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B6 MONDAY, MAY 1 1 2009 THE HARTFORD COURANT i GOLF FedEx Cup Standings Through The Players Championship: Stenson Wins Going Away No. Player App. Pts. 1. Geoff Ogi Ivy 10 1,431 2.

Phil Mickelson 10 1,377 3. SeanO'Hair 11 1,336 4. Kenny Perry 12 1,272 5. NickWatney 12 1,236 6. Zach Johnson 12 1,025 7.

Paul Casey 6 1,024 8. Steve Strieker 11 956 9. Tiger Woods 6 949 10. Brian Gay 12 927 Kerr, who also won the tournament in 2005, went from one shot behind to the lead when Song-Hee Kim of South Korea made a double bogey on the par-4 16th and Kerr made her birdie moments later. Kerr (70) finished at 16-under 268 for her 12th career victory Feherty apologizes: CBS golf analyst David Feherty apologized to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for a morbid joke that went bad in a Dallas magazine.

Feherty was among five Dallas residents who wrote for Magazine" on former President George Bush moving to Dallas. "From my own experience visiting the troops in the Middle East, I can tell you this though," Feherty wrote toward the end of his column. Tiger Woods and blew away everyone else in firm, fast conditions. Stenson finished at 12-under 276. Ian Poulter (70) was second.

Cejka entered the final round with a five-shot lead and played in the final group with Woods. Four holes in, the lead was gone. Cejka shot 42 on the front and wound up with a 79 to finish at4-under284. Woods (73) finished seven shots behind in eighth place, his first top 10 at The Players Championship since he won in 2001. Stenson's 66 matched Aaron Baddeley for best score of the day Kerr gets 12th career victory: Cristie Kerr emerged from a four-way tie with a tap-in birdie on the par-5 15th and held on for a two-shot win over In-Kyung Kim in the Michelob Ultra Open in Williamsburg, Va.

"Despite how the conflict has been portrayed by our glorious media, if you gave any U.S. soldier a gun with two bullets in it, and he found himself in an elevator with Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Osama bin Laden, there's a good chance that Nancy Pelosi would get shot twice, and Harry Reid and bin Laden would be strangled to death." Feherty, who grew up in Northern Ireland, has gone to Iraq over Thanksgiving the past two years to visit with U.S. troops, and he created a foundation to help wounded soldiers. "This passage was a metaphor meant to describe how American troops felt about our 43rd president, Feherty said in a statement. "In retrospect, it was inappropriate and unacceptable, and has clearly Associated Press Two months ago, Henrik Stenson was best known as the Swede who stripped down to nothing but his underwear and a golf glove while playing from a water hazard at Doral.

"I guess I got as much attention off that thing as from my results the last 10 years," he said. But his game was all the rage Sunday at The Players Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Stenson was the only player to keep bogeys off his card on his way to a 6-under-par 66 that gave him a four-shot victory, the 10th of his career and by far his biggest. Trailing by five shots at TPC Sawgrass, he took advantage of a swift and shocking collapse by Alex Cejka, never had to worry about Next: Valero Texas Open, Thursday-Sunday, LaCantera GC, San Antonio. Purse: $6.1 million insulted Speaker Pelosi and Senator Reid, and for that, I apologize.

As for our troops, they know I will continue to do as much as I can for them both at home and abroad." BOARD GOLF HIGH SCHOOLS BASKETBALL FIRST ROUND (Best-of-seven) EASTERN CONFERENCE Cleveland def. Detroit, 4-0 Boston def. Chicago, 4-3 Orlando def. 4-2 Atlanta def. Miami, 4-3 WESTERN CONFERENCE LA.

Lakers def. Utah, 4-1 Denver def. Dallas def. San Antonio, 4-1 Houston def. Portland, 4-2 CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS EASTERN CONFERENCE Magic vs.

Celtics, tied 2-2 Game 1: Orlando, 95-90 Game 2: Boston, 112-94 Game 3: Orlando, 117-96 Sunday: Boston, 95-94 Tuesday: at Boston, 8 p.m. Thursday: at Orlando, 7 p.m. May 17: at Boston, TBA Cavaliers lead Hawks, 3-0 Game 1: Cleveland, 99-72 Game 2: Cleveland, 105-85 Game 3: Cleveland, 97-82 Today: at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Wednesday: at Cleveland, 8 p.m. May 15: at Atlanta, TBA May 18: at Cleveland, 8 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE Lakers vs. Rockets, tied 2-2 Game 1: Houston 100-92 Game 2.: L. A. Lakers, 1 1 1-98 Game 3: L.A. Lakers, 108-94 Sunday: Houston, 99-87 Tuesday: at LA.

