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Seneca Valley, Mars and Freeport will be involved in the Penguins Cup hockey playoffs next week.
Seneca Valley hosts Fox Chapel in a Class AAAgame at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Warrendale Blade Runners. Mars hosts Beaver in a Class A game at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at the same facility.
Freeport will host Westmont Hilltop at 7 p.m. March 14 at Belmont Arena.
District hoops finals slated for Saturday
Slippery Rock and Union will be involved in girls basketball district championship games Saturday.
Slippery Rock faces Sharon for the District 10 Class AAAtitle at 7 p.m. at Westminster College. Union meets Coudersport at 2 p.m. for the District 9 Class Acrown at Clarion University.
Dentist sues Lidle's estateNEW YORK — A dentist to the rich and famous has filed a $7 million lawsuit against the estate of late New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle, claiming his home was destroyed when the ballplayer's small airplane crashed into his apartment building.Dr. Lawrence Rosenthal says in court papers that after Lidle's Cirrus SR-20 aircraft crashed into the Manhattan building where he lived with his wife and teenage son, they had to vacate their 43rd-floor apartment.The plane, with Lidle and flight instructor Tyler Stanger aboard, hit the Upper East Side building on the 30th floor, 13 floors below Rosenthal's apartment, on Oct 11. Lidle, 34, and Stanger, 26, were killed in the crash.Wi holds lead at Honda ClassicPALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Charlie Wi shot a 5-under 65 in windy conditions Thursday, giving him a one-shot lead over Bernhard Langer after one round of the Honda Classic. He missed only two fairways, connected on 17 of 20 putts inside 25 feet, and made a 40-footer for birdie at the par-4 13th.Marco Dawson, Robert Allenby, Joe Ogilvie and Cliff Kresge shot 67s on a day marked by 20 mph wind and even higher gusts.Parcells rejoins ESPN NFL crewBRISTOL, Conn. — Bill Parcells is returning to ESPN, the network he left before signing on to coach the Dallas Cowboys.Parcells was unveiled Thursday as part of the cable network's "Monday Night Countdown" crew that will precede the network's game telecasts. He had been an analyst on ESPN's Sunday pregame show in 2002 before leaving to coach the Cowboys.
