Sports agate
By The Emporia Gazette (Contact)
Originally published 09:26 a.m., October 27, 2007
Updated 09:26 a.m., October 27, 2007
Pro Baseball
Major League Baseball
DIVISION SERIES
American League
Boston vs. Los Angeles
Boston 4, Los Angeles 0
Boston 6, Los Angeles 3
Boston 9, Los Angeles 1, Boston wins series 3-0
Cleveland vs. New York
Cleveland 12, New York 3
Cleveland 2, New York 1, 11 innings
New York 8, Cleveland 4
Cleveland 6, New York 4, Cleveland wins series 3-1
National League
Arizona vs. Chicago
Arizona 3, Chicago 1
Arizona 8, Chicago 4
Arizona 5, Chicago 1, Arizona wins series 3-0
Philadelphia vs. Colorado
Colorado 4, Philadelphia 2
Colorado 10, Philadelphia 5
Colorado 2, Philadelphia 1, Colorado wins series 3-0
LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
American League
Boston 10, Cleveland 3
Cleveland 13, Boston 6
Cleveland 4, Boston 2
Cleveland 7, Boston 3
Boston 7, Cleveland 1
Boston 12, Cleveland 2
Boston 11, Cleveland 2, Boston wins series 4-3
National League
Colorado 5, Arizona 1
Colorado 3, Arizona 2
Colorado 4, Arizona 1
Colorado 6, Arizona 4, Colorado wins series 4-0
WORLD SERIES
Wednesday, Oct. 24
Boston 13, Colorado 1, Boston leads series 1-0
Thursday, Oct. 25
Boston 2, Colorado 1, Boston leads series 2-0
Today
Boston (Matsuzaka 15-12) at Colorado (Fogg 10-9), 7:35 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 28
Boston (Lester 4-0) at Colorado (Cook 8-7), 7:29 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 29
Boston at Colorado, if necessary
Wednesday, Oct. 31
Colorado at Boston, if necessary
Thursday, Nov. 1
Colorado at Boston, if necessary
Pro Football
National Football League
American Conference
East
W L T Pct PF PA
New England 7 0 0 1.000 279 120
Buffalo 2 4 0 .333 84 132
N.Y. Jets 1 6 0 .143 136 192
Miami 0 7 0 .000 156 231
South
Indianapolis 6 0 0 1.000 193 95
Jacksonville 4 2 0 .667 107 87
Tennessee 4 2 0 .667 132 108
Houston 3 4 0 .429 169 174
North
Pittsburgh 4 2 0 .667 160 78
Baltimore 4 3 0 .571 124 119
Cleveland 3 3 0 .500 167 183
Cincinnati 2 4 0 .333 164 187
West
Kansas City 4 3 0 .571 102 113
Denver 3 3 0 .500 106 164
San Diego 3 3 0 .500 137 119
Oakland 2 4 0 .333 126 140
National Conference
East
W L T Pct PF PA
Dallas 6 1 0 .857 227 158
N.Y. Giants 5 2 0 .714 187 149
Washington 4 2 0 .667 122 88
Philadelphia 2 4 0 .333 116 101
South
Carolina 4 2 0 .667 123 110
Tampa Bay 4 3 0 .571 124 110
New Orleans 2 4 0 .333 101 152
Atlanta 1 6 0 .143 95 153
North
Green Bay 5 1 0 .833 142 107
Detroit 4 2 0 .667 140 171
Chicago 3 4 0 .429 137 165
Minnesota 2 4 0 .333 115 114
West
Seattle 4 3 0 .571 137 108
Arizona 3 4 0 .429 147 157
San Francisco 2 4 0 .333 78 135
St. Louis 0 7 0 .000 79 192
Sunday’s Games
Detroit at Chicago, noon
Oakland at Tennessee, noon
N.Y. Giants vs. Miami at Wembley, England, noon
Cleveland at St. Louis, noon
Philadelphia at Minnesota, noon
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, noon
Indianapolis at Carolina, noon
Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, 3:05 p.m.
Houston at San Diego, 3:05 p.m.
Jacksonville at Tampa Bay, 3:05 p.m.
New Orleans at San Francisco, 3:15 p.m.
Washington at New England, 3:15 p.m.
Open: Kansas City, Seattle, Arizona, Dallas, Atlanta, Baltimore
Monday, Oct. 29
Green Bay at Denver, 7:30 p.m.