Lakers, 10:30 p.m. Thursday: at Houston, TBA May 17: at L.A. Lakers, TBA Nuggets lead Mavericks, 3-0 Game 1: Denver 109-95 Game 2: Denver, 117-105 Game 106-105 Today: at Dallas, 9:30 p.m. Wednesday: at Denver, 10:30 p.m May 15: at Dallas, TBA May 17: at Denver, TBA -if necessary ijKUiUUmiUlH At TPC Sawgrass, Players Stadium Course, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Par 72, 7,215 yards ($9.5 million) $1,710,000 HenrikStenson (0) 68-69-73-66-276 $1,026,000 Ian Poulter (330) 67-68-75-70-280 $551,000 John Mallinger (180) -281 Kevin Na(180) 71-66-74-70-281 $346,750 Jim Furyk (110) 68-74-71-69-282 Brian Davis (110) 71-69-71-71-282 Ben Crane (1 10) 65-73-72-72 -282 $294,500 Tiger Woods (94) 71-69-70-73-283 $237,500 Aaron Baddeley (77) VijaySingh (77) 71-72-74-67 -284 Tim Clark (77) 72-69-74-69 -284 David Toms (77) 67-70-77-70-284 Alex Cejka (77) 66-67-72-79 -284 $147,250 Matt Kuchar (56) 72-72-73-68-285 Mike Weir (56) 72-72-73-68-285 Paul Casey (56) 70-69-76-70-285 Angel Cabrera (56) 72-65-77-71 -285 Robert Allenby (56) 73-66-75-71 -285 Jeff Klauk (56) 71-72-71-71 -285 Daniel Chopra (56) 75-65-72-73 -285 $79,325 Scott Piercy (45) 71-72-74-69 -286 Sergio Garcia (45) 71-73-73-69-286 Geoff Ogilvy (45) 70-72-73-71 -286 Tommy Armour III (45) -286 Justin Rose (45) 70-71-72-73 -286 Steve Strieker (45) 71-71-71-73-286 Ben Curtis (45) 71-72-69-74 -286 Woody Austin (45) 72-72-68-74 -286 Kenny Perry (45) 73-71-68-74-286 Retief Goosen (45) 67-72-71-76 -286 $53,770 Jason Dufner (37) 67-70-77-73-287 Justin Leonard (37) 70-69-75-73-287 Zach Johnson (37) 72-71-70-74 -287 Billy Mayfair (37) 70-74-69-74-287 Kevin Sutherland (37)73-67-72-75 -287 $39,900 Charley Hoffman (31)70-69-76-73-288 Luke Donald (31) 74-70-71-73-288 Bubba Watson (31) 67-75-72-74 -288 John Rollins (31) 68-76-70-74-288 Jeff Overton (31) 71-67-75-75-288 Tim Petrovic(31) 68-70-75-75-288 John Senden (31) 72-69-72-75 -288 Jonathan Byrd (31) 67-72-71-78-288 $28,595 Ryuji lmada(25) 72-70-75-72 -289 Ernie Els (25) 73-69-73-74-289 Michael Letzig (25) 71-68-74-76-289 Richard S.

Johnson (25) -289 $23,212 Padraig Harrington (20) -290 Jason Bonn (20) 72-71-74-73 -290 Stephen Ames (20) 70-71-75-74-290 NickO'Hern (20) 68-73-75-74-290 Fredrik Jacobson (20) -290 Scott Verplank (20) 67-74-73-76-290 $21,470 Brad Adamonis (14) Mark Wilson (14) 69-72-75-75 -291 Phil Mickelson (14) 73-71-71-76-291 Heath Slocum (14) 75-69-71-76-291 Martin Kaymer (0) 71-73-69-78-291 $20,710 Rocco Mediate 10) 73-71-74-74-292 Chez Reavie (10) 70-72-75-75 -292 Johnson Wagner $20,330 Michael Allen (8) 71-70-74-78-293 $20,045 Jeev M. Singh (0) 68-74-76-76-294 Steve Flesch (7) 75-69-74-76-294 $19,665 Cameron Beckman (5) John Merrick (5) 70-72-74-79 -295 $19,285 Jeff Quinney (3) 73-70-75-78-296 Pat Perez (3) 72-72-74-78-296 $19,000 Ryan Moored) 71-68-75-84 -298 $18,430 Robert Karlsson (0) 74-70-75-219 Hunter Mahan(l) 73-71-75-219 Martin Laird (1) 71-72-76 -219 Nathan Green (1) 74-69-76-219 K.J.Choi (1) 73-69-77-219 $17,765 StewartCink (1) 70-73-77-220 BobEstes(l) 75-68-77-220 $17,480 Graeme McDowell (0) 71-73-77-221 $17,005 Fred Funk (1) 73-71-78-222 Steve Marino (1) 72-72-78-222 Dustin Johnson (1) 72-72-78-222 Rod Pampling (1) 70-73-79-222 TENNIS BOSTON FG FT Reb Min M-A M-A 0-T APFPts Pierce 32 9-15 8-9 0-3 4 5 27 Davis 33 9-14 3-8 2-6 0 4 21 Perkins 39 5-7 2-2 3-13 2 3 12 Rondo 41 8-15 5-8 2-14 3 3 21 RAIIen 46 6-13 0-0 1-5 4 2 12 Scalabrine 15 0-2 0-0 0-1 1 5 0 House 17 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 3 0 Marbury 6 1-4 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 Moore 6 0-1 0-0 1-1 0 2 0 Totals 240 38-72 18-27 9-44 16 28 95 FG .528. FT .667. Three-point goals: 1-10, .100 (Pierce 1-1, Marbury 0-1, Rondo 0-1, Scalabrine 0-2, RAIIen 0-5). Team Rebounds: 10.

Team TO: Rondo 3, RAIIen 2, Pierce 2, House, Marbury, Perkins). Steals: 3 (Marbury, Perkins, Rondo). Technical fouls: Defensive three second, 3:26 third. ORLANDO FG FT Reb Min M-A M-A O-T APFPts Turkoglu 37 4-14 2-2 0-3 4 3 11 Lewis 38 8-14 4-5 0-5 3 3 22 Howard 37 8-14 7-10 5-17 2 4 23 Alston 26 1-7 2-2 0-1 2 2 5 Redick 23 1-7 0-0 0-0 7 2 2 Gortat 9 4-4 0-0 3-4 0 3 8 Pietrus 26 3-8 4-5 2-3 1 4 11 Lee 23 3-8 2-2 1-3 1 2 8 Johnson 10 2-7 0-2 1-1 0 0 4 Battie 4 0-2 0-0 0-1 0 1 0 Foyle 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 AUTO RACING Late Saturday, At Darlington Raceway, Darlington, South Carolina (Lap length: I. 366 miles).

