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WASHINGTON (AP) — With big, automatic budget cuts about to kick in, House Republicans are turning to mapping strategy for the next showdown just a month away, when a government shutdown instead of just a slowdown will be at stake. Both topics are sure to come up at the White House meeting Friday between President Barack

Obama and top congressional leaders, including Republican House Speaker John Boehner. A breakthrough on replacing or easing the imminent across-the-board spending cuts still seems unlikely at the first face-to-face discussion between Obama and Republican leaders this year. To no one’s surprise, even as a dysfunctional Washington appears

incapable of averting a crisis over economy-rattling spending cuts, it may be lurching toward another over a possible shutdown. Republicans are planning for a vote next week on a bill to fund the day-to-day operations of the government through the Sept. 30 end of the 2013 fiscal year while keeping in place the new $85 billion in cuts of 5 percent to domestic agen-

cies and 8 percent to the military. The need to keep the government’s doors open and lights on or else suffer the first government shutdown since 1996 requires the GOP-dominated House and the Democratic-controlled Senate to agree. Right now they hardly see eye to eye. The House GOP plan, unveiled to the rank and file on Wednesday,

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“Only the best can come perform at our parade,” Bone said. “This is London may have Big Ben, the London’s numRoyal Family and Mumford & Sons, ber one annual but there is one thing England does outdoor event. not have — marching bands. It’s really Troy High School marching band become a family formerly accepted an invitation to tradition.” Bone perform in the 2014 London New said he, along Year’s Day Parade and Festival by HARVEY with other parade The Lord Mayor of the city of officials and the Mayor of Westminster, the Right Worshipful Westminster, travel to the U.S. four Councillor Angela Harvey on times to invite participants to the Wednesday. parade. The next stop was Lincoln, “It is the greatest event in the Neb., to invite a high school marchgreatest city in the world,” proing band to the 2014 parade as well. claimed executive director of the “We don’t have American football London Parade Festival, Robert teams,” Bone said. “We really love Bone. the marching bands with all the Bone, a master of wit and marcostumes — people really get a kick keting, proclaimed London to be a jubilant host to marching bands due out of it.” Bone said more than 8,500 parto their grand popularity. “American marching bands have ticipants take part in the London always been the stars of our show!” New Year’s Day Parade. Compared Bone proclaimed. Bone said parade to Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, 4,500 people parofficials survey what spectators enjoy the most and the number one ticipate in the parade on 5th answer has been “American march- Avenue. “We in London have twice as ing bands.” many!” Bone said. “People stand for “We don’t have this thing over three hours and it’s an excellent celthere called college football so we ebration.” don’t have marching bands,” Bone Bone also said approximately said. According to Bone, only 12 to 620,000 people stand for those three 16 American high school marching hours along the narrow streets of bands are invited to the London the parade route, which include the New Year’s Day Parade each year.

famous Regent and Piccadilly streets and Parliament Square. Harvey said it gave her great pleasure to visit Troy High School to formerly invite the marching band to perform in one of the most popular family-oriented events in her fair city. Harvey said the students would be “walking in to history and in to the future” along the 2.2-mile parade route. The city of Westminster is home of Buckingham Palace, the House of Parliament, Westminster Abbey and 10 Downing Street. “That should give you all a good idea of what you’ll be seeing,” Harvey told students. Bone said the invitation to the London New Year’s Day Parade “is quite an achievement.” “We will give you the time of your lives in London,” Bone said. “And you’ll bring us fantastic talent.” Troy High School sophomore Chris Heffner said the ceremony made the trip sound more exciting. “The parade route definitely sounds pretty cool,” Heffner said. “We’ll have the whole week to explore the city and everything around it so that should be cool.” Heffner said he is getting a job this summer to help pay for the trip overseas.

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Greenville man faces obscenity charge BY WILL E SANDERS Civitas Media wsanders@civitasmedia.com A suspicious and tech-savvy mom who discovered a cell phone in her couch cushion in TROY December led to a former Piqua man being arraigned in common pleas court Monday on a charge of pandering obscenity involving a minor. Travis K. Ferryman, 23, who

now resides in Greenville, was released on a recognizance bond after entering a not guilty plea to the seconddegree felony, which carries FERRYMAN a potential prison sentence of two to eight years along with sex offender registration for

Texting • CONTINUED FROM 1 Officers also may be forced to play “guess your age,” he said. If an officer pulls over a person who looks 16 or 17 but is actually 18, law enforcement cannot cite the individual. The situation becomes dicey if an officer finds another violation, such as driving under suspension or contraband, which would have not been discovered had the individual not been pulled over. “We are cautioning our deputies because we don’t want to stop anyone that’s underage unless they’re 110 percent sure — and you can never really be 110 percent,” Duchak said. “While the intent may have been good, (the law) is flawed and puts an unrealistic burden on officers to guess the person’s age.” Troy Police Department Capt. Joe Long agreed that distinguishing ages could be difficult, along with the fact that adults must be cited for another offense. “When people look down at their laps, I know what they’re doing,” Long said. “I know we’ll have that issue of, ‘Oh no, I wasn’t (texting).’” But he noted that texting while driving sometimes goes hand in hand with other violations, making a citation simpler. “If the light turns green and they’re not moving because they’re texting, we can stop them under other

“It’ll be neat to be one of the marching bands there since they like them so much,” Heffner said. “I’m excited to go.” The Troy High School marching band is no stranger to large city parades. The band was invited to go to Chicago for its Thanksgiving Parade this school year. City of Troy Mayor Michael Beamish gave the Westminster visitors a key to the city of Troy and joked about the British musical connection coming to the city in August. “I think we are building somewhat of a wonderful connection,” Beamish said. “We are sending Ohio’s greatest marching bands to London and you’ll be sending Mumford & Sons to us here in Troy in August.” Bone commented that the city of Troy was “smashingly

despite the mother’s warning to stop, reports also disclose. Police said the female juvenile was a willing participant regarding the cell phone video that was allegedly possessed by Ferryman. According to his indictment, Ferryman committed the offense between March 1 and Dec. 2, 2012. While he is out on bond Ferryman is to have no contact with the alleged victim in the case or her family.

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BY THE NUMBERS Texting while driving statistics, provided by the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles • In 2012, 50 percent of teens admitted to texting while driving • Drivers tend to have their eyes off the road for five seconds while texting. This equates to driving the length of a football field — 100 yards — with one’s eyes closed. • Those texting while driving are 23 times more likely to crash. ordinances,” he said. He added that the police department’s new Ford Interceptor SUVs sit higher than the Ford Crown Victoria classic cop cars, giving officers a better angle for catching texters. Still, Long said he is unaware of any residents who received a warning under the texting ban. Duchak said the Miami County Sheriff’s Office has no recorded warnings related to the ban, which he attributed to law enforcement’s concerns with guessing an individual’s age as well as the necessity that adult drivers commit another violation in addition to texting. “It doesn’t surprise me really at all because it’s not very well crafted legislation,” Duchak said of the lack of citations.

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at least the next 15 years, possibly longer. Ferryman was arrested by Piqua police Dec. 2 after the Piqua mother discovered a cell phone in her couch cushion and a video she found on the phone showed her own 15-year-old daughter in a state of undress, police reports show. The mother called police upon finding Ferryman’s cell phone and police later learned he was carrying on an alleged relationship with the underage victim

lucky” to host the No. 1 most popular music group in the UK. The London visitors brought many gifts to Troy, including a 2013 Diamond Jubilee of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth plate, one of only 1,000 commissioned in London. The plate was given to Troy High School Principal Bill Overla. The school had already received Westminster’s official Coat of Arms in a previous official visit. Troy City School Superintendent Eric Herman received city of Westminster cuff links for “your great wisdom for allowing your school to travel to London.” Before the Westminster officials departed, the encouraged the students to join their official groups on Twitter and Facebook. To learn more about the 27th annual London New Year’s Day parade, search for the group on Facebook.

would award the Pentagon and the Veterans Administration with their line-by-line budgets, for a more-targeted rather than indiscriminate batch of military cuts, but would deny domestic agencies the same treatment. And that has whipped up opposition from veteran Democratic senators on the Appropriations Committee. Domestic agencies would see their budgets frozen almost exactly as they are, which would mean no money for new initiatives such as cybersecurity or for routine increases for programs such as low-income housing. “We’re not going to do that,” said Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa. “Of course not.” Any agreement needs to pass through a gantlet of House tea party conservatives intent on preserving the across-the-board cuts and Senate Democrats pressing for action on domestic initiatives, even at the risk of creating a foot-tall catchall spending bill. There’s also this: GOP leaders have calculated that the automatic cuts arriving on Friday need to be in place in order for them to be able to muster support from conservatives for the catchall spending bill to keep the government running. That’s because many staunch conservatives want to preserve the cuts even as defense hawks and others fret about the harm that might do to the military and the economy. If the automatic cuts are dealt with before the government-wide funding bill gets a vote, there could be a conservative revolt. “The overall sequester levels must hold,” said Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif. Little to no progress has been made so far between House and Senate leaders and the White House, and given the hard feelings engulfing Washington, there’s no guarantee that this problem can be solved, even though the stakes a shutdown of non-essential government programs after March 27 carry more risk than the across-theboard cuts looming on Friday. The funding plan for the rest of the fiscal year will be a main topic at the White House meeting on Friday, the March 1 deadline day for averting the

