best of classic coaching matchup
By JOHN MEDEIROS
jmedeiros@timesleader.com
See SEMINARY, Page 6B
Very few teams have done
this. Were pleased to be in
such an elite group.
Karen Klassner
Seminary coach
Settling behind center for the
first time all season, Curtis Drake
felt comfortable because of what
he didnt hear.
Something was obviously up
as the sophomore wide receiver
stepped into the shotgun with no
quarterback on the field at all for
Penn State.
A wildcat
scheme.
Something
the Nittany
Lions hadnot
used all sea-
son long.
And Ohio
State clearly
was not
ready for it
on Saturday.
According
to Drake, he
heard noth-
ing being
called out by the Buckeyes de-
fense in response to sudden per-
sonnel move. No switches or
changes by the defense in re-
sponse.
After we ran it two or three
times, thenwhenI went out there
they started calling out Wildcat!
But before that, they wasnt call-
ing it out. It was great to get
that in and catch them off guard
like that.
And how.
When Drake came on for that
first shotgun snap, the former
high school quarterback held on-
to the ball for just a moment to
try and draw the defense in be-
fore handing off to Stephfon
Green, whotookadvantage of the
sizable hole up the middle.
Green was gone. One play out
of the scheme, one touchdown.
This one good for 40 yards and a
7-0 lead before the host Buck-
P S U F O O T B A L L
Buckeyes
werent
ready for
wildcat
Nittany Lions used set for
first time this season in
victory over Ohio State.
AP PHOTO
Penn States Chaz Powell cele-
brates after his teams 20-14
victory over Ohio State Sat-
urday in Columbus, Ohio.
UP NEXT
PENN STATE
at
WISCONSIN
At Stake
Winner
advances to
Big Ten
championship
When
3:30 p.m.
Saturday
TV
ABC
See PSU, Page 7B
By DEREK LEVARSE
dlevarse@timesleader.com
HOMESTEAD, Fla. TonyStewart in-
sisted he wasnt a title contender when
NASCARs championship race began.
When it became clear he actually was a
viable threat, he kicked it into another
gear and vowed to go for broke in his pur-
suit of Carl Edwards.
Did he ever.
Stewart used a powerful and relentless
drive some might suggest the best in
NASCARhistory on Sunday in the sea-
son finale to seize his third NASCAR
championship. He overcame a hole in the
grill of his Chevrolet, a raindelay, usedde-
batable fuel strategy and made118 passes
on the track to win at Homestead-Miami
Speedway.
That shows how bad I wanted to win
this thing, Stewart said. When youre
going for a championship, you cant hold
anything back. I couldnt leave anything
on the table.
Edwards, who started the race with a
three-point lead in the standings, did ev-
erything he could from the minute he ar-
rived in Florida. His Roush-Fenway Rac-
ing teamput his Ford on the pole, he led a
race-high 119 of the 267 laps and still fin-
ished a helpless second.
The two actually ended up tied in the
final standings a NASCAR first but
Stewart wonthe title basedonhis five vic-
tories, all in the 10-race Chase for the
Sprint Cup championship to Edwards
one.
Stewart became the first owner/driver
to win the championship since the late
Alan Kulwicki in 1992, and the driver to
end Jimmie Johnsons record five-year ti-
tle run. His last title was in 2005, the year
before Johnsons began his reign.
Are youkidding me? Stewart askedin
Victory Lane in a pouring rain. We said
all week wed just go out and win the race
A U T O R A C I N G
Stewart claims Sprint Cup championship
AP PHOTO
Tony Stewart holds up the Sprint Cup
trophy after winning Sundays race in
Homestead Sunday.
Driver caps amazing run with win in finale
By JENNA FRYER
AP Auto Racing Writer
See NASCAR, Page 6B
Final Chase Standings
Driver ....................................................Pts.
1. Tony Stewart...................................2,403
2. Carl Edwards .................................2,403
3. Kevin Harvick ................................2,345
4. Matt Kenseth.................................2,330
5. Brad Keselowski..............................2,319
6. Jimmie Johnson...........................2,304
7. Dale Earnhardt Jr. .........................2,290
8. Jeff Gordon....................................2,287
9. Denny Hamlin................................2,284
10. Ryan Newman ..............................2,284
11. Kurt Busch......................................2,262
12. Kyle Busch.....................................2,246
Tampa Bay............26
Green Bay .............35
Oakland..................27
Minnesota...............21
Carolina .................35
Detroit ...................49
Dallas......................27
Washington...........24
Jacksonville ..........10
Cleveland................14
Cincinnati .............24
Baltimore................31
Buffalo......................8
Miami......................35
Arizona.....................7
San Francisco ......23
Seattle ...................24
St. Louis...................7
San Diego..............20
Chicago....................31
Todays Game
Kansas City
at New England
8:30 p.m.
ESPN
Tennessee...............17
Atlanta...................23
Philadelphia...........17
N.Y. Giants..............10
NATI ONAL FOOTBAL L L EAGUE: WEEK 11
EASTRUTHERFORD, N.J.
What was the difference this
week? Just about everything.
The quarterback was differ-
ent, and sharp late. The defense
kept the teamalive bystiflingthe
opposition. And when the fourth
quarter came around, and the
game got tight, the Eagles made
the biggest plays, winning 17-10
on the road against the Giants.
Vince Young threw a third-
down strike for the winning
touchdown and, as the Giants
drove on the ensuing drive, Ja-
son Babin stripped Eli Manning,
Derek Landri recovered, and Le-
Sean McCoy sealed the game
with a 60-yard run, all coming up
big in situations where the Ea-
gles have previously shrunk.
The Eagles improved to 4-6
and pulled within two games of
the Giants and Cowboys in the
NFC East, though they still have
a longway toclimbtoget intose-
rious playoff contention. Only
five 4-6 teams have reached the
postseason since the NFL went
to its current playoff format in
1990.
Juan Castillos defense had
perhaps its strongest outing, lim-
iting the Giants to 278 yards,
sacking Manning three times
and creating two turnovers. And
when the defense did stumble,
Young rallied the Eagles.
After the Giants tied the game
at 10, and brought on the ghosts
of all five of the Eagles past
fourth quarter collapses, Young
responded with an 18-play, 80-
yard drive that included five
third-down conversions and a
touchdown on a third and goal.
Young found Riley Cooper in the
back of the end zone for his sec-
ond scoring pass of the game,
giving the Eagles a 17-10 lead
with 2:45 left in the game.
Late TD lifts Eagles
AP PHOTO
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Vince Young looks to pass against the New York Giants during the first quarter of an NFL game Sunday in East Rutherford, N.J. The
Eagles won the game 17-10.
Backup QB Vince Young throws winning touchdown pass
By JONATHAN TAMARI
The Philadelphia Inquirer
17
EAGLES
10
GIANTS
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GAR tickets on sale
Tickets for GARs PIAA foot-
ball playoff game against Pen
Argyl set for Friday night at
Spartan Stadium will be on sale
today through Wednesday.
Fans will be able to purchase
tickets from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
each day in the schools gym.
The cost is $3 for students and
$6 for adults.
All tickets the day of the game
will be $6.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Miseri wins tourney
Tournament MVP Jeff Slano-
vec had 15 points to lead the
Misericordia University mens
basketball team to a 62-60 win
over Marywood in the cham-
pionship game of the 20th An-
nual McCarthy Tire Laurel Line
Tournament.
Justin Grotevant scored the
winning points on a pair of free
throws with 36 seconds to play
as the Cougars won their third
straight Laurel Line title.
The Pacers had a shot at the
buzzer to tie from the right
wing, but it was long.
Chris Undersinger added 15
points for the Cougars and Eth-
an Eichhorst added 10 points.
Pierre Bakinde led the Pacers
with a game-high 18 points and
Brent Keyes and James Lavan
added 13 and 10 points, respec-
tively.
Eichhorst, Lavan and Keyes
were named to the all-tourna-
ment team.
E X T R A I N N I N G S
S P ORT S I N B RI E F
CAMPS/CLINICS
Electric City Baseballl and Softball
Academy will host a Winter Skills
Camp at Riverfront Sports on
Saturdays, Nov. 26, Dec. 3, 10 and
17 with baseball from 4 p.m. to 6
p.m. and softball from 6 p.m. to 8
p.m. Cost for each is $145. For
more information, please call
570-878-8483 or visit www.e-
lectriccitybaseball.com.
Jerry Greeley,a coach in the Balti-
more Orioles organization and
head baseball coach at Kings
College willbe offering winter
specialty baseballclasses for
playersin grades K through 12. The
classes will be heldin December
and Januaryat the Wyoming Valley
SportsDomein Wilkes-Barre Town-
shipon Thursdays, and Pocono
Mountain Fitness Center at Pocono
Manoron Wednesdays. For addi-
tional information, please contact
CoachGreeley atbase-
ball@kings.edu.
The Tenth Annual Paul McGloin
Holiday Pitching Camp will be
held at Riverfront Sports on Dec.
26 28 from 9:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
Cost is $145 or $130 if signed up by
Nov. 23. For more information,
please call 570-878-8483 or visit
www.electriccitybaseball.com.
MEETINGS
Luzerne County Girls Softball will
hold their next meeting on Mon-
day, Nov. 21 at 7 p.m. at Alexis
Tavern. It is very important to have
division presidents attend as the
agenda will cover the many NEW
Rule Changes including tourna-
ment play. Some decisions will
need to be made and voted on;
Babe Ruth HQ wants commitments
by the end of this month. Please
come and give your opinion so the
executive board can make an
educated decision.
PA Boys Basketball Booster Club
will hold a quick meeting on Tues-
day, Nov. 22 at 7 p.m. at the high
school to plan for upcoming
events. Any questions, call Carl or
Maria Stravinski at 570-883-7220.
Bulletin Board items will not be
accepted over the telephone. Items
may be faxed to 831-7319, emailed to
tlsports@timesleader.com or dropped
off at the Times Leader or mailed to
Times Leader, c/o Sports, 15 N, Main
St., Wilkes-Barre, PA18711-0250.
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NFL
Favorite Points Underdog
PATRIOTS 16 Chiefs
Thursday
Packers 6 LIONS
COWBOYS 7 Dolphins
RAVENS 3.5 49ers
Sunday
RAMS NL Cards
JETS 8 Bills
BENGALS 7 Browns
Texans 3 JAGUARS
Panthers 3.5 COLTS
TITANS 3.5 Bucs
FALCONS NL Vikings
RAIDERS NL Bears
SEAHAWKS 4.5 Redskins
Patriots NL EAGLES
CHARGERS 6.5 Broncos
Steelers NL CHIEFS
Monday
SAINTS NL Giants
College Football
Favorite Points Underdog
Tuesday
OHIO U 7 Miami-Ohio
Thursday
TEXAS A&M 8 Texas
Friday
Bowl Green PK BUFFALO
NO ILLINOIS 20 E Michigan
TEMPLE 17.5 Kent St
W MICHIGAN 28 Akron
Toledo 12.5 BALL ST
S FLORIDA NL Louisville
Houston 3 TULSA
NEBRASKA 10 Iowa
W VIRGINIA 7.5 Pittsburgh
LSU 14 Arkansas
UTAH 20.5 Colorado
MIAMI-FLA 14.5 Boston Coll
C FLORIDA NL Utep
ARIZONA ST 5.5 California
Saturday
MICHIGAN 7.5 Ohio St
a-Missouri 24 Kansas
Rutgers 3 CONNECTICUT
Cincinnati 3 SYRACUSE
Michigan St 6.5 NORTHWESTERN
Purdue 7. INDIANA
Illinois 11 MINNESOTA
Georgia 5.5 GA TECH
Vanderbilt 1 WAKE FOREST
S CAROLINA 4 Clemson
NC STATE 13 Maryland
N CAROLINA 12.5 Duke
Tennessee 8.5 KENTUCKY
BOISE ST 31.5 Wyoming
UTAH ST 1 Nevada
SMU 14 Rice
Alabama 21.5 AUBURN
OREGON 28 Oregon St
Va Tech 5.5 VIRGINIA
WISCONSIN 15.5 Penn St
ar-Baylor 11.5 Texas Tech
Florida St 2.5 FLORIDA
E Carolina 2 MARSHALL
LA TECH 19.5 New Mexico St
SO MISS 36 Memphis
Air Force 16.5 COLORADO ST
WASHINGTON 6.5 Washington St
MISS ST 17.5 Mississippi
STANFORD 6.5 Notre Dame
FRESNO ST 6 San Jose St.
OKLAHOMA 28 Iowa St
San Diego St 14.5 UNLV
USC 15 Ucla
HAWAII 18 Tulane
College Basketball
Favorite Points Underdog
BOSTON COLL 2 Massachusetts
t-FLORIDA 22 Wright St
INDIANA ST 8 Wisc-Green Bay
MISS ST 22 UL-Monroe
PEPPERDINE 4.5 C Michigan
Paradise Jam
St. Thomas, Virgin Islands
Drexel 8 Winthrop
Virginia 7.5 Drake
Maui Invitational
Maui, HI
Memphis 3 Michigan
Duke 11.5 Tennessee
Ucla 14 CHAMINADE
Kansas 5.5 Georgetown
CBE Bowling Green Sub-Regional
Bowling Green, OH
Detroit 4.5 George Wash
BOWLING GREEN 3 Austin Peay
CBE Macon Sub-Regional
Macon, GA
Niagara NL S Dakota St
MERCER NL Sam Houston St
Ticket City Legends Classic
East Rutherford, NJ
Texas 2 NC State
Vanderbilt 8 Oregon St
CBE Championship
Kansas City, MO
MISSOURI 3.5 Notre Dame
California 5 Georgia
NIT Tipoff Consolation
Fairfax, VA..
Albany NL Monmouth
GEORGE MASON 15.5 Brown
NIT Tipoff Consolation
Tulsa, OK
Florida Intl NL Ark-Pine Bluff
ORAL ROBERTS 10 Smu.
NIT Tipoff Consolation
Fort Collins, CO
Fresno St 4.5 Manhattan
COLORADO ST 5.5 TX-San Antonio
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INJURY REPORT: On the NHL board, Pittsburgh forward Sidney Crosby is listed
as probable.
BOXING REPORT: In the WBA junior middleweight title fight on December 3 at
Madison Square Garden, Miguel Cotto is -$180 vs. Antonio Margarito at +$160.
L O C A L
C A L E N D A R
TODAY
COLLEGE WRESTLING
Wilkes at East Stroudsburg, 7 p.m.
MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Luzerne CCC at Stevens Tech, 8 p.m.
TUESDAY
MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Bible Baptist at Wilkes, 7 p.m.
Kings at Albright, 7 p.m.
Misericordia at Scranton, 7 p.m.
PSU Wilkes-Barre at Centenary, 8 p.m.
WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Lycoming at Misericordia, 6 p.m.
PSU Wilkes-Barre at Centenary, 6 p.m.
Scranton at Kings, 7 p.m.
Wilkes at Marywood, 7 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
AHL
Syracuse at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, 7:05 p.m.
WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Luzerne CCC at PSU Wilkes-Barre, 7 p.m.
FRIDAY
AHL
Hershey at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, 7:05 p.m.
PIAA PLAYOFFS
GAR vs. Pen Argyl, 7 p.m.
Spartan Stadium, Kingston
SATURDAY
AHL
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton at Binghamton, 7:05 p.m.
W H A T S O N T V
MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
3 p.m.
ESPN2 Maui Invitational, first round, Michigan
vs. Memphis, at Lahaina, Hawaii
5:30 p.m.
ESPN2 Maui Invitational, first round, Tennessee
vs. Duke, at Lahaina, Hawaii
6 p.m.
FSN Paradise Jam, third place game, teams
TBD, at St. Thomas, Virgin Islands
7:30 p.m.
ESPN2 CBE Classic, first round, Missouri vs.
Notre Dame, at Kansas City, Mo.
8:30 p.m.
FSN Paradise Jam, championship game, teams
TBD, at St. Thomas, Virgin Islands
9:30 p.m.
ESPN2 CBE Classic, first round, California vs.
Georgia, at Kansas City, Mo.
12 Mid.
ESPN2 Maui Invitational, first round, George-
town vs. Kansas, at Lahaina, Hawaii
NFL
8:30 p.m.
ESPN Kansas City at New England
NHL
7:30 p.m.
VERSUS Boston at Montreal
T R A N S A C T I O N S
BASKETBALL
Chinese Basketball Association
XINJIANGGUANGHUI FLYINGTIGERSSigned
Portland G Patty Mills.
Liga ACB (Spain)
CAJALABORALSigned Houston GGoran Drag-
ic.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
BOSTON BRUINSReassigned D Marc Cantin
from Reading (ECHL) to Providence (AHL).
NEW YORK ISLANDERSRecalled F David Ull-
stromfromBridgeport (AHL). Placed GAl Montoya
on injured reserve, retroactive to Nov. 15.
ST. LOUISBLUESRecalled F Brett Starling from
Peoria (AHL).
WASHINGTON CAPITALSRecalled D Dmitry
Orlov from Hershey (AHL).
Americanl Hockey League
BRIDGEPORT SOUND TIGERSSigned F Scott
Howes to a professional contract agreement.
SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGERecalled LW AJ
Jenks from Cincinnati (ECHL).
COLLEGE
COLUMBIAFired football coach Norries Wilson.