(Start position in parentheses) C-Chev-rolet, D-Dodge, 1. (12) Mark Martin, 367 laps, 190 points, $295,150. 2. (42) Jimmie Johnson, 367, 175, $236,999. 3.

(18) Tony Stewart, 367, 170, $171,696. 4. (3) Ryan Newman, 367, 165, $170,527. 5. (2) Jeff Gordon, 367, 160, $152,724.

6. (16) Martin Truex 367, 155, $162,113. 7. (31) Brad Keselowski, 367, 146, $102,400. 8.

11) Greg Biff le, 367, 152, $1 12,625. 9. (5) Joey Logano, 367, 143, $138,874. 10. (1) Matt Kenseth, 367, 139, $142,188.

II. (24) Kevin Harvick, 367, 130, $127,843. 12. (6) Jeff Burton, 367, 127, $132,254. 13.

(23) Denny Hamlin, 367, 124, $103,175. 14. (19) Elliott Sadler, 367, 126, $95,700. 15. (40) Paul Menard, 367, 118, $118,904.

16. (8) Kurt Busch, 367, 1 15, $100,350. 17. (38) AJ Allmendinger, 367, 112, $86,050. 18.

(27) Bobby Labonte, 367, 114, $112,952. 19. (41) Reed So 20. (25) Juan Pablo Montoya 367, 103, $119,746. 21.

(29) Regan Smith, 367, 100, $78,575. 22. (20) Jamie McMurray, 367, 97, $89,450. 23. (7) Kasey Kahne, 24.

(34) David Stremme, 366, 91, $113,038. 25. (39) Tony Raines, 364, 88, $87,800. 26. (32) Scott Speed, 362, 85, $75,325.

27. (26) Dale Earnhardt 360, 82, $92,725. 28. (28) Robby Gordon.T, 353, 79, $96,583. 29.

(21) David Reutimann, 347, 76, $102,096. 30. (4) Sam Hornish 344, 73, $97,008. 31. (35) Brian Vickers, accident, 333, 70, $105,321.

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11. (99) Alex Lloyd, Dallara-Honda, 222.622. 12. (2) Raphael Matos, Dallara-Honda, 223.429. 13.

(15) Paul Tracy, Dallara-Honda, 223.111. 14. (14) Vitor Meira, Dallara-Honda, 223.054. 15. (18) Justin Wilson, Dallara-Honda, 222.903.

16. (27) Hideki Mutoh, Dallara-Honda, 222.805. 17. (20) Ed Carpenter, Dallara-Honda, 222.78. 18.

(4) Dan Wheldon, Dallara-Honda, 222.777. 19. (41) A.J. Foyt IV, Dallara-Honda, 222.586. 20.

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HOCKEY FIRST ROUND (Best-of-seven) EASTERN CONFERENCE Boston def. Montreal, 4-0 Washington def. N.Y. Rangers, 4-3 Carolinadef. New Pittsburgh def.

Philadelphia, 4-2 WESTERN CONFERENCE Anaheim def. San Jose, 4-2 Detroit def. Columbus, 4-0 Vancouverdef.St. Louis, 4-0 Chicago def. Calgary, 4-2 CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS EASTERN CONFERENCE Hurricanes lead Bruins, 3-2 Game 1: Boston, 4-1 Game 2: Carolina, 3-0 Game 3: Carolina, 3-2 (OT) Game 4: Carolina, 4-1 Sunday: Boston, 4-0 Tuesday: at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Thursday: at Boston, TBA Penguins lead Capitals, 3-2 Game 1: Washington 3-2 Game 2: Washington 4-3 Game 3: Pittsburgh, 3-2 (OT) Game 4: Pittsburgh, 5-3 Game 5: Pittsburgh, 4-3 (OT) Today: at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Wednesday: at Washington, 7 p.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE Red Wings lead Ducks, 3-2 Game 1: Detroit, 3-2 Game 2: Anaheim 4-3 (30T) Game 3: Anaheim, 2-1 Game 4: Detroit, 6-3 Sunday: Detroit, 4-1 Tuesday: at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Thursday: at Detroit, TBA Canucks-Blackhawkstied, 2-2 Game 1: Vancouver, 5-3 Game 2: Chicago, 6-3 Game 3: Vancouver, 3-1 Game 4: Chicago, 2-1 Game 5: at Vancouver Today: at Chicago, 9 p.m. Thursday: at Vancouver, TBA -if necessary Carolina 0 0 0-0 Boston 2 1 1-4 First Period-1, Boston, Recchi 2 (Cha-ra, Wideman), 14:48 (pp).

2, Boston, Kessel 5 (Savard, Lucie), 18:36. Second Period 3, Boston, Kessel 6 (Savard, Chara), 4:40. Third Period 4, Boston, Lucie 2 (Ryder, Bergeron), 12:21. Shots on Goal-Carolina 7-4-8-19. Boston 16-13-11-40.

Power-play opportunitiesCarolina 0 of Boston 1 of 9. Goalies-Carolina, C.Ward 7-5-0 (40 shots-36 saves). Boston, Thomas 6-3-0 19-19). T-2 :27. Anaheim 0 10-1 Detroit 0 2 2-4 Second Period 1, Detroit, Franzen 7 (Abdelkader, Ericsson), 3:23.