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• MEAT LOAF: The Troy American Legion will offer a meatloaf dinner from 5Community 7:30 p.m. The meal also will include fried potatoes Calendar and onions and green beans or corn. CONTACT US • TAX PREP: AARP volunteer tax preparation assistance for retirees will be offered from 10:30 a.m. Call Melody to 2 p.m. at the MiltonVallieu at Union Public Library. The 440-5265 to volunteers accept clients on a first-come, firstlist your free served basis. Bring photo calendar ID and Social Security items.You number. • BLOOD DRIVE: A can send blood drive will be from your news by e-mail to 1:30-5:30 p.m. at the mvallieu@civitasmedia.com. Knights of St. John, 110 S. Wayne St., Piqua. A bright green “Blood Donor 2013 — Share the Luck, Share the Love, Give Blood” T-shirt will be given to everyone who registers. Schedule an appointment at www.DonorTime.com or visit www.GivingBlood.org for more information. • REPUBLICAN WOMEN: The Republican Women’s Group will meet at 7 p.m. at The Art Vault in downtown Troy. For more information, call Marybeth Kemmer at (937) 216-9443. • SPECIAL MEETING: The Tipp City Exempted Village Board of Education has called a special meeting at 5:45 p.m. at the board of education office, 90 S. Tippecanoe Drive, Tipp City. The purpose of the meeting is a work study session for discussion of possible implementation of a health savings account plan starting Jan. 1, 2014. There also will be further discussion of implementation of a facility plan for future projects in the district. • PIZZA OFFERED: The American Legion Post No. 586, Tipp City, will have pizza available for purchase before darts. Price varies depending on what is ordered. • TACO SALAD: The Ladies Auxiliary at American Legion Post No. 586, Tipp City, will serve taco salad from 6- 7:30 p.m. for $4. Euchre will start at 7 p.m. for $5 each. • COMMUNITY MEETING: Newton Superintendent Pat McBride will conduct a brief community meeting at 6:45 p.m. in the school cafeteria. McBride will present information on school security, the governor’s school funding plan and how it affects Newton, Newton’s current financial position, changes in student testing and school accountability changes. There will be a question and answer session afterwards.

FRIDAY • GRAND RE-OPENING: WACO Historical Museum &

Learning Center will celebrate its grand re-opening for the 2013 season from 6-8 p.m. There will be an open house reception featuring the aviation images of Mike Ullery of Troy. He has served as staff photographer for the Aviation Hall of Fame, which has brought him into contact with many of the most legendary names in aviation history. Along with having his photos on display and for sale, Ullery will be talking about his adventures with these famous aviation legends. The open house is free and open to the public. The museum will then resume normal hours, which are 9 am. to noon Monday-Friday and noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The museum is located at 1865 S. County Road 25-A, Troy. For more information, visit www.wacoairmuseum.org. • FRIDAY DINNERS: Dinner will be offered from 5-8 p.m. at the Covington VFW Post 4235, 173 N. High St., Covington. Choices will include a $12 New York strip steak, broasted chicken, fish, shrimp and sandwiches, all madeto-order. • TAX HELP: AARP volunteers will assist low-income and elderly tax payers with preparing income tax forms at the Troy-Miami County Public Library from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. This is a free service. • FISH FRY: A fish fry, sponsored by the St. Patrick’s mens softball team, will be offered from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in the St. Patrick Church basement, North Crawford Street entrance. The meal will include all-you-can-eat fish and fries, choice of applesauce or coleslaw, dinner roll and peanut butter and jelly for those who don’t like fish. Meals will be $9 for adults, $7 for seniors and children 6-12 and free of those 6 and younger. • CHICKEN FRY: The Pleasant Hill VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road, Ludlow Falls, will offer a three-piece chicken dinner with french fries and macaroni salad for $7 from 6-8 p.m. Chicken livers also will be available. • SHRIMP AND WINGS: The American Legion Post No. 586, Tipp City, will prepare shrimp, wings, fries and coleslaw for $7 from 6-7:30 p.m.

Tipp, ODOT discuss 25-A construction BY JOHN BADEN For Civitas Media tdneditorial@civitasmedia.com

TIPP CITY — Traffic on South County Road 25-A may have more space to travel in the next five years, as Tipp City and the Ohio Department of Transportation have proposed a two-phase plan to reconstruct and widen the roadway. According to the proposed plan, the project will improve 25-A from State Route 571 to Evanston Road, widening the two-lane road to five lanes with two lanes going northbound, two lanes going southbound and a left turn lane. It also wll include curb, walkway, street lights, storm-sewer improvements, driveway aprons, waterline and upgrading the traffic signal on 25-A and West Main Street. Phase one, which extends from State Route 571 south to Michaels Road, will start construction in August 2015 with a completion date set for September 2016. It’s funding comes from ODOT Surface Transportation Program funds, an anticipated Ohio Public Works Commission grant and local funds from the city, the Miami County Engineer’s Office and the Monroe Township Trustees. Phase two will continue from Michaels Road to Evanston Road in August 2017, ending by September 2018. This segment is also funded by ODOT STP funds, an anticipated OPWC grant and local city funds. City Engineer Scott Vagedes and Tricia Bishop of ODOT District 7 held a meeting for the public Monday afternoon to inform the community about the project and address questions and comments residents may have. Bishop said that while a common issue raised by people may be the matter of where ODOT money should be spent, SATURDAY-SUNDAY she emphasized that funding can only go toward one location. • EASTER SALE: An Easter fair trade sale will be “This money is very specific to this type of project, so we offered from 5-6:30 p.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. can’t pick and choose where we put the money,” Bishop Sunday in the St. Patrick under croft at 409 E. Main St., said. Troy. Visitors can enjoy a wide variety of coffees and an According to Vagedes, the project will require 17 addiassortment of chocolates. tional inches from both sides on the existing S. County Road 25-A right-of-way, which is 66 inches wide at this SATURDAY time. This means that ODOT will estimate and re-estimate the value of residential property before purchasing it. • BEACH BASH CANCELED: The beach bash to beat “That negotiation process, you will have a chance to look the winter blues scheduled for today at Troy Christian High at it and review it, agree and disagree, and if you disagree School has been postponed until a later date. For more and want to have your own appraiser look at it and contact information, visit troychristianschools.org. • POT PIE: The Tipp City Seniors will offer a chicken pot us, that’s fine,” Vagedes said in explaining the formal process. pie supper from 4:30-7 p.m. at the Tipp City American Vagedes said that the road’s speed limit is expected to Legion Post No. 586, 377 N. Third St., Tipp City. The meal stay at 45 mph after the project is finished. will include homemade pot pie, mashed potatoes, green While the detour plan is being worked on, traffic will be beans, coleslaw or applesauce, beverage and pie, for $8 diverted during some of the construction while the amount for age 12 and over and $4 for children. Papa D’s Pony Express Karaoke will follow from 7 p.m. to close. of vehicles traveling on 25-A will try to be maintained.

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Try this delicious cheesy sausage and rice bake Editorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Note: The THE AMISH COOK church Lovina belongs to is more progressive when it comes to safety-oriented technology like smoke detectors. When their home was built local home inspectors required such detectors be installed. Some more conservative Lovina Eicher Amish groups, like the Daily News Guest Troy Swartzentruber Amish, Columnist have opposed such devices. We are having some snowy days this week, although there is not much of an accumulation. We have had quite a day already. Joe left for work around 3:30 a.m. I had turned off the light and was ready to go back to bed until 5 a.m. I heard an alarm go off in the basement, so I went to go out and check it out and it was a carbon monoxide alarm. I could smell soot, so I checked our coal stove, but it looked OK. I figured that it might be the gas water heater and shut it off. I get worried more since the fire we had last year and decided to wake all eight children. I called 9-11 to ask what I should do. They said to get everyone out of the house and they would send someone to take a look. Everyone was still sleepy and it was difficult to find clothes and coats by flashlight. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to turn on our gaslights just to be safe. Remembering the fire we had, everyone was shook up a little more. It was cold and around 20 degrees outside, so I told the children to go inside the tool shed where it would be warmer. It ended up that the whole fire department showed up. They checked the carbon count and it was 32 close by the water heater. It had probably aired out since I had shut it off. Elizabeth didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go back to sleep since she leaves

for work around 5:15 a.m. I think everyone will be ready for bed early tonight. We have someone here now checking out the water heater. It sounds like we could be getting some downdrafts, too. They are adding a fresh air vent to prevent the build up of carbon monoxide. With so many gas appliances running, plus the coal stove, we need more ventilation. Our house is so air tight and during the winter months when we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have windows to air it out it builds up faster. They tested our propane gas lights and they throw off a little, too. We use them longer during the winter months also. We hope this will take care of any more problems. I am glad we had the carbon monoxide detector down there. We received word that Joeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great Uncle Amos died. We regret that we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find out in time to attend his funeral which was yesterday. Our sympathy goes to the family. The children enjoyed their two-day mid-winter break. It went way too fast. Friday evening and Saturday, we helped Jacob butcher hogs. They have lots of meat now. We made pon hoss out of 12 gallons of juice from the pork bones. We have had quite a few meals of it already. Everyone in our family likes it. We have also been

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Be sure to use fresh grated cheese for this recipe. Cook the sausage, crumble, and drain. Combine cooked rice and 1 1 /2 cups of the cheese. Spread into a buttered 2 quart casserole

dish. Sprinkle sausage over rice. Combine rest of the ingredients except for a half cup of cheese. Pour over the sausage. Sprinkle with

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“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” — First Amendment, U.S. Constitution

