IN BRIEF
The Butler girls varsity tennis team will play at No. 4 seed Upper St. Clair at 3 p.m. Tuesday in the opening round of the WPIAL playoffs.
Butler, which qualified for the post-season for the second consecutive season, finished 12-5 during the regular season.
Carolyn Shetter, Madison Kerr and Heather Santa will be the No's. 1-3 singles players, respectively, while Katherine Sylvia and Hannah Roccki will be the No. 1 doubles team; Racheal Wilson and Jamie Daum the No. 2 team.
NEW YORK — A day after the top two teams in the AP Top 25 lost, Ohio State jumped two spots in the media poll and became the third school this season to hold the No. 1 ranking.An unpredictable season in which 10 ranked teams have been beaten by unranked teams took a new twist Saturday when LSU, in its second week as No. 1, was upset 43-37 in triple overtime by Kentucky. A few hours later, California, poised to move up one spot to No. 1 with a victory, lost at home 31-28 to Oregon State. It was the first time in 11 years the Nos. 1 and 2 teams in the AP poll lost on the same day.Ohio State and South Florida also held the top two spots in the first BCS standings.
CINCINNATI — Dusty Baker was hired as manager of the Cincinnati Reds, agreeing to a three-year deal with a team coming off its seventh straight losing season and looking for stability at the top.The Reds confirmed Baker will become their next manager and he was expected to be introduced at a news conference Monday in Cincinnati.
PALM DESERT, Calif. — Lorena Ochoa clinched her second straight LPGA Tour player of the year award with a runaway victory in the Samsung World Championship.Ochoa shot a final-round 6-under 66 for a four-stroke victory.
LAS VEGAS — George McNeill won his first career PGA Tour title in commanding fashion, shooting a 5-under 67 for a 23-under 264 total and a four-stroke victory over D.J. Trahan in the Frys.com Open.