2, Detroit, Hudler 3 (Zetterberg, Lebda), 4:02. 3, Anaheim, Whitney 1 (Christensen, Eb-bett), 15:37 (pp). Third Period-4, Detroit, Helm 1 (Zetterberg, Cleary), 16:52. 5, Detroit, Zetterberg 6 (Lidstrom, Datsyuk), 19:08 (en). Shots on Goal-Anaheim 3-9-5-17.

Detroit 14-9-15-38. Power-play opportunitiesAnaheim 1 of Detroit 0 of 3. Goalies-Anaheim, Hiller 6-5-0 (37 shots-34 saves). Detroit Osgood 7-2-0 17-16). Late Saturday Chicago 1 1 2-4 Vancouver 1 1 02 First Period 1, Chicago, Byfuglien 2 (Campbell, Versteeg), 15:27.

2, Vancouver, Kesler 2 (Wellwood, Sundin), 17:54 (PP). Second Period 3, Vancouver, Sundin 2 (H.Sedin), 11:16. 4, Chicago, Byfuglien 3 (Campbell), 18:22 (pp). Third Period 5, Chicago, Bolland 4 (Kane, Keith), 14:55 (pp). 6, Chicago, Havlat5, 18:58 (en).

Shots on Goal-Chicago 10-11-9-30. Vancouver 11-5-5-21. Power-play opportunitiesChicago 2 of Vancouver 1 of 2. Goalies Chicago, Khabibulin 7-4-0 (21 shots-19 saves). Vancouver, Luongo 6-3-0 (29-26).

Through Saturday Player GP APTS Ovechkin, Washington ...12 10 7 17 Crosby, Pittsburgh 11 9 7 16 Getzlaf, Anaheim 10 3 13 16 Malkin, Pittsburgh 11 6 8 14 Backstrom, Washington 12 3 11 14 Staal, Carolina 11 9 3 12 Franzen, Detroit 8 6 6 12 Semin, Washington 12 5 7 12 FIRST ROUND (Best-of-seven) EASTERN CONFERENCE Worcester def. Hartford, 4-2 Providence def. Portland, 4-1 Wednesday, April 15: Portland 3, Providence 0 Hershey 4def. Philadelphia, 4-0 WBScranton def. Bridgeport, 4-1 WESTERN CONFERENCE Manitoba def.

Toronto, 4-2 Grand Rapids def. Hamilton 4-2 Milwaukee def. Rockford, 4-0 Houston def. Peoria, 4-3 CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS EASTERN CONFERENCE Providence vs. Worcester, tied 2-2 Game 1: Providence, 3-2 (OT) Game 2: Providence, 4-2 Game 3: Worcester, 5-3 Game 4: Worcester, 1-0 Today: at Providence, 7:05 p.m.

Wednesday: at Worcester, 7:05 p.m. Thursday: at Providence, 7:05 p.m. Hershey vs. WBScranton, tied 3-3 Game 1: Hershey, 5-3 Game 2: Hershey, 3-1 Game 3: WBScranton, 3-2 (OT) Game 4: WBScranton, 6-3 Game 5: WBScranton, 4-1 Sunday: Hershey, 3-0 Tuesday: at Hershey, 7 p.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE Manitoba def.

Grand Rapids, 4-0 Game 1: Manitoba, 2-1 Game 2: Manitoba, 2-1 Game 3: Manitoba, 3-1 Game 4: Manitoba, 3-2 Houston leads Milwaukee, 3-2 Game 1: Houston, 2-1 Game 2: Milwaukee, 4-1 Game 3: Houston, 3-1 Game 4: Houston, 2-0 Game 5: Milwaukee, 4-3 Today: at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. Wednesday: at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. -if necessary 3:45 p.m. unless noted CCC Inter: Bristol Central at South Windsor; Conard at Simsbury; Bristol Eastern at Rockville; Hall at Glastonbury; Newington at Fermi; Maloney at E.O. Smith; Piatt at Bloomfield; Weaver at East Hartford 6:30 p.m.; Windsor at New Britain (Beehive Field), 6:30 p.m.; Weth-ersfield at Southington, 7 p.m.; Farming-ton at Manchester (Northwest Park), 7 p.m.

NWC: Middletown at Northwest Catholic; RHAM at Rocky Hill; Sport Sciences at NCCC: Windsor Locks at Suffield; East Windsor at Somers; Coventry at East Granby; Bolton at Stafford; Granby at Enfield; Ellington at Avon; Tolland at Canton (Dodd Stadium), 4 p.m. CSC: Goodwin at Cheney Tech, 3:30 p.m.' Parish Hill at Windham Tech; Wilcox Tech at Vinal Tech, 4 p.m.; Prince Tech at Shoreline: Morgan at East Hampton; Old Saybrook at Old Lyme; Hale-Ray at Hyde; Coginchaug at Haddam-Killingworth; Cromwell at Westbrook; North Branford at Valley Regional SCC: Xavier at Fairfield Prep; Cheshire at Lyman Hall Berkshire: Lewis MillsatGilbert CCC Inter: Bloomfield at Piatt; Southing-ton at Wethersfield; South Windsor at Maloney; Manchester at Conard; E.O. Smith at Bristol Central; New Britain at Hall; Hartford Public at Bulkeley; East Hartford at Weaver; Rockville at Bristol Eastern, 4 p.m.; Bloomfield at p.m.; Fermi at Newington, 6 p.m.; Glastonbury NWC: Northwest Catholic at Middle-town; Plainville at St. Paul Catholic; Rocky Hill at RHAM; East Catholic at Sports Sciences; Suffield at Windsor Locks, 7 p.m. NCCC: Canton at Tolland; Somers at East Windsor; East Granby at Coventry; Stafford at Bolton; Enfield at Granby; Avon at Ellington CSC: Vinal Tech at Wilcox Tech (2), 3 p.m.; University at Whitney Tech, 3:30 p.m.; Windham Tech at Parish Hill, 4 p.m.; Cheney Tech at Goodwin Tech, 4 p.m.