Auto Racing
2007 Nextel Cup Schedule
Feb. 10 — x-Budweiser Shootout, Daytona Beach, Fla. (Tony Stewart)
Feb. 18 — Daytona 500, Daytona Beach, Fla. (Kevin Harvick)
Feb. 25 — Auto Club 500, Fontana, Calif. (Matt Kenseth)
March 11 — UAW-Daimler Chrysler 400, Las Vegas (Jimmie Johnson)
March 18 — Kobalt Tools 500, Hampton, Ga. (Jimmie Johnson)
March 25 — Food City 500, Bristol, Tenn. (Kyle Busch)
April 1 — Goody’s 500, Martinsville, Va. (Jimmie Johnson)
April 15 — Samsung 500, Fort Worth, Texas (Jeff Burton)
April 21 — Subway Fresh Fit 500, Avondale, Ariz. (Jeff Gordon)
April 29 — Aaron’s 499, Talladega, Ala. (Jeff Gordon)
May 5 — Crown Royal 400, Richmond, Va. (Jimmie Johnson)
May 12 — Dodge Avenger 500, Darlington, S.C. (Jeff Gordon)
May 19 — x-NASCAR Nextel All-Star Challenge, Concord, N.C. (Kevin Harvick)
May 27 — Coca Cola 600, Concord, N.C. (Casey Mears)
June 4 — Autism Speaks 400, Dover, Del. (Martin Truex Jr.)
June 10 — Pocono 500, Long Pond, Pa. (Jeff Gordon)
June 17 — Citizens Bank 400, Brooklyn, Mich. (Carl Edwards)
June 24 — Toyota/Save Mart 350, Sonoma, Calif. (Juan Pablo Montoya)
July 1 — LENOX Industrial Tools 300, Loudon, N.H. (Denny Hamlin)
July 7 — Pepsi 400, Daytona Beach, Fla. (Jamie McMurray)
July 15 — USG Sheetrock 400, Joliet, Ill. (Tony Stewart)
July 29 — Allstate 400 at the Brickyard, Indianapolis (Tony Stewart)
Aug. 5 — Pennsylvania 500, Long Pond, Pa. (Kurt Busch)
Aug. 12 — Centurion Boats at The Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y. (Tony Stewart)
Aug. 21 — 3M Performance 400, Brooklyn, Mich. (Kurt Busch)
Aug. 25 — Sharpie 500, Bristol, Tenn. (Carl Edwards)
Sept. 2 — NASCAR Nextel Cup Series 500, Fontana, Calif. (Jimmie Johnson)
Sept. 8 — Chevy Rock-and-Roll 400, Richmond, Va. (Jimmie Johnson)
Sept. 16 — Sylvania 300, Loudon, N.H. (Clint Bowyer)
Sept. 23 — Dover 400, Dover, Del. (Carl Edwards)
Sept. 30 — Kansas 400, Kansas City, Kan. (Greg Biffle)
Oct. 7 — UAW-Ford 500, Talladega, Ala. (Jeff Gordon)
Oct. 13 — Bank of America 500, Concord, N.C. (Jeff Gordon)
Oct. 21 — Subway 500, Martinsville, Va. (Jimmie Johnson)
Oct. 28 — Georgia 500, Hampton, Ga.
Nov. 4 — Dickies 500, Fort Worth, Texas.
Nov. 11 — Checker Auto Parts 500, Avondale, Ariz.
Nov. 18 — Ford 400, Homestead, Fla.
x-non-points race
Nextel Cup Standings
1. Jeff Gordon 6,055
2. Jimmie Johnson 6,002
3. Clint Bowyer 5,940
4. Tony Stewart 5,806
5. Carl Edwards 5,770
6. Kyle Busch 5,765
7. Kevin Harvick 5,686
8. Denny Hamlin 5,681
9. Jeff Burton 5,646
10. Kurt Busch 5,635
11. Martin Truex Jr. 5,608
12. Matt Kenseth 5,593
College
Football
Division II
MIAA Standings
Conf. All
W L W L
Northwest Missouri 6 0 6 1
Washburn 5 1 6 2
Missouri Western 4 2 6 2
Pittsburg State 4 2 6 2
Central Missouri 4 2 5 3
Missouri Southern 3 3 5 3
Truman State 2 4 4 4
Emporia State 1 5 3 5
Fort Hays State 1 5 3 5
Southwest Baptist 0 6 0 8
Saturday’s games
Washburn at Northwest Missouri State, 1:30 p.m.
Central Missouri at Southwest Baptist, 1:30 p.m.
Missouri Southern at Missouri Western, 1:30 p.m.
Emporia State at Truman State, 2 p.m.
Fort Hays State at Pittsburg State, 2 p.m.
Big 12 Standings
NORTH
Big 12 All
Kansas 3-0 7-0
Missouri 2-1 6-1
Kansas State 2-2 4-3
Colorado 2-2 4-4
Nebraska 1-3 4-4
Iowa State 0-4 1-7
SOUTH
Big 12 All
Oklahoma 3-1 7-1
Texas A&M 3-1 6-2
Oklahoma State 3-1 5-3
Texas 2-2 6-2
Texas Tech 2-2 6-2
Baylor 0-4 3-5
Saturday’s Games
Colorado at Texas Tech, 11 a.m.