C O L L E G E
B A S K E T B A L L
Sunday's Scores
EAST
Cornell 71, Boston U. 66
Denison 72, Earlham 61
Fairfield 73, Holy Cross 52
Kentucky 62, Old Dominion 52
LIU 80, Vermont 75
Loyola (Md.) 66, New Hampshire 60
Mansfield 70, Lock Haven 64
Marist 60, Radford 47
NJIT 78, NYU-Poly 28
Penn St. 53, South Florida 49
Rutgers 66, Hampton 52
St. Peters 66, Binghamton 43
UConn 87, Coppin St. 70
UNC Greensboro 72, Towson 60
Vassar 104, Culinary Institute of Ame 34
MIDWEST
Creighton 82, Iowa 59
E. Illinois 67, N. Illinois 55
E. Michigan 66, IUPUI 64
Iowa St. 92, W. Carolina 60
Michigan St. 69, UALR 47
Milwaukee 73, Texas Southern 38
N. Iowa 78, N. Colorado 69
Nebraska 83, Rhode Island 63
Ohio 69, Arkansas St. 54
Saint Louis 77, Washington 64
South Dakota 83, Nebraska-Omaha 81
Temple 78, Wichita St. 74, OT
Valparaiso 84, Duquesne 68
SOUTH
Alabama 65, Purdue 56
Belmont 87, Middle Tennessee 84, 2OT
Ferrum 72, Roanoke 66
Florida St. 80, South Alabama 39
Furman 63, Loyola of Chicago 51
Houston Baptist 88, Cal St.-Fullerton 83
Jackson St. 73, Concordia-Selma 63
Lehigh 76, E. Kentucky 51
Louisiana-Lafayette 84, Nicholls St. 57
Murray St. 62, UAB 55
NC Wesleyan 82, St. Andrews 77
Newberry 101, Washington Adventist 75
North Carolina 101, MVSU 75
Tennessee St. 64, South Carolina 63
Voorhees 104, Barber-Scotia 79
Wake Forest 93, NC Central 79
William & Mary 65, Liberty 64
SOUTHWEST
Rice 81, Md.-Eastern Shore 49
SC-Upstate 82, Texas St. 74
Texas Tech 66, Stephen F. Austin 54
Toledo 64, Texas-Pan American 54
FAR WEST
Montana 73, San Diego 60
Nevada 60, Prairie View 47
Oregon 86, SE Missouri 61
TOURNAMENT
DirecTVCharleston Classic
Fifth Place
LSU 59, Georgia Tech 50
Seventh Place
VCU 69, W. Kentucky 64
NYU Tipoff
Championship
NYU 60, Baruch 59
Third Place
College of NJ 59, Colby 45
Puerto Rico Tipoff
Fifth Place
Iona 89, Maryland 63
Salisbury Roundball Classic
Championship
Ala.-Huntsville 84, Catawba 77
USVI Paradise Jam
Third Place
Saint Josephs 79, Tulsa 75
Semifinals
Norfolk St. 66, TCU 53
Seventh Place
Colorado 81, W. Michigan 76
Women's Scores
EAST
Michigan 51, Seton Hall 47
Pittsburgh 77, Cent. Michigan 70
Quinnipiac 64, Fairfield 55
St. Bonaventure 79, Morgan St. 55
West Virginia 97, NC Central 24
MIDWEST
Bowling Green 71, Evansville 54
Bradley 68, Niagara 43
E. Kentucky 71, W. Michigan 60
E. Michigan 63, Loyola of Chicago 55
IPFW 68, Butler 60
Iowa St. 65, N. Arizona 41
Missouri 67, North Florida 46
N. Illinois 58, Temple 52
North Dakota 86, Duquesne 80
Purdue 65, UT-Martin 39
Rice 54, Valparaiso 46
S. Dakota St. 63, Washington St. 58
S. Illinois 76, Chicago St. 54
SIU-Edwardsville 63, Ill.-Chicago 57
SOUTH
Duke 80, W. Kentucky 54
Florida Atlantic 68, Bethune-Cookman 46
Georgia 67, Southern Cal 60
High Point 73, Longwood 51
James Madison 60, Middle Tennessee 46
Kansas 74, Wake Forest 73
Louisville 62, Xavier 44
Penn St. 55, South Carolina 50
Richmond 78, Old Dominion 63
Stetson 74, Winthrop 72
UCF 72, Mercer 43
UNC Wilmington 64, East Carolina 53
Virginia 69, Tennessee 64, OT
SOUTHWEST
Arkansas 57, Utah 56
Arkansas St. 84, Texas A&M-CC 71
NC State 85, TCU 79
Texas 74, Alcorn St. 42
Texas A&M 93, Mississippi St. 47
FAR WEST
Arizona St. 79, Boston College 54
Boise St. 68, Pepperdine 57
California 80, Illinois 56
Colorado 72, Colorado St. 53
Fresno St. 79, Cal Poly 76
Montana 64, Idaho 57
Montana St. 99, Coll. of Idaho 50
Portland 59, San Diego St. 58
UC Davis 62, Wichita St. 47
TOURNAMENT
Preseason NIT
Championship
Baylor 94, Notre Dame 81
Subway Classic
Championship
Minnesota 80, N. Dakota St. 41
Third Place
Binghamton 58, Nevada 52
A H L
At A Glance
All Times EST
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA
St. Johns ................ 18 12 3 3 0 27 67 52
Manchester ............. 19 9 9 0 1 19 50 50
Providence.............. 20 8 10 1 1 18 44 63
Portland................... 16 8 7 0 1 17 45 49
Worcester ............... 14 6 4 2 2 16 39 36
East Division
GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Wilkes-Barre/
Scranton.................. 18 10 4 1 3 24 57 44
Norfolk..................... 18 10 7 0 1 21 66 52
Hershey................... 16 7 4 3 2 19 54 49
Syracuse................. 16 7 6 2 1 17 51 54
Binghamton ............ 18 6 10 1 1 14 41 56
Northeast Division
GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Connecticut............... 16 9 4 1 2 21 50 48
Springfield................. 17 10 7 0 0 20 55 47
Albany........................ 17 9 6 1 1 20 43 51
Bridgeport ................. 18 9 7 2 0 20 55 61
Adirondack................ 16 9 6 0 1 19 51 45
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Midwest Division
GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Charlotte ................... 18 10 6 1 1 22 49 46
Milwaukee................. 15 10 4 0 1 21 43 37
Peoria........................ 19 9 8 1 1 20 64 59
Chicago..................... 15 7 6 0 2 16 41 38
Rockford.................... 16 6 9 1 0 13 48 60
North Division
GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Toronto...................... 18 10 5 2 1 23 54 49
Rochester ................. 18 8 7 2 1 19 48 53
Lake Erie................... 18 7 9 1 1 16 40 51
Hamilton.................... 16 6 8 1 1 14 36 52
Grand Rapids ........... 16 6 9 1 0 13 42 46
West Division
GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Abbotsford .............. 19 13 5 1 0 27 52 40
Oklahoma City........ 18 12 5 0 1 25 57 42
Houston................... 18 10 3 1 4 25 58 47
Texas....................... 16 7 8 0 1 15 51 55
San Antonio ............ 17 7 10 0 0 14 39 58
NOTE: Two points are awarded for a win, one point
for an overtime or shootout loss.
Sunday's Games
Charlotte 4, Rockford 3
Bridgeport 5, Adirondack 3
Worcester 3, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 1
Connecticut 3, Providence 2, SO
Milwaukee 3, San Antonio 1
Toronto 4, Peoria 3
Abbotsford 1, Houston 0, SO
Monday's Games
No games scheduled
Tuesday's Games
No games scheduled
Wednesday's Games
Providence at Hershey, 7 p.m.
Portland at Connecticut, 7 p.m.
Hamilton at Grand Rapids, 7 p.m.
Worcester at Manchester, 7 p.m.
Syracuse at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, 7:05 p.m.
Charlotte at Norfolk, 7:15 p.m.
San Antonio at Rockford, 8:05 p.m.
Chicago at Texas, 8:30 p.m.
N H L
At A Glance
All Times EST
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Philadelphia .................... 19 11 5 3 25 71 58
Pittsburgh........................ 20 11 6 3 25 60 50
N.Y. Rangers .................. 17 10 4 3 23 47 38
New Jersey ..................... 18 10 7 1 21 49 50
N.Y. Islanders ................. 17 5 9 3 13 35 56
Northeast Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Buffalo.............................. 20 12 8 0 24 58 51
Toronto ............................ 21 11 8 2 24 63 69
Boston.............................. 18 11 7 0 22 64 39
Montreal........................... 20 9 8 3 21 53 49
Ottawa.............................. 20 10 9 1 21 61 68
Southeast Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Florida............................ 19 10 6 3 23 56 48
Washington................... 18 10 7 1 21 58 56
Tampa Bay .................... 19 9 8 2 20 54 60
Winnipeg ....................... 20 8 9 3 19 58 65
Carolina ......................... 21 7 11 3 17 49 70
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Chicago ......................... 21 12 6 3 27 71 67
Nashville........................ 19 10 5 4 24 53 48
St. Louis......................... 19 10 7 2 22 48 43
Detroit ............................ 18 10 7 1 21 49 41
Columbus...................... 19 4 13 2 10 43 69
Northwest Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Minnesota...................... 20 12 5 3 27 47 40
Edmonton...................... 19 10 7 2 22 50 45
Vancouver ..................... 19 9 9 1 19 56 56
Colorado........................ 21 9 11 1 19 56 65
Calgary .......................... 18 8 9 1 17 41 47
Pacific Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
San Jose.......................... 18 12 5 1 25 57 43
Phoenix............................ 18 10 5 3 23 51 45
Los Angeles .................... 20 10 7 3 23 49 48
Dallas............................... 19 11 8 0 22 49 54
Anaheim.......................... 19 6 9 4 16 39 57
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime
loss.
Saturday's Games
Minnesota 3, St. Louis 2, SO
Winnipeg 6, Philadelphia 4
Detroit 4, Los Angeles 1
Phoenix 4, Buffalo 2
Toronto 7, Washington 1
Montreal 4, N.Y. Rangers 0
Boston 6, N.Y. Islanders 0
New Jersey 4, Tampa Bay 2
Florida 3, Pittsburgh 2
Columbus 4, Nashville 3, OT
San Jose 4, Dallas 1
Edmonton 9, Chicago 2
Sunday's Games
Carolina 3, Toronto 2
San Jose 4, Colorado 1
Detroit at Anaheim, 8 p.m.
Ottawa at Vancouver, 9 p.m.
Monday's Games
Carolina at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Phoenix at Washington, 7 p.m.
Calgary at Columbus, 7 p.m.
Boston at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
New Jersey at Florida, 7:30 p.m.
Edmonton at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday's Games
Toronto at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at St. Louis, 7:30 p.m.
Edmonton at Nashville, 8 p.m.
C O L L E G E
F O O T B A L L
The AP Top 25
The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college
football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses,
records through Nov. 19, total points based on 25
points for a first-place vote through one point for a
25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
...........................................................Record Pts Pv
1. LSU (60) ...................................... 11-01,500 1
2. Alabama....................................... 10-11,440 3
3. Arkansas...................................... 10-11,376 6
4. Stanford ....................................... 10-11,224 8
5. Oklahoma St. .............................. 10-11,206 2
6. Virginia Tech............................... 10-11,133 9
7. Boise St. ...................................... 9-11,025 10
8. Houston ....................................... 11-01,018 11
9. Oregon......................................... 9-21,008 4
10. Southern Cal ............................. 9-2 964 18
11. Michigan St. .............................. 9-2 876 12
12. Oklahoma.................................. 8-2 819 5
13. Georgia...................................... 9-2 815 13
14. South Carolina.......................... 9-2 762 14
15. Wisconsin.................................. 9-2 714 15
16. Kansas St. ................................. 9-2 682 16
17. Michigan .................................... 9-2 527 20
18. Clemson .................................... 9-2 515 7
19. TCU............................................ 9-2 456 19
20. Penn St. ..................................... 9-2 398 21
21. Baylor ......................................... 7-3 383 25
22. Nebraska................................... 8-3 155 17
22. Notre Dame............................... 8-3 155 24
24. Virginia....................................... 8-3 147NR
25. Georgia Tech............................ 8-3 77NR
Others receiving votes: West Virginia 37, Tulsa 34,
Auburn 28, Southern Miss. 12, Rutgers 6, Arkansas
St. 4, Iowa St. 3, Cincinnati 1.
USA Today Top 25 Poll
The USA Today Top 25 football coaches poll, with
first-place votes in parentheses, records through
Nov. 19, total points based on 25 points for first
place through one point for 25th, and previous rank-
ing:
...........................................................Record PtsPvs
1. LSU (59)....................................... 11-01475 1
2. Alabama....................................... 10-11413 3
3. Arkansas ...................................... 10-11349 6
4. Virginia Tech ............................... 10-11242 7
5. Stanford........................................ 10-11222 9
6. Oklahoma State .......................... 10-11156 2
7. Houston........................................ 11-01075 10
8. Boise State................................... 9-1 982 11
9. Oregon ......................................... 9-2 933 4
10. Michigan State........................... 9-2 928 12
11. Oklahoma.................................. 8-2 826 5
12. Wisconsin.................................. 9-2 808 13
13. South Carolina.......................... 9-2 806 14
14. Georgia...................................... 9-2 803 15
15. Kansas State ............................. 9-2 671 17
16. Michigan..................................... 9-2 618 18
17. Clemson..................................... 9-2 587 8
18. TCU............................................ 9-2 494 19
19. Penn State................................. 9-2 455 21
20. Baylor.......................................... 7-3 302 NR
21. Georgia Tech ............................ 8-3 203 t23
22. Nebraska ................................... 8-3 165 16
23. West Virginia............................. 7-3 158 t23
24. Notre Dame............................... 8-3 156 25
25. Virginia....................................... 8-3 154 NR
Others receiving votes: Rutgers 54;Auburn
33;Southern Mississippi 25;Tulsa 23;Brigham
Young 21;Arkansas State 10;Northern Illinois
10;Missouri 8;Texas A&M 4;Utah 3;Florida State
1;Iowa State 1;Texas 1.
N A S C A R
Sprint Cup-Ford 400 Results
Sunday
At Homestead-Miami Speedway
Homestead, Fla.
Lap length: 1.5 miles
(Start position in parentheses)
1. (15) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 267 laps, 126.3 rat-
ing, 47 points, $341,258.
2. (1) Carl Edwards, Ford, 267, 141.3, 44, $296,416.
3. (2) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 267, 121.1, 42,
$189,450.
4. (6) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 267, 114.7, 41, $173,736.
5. (7) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 267, 118.1, 40,
$159,386.
6. (17) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 267, 91.7, 38,
$145,633.
7. (3) Kasey Kahne, Toyota, 267, 93.2, 37,
$118,458.
8. (21) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 267, 100.5, 37,
$130,811.
9. (10) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 267, 92.5, 35,
$123,875.
10. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 267, 83.6, 35,
$90,400.
11. (11) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 267, 102.2,
33, $81,150.
12. (14) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 267, 93.9, 32,
$110,625.
13. (16) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 267, 71.1, 31,
$98,795.
14. (26) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 267, 78.2, 30,
$107,664.
15. (12) A J Allmendinger, Ford, 267, 83.2, 29,
$110,086.
16. (23) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 267, 71.2, 28,
$79,475.
17. (24) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 267, 73.3, 27,
$98,389.
18. (28) David Reutimann, Toyota, 267, 61.4, 26,
$98,783.
19. (32) Joey Logano, Toyota, 267, 65.1, 25,
$78,575.
20. (5) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 266, 96.3, 25,
$95,158.
21. (43) Mike Bliss, Ford, 266, 46.1, 0, $84,100.
22. (40) Travis Kvapil, Ford, 266, 47.7, 0, $84,283.
23. (19) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 266, 82.2, 22,
$114,966.
24. (25) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 266, 68.3, 20,
$77,075.
25. (20) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 266, 62.5, 0, $69,275.
26. (39) Casey Mears, Toyota, 266, 53.9, 18,
$68,525.
27. (35) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 266, 50.6, 17,
$95,170.
28. (34) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 265, 45.4, 16,
$65,125.
29. (41) T.J. Bell, Ford, 265, 37.1, 15, $76,933.
30. (42) Geoffrey Bodine, Chevrolet, 263, 33.9, 14,
$75,747.
31. (27) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 261, 57.8,
14, $105,533.
32. (9) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 261, 82.2, 13,
$118,211.
33. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, 245, 36.9, 12,
$65,375.
34. (4) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 220, 38.6, 10, $108,450.
35. (8) Greg Biffle, Ford, engine, 190, 61.2, 10,
$81,675.
36. (22) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, accident, 153,
50, 0, $63,450.
37. (29) Cole Whitt, Toyota, accident, 153, 40.3, 0,
$63,250.
38. (13) David Ragan, Ford, engine, 81, 60.9, 6,
$71,050.
39. (18) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, engine, 72, 44.7, 5,
$92,841.
40. (37) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, vibration, 29, 33.5,
0, $62,620.
41. (30) J.J. Yeley, Ford, vibration, 25, 31.9, 3,
$62,405.
42. (36) David Stremme, Chevrolet, ignition, 14,
27.8, 2, $62,110.
43. (33) Michael McDowell, Toyota, drive shaft, 13,
29.5, 1, $62,429.
Race Statistics
Average Speed of Race Winner: 114.976 mph.
Time of Race: 3 hours, 29 minutes, 0 seconds.
Margin of Victory: 1.306 seconds.
Caution Flags: 8 for 54 laps.
Lead Changes: 26 among 15 drivers.
Lap Leaders: C.Edwards 1-14; T.Kvapil 15-17;
J.Nemechek 18-20; C.Edwards 21-35; J.Montoya
36-37; B.Keselowski 38-47; C.Edwards 48-78;
J.Gordon 79; M.Kenseth 80; J.Johnson 81-82;
C.Edwards 83-112; G.Biffle 113-114; K.Harvick
115-116; J.Gordon 117-122; T.Stewart 123-135;
D.Gilliland 136; K.Harvick 137-146; M.Truex Jr.