Shoreline: Morgan at East Hampton; Coginchaug at Haddam-Killingworth; Old Saybrook at Old Lyme; North Branford at Valley Regional ECC: Killingly at Bacon Academy, 4 p.m.; Windham at Stonington, 4 p.m. SCC: Mercy at Sacred Heart; Cheshire at Sheehan Berkshire: Gilbert at Lewis Mills Others: Hale-Ray at Berlin, 7 p.m. ECC: Waterford at Bacon Academy, 4 p.m. SCC: West Haven at Xavier, 4 p.m. Others: Old Lyme at Somers, 4 p.m.; Glastonbury at Cheshire, 5 p.m.; Hall at Stonington, 6:30 p.m.

CCC: Simsbury at Southington, 4 p.m. NCCC: Granby at Ellington, 4 p.m. Others: Suffield at Hall, 4 p.m.; Old Lyme at Stonington, 4 p.m.; Windsor at Berlin, 7 p.m. CCC Inter: Newington at Fermi, 5 p.m.; Maloney at Rockville, 5 p.m.; South Windsor at Wethersfield, 5 p.m. SCC: Shelton at Xavier, 5:30 p.m.

Others: Farmington at Wolcott Tech, 4 p.m.; East Hartford at Cheney Tech, 5 p.m.; Enfield at Glastonbury, 5 p.m.; Lewis Millsat Conard, 5:15 p.m.; Southington at Simsbury, 6 p.m.; Hall at Cheshire, 6 p.m. CCC North: Manchester at Glastonbury; Southington at Simsbury; New Britain at East Hartford CCC South: Bristol Central at Piatt; Bristol Eastern at Bulkeley; Newington at Maloney CCC East: South Windsor at Fermi; Bloomfield at EO. Smith; Hartford Public at Rockville CCC West: Farmington at Hall; Windsor at Conard; Weaver at Wethersfield NWC: RHAM at Rocky Hill; Middletown at Northwest Catholic NCCC: Canton at Ellington; Tolland at Bolton; Avon at Windsor Locks CSC: Prince Tech at Abbott Tech, 4 p.m.; KaynorTech at Wilcox Tech, 4 p.m. Shoreline: East Hampton at Old Saybrook; Cromwell at North Branford; Haddam-Killingworth at Portland; West-brook at Valley Regional ECC: Waterford at Bacon Academy; Griswold at Windham SCC: Wilbur Cross at Xavier; Amity at Cheshire Berkshire: Lewis Mills at Gilbert CCC North: Glastonbury at Manchester; Simsbury at Southington; East Hartford at New Britain CCC South: Piatt at Bristol Central; Bulkeley at Bristol Eastern; Maloney at Newington CCC East: E.O. Smith at Bloomfield; Rockville at Hartford Public; Fermi at South Windsor CCC West: Hall at Farmington; Conard at Windsor; Wethersfield at Weaver NWC: Northwest Catholic at Middle-town; Rocky Hill at RHAM; Plainville at St.

Paul NCCC: Ellington at Canton; Granby at East Granby; Bolton at Tolland; Windsor Locks at Avon; Coventry at Enfield Shoreline: Valley Regional at Westbrook; Coginchaug at Morgan ECC: Bacon Academy at Waterford SCC: Cheshire at Sheehan Berkshire: Gilbert at Lewis Mills T.VrfQHii CCC North: New Britain at Glastonbury (Glastonbury p.m. CCC West: Weaver at Conard (Rock-ledge, West Hartford), 3 p.m. NWC: East Catholic, Middletown at St. Paul (Chippanee, Bristol), 3 p.m.; Rocky Hill, Plainville at Berlin (Timberlin, Hebron), 3:30 p.m. NCCC: East Granby at Windsor Locks (Fox Run at Copper Hill, East Granby), 3 p.m.; Avon at Granby (Southwick CC, Southwick, 3 p.m.; Coventry at Canton (Tower Ridge, Simsbury), 3 p.m.; Bolton at Enfield (Cedar Knob, Somers), 3 p.m.

Shoreline: Old Saybrook at Portland (Portland GC), 2:45 p.m.; Hale-Ray at Haddam-Killingworth (Banner Lodge, Moodus), 3:15 p.m.; Cromwell at East Hampton (Banner Lodge, Moodus), 3:30 p.m. SCC: Xavier at Hamden (Laurel View, Hamden), 3 p.m.; Fitch at Morgan (Clinton CC), 3 p.m. Others: EllisTech at Windham CCC: Hall at Wethersfield (Goodwin Park, Hartford), 3 p.m.; Newington at Manchester (Manchester CC), 3 p.m.; Glastonbury at Farmington (Tunxis Plantation, Farmington), 3 p.m. NWC: Northwest Catholicat Middletown (Portland West), 3 p.m. SCGGL: Cheshire at Mercy (Lyman Orchards, Middlefield), 3 p.m.

