Tigers

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- His teammates weren't going to let Roburt Sallie have all the fun in this NCAA tournament. Bouncing back from a first-round malaise that might have sunk them if not for Sallie's record-setting shooting, Memphis hit a sizzling 70 percent in the first half Saturday and rolled past Maryland 89-70 in the second round of the West Regional. All of a sudden the Tigers looked and felt like the team that rode a 25-game winning streak into the tournament they nearly won a year ago. "Everybody was hitting out there," said Shawn Taggart, who had a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds in the start-to-finish domination of the 10th-seeded Terps.

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. -- The Heritage Center in Chambersburg will highlight Franklin County's connection to the World Series during a special program during AppleFest on Saturday, Oct. 17. The featured exhibit will salute Franklin County natives Nellie Fox and Tom Brookens, who were in the World Series 50 years ago and 25 years ago, respectively. Joanne Fox, the widow of Nellie Fox, will answer questions after a brief film highlighting her husband's career and his 1997 induction into baseball's Hall of Fame.

American Little League Eagles 7, Funkstown Legion 4: Mark Smith and John Brandi combined to pitch a four-hitter with 13 strikeouts to lead the Eagles. Patrick Barrow and Demetrius Stubbs nearly matched that for Funkstown, combining for a four-hitter and striking out five. Wash. Co. Girls Softball NAPA 20, Boonsboro Produce 12: Jessica Watters had five hits and Sara Austin added four to lead NAPA. Liz Barbas, Amanda Wolfe and Melissa Lloyd had two hits apiece. Wolfe threw a four-hitter to get the win. NAPA 13, Randy's Paint 9: Katie Robison led NAPA with three hits.

By BILL STERNER / Staff Correspondent photo: JOE CROCETTA / staff photographer SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. - The Shepherd College women's basketball team is thankful that the West Virginia Conference does not issue style points with victories. The Rams strengthened their hold on first place in the conference with a 57-52 win over Salem-Teikyo Monday night at the Butcher Athletic Center. [cont. from sports ] And although Shepherd (17-7, 14-3 West Virginia Conference)

andrewm@herald-mail.com WARFORDSBURG, Pa. - Once Fannett-Metal set off Southern Fulton's alarm late in the third quarter, the Indians either could have gotten out of bed or gone back to sleep until next season. Southern Fulton's hands never went anywhere near the snooze button. The top-seeded Indians outscored the eighth-seeded Tigers 18-5 over the final 9 minutes, 12 seconds of the game on the way to a 63-45 win in the District 5 Class A boys basketball quarterfinals Tuesday night.

Oak Hill wins 3rd straight SJIT ST. JAMES - Oak Hill coach Steve Smith will be the first person to admit that his Warriors prefer transition basketball over patience and set plays. In an ironic twist, however, his team won its third straight St. James Invitational Tournament Saturday night by slowing things down. The Warriors couldn't bury an equally fast Newport team in a track meet of a first half, so the Warriors played patient basketball in the second half and picked their spots to pull away for an entertaining 95-78 victory.

kauffman@herald-mail.com COLLEGE PARK, Md. - At first, the going was easy for Williamsport's volleyball team in the Maryland Class 1A semifinals Wednesday at Ritchie Coliseum. Then, when Rising Sun made the going difficult, Wildcats seniors Sammi Snodderly and Lacie Johnson - the two three-year starters who are trying to go out with their third state title - simply refused to lose. Snodderly had seven of her 16 kills in Game 4, and Johnson added five of her 10 kills in the final game as they spearheaded Williamsport's elimination of the Tigers, 25-12, 25-23, 21-25, 25-22.

YOUTH LEAGUES Hancock Little League Pirates 3, Tigers 1: Ryan Harper had 14 strikeouts and Ethan Martin had two hits for the Pirates. Joe Lashley and David Weller combined for nine strikeouts for the Tigers. Hagerstown Colt League Goodwill 7, UAW 5: Brad Logsdon and Matt Stevens each homered to lead Goodwill. Logsdon, Stevens and James Hussler each had two hits for the winners. Cody Poffenberger and Kyle King each had two hits for UAW. Maugansville Little League Ruritan 11, Burkholder's 4: Josh Bachtell, Dalton Bailey and Zach Snodderly had two hits each, while Jordan Wivell and Jake Bachtell both homered for Ruritan.

Today, on this date, April 9, in the year of our Lord as we now know it 2007, I am proud to say that I voted for John Kerry. True, I was under a bit of duress at the time, and by "bit of duress" I mean that my life had been amply threatened. But a fact is a fact and the peculiarities inconsequential. My vote went in the Kerry column. Also true is the fact that I never bragged about it much. Until now. What did he do to deserve this mental 180 on my part? Condemn the war?

andrewm@herald-mail.com SEVERN, Md. - The final play of Catoctin's 4-2 nine-inning loss to Rising Sun in the Maryland Class 1A state softball semifinals at Randazzo Softball Park seemed to leave a worst taste in the Cougars' mouths than the final score. With Catoctin trailing 4-2 with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, Shawna Wilkes grounded to Tigers second baseman Nikki Karashin. The ball arrived to Karashin about the same time Sara Wastler, who was running to second, leveled her to the ground.