Iowa State at Missouri, 1 p.m.
Nebraska at Texas, 2:30 p.m.
Baylor at Kansas State, 2:35 p.m.
Kansas at Texas A&M, 6 p.m.
BCS Standings
Oct. 21
1. Ohio State .9759
2. Boston College .9501
3. LSU .9114
4. Arizona State .7629
5. Oregon .7623
6. Oklahoma State .7551
7. West Virginia .7076
8. Virginia Tech .6779
9. Kansas .6479
10. South Florida .6410
11. Florida .6230
12. Southern Cal .5378
13. Missouri .5356
14. Kentucky .4528
15. Virginia .4329
16. South Carolina .3559
17. Hawaii .2851
18. Georgia .2492
19. Texas .2404
20. Michigan .2341
High School
Football
Centennial League Standings
League Overall
Junction City* 7-1 8-1
Emporia 6-1 6-3
Hayden 5-1 8-1
Seaman 6-2 7-2
Shawnee Heights 4-2 6-3
Manhattan 3-4 4-5
Topeka High 3-4 4-5
Washburn Rural 1-6 1-8
Highland Park 1-7 1-8
Topeka West 0-8 0-9
*=clinched league title
Thursday’s Game
Hayden 43, Santa Fe Trail 7
Friday’s Games
Seaman 28, Highland Park 0
Shawnee Heights 27, KC-Washington 20
Lawrence Free State 27, Washburn Rural 8
Salina Central 63, Topeka West 7
Topeka 35, Lawrence 28
Emporia 34, Junction City 33
Manhattan 15, Wichita Heights 10
High school football
Friday night results
Arkansas City 28, Winfield 0
Cair Paravel 26 at St. Mary’s Academy 14
Carroll 44 at Liberal 37
Bonner Springs 54, Kansas City-Turner 35
Derby 38, Wichita Southeast 17
Emporia 34, Junction City 33
Lawrence Free State 27, Washburn Rural 8
Gardner-Edgerton 65, Ottawa 20
Goddard 15, Dodge City 13
Great Bend 48, Salina South 14
Hutchinson 56, Garden City 13
Kapaun Mount Carmel 20, Newton 17
Kansas City-Sumner Academy 52, Kansas City-Wyandotte 6
Lansing 41, Kansas City-Schlagle 14
Leavenworth 35, Olathe Northwest 10
Manhattan 15, Wichita Heights 10
McPherson 39, Hays 14
OP-Blue Valley North 28, SM-East 23
OP-Blue Valley Northwest 21, SM West 20
OP-Blue Valley West 28 at Blue Valley 9
Olathe East 24, SM Northwest 20
Olathe-North 24, Olathe-South 0
Salina Central 63, Topeka West 7
Seaman 28, Highland Park 0
Shawnee Heights 27, KC-Washington 20
Shawnee-Mill Valley 30, Kansas City-Harmon 14
SM-Bishop Miege 36, OP-St. Thomas Aquinas 19
SM-South 21, SM-North 20
Topeka 35, Lawrence 28
Valley Center 31, Wichita West 8
Wichita East 40, Wichita South 14
Wichita North 27, Campus 13
Wichita Northwest 52, Maize 21
Thursday night results
Abilene 22, Concordia 19
Andale 85, Kingman 21
Arkansas City 28, Winfield 0
Ashland 54, Ingalls 6
Axtell 50, Bern 0
Baldwin 20, Eudora 19
Beloit 36, Phillipsburg 14
Buhler 46, Larned 7
Canton-Galva 55, Herington 21
Central Christian 40, Wichita Sunrise 20
Centralia 53, Doniphan West 6
Chapman 27, Council Grove 7
Chase 72, St. John’s Military 6
Cheney 46, Chaparral 7
Clearwater 30, Pratt 8
Clifton-Clyde 48, Jewell 0
Columbus 31, Girard 21
Conway Springs 35, Medicine Lodge 17
Cunningham 64, Attica 30
DeSoto 20, Spring Hill 7
El Dorado 30, Circle 7
Ell-Saline 52, Republic County 28
Fort Scott 40, Chanute 16
Frontenac 49, Erie 18
Galena 34, Baxter Springs 13
Garden Plain 51, Bluestem 20
Goessel 58, Centre 0
Goodland 41, Colby 33
Hanover 48, Burlingame 0
Hesston 42, Marion 15
Hillsboro 33, Remington 26
Hoisington 54, Ellinwood 0
Holcomb 41, Cimarron 0
Holton 28, Clay Center 14
Hope 52, Sylvan 6
Iola 27, Anderson County 17
Jefferson West 20 Tonganoxie 14
Jetmore 54, Wheatland-Grinnell 6
KC Piper 34, Basehor-Linwood 14
KC Ward 55, Lenexa St. James 21
Kensington 54, Lakeside 40
Kinsley 27, Ness City-Dighton 7
Labette County 14, Parsons 13
LaCrosse 44, Meade 8
Lebo 64, Crest 32
Little River 86, Burrton 36
Lyndon 54, Wabaunsee 6
Lyons 39, Southeast of Saline 30
