IN BRIEF
Butler High graduate Katresa Savisky helped the Point Park University women's basketball team win the Bevo Francis Tournament over the weekend in Ohio.
After scoring 14 points and tallying eight rebounds and a pair of steals in the championship game, Savisky, a sophomore guard/forward, was named to the All-Tournament Team.
Karns City High product Ashley Campbell contributed seven kills in the Point Park University women’s volleyball team’s 3-1 win over Holy Names (Calif.) Saturday.With the win, the Pioneers (36-5) advance to the NAIA Tournament.Franz clutch for VulcansFormer Seneca Valley star Meghan Franz dropped 12 kills and two blocks in the California (Pa.) University women’s volleyball team’s 3-1 win over Lock Haven.The victory gave the Vulcans (31-4) their fifth PSAC championship in the last seven years.
ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Cardinals are replacing a manager who's third on the career victory list with a man who'll be writing his first lineup card on opening day.Mike Matheny, a former catcher with the Cardinals who had been a minor league instructor, will be introduced as Tony La Russa's successor at a news conference Monday.
DURHAM, N.C. — Mike Krzyzewski tied Bob Knight atop the Division I men's career wins list with his 902nd victory in No. 6 Duke's 96-55 rout against Presbyterian on Saturday.Ryan Kelly scored 17 points for the Blue Devils (2-0), who shot 61 percent and used a huge first-half run to deliver another milestone victory to their Hall of Fame coach.
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo Sabres goalie Ryan Miller is out indefinitely with a concussion after being leveled by a hit from Boston Bruins forward Milan Lucic.The Sabres revealed the nature of Miller's injury Sunday.
SYDNEY — The loudest cheers were for Tiger Woods. The Australian Open belonged to Greg Chalmers.Chalmers won his national championship for the second time Sunday, closing with a 3-under 69 to hold off a late charge by Woods and a 50-foot birdie putt by John Senden that nearly forced a playoff.