Others: Suffield at East Catholic (Min-nechaug, Glastonbury), 3 p.m. COLLEGES HIW.TtVtf.-t;! gram UConn 8, Pittsburgh 5 Hartford 4-1, Stony Brook 3-17 Fairfield 7, Canisius 4 Sacred Heart 4-9, Wagner 3-8 (1st, 12) NESCAC championship Trinity 7, Tufts 3 NJCAA Div. Ill championship Manchester CC 11, Bunker Hill CC 3 NCAA regional championship Coast Guard 7, Springfield 3 Final: Tufts 10, Coast Guard 1 NCAA tournament Penn 10, Fairfield 8 NCAA TOURNAMENT First Round Saturday Johns Hopkins 12, Brown 11, OT North Carolina 15, UMBC 13 Cornell 11, Hofstra8 Duke 14, Navy 5 Sunday Maryland 7, Notre Dame 3 Virginia 18, Villanova6 Princeton 10, Massachusetts 7 Syracuse 11, Siena 4 Quarterfinals May 16, At Hempstead, N.Y. Cornell (11-3) vs. Princeton (13-2), Noon Maryland (10-6) vs.

Syracuse (13-2), 2 p.m. May 17, Annapolis, Md. Virginia (14-2) vs. Johns Hopkins (10-4), Noon North Carolina (12-5) vs. Duke (14-3), 2 p.m.

BASEBALL Central at UConn, 3 p.m. BASEBALL North Division Pet. GB .567 .519 .500 2 .483 214 .464 3 .464 3 New Hampshire (Jays) 17 13 Trenton (Yankees) 14 13 14 14 14 15 13 15 13 15 Portland (Red Sox) Connecticut (Giants) Binghamton (Mets) New Britain (Twins) South Division Akron (Indians) Erie (Tigers) Reading (Phillies) Bowie (Orioles) 22 5 Pet. GB 1810 .643 414 17 10 .630 5 11 16 .40711 8 20 .286 1414 Altoona(Pirates) Harrisburg (Nationals) 6 21 .22216 Sunday New Britain at Portland, rain Erie 6, Bowie 5 Reading 2, Altoonal Connecticut 3, New Hampshire 0 Trenton 4, Binghamton 3 Akron 8, Harrisburg 2 Today Connecticut at New Britain, 6:35 p.m. Binghamton at New p.m.

Reading at Erie, 6:35 p.m. Altoonaat Harrisburg, 7 p.m. Portland at Trenton, 7:05 p.m. Bowie at Akron, 7:05 p.m. Tuesday Reading at Erie, 6:35 p.m.

Binghamton at New p.m. Connecticut at New Britain, 6:35 p.m. Altoonaat Harrisburg, 7 p.m. Portland at Trenton, 7:05 p.m. Bowie at Akron, 7:05 p.m.

TRANSACTIONS BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX-Recalled RHP Daniel Bard from Pawtucket (IL). Designated LHP Javier Lopez for assignment. KANSAS CITY ROYALS Placed RHP Joakim Soriaon the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Luke Hochevar from Omaha (PCL). National League CHICAGO CUBS-Recalled RHP Jose Ascanio from Iowa (PCL).

Placed RHP Chad Fox on the 15-day DL. FLORIDA MARLINS-Optioned OF Cameron Maybinto New Orleans (PCL). HOUSTON ASTROS-Agreed to terms with INF Jason Smith on a one-year contract. Optioned RHP Jeff Fulchino to Round Rock (PCL). ODDS BASEBALL National League Favorite Line Underdog Line at New York -170 Atlanta 160 atArizona -120 Cincinnati 110 atSan Francisco -140 Washington 130 American League atCleveland -130 Chicago 120 BASKETBALL NBA Playoffs Favorite Line O-U Underdog Cleveland 10 182 atAtlanta at Dallas 210 Denver HOCKEY National Hockey League Favorite Line Underdog Line at Pittsburgh -180 Washington 160 atChicago -175 Vancouver 155 THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1923 Setting several Pacific Coast League records, Pete Schneider of Vernon hits five homers and a double to drive in 14runsina35-llrompoverSaltLakeCity.

