The six area high school basketball teams will take part in the District 9 high school basketball playoffs.

Here is the schedule, which was released Thursdaysday:

Class AA Boys:

Karns City (16-7, 10-2) received a first-round bye and awaits the winner of Wednesday's clash between Cranberry and Redbank Valley.

Class AA Girls:

Moniteau (14-7, 10-1) has a bye before playing the winner of Tuesday's game between Curwensville and Brookville.

Karns City (10-13, 5-7) will take to the road, playing at Kane at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Class A Boys:

Union (20-4, 12-1) received a first-round bye and will host the Clarion-Ridgway winner at 7 p.m. next Friday.

Also in the mix is A-C Valley (13-10, 8-4), who host Rocky Grove at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Class A Girls:

Union's girls (22-2, 13-0) also received a bye and will host the Sheffield-Clarion-Limestone winner at 7 p.m. Thursday.

PITTSBURGH - The Pittsburgh Pirates signed injured starting pitchers John Van Benschoten and Sean Burnett and catcher J.R. House to one-year contracts Thursday.The right-handed Van Benschoten will miss the season after undergoing shoulder surgery last month. Burnett, a left-hander who won five straight starts shortly after his callup last season, is expected to miss most of the season after undergoing reconstructive elbow surgery.Burnett, the Pirates' 2000 first-round draft pick, and Van Benschoten, a first-round pick in 2001, both made their major league debuts last season. Burnett was 5-5 with a 5.02 ERA in 13 starts and Van Benschoten was 1-3 with a 6.91 ERA in six games, including five starts.House is a one-time top prospect whose defensive liabilities have kept him from competing for a starting job. He goes into spring training next week as the No. 3 catcher behind Benito Santiago and Humberto Cota.

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. - Phil Mickelson Thursday broke the course record at Spyglass Hill - the toughest course in the rotation - with a 10-under 62 that gave him a three-shot lead in the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.Davis Love III, Charles Howell III, Kevin Sutherland, Daniel Chopra and Hunter Mahan all shot 7-under 65s.It was the largest first-round lead at this tournament since Tom Watson led by three in 1978. Mickelson's 62 was two shots better than the previous course record at Spyglass, last set by David Berganio four years ago.Defending champion Vijay Singh was 11 shots behind after opening with a 73.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Dale Jarrett earned the top starting spot for the Budweiser Shootout in a blind draw Thursday.Starting alongside Jarrett in the front row Saturday at Daytona International Speedway will be Greg Biffle, with Bill Elliott and Brian Vickers in the second row, followed by Ken Schrader and Nextel Cup champion Kurt Busch.