The Seneca Valley girls and Knoch boys basketball teams will take part in the PIAA Tournament, beginning next week.

Seneca Valley will be the Quad A No. 5 or 6 seed out of District 7 thanks to Oakland Catholic's 54-50 win over New Castle in the WPIAL semifinalTuesday. Oakland Catholic had defeated Seneca Valley 45-35 last Friday in the quarterfinals.

Knoch, which lost to Hampton 48-46 in the Class AAA quarterfinals last Friday, will return as the Talbots defeated Blackhawk 82-58 in the semifinals.

Quarterfinalists who lose to teams that reach the WPIAL championship game are brought back into the state tournament.

The Mars girls basketball team also will get pulled into the PIAA tournament should Moon, which defeated the Planets 42-30 last Friday, knock off West Mifflin tonight.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Barry Bonds entertained and delighted a small gathering of fans and teammates Tuesday by dressing up as Paula Abdul to judge the San Francisco Giants spin-off of the hit Fox show "American Idol," called Giants Idol.Bonds, who wore a strapless dress and a blonde wig, surprised everyone watching the mock contest, where young players had to sing in front of the judges.The event raised $337 from fans that will be matched by the Giants organization and donated to the Giants Community Fund.

NEW YORK — World Baseball Classic organizers said Tuesday that games in the first two rounds of the tournament will be ended after 14 innings, even if teams remain tied.In addition, the tournament's technical committee may suspend semifinal games after 14 innings if "pitcher availability for both teams would be substantially jeopardized by not suspending the game and pitcher availability would be substantially enhanced by resuming the game as a suspended game on the next day."Ties would count as half a win and half a loss in determining a team's winning percentage.

PORTLAND, Ore. — NBA Commissioner David Stern said Tuesday the league wants to find a way to help the Trail Blazers stop losing money in order to keep the team in Portland.Owner Paul Allen made team finances public last week, estimating the Trail Blazers could lose $100 million over the next three years.Lance Conn, the head of Allen's investment firm, Vulcan Capital, blamed what he called the worst arena lease in the NBA, along with a lack of a public subsidy for the Rose Garden, the home of the Blazers.