EDITORIAL ROUNDUP The Dallas Morning News immigration amnesty: The more complex and important the debate, the more likely a single word can sway public opinion, which in turn exerts irresistible pressure on members of Congress who face the voters again soon enough. So no matter how much we might agree that the nation’s immigration system is a broken mess in desperate need of reform, one word swells into a Jabba-the-Hut barrier to sensible advancement: amnesty. It has become almost tiresome to argue over the definition. Supporters, like this newspaper, will point to fact upon fact to show that comprehensive reform is anything but amnesty. Instead of granting guilt-free citizenship, plan after plan requires illegal immigrants to pass background checks, pay fines and back taxes, learn English and start their path to legalization at the back of the line. Opponents shake their heads and dig in: “They broke the law, didn’t they? Secure the border, and enforce the laws we already have.” Everyone remains stuck in an angry place that precludes progress toward a smarter, fairer system. It needn’t be this way, and this newspaper is optimistic — for the first time in years — that reasonable people of good intention can push the debate beyond a single nettlesome word. Opponents remain stung by memories of the 1986 SimpsonMazzoli Act, which effectively legalized 3 million illegal immigrants but never provided the promised enforcement and border security. That truly was amnesty, and it’s no surprise that it led to more, not fewer, illegal crossings over the years. Opponents would have a point today if the Senate framework or President Barack Obama’s similar plan were as feckless. Instead, their goals are to make legality a stronger inducement than illegality and finally put the amnesty argument in the shadows, where it belongs. Quad-City (Iowa) Times on U.S. Postal Service: Could you live without mail today? A national poll last June found that 70 percent of Americans can. The New York Times/CBS News phone survey of 900 Americans showed overwhelming support for dropping Saturday and proceeding with five-day delivery. Recently, the U.S. Postal Service listened to that feedback and announced a move to five-day letter delivery beginning in August. Package delivery will continue on Saturday. The cuts are expected to save about $2 billion annually for an operation that lost $15.9 billion last year. So no matter what people think of Saturday service, more cuts are coming. We have to regard the end of Saturday delivery as a business decision, not a government cutback. Mail volume has declined steadily since 2000, with 2012 deliveries at the lowest level since 1984. Those market forces contributed to a record $15.9 billion net loss for the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30. With rapidly declining volume and ample private alternatives, the Postal Service needs to operate differently. It needs fewer stand-alone offices and fewer employees to provide 21st century service far different from its historical model. We’re hearing congressional rumblings to block the Postal Service’s necessary business decision. Congress is adept at rumbling. It struggles with budgeting. Congress could keep Saturday delivery by carving at least $2 billion a year from schools, defense, disaster recovery or any other federal program. So ignore those Capitol Hill rumbles until they come with a specific funding plan. Then decide: Is the contents of your mailbox today worth $2 billion in federal cuts elsewhere?

LETTERS

Thank you for your support To the Editor: I would like to thank the great people at Hobart Corporation in Troy for their recent willingness to help the Troy High School Marching Band raise funds for a trip of a lifetime! The Troy High School Trojan Marching Band has been invited to participate in the 2014 London New Year’s Day Parade. Obviously, this opportunity is very expensive and fundraising in playing a major part in planning for our trip. We are fortunate enough to have a tried and true fundraiser in our community, which is homemade strawberry donuts. While the Troy Music Boosters own most of the equipment for

this project, we were unable to use the facilities due to the fact that Ohio winter weather isn’t conducive to preparing food outside in February. Hobart Corporation in Troy, and specifically Joyce Grooms and Tracie Kimrey, stepped up to the task of helping us solve our problem. They graciously lent us space in their test kitchen and even helped to move our heavy equipment from their dock to the kitchen. In addition, they helped us to make sure that all of our equipment would work in their electrical set up and allowed us to use mixers and other equipment to make sure our fundraiser was successful. We began setting up at 4 a.m. on a Friday and finished frying 1,200 dozen donuts at 2 a.m. Saturday. For the next six hours, we cleaned and packed up our equipment for the move

back to storage. At 8 a.m. sharp, those who had preordered created a line outside the south building to pick up their donuts at the “Donut Drive Through,” and by 10 a.m., there were lots of happy, full people in Troy. This fundraiser helped us to raise funds for the students who are participating in the London trip. Without the help of Hobart, Joyce and Tracie, our students would have to raise money through traditional means such as candy bars. We are VERY APPRECIATIVE of everyone who made this fundraiser possible and thankful for Hobart in our community!

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Graduation should be about the graduates Here is the extent of what I remember about the person who gave the commencement address at my graduation from The Ohio State University: There was one. After that, the details get pretty hazy — and it doesn’t even have anything to do with the 23 bars I visited along High Street in Columbus the night before my graduation. If I remember correctly, my commencement speaker was some sort of CEO or vice president of a company that may or may not have been located in the greater Columbus metropolitan area. Also, he (or was it a she?) may or may not have been a graduate of the school at which he was speaking. I’m sure he had some sort of helpful advice for all of us soonto-be college graduates sitting there before him. He probably talked to us about “seizing the day” or “making the most out of every challenge thrown at us” or “overcoming obstacles and persevering through the tough times” or some such pablum. He may even have told us we didn’t “get to this monumental moment on our own” and how we “should thank those who have been

David Fong Troy Daily News Executive Editor behind us every step of the way.” To be honest, I don’t remember — mostly because I wasn’t paying any attention. The way I had it figured, I had spent much of the past five years of college listening to other people talk on those occasions when I went to class. My final tuition checks and overdue library fees had been paid, my tests had been passed and I was ready to get on with my life and get out of there. My graduation was my day. I figure whoever the commencement speaker was already had his time in the sun plenty of times throughout his life. You don’t get to run a company without experiencing more than a few highs along the way. He had

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his time — I didn’t need him cutting into mine. My family and friends had come to Columbus to celebrate my big day with me — not listen to someone else who had already had his fair share of big moments. Which brings me to The Ohio State University’s commencement speaker this spring. This spring, President of the United States Barack Obama will give the commencement address at Ohio State. I’m sure all the university officials think this is the greatest thing to happen around there since Woody Hayes. I’m sure teachers and faculty are proud knowing the eyes of the world will be on Columbus this spring. I would venture to guess local merchants are excited about the money that will be pumped into the local economy. I’m sure everyone is excited President Obama is coming to graduation — except, perhaps, for the graduates themselves. In an effort to keep the reigns tight on security, graduates are only being given six tickets to the commencement ceremonies. At my graduation, I had 12 family members and friends attend

— and I’m not particularly popular or loved. Had I been limited to six tickets, I’m not sure who would have made the cut. I’m not even sure my parents would have been in my top six. Please note this is not meant to be a political screed aimed against President Obama. I wouldn’t care who was president — Democrat, Republican or other — I would be against him or her speaking at Ohio State’s commencement ceremonies if it meant taking seats away from graduates. The Ohio State genetics department could clone George Washington from his DNA and bring him back to speak — I would still be against it. Graduation is a chance for the college graduates to shine — not to see how famous a speaker you can get for it. Let the kids have their moment — don’t allow them to be upstaged by the guest speaker. Let it truly be a day they can remember — hangovers aside. Troy’s very own David Fong appears on Thursdays in the Troy Daily News. He remembers some parts of his graduation.

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RODNEY B. ‘ROD’ HINKLE TROY — Rodney B. “Rod” Hinkle, 74, of Troy, Ohio, passed away at 3:39 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, at Upper Valley Medical Center, Troy. He was born on May 9, 1938, in Elizabeth, Pa., to the late Fred and Louie (Ault) Hinkle. His loving wife of 44 years, Joanne (Coney) Hinkle, survives. Other survivors include his three daughters, Barb (Tod) Bierly, Terry Shaw and Sandy Hinkle, all of Troy; one brother, John Hinkle of Carnegie, Pa.; two sisters, Vella Anderson of Evans City, Pa., and Norma HINKLE Forbes of Orleans, Ind.; his four grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren who were the joy of his life, Eddie Bierly, Brandon Bierly, Katie Cruea and Chelsea Cruea; Rylee McCuistion and Karter Schenck; and several nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Vivan “Bud” Hinkle, and Leonard Hinkle; and three sisters, Bonnie Anderson, Ruby

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White and Susan Pettigrew. Rod retired as SFC from the U.S. Army having served from 1956-1978. During his Army career, he served two tours of duty in Germany, one tour in Korea, and two tours in Vietnam. Rod received the Bronze Star and two Army Accommodation Medals. He was a life member of the VFW Post No. 5436, AMVETS Post No. No. 88 and of the DAV Chapter No. 98 where he also served as commander for 10 years. Rod later retired from Hobart Corp. as second shift foreman. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 2, 2013, at Baird Funeral Home, Troy. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery, Troy, with Veterans Memorial Honor Guard at the graveside. Friends may call from 3-7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Friends may express condolences to the family through www.bairdfuneralhome.com.

BARRY LYNN ZIMMERMAN LIVE OAK, Fla. — Barry Lynn Zimmerman, born and raised in Miami County, and more recently of Live Oak, Fla., died Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. Barry, who was born June 8, 1950, graduated from Tippecanoe High School in 1968. Barry is survived by his wife, Dorothy Jane Zimmerman of Live Oak, Fla.; brothers, William Zimmerman of Casstown and Dennis Zimmerman of Jeff City, Mo.; sons, Brian Zimmerman of Huber Heights and David Zimmerman of Loxley, Ala.; daughter, Linda Gough of Troy; two step daugh-

ters; eight grandchildren; and six greatgrandchildren. He was preceded in death by his father, Harold L. Zimmerman; mother, Betty Jean Zimmerman; and brother, Kent Zimmerman. One of his greatest passions was sharing the gospel and helping others. He also loved bowling, softball and the outdoors. Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, March 2, 2013, at the Fletcher United Methodist Church, Fletcher. Calling hours will be from 1-4 p.m. Saturday at the church.