1992 The Portland Trail Blazers win the highest-scoring playoff game in NBA history, 153-151 in double overtime against the Phoenix Suns in the Western Conference semifinals. 1994 The Phoenix Suns, down 20 points with 10 minutes to play, stagethe biggest late-game comeback in NBA playoff history, beating the Houston Rockets 124-117 in overtime in the Western Conference semifinals. 2001 Vince Carter scores 34 of his 50 points in the first half and ties an NBA playoff record with nine3-pointers to lead Toronto to a 102-78 win over Philadelphia. At Kingsmill Resort Spa (River Course), Williamsburg, Va. Par 71, 6,315 yards ($2.2 million) $330,000 Cristie Kerr 69-63-66-70268 $202,680 In-Kyung Kim 68-64-67-71270 $130,385 Song-Hee Kim 69-63-68-71271 Lindsey Wright 65-69-64-73271 $91,548 Wendy Ward 72-64-67-70273 $74,902 Shiho Oyama 69-66-70-69274 $58313 Angela Stanford 68-68-70-69275 NatalieGulbis 70-65-68-72275 $49,380 Ai Miyazato 71-65-72-68276 $44,941 LorenaOchoa 64-65-74-74277 $37,755 Teresa Lu 69-72-67-70278 Juli Inkster 71-67-70-70278 Seon HwaLee 67-70-70-71278 II Mi Chung 69-70-67-72278 $29,073 Michelle Wie 70-67-73-69279 Amy Yang 67-74-68-70279 Allison Hee-Won Han 66-69-72-72279 Na Yeon Choi 67-68-70-74279 $22,499 JiyaiShin 70-68-76-66280 Kyeong Bae 74-66-73-67280 Becky Morgan 73-69-70-68280 Jimin Kang 71-70-71-68280 Young Kim 70-69-71-70280 Nicole Castrale 71-67-69-73280 Yani Tseng 71-64-72-73280 Shanshan Feng 70-67-69-74280 $17,444 Katherine Hull 69-71-74-67281 MeenaLee 73-70-70-68281 Kris Tamulis 68-70-70-73281 Sarah Lee 66-71-71-73281 Minea Blomqvist 66-71-70-74281 $15,091 Kristy McPherson 70-69-72-71282 Hee Young Park 71-67-73-71282 $13,372 JillMcGill 73-69-73-68283 JinJoo Hong 71-68-73-71283 ChellaChoi 68-73-70-72283 Reilley Rankin 70-69-71-73283 $10,472 Louise Stahle 71-72-71-70284 Brittany Lang 69-74-71-70284 Diana D'Alessio 69-72-72-71284 Karrie Webb 74-68-70-72284 Leah Wigger 72-70-69-73284 Momoko Ueda 69-71-71-73284 CarinKoch 71-68-72-73284 Jin Young Pak 73-70-65-76284 $8,122 BethBader 68-75-71-71285 Irene Cho 69-72-71-73285 Ji Young Oh 71-66-74-74285 GiuliaSergas 71-68-69-77285 Sarah Kemp 69-68-70-78285 $7,324 Hye Jung Choi 68-73-69-76286 $6,991 Brandie Burton 72-71-71-73287 Stephanie Louden 71-69-72-75287 $6,436 Alena Sharp 73-69-72-74288 Vicky Hurst 69-72-73-74288 Anna Rawson 71-69-72-76288 $5,770 Eun-HeeJi 71-72-71-75289 MikaMiyazato 69-73-72-75289 Suzann Pettersen 68-73-71-77289 $5,382 Meaghan Francella 70-71-75-74290 Soo-Yun Kang 73-68-74-75290 $4,993 Anja Monke 72-70-74-75291 Sophie Giquel 70-72-74-75291 Wendy Doolan 72-70-72-77291 Sandra Gal 71-71-72-77291 Brittany Lincicome 74-69-69-79291 $4,605 Allison Fouch 70-73-76-73292 Marcy Hart 72-70-76-74292 At Royal Park I Roveri, Turin, Italy Par 71, 7,222 yards ($1.7 million) Daniel Vancsik John Daly Raphael Jacquelin Robert Rock Thomas Aiken Thomas Bjorn Francesco Molinari Julien Clement Robert Dinwiddle Alastair Forsyth BOXING National TV in parentheses Friday At Harrah's Marina Hotel Casino, Atlantic City, N.J.

(ESPN2), Kevin Johnson, Atlanta, vs. Monte Barrett Queens, N.Y, 10, heavyweights. Saturday At Rome, Giacobbe Fragomeni, Italy, vs. Krzysztof Wlodarczyk, Poland, 12, Fra-gomeni's WBC cruiserweight title. At Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas, Ron Johnson, Las Vegas, vs.

John Johnson, Memphis, 12, for the vacant WBF light heavyweight title. At Oracle Arena, Oakland, Calif. (SHO), Andre Ward, Oakland, vs. Edison Miranda, Colombia, 12, for Ward's NABO-NABF super middleweight titles. May 22 At Fontainebleau Hotel, Miami Beach, Fla (ESPN2), Richard Gutierrez, Miami, vs.

Antwone Smith, Miami, 10, welterweights. May 23 At Monterrey, Mexico, Toshiaki Nishio-ka, Japan, vs. Jhonny Gonzalez, Mexico, 12, for Nishioka's WBC junior featherweight title; Rafael Marquez, Mexico, vs. Jose Mendoza, Colombia, 10, featherweights. At Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, Jorge Linares, Japan, vs.

Josafat Perez, Mexico, 12, for Linares' WBA junior lightweight title; Jose Guadalupe Martinez, Mexico, vs. Oscar Saturnino, Mexico, 12, from Martinez's Mexican light flyweight title; Filomeno Jaramillo, Mexico, vs. Victor Terrazas, Mexico, 12, for the interim Mexican super bantamweight title. May 26 At Shanghai, Daisuko Naito, Japan, vs. Xiong Zhao Zhong, China 12, for Naito's WBC flyweight title.

At TBA, Thailand, Denkaosen Kaow-ichit, Thailand, vs. Hiroyuki Hisataka, Japan, 12, for Kaowichit's WBA flyweight title. May 30 At Hartwall Arena Helsinki, Finland, Ruslan Chagaev, Germany, vs. Nikolai Valuev, Russia, 12, for Chagaev's WBA heavyweight title. Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, Fla (HBO), Andre Berto, Winter Haven, Fla, vs.

Juan Urango, Miami, 12, welterweights; Alfredo An-gulo, Coachella vs. Kermit Cin-tron, Reading, Pa, 12, light Totals 240 34-85 21-28 12-38 20 24 94 FG .400. FT .750. Three-point goals: 5-27, .185 (Lewis 2-5, Turkoglu 1-4, Pietrus 1-5, Alston 1-6, Johnson 0-1, Lee 0-1, Redick 0-5). Team Rebounds: 9.

Team TO: 8 (9 pts). Blocks: 4 (Howard 3, Lewis). TO: 8 (Turkoglu 3, Lewis 2, Alston, Howard, Lee). Steals 5 (Pietrus 2, Alston, Gortat Redick). Boston Orlando 25 23 31 16-95 28 18 25 23-94 LA.