147-151; T.Stewart 152-156; J.Burton 157-160;
M.Kenseth 161-174; C.Edwards 175-200; T.Ste-
wart 201-211; C.Edwards 212-214; Ky.Busch
215-230; B.Keselowski 231; T.Stewart 232-267.
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led):
C.Edwards, 6 times for 119 laps; T.Stewart, 4 times
for 65laps; Ky.Busch, 1timefor 16laps; M.Kenseth,
2 times for 15 laps; K.Harvick, 2 times for 12 laps;
B.Keselowski, 2times for 11laps; J.Gordon, 2times
for 7 laps; M.Truex Jr., 1 time for 5 laps; J.Burton, 1
time for 4 laps; T.Kvapil, 1 time for 3 laps; J.Neme-
chek, 1time for 3 laps; J.Montoya, 1time for 2 laps;
J.Johnson, 1 time for 2 laps; G.Biffle, 1 time for 2
laps; D.Gilliland, 1 time for 1 lap.
Top12 in Points: 1. T.Stewart, 2,403; 2. C.Edwards,
2,403; 3. K.Harvick, 2,345; 4. M.Kenseth, 2,330; 5.
Bra.Keselowski, 2,319; 6. J.Johnson, 2,304; 7.
D.Earnhardt Jr., 2,290; 8. J.Gordon, 2,287; 9.
D.Hamlin, 2,284; 10. R.Newman, 2,284; 11. Ku-
.Busch, 2,262; 12. Ky.Busch, 2,246.
NASCAR Driver Rating Formula
A maximum of 150 points can be attained in a race.
The formula combines the following categories:
Wins, Finishes, Top-15 Finishes, Average Running
Position While on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under
Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Fin-
ish.
P R E S I D E N T S C U P
I N D I V I D U A L P O I N T S T A B L E
Sunday
At Royal Melbourne Golf Club
Melbourne, Australia
Yardage: 6,998;Par: 71
UNITED STATES19, INTERNATIONAL 15
International
............................................................................. Foursomes Fourball Singles Total Matches Points
............................................................................. W-L-T W-L-T W-L-T W-L-T
Robert Allenby................................................... 0-2-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-4-0 4 0
Aaron Baddeley................................................. 0-1-1 1-1-0 0-1-0 1-3-1 5 1
1
2
K.J. Choi ............................................................. 1-1-0 2-0-0 0-1-0 3-2-0 5 3
Jason Day........................................................... 0-1-1 1-1-0 0-1-0 1-3-1 5 1
1
2
Ernie Els ............................................................. 1-1-0 0-2-0 0-1-0 1-4-0 5 1
Retief Goosen.................................................... 0-2-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 3-2-0 5 3
Ryo Ishikawa...................................................... 1-1-0 0-1-0 1-0-0 2-2-0 4 2
K.T. Kim.............................................................. 0-1-0 1-1-0 1-0-0 2-2-0 4 2
Geoff Ogilvy ....................................................... 0-1-1 2-0-0 1-0-0 3-1-1 5 3
1
2
Charl Schwartzel ............................................... 0-1-1 2-0-0 1-0-0 3-1-1 5 3
1
2
Adam Scott......................................................... 1-1-0 0-2-0 1-0-0 2-3-0 5 2
Y.E. Yang ........................................................... 0-1-0 1-1-0 0-1-0 1-3-0 4 1
United States
............................................................................ Foursomes Fourball Singles Total Matches Points
............................................................................ W-L-T W-L-T W-L-T W-L-T
Jim Furyk........................................................... 2-0-0 2-0-0 1-0-0 5-0-0 5 5
Bill Haas............................................................ 0-1-1 1-1-0 0-1-0 1-3-1 5 1
1
2
Dustin Johnson ................................................ 1-0-1 0-2-0 0-1-0 1-3-1 5 1
1
2
Matt Kuchar....................................................... 0-1-1 1-1-0 0-1-0 1-3-1 5 1
1
2
Hunter Mahan................................................... 2-0-0 1-1-0 1-0-0 4-1-0 5 4
Phil Mickelson .................................................. 2-0-0 1-0-0 0-1-0 3-1-0 4 3
Webb Simpson................................................. 2-0-0 1-1-0 0-1-0 3-2-0 5 3
Steve Stricker ................................................... 0-1-0 1-1-0 1-0-0 2-2-0 4 2
David Toms....................................................... 2-0-0 0-1-0 1-0-0 3-1-0 4 3
Nick Watney...................................................... 0-0-1 1-1-0 1-0-0 2-1-1 4 2
1
2
Bubba Watson .................................................. 2-0-0 1-1-0 0-1-0 3-2-0 5 3
Tiger Woods ..................................................... 1-1-0 0-2-0 1-0-0 2-3-0 5 2
L P G A
CME Group Titleholders
Par Scores
Sunday
At Grand Cypress Golf Club
Orlando, Fla.
Purse: $1.5 million
Yardage: 6,518;Par: 72
Final
Hee Young Park, $500,000 71-69-69-70279 -9
Paula Creamer, $95,516 .....69-71-71-70281 -7
Sandra Gal, $95,516............69-69-71-72281 -7
Na Yeon Choi, $56,070.......66-71-75-70282 -6
Suzann Pettersen, $56,070 73-69-68-72282 -6
Michelle Wie, $35,057.........71-73-72-70286 -2
Cristie Kerr, $35,057............68-76-71-71286 -2
Yani Tseng, $35,057............70-76-66-74286 -2
Maria Hjorth, $26,975..........68-78-73-68287 -1
Se Ri Pak, $23,640..............72-74-72-70288 E
I.K. Kim, $23,640..................72-71-71-74288 E
Katie Futcher, $19,336 ........73-74-75-67289 +1
Morgan Pressel, $19,336....67-78-75-69289 +1
Anna Nordqvist, $19,336 ....69-75-73-72289 +1
Beatriz Recari, $19,336.......70-77-67-75289 +1
Candie Kung, $15,457.........69-76-73-72290 +2
Ai Miyazato, $15,457 ...........71-74-73-72290 +2
Mika Miyazato, $15,457.......71-75-72-72290 +2
Jenny Shin, $15,457............72-72-74-72290 +2
Hee-Won Han, $13,941.......72-75-72-72291 +3
Amy Yang, $12,499..............72-75-74-71292 +4
Julieta Granada, $12,499....78-69-73-72292 +4
Mina Harigae, $12,499........72-71-75-74292 +4
Brittany Lincicome,
$12,499..................................70-75-73-74292 +4
Jimin Kang, $12,499............72-71-74-75292 +4
Brittany Lang, $10,123.........74-77-75-67293 +5
Catriona Matthew, $10,123 .76-75-74-68293 +5
Caroline Hedwall, $10,123 .72-74-73-74293 +5
Karen Stupples, $10,123 ....71-75-73-74293 +5
Song-Hee Kim, $10,123......81-71-66-75293 +5
Belen Mozo, $10,123...........73-71-71-78293 +5
Azahara Munoz, $8,789 ......69-75-78-72294 +6
Christina Kim, $8,082..........73-77-73-72295 +7
Chella Choi, $8,082 .............73-77-72-73295 +7
Hee Kyung Seo, $8,082......73-75-73-74295 +7
Dewi Claire Schreefel,
$7,001....................................69-76-77-74296 +8
Lexi Thompson, $7,001.......71-75-76-74296 +8
Pat Hurst, $7,001..................70-78-73-75296 +8
Karrie Webb, $7,001............67-80-74-75296 +8
Stacy Lewis, $6,062.............77-76-73-71297 +9
Amanda Blumenherst,
$6,062....................................70-78-74-75297 +9
Wendy Ward, $6,062...........70-71-74-82297 +9
Sophie Gustafson, $5,576..73-74-78-73298+10
Mindy Kim, $5,152 ...............71-81-75-72299+11
Meena Lee, $5,152..............72-78-77-72299+11
Angela Stanford, $5,152 .....71-75-80-73299+11
Amy Hung, $4,607................70-82-75-73300+12
Natalie Gulbis, $4,607 .........73-76-75-76300+12
Jennifer Johnson, $4,607 ...73-78-72-77300+12
Pornanong Phatlum,
$4,183....................................74-76-78-73301+13
Christel Boeljon, $4,183......76-71-79-75301+13
Paige Mackenzie, $4,001 ...75-81-76-71303+15
Ryann OToole, $3,758 .......78-75-79-72304+16
Vicky Hurst, $3,758..............75-80-75-74304+16
Alison Walshe, $3,758.........72-78-74-80304+16
Tiffany Joh, $3,455...............75-80-78-72305+17
Mi Hyun Kim, $3,455 ...........69-80-79-77305+17
Giulia Sergas, $3,273..........75-79-77-76307+19
Sun Young Yoo, $3,153......80-77-79-73309+21
F I G H T
S C H E D U L E
Nov. 18
At Miami, Giorbis Barthelemy vs. Charles Whittak-
er, 12, IBF junior middleweight eliminator; Yunier
Dorticos vs. Chris Stallworth, 10, cruiserweights.
Nov. 19
At Sydney, Australia, Billy Dib vs. Alberto Servidei,
12, for Dibs IBF featherweight title.
At Ballys, Atlantic City, N.J., Garrett Wilson vs.
Chuck Mussachio, 12, for Wilsons USBA cruiser-
weight title.
At Reliant Arena, Houston (HBO), Julio Cesar Cha-
vez Jr. vs. Peter Manfredo Jr., 12, for Chavezs
WBC middleweight title.
At Nayarit, Mexico, Jose Rodriguez vs. Nethra Sa-
siprapa, 12, for the interim WBA World light fly-
weight title.
At the Paramount Theater, Huntington, N.Y., Chris
Algieri vs. Bayan Jargal, 10, junior welterweights.
Nov. 26
At U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati (HBO), Adrien Bron-
er vs. Vicente Rodriguez, 12, for the vacant WBO
junior lightweight title.
At the Bancomer Center, Mexico City (HBO), Cane-
lo Alvarez vs. Kermit Cintron, 12, for Alvarezs WBC
super welterweight title; Gilberto Ramirez sanchez
vs. Samuel Miller, 10, middleweights.
C M Y K
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STANDINGS, STATS
BALTIMORE Joe Flacco
threw for 270 yards and two
touchdowns, and the Baltimore
Ravens squeezed by the Cin-
cinnati Bengals 31-24 on Sun-
day to move into first place in
the AFC North.
Flacco connected with roo-
kie Torrey Smith on a 38-yard
TD to give Baltimore (7-3) a
31-14 lead early in the fourth
quarter. Smith finished with
six catches for 165 yards, while
Ray Rice ran for 104 yards and
two scores.
The Bengals (6-4) got to the
Baltimore 7 in the final minute
but could not score the tying
touchdown.
The victory moved the Rav-
ens into a first-place tie with
Pittsburgh, but Baltimore is 2-0
against the Steelers and holds
the tiebreaker advantage.
Bengals rookie quarterback
Andy Dalton threw for 373
yards but was intercepted three
times.
49ers 23, Cardinals 7
SAN FRANCISCO Alex
Smith threw for 267 yards and
two touchdowns and San Fran-
cisco forced five turnovers on a
soggy day at Candlestick Park.
Smith tossed scores to Kyle
Williams and Vernon Davis on
the first two drives of the third
quarter to help the 49ers pull
away for their eighth straight
victory. San Francisco (9-1) can
clinch the NFC West with a
win at Baltimore on Thursday
and a loss by Seattle against
Washington next weekend.
Bears 31, Chargers 20
CHICAGO Jay Cutler
threw for 286 yards and two
touchdowns, and Chicago won
its fifth straight.
Chicago (7-3) continued its
remarkable turnaround and
handed the Chargers their fifth
straight loss, their longest slide
since an 0-5 start in 2003. But
it wasnt easy.
Falcons 23, Titans 17
ATLANTA Roddy White
had seven receptions for a
season-high 147 yards and
Jonathan Babineaux led an
Atlanta defense that held off
Tennessee.
The Falcons (6-4) bounced
back from an overtime loss to
New Orleans, but it wasnt
easy. Jake Locker took over for
injured Matt Hasselbeck and
threw a pair of touchdown
passes to Nate Washington to
make a game of it for the Ti-
tans (5-5).
Cowboys 27, Redskins 24
LANDOVER, Md. Dan
Bailey kicked a 39-yard field
goal 9:21 into overtime to give
Dallas its third straight win.
The Cowboys rallied after
allowing a late fourth-quarter
touchdown and improved to
6-4, keeping the pressure on
the first-place New York Giants
in the NFC East.
The Redskins lost their sixth
straight, their longest skid
since their 0-7 start in 1998.
They sent the game to over-
time on Rex Grossmans 4-yard
fade pass to Donte Stallworth
with 14 seconds remaining in
regulation.
Washingtons Graham Gano
missed a 52-yard field goal in
overtime.
Baileys winning kick was set
up by Tony Romos 26-yard
pass to Dez Bryant.
Browns 14, Jaguars 10
CLEVELAND Jackson-
ville rookie quarterback Blaine
Gabberts pass into the end
zone on the games final play
was incomplete, allowing the
Browns to escape.
Gabbert rifled a 3-yard pass
high over the middle that went
off wide receiver Mike Tho-
mas outstretched hands, and
the Browns (4-6) celebrated a
win they nearly gave away.
Packers 35, Buccaneers 26
GREEN BAY, Wis. Aaron
Rodgers threw three touch-
down passes and Green Bay
survived a scare to remain
unbeaten.
With the Packers leading by
two points and trying to fend
off a rally by Tampa Bay in the
fourth quarter, Rodgers found
Jordy Nelson for a clinching
40-yard touchdown with 2:55
left in the game Nelsons
second TD catch of the day.
Raiders 27, Vikings 21
MINNEAPOLIS Carson
Palmer threw for 164 yards and
a touchdown and Oakland
capitalized on several mistakes
by Minnesota.
Michael Bush rushed for 109
yards and a touchdown for the
Raiders (6-4).
Raiders receiver Darrius
Heyward-Bey was carted off
the field with a neck injury in
the fourth quarter. Coach Hue
Jackson said Heyward-Bey had
total movement in his limbs,
and hoped the player would
join the team on the trip home
and undergo further tests in
Oakland.
Dolphins 35, Bills 8
MIAMI Miami set up two
touchdowns with intercep-
tions, Matt Moore threw for
three scores, and the Dolphins
improbable midseason surge
gained momentum.
After losing their first seven
games, the Dolphins (3-7) have
three consecutive victories for
the first time since 2008, win-
ning by a combined score of
86-20. Buffalo (5-5) has been
outscored 106-26 while losing
three in a row.
Lions 49, Panthers 35
DETROIT Matthew Staf-
fords fifth touchdown pass of
the game, a 7-yarder to Bran-
don Pettigrew with 2:32 left,
completed another big rally.
Detroit (7-3) became the
first NFL team since at least
1950 to win three games in a
season after trailing by at least
17 points, according to STATS,
LLC. Carolina (2-8) led 24-7 in
the second quarter.
Seahawks 24, Rams 7
ST. LOUIS Sidney Rice
caught a touchdown pass, drew
a pass interference that led to a
field goal for Seattle.
Chris Clemons had three of
Seattles five sacks on Sam
Bradford, and he also forced
the Rams quarterback to fum-
ble twice, both leading to
touchdowns.
Marshawn Lynch scored for
the fourth straight week, al-
though he missed on a third
straight 100-yard game, fin-
ishing with 88 yards. The
Rams (2-8) totaled 185 yards.
The Seahawks (4-6) won on
consecutive weeks for the first
time, following up on an upset
over Baltimore, and have won
12 of 13 in the series.
R O U N D U P
AP PHOTO
Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice reacts after scoring a
touchdown in the second half of an NFL game against the Cin-
cinnati Bengals in Baltimore on Sunday.