FORT LORAMIE — Curtis Wayne Hedrick, 62, of Eilerman Road, Fort Loramie, passed away of natural causes early Wednesday morning, Feb. 27, 2013, at Hospice of Dayton. He was born April 6, 1950, in Parsons, W.Va., to the late, Richard B. Hedrick and V. Joane (Simmons) Fries of Sidney. On July 20, 1995, at Myrtle Beach, S.C., Curtis married Pauline S. (Barlage) Hedrick, who survives. Also surviving are one daughter, Christine Henslee of Houston; two stepchildren, Craig and Abby Bergman of Fort Loramie, Renee Bergman of Greenville, S.C.; two granddaughters, Amanda Henslee HEDRICK and Tiffany and Adam Lowry, step-grandchildren, Kaleb and Drew Bergman; two siblings, Kathy and Mark Smith of Purvis, Miss., Mike and Patty Hedrick of Troy; father and mother-inlaw, Allen and Odyne Barlage of Fort Loramie; brothers and sisters-in-law, Jim and Elaine Barlage of Russia, Julie Barlage of Fort Loramie, Phyllis and Mike Turner of Fort Loramie, Sharon and Mike Freeman of Troy, Jeff Barlage of Russia; as well as numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father; stepmother, Delores “Jo” Hedrick; stepfather, Charles Fries; brother-in-law, Mark Barlage; niece, Jennifer Smith; and

nephew, Steven Hedrick. Curtis was a 1968 graduate of Piqua High School, and also studied at Wright State University, where he obtained his teacher education certification. In 2012, Mr. Hedrick retired from the Upper Valley JVS in Piqua, where he taught junior and senior electrical trades. He had also taught evening electrical classes for adults. Previously, he had been employed at the former, Miami Industries in Piqua. Curtis attended St. Michael Church with his family. He was a SAL member of the Ft. Loramie American Legion and had been a dedicated chicken fryer. Curt was also a member of the Minster Fraternal Order of Eagles Lodge No. 1391. In his leisure, Curt enjoyed golf. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m., Saturday, March 2, 2013, at Gehret Funeral Home in Fort Loramie with Pastor Mark Hina presiding. Interment will follow at St. Michael’s Cemetery. Friends may call from 2-8 p.m. Friday, and 9-10 a.m. Saturday at Gehret Funeral Home in Fort Loramie. Memorials may be made to the Upper Valley Career Center USO, the Fort Loramie Rescue Squad or Fort Loramie Fire Department. Condolences may be expressed at www.gehretfuneralhome.com.

NORMA ‘LIZ’ FURLONG TIPP CITY — Norma “Liz” Furlong, 79, Slusher; along with great-grandchildren, of Tipp City, passed away Tuesday, Feb. Grant Holbrock and Rylan Slusher. “Liz” was a graduate of Bethel High 26, 2013, at Troy Rehabilitation Center. She was born Jan. 15, 1934, in Brandt, School, a member of the VFW and Ohio, Miami County to the late Clarence Eagles in both Tipp City and New Carlisle as well as the American Legion and Robbie (Sherman) Hoagland. Auxiliary, Tipp City. She was a big Also preceding her in death are husNASCAR, Reds and Browns band, Raymond “Rayme” fan and loved vacationing in Furlong in 2002; brother, Canada and Las Vegas. Clarence “Eddie” Hoagland; Funeral services will be at and great-grandson, Liam 12:30 p.m. Saturday, March Slattery. 2, 2013, at Frings and Bayliff She is survived by her chilFuneral Home, 327 W. Main dren, Kevin and his wife Angela St., Tipp City. Furlong of New Carlisle, Rayma Burial will follow in Maple Pottenger of West Milton and Hill Cemetery. Ronda Slusher of Tipp City; sisVisitation will be from 10 ter, Gladys “Ine” Spence of a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday New Carlisle; brother, Jimmy FURLONG prior to the service at the Hoagland of New Carlisle; sister, funeral home. Jowona Roberts of Springfield; four Online condolences may be made at grandchildren, Kyle Furlong, Alsesha Holbrock, Amber Pottenger and Brianna www.fringsandbayliff.com.

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This Feb. 19, 1959 file photo shows pianist Van Cliburn performing for the American Association of School Administrators at the Convention Hall in Atlantic, City, N.J.

Van Cliburn, pianist and Cold War hero, dies at 78 FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — For a time in Cold War America, Van Cliburn had all the trappings of a rock star: sold-out concerts, adoring, out-of-control fans and a name recognized worldwide. He even got a ticker-tape parade in New York City. And he did it all with only a piano and some Tchaikovsky concertos. The celebrated pianist played for every American president since Harry Truman, plus royalty and heads of state around the world. But he is best remembered for winning a 1958 piano competition in Moscow that helped thaw the icy rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union. Cliburn, who died Wednesday at 78 after fighting bone cancer, was “a

The win also showed the power of the arts, creating unity despite the tension between the superpowers. Music-loving Soviets clamored to see him perform. Premier Nikita Khrushchev reportedly gave the goahead for the judges to honor a foreigner: “Is Cliburn the best? Then give him first prize.” In the years that followed, Cliburn’s popularity soared. He sold out concerts and caused riots when he was spotted in public. His fame even prompted an Elvis Presley fan club to change its name to his. His recording of the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 with Russian conductor Kirill Kondrashin became the first classical album to reach platinum status. Time magazine’s 1958 cover story quoted a friend as saying Cliburn could become “the first man in history to be a Horowitz, Liberace and Presley all rolled into one.”

Charles Motter. He was a graduate of Ball State University. Phillip was a member of St. Paul’s Evangelical & Reformed Church, Piqua, Ohio; member of Troy AMVETS Post No. 88 and the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Miami Aerie No. 971, Troy. He was an avid golfer, in addition to enjoying achieving a hole-in-one at Miami Shores Golf Course. He was a collector of Corvettes for many years and was a member of the National Corvette Owners Association. As a young man, he won many races at the Muncie and Indianapolis, Indiana Raceway Park drag strips. He was employed with Momar Inc., in Atlanta, Ga., as a chemical sales engineer. Private family services will be held. Memorial contributions may be made to AMVETS Post No. 88, 3449 Lefevre Road, Troy, OH 45373. Friends may express condolences to the family through www.bairdfuneralhome.com.

JAMES R. ‘JIM’ ROBINSON SR. COVINGTON — James R. “Jim” Robinson Sr., 89, of Covington, a lifetime resident of Miami County, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, at the Upper Valley Medical Center. Jim was born in Tipp City on Sept. 17, 1923, to the late Harry Lee Robinson and Iva Pearl (Russell) Williams. He retired after 37 years of service from Armco Stone Quarry and was a lifetime farmer. Mr. Robinson was a charter member of the Midwest Draft Horse & Mule Association; member of the Dixie Twirlers Square Dance Club, Versailles; member of Ohio Cornhuskers Association; and he loved to farm, drive horses and raise German Shepherd dogs. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Rosella Ruth (Cain) Robinson in 1999; son, Bill Robinson; brother, Roy Robinson; six sisters, Marie, Jessie, Lottie, Grace, Irene and Florence “Tiny.” Jim is survived by his five sons and

daughters-in-law, Tom Robinson of Covington, James R. Jr. “John” Robinson of Greenville, Dick and Sandy Robinson, Denny and Mandy Robinson and Gary “Frank” Robinson, all of Covington; his three daughters and son-in-law, Nancy and Ted Hicks of Bradford, Marie Hamilton of Union and Bonnie Robinson of Covington; 20 grandchildren; 35 greatgrandchildren; sister, Genie Apple of Seminole, Fla.; other relatives and many friends. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Bridges-Stocker-Fraley Funeral Home, Covington, with Pastor Michael Yingst officiating. Interment will follow in Miami Memorial Park Cemetery, Covington. The family will receive friends 4-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Hospice of Miami County, Covington Fire Department or Covington Rescue Squad. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.stockerfraley.com.

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great humanitarian and a brilliant musician whose light will continue to shine through his extraordinary legacy,” said his publicist and longtime friend Mary Lou Falcone. “He will be missed by all who knew and admired him, and by countless people he never met.” The young man from the small east Texas town of Kilgore was a baby-faced 23-year-old when he won the first International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow just six months after the Soviets’ launch of Sputnik embarrassed the U.S. and inaugurated the space race. Cliburn returned to a hero’s welcome and the ticker-tape parade the first ever for a classical musician. A Time magazine cover proclaimed him “The Texan Who Conquered Russia.”

