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“I am almost without words,” said Lail, pausing to collect his thoughts. “To have the name on the wall, the plaque, and all of that is great, but to have all of these players here tonight, to come up and hug my neck ... I never wanted to win for the records. I wanted to win for this school and, most of all, for those players, who worked so hard. They gave so much of themselves and I wanted to win for them, but never for the records.” Porter, who spoke to the crowd following Rogers’ introduction, talked about those records, and how appropriate it was that the night’s opponent was Burns. “Back in the late 1970s and early 80s, Burns had several good basketball teams,” said Porter. “Coach Lail finished his career with a 23-2 record against Burns, but Burns shouldn’t feel that bad. Coach Lail was 22-2 against Chase and 20-5 against East Rutherford.” Porter, later, echoed a common theme as he spoke of Lail. “This is long overdue,” said Porter. “He is most deserving of this honor. His ability to inspire young men to go above and beyond, and to get the very best out of them made Stacy special.” Lail’s former players also spoke of the man that they knew so well. “He deserves it a lot, it’s overdue,” said Miller. Millers’ former teammate, Harding, agreed competely. “I think the operative word is overdue,” said Harding. “He is a guy you wanted to play hard for .... I don’t miss his practices, though.” Lail averaged 23 wins a season for 11 years at the helm of the Hilltoppers, and his charges captured the 1979-80 and 1985-86 3A state titles. And, the gym at the Palace now has a much better name than the old gym at Central High Hill.
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On the women’s side, the Lady Hilltoppers took home the top prize with 125, with the Lady Trojans narrowly missing the century mark with a total of 97. East notched a third place finish, while TJCA notched a team total of 32 points. Top individual performers for each program include, on the men’s side: Chase’s Alex Hutchins had a hand in numerous victories for his squad with an individual win in the 50 yard freestyle, while notching relay team victories 200- and 400yard relay. Evan Morse, Zane Kingery and Joseph Toney also notched victories for the Trojans. Kendall Corbett led R-S with wins in the 200yard IM, as well as in the 100-yard Backstroke and a relay win, 200-Free. East’s’ top performer were Kyle Maynard, Jake Smith and Zackery Arrowood, who won the 500-yard Free, the 200-Free, and the 100-yard Backstroke respectively. On the womens side, Kaley Holmstrom led R-S with wins in the 200-Free, as well as helping to notch the top time in the relay of the same distance, while also picking up the win in the 100-yard Breaststroke. Christy Powell and Shayla Hensley picked up multiple wins for the Hilltoppers. The Lady Trojans got wins in 200- and 400-yard Medley Relay, while Mollee McKinney picked up a win in the 50-Free. The Lady Cavs gained wins in 100-Free by Lauren Henderson. Rebecca Brenon, Mara Chambers and Leonie Manus also had strong showings TJCA picked up a win in the combined 500-yard Freestyle, where as the lone female competitor in the race Sammi Jo Thompson out-distanced her nearest competitor and the rest of the field by nearly 22 seconds. She and her sister, Sarah, finished second and third, respectively, in the 200yard Free, while teammate Amber Brooks picked up points in the 100-Free.
Bobcats stifle Spurs
CHARLOTTE (AP) — Boris Diaw had 26 points and 11 rebounds, Gerald Wallace added 21 points and the Charlotte Bobcats used stifling secondhalf defense to beat the San Antonio Spurs 92-76 on Friday night for their franchise-record sixth straight home win. With Wallace collecting acrobatic blocks, the Bobcats took control with a dominant defensive stand that bridged the third and fourth quarters. The Spurs went more than 9 minutes without a field goal, and the Bobcats’ 19-2 run put them ahead 70-57 and secured their sixth win in seven games overall.