Flacco leads Ravens
past feisty Bengals
The Associated Press
S T A N D I N G S
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC Div
New England.......................................... 6 3 0 .667 259 200 3-1-0 3-2-0 5-2-0 1-1-0 3-1-0
N.Y. Jets ................................................. 5 5 0 .500 228 217 4-1-0 1-4-0 4-5-0 1-0-0 2-2-0
Buffalo..................................................... 5 5 0 .500 237 253 4-1-0 1-4-0 3-3-0 2-2-0 1-2-0
Miami ....................................................... 3 7 0 .300 193 186 2-3-0 1-4-0 2-6-0 1-1-0 1-2-0
South
W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC Div
Houston................................................. 7 3 0 .700 273 166 4-1-0 3-2-0 6-2-0 1-1-0 3-0-0
Tennessee............................................ 5 5 0 .500 203 195 3-2-0 2-3-0 4-4-0 1-1-0 1-3-0
Jacksonville.......................................... 3 7 0 .300 125 180 2-2-0 1-5-0 3-5-0 0-2-0 2-1-0
Indianapolis .......................................... 0 10 0 .000 131 300 0-5-0 0-5-0 0-7-0 0-3-0 0-3-0
North
W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC Div
Baltimore................................................. 7 3 0 .700 256 176 5-0-0 2-3-0 5-2-0 2-1-0 3-0-0
Pittsburgh ............................................... 7 3 0 .700 220 179 4-1-0 3-2-0 5-3-0 2-0-0 1-2-0
Cincinnati ................................................ 6 4 0 .600 236 195 2-2-0 4-2-0 5-3-0 1-1-0 1-2-0
Cleveland................................................ 4 6 0 .400 145 193 3-3-0 1-3-0 3-4-0 1-2-0 0-1-0
West
W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC Div
Oakland................................................... 6 4 0 .600 235 254 2-3-0 4-1-0 5-4-0 1-0-0 2-2-0
Denver..................................................... 5 5 0 .500 205 247 2-3-0 3-2-0 5-3-0 0-2-0 2-2-0
Kansas City ............................................ 4 5 0 .444 141 218 2-3-0 2-2-0 3-4-0 1-1-0 2-2-0
San Diego............................................... 4 6 0 .400 236 259 3-2-0 1-4-0 3-4-0 1-2-0 2-2-0
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA Home Away NFC AFC Div
Dallas ...................................................... 6 4 0 .600 250 206 4-1-0 2-3-0 5-2-0 1-2-0 2-1-0
N.Y. Giants ............................................. 6 4 0 .600 228 228 3-2-0 3-2-0 3-4-0 3-0-0 1-2-0
Philadelphia............................................ 4 6 0 .400 237 213 1-4-0 3-2-0 4-5-0 0-1-0 3-1-0
Washington ............................................ 3 7 0 .300 160 205 2-3-0 1-4-0 3-5-0 0-2-0 1-3-0
South
W L T Pct PF PA Home Away NFC AFC Div
New Orleans........................................... 7 3 0 .700 313 228 4-0-0 3-3-0 4-3-0 3-0-0 3-1-0
Atlanta ..................................................... 6 4 0 .600 235 213 3-2-0 3-2-0 4-4-0 2-0-0 2-2-0
Tampa Bay.............................................. 4 6 0 .400 182 268 3-3-0 1-3-0 3-5-0 1-1-0 2-1-0
Carolina................................................... 2 8 0 .200 225 286 2-4-0 0-4-0 1-7-0 1-1-0 0-2-0
North
W L T Pct PF PA Home Away NFC AFC Div
Green Bay ............................................ 10 0 0 1.000 355 212 5-0-0 5-0-0 8-0-0 2-0-0 3-0-0
Detroit................................................... 7 3 0 .700 301 219 3-2-0 4-1-0 5-3-0 2-0-0 2-1-0
Chicago................................................ 7 3 0 .700 268 207 5-1-0 2-2-0 6-3-0 1-0-0 2-2-0
Minnesota............................................ 2 8 0 .200 200 271 1-4-0 1-4-0 2-5-0 0-3-0 0-4-0
West
W L T Pct PF PA Home Away NFC AFC Div
San Francisco ........................................ 9 1 0 .900 256 145 5-1-0 4-0-0 7-1-0 2-0-0 2-0-0
Seattle ..................................................... 4 6 0 .400 168 209 2-2-0 2-4-0 3-3-0 1-3-0 2-1-0
Arizona.................................................... 3 7 0 .300 190 236 2-2-0 1-5-0 3-5-0 0-2-0 1-2-0
St. Louis.................................................. 2 8 0 .200 120 247 1-4-0 1-4-0 1-7-0 1-1-0 0-2-0
Thursday's Game
Denver 17, N.Y. Jets 13
Sunday's Games
Green Bay 35, Tampa Bay 26
Oakland 27, Minnesota 21
Detroit 49, Carolina 35
Dallas 27, Washington 24, OT
Cleveland 14, Jacksonville 10
Baltimore 31, Cincinnati 24
Miami 35, Buffalo 8
San Francisco 23, Arizona 7
Seattle 24, St. Louis 7
Chicago 31, San Diego 20
Atlanta 23, Tennessee 17
Philadelphia 17, N.Y. Giants 10
Open: Houston, Indianapolis, New Orleans, Pitts-
burgh
Monday's Game
Kansas City at New England, 8:30 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 24
Green Bay at Detroit, 12:30 p.m.
Miami at Dallas, 4:15 p.m.
San Francisco at Baltimore, 8:20 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 27
Arizona at St. Louis, 1 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Tennessee, 1 p.m.
Cleveland at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.
Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.
Houston at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.
Carolina at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.
Minnesota at Atlanta, 1 p.m.
Chicago at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.
Washington at Seattle, 4:05 p.m.
Denver at San Diego, 4:15 p.m.
New England at Philadelphia, 4:15 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Kansas City, 8:20 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 28
N.Y. Giants at New Orleans, 8:30 p.m.
Packers 35, Buccaneers 26
Tampa Bay.......................... 0 10 3 13 26
Green Bay ........................... 7 14 0 14 35
First Quarter
GBRaji 1 run (Crosby kick), 2:51.
Second Quarter
GBCrabtree 5 pass from Rodgers (Crosby kick),
13:44.
TBBlount 54 run (Barth kick), 12:46.
TBFG Barth 23, 3:52.
GBNelson 5 pass from Rodgers (Crosby kick),
1:58.
Third Quarter
TBFG Barth 32, 4:53.
Fourth Quarter
TBWilliams 9 pass from Freeman (pass failed),
13:07.
GBKuhn 2 run (Crosby kick), 7:42.
TBBriscoe 2 pass from Freeman (Barth kick),
4:25.
GBNelson 40 pass from Rodgers (Crosby kick),
2:55.
A70,498.
TB GB
First downs ........................... 22 24
Total Net Yards .................... 455 378
Rushes-yards ....................... 20-121 23-91
Passing.................................. 334 287
Punt Returns......................... 1-16 2-69
Kickoff Returns..................... 6-152 3-51
Interceptions Ret.................. 1-7 2-28
Comp-Att-Int ......................... 28-38-2 23-34-1
Sacked-Yards Lost .............. 2-8 2-12
Punts...................................... 3-46.7 3-54.3
Fumbles-Lost........................ 1-0 2-0
Penalties-Yards.................... 9-55 5-37
Time of Possession............. 31:21 28:39
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHINGTampa Bay, Blount 18-107, Benn 1-9,
Freeman 1-5. Green Bay, Starks 11-38, Rodgers
5-28, Grant 4-16, Masthay 1-6, Kuhn 1-2, Raji 1-1.
PASSINGTampa Bay, Freeman 28-38-2-342.
Green Bay, Rodgers 23-34-1-299.
RECEIVINGTampa Bay, Winslow 9-132, Wil-
liams 7-83, Benn 5-75, Briscoe 2-7, Parker 1-20,
Lorig 1-10, Lumpkin 1-8, Blount 1-6, Stocker 1-1.
Green Bay, Nelson 6-123, Starks 6-53, Driver 4-72,
G.Jennings 2-6, Crabtree 2-5, Finley 1-30, Cobb
1-11, Kuhn 1-(minus 1).
MISSED FIELD GOALSGreen Bay, Crosby 29
(WR).
Raiders 27, Vikings 21
Oakland............................... 3 21 3 0 27
Minnesota........................... 7 0 0 14 21
First Quarter
MinPeterson 12 run (Longwell kick), 5:17.
OakFG Janikowski 29, :57.
Second Quarter
OakSchilens 11 pass from Palmer (Janikowski
kick), 9:10.
OakBush 2 run (Janikowski kick), 1:20.
OakPalmer 1 run (Janikowski kick), :08.
Third Quarter
OakFG Janikowski 26, :51.
Fourth Quarter
MinHarvin 26 pass from Ponder (Longwell kick),
14:52.
MinRudolph1pass fromPonder (Longwell kick),
5:08.
A62,748.
Oak Min
First downs ........................... 22 20
Total Net Yards .................... 301 311
Rushes-yards ....................... 41-162 24-124
Passing.................................. 139 187
Punt Returns......................... 2-34 5-38
Kickoff Returns..................... 4-124 5-109
Interceptions Ret.................. 3-43 0-0
Comp-Att-Int ......................... 17-23-0 19-33-3
Sacked-Yards Lost .............. 4-25 5-24
Punts...................................... 6-47.3 3-44.3
Fumbles-Lost........................ 1-1 3-2
Penalties-Yards.................... 12-117 9-50
Time of Possession............. 35:44 24:16
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHINGOakland, Bush 30-109, Reece 6-45,
Palmer 3-5, T.Jones 2-3. Minnesota, Ponder 5-71,
Peterson 6-26, Harvin 5-21, Gerhart 7-18, Kluwe
1-(minus 12).
PASSINGOakland, Palmer 17-23-0-164. Minne-
sota, Ponder 19-33-3-211.
RECEIVINGOakland, Boss 5-37, Heyward-Bey
4-43, Myers 2-23, Bush 2-20, Reece 2-16, Moore
1-14, Schilens 1-11. Minnesota, Harvin 6-73, Jen-
kins 4-30, Rudolph 3-7, Shiancoe 2-42, Aromasho-
du 1-42, Gerhart 1-7, DImperio 1-6, Camarillo 1-4.
MISSED FIELD GOALSOakland, Janikowski 49
(BK).
Lions 49, Panthers 35
Carolina .......................... 10 17 0 8 35
Detroit ............................. 0 14 14 21 49
First Quarter
CarFG Mare 27, 3:55.
CarSmith 15 pass from Newton (Mare kick), :35.
Second Quarter
DetK.Smith 28 pass fromStafford (Hanson kick),
14:04.
CarPilares 101 kickoff return (Mare kick), 13:50.
CarNewton 11 run (Mare kick), 9:32.
DetT.Young 3 pass from Stafford (Hanson kick),
2:57.
CarFG Mare 31, :00.
Third Quarter
DetBurleson 16 pass from Stafford (Hanson
kick), 10:28.
DetScheffler 17 pass from Stafford (Hanson
kick), 5:57.
Fourth Quarter
DetK.Smith 4 run (Hanson kick), 8:02.
CarNewton 6 run (Smith pass from Newton),
4:59.
DetPettigrew7 pass fromStafford (Hanson kick),
2:32.
DetK.Smith 19 run (Hanson kick), 2:00.
A63,633.
Car Det
First downs ........................... 24 29
Total Net Yards .................... 409 495
Rushes-yards ....................... 26-137 29-169
Passing.................................. 272 326
Punt Returns......................... 2-25 2-25
Kickoff Returns..................... 3-140 2-46
Interceptions Ret.................. 2-21 4-43
Comp-Att-Int ......................... 22-38-4 28-36-2
Sacked-Yards Lost .............. 1-8 2-9
Punts...................................... 3-40.7 2-48.0
Fumbles-Lost........................ 0-0 1-1
Penalties-Yards.................... 7-70 8-56
Time of Possession............. 26:53 33:07
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHINGCarolina, D.Williams 10-73, Newton
7-37, Stewart 8-22, Smith 1-5. Detroit, K.Smith
16-140, Morris 7-29, Stafford 4-2, K.Williams 1-0,
Logan 1-(minus 2).
PASSINGCarolina, Newton 22-38-4-280. De-
troit, Stafford 28-36-2-335.
RECEIVINGCarolina, Stewart 6-87, Smith 5-41,
LaFell 3-51, Naanee 3-41, Olsen 3-23, D.Williams
1-32, Brockel 1-5. Detroit, Burleson 7-63, Johnson
5-89, K.Smith 4-61, Pettigrew 4-37, R.Davis 2-27,
Scheffler 2-24, T.Young 2-14, Heller 1-12, Morris
1-8.
MISSED FIELD GOALSNone.
Cowboys 27, Redskins 24
Dallas............................. 7 3 0 14 3 27
Washington................... 0 14 3 7 0 24
First Quarter
DalBryant 22 pass fromRomo (Bailey kick), 7:44.
Second Quarter
DalFG Bailey 37, 10:23.
WasGrossman 4 run (Gano kick), 3:59.
WasGaffney 16 pass from Grossman (Gano
kick), :14.
Third Quarter
WasFG Gano 40, 11:40.
Fourth Quarter
DalRobinson 7 pass from Romo (Bailey kick),
14:43.
DalWitten 59 pass fromRomo (Bailey kick), 8:48.
WasStallworth 4 pass from Grossman (Gano
kick), :14.
Overtime
DalFG Bailey 39, 5:39.
A80,122.
Dal Was
First downs ........................... 20 18
Total Net Yards .................... 353 336
Rushes-yards ....................... 32-89 24-60
Passing.................................. 264 276
Punt Returns......................... 3-22 3-97
Kickoff Returns..................... 3-56 4-93
Interceptions Ret.................. 1-0 0-0
Comp-Att-Int ......................... 23-37-0 25-38-1
Sacked-Yards Lost .............. 4-28 3-13
Punts...................................... 7-40.9 5-48.6
Fumbles-Lost........................ 1-0 2-1
Penalties-Yards.................... 9-48 6-59
Time of Possession............. 36:01 33:20
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHINGDallas, Murray 25-73, Jones 5-18, Ro-
mo 2-(minus 2). Washington, Helu 8-35, Grossman
3-10, Choice 6-7, Armstrong 1-5, Torain 5-4, Stall-
worth 1-(minus 1).
PASSINGDallas, Romo 23-37-0-292. Washing-
ton, Grossman 25-38-1-289.
RECEIVINGDallas, Murray 6-32, Robinson4-34,
Witten 3-85, Bryant 3-68, Bennett 3-31, Holley1-17,
Ogletree 1-12, Phillips 1-9, Jones 1-4. Washington,
Gaffney 7-115, Davis 6-49, Stallworth4-51, Paulsen
2-17, Helu 2-3, Young1-27, Anderson1-23, Choice
1-2, Torain 1-2.
MISSED FIELD GOALSWashington, Gano 49
(WR), 52 (WR).
Browns 14, Jaguars 10
Jacksonville ............................ 0 7 0 3 10
Cleveland................................. 0 7 0 7 14
Second Quarter
JacJones-Drew 6 run (Scobee kick), 10:50.
CleOgbonnaya 1 run (Dawson kick), 3:21.
Fourth Quarter
CleCribbs 3 pass from McCoy (Dawson kick),
12:15.
JacFG Scobee 42, 5:39.
A63,498.
Jac Cle
First downs ........................... 23 20
Total Net Yards .................... 303 334
Rushes-yards ....................... 29-108 28-148
Passing.................................. 195 186
Punt Returns......................... 1-11 1-0
Kickoff Returns..................... 1-17 2-63
Interceptions Ret.................. 1-28 0-0
Comp-Att-Int ......................... 22-41-0 17-24-1
Sacked-Yards Lost .............. 1-15 2-13
Punts...................................... 5-40.6 3-36.0
Fumbles-Lost........................ 1-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards.................... 9-81 9-70
Time of Possession............. 30:53 29:07
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHINGJacksonville, Jones-Drew 21-87,
Gabbert 2-10, Owens 2-10, Karim 4-1. Cleveland,
Ogbonnaya 21-115, McCoy 5-27, Clayton 1-4,
Cribbs 1-2.
PASSINGJacksonville, Gabbert 22-41-0-210.
Cleveland, McCoy 17-24-1-199.
RECEIVINGJacksonville, Lewis 7-64, Jones-
Drew 4-31, Hill 3-49, Dillard 3-29, Thomas 3-23,
West 2-14. Cleveland, Little5-59, Cribbs 3-20, Mas-
saquoi 2-19, Ogbonnaya 2-19, Watson 2-18, Marec-
ic 2-13, Norwood 1-51.
MISSED FIELD GOALSCleveland, Dawson 38
(WR).
Ravens 31,
Bengals 24
Cincinnati .......................... 7 0 7 10 24
Baltimore........................... 0 14 10 7 31
First Quarter
CinBenson 7 run (Nugent kick), 8:17.
Second Quarter
BalBoldin 35 pass from Flacco (Cundiff kick),
11:17.
BalRice 1 run (Cundiff kick), 8:33.
Third Quarter
BalFG Cundiff 22, 10:50.
CinBenson 3 run (Nugent kick), 6:51.
BalRice 2 run (Cundiff kick), :36.
Fourth Quarter
BalT.Smith 38 pass from Flacco (Cundiff kick),
14:02.
CinCaldwell 49 pass from Dalton (Nugent kick),
10:59.
CinFG Nugent 27, 5:32.
A71,320.
Cin Bal
First downs ........................... 23 13
Total Net Yards .................... 483 373
Rushes-yards ....................... 30-119 28-105
Passing.................................. 364 268
Punt Returns......................... 4-24 3-6
Kickoff Returns..................... 0-0 1-26
Interceptions Ret.................. 1-7 3-20
Comp-Att-Int ......................... 24-46-3 17-27-1
Sacked-Yards Lost .............. 2-9 1-2
Punts...................................... 7-38.6 8-48.9
Fumbles-Lost........................ 1-0 3-0
Penalties-Yards.................... 6-43 6-69
Time of Possession............. 32:53 27:07
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHINGCincinnati, Benson 15-41, Scott 9-40,
Dalton 4-32, Leonard 2-6. Baltimore, Rice 20-104,
R.Williams 5-3, Flacco 3-(minus 2).
PASSINGCincinnati, Dalton 24-45-3-373, Scott
0-1-0-0. Baltimore, Flacco 17-27-1-270.
RECEIVINGCincinnati, Simpson 8-152, Leonard
5-57, Hawkins 4-47, Caldwell 3-63, Gresham 3-48,
Cochart 1-6. Baltimore, T.Smith 6-165, Rice 5-43,
Dickson 2-21, Leach 2-1, Boldin 1-35, R.Williams
1-5.
MISSED FIELD GOALSNone.
Dolphins 35, Bills 8
Buffalo................................. 3 3 0 2 8
Miami ................................... 14 14 7 0 35
First Quarter
BufFG Rayner 30, 10:13.
MiaFasano 1 pass from Mat.Moore (Graham
kick), 3:28.
MiaBush 5 run (Graham kick), :58.
Second Quarter
MiaClay 12 pass from Mat.Moore (Graham kick),
12:45.
MiaBess 4 pass from Mat.Moore (Graham kick),
1:36.
BufFG Rayner 56, :00.