TROY — Phillip Edward McQueen, 68, of Troy, Ohio, passed away Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, at Baptist Hospital, Nashville, Tenn. He was born Feb. 4, 1945, in New Castle, Ind., to the late Elisha and Flora (Vaught) McQueen. His wife of 28 years, Lou Motter McQueen, survives. He also is survived by his brother and sister-in-law, Greg and Kathy McQueen of Farmland, Ind.; sister and brother-inlaw, Jennifer and Braynt Lee of Modoc, Ind.; nieces, Amanda McQueen, Ellen (Brett) Slama, Amy Combs, Emily (Jeff) Hernly, Kelly (Brian) Randles, Kim (Jason) Click, and Stacy (Jordan) Williams; nephews, Alex Maul and Gerry Maul III; great-nieces and nephews, Kendell and Marisa Combs, and Jacob and Ryan Click; mother-in-law, June Motter of Dayton, Ohio; and sisters-inlaw, Barb (Gerry, Jr.) Maul of Centerville, Ohio, and Sandy (Ed) Adamson of East Liverpool, Ohio. In addition to his parents, Phillip was preceded in death by his father-in-law,

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Dear Annie: I recently obtained proof of what I had long suspected: My husband of more than 40 years has been seeing prostitutes and having affairs for the past 20 years. During this time, he was always considerate and loving to me. I thought we had a wonderful marriage. When I confronted him with the evidence, he finally confessed. We went to a counselor, but after a single halfhour session, he wouldn't go back. Aside from dealing with the shock and humiliation of the betrayal, I have two problems: First, I cannot forgive myself for not taking a firm stand when I first suspected his cheating. I put it out of my mind and continued as before. The second problem is that I cannot erase images of his affairs. My counselor, along with some books I have read, says to reestablish our close, loving relationship and let the past go. So I made the effort, and our marriage now seems fine. We are happy with each other, but I still suffer with the mental images. I fear that I have demeaned myself by reestablishing an intimate relationship with him. I wonder whether I might regain my self-esteem by telling him our marriage is over. I know there are other women in this situation, but I haven't been able to find a support group. I am fortunate to have a job I am passionate about that allows me to enrich the lives of others. I know I am a useful human being. Please help me get over this. — California Dear California: You must decide whether you are truly ready to leave your marriage. Forty years is a long time. But your husband's track record doesn't inspire confidence in his future fidelity, and his unwillingness to commit to counseling indicates that he wants things to be exactly as they were before. First, see your doctor and get checked for sexually transmitted diseases, and then find another counselor. The one you are seeing is not helping you make the best decisions. You also can find online support by typing "infidelity support group" into your search engine. Dear Annie: I have a granddaughter I have seen only three times in the past 15 years. I never heard from her in all that time. Recently, I was sent a note to save the date for her wedding. I am not going to the wedding. I wouldn't know that girl if I saw her on the street. She has ignored me all these years, and I don't believe it is fair that she expects me to buy her a wedding gift. I think this is the only reason she remembered that she has a grandmother. Am I wrong to feel this way? — Forgotten Gram Dear Gram: You are not obligated to attend this wedding or give a gift if you don't wish to. However, while most kids truly value their grandparents, some don't pay much attention, especially if the grandparents live far away. The parents can help encourage the bond, especially during the teen and young-adult years. Of course, it can change over time, but both parties must make the investment to work on it. Please try to send your granddaughter a card with your good wishes. Dear Annie: I can only imagine how bothered I would be if my childhood artwork were all over my parents' house like "Not an Artist." One or two items can bug me on the wrong day, but all of the rooms all of the time? Yikes! I'd suggest "Not an Artist" purchase a nice large book or portfolio that most of these works could fit in and present it to his folks as a gift, along with a family photo to hang on the walls instead. The parents would still be able to see and share the work they love, but it would remove the skin-crawling weirdness their adult son feels. — D. Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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How do you get the hair out of a hairbrush? Dear Heloise: What is the best way to clean a hair brush? — Candace D. in California Grab a chopstick or pen and slide it between the bristles, pulling up to loosen the hair. Or use scissors to cut the hair, then pull it out. Use an old toothbrush to remove any remaining hair or lint that is left around the bristles. Get that hairbrush (not wood) back to being clean by filling your sink with warm water and white vinegar (about a 50/50 mix). Use the toothbrush to scrub the bristles, and rinse the brush in tap water. Lay the brush bristles down to dry. It’s yet another use for vinegar, which is why I

Hints from Heloise Columnist wrote my Heloise’s Fantabulous Vinegar Hints and More pamphlet. To receive one, send $5 and a long, self-addressed, stamped (66 cents) envelope to: Heloise/Vinegar, P.O. Box 795001, San Antonio, TX 78279-5001. Once your hairbrush is clean, use a sponge to wipe the sink, counter and faucet with the vine-

gar/water solution. — Heloise EXTENDED RETURN Dear Readers: How often do you purchase items online or by phone through a catalog order? I ordered a piece of luggage that looked perfect for my kind of business travel. I wouldn’t be traveling and able to try it out for a month or so. After reading the receipt, I noticed that there was only a 30-day time frame for returns! I called the company (writing down the time, day and who I spoke with). I explained I had a trip coming up and was definitely going to be past the 30day return policy if for some reason I needed to return the luggage. I was given an extension.

So, call the company and try requesting a return extension. At the very least, it is worth a try. — Heloise P.S.: I did not like the luggage at all and ended up returning it after my trip! STORING BAGS Dear Heloise: I have a great hint for using the cardboard paper-towel tubes. I pack one full of plastic grocery bags and newspaper bags that I am keeping for other uses. A tube fits perfectly in a kitchen drawer, ready to grab and get a bag out of. You would be surprised just how many bags will fit in one tube! — Sally W. in Mississippi

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HOROSCOPE BY FRANCES DRAKE For Friday, March 1, 2013 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You have excellent powers of concentration today, and the desire to research. Go right ahead, because you will be successful. Start digging! TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Someone older or more experienced might give you good advice today. Listen to someone if you think you can benefit from what this person knows. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) This is a good day to think about your life direction in general. Do you know where you want to be five years from now? What you have to do now to start to get there? CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Study will be rewarding today. You have excellent concentration, and in particular, you want to learn things that have a practical, long-lasting value. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Roll up your sleeves and tackle difficult details regarding taxes, debt, insurance matters and red-tape stuff you’ve been avoiding. Today you’re in the right frame of mind to do this. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Sit down with partners and close friends, and make future plans. People are in a serious frame of mind, and they also have the patience to think about the future in practical terms. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) This is a productive day at work. Choose mental work, even routine work that requires concentration and attention to detail, because you’ll get a lot done. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Parents and teachers might sit down today and discuss the care and education of children. This is a good day to look to the future with a practical mind. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Think about what repairs you can do at home today. Fix what is broken so that it will last for a long time in the future. (Later, you’ll be glad you did this.) CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Choose mental work today, because you have excellent powers of concentration. It will please you to focus on details and tidy up things. (Plus, you hate waste.) AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) If shopping today, you will be interested in buying only those things that are long-lasting and practical. Trust your ideas about making money in the future. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) It’s easy to be highly disciplined today and to channel your energies where you want. Make an overall plan for how you want to make your life more organized. YOU BORN TODAY You are naturally artistic, in addition to which many of you can beautifully develop a particular technique. You appreciate beauty around you and, in turn, you take care with your own appearance. You have an easygoing charm that seduces others. Privately, you are quite ambitious. Your year ahead is the beginning of an exciting new cycle. Open any door! Birthdate of: Justin Bieber, singer; Javier Bardem, actor; Catherine Bach, actress. (c) 2013 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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NATIONAL CITIES Temperatures indicate Wednesday’s high and overnight low to 8 p.m. Eastern Time. Hi Lo Prc Otlk Albany,N.Y. 43 32 .70 Cldy Albuquerque 44 19 Clr Anchorage 32 23 Cldy Atlanta 60 41 Cldy Atlantic City 56 41 1.12 Cldy Austin 65 29 PCldy Baltimore 56 40 .45 Cldy Birmingham 59 40 PCldy Bismarck 31 27 Cldy Boise 47 28 Cldy Boston 40 36 1.24 Rain Buffalo 36 34 1.20Snow Charleston,S.C. 59 48 PCldy Charleston,W.Va. 44 40 .18Snow Charlotte,N.C. 57 35 PCldy Chicago 34 33 .25Snow Cincinnati 38 38 .06Snow 42 37 .34Snow Cleveland Columbia,S.C. 64 40 PCldy Columbus,Ohio 42 39 .31Snow Concord,N.H. 37 31 .51 Rain Dallas-Ft Worth 57 37 Clr Dayton 39 38 .19Snow Denver 35 17 .01 Cldy Des Moines 31 27 .30 Cldy 36 34 .77Snow Detroit

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Greensboro,N.C. Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Jackson,Miss. Jacksonville Kansas City Key West Las Vegas Little Rock Los Angeles Louisville Memphis Miami Beach Milwaukee Nashville New Orleans New York City Oklahoma City Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh St Louis Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle Washington,D.C.

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REGIONAL ALMANAC Temperature High Yesterday...........................43 at 12:02 a.m. Low Yesterday..............................35 at 4:31 p.m. Normal High .....................................................43 Normal Low ......................................................26 Record High ........................................70 in 1996 Record Low..........................................-2 in 1963

Precipitation 24 hours ending at 5 p.m..............................0.09 Month to date ................................................1.24 Normal month to date ...................................2.16 Year to date ...................................................4.34 Normal year to date ......................................4.87 Snowfall yesterday .......................................trace

TODAY IN HISTORY (AP) — Today is Thursday, Feb. 28, the 59th day of 2013. There are 306 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 28, 1993, a gun battle erupted at a religious compound near Waco, Texas, when Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents tried to arrest Branch Davidian leader David Koresh on weapons charges; four agents and six Davidians were killed as a 51-day standoff began. (The siege ended April 19 as fire erupted while federal agents smashed their way into the compound; Koresh and 78 other people were killed.)