Macksville 48, Pawnee Heights 16
Madison 50, Hartford 0
Marais des Cygnes 62, Elwood 42
Marysville 42, Hiawatha 0
Minneapolis 40, Bennington 7
Mission Valley 22, Osage City 21
Mulvane 50, Belle Plaine 21
Neodesha 14, Caney 6
Nickerson 44, Haven 8
Norton 43, Oberlin 0
Oakley 22, Hoxie 6
Olathe East 24, SM Northwest 20
Olpe 14, Peabody 10
Osborne 46, Lincoln 8
Oskaloosa 54, McLouth 20
Perry-Lecompton 31, Atchison 7
Pittsburg 35, Southeast Cherokee 12
Pittsburg Colgan 39, Uniontown 7
Plainville 14, Stockton 7
Pleasant Ridge 54, Maur Hill-Mount Academy 7
Pretty Prairie 54, Pratt Skyline 8
Quinter 8, Trego 7
Quivira Heights 74, Haviland 28
Riley County 28, Rock Creek 10
Riverton 37, Cherryvale 14
Rosalia Flinthills 40, Udall 30
Rose Hill 38, Augusta 14
Rossville 35, Northern Heights 27
Sacred Heart 42, Ellsworth 14
Scott City 39, TMP-Marian 0
Sedgwick 39, Hutchinson Trinity 24
Sharon Springs 56, Northern Valley 0
Silver Lake 54, Jefferson North 3
Smoky Valley 19, Russell 14
South Gray 42, Healy-Western Plains 15
South Haven 46, Argonia 0
Southern Coffey County 54, Dexter 28
Southwestern Heights 25, Lakin 7
Spearville 44, Stafford 12
St. John 41, Moundridge 13
St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 47, Pike Valley 12
St. Marys 44, Onaga 21
Sterling 18, Halstead 7
Tescott 68, Southern Cloud 20
Topeka Hayden 43, Santa Fe Trail 7
Triplains-Brewster 34, Weskan 30
Troy 47, Frankfort 7
Valley Heights 49, Washington County 0
Wamego 41, Royal Valley 6
Wathena 26, Valley Falls 0
Waverly 74, KC East, Mo. 34
Wellington 46, Douglass 17
Wellsville 21, Burlington 6
White City 30, Wakefield 16
Wichita Collegiate 34, Wichita Independent 27
Wichita East 40, Wichita South 14
Wilson 40, Bucklin 30
Transactions
Baseball
Major League Baseball
American League
CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Sent RHP Ryan Bukvich outright to Charlotte (IL). Activated INF Joe Crede and INF Pablo Ozuna from the 60-day DL.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Claimed LHP Mike Gosling and SS Pedro Lopez off wiavers from Cincinnati. Sent RHP Jorda DeJong, RHP Lee Gronkiewicz and RHP Jamie Vermiliyea outright to Syracuse (IL).
National League
PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Claimed LHP Phil Dumatrait off waivers from Cincinnati. Sent C Carlos Maldonado outright to Indianapolis (IL).
SAN DIEGO PADRES — Claimed RHP Mauro Zarate off waivers from Florida. Waived INF Marcus Giles.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
SEATTLE SUPERSONICS — Exercised their 2008-09 options on C Johan Petro and C Mouhamed Sene. FOOTBALL
National Football League
CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed WR Marcus Maxwell from the practice squad. Waived WR Courtney Roby.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Released DL Santonio Thomas.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
ATLANTA THRASHERS — Assigned D Chad Denny from Chicago (AHL) to Gwinnett (ECHL).
CAROLINA HURRICANES — Assigned G Daniel Manzato to Charlotte (ECHL).
DETROIT RED WINGS — Signed F Kris Draper to a three-year contract extension. Assigned D Kyle Quincey to Grand Rapids (AHL).
LOS ANGELES KINGS — Agreed to terms with RW Dustin Brown on a six-year contract extension.
OTTAWA SENATORS — Assigned D Mattias Karlsson to Bofors IK (Swedish Elite League).
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Assigned D Matt Smaby to Norfolk (AHL).
COLLEGE
NCAA — Banned Washington State basketball F Fabian Boeke from playing this season because he played on a professional team in Germany,.