Third Quarter
MiaHilliard blocked punt recovery in end zone
(Graham kick), 10:08.
Fourth Quarter
BufSheppard safety, 13:25.
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First downs ........................... 14 16
Total Net Yards .................... 247 242
Rushes-yards ....................... 19-41 35-95
Passing.................................. 206 147
Punt Returns......................... 4-60 6-53
Kickoff Returns..................... 7-141 1-18
Interceptions Ret.................. 0-0 2-20
Comp-Att-Int ......................... 21-44-2 14-20-0
Sacked-Yards Lost .............. 2-9 1-13
Punts...................................... 7-42.1 7-48.1
Fumbles-Lost........................ 4-0 1-0
Penalties-Yards.................... 3-27 4-50
Time of Possession............. 28:54 31:06
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHINGBuffalo, Jackson 7-17, Fitzpatrick
7-16, J.White 2-6, Spiller 3-2. Miami, Thomas
15-50, Bush15-32, Hartline1-9, Mat.Moore3-2, Hill-
iard 1-2.
PASSINGBuffalo, Fitzpatrick 20-39-2-209, Thig-
pen 1-5-0-6. Miami, Mat.Moore 14-20-0-160.
RECEIVINGBuffalo, Chandler 5-71, Jackson
5-50, B.Smith 3-35, Roosevelt 2-28, Spiller 2-18,
St.Johnson 2-16, Nelson 1-0, J.White 1-(minus 3).
Miami, Clay 4-69, Bush 4-34, Bess 2-25, Fasano
2-8, Hartline 1-19, Marshall 1-5.
MISSED FIELD GOALSNone.
49ers 23,
Cardinals 7
Arizona .................................. 0 0 0 7 7
San Francisco....................... 6 3 14 0 23
First Quarter
SFFG Akers 22, 3:10.
SFFG Akers 43, 2:06.
Second Quarter
SFFG Akers 29, :56.
Third Quarter
SFK.Williams 8pass fromAle.Smith(Akers kick),
7:12.
SFV.Davis 18 pass from Ale.Smith (Akers kick),
4:14.
Fourth Quarter
AriFitzgerald 23 pass from Bartel (Feely kick),
8:38.
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Ari SF
First downs ........................... 11 25
Total Net Yards .................... 229 431
Rushes-yards ....................... 11-80 49-164
Passing.................................. 149 267
Punt Returns......................... 2-22 4-16
Kickoff Returns..................... 3-74 2-42
Interceptions Ret.................. 1-0 3-60
Comp-Att-Int ......................... 14-35-3 20-38-1
Sacked-Yards Lost .............. 2-14 0-0
Punts...................................... 6-46.5 3-45.3
Fumbles-Lost........................ 3-2 0-0
Penalties-Yards.................... 6-75 7-87
Time of Possession............. 15:44 44:16
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHINGArizona, Taylor 1-34, Wells 8-33, Bar-
tel 1-9, Stephens-Howling1-4. San Francisco, Gore
24-88, Dixon 7-32, Hunter 11-27, Ale.Smith 7-17.
PASSINGArizona, Skelton 6-19-3-99, Bartel
8-16-0-64. San Francisco, Ale.Smith 20-38-1-267.
RECEIVINGArizona, Doucet 6-50, Roberts 3-51,
Fitzgerald 3-41, Mauia 1-12, Sampson 1-9. San
Francisco, Crabtree 7-120, V.Davis 5-67, K.Wil-
liams 5-54, Hunter 1-15, Gore 1-6, Miller 1-5.
MISSEDFIELDGOALSSan Francisco, Akers 46
(BK), 49 (WR), 30 (BK).
Seahawks 24, Rams 7
Seattle.................................... 0 10 7 7 24
St. Louis ................................ 7 0 0 0 7
First Quarter
StLLloyd 30 pass fromBradford (Jo.Brown kick),
9:15.
Second Quarter
SeaRice 14 pass from Jackson (Hauschka kick),
8:36.
SeaFG Hauschka 19, :00.
Third Quarter
SeaLynch 3 run (Hauschka kick), 5:58.
Fourth Quarter
SeaForsett 22 run (Hauschka kick), 4:21.
A56,400.
Sea StL
First downs ........................... 16 13
Total Net Yards .................... 289 185
Rushes-yards ....................... 39-126 17-42
Passing.................................. 163 143
Punt Returns......................... 7-74 3-23
Kickoff Returns..................... 1-21 1-30
Interceptions Ret.................. 1-5 2-15
Comp-Att-Int ......................... 15-25-2 20-40-1
Sacked-Yards Lost .............. 4-40 5-38
Punts...................................... 9-49.7 10-44.1
Fumbles-Lost........................ 3-0 2-2
Penalties-Yards.................... 13-100 5-50
Time of Possession............. 35:00 25:00
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHINGSeattle, Lynch 27-88, Forsett 4-31,
Jackson 2-10, Washington 6-(minus 3). St. Louis,
S.Jackson 15-42, Bradford 2-0.
PASSINGSeattle, Jackson 14-24-2-148, Rice
1-1-0-55. St. Louis, Bradford 20-40-1-181.
RECEIVINGSeattle, Baldwin 3-60, Rice 3-35,
Williams 2-62, Lynch 2-1, Tate1-16, Obomanu1-11,
Miller 1-10, Robinson 1-6, Forsett 1-2. St. Louis,
Lloyd 5-67, B.Gibson 4-37, Clayton 3-26, S.Jack-
son 3-19, Kendricks 2-21, Pettis 2-12, Spach
1-(minus 1).
MISSED FIELD GOALSNone.
Bears 31,
Chargers 20
San Diego ........................... 3 7 7 3 20
Chicago............................... 3 14 14 0 31
First Quarter
SDFG Novak 28, 9:40.
ChiFG Gould 42, 5:01.
Second Quarter
ChiBarber 1 run (Gould kick), 4:09.
SDGates 8 pass from Rivers (Novak kick), 2:04.
ChiK.Davis 4 pass from Cutler (Gould kick), :20.
Third Quarter
SDJackson 5 pass from Rivers (Novak kick),
10:58.
ChiCutler 1 run (Gould kick), 5:47.
ChiKnox 24 pass from Cutler (Gould kick), 4:53.
Fourth Quarter
SDFG Novak 48, 14:55.
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First downs ........................... 15 23
Total Net Yards .................... 332 379
Rushes-yards ....................... 17-52 32-93
Passing.................................. 280 286
Punt Returns......................... 0-0 2-59
Kickoff Returns..................... 5-167 5-122
Interceptions Ret.................. 1-64 2-10
Comp-Att-Int ......................... 21-31-2 18-32-1
Sacked-Yards Lost .............. 0-0 0-0
Punts...................................... 3-39.3 3-45.7
Fumbles-Lost........................ 2-1 0-0
Penalties-Yards.................... 3-20 6-61
Time of Possession............. 26:50 33:10
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHINGSan Diego, Mathews 13-37, Tolbert
3-14, Hester 1-1. Chicago, Forte21-59, Barber 6-23,
Cutler 5-11.
PASSINGSan Diego, Rivers 21-31-2-280. Chica-
go, Cutler 18-31-1-286, Podlesh 0-1-0-0.
RECEIVINGSan Diego, Jackson 7-165, Tolbert
5-24, Gates 4-63, Mathews 2-14, Hester 2-6,
V.Brown1-8. Chicago, R.Williams 5-62, Forte 4-26,
Knox 3-97, Bennett 3-75, Spaeth 1-13, Clutts 1-9,
K.Davis 1-4.
MISSED FIELD GOALSSan Diego, Novak 55
(SH).
Falcons 23, Titans 17
Tennessee............................ 0 3 7 7 17
Atlanta.................................... 7 6 10 0 23
First Quarter
AtlGonzalez 17 pass from Ryan (Bryant kick),
10:41.
Second Quarter
AtlFG Bryant 19, 14:08.
AtlFG Bryant 33, 7:18.
TenFG Bironas 46, :02.
Third Quarter
AtlTurner 4 run (Bryant kick), 11:56.
AtlFG Bryant 24, 3:07.
TenWashington 40 pass from Locker (Bironas
kick), 2:00.
Fourth Quarter
TenWashington 4 pass from Locker (Bironas
kick), 3:06.
A68,164.
Ten Atl
First downs ........................... 17 25
Total Net Yards .................... 298 432
Rushes-yards ....................... 14-41 36-116
Passing.................................. 257 316
Punt Returns......................... 1-(-1) 2-27
Kickoff Returns..................... 5-139 0-0
Interceptions Ret.................. 0-0 1-14
Comp-Att-Int ......................... 22-44-1 22-32-0
Sacked-Yards Lost .............. 1-7 0-0
Punts...................................... 5-45.0 2-33.0
Fumbles-Lost........................ 0-0 1-1
Penalties-Yards.................... 10-86 5-55
Time of Possession............. 23:01 36:59
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHINGTennessee, Hasselbeck 1-17, John-
son 12-13, Locker 1-11. Atlanta, Turner 21-100,
Snelling 7-11, Ryan 6-3, Rodgers 2-2.
PASSINGTennessee, Locker 9-19-0-140, Has-
selbeck 13-25-1-124. Atlanta, Ryan 22-32-0-316.
RECEIVINGTennessee, Washington 9-115,
Cook 5-51, Ringer 3-35, Johnson 3-15, L.Hawkins
1-32, Williams 1-16. Atlanta, White 7-147, Gonzalez
5-74, Douglas 4-51, Weems 3-20, Palmer 1-11,
Turner 1-9, Snelling 1-4.
MISSED FIELD GOALSNone.
Eagles 17, Giants 10
Philadelphia.......................... 0 10 0 7 17
N.Y. Giants............................ 0 3 0 7 10
Second Quarter
PhiFG Henery 33, 11:31.
PhiSmith 14 pass from Young (Henery kick),
1:22.
NYGFG Tynes 48, :00.
Fourth Quarter
NYGCruz 24 pass from Manning (Tynes kick),
11:36.
PhiCooper 8 pass from Young (Henery kick),
2:45.
A79,743.
Phi NYG
First downs ........................... 17 12
Total Net Yards .................... 391 278
Rushes-yards ....................... 33-136 17-29
Passing.................................. 255 249
Punt Returns......................... 4-63 0-0
Kickoff Returns..................... 1-26 3-61
Interceptions Ret.................. 1-14 3-6
Comp-Att-Int ......................... 23-36-3 18-35-1
Sacked-Yards Lost .............. 1-3 3-15
Punts...................................... 6-43.5 9-51.4
Fumbles-Lost........................ 0-0 1-1
Penalties-Yards.................... 5-30 5-39
Time of Possession............. 36:18 23:42
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHINGPhiladelphia, McCoy 23-113, Hall
2-11, Brown1-6, Young 6-5, Lewis 1-1. N.Y. Giants,
Jacobs 12-21, Scott 2-11, Ware 3-(minus 3).
PASSINGPhiladelphia, Young 23-36-3-258.
N.Y. Giants, Manning 18-35-1-264.
RECEIVINGPhiladelphia, D.Jackson 6-88, Ce-
lek 6-60, Cooper 5-75, McCoy 3-2, Smith 1-14,
Avant 1-13, Harbor 1-6. N.Y. Giants, Cruz 6-128,
Nicks 3-69, Jacobs 3-11, Ware 2-17, Ballard 1-13,
Barden 1-13, Scott 1-9, Manningham1-4.
MISSED FIELD GOALSNone.
N F L T O D A Y
SCOREBOARD
Monday, Nov. 21
Kansas City (4-5) at New England (6-3), 8:30 p.m.
EST. The Chiefs look to keep pace in the AFCWest
while the Patriots seek to extend their lead in the
East.
STARS
Passing
Matthew Stafford, Lions, was 28 of 36 for 335
yards and five touchdowns in Detroits 49-35 win
over Carolina.
Matt Ryan, Falcons, completed 22 of 32 for 316
yards and a TDin Atlantas 23-17 win over Tennes-
see.
Aaron Rodgers, Packers, threw for 299 yards
with three touchdowns in Green Bays 35-26 win
over Tampa Bay. Josh Freeman, Buccaneers,
threw for 342 yards and two touchdowns.
Tony Romo, Cowboys completed 23 of 37 pas-
ses for 292 yards and three touchdowns in Dallas
27-24 OT win over Washington.
Jay Cutler, Bears, threw for 286 yards and two
touchdowns in Chicagos 31-20 win over San Die-
go.
Joe Flacco, Ravens, threwfor 270 yards and two
touchdowns in Baltimores 31-24 win over Cincinna-
ti. Rookie Andy Dalton, Bengals, passed for 373
yards.
Alex Smith, 49ers, threw for 267 yards and two
touchdowns inSanFranciscos 23-7winover Arizo-
na.
Matt Moore, Dolphins, threw for three scores in
Miamis 35-8 win over Buffalo.
Rushing
Kevin Smith, Lions, ran for a career-high 140
yards and three touchdowns in Detroits 49-35 win
over Carolina.
LeGarrette Blount, had 107 yards rushing and a
TD in Tampa Bays 35-26 loss to Green Bay.
Ray Rice, Ravens, rushed for 104 yards and two
touchdowns in Baltimores 31-24 win over Cincinna-
ti.
Chris Ogbonnaya, Browns, rushed for 115 yards
and a touchdown in Clevelands 14-10 win over
Jacksonville.
Michael Bush, Raiders, rushed for 109 yards and
a touchdown in Oaklands 27-21win over Minneso-
ta.
Michael Turner, Falcons, rushed for 100 yards
and a score in Atlantas 23-17 win over Tennessee.
Receiving
Rookie Torrey Smith, Ravens, had six catches
for 165 yards and a TDin Baltimores 31-24 win over
Cincinnati. Jerome Simpson, Bengals, had eight
catches for 152 yards.
Vincent Jackson, Chargers, had seven catches
for 165 yards and a touchdown in San Diegos 31-20
loss to Chicago.
Roddy White, Falcons, had seven receptions for
147 yards in Atlantas 23-17 win over Tennessee.
Defense
Chris Clemons, Seahawks, had three sacks and
two forced fumbles in Seattles 24-7 win over St.
Louis.
Charles Tillman, Bears, had a strip and fumble
recovery in Chicagos 31-20 win over San Diego.
Special Teams
Chris Clemons, Dolphins, blocked a punt that
Lex Hilliard recovered for a touchdown in Miamis
35-8 win over Buffalo. Dave Rayner, Bills, kicked a
career-long 56-yard field goal.
Rookie Kealoha Pilares, Panthers, returned a
kickoff 101yards for a score in Carolinas 49-35 loss
to Detroit.
STATS
Miami scored on a blocked punt for the first time
since 1990. The play ended a streak of 735 punts
without a block by Buffalos Brian Moorman. It was
the third-longest such streak in NFL history. ... The
Bills went 0 for 14 on third- and fourth-down con-
versions. ... The Vikings fell to 2-8 for the first time
since 1962. ... The Lions are the first NFL team to
win three games in a season after trailing by at least
17 points. ... The Redskins 24 points were more
than the 20 they scored in their three previous
games combined. ... Vernon Davis had the 34th TD
of his 49ers career, passing Brent Jones for the
most by a tight end in franchise history. ... Seattle
wide receiver Sidney Rice completed a 55-yard
pass to open the game and caught a touchdown.
CHICAGO The Chica-
go Tribune is reporting Chi-
cago Bears quarterback Jay
Cutler broke his right
thumb during Sundays 31-
20 victory over the San Die-
go Chargers and will miss
six to eight weeks.
The Bears declined com-
ment. Cutlers agent, Bus
Cook, did not return mess-
ages from The Associated
Press.
The Tribune reports Cut-
ler was injured trying to pre-
vent a touchdown on a 64-
yard interception return by
San Diegos Antoine Cason
in the fourth quarter.
Cutler got knocked to the
ground by linebacker Do-
nald Butler.
He stayed in the game and
finished with 286 yards
passing. He took longer
than usual to come out for
his postgame news confer-
ence but showed no visible
signs of an injury.
He and coach Lovie Smith
did not mention it.
Cutler may
miss up to
8 weeks
Report says Bears
quarterback broke his
thumb in Sundays win.
The Associated Press
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Call it a comeback.
Actually, call it The Come-
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Penguins center Sidney Cros-
by will play tonight against the
New York Islanders at Consol
Energy Center, the team an-
nouncedtoday.
In a statement it was said that
Crosby would speak Monday
morning after a practice.
He has not played since Jan. 5
because of a concussion.
Theres going to be a (period
of) time before he feels comfort-
able and back, certainly, to the
level he was playing (before the
injury), said Penguins coach
Dan Bylsma, who added Crosby
will play on a line with wingers
Chris Kunitz andPascal Dupuis.
The one thing I think is easy
toseeinpracticeishesoneof the
best players on the ice. Hes the
best player on the ice, and you
can see that with his speed and
skating. Hes going to bring that
to the game tomorrow.
Crosby was diagnosed with a
concussion Jan. 6 after he ab-
sorbed two blindside hits over a
period of five days. He was
clipped by then-Washington for-
wardDavidSteckel attheWinter
Classic on New Years Eve and
driven from behind into the
boards by Tampa Bay defense-
man Victor
Hedman on
Jan. 5.
Neither hit
drew a fine or
suspension
fromthe NHL,
thoughcertain-
ly the cumula-
tive impact of each was far reac-
hing because it cost the league
its top draw and most marketed
star while also bringing a sharp
focus onits head-safety policies.
