IN BRIEF
The Grove City boys basketball team (16-9) will face General McLane in the District 10 Class AAA semifinals at 8:30 p.m. tonight at Edinboro University.
General McLane (22-3) is the defending PIAA Class AAA champion.
Seneca Valley hockey's senior forward/center Andrew Tang has been named the PIHL Class AAA's player of the month for January.Tang, a native of Evans City, scored six goals and added six assists in January, which saw the Raiders win all five of their games while outscoring their opponents 28-6.
Seneca Valley graduate Drew Snyder, a junior freestylist for the Grove City College men's swimming team, was on the winning 400-yard freestyle relay team that clinched the Presidents' Athletic Conference title for the Wolverines Saturday night.Snyder and his teammates finished the event in an NCAA provisional qualifying time of three minutes and 6.71 seconds.
LOS ANGELES — Phil Mickelson held on long enough for Jeff Quinney to self-destruct on the back nine at Riviera, closing with a 1-under 70 to win the Northern Trust Open and complete an impressive collection of trophies in California and Arizona.Lefty was steady down the stretch as Quinney faltered, and finished with a 12-under 272 to win by two shots for his 33rd career victory — 16 of those on the West Coast.Quinney holed four straight putts outside 10 feet around the turn and briefly held the lead. However, he bogeyed three straight holes, and three-putted again from about 20 feet on the 17th for another bogey that allowed Mickelson to ease to the win.Quinney finished with a final-round 71. British Open champion Padraig Harrington and Luke Donald each shot 68 and tied for third at 7 under.
KAHUKU, Hawaii — Annika Sorenstam won the season-opening SBS Open for her 70th LPGA Tour title and first since September 2006, birdieing two of the last three holes Saturday for a 3-under 69 and two-stroke victory.The 37-year-old Swedish star finished with a 10-under 206 total.Rookie Russy Gulyanamitta (68), Laura Diaz (70) and Jane Park (70) tied for second.
NEW ORLEANS — A red cape trailing behind him, Orlando's Dwight Howard made like Superman and won perhaps the best dunk contest, definitely the most creative, in NBA history to close a memorable All-Star Saturday.Using a variety of props as well as teammate Jameer Nelson, Howard scored perfect 50s from judges on his first two dunks before the contest was turned over to fan voting for the first time in the final round. Fans, too, picked the 6-foot-11 Howard by an overwhelming margin over Minnesota's Gerald Green.
