Wooden

LOS ANGELES — Former UCLA basketball coach and Hall of Famer John Wooden celebrated his 99th birthday Wednesday.

Wooden is confined to a wheelchair after a series of minor health setbacks in recent years.

One of his last public appearances came in July when he gathered with current Bruins coach Ben Howland and several of his former players at a luncheon celebrating Wooden's recognition by a national magazine as the greatest coach in American sports history.

Wooden, whose wife Nell died in 1985, is looked after by his daughter, son, several grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

He won a record 10 national championships at UCLA, including seven in a row.

BUTLER TWP — The Butler Area Midget Football League championship games will be played Saturday night at Butler High's Art Bernardi Stadium.The junior varsity game pits Center Township (5-1) against Penn Street (4-2) at 5:30 p.m. The varsity championship pits East Side (5-1) against Center Township (5-1) at 7.

CHAMBERSBURG — Antonio Baroffio and Bobby Marshall of Butler County Community College placed fifth and sixth, respectively, at the PCAA State Golf Tournament, which was held Monday and Tuesday at Penn National Golf Club.The Pioneers placed third out of 14 teams and 52 golfers who took part.Potomac State was the overall winner with 467 points, followed by Bucks County Community College (481), then the Pioneers (486).Baroffio (Butler) fired a two-round score of 157 while Marshall tied for sixth with a 163. Both golfers earned all-state honors.Teammate Ethan Danner (Knoch) was 14th with a 166.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Larry Brown became the first major target in the NBA's zero-tolerance policy toward criticizing its replacement referees.The Bobcats coach was hit with $60,000 in fines and the Charlotte organization was fined another $60,000 Wednesday after Brown's ejection from an exhibition game.Memphis Grizzlies coach Lionel Hollins also was fined $25,000 for criticism after a game Monday, as the league attempts to protect its inexperienced officials while it locks out its regular referees in a labor dispute.