Crosby was the NHLs leader
in goals and points, with 32 and
66respectively, at thetimeof his
diagnosis. His concussion oc-
curred at the point in his career
whenhe lookedto be separating
himself from his peers. In addi-
tion to being on pace for career-
best goal and point totals at the
time of his diagnosis, Crosby al-
so had just wrapped a 25-game
point streak - the longest stretch
since the NHL returned fromits
lockout seasonof 2004-05.
The most amazing thing
about him was that he never
seemed to be pressing; he was
just soconsistent, therewas nev-
er a game when you thought,
Hes having an off night, Ku-
nitz saidof Crosbys level of play
at the time of his concussion.
Hewas completelyincontrol
of everything on the ice. It was
something to see.
Crosbys comeback
will begin tonight
Crosby
By ROB ROSSI
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
DENVER Patrick Marleau
had a hat trick, Thomas Greiss
stopped 35 shots and the San
Jose Sharks beat the Colorado
Avalanche 4-1 on Sunday night.
Joe Pavelski also scored,
Mark-Edouard Vlasic had three
assists and Joe Thornton added
two assists for the Sharks, who
have won three straight and five
of their last six.
Matt Duchene had a goal and
Jean-Sebastien Giguere had 14
saves for Colorado, which fell to
3-7 on home ice.
The Sharks controlled the
play to start the second period
and finally broke through on
Marleaus second goal of the
game. Marleau scored when he
redirected a shot by Vlasic with
12:20 left to make it 2-1.
Colorado pressed for the
equalizer, outshooting the
Sharks 9-1 over the next nine
minutes, but San Jose struck
again. Pavelski one-timed Thor-
tons pass from behind the net
to give the Sharks a 3-1 lead
with 3:13 left in the second. It
was Pavelskis 11th goal of the
season.
The Avalanche turned up
their offense in the third in an
attempt to get back into the
game. Colorado outshot the
Sharks 13-3 in the frame but
couldnt get one past Greiss.
The Avalanche had a 36-18
shot advantage in the game.
With San Jose on the power
play, the Avalanche pulled Gi-
guere with a little more than a
minute left for an extra attacker.
Marleau scored into the empty
net with 43 seconds left to
finish the hat trick. He has nine
goals this season.
Colorado took a 1-0 lead on
Matt Duchenes team-leading
ninth goal of the season with
12:35 left in the first. Duchene
took a pass from Ryan Wilson
and roofed a shot from the slot.
Marleau tied it with 7:44 left
in the first period when he
poked in a Vlasic rebound one
second after the Avalanche
killed off Kyle Quinceys trip-
ping minor.
Red Wings 4, Ducks 2
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP)
Henrik Zetterberg, Johan Fran-
zen and Brad Stuart staked
Detroit to a three-goal lead, and
the Red Wings held on for a 4-2
victory over the Anaheim
Ducks on Sunday night.
Stuart had two goals, in-
cluding an empty-netter he
banked in off the right boards
from the Detroit zone with 48
seconds to play, and Pavel Dat-
syuk had two assists after
breaking out of a 12-game goal
drought with a pair against the
Los Angeles Kings in a 4-1 win
on Saturday.
Jimmy Howard made 32
saves, helping the Red Wings
complete the Southern Cali-
fornia sweep and earn a split of
their four-game trip after five
straight road losses.
Saku Koivu and Teemu Se-
lanne scored for the Ducks, who
have won only two of their last
15 games a stretch that in-
cludes an overtime loss and
three more in shootouts.
Bobby Ryan, who beat Ho-
ward with a penalty shot in
overtime the last time the Red
Wings came to Anaheim on
March 2, had two goals dis-
allowed in the second period
one by replay, the other by a
delayed penalty against team-
mate Devante Smith-Pelly.
Hurricanes 3, Maple Leafs 2
RALEIGH, N.C. Jeff Skin-
ner had a goal and an assist,
and Jay Harrison and Jussi
Jokinen also scored to lead
Carolina.
The Hurricanes had been
shut out in their previous two
games but found their offense
against Toronto, with captain
Eric Staal contributing a pair of
assists. Cam Ward stopped 23
shots for Carolina, which won
for only the second time in nine
games.
Phil Kessel scored both goals
for the Leafs, giving him an
NHL-leading 16 goals and 29
points this season, and Ben
Scrivens had 38 saves.
Carolina has won 12 of the
last 17 meetings with Toronto.
AP PHOTO
Detroit Red Wings center Pavel Datsyuk (13) clears the puck away
during the second period of an NHL game against the Anaheim
Ducks in Anaheim, Calif., on Sunday.
R O U N D U P
Marleaus hat trick
lifts Sharks past Avs
The Associated Press
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G O L F
WYOMI NG VAL L EY CONF ERENCE GOL F AL L- STARS
Ryan Tracy
Junior, Pittston Area
The No. 2 golfer for the Patriots for
most of the season, he tied for fourth at
the Tryba Preseason Tournament and
for 25th at the Pre-District tournament.
He qualified for the District 2 Tourna-
ment for the third straight season. He
helped the Patriots to the WVC East
Division Championship with a 9-1 record.
Also this past season, Pittston Area
carded an even-par score for a team
during a match at Fox Hill Country Club.
Mariano Medico
Sophomore, Holy Redeemer
He was second in District 2 tournament
after winning the Wyoming Valley
Conference Pre-District Tournament.
The two-time district qualifier placed
third at the Tryba Preseason Tourna-
ment and helped the Royals to their
second straight Wyoming Valley Confer-
ence championship.
Chase Makowski
Sophomore, Holy Redeemer
The highlight of his season was a sec-
ond-place finish at the Tryba Preseason
tourney. He followed that with a fourth
place showing at the Pre-District event
and a 12th at the District 2 Tournament.
A two-time district qualifier, he helped
the Royals finish with a perfect 10-0
mark for the second straight year to
claim the Central Division title for the
fourth consecutive season.
Chris McCue
Junior, Wyoming Valley West
A three-time district qualifier, he started
his season with finishing tied for fourth
at the Tryba Preseason Tournament. At
the WVC Pre-District event he tied for
16th and helped his team to a 10-1 mark
in the North Division for a share of the
championship. It marked the second
straight division title for the team.
Austin Smith
Junior, Dallas
He has been one of the most consistent
golfers in the entire conference
throughout his career. A three-time
district qualifier, he placed sixth at the
Tryba Preseason tournament and was
tied for 10th at the Pre-District event.
With a team record of 10-1 this season,
he helped the Mountaineers earned a
share of the North Division champion-
ship.
Jake Popowycz
Junior, Crestwood
He helped the Comets to a share of the
South Division championship with a 9-3
record by being the teams No. 1 golfer
most of the season. Along the way, he
tied for 12th at the Preseason Tryba
Tournament, tied for 15th at the pre-
district event and qualified for districts
for the third straight season.
Brandon Matthews will graduate
from Pittston Area in the spring and
will leave with a laundry list of ac-
complishments.
Hes not only one of the most deco-
rated athletes in school history no
matter what the sport, but is one of
the most highly regarded golfers ever
to lace up the spikes in the Wyoming
Valley Conference.
Among the titles Matthews leaves
with are 2010 PIAA Champion, four-
time Tryba Preseason Tournament
champion (no one had ever won the
event three times), 2010 District 2
Champion and 2011 East Regional
champion. He also smashed the
course record at Fox Hill Country
Club earlier this year when his team
was playing in the WVC team tourna-
ment.
Obviously states (in 2010) really,
really stands out, Matthews said as
the highlight of his career. It was a
great experience being around all
those people and to play well at that
stage was really, really good.
Going off that 18th green at states
and giving my dad that hug, you cant
replace that with any other feeling.
This season didnt go as well as last
season for the two-time Times Leader
Golfer of the Year as he placed in a tie
for 10th at the PIAA Championships
last month, but he still walked away
with a medal for the second straight
year. Prior to the state event, he won
the tournament that accounted for his
only loss in the magical 2010 season
when he won the regional tourney.
I wanted to win regionals really
bad because thats the only one I
didnt win last year, Matthews said.
Of course, I wanted to win states. I
would have given up regionals for
states, but
Matthews who has his college
choices down to North Carolina, Loui-
siana State University, San Diego
State, Charleston Southern and Tem-
ple was also a big part of a young
and thriving Patriots team. Led by
Matthews, Pittston Area placed sec-
ond in the conference after claiming
the East Division championship. The
team also was second in the team race
at the Tryba. All the second-place
finishes were by just a few strokes.
Matthews, who was the only senior
for the Patriots, took on role as men-
tor for some of his younger team-
mates helping with their swings or
whatever aspect of their game needed
tweeking.
Its fun for me to teach because I
like taking on that role and I feel like I
could help everyone on the team a
little bit, Matthews added. I enjoy
helping them out and getting them as
good as I can possibly get them.
While coaching may not be in his
immediate future, being a star in
college or the pros some day could be
looming.
Brandon Matthews tops in WVC
BILL TARUTIS/FOR THE TIMES LEADER
Pittston Areas Brandon Matthews was named The Times Leaders Golfer of the Year for the second straight season.
Another stellar year
By DAVE ROSENGRANT
drosengrant@timesleader.com
Brandon Matthews
high school career
accomplishments
Unprecedented four-time Tryba
Preseason Invitational champion
Set course record at Fox Hill
Country Club with a 8-under par 63
2009 and 2010 WVC Pre-District
champion
2010 PIAA champion
2010 District 2 champion
2010 fifth-place finish at East
Regional
2011 10th-place finish in the 2011 PIAA
Championships
2011 East Regional champion
Brandon Matthews
Senior, Pittston Area
The two-time Times Leader Golfer of the Year,
finished in a tie for 10th at the PIAA Champion-
ship among a long list of accomplishments this
season. He also won the East Regional Tourna-
ment. He began the season winning the Tryba
Preseason Tournament and becoming the first
player to win it all four years. He tied for third
at the district tournament. In one of the best
rounds seen in some time, he smashed the
course record at Fox Hill Country Club carding
63 during the WVC team championships.
Ty Morzilla
Sophomore, Berwick
Shamus Gartley
Junior, Coughlin
John Dougherty
Junior, Dallas
Jared Piskorick
Senior, Hazleton Area
Matt Carroll
Junior, Pittston Area
Nick Rydzewski
Senior, Wyoming Area
Chris Nixon
Junior, Wyoming Valley West
Second Team
MELBOURNE, Australia
The winning point for Tiger
Woods. A perfect record for Jim
Furyk.
And validation for U.S. cap-
tain Fred Couples.
The Americans won the Presi-
dents Cup as a team, 19-15,
avenging their worst loss ever in
any cup competition 13 years
ago on a Royal Melbourne
course that lived up to its repu-
tation as among the greatest
tests in golf.
Yet even as they gathered
around the gold trophy at the
closing ceremony Sunday after-
noon, all of them dressed in red
shirts and blue blazers, it was
hard to ignore the singular
achievements.
Couples was criticized in
some corners for picking
Woods, who had fallen out of
the top 50 for the first time in 15
years and had gone two years
without winning. Even the In-
ternational team captain, Greg
Norman, said he would have
taken PGA champion Keegan
Bradley.
So perhaps it was only fitting
that it was Woods who blasted
out of a deep bunker on the 15th
hole to within 2 feet to put away
Aaron Baddeley and give the
Americans the point they need-
ed to win the Presidents Cup.
Couples was among the first
to greet him, shadow boxing
with the guy he called the best
player in the world forever.
Im thankful that he picked
me, Woods said. Greg is prob-
ably not happy about it after I
closed out the cup today. But its
great to be a part of this team.
Im thankful that Freddie be-
lieved in me to be a part of this
team. This is just a great bunch
of guys.
Woods was solid for five
matches, even though he was
rewarded with only two points.
On another tough day of strong
winds and super slick greens, he
made six birdies the most in
any of the 12 singles matches
and earned the clinching point
for the second straight time.
A lot of people have asked
why I picked him and how he
was going to play, Couples
said. Certainly I couldnt an-
swer how he was going to play,
but this week I think he showed
to himself that his swing is back
and hes healthy. And thats
more important to me. Obvi-
ously, we want to win the cup.
But its more important for me
to have people realize that he
can play the game.
If there was any concern, it
might have been Furyk.
Furyk had his worst full sea-
son since he was a rookie, fail-
ing to win a tournament or
come even close, only securing
a spot on the team in the final
hour. He teamed with Phil Mick-
elson three times, Nick Watney
once and was at his best by
himself against Ernie Els to
become only the fourth player
to go 5-0 in the Presidents Cup.
The others were Woods in
2009, Shigeki Maruyama in 1998
and Mark OMeara in 1996.
Hee Young Park wins
Titleholders
ORLANDO, Fla. South
Koreas Hee Young Park won the
LPGA Tours season-ending
Titleholders for her first tour
victory, closing with a 2-under
70 on Sunday to hold off Paula
Creamer and San Gal by two
strokes.
Park, tied for the third-round
lead with Gal, finished at 9-
under 279 at Grand Cypress and
earned $500,000.
After bogeying the fourth
hole, Park birdied three of the
next four and parred the final 10
holes.
Creamer also finished with a
70, and Gal shot a 72. mlink
AP PHOTO
Tiger Woods wears a cap he received from Australian fans after
helping the U.S. team to win the Presidents Cup golf tournament
at Royal Melbourne Golf Course in Melbourne, Australia, on Sun-
day.
P R O G O L F
Tiger clinches Presidents Cup for Americans
By DOUG FERGUSON
AP Golf Writer
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S P O R T S
lot of people are aware of that,
Klassner said. I have a lot of re-
spect for her. Were in that little
fraternity as a cancer survivor. I
know what she went through,
and she was supportive of me
when I was battling.
The coaches also approached
the game looking to top each
other on the career wins list.
We were tied, Polley said
Saturday. I got told that (Fri-
day). She was at 565 and I was at
565, so (Saturday) was the deter-
mining game.
Klassner recounted the situa-
tion similarly, I didnt realize
that we were tied until I was told.
Imgoing to tell her that in Phoe-
nix (both coaches are in Arizona
for the National Hockey Festiv-
al).
The only problem with that
wins competition is that Klassn-
er had victory No. 566 before her
team ever took the field. Klassn-
ers official bio on the Seminary
website lists her career record as
an impressive 549-132-42. Enter-
ing the state final, the Blue
Knights were 17-5-2, which
means bragging rights for first to
566 victories were already hers.
When Seminary players were
asked, career win No. 567 was at-
tributed to coaching.
We spent a lot of time work-
ing really hard on our game,
said Kristian Stefanides, who
scored three goals Saturday.
The offense spent a lot of time
working on tips and hits. Villa
Maria had a great defensive
strategy.
We knew coming in that they
had beaten Selinsgrove 6-0, goa-
lie Hannah Dressler said. We
worked on our defense a lot (Fri-
day), working on defensive cor-
ners and that. We were ready for
them.
They were well-coached and
had some great players, top
scorer AshLeigh Sebia said of
Villa Maria. But we knew what
to expect.
Now, with another state title
to its credit, and just three se-
niors in the starting lineup Sat-
urday, Wyoming Seminary will
not be able to enter the 2012 sea-
son as an underdog.
The Blue Knights have won 16
consecutive PIAA tournament
games since 2006. Since 1997,
the next best Class 2A streak is
Crestwoods eight straight victo-
ries (2003-06), and overall Em-
maus won10 straight in Class 3A
(2004-06).
Not only will teams want to
play to be the 2012 state cham-
pions. Surely, every opponent
hopes to be the one that sinks
Seminarys state streak.
All I can say is that to get here
is amazing, Klassner said.
Once youre here, then youve
got a target on your back.
SEMINARY
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WORCESTER, Mass. The
team that couldnt lose on the
road, now seems to have lost
their way, for the moment, any-
way.
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
Penguins, who rolled into New
England on Friday unbeaten
away from home wound up the
weekend with their third straight
loss, a 3-1 setback to the Worces-
ter Sharks before 3,865 at the
DCU Center.
This one, which saw the Pens
outshoot their hosts, 35-28, came
following consecutive shootout
losses in Portland and Manches-
ter.
We didnt set out tonot winon
the weekend, said Pens team
captain Ryan Craig, and get two
out of six points. That wasnt our
goal. We had some guys who put
in some good performances. But
not enough of us did.
The Pens got off to a rough
start, falling into a 2-0 first period
hole, one that they were unable
to dig themselves out of.
Benn Ferriero netted both
goals, 2:54 apart, the second of
which came at 7:10 and resulted
in an early exit for WBS starting
goalie Brad Thiessen.
Ferrieros first came at 4:16, af-
ter he wheeled out of the left cor-
ner, spun, then zipped a 20-footer
inside the left post.
Soon after, with Pens captain
RyanCraiginthe boxfor holding,
Ferriero scored again from the
top of the left circle.
Pens coach John Hynes said he
removed Thiessen in hopes of
lighting a fire beneath his troops.
We wanted to get the teamgo-
ing a little bit, saidHynes. May-
be a little bit change (would have
helped). It was just something
that we wantedtodototry towin
the game.
The Pens answered with ener-
gy, but were unable to capitalize
on their scoring chances.
Their lot worsened when at
6:32 of the second stanza Brad
Mashinter made it 3-0 following
Simon Despres neutral zone
turnover.
Mashinter, standingalone near
the left post got three whacks at a
loose puck before finally popping
it behind Pens back up goalie
Scott Munroe.
The Pens lone goal came from
Eric Tangradi (his eighth), who
spoiled Worcester goalie Tyson
Sexsmiths shutout bid with 24.8
seconds remaining, while WBS
skated six on four.
Weve got to be better, said
Hynes. Weve got to work to get
better. We didnt play well
enough to win any games.