The glory days of a former Waynesboro football team will be relived through memorabilia being displayed at Renfrew Museum. An open house Saturday at the Waynesboro museum will launch an exhibit of helmets, sweaters, scrapbooks, jackets, programs and trophies associated with the Waynesboro Tigers. The exhibit also features audio of a radio broadcast from an Oct. 20, 1951, game. That broadcast was recorded to be sent to Waynesboro residents serving in the Korean War, according to Dade Royer, executive director of Renfrew Museum and Park.

The students at White Tiger Martial Arts in Hagerstown held a kickathon Sept. 15 to raise money for breast cancer awareness. This year, the Kick-A-Thon for Breast Cancer raised $4,253. Mr. Jimmy, the owner and master instructor at the school, asks his students to challenge themselves and kick more than 1,500 kicks in a one-hour kicking session. This year, they surpassed the goal and kicked 1,600 kicks to raise the money. There were many tears on the mat as one of the mothers of two of the students, who recently had a double mastectomy and is undergoing chemotherapy treatments, stepped onto the mat and kicked the final 10 kicks with all of the kickers.

With the words "Destination Ground Zero" handwritten on a piece of cardboard on his back and carrying an oversized American flag, Joe "Tiger" Patrick was quite a sight as he walked on the sidewalk along U.S. 30 on Monday afternoon. The 48-year-old from Peace Dale, R.I., is on a mission to pay his respects to those who lost their lives in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. "It's a nonpolitical walk for me. It's all about love and expressing my honor for the folks who passed.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Tiger Woods' longtime swing coach resigned Monday night, leaving the world's No. 1 player without one of his top advisers as he tries to rebuild his game. Hank Haney said in a statement to the Golf Channel that he enjoyed working with Woods but he thinks it's time for him to step aside as his coach. "I will always look back upon our past half-dozen years together as my best days in professional golf," he said. "It would be a dream of any coach to have a student like Tiger Woods and for me it has come true.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Tiger Woods was injured in an accident early Friday when his sports utility vehicle struck a fire hydrant and a tree near his Orlando-area mansion in a gated waterfront community. The Florida Highway Patrol said the world's top golfer hit the hydrant and then a tree after pulling out of his driveway in his 2009 Cadillac SUV. Woods spokesman Glenn Greenspan said the golfer was treated at Health Central Hospital and released in good condition. The accident report classified Woods' injuries as serious, but patrol spokeswoman Kim Montes said troopers consider the injuries serious if they require more than minor medical attention.

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. -- The Heritage Center in Chambersburg will highlight Franklin County's connection to the World Series during a special program during AppleFest on Saturday, Oct. 17. The featured exhibit will salute Franklin County natives Nellie Fox and Tom Brookens, who were in the World Series 50 years ago and 25 years ago, respectively. Joanne Fox, the widow of Nellie Fox, will answer questions after a brief film highlighting her husband's career and his 1997 induction into baseball's Hall of Fame.

For a long time, I think we've all suspected a connection between the sex trade and breakfast cereals. Last week, an alert Hagerstonian discovered that the 800 customer service number on boxes of Peace cereal actually connected callers to a sex-chat line. A spokeswoman for Peace cereal blamed a "proofreading error. " Dial the 800 number, which I did purely in the name of investigative journalism, and a breathy voice beckons the caller to "whip out your big credit card" to talk to nasty girls from around the world.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- His teammates weren't going to let Roburt Sallie have all the fun in this NCAA tournament. Bouncing back from a first-round malaise that might have sunk them if not for Sallie's record-setting shooting, Memphis hit a sizzling 70 percent in the first half Saturday and rolled past Maryland 89-70 in the second round of the West Regional. All of a sudden the Tigers looked and felt like the team that rode a 25-game winning streak into the tournament they nearly won a year ago. "Everybody was hitting out there," said Shawn Taggart, who had a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds in the start-to-finish domination of the 10th-seeded Terps.

Lost - Cat. Where - The cat is missing from its home in Hagerstown's North End. Description - The cat is brown tiger-striped. It has been neutered and declawed. It answers to the name Sampson. Phone number - If you have seen this cat, call 301-733-0409.

WAYNESBORO, Pa. -- Camaraderie is what they say made the football teams special. Camaraderie is what they hope brings players and support staff back. Former players and coaches of the long-defunct Waynesboro Tigers have pored over old programs and made cold calls from telephone books. Their efforts drew a half-dozen people to the first reunion and slightly more than 20 to the second. They hope for even more at the next reunion, which is scheduled for Saturday, June 21, at 7:30 a.m. at the Parlor House Restaurant.