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17 20 .459 15 21 .417 13 25 .342 12 25 .324 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct Dallas 25 13 .658 San Antonio 24 13 .649 Houston 22 17 .564 New Orleans 20 17 .541 Memphis 19 18 .514 Northwest Division W L Pct Denver 25 14 .641 Portland 24 16 .600 Utah 22 17 .564 Oklahoma City 21 17 .553 Minnesota 8 32 .200 Pacific Division W L Pct L.A. Lakers 30 9 .769 Phoenix 24 15 .615 L.A. Clippers 17 20 .459 Sacramento 15 22 .405 Golden State 11 26 .297
FOOTBALL NFL Playoff Glance Wild-card Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 9 N.Y. Jets 24, Cincinnati 14 Dallas 34, Philadelphia 14 Sunday, Jan. 10 Baltimore 33, New England 14 Arizona 51, Green Bay 45, OT Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 16 Arizona at New Orleans, 4:30 p.m. (FOX) Baltimore at Indianapolis, 8:15 p.m. (CBS) Sunday, Jan. 17 Dallas at Minnesota, 1 p.m. (FOX) N.Y. Jets at San Diego, 4:40 p.m. (CBS) Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 24 AFC, 3 p.m. (CBS) NFC, 6:40 p.m. (FOX) Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 31 At Miami AFC vs. NFC, 7:20 p.m. (ESPN) Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 7 At Miami NFC champion vs. AFC champion, 6:25 p.m. (CBS)
BASKETBALL Atlantic Coast Conference Conference All Games W L Pct. W L Pct. Virginia 2 0 1.000 10 4 .714 Duke 2 1 .667 14 2 .875 Clemson 2 1 .667 14 3 .824 Wake Forest 2 1 .667 12 3 .800 Virginia Tech 1 1 .500 13 2 .867 North Carolina 1 1 .500 12 5 .706 Maryland 1 1 .500 10 5 .667 Miami 1 2 .333 15 2 .882 Florida St. 1 2 .333 13 4 .765 Georgia Tech 1 2 .333 12 4 .750 N.C. State 1 2 .333 12 5 .706 Boston College 1 2 .333 10 7 .588 National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct Boston 27 11 .711 Toronto 19 20 .487 New York 16 22 .421 Philadelphia 12 26 .316 New Jersey 3 35 .079 Southeast Division W L Pct Orlando 26 13 .667 Atlanta 25 13 .658 Miami 19 18 .514 Charlotte 18 19 .486 Washington 12 25 .324 Central Division W L Pct Cleveland 30 11 .732
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century mark for the first time this season. Central, buried their first four shots and captured 15 points off seven first quarter steals to rout the Burns Lady Bulldogs, 10249, at Stacy L. Lail Gymnasium on the campus of R-S Central. Shannon Hines led Central to a hot start as she connected on an open left wing 3-ball after Burns could get nothing on its first possession. On the inbounds, Burns had the ball taken away by Central’s Taylor McDaniel and passed off to Hines, who connected on the lay up and the free throw attached. Melissa McLaughlin countered with a steal of her own and was true with an easy right side lay up. Taylor Gray ended the 11-0 run to start the game on a left corner trey on Central next possession as Central in two minutes began to throttle the Lady Bulldogs. Burns found just three first quarter field goals, while the Lady Hilltoppers made 11 in the opening period in building a 31-6 led after the first quarter. Hines paced the way with 24 points and 8 assists. McLaughlin ended the night with 18 as 13 Ladies Hilltoppers scored in the game. Alyssia Watkins had her first career double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds. Mercedes Davis and McDaniel added 9 apiece in the win.
East Rutherford 62, Shelby 52 SHELBY — Emotions ran high in an up-tempo renewal of the Shelby-East Rutherford boys basketball rivalry on Friday
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HOCKEY National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF New Jersey 45 32 12 1 65 130
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night at Lloyd Little Gym. The Golden Lions used fullcourt pressure defense the entire second half and the game was put out of reach by a fourthquarter breakaway dunk, but not in the fashion the Shelby faithful hoped for in a 62-52 road win by the Cavaliers. Zone or man defense, the Lions would have had trouble containing East’s “big two” of sophomore Rob Gray and junior Devince Boykins. Boykins scored a game-high 21 points while grabbing 12 rebounds, and his two-handed 360 degree throwdown dunk put East up 54-36 with just more than three minutes left to play. Gray was held below his nearly 23-point average but still recorded 13 points with seven assists in the Cavaliers’ first win in Shelby since 2005. “That’s a huge win,” East Rutherford coach Brad Levine said of the victory which put his team into first place in the SMAC standings. “I thought our kids played hard and had tons of energy. “The zone surprised us a little, but Aubrey saw us struggle some at Chase last week against a zone. Once we got good movement and settled down, we were fine. … I’m tickled; our guys worked awfully hard.”
Lady Lions 56, Lady Cavs 29 SHELBY — Shelby earned the split in varsity contests for the evening though, as the Lady Lions earlier cruised to a 56-29 win. Shelby jumped on top 26-10 by halftime and Kelantra Allen was the difference — literally. Allen scored 14 points by half, her fourth 3-point hit giving her Lady Lions a 24-10 edge.