NOTES: Ferriero was a Boston
College teammate of two Pens,
Carl SneepandBrianGibbons, al-
though he had already left BC
when Pens rookie Phillips Sa-
muelsson enrolled there. In all,
six former BC Eagles played yes-
terday (three per side). Thies-
sen, the AHLs reigning Goalie of
the Year, was pulled for just the
second time this year. The first
game on Oct. 14 at home against
Springfield. With Pittsburgh
captain Sidney Crosby scheduled
to return Monday from a near
year-long absence due to concus-
sions, the Baby Pens could re-
ceive a player from the parent
club, which will now have 14 for-
wards healthy. Hynes, however,
said he hasnt been made aware
of any such decision. I have no
idea, Hynes said. I havent dis-
cussed it with them.
A M E R I C A N H O C K E Y L E A G U E
Pens suffer through lost weekend in New England
DAN HICKLING/FOR THE TIMES LEADER
Ben Street (10) of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins swoops in
on Worcester Sharks goaltender Tyson Sexsmith while Sharks
defenseman Matt Irwin pursues during the second period at the
DCU Center in Worcester, Mass., Sunday.
3
SHARKS
1
PENGUINS
By DAN HICKLING
Special to the Times Leader
and didnt have to worry about
what (Edwards) did. If this
doesnt go down as one of the
greatest championship battles in
history, I dont know what will.
Edwards, who had a 4.9 aver-
age finish over the 10 Chase
races, was disappointed but held
his head high after the race.
This night is about Tony
Stewart. Those guys rose to the
occasion, and they beat us fair
andsquare, Edwards said. That
is all I had. We came here and sat
on the pole, led the most laps and
Tony still managed. Thats it.
Thats all I got at the end. Thats
as hard as I can drive.
I told my wife, If I cant win
this thing, Im going to be the
best loser NASCARhas ever had.
So, Imgoing to try really hard to
keep my head up and know that
well just go next year and well
be just as hard to beat.
As third-place finisher Martin
Truex Jr. did his post-race news
conference, Edwards sat silently
off to the side, his eyes fixated on
a bank of televisions showing
Stewarts championship celebra-
tion.
If I could do it all over again,
theres nothing I could have done
differently, he whispered.
Thats my maximal effort, and
Tony beat us. We knewthat of all
the circumstances possible, this
was the least probable. But I was
prepared for this.
Edwards, despite being the
most consistent driver this sea-
son and points leader for 21
weeks, has been on the ropes the
last month as Stewart turned up
his energy, effort and trash-talk-
ing. His quick wit and sharp
tongue kept the entire industry
entertained as he did everything
possible to get inside Edwards
head.
Maybe it was really for Stew-
arts benefit, a driver trying to
talk himself into believing he had
a shot at the title after struggling
all summer long. He maybe
didnt rattle Edwards, but Stew-
art for sure talked himself into
this title.
He arrived in Miami insistent
hed race with nothing to lose,
and did just that from the mo-
ment the race began. He was
movingthroughthefieldfromhis
15th starting spot when caution
came out 14 laps into the race.
His Stewart-Haas Racing crew
discovered a hole in his grill, and
the repairs dropped him to 40th
in the field.
Stewart then blew by car after
car andwas upto23rdina matter
of minutes. Another caution sent
himintothe pits for more repairs,
and he restarted in 32nd.
NASCAR
Continued fromPage 1B
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. John
Henson had18 points and14
rebounds to help top-ranked
North Carolina beat Mississippi
Valley State 101-75 on Sunday.
Harrison Barnes also had18
points for the Tar Heels (3-0),
who had little trouble winning
their home opener in a ragged
game. North Carolina never
trailed, led by 14 at halftime then
blewthe game open in the final
10 minutes to lead by as many as
30.
Thats not to say it was a flaw-
less performance. North Carolina
struggled to make outside shots
and spent most of the game
shooting below50 percent from
the foul line. But the Delta Devils
(0-3) couldnt take advantage,
shooting just 38 percent and 8 for
27 from3-point range.
Brent Arrington scored 33
points to lead Mississippi Valley
State, which is spending the first
two months of the season on the
road.
Connecticut 87,
Coppin State 70
HARTFORD, Conn. Sha-
bazz Napier recorded the ninth
triple-double in UConns history
with former star Kemba Walker
the last Huskies player to do it
watching fromthe stands.
Napier had 22 points, 13 assists
and12 rebounds, and Jeremy
Lamb scored 25 points for the
Huskies despite playing on an
ankle he sprained in practice
Saturday.
UConn (4-0) extended the
nations longest active winning
streak to15 games, a mark that is
also the third-longest in school
history.
Florida State 80,
South Alabama 39
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Luke
Loucks scored18 points and
Terrance Shannon had13 of his
15 in the first half to pace Florida
State.
Deividas Dulkys added12
points, three rebounds, three
steals and two blocks for the
Seminoles (4-0), who finished
with14 blocks.
Florida State has won four
straight games to open a season
for the fifth time in Leonard
Hamiltons 10 years as coach.
Augustine Rubit scored10 points
on 4-of-16 shooting and pulled
down eight rebounds for South
Alabama (1-2), which went 0 for
24 from3-point range and16 for
68 overall.
Penn State 53,
South Florida 49
UNCASVILLE, Conn. Tim
Frazier accounted for more than
half of Penn States offense, scor-
ing 27 points as the Nittany Lions
overcame a sluggish first half to
beat South Florida in the Hall of
Fame Tip-off tournament.
Jermaine Marshall added11
points for Penn State (4-1), which
had been blown out by Kentucky,
85-47, in the opening game of the
tournament Saturday.
Blake Nash had14 points and
Toarlyn Fitzpatick11 for South
Florida (3-2), which lost forward
Augustus Gilchrist to a shoulder
injury in the first half.
South Florida led by six points
in the second half before Penn
State used a 12-1 run, keyed by
back-to-back layups fromFrazier,
to hang on.
Marshalls 3-pointer tied it at 43
with just under five minutes to
play and Fraziers back-to-back
layups, the second coming after
he stole the ball in the backcourt,
gave Penn State a 47-44 lead.
Womens Roundup
Baylor 94, Notre Dame 81
WACO, Texas Brittney
Griner had 32 points and14
rebounds while Baylor establish-
ed itself as the clear No. 1 team
for nowwith a 94-81 victory over
No. 2 Notre Dame in the presea-
son WNIT championship game
Sunday.
The Lady Bears (4-0) put the
game away with a 14-3 run that
was capped when Odyssey Sims
had a steal that she turned into a
breakway layup for a 70-58 lead
with 9
1
2 minutes left.
While both teams knowthe
national championship wont be
determined until four months
fromnow, the early No. 1 vs. No.
2 showdown provided an in-
dication of what may be to come
for Griner and the Lady Bears.
Virginia 69, Tennessee 64
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.
Chelsea Shine scored18 points,
including a key basket in over-
time, and Virginia stunned turn-
over-prone Tennessee.
Texas A&M93,
Mississippi State 47
COLLEGE STATION, Texas
Kelsey Bone had 20 points and
13 rebounds to help Texas A&M
handle Mississippi and get Aggies
coach Gary Blair the 600th victo-
ry in his career.
He has won192 with the Ag-
gies.
Duke 80,
Western Kentucky 54
BOWLINGGREEN, Ky.
Reserve Tricia Liston scored a
career-high 22 points after going
scoreless in her first two games
this season and Duke forced 35
turnovers against Western Ken-
tucky in a rout.
Louisville 62, Xavier 44
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Becky
Burke scored13 points, including
three 3-pointers, and Louisville
used a swarming defense to beat
Xavier.
Penn State 55,
South Carolina 50
COLUMBIA, S.C. Maggie
Lucas scored the final six points
of a game-closing13-0 run and
Penn State escaped with a victory
over South Carolina.
Trailing 50-42 with 5:47 left,
Penn State (3-1) turned up its
defense and held South Carolina
without a point the rest of the
game.
Lucas, who led the Lady Lions
with18 points, had eight during
the run. Her jumper in the lane
with1:24 left gave Penn State the
lead for good. She then scored on
a driving lay-up the next posses-
sion.
Georgia 67, USC 60
ATHENS, Ga. Senior Mere-
dith Mitchell scored a career-high
21 points to lead Georgia to a win
over Southern Cal.
Georgia (4-0) took an early 21-7
lead and led by as many as 16
points in the second half, forcing
Southern Cal (1-2) to play catch
up.
Purdue 65,
Tennessee-Martin 39
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.
Using a dominating defense to
shut down a high-scoring, hot-
shooting visitor, Purdue cruised
to a victory over Tennessee-
Martin.
AP PHOTO
North Carolinas Harrison Barnes (40) guards Mississippi Valley States Terrence Joyner (3) dur-
ing the second half of an NCAA basketball game in Chapel Hill, N.C., Sunday.
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off in victory
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eyes had even touched the ball.
Utilizing Drake and true fresh-
man wideout Bill Belton to take
a fewsnaps here and there, Penn
States offense sprang to life in
the first half, racking up 20
points and 254 total yards before
halftime en route to a 20-14 win.
At the heart of the victory was
the wildcat attack. The Lions ran
four plays for 91 yards out of the
scheme in the first 30 minutes,
scoring one touchdown and set-
ting up another.
Theyre obviously going to
continue to use it because its
working well. Not something we
had seen them do, Ohio State
coach Luke Fickell said.
We werent tackling. We we-
rent well-prepared, Buckeyes
defensive coordinator Jim Hea-
cock said.
Tough to blame them. Penn
State had not used a wildcat look
extensively in any game since
2008. And that was essentially a
one-time thing as Derrick Wil-
liams stepped in for a still-ailing
Daryll Clark on designed quar-
terback runs in the upset loss to
Iowa that year.
Plenty of coaches had some in-
put in installing it this time
around.
Tom Bradley said he was par-
ticularly impressed with how
Belton ran the scout team of-
fense a week earlier while simu-
lating Nebraska quarterback
Taylor Martinez.
I had seen Belton run that,
and I asked our offense to put it
in (for Ohio State) because I had
just seen it for 10 days torch our
defense, the interimcoach said.
Billy ran that in high school and
he got a lot of work in against us,
so it wasnt as if we just (worked
on it) for two days.
And Curtis gives you another
option because he can run the
same stuff, too. He ran it in high
school. We thought it would
just give us a little change of
pace, which it did.
Offensive coordinator Galen
Hall and quarterbacks coach Jay
Paterno said they had both al-
ready been looking for a spot
during the season to work in a
wildcat package.
Taking a lesson from his fa-
ther, Jay Paterno said he thought
finally doing it in the midst of so
much turmoil for the program
could actually serve as a posi-
tive.
Ten years ago when AdamTa-
liaferrogot hurt we came out and
played Purdue next week, and
that Monday Joe came in and
said we were going to put in
some shotgun offense, which we
hadnt been doing, Jay said.
I asked himwhy would we do
that and he said it would distract
(the players) and give them
something to take their minds
off of Taliaferros serious spinal
cord injury.
Before he was fired, it was Joe
Paterno himself who kept telling
Drake that his day was coming.
That despite breaking his leg
twice in the last two years and
missing long stretches of time,
he would get a shot in the spot-
light.
He kept saying to me, When
you get healthy, were gonna try
and put this in for you, Drake
said. But I think it was more
about getting the feel (for it),
and this was a big game. We
wanted to bring something new
that we hadnt used before.
Lions up to No. 19
With the win over the Buck-
eyes, Penn State advanced two
spots to No. 19 in the latest BCS
standings.
Regardless of their ranking,
the Lions path to the BCS re-
mains clear.
They will have to beat No. 16
Wisconsin Saturday to first win
the Leaders Division, then beat
No. 14 MichiganState the follow-
ing weekend in Indianapolis to
claimthe Big Ten title and an au-
tomatic berth in the Rose Bowl.
PSU
Continued fromPage 1B
Those who try to pass off the
BCS as the best thing for col-
lege football will use the latest
wild and riveting weekend of
upsets and dramatic finishes as
an example of why a playoff is a
bad thing.
Every game counts, is the
slogan BCS Executive Director
Bill Hancock likes to work into
the Bowl Championship Series
press releases.
If there was a playoff, he and
his followers argue, the tension-
filled games that resulted in
Oklahoma State, Oregon and
Oklahoma getting kicked to the
back of the queue in the nation-
al championship race wouldnt
be nearly as exciting.
Dont believe them.
More than anything, this
season is proving that the regu-
lar season is by no means a
playoff Alabama wasnt
eliminated by losing to LSU,
and Oklahoma State wasnt
eliminated by falling at Iowa
State and having a real one
would only increase the fun.
There are arguments to be
made against the BCS beyond
the fact that its an unsatisfying
way to crown a champion.
But well leave the not-at-all-
small matter of whether the
Bowl Championship Series is a
legal and ethical way for major
college football to conduct its
multibillion dollar business for
another time. There are in-
triguing arguments on both
sides and at some point anti-
trust attorneys might have to
make those in a courtroom.
Well concentrate on the
competition.
Heading into the final two
weeks of the season there are
eight teams with either zero or
one loss in major college foot-
ball. Of those teams, its safe to
say that six LSU, Alabama,
Arkansas, Stanford, Oklahoma
State and Virginia Tech have
a shot to reach the BCS nation-
al championship game Jan. 9 in
New Orleans.
Sorry, Boise State and Hous-
ton, have no real shot, and that
alone should be enough to
make you want a playoff.
During the final two weeks of
the season, the only games
with national championship
implications involve those six
teams sort of. In reality, as
long as LSU and Alabama take
care of business, the rest are
moot, too.
The Big Ten might as well
not even exist (SEC fans
dream). Same goes for the Big
East (yes, the Big East still
exists). How much more in-
teresting would the scramble
for the Big East crown be if
there was a long-shot chance to
make a national championship
run or at least to pull a play-
off upset waiting for the
winner?
The argument against a play-
off is that it would lessen the
importance of games such as
Iowa States 37-31 double OT
upset over Oklahoma State,
which was two victories away
from playing for the BCS title
before stumbling in Ames.
Maybe it would, but wouldnt
that be more than made up by
the fact that additional teams
would be alive in the national
championship chase as the
season winds down?
Iowa State-Oklahoma State
loses some drama, but Penn
State-Ohio State, Wisconsin-
Illinois and, now, Penn State-
Wisconsin gain a lot.
And wouldnt it be worth
giving up the enormity of the
moment in Ames to stop the
guessing game that is the BCS?
Everybody who is so convinced
that Alabama and LSU are the
two best teams and they
sure do look the part prob-
ably thought Boise State had
no shot to beat Oklahoma in
the 2007 Fiesta Bowl.
College football fans spend
the weekend watching these
brilliant dramas played out on
the field, like three months of
March Madness, and then have
to wait until Sunday for the
judges to render the final deci-
sion about what it means.
There are always going to be
polls and computer ratings.
Even with a playoff they could
come in handy. But a playoff
would de-emphasize them and
put the onus on the field.
How should a playoff work?
Put it this way: four is better
than two and eight is better
than four. Anything more than
16 is probably too much. Its
good to have some debate
about who is in and who is out.
However, when the debate is
more important than the
games, well, then you have the
BCS.
HEISMAN WATCH
A non-voters hypothetical
Heisman ballot:
Baylor quarterback QB
Robert Griffin IIII. RGIII wasnt
even born that last time the
Bears were relevant. Look up
Baylor in the college football
dictionary and it says, see Van-
derbilt. His latest masterful
performance against Oklaho-
ma, 551 total yards and a TD
pass with 8 seconds left, gave
the Bears their first win ever
against the Sooners in 21
tries.
Wisconsin running back
Montee Ball. He has played
well in every one of Wisconsins
game even losses to Ohio
State and Michigan State
and as good as quarterback
Russell Wilson has played,
Balls numbers are awesome.
His 1,466 yards rushing is sec-
ond in the nation and 30 touch-
downs are first.
Houston quarterback Case
Keenum. No quarterback has
better numbers (4,269 yards
and 38 TD passes) and even
though the competition in
Conference USA might be
lacking, notice that the Cougars
went 5-7 last year when Kee-
num was injured in the third
game and missed the rest of the
season.