On this date: • In 1844, a 12-inch gun aboard the USS Princeton exploded as the ship was sailing on the Potomac River, killing Secretary of State Abel P. Upshur, Navy Secretary Thomas W. Gilmer and several others. • In 1911, President William Howard Taft nominated William H. Lewis to be the first black Assistant Attorney General of the United States. • In 1953, scientists James D. Watson and Francis H.C. Crick announced they had discovered the double-helix structure of DNA. • In 1960, a day after defeating

the Soviets at the Winter Games in Squaw Valley, Calif., the United States won its first Olympic hockey gold medal by defeating Czechoslovakia’s team, 9-4. • In 1983, the long-running TV series “M-A-S-H” ended after 11 seasons on CBS with a special 2-hour finale that was watched by an estimated 121.6 million people. • Today’s Birthdays: Hall of Fame auto racer Mario Andretti is 73. Actress Bernadette Peters is 65. Comedian Gilbert Gottfried is 58. Actress Rae Dawn Chong is 52. Country singer Jason Aldean is 36. Actor Bobb’e J. Thompson is 17.

Pope recalls ‘joy,’ difficulties in final audience VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI bid an emotional farewell Wednesday on the eve of his retirement, recalling moments of “joy and light” during his papacy, but also times of difficulty when “it seemed like the Lord was sleeping.” Some 150,000 people, many waving banners proclaiming “Grazie!” flooded St. Peter’s Square, eager to bear witness to the final hours of a papacy that will go down in history as the first in 600 years to end in resignation rather than death. Benedict basked in the emotional send-off, taking a long victory lap around the square in an open-sided car, and stopping to kiss and bless half a dozen babies. Seventy cardinals, some tearful, sat in solemn attendance and gave him a standing ovation at the end of his speech. Benedict then made a quick exit, forgoing the meet-and-greet session that typically follows his weekly general audience, as if to not prolong the goodbye. Given the weight of the moment, Benedict also replaced his usual Wednesday catechism lesson with a heartfelt final address, explaining once again why he was retiring and assuring his flock of 1.2 billion that he was not abandoning them. “To love the church means also to have the courage to take difficult, painful decisions, always keeping the good of the church in mind, not oneself,” Benedict said to thundering applause. He noted that a pontiff has no privacy neither as pope, nor in his future role as emeritus pope: “He belongs always and forever to everyone, to the whole church.” During his eight years as pope, Benedict said he had had “moments of joy and light, but also moments that haven’t been easy. … Moments of turbulent seas and rough winds, as has occurred in the history of the church, when it seemed like the Lord was sleeping.” But he said he never felt alone, that God always guided him, and he thanked his cardinals and colleagues for their support and for “understanding and respecting this important decision.” The pope’s tenure has been beset by the clerical sex abuse scandal, discord over everything from priestly celibacy to women’s ordination, and most recently the betrayal by his own butler, who stole his private papers and leaked them to a

POPE BENEDICT’S LEGACY

Faithful are reflected in the roof of Pope Benedict XVI’s pope-mobile as he arrives to celebrate his last general audience in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday. journalist. Under a bright sun and blue skies, the square was overflowing with pilgrims and curiosity-seekers. Those who couldn’t get in watched on giant TV screens set up along the main boulevard leading to the square. About 50,000 tickets were requested, and in the end, the Vatican estimated that 150,000 people flocked to the farewell. “It’s difficult the emotion is so big,” said Jan Marie, a 53-year-old Roman in his first years as a seminarian. “We came to support the pope’s decision.” With chants of “Benedetto!” the mood was far more buoyant than during the pope’s final Sunday blessing. It recalled the jubilant turnouts that often accompanied him at World Youth Days and events involv-

ing his predecessor, Pope John Paul II. Benedict has said he decided to retire after realizing that, at 85, he simply didn’t have the “strength of mind or body” to carry on. “I have taken this step with the full understanding of the seriousness and also the novelty of the decision, but with a profound serenity in my soul,” Benedict told the crowd. He will meet early this morning with his cardinals for a final time, then fly by helicopter to the papal residence at Castel Gandolfo south of Rome. There, at 8 p.m., the doors of the palazzo will close and the Swiss Guards in attendance will go off duty, their service protecting the head of the Catholic Church over for now.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — When Benedict flies off into retirement by helicopter today, he will leave behind a church in crisis one beset by sex scandal, internal divisions and dwindling numbers. But the pope can count on a solid legacy: While his very resignation was his most significant act, Benedict in a quieter way also set the church back on a conservative, tradition-minded path. He was guided by the firm conviction that many of the ills afflicting the church could be traced to a misreading of the reforms of the Second Vatican Council. Benedict was the teacher pope, a theology professor who turned his Wednesday general audiences into master classes about the Catholic faith and the history, saints and sinners that contributed to it. In his teachings, he sought to boil Christianity down to its essential core. He didn’t produce volumes of encyclicals like his predecessor, just three: on charity, hope and love. Considered by many to be the greatest living theologian, he authored more than 65 books, stretching from the classic “Introduction to Christianity” in 1968 to the final installment of his triptych on “Jesus of Nazareth” last year considered by some to be his most important contribution to the church. In between he produced the “Catechism of the Catholic Church” essentially a how-to guide to being a Catholic. Benedict spent the bulk of his early career in the classroom, as a student and then professor of dogma and fundamental theology at universities in

Bonn, Muenster, Tuebingen and Regensburg, Germany. “His classrooms were crowded,” recalled the Rev. Joseph Fessio, a theology student of Ratzinger’s at the University of Regensburg from 1972-74, and now the English-language publisher of his books. “I don’t recall him having notes,” Fessio said. “He would stand at the front of the class, and he wasn’t looking at you, not with eye contact, but he was looking over you, almost meditating. If you hear him give a sermon, he’s speaking not from notes, but you can write it down and print it,” Fessio said. “Every comma is there. Every pause.” • Being pope Benedict never wanted to be pope and he didn’t take easily to the rigors of the job. Elected April 19, 2005, after one of the shortest conclaves in history, Benedict was, at 78, the oldest pope elected in 275 years and the first German in nearly a millennium. At first he was stiff. Giovanni Maria Vian, editor of the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, recalled that in the early days Benedict used to greet crowds with an awkward victory gesture “as if he were an athlete.” “At some point someone told him that wasn’t a very papal gesture,” Vian said. Benedict changed course, opting for an openarmed embrace or an almost effeminate twinkling of his fingers on an outstretched hand as a way of connecting with the crowd. “No one is born a pope,” Vian said. “You have to learn to be a pope.”

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To ROCKY HORNBECK, Jr., whose last known place of residence/ mailing, is 113 Miles Avenue, Tipp City, Ohio, 45371, you will take notice that on February 1, 2013, the Plaintiff, City of Tipp City, Ohio filed a Complaint for Abatement of Nuisance and a Motion for Immediate Entry of Property for the Abatement of a Nuisance against you in the Common Pleas Court of Miami County, 201 W. Main Street, Troy, Ohio 45373, being Case No. 13 CV 072. Said Complaint and Motion request an Order allowing the Plaintiff to immediately abate the nuisance located 113 Miles Avenue, Tipp City, Ohio, 45371, and judgment for the cost of said abatement and the legal fees incurred to implement abatement.

ROCKY HORNBECK, Jr., will further take notice that he is required to Answer said Complaint within twenty-eight (28) days after the last publication of this notice. ROCKY HORNBECK, Jr., will further take notice that Plaintiffʼs Motion for Immediate Entry of Property for the Abatement of a Nuisance has been set for a hearing before Judge Gee on May 13, 2013 at 10:00 a.m.

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Financial reports for the FY2012 Fiscal Year for Tipp City Exempted Village Schools are available for review at the Office of the Treasurer, 90 S. Tippecanoe Drive, Tipp City, OH.

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Case No.: 12CV00564 Judge: CHRISTOPHER GEE

DAVID J. CALDWELL ATTORNEY AT LAW 405 Public Square SW, Suite 243 Troy, Ohio 45373 (937) 552-7610 Telephone (937) 552-7612 Facsimile Attorney for Plaintiff Law Director, City of Tipp City

THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK Plaintiff, -vs-

UNKNOWN EXECUTOR, ADMINISTRATOR AND FIDUCIARIES OF MARTHA F. MASON, DECEASED, et al. Defendants.

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Bank of America, N.A., vs.

Thomas M. Zuber, et al.

The Defendant, AAA Tree & Landscape, LLC, but whose current address is unknown, will take notice that on October 22, 2012, the Plaintiff, Bank of America, N.A., filed its Complaint in Case No. 12 CV 704, in the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, seeking a foreclosure of its mortgage interest in the real property located at 2520 Glenmore Ct, Troy, OH 45373, Permanent Parcel No. D08-058650,("Real Estate"), and alleged that the Defendant, have or may have an interest in this Real Estate.