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Wednesday’s Games Atlanta 94, Washington 82 Indiana 122, Phoenix 114 New York 93, Philadelphia 92 Boston 111, New Jersey 87 New Orleans 108, L.A. Clippers 94 San Antonio 109, Oklahoma City 108, OT L.A. Lakers 100, Dallas 95 Houston 120, Minnesota 114,3OT Denver 115, Orlando 97 Portland 120, Milwaukee 108 Miami 115, Golden State 102 Thursday’s Games Chicago 96, Boston 83 Utah 97, Cleveland 96 Friday’s Games Charlotte 92, San Antonio 76 Philadelphia 98, Sacramento 86 Washington at Chicago, late Minnesota at Memphis, late Phoenix at Atlanta, late New Orleans at Detroit, late Indiana at New Jersey, late Toronto at New York, late Oklahoma City at Dallas, late Miami at Houston, late Milwaukee at Golden State, late L.A. Clippers at L.A. Lakers, late Orlando at Portland, late Saturday’s Games New Orleans at Indiana, 6 p.m. Phoenix at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Sacramento at Washington, 7 p.m. New York at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. San Antonio at Memphis, 8 p.m. Miami at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. Milwaukee at Utah, 9 p.m. Cleveland at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.
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Pittsburgh 49 30 18 1 61 155 N.Y. Rangers 47 22 18 7 51 120 Philadelphia 46 23 20 3 49 140 N.Y. Islanders 47 20 19 8 48 124 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF Buffalo 45 29 11 5 63 125 Boston 46 23 16 7 53 119 Montreal 48 23 21 4 50 124 Ottawa 48 23 21 4 50 129 Toronto 48 16 23 9 41 129 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF Washington 46 28 12 6 62 171 Atlanta 46 20 19 7 47 144 Florida 47 19 20 8 46 135 Tampa Bay 46 18 18 10 46 120 Carolina 46 14 25 7 35 115
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WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF 47 32 11 4 68 155 47 28 16 3 59 136 46 24 16 6 54 118 46 20 19 7 47 120 49 18 22 9 45 125 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF Calgary 47 26 15 6 58 126 Colorado 47 26 15 6 58 138 Vancouver 47 27 18 2 56 149 Minnesota 48 24 21 3 51 131 Edmonton 46 16 25 5 37 126 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF San Jose 48 30 10 8 68 153 Phoenix 48 27 16 5 59 125 Los Angeles 47 26 18 3 55 139 Anaheim 48 21 20 7 49 133 Dallas 47 19 17 11 49 134
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Wednesday’s Games Washington 5, Florida 4, SO Minnesota 5, Vancouver 2 Pittsburgh 3, Calgary 1 Anaheim 4, Boston 3 Thursday’s Games Boston 2, San Jose 1, SO Toronto 4, Philadelphia 0 Ottawa 2, N.Y. Rangers 0 Buffalo 2, Atlanta 1, OT Montreal 5, Dallas 3 Florida 3, Tampa Bay 2 Detroit 3, Carolina 1 St. Louis 1, Minnesota 0 Chicago 3, Columbus 0 Phoenix 4, New Jersey 3 Pittsburgh 3, Edmonton 2 Los Angeles 4, Anaheim 0 Friday’s Games Washington 6, Toronto 1 Nashville at Calgary, late Saturday’s Games Chicago at Columbus, 2 p.m. Detroit at Dallas, 2 p.m. New Jersey at Colorado, 3 p.m. Boston at Los Angeles, 4 p.m. Edmonton at San Jose, 4 p.m. Ottawa at Montreal, 7 p.m. Buffalo at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Tampa Bay at Florida, 7 p.m. Atlanta at Carolina, 8 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Minnesota at Phoenix, 8 p.m. Pittsburgh at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
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R-S Central’s girls basketball team celebrates their decisive victory over Burns, Friday.
Ebony Whitworth added 10 for Shelby (12-1, 4-1) and Tamara El-Amoor led East with 15, all in the second half.
Cavaliers pin down Shelby in wrestling FOREST CITY — East’s Tyler McGinnis came up with, perhaps, the biggest pin of his season when he took down his Shelby opponent and lifted the Cavs to a one-point win, 42-41, over the Lions, Friday. The win secured East a place in the 2A State Duals — a first in school history. Joining McGinnis (160-pounds) in the winners’ column were teammates Cody Hill (112), Andy Van Dyke (119), Brandon Jackson (130), Charlie Perez (135), Tyler Nelson (140), and Joseph Byrd (Heavyweight). Shelby Stars’ Paul Schenkel contributed to this report.