LAKERS FG Min M-A FT Reb M-A O-T APFPts Ariza Odom Gasol Fisher Bryant Walton Farmar Bynum Vujacic Brown Powell Totals 23 2-4 25 1-4 38 11-17 19 1-4 34 7-17 1-2 2 2 5 1-6 3 3 2 3-9 1 4 30 0-2 0 0 2 0-2 5 1 15 2-3 2-7 0-1 2-7 6-11 0-1 1-5 1 1 5 0-3 1 3 7 3 0 2 7 1-2 0 0-0 1 1-3 0 3 14 0-3 0 0 0 240 34-76 11-18 8-37 14 22 87 FG .447. FT .611. Three-point goals: 8-18, .444 (Brown 2-3, Vujacic 2-4, Ariza 1-1, Walton 1-1, Farmar 1-3, Bryant 1-4, Fisher 0-1, Odom 0-1). Team Rebounds 8. Team TO: 1 1 (17 pts).

Blocks: 4 (Gasol 2, Odom 2). TO: 11 (Walton 4, Ariza 3, Odom 2, Bynum, Gasol). Steals: 7 (Bryant 4, Brown, Fisher, VujacicXTechnical fouls Bryant Odom, 6:01 third. HOUSTON Battier Scola Hayes Brooks Artest Landry Wafer Lowry Cook FG FT Reb Min M-A M-A O-T APFPts 40 6-12 6-6 3-4 1 1 23 32 4-11 3-6 2-14 2 3 11 34 1-2 0-0 3-9 2 4 2 39 12-20 6-6 1-3 4 2 34 43 4-19 0-0 2-10 6 2 8 12 1-3 0-0 0-1 1 1 2 6 2-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 4 26 5-8 2-2 0-2 2 1 12 4 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 3 Totals 240 36-80 17-20 11-43 18 16 99 FG .450. FT .850.

Three-point goals: 10-29, .345 (Battier 5-10, Brooks 4-9, Cook 1-1, Wafer 0-1, Lowry Rebounds: 8. Team TO: 11 (12 pts). Blocks: 4 (Battier, Brooks, Hayes, Lowry). TO: 10 (Brooks 3, Artest 2, Battier, Hayes, Lowry, Scola, Wafer). Steals: 7 (Hayes 4, Lowry 2, Artest).

Technical fouls: Defensive three second, LA Lakers Houston 16 20 18 33-87 29 25 29 16-99 At MTTC Iphitos, ($599,000) (seedings in parentheses): Men's Singles, Final Tomas Berdych (4) def. Mikhail Youzh-ny, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (5). At SRPC Milan Gale Muskatirovic, Belgrade, Serbia ($599,000) (seedings in parentheses): Men's Singles, Final Novak Djokovic (1) def. Lukasz Kubot, 6-3, 7-6 (0). At Estadio Nacional, Oeiras, Portugal (Men, Women, $220,000) (seedings in parentheses): Men's singles, Semifinals James Blake (4) def.

Nikolay Davydenko (2), 6-7 (3), 7-6 (2), 6-3. Men's singles, Final Albert Montanes (7) def. James Blake (4), 5-7, 7-6 (6), 6-0. At Recinto Ferial Casa de Campo, (Men, $5.04 million; Women, $4.5 million) (seedings in parentheses): Men's Singles, First Round Tommy Robredo (16) def. Nicolas Kief-er, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2; Sam Querrey def.

Radek Stepanek (15), 7-6 (2), 5-2 retired; Juan Carlos Ferrero def. Igor Kunitsyn, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. Women's Singles, First Round Li Na def. CarlaSuarez Navarro, 5-7, 6-1, 7-5; Lucie Safarova def. Kaia Kanepi (16), 6-2, 2-3 retired; Petra Kvitova def.

Sybille Bammer, 4-1 retired; Samantha Stosur def. Agnieszka Radwanska (10), 7-6 (4), 6-1; Aravane Rezai def. Tsvetana Pironkova, 6-3, 6-4; Elena Vesnina def. AlizeCornet 13), 7-5, 6-1; Patty Schnyd-er Sara Errani, 6-2, 6-3; Jelena Jankovic (4) def. Nuria Llagostera Vives, 6-2, 6-1; Alona Bondarenko def.

Sorana Cirstea, 6-2, 6-2; Agnes Szavay def. Flavia Pennetta (12), 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-2; Lourdes Dominguez Lino Akgul Amanmuradova, 7-6 (5), 6-4; Anne Keothavong def. Mariana Duque Marino, 6-3, 7-6 (4); Vera Dushevina def. Anabel Medina Garrigues (14), 6-3, 6-4; Anna-Lena Groenefeld def. Monica Ni-culescu, Thorugh Saturday Scoring FG FT Pts Avg.

James, Clev. 7 75 73 236 33.7 Bryant LAL 8 89 51 242 30.3 Wade, Mia. 7 68 50 204 29.1 Parker, S.A. 5 59 22 143 28.6 Roy, Port. 6 56 40 160 26.7 Anthony, Den.

8 70 48 199 24.9 Gordon, Chi. 7 52 49 170 24.3 Nowitzki, Dall. 8 65 58 192 24.0 Iguodala, Phil. 6 44 30 129 21.5 Pierce, Bos. 10 70 58 215 21.5 Miller, Phil.

6 48 28 127 21.2 Billups, Den. 8 45 51 169 21.1 Howard, Orl. 8 59 47 165 20.6 Boozer, Utah 5 38 27 103 20.6 R. Allen, Bos. 10 63 47 203 20.3 Williams, Utah 5 29 34 101 20.2 Duncan, S.A.

5 41 17 99 19.8 Lewis, Orl. 9 63 36 178 19.8 Rose, Chi. 7 59 20 138 19.7 Aldridge, Port 6 51 14 117 19.5 Artest Hou. 9 63 20 165 18.3 Salmons.Chi. 7 43 29 127 18.1 Rondo, Bos.

10 70 36 180 18.0.