The Defendant, AAA Tree & Landscape, LLC, is required to answer the Plaintiff's Complaint within twenty-eight (28) days after the last date of publication of this notice. In the event that the Defendant, AAA Tree & Landscape, LLC, failed to respond in the allotted time, judgment by default can be entered against them for the relief requested in the Plaintiff`s Complaint. Matthew C. Gladwell (0075591) Carrie L. Rouse (0083281) Ryan F. Hemmerle (0079721) Robert A. Wood (0031620) Attorney for Plaintiff Reisenfeld & Associates, LPA LLC 3962 Red Bank Road Cincinnati, OH 45227 voice: (513) 322-7000 facsimile: (513) 322-7099

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CITY OF TROY, OHIO DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY AND SERVICE CITY HALL, TROY, OHIO COPY OF LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

To: Unknown Executor, Administrator and Fiduciaries of Martha F. Mason, deceased, whose last known place of residence is: unknown, Unknown Heirs, Next of Kin, Creditors, Beneficiaries, Devisees, Legatees of Martha F. Mason, deceased, whose last known place of residence is: unknown, each of you will take notice that on the 23rd day of August, 2012, Plaintiff, filed a Complaint for foreclosure in the Miami County Court of Common Pleas, being Case No. 12CV00564, alleging that there is due to the Plaintiff the sum of $102,297.49, plus interest at 4.29% (variable) per annum from February 12, 2012, plus late charges and attorney fees applicable to the terms of the Line of Credit Agreement secured by a Mortgage on the real property, which has a street address of 8905 Montgomery County Line Rd. N., Union, OH 45322, being permanent parcel number Parcel Number L32-008720

Sealed proposals will be received at the office of the Director of Public Service and Safety, City Hall, Troy, Ohio, until 12 oʼclock, noon, Thursday, March 21, 2013, for the sale of the following City parcel:

PARCEL NUMBER DO8-250152 AS ASSIGNED BY THE MAIMI COUNTY AUDITOR -- TRACT “B”, PART OF INLOT 9402, MIAMI COUNTY, CITY OF TROY, OHIO, LOCATED AT 114 SOUTH MARKET STREET, TROY, OHIO, WHICH PROPERTY IS ALSO KNOW AS THE SHANESY BUILDING.

Said property to be sold and conveyed by official deed to the highest and best bidder upon the following terms:

Plaintiff further alleges that by reason of a default in payment of said Line of Credit Agreement, the conditions of said Mortgage have been broken and the same has become absolute.

The bid shall contain a money order, cashierʼs or official bank check, or letter of credit in the amount of 20% of the bid payable to the City of Troy, Ohio.

Cash payment (by cash, money order, cashierʼs or official bank check) in full is required within fifteen days after acceptance of the sealed bid.

Plaintiff prays that the Defendants named above be required to answer and assert any interest in said real property or be forever barred from asserting any interest therein, for foreclosure of said mortgage, marshalling of liens, and the sale of said real property, and that the proceeds of said sale be applied according to law.

The sale of this property is subject to a firm minimum bid. The City of Troy, Ohio reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

Said Defendants are required to file an Answer on or before the 28th day of March, 2013. By Anne M. Smith Attorney for Plaintiff The Huntington National Bank c/o Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A. 525 Vine Street, Suite 800 Cincinnati, OH 45202

Proposal forms, specifications, etc., may be obtained upon application at the office of the Director of Public Service and Safety, City Hall.

The City of Troy, Ohio is in compliance with ADA. Patrick E. J. Titterington Director of Public Service and Safety

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Christopher R. Chapman, Brooke L. Tauscher, et al.

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The Defendants, Christopher R. Chapman, Unknown Spouse, if any of Christopher R. Chapman, Unknown Heirs, Legatees, Devisees, Executors, Administrators and Assigns and their Spouses, if any, of Christopher R. Chapman, Brooke L. Tauscher, Unknown Spouse, if any of Brooke L. Tauscher, and Unknown Heirs, Legatees, Devisees, Executors, Administrators and Assigns and their Spouses, if any, of Brooke L. Tauscher but whose current address are unknown, will take notice that on September 17, 2012, the Plaintiff, KeyBank National Association, filed its Complaint in Case No. 12CV606, in the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County, Ohio, seeking a foreclosure of its mortgage interest in the real property located at 211 W Monument St, Pleasant Hill, OH 45359, Permanent Parcel No. I26-001700,("Real Estate"), and alleged that the Defendants, have or may have an interest in this Real Estate.

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The Defendants, Christopher R. Chapman, Unknown Spouse, if any of Christopher R. Chapman, Unknown Heirs, Legatees, Devisees, Executors, Administrators and Assigns and their Spouses, if any, of Christopher R. Chapman, Brooke L. Tauscher, Unknown Spouse, if any of Brooke L. Tauscher, and Unknown Heirs, Legatees, Devisees, Executors, Administrators and Assigns and their Spouses, if any, of Brooke L. Tauscher, are required to answer the Plaintiff's Complaint within twenty-eight (28) days after the last date of publication of this notice. In the event that the Defendants, Christopher R. Chapman, Unknown Spouse, if any of Christopher R. Chapman, Unknown Heirs, Legatees, Devisees, Executors, Administrators and Assigns and their Spouses, if any, of Christopher R. Chapman, Brooke L. Tauscher, Unknown Spouse, if any of Brooke L. Tauscher, and Unknown Heirs, Legatees, Devisees, Executors, Administrators and Assigns and their Spouses, if any, of Brooke L. Tauscher, failed to respond in the allotted time, judgment by default can be entered against them for the relief requested in the Plaintiff`s Complaint.

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■ Boys Basketball

Patriots eliminate Indians Staff Reports Despite falling behind 20-5 after the first quarter, Newton still had two chances to close to within single digits late. Tri-Village, though, showed it knows how to finish as well as start. The undefeated Patriots — ranked No. 1 in the state in Division IV — closed Wednesday night’s sectional semifinal game on a 19-2 run, putting away the stubborn-yet-outgunned Indians in a 66-39 victory at the Trojan Activities Center.

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FRIDAY Boys Basketball Division III Sectional Final at UD Arena Bethel vs. Versailles (7:30 p.m.) Division IV Sectional Final at Troy Troy Christian vs.Yellow Springs (7 p.m.) Wrestling State Meet at Schottenstein Center Division I Troy (11:20 a.m.) Division III Troy Christian, Covington, Miami East (10 a.m.)

WHAT’S INSIDE Major League Baseball.........16 Scoreboard........................... 17 Television Schedule..............17 Local Sports......................... 18

Northwestern a trouble spot for OSU There’s something about traveling to Northwestern that seems to summon problems for the Ohio State Buckeyes. A year ago, the Buckeyes were ranked 10th and the Wildcats were headed for a losing record in the Big Ten. Yet it took Jared Sullinger’s banked-in turnaround with 3.1 seconds left for Ohio State to escape with a 75-73 win. See Page 16.

Top-ranked teams cursed this year The top spot in The Associated Press Top 25 is the last place any team wants to be this season. When Indiana lost at Minnesota on Tuesday night, it was the seventh time this season that a No.1 team has been defeated. That’s the highest number since 2009-10, according to STATS. And this season isn’t over yet. See Page 16.

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• BASEBALL: Troy Post 43 baseball is hosting an all-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner from 3-7 p.m. Saturday at the Troy Post 43 Lodge on S. Market St. in Troy. The cost is $6.75 for adults and $4 for children under 12. Proceeds benefit Troy Post 43 American Legion baseball. • HOCKEY: Registration will take place from now until March 7 for the Troy Recreation Department’s Youth Introduction to Hockey Program held at Hobart Arena. The program is for children ages 5-10 and will begin March 11. Registration forms can be found at Hobart Arena or online at http://hobartarena.com/registration_ho bart_arena.html. For more information, please call the Recreation Department at 339-5145. • COACHING SEARCH: Tippecanoe High School is seeking to fill the position of head varsity volleyball coach. A letter of interest, resume and support material may be submitted to Matt Shomper, Athletic Director, 615 E. Kessler-Cowlesville Road, Tipp City, Ohio 45371. Phone: (937) 6696364, Fax: (937) 667-0912, email: mshomper@tippcity.k12.oh.us. The application deadline is noon on March 8. • SOCCER: Registration will take place from now until March 16 for the Troy Recreation Department’s Youth Indoor Soccer Program held at Hobart Arena. The program is for ages 4-8 and will begin the week of April 8. Register online now at http://activenet.active.com/troyrecdept. For more information, please call the Recreation Department at 339-5145. • HALL OF FAME: The Trojan Athletics Hall of Fame is still accepting nominations for its 2013 inaugural class. Induction will be held in the fall of 2013. Entrance to the selection process is through public nomination. The deadline for nominations is April 1. Nomination forms are available at all home events or at the athletics office at Troy High School.

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Tippecanoe’s Jared Ervin goes for a layup during Wednesday night’s Division IV sectional semifinal game against Urbana at Springfield High School.

“We had a poor start, getting down 20-5, but in the middle quarters we kept it to within 27-26,” Newton coach Steve Fisher said. “We cut it to 11 and had two possessions with that score, but we couldn’t get anything to fall and then they had a 19-2 run at the end. “The game was a lot closer throughout a lot of the game than that final indicates.” Bobby Gerodimos led the Indians with 14 points as Newton connected on 10 3-pointers in the game — but only one free throw. Tri-Village (24-0), meanwhile, hit eight from long range and 16 free throws. The Indians — who hung tough against Tri-Village in the final game of the regular season, as well, losing 62-45 — finished the year 419. “We got killed on the boards, and that was a big difference in the ballgame,” Fisher said. “But the kids didn’t quit in the last game of the season. And that’s a tribute to the way they played here in the last part of the season.”

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Devils can’t put it together in tourney loss BY JOSH BROWN Sports Editor jbrown@civitasmedia.com

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In the first quarter, atypical turnovers hurt Tippecanoe. In the second, it was the inability to make a layup. Urbana then pounded the Red Devils on the glass in the third. By the time Tippecanoe finally put it all together, it was too late — and the Hillclimbers still had the answer even then.

