The Saxonburg Spartans youth football program has two teams in the league's Super Bowl Saturday.

The Spartans' small team for ages 7 and 8 finished 10-0 in the regular season and has won 19 straight games dating back to last year.

The team defeated Pine-Richland, 19-9, last weekend and will face Mars in the Super Bowl.

The Spartans' middle team for ages 9 and 10 defeated Pine-Richland, 6-0, last weekend to win the regular season championship with a 9-1 record.

The team will face the same Pine-Richland squad in the Super Bowl.

LOUISVILLE, Ky.- San Francisco Giants outfielder Barry Bonds Tuesday extended his own record by winning his 12th Silver Slugger award, given to the top offensive players at their positions in each league.Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Jack Wilson was also honored.For the first time since the awards began in 1980, there was a tie at one position, with Detroit's Ivan Rodriguez and Cleveland's Victor Martinez sharing the honor as the top-hitting AL catcher. It was the seventh award for Rodriguez, the first for Martinez.Winners were picked by major league managers and coaches, who were not allowed to vote for their own players. The awards are given by Hillerich & Bradsby Co., the maker of Louisville Slugger bats.

BOSTON - Red Sox star pitcher Pedro Martinez filed for free agency Tuesday, a week after his Game 3 victory helped Boston win its first World Series title since 1918.Martinez just completed a $90 million, seven-year contract. The Red Sox have exclusive negotiating rights with him until Nov. 11, the day before other teams can discuss money with the three-time Cy Young Award winner.Martinez joins more than a dozen members of the World Series champions headed for the free-agent market, including pitcher Derek Lowe, catcher Jason Varitek and shortstop Orlando Cabrera.

TORONTO - Seventy-five NHL players met Tuesday with union leaders to get an update on a lockout that shows no sign of ending. The meeting at an airport hotel was billed as a routine update on the labor dispute so player representatives could brief their teammates.The players met for about four hours, after having dinner together on Monday night. The meeting included player representatives from all 30 clubs and other players who wanted to attend.NHLPA executive director Bob Goodenow said there was no "crack or divisiveness" in the union. He said no new proposals would be made to the league as a result of the meeting. He's waiting for the league to make a new proposal.WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Cincinnati Reds general manager Jim Bowden was hired as general manager of the Washington-bound Montreal Expos, taking a job that might last only a few months while the team is being sold.Bowden will take a leave of absence from his job as an ESPN commentator.The length of Bowden's stay depends on how long it takes to sell the team, which is owned by the 29 other major league clubs. At least two dozen potential buyers have shown interest, and the sale might not be completed until late in the offseason or early in the next regular season. Bowden expressed no interest in remaining with the team once an owner is chosen.HOCKEYBASKETBALLSAN ANTONIO (AP) - Point guard Tony Parker signed a six-year contract extension with the San Antonio Spurs. The deal was finalized late Monday night, within a few hours of the league's signing deadline. Had an agreement not been reached, Parker would have become a restricted free agent at the end of this season.For San Antonio, the signing locks up the team's top three players - Parker, two-time MVP Tim Duncan and Argentine guard Manu Ginobili - for the rest of the decade.OLYMPICSATHENS, Greece (AP) - A prosecutor postponed a decision on whether to charge the two Greek sprinters who missed a doping test and withdrew from the Athens Olympics.Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou also were involved in a suspicious motorcycle accident on the eve of the Aug. 13-29 games. Both runners and coach Christos Tsekos have said they did not stage the accident.Chief Athens Prosecutor Dimitris Papangelopoulos was supposed to have decided on the charges last week, but postponed an announcement. He did not explain the reasons for the initial postponement.This time, he wanted to ask the chief appellate court prosecutor to see if charges should be pressed against some of the doctors. The review could take two weeks or more.AUTO RACINGDAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - NASCAR fined Nextel Cup driver Rusty Wallace $10,000 for intentionally hitting Ryan Newman's car as the field returned to pit lane after the Oct. 24 race at Martinsville Speedway.Wallace was angry with his Penske Racing South teammate after a run-in late in the race and bumped Newman's Dodge to show his disapproval.Three others were also issued penalties for equipment infractions at Martinsville by NASCAR.Gil Martin, crew chief for Robby Gordon's' No. 31 Chevrolet, and co-crew chief Chris Andrews will share in a $10,000 fine for using improperly attached weights.Mario Gosselin, driver of the No. 80 Ford, was fined $500 for having an expired manufacturer's date on his driver's head-and-neck restraint device.COLLEGE BASKETBALLSEATTLE (AP) - Four Washington players will miss the season opener against Seattle Pacific after being suspended for playing in unsanctioned summer games - a secondary NCAA rules violation.Guards Will Conroy and Tre Simmons and forwards Bobby Jones and Jamaal Williams won't play in the Nov. 19 opener. Simmons, who played in two unsanctioned games, also will sit out Washington's Nov. 25 game against Utah in the Great Alaska Shootout.NCAA rules prohibit players from participating in outside competition during the academic year. The rules define such competition as any games that include a scorebook and game officials.AP-ES-11-03-04 0430EST

The annual PNC Tennis Classic, a professional women's tennis tournament, begins with qualifying rounds at 10 a.m. Sunday at the Oxford Tennis Club in Wexford.This is a $50,000 event on the U.S. Tennis Association's pro circuit. No admission fee is charged until the quarterfinal round, which begins Nov. 12.Laura Granville is the No. 1 seed and was named ProCircuit player of the week recently. No. 3 seed is Alina Jidkova of Russia, who defeated Serena Williams recently.The tournament runs Nov. 7 to 14. Call tournament co-director Sally Gibson at 724-933-1911, ext. 104, for details.

Jordan Foley of Butler, a sophomore quarterback for Shady Side Academy, completed 52 of 112 passes for 872 yards this season.Foley threw for nine touchdowns and rushed for two more as the Indians posted a 2-7 record.