Playoff would increase drama
By RALPH D. RUSSO
AP College Football Writer
A N A L Y S I S
B C S S T A N D I N G S
Nov. 20, 2011
Harris USA Today Computer BCS
Rk Pts Pct Rk Pts Pct Rk Pct Avg Pv
1. LSU................................................ 1 2875 1.0000 1 1475 1.0000 1 1.000 1.0000 1
2. Alabama........................................ 2 2758 0.9593 2 1413 0.9580 3 .930 0.9491 3
3. Arkansas....................................... 3 2619 0.9110 3 1349 0.9146 4 .870 0.8985 6
4. Oklahoma St. ............................... 6 2267 0.7885 6 1156 0.7837 2 .950 0.8408 2
5. Virginia Tech ................................ 5 2302 0.8007 4 1242 0.8420 7 .710 0.7842 8
6. Stanford......................................... 4 2371 0.8247 5 1222 0.8285 9 .660 0.7711 9
7. Boise St......................................... 8 2037 0.7085 8 982 0.6658 8 .690 0.6881 10
8. Houston......................................... 7 2060 0.7165 7 1075 0.7288 12 .560 0.6684 11
9. Oklahoma ..................................... 10 1719 0.5979 11 826 0.5600 6 .800 0.6526 5
10. Oregon........................................ 9 2036 0.7082 9 933 0.6325 11 .600 0.6469 4
11. Kansas St. .................................. 15 1362 0.4737 15 671 0.4549 5 .840 0.5896 13
12. South Carolina........................... 13 1511 0.5256 13 806 0.5464 10 .620 0.5640 12
13. Georgia....................................... 12 1559 0.5423 14 803 0.5444 14 .470 0.5189 14
14. Michigan St................................. 11 1685 0.5861 10 928 0.6292 17 .290 0.5017 15
15. Michigan ..................................... 16 1164 0.4049 16 618 0.4190 15 .370 0.3980 18
16. Wisconsin................................... 14 1506 0.5238 12 808 0.5478 24 .110 0.3939 17
17. Clemson ..................................... 17 1128 0.3923 17 587 0.3980 16 .300 0.3634 7
18. Baylor .......................................... 20 616 0.2143 20 302 0.2047 13 .550 0.3230 22
19. Penn St. ...................................... 18 943 0.3280 19 455 0.3085 18 .280 0.3055 21
20. TCU............................................. 19 872 0.3033 18 494 0.3349 19 .270 0.3027 19
21. Nebraska.................................... 21 442 0.1537 22 165 0.1119 21 .180 0.1485 16
22. Notre Dame................................ 23 281 0.0977 24 156 0.1058 25 .080 0.0945 NR
23. Georgia Tech............................. 22 357 0.1242 21 203 0.1376 29 .000 0.0873 NR
24. Auburn......................................... 27 94 0.0327 27 33 0.0224 22 .170 0.0750 24
25. Texas .......................................... 33 9 0.0031 36 1 0.0007 20 .220 0.0746 23
AH RB CM KM JS PW
1. LSU.................................................................................................. 1 1 1 1 1 1
2. Alabama .......................................................................................... 3 3 3 3 2 2
3. Arkansas ......................................................................................... 4 5 6 4 4 4
4. Oklahoma St................................................................................... 2 2 2 2 3 3
5. Virginia Tech................................................................................... 7 10 7 9 18 7
6. Stanford........................................................................................... 8 4 10 14 11 9
7. Boise St. .......................................................................................... 9 7 8 12 10 8
8. Houston........................................................................................... 10 16 9 11 15 12
9. Oklahoma........................................................................................ 6 8 4 6 6 6
10. Oregon .......................................................................................... 15 6 12 13 9 10
11. Kansas St...................................................................................... 5 9 5 5 5 5
12. South Carolina ............................................................................. 11 12 13 8 8 11
13. Georgia ......................................................................................... 13 21 16 10 13 15
14. Michigan St. .................................................................................. 18 11 18 23 22 17
15. Michigan........................................................................................ 12 17 11 22 23 16
16. Wisconsin ..................................................................................... 23 15 21 - - 23
17. Clemson........................................................................................ 19 14 17 20 21 18
18. Baylor............................................................................................. 14 19 15 7 7 13
19. Penn St. ........................................................................................ 16 20 14 21 24 19
20. TCU............................................................................................... 24 13 19 24 20 14
21. Nebraska ...................................................................................... 20 18 20 25 - 21
22. Notre Dame .................................................................................. 21 22 22 - - -
23. Georgia Tech ............................................................................... - 24 - - - -
24. Auburn........................................................................................... 25 23 - 19 14 20
25. Texas............................................................................................. 17 - 23 16 17 25
Explanation Key
The BCSAverage is calculated by averaging the percent totals of the Harris Interactive, USAToday Coach-
es and Computer polls. Teampercentages are derived by dividing a teams actual voting points by a maxi-
mum2875possiblepoints intheHarris InteractivePoll and1475possiblepoints intheUSAToday Coaches
Poll.
Six computer rankings are used to determine the overall computer component. The highest and lowest
ranking for each team is dropped, and the remaining four are added and divided to produce a Computer
Rankings Percentage. The six computer ranking providers are Anderson & Hester, Richard Billingsley,
Colley Matrix, Kenneth Massey, Jeff Sagarin, and Peter Wolfe. Each computer ranking accounts for sched-
ule strength in its formula.
LSU-Alabama Round 2 is just a
few victories away.
A weekend filled with upsets
left the Southeastern Conference
rivals in the top two spots in the
BCS standings released Sunday.
And Arkansas is third, further
increasing the possibility of an
all-SECBCS championship game
Jan. 9 in NewOrleans that would
be a rematch of a regular-season
game.
Its the first time in the 14-year
history of the BCS that the same
conference had to top three
teams in the standings.
If the Tigers can beat Arkansas
on Saturday, then Georgia in the
SEC title game Dec. 3, and the
Crimson Tide beats Auburn on
Saturday, its almost a lock that
LSU-Alabama will play again,
this time at the Superdome.
LSU beat Alabama 9-6 in over-
time Nov. 6 in Tuscaloosa.
Oklahoma State, which suf-
fered the most surprising loss of
the weekend, fell to fourth place.
The Cowboys were unbeaten and
second in the BCS standings, but
were upset 37-31 in double over-
time at Iowa State on Friday
night.
You just never know what to
expect any more with what hap-
pens every Saturday, Oklahoma
State coach Mike Gundy said.
Still, Oklahoma State is not out
of it. The Cowboys just need
some help fromAuburn and LSU
or from voters in the Harris and
coaches polls who dont have an
appetite for a rematch in the BCS
championship game.
Oklahoma State is still the
most viable teamif we get to two
weeks from now and there is still
a pull to not have a rematch of
some sort, said Jerry Palm, who
analyzes the BCS standings for
CBSSports.com.
Tigers, Tide
back on top
in title race
By RALPH D. RUSSO
AP College Football Writer
NEW YORK The latest AP
college football poll gives a new
meaning to the term all-SEC.
The Southeastern Conference
is the second league to have the
top three spots in ranking all to
itself.
No. 1LSUheld the top spot for
the ninth straight week in Sun-
days rankings, and after a week-
end when three other top-five
teams lost, Alabama moved up a
spot to No. 2 and Arkansas jump-
ed three places to No. 3.
The only other time in the 75-
year history of The Associated
Press rankings that the top three
teams all came from the same
conference was the final regular-
season poll of 1971, when Nebras-
ka, Oklahoma andColorado from
the Big Eight were 1-2-3.
And this time its not just one
conference, but one division (the
SEC West) holding down the top
spots. No. 4 Stanford from the
Pac-12 is the first non-SEC team
in the rankings and Oklahoma
State droppedfromNo. 2 to No. 5
after its first loss of the season.
TheCowboys lost 37-31indouble
overtime at Iowa State on Friday
night. That opened the door for
Alabama to move up to No. 2.
Youre excited to see things
like that of course because at Ala-
bama we play for championships,
thats what we do, defensive end
Damion Square said after Alaba-
mas easy victory against Georgia
Southern on Saturday.
Trio of SEC teams heads AP Top 25
The Associated Press
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672 is conducting its annual
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Process Be Changed? Students
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vate, parochial or home school
are eligible to participate. All
essays must be no less than 500
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words. There is a local, district,
inter-district, sectional and state
competition. Prize money is
awarded and the first-place
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Information can be obtained at
the various schools or by con-
tacting Clarence J. Michael at
675-0488.
EDWARDSVILLE: A Thanks-
giving Eve service will be held
at the Dr. Edwards Memorial
Church in Edwardsville at 7
p.m. on Wednesday.The service
is for the combined churches of
Bethesda Congregational, Chris-
tian Assembly and Dr. Edwards
Memorial. The Rev. Louis Fal-
cone will conduct the service
and combined choirs will pre-
sent special music. All are in-
vited.
IN BRIEF
The Sons of the American Legion Mountain Post 781 is sponsoring
a Toys For Tots drop off point at Mountain Post 781 on Church Road
in Mountain Top. New unwrapped toys can be dropped off at the
American Legion from1 p.m. to midnight, Monday through Friday,
and noon to midnight, Saturdays and Sundays. Cash donations are
also being accepted. The drop off point will run until Dec. 12. Other
drop off locations include, Januzzis Pizza, North Mountain Boule-
vard and The Good 2 Go, North Mountain Boulevard, both in Moun-
tain Top, and Wychocks, Route 309, Wilkes-Barre. For information
call 474-2161 or visit www.alpost781.org. From left: J.W. Williams, Post
781 S.A.L. second vice commander; Len Biel, Post 781 S.A.L. com-
mander; and Damian F. Starkey Jr. (D.J.), Post 781 S.A.L. first vice
commander.
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DUPONT: The VFW
Post 4909 will meet
7:30 p.m. Dec. 5 at the
post home. Commander
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side. The Home Associ-
ation meeting will fol-
low. There will be food
and refreshments after
both meetings.
SWOYERSVILLE:
The Catholic War Vet-
erans Memorial Post
1601 will hold its
Christmas dinner and
installation of officers
at the meeting on Dec.
15. Menu for the dinner
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steak or lobster tail. All
members are requested
to call 287-4730 to
place their orders by
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after this date.
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The American Legion
Morning Star Post 904
will hold its annual
Christmas dinner 3
p.m. Dec. 11 at Agoli-
nos Restaurant, West
Pittston. Members and
guests are invited. To
make reservations and
choice of menu, call
Ron Semanski at 650-
5983, George C. Yurek
at 693-1913 or Frank
Perfinski at 693-3202
by Nov. 30.
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Dallas Middle School held its annual Veterans Day assembly on Nov. 10. The program included per-
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tives from the Dallas American Legion presented select students with certificates and medals for their
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ipants, from left, first row, are Justin Sweency, Abbey Noone, Nate Steele and Courtney Hoats. Second
row: Scott Alexander, Collin Pertl and Danielle Caputo. Third row: Mr. Stretanski; Mr. Duffy, principal; Jim
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Irelyn Jayne Curley, daughter of
Jonathan and Trish Curley,
Jenkins Township, is celebrating
her third birthday today, Nov. 21.
Irelyn is a granddaughter of
Peter Forbes and Nancy Verespy,
Plains Township, and John and
Ann Marie McGlynn, Drums. She
is a great-granddaughter of Ruth
Verespy, Plains Township. Irelyn
has a sister, Aubrey, 7.
Irelyn J. Curley
James Richard Hannigan, son of
James and Christine Hannigan,
Plains Township, is celebrating
his 1 1th birthday today, Nov. 21.
J.R. is a grandson of Aileen
Gayeski, Wyoming, the late
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and the late Edward Hannigan.
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late Irene Hando and the late
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Suzy, 9.
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Anthony Johnathan Jason
Mercadante, son of Kelly A. and
Joseph A. Mercadante Jr., Moun-
tain Top, is celebrating his 10th
birthday today, Nov. 21. Anthony
is a grandson of Constance T.
Karpowich, Lee Park; the late
Stanley J. Karpowich; and the
late Mary Ellen and Joseph A.
Mercadante Sr. He is a great-
grandson of the late Dolores and
Corneilus Mulherin. Anthony has
two brothers, Mark Karpowich-
Mercadante, 19, Hanover Green,
and Christian, 13, and three
sisters, Christina, 13, JennaRae,
10, and the late Kayla C. Karpow-
ich-Klepadlo.
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Dominic Andrew Caparelli, son of
Dave and Mary Caparelli, West
Pittston, is celebrating his eighth
birthday today, Nov. 21. Dominic
is a grandson of Andrew Capa-
relli and the late MariLou Capa-
relli, Peckville, and Fred and
Arlene Stuccio, Milford. He has a
sister, Valentina, 9.
Dominic A. Caparelli
Jade Welsh, representing Berwick High School, is the winner of
the 201 1 Miss UNICO contest. Runners-up were Tiffany Oplinger,
first runner up, representing Lake-Lehman High School, and Jac-
queline Joseph, second runner up, representing the West Side
Career and Technology Center. All of the contestants will be fea-
tured at the 201 1 UNICO game on Wednesday at the Wyoming Area
High School stadium in West Pittston. A hundred percent of the
ticket sales from the game and fifty percent of the game book
proceeds will benefit local victims affected by the recent flood.
Miss UNICO winners, from left, are Joseph, Welsh and Oplinger.
Winner of 2011 Miss UNICO contest crowned
The Lupus Foundation of Pennsylvania recently held Paulas
Walk/Lupus Loop 5K presented by PNC Bank at Kirby Park. The
event, which attracted many participants, featured free food, a D.J.,
music, awards and health information. All money raised went to
support the mission of the Lupus Foundation, which is to promote
awareness, education, service and research for those affected by
lupus. Friends and family who walked in memory of Paula Mikush
Warmouth, from left, are Ron Simon, Jillian Simon, Jean Mikush,
Jeffrey Simon, Bernice Kachmar and Carly Kappler.
Family honors memory with Paulas Walk/Lupus 5K
The General Federation of Womens Clubs (GFWC) Northeastern
sponsored a presentation by Tammy Rogers, volunteer outreach
coordinator from the Domestic Violence Service Center. Domestic
Violence is the signature project of the General Federation of Wom-
ens Clubs, an international womens service organization. A mone-
tary donation was made to the local center that provides emergen-
cy shelter for battered women and their children along with coun-
seling and support services. The next meeting of GFWC Northeast-
ern will be held at 7 p.m. Nov. 28 at the Kingston Fire Hall. For
information contact Connie Sims at 287-8939. At the check pre-
sentation, from left: Marti Frye, home life/public affairs chairman;
Rogers; and Carol OMalia, club vice president.
GFWC donates to Domestic Violence Service Center
Members of the Daddow-Isaacs Post 672 of the American Legion
in Dallas recently delivered a check for $300 to the Back Mountain
Food Pantry. The funds will help meet the needs of families for the
Thanksgiving holiday. The pantry will distribute more than 185
Thanksgiving baskets this year. The donation was from the Ladies
Auxiliary, The Sons of the American Legion and American Legion
Post 672. At the check presentation, from left, first row: Past Com-
mander Clarence Michael; Ginger Spencer; Margaret Rydock; Com-
mander Jim Spencer; and The Rev. Roger Griffith, board president,
Back Mountain Food Pantry. Second row: Harry ONeil, treasurer,
Bank Mountain Food Pantry; Christopher Czekalaski, board member,
Back Mountain Food Pantry; and Past Commander of Post 672 John
Emil Sr.
Legion Post 672 helps fund Back Mountain Food Pantry
Boy Scout Troop 155, sponsored by the Trucksville United Metho-
dist Church, recently honored four scouts with their Eagle Scout
Awards at an Eagle Court of Honor. Senator Lisa Baker presented
the scouts with letters of commendation from the State Senate and
a flag pin of Pennsylvania and the United States. At the ceremony,
from left, are James Duffy, Stephen Bath, Baker, Anthony Benedetti
and Tim Reinert.
Boy Scouts in Troop 155 earn Eagle Scout Awards
Trooper Martin Connors, public relations and Megans Law officer
at Troop P, Wyoming, recently addressed members of the Crime
Clinic of Greater Wilkes-Barre at its November meeting at Wyoming
Valley Country Club. Connors outlined some of the cases that he
has prosecuted and explained the restrictions that are placed on
Megans Law violators after they are paroled. He encouraged citi-
zens to review Pennsylvanias Megans Law public website at
www.pameganslaw.state.pa.us to check their neighborhoods for the
locations of convicted offenders. Members presented Connors with
a certificate of appreciation after his speech. Some of the participa-
nts, from left: Marge Matisko, president; Connors; and Charlotte
Lyons, treasurer.
Trooper educates crime clinic on Megans Law
Members of the Kingston Kares Committee and Kingston bor-
ough officials recently presented a check for $6,400 from a No-
vember fundraiser to the American Red Cross for disaster relief
due to the recent flooding. At the check presentation, from left:
Carol Urban, committee member; Sandra Kase, council president
and committee chair; James J. Haggerty, mayor, Kingston; Joanna
Springer, American Red Cross; Paul Keating, administrator, King-
ston; Nancy Cooper, council and committee member; and Andrea
Petrasek, committee member.
Kingstons November fundraiser benefits Red Cross
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9:10, 9:50
Tower Heist - PG13 - 115 min.
(1:10), (3:45), 7:20, 10:10
***A Very Harold &Kumar
3D Christmas - R - 100 min.
(1:40), (3:50), 7:40, 9:55 (No 1:40 or 3:50 show
on Saturday, November 19
th
)
***Puss in Boots in 3D - PG - 100 min.
(1:15), (3:25), 7:15, 9:25
Puss in Boots - PG - 100 min.
(1:45), (4:00), 7:30
Paranormal Activity 3 - R - 95 min.
9:40
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Robert J. Bucci, principal of Bucci Financial
Services, has been notied by the Certi-
ed Financial Planner Board of Standards,
Inc. that he has successfully completed the
requirements and has attained his CERTIFIED
FINANCIAL PLANNER
TM
certication.
Combined with education and experience re-
quirements, a candidate for CFP certication
must pass the rigorous CFP exam, which is
given three times each year throughout the
United States. Mr. Bucci successfully com-
pleted the July 2011 exam given at Villanova
University.
The ten hour exam, given over two days,
tests a candidates competency in 89 differ-
ent topic areas. The planning areas covered
by these topics include General Principals
of Financial Planning, Insurance Planning
and Risk Management, Employee Benets
Planning, Investment Planning, Income Tax
Planning, Retirement Planning and Estate
Planning.
Bucci Financial Services is a comprehensive
nancial planning practice located at 517
Pierce Street, Kingston. Any person with -
nancial questions, or who wishes to schedule
a complimentary consultation, can contact
Bucci Financial Services directly
at (570) 288-8704, or visit
www.buccinancial.com.
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Certied Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. owns the
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and
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Kingston 288-8704
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The Sound of Christmas
Maria Elisabeth von Trapp and Empire Brass join the
Philharmonic, to present an evening of holiday favorites,
highlighted by a wonderful medley from The Sound of
Music.
The evening will also feature audience favorite Bal-
let Theater of Scranton, performing The Parade of the
Wooden Soldiers.
Tickets $28-$60 Adult / $15 Student
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Scranton Cultural Center @ 7:00PM
Friday, December 16, 2011
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