There hadn’t been a close game in the first seven games of the Division IV Piqua sectional tournament. Houston and Lehman for than made up for it Wednesday night at Garbry Gymnasium. There was enough strategy in the final minute for an entire sectional tournament — before Houston came away with a 49-47 victory.

SPRINGFIELD Urbana — which lost an epic triple-overtime thriller at Tippecanoe on Feb. 5 — was efficient, in control and outhustled the Red Devils, starting off the second quarter on an 11-1 run and never looking back in a 5839 Division II sectional semifinal victory Wednesday night at Springfield High School. While the Hillclimbers (18-6) advance to face Springfield Shawnee Friday night, the season ends for the Devils. “We talked about how we would have to defend 25- or 30second or even longer possessions,” Tippecanoe coach Marcus Bixler said. “We knew we had to

ousted

PIQUA The Wildcats advance to play top seed Jackson Center for the third time in a sectional final at 8 p.m. Saturday night. The last points of Wednesday’s game came with 1:41 remaining when Jesse Phlipot drilled a jumper to break a 47-47 tie. And then things got real interesting. After Lehman failed to score, Houston ran the clock down to 49 seconds before calling its final timeout. On the inbounds, Lehman was able to steal the ball. Tippecanoe’s Sean Ford drives to the basket Wednesday night

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Americans try to finally reach WBC title game SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Ryan Vogelsong has a little running joke that he is going to plunk San Francisco teammate Pablo Sandoval in the World Baseball Classic to keep the Panda from a three-homer game like the one he produced in Game 1 of the World Series last fall. Sandoval plans to play nice once he pulls on the Venezuela uniform.

“He’s my teammate, I don’t want to fight,” Sandoval said with a smile. Both know the team to beat: Two-time WBC winner Japan. Joe Torre is returning to the top step of the dugout to manage the Americans, who have yet to even reach the championship game of this hugely popular international event played every three years. Team USA has plenty of moti-

vation to make up for two poor showings in this tournament. The Americans didn’t get out of the second round in 2009, then lost in the semifinals to Japan three years ago. Now, they are making plans to reach the semifinals and final at San Francisco’s AT&T Park. “We’ll probably be disappointed if we don’t make it to San Francisco,” said Vogelsong, slated to be the No. 2 starter in the

U.S. rotation. “First and foremost, we’re focused on getting there.” The Japanese topped Cuba in the inaugural Classic in 2006, then South Korea three years later. Japan is known for its rigorous spring trainings, which typically begin a couple of weeks before the major league clubs and feature all-day workouts with just a short break to eat.

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Top-ranked teams falling like crazy this year MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The top spot in The Associated Press Top 25 is the last place any team wants to be this season. When Indiana lost at Minnesota on Tuesday night, it was the seventh time this season that a No. 1 team has been defeated. That’s the highest number since 2009-10, according to STATS. And this season isn’t over yet. Second-ranked Gonzaga is poised to rise to No. 1 in the next poll if the Bulldogs can get through the rest of the week unscathed. If that

happens, Gonzaga would be the fifth team atop the poll this season. That would be the most since 2008-09. “There’s been almost a game of hot potato for the No. 1 ranking this season,” Big Ten Network college basketball analyst Tom Dienhart said. “Nobody seems to want it. It’s been a crazy year.” Some of the biggest names in the land have had their hands on that coveted ranking. The Hoosiers haven’t been able to handle it. They’ve lost three times this season while ranked

No. 1. Duke has gone down twice and Michigan and Louisville have also ascended to the top spot only to be knocked off. No matter who gets up there next, the jostling at the top all season will ensure that the air of invincibility that often comes with the top ranking won’t be there for the rest of the season. “Every year is wide open, but more so this year than ever,” said Minnesota coach Tubby Smith, whose Golden Gophers were swarmed by their delirious fans on

Tuesday night after their first win over a No. 1 team since 1989. “I don’t think there’s a dominant team you can look at like Kentucky last year. You kind of had an idea they were the best team going, and that’s hard to overcome that type of talent.” Five of those Wildcats from last year’s national championship team were drafted in June, including the top two picks in the draft. Coach John Calipari hasn’t been able to replace his stars quite as quickly as he has been able to in the

past, and Kentucky has tumbled out of the rankings. Traditional powers North Carolina and UCLA are also unranked, which has created room for Miami, New Mexico and Saint Louis to creep into the Top 25. Perhaps no team better illustrates this wild season than Smith’s Gophers. They won 15 of their first 16 games to climb to No. 8 in the poll, then lost seven of the next 10 games in the powerful Big Ten to fall off the board. It took a game against the Hoosiers to wake them

up, and Trevor Mbakwe’s 21 points and 12 rebounds helped get one of the oldest arenas in the country shaking as another No. 1 team bit the dust. “I don’t think there’s a dominating player, and therefore it’s more difficult to have a dominating team,” ESPN analyst and former Virginia Tech coach Seth Greenberg said. “There’s not a team in the country that doesn’t have a scar. Playing on the road is really difficult when you don’t have a player at the end of a game who can take over a game.”

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Cueto roughed up in Reds win

A troublesome trip

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Amanda McCarthy was a nervous wreck in the stands. Her husband was as calm as could be on the mound. Brandon McCarthy methodically struck out four in two innings in his first game since a horrific head injury, an impressive return that overshadowed all else in the Diamondbacks’ 14-6 loss to the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday. McCarthy, signed to a two-year deal by the Diamondbacks as a free agent, gave up one run on three hits. He had not taken the mound in a game since Sept. 5 when he was struck in the head by a line drive off the bat of the Angels’ Erick Aybar while pitching for Oakland. McCarthy sustained an epidural hemorrhage, brain contusion and skull fracture. Reds ace Johnny Cueto, in his first start since he was injured early in last year’s playoffs, went two innings, allowing four runs, two earned, on five hits with a strikeout and a walk. Amanda McCarthy, something of a celebrity

in her own right with more than 26,000 Twitter followers, had been unusually quiet on her Twitter account as game time approached. “I was pretty nervous. I was kind of getting shaky,” she said. “My girlfriends were trying to distract me and talk to me. I’m not a very nervous person in general when he pitches, but obviously this is a unique situation.” Then she watched her husband strike out Billy Hamilton, Joey Votto and Ryan Ludwick in the first inning. The only blemish came when rookie center fielder Adam Eaton got a late break on Denis Phipps deep fly ball off McCarthy leading off the second and it went over his head for a triple. Neftali Soto brought Phipps home with a sacrifice fly, then Jack Hannahan was caught looking for McCarthy’s fourth strikeout. “I felt my rhythm was good, my game pace was good,” McCarthy said, “all the things I’d like to have even later in spring I felt were good.”

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Peguero powers M’s past Indians GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) — Carlos Peguero made the most noise at Goodyear Ballpark. Until the beeping began, that is. Peguero hit two home runs and the Seattle Mariners beat the Cleveland Indians 5-1 Wednesday in an exhibition game delayed for 5 minutes by a false alarm. An emergency evacuation warning went off in the eighth inning. An alarm beeped loudly throughout the stadium and an automated voice over the public address system repeatedly gave instructions to leave the ballpark. Umpires huddled, players looked at one another and a few fans cleared the stands. “That was a first for me,” Mariners manager

Eric Wedge said. “I was looking around like everybody else, wondering what was going on.” So did Indians manager Terry Francona. “The fourth time, when the guy said walk (to the exits), I said forget that, I’m running,” he said. The scoreboard soon flashed “False Alarm” and play resumed. Mariners prospects Danny Hultzen and Taijuan Walker combined to pitch four scoreless innings. Hultzen, a 2011 firstround pick, struck out four over two innings. “Danny has been impressive early on,” Wedge said of the left-hander, who gave up one hit and walked two. “All of our young pitchers have handled themselves very well.”

Buckeyes have a history of struggling at Northwestern COLUMBUS (AP) — There’s something about traveling to Northwestern that seems to summon problems for the Ohio State Buckeyes. A year ago, the Buckeyes were ranked 10th and the Wildcats were headed for a losing record in the Big Ten. Yet it took Jared Sullinger’s banked-in turnaround with 3.1 seconds left for Ohio State to escape with a 75-73 win. In 2011, the Buckeyes were 22-0 and No. 1 in the nation while Northwestern was just 3-6 in the conference. This time, David Lighty made a late steal and Sullinger hit a foul shot in a 58-57 whiteknuckler. “The last two times it really came down to the last minute,” Ohio State forward Sam Thompson said on Wednesday. The 16th-ranked Buckeyes (20-7, 10-5 Big Ten) have a lot riding on the outcome when they play at troublesome Northwestern (13-15, 4-11) tonight. It won’t take much to remind them of how dangerous the Wildcats can be. Just two weeks ago Northwestern came to Value City Arena and set the pace and controlled the game for most of the first 35 minutes. But the Buckeyes strung together a late 12-0 run to pull out a 69-59 win that might mislead some to thinking they were more in control than they actually ever were. Asked why every game at Welsh-Ryan Arena seems to tilt on one play, Ohio State coach Thad Matta was at a loss. “I don’t know. I honestly don’t know,” he said. “We’ve had some sizable leads. Last year, we were up pretty good. We were scoring at a great clip but we were scoring 2s and they were scoring 3s. They kept chipping away, chipping away, chipping away.” Shaking his head, he added, “I don’t know. I wish I did know.” From the outside, there’s no way that the Wildcats should be hanging with any of the elite teams in the Big Ten. After all, they’ve lost several top players to injury and had only seven scholarship

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Michigan State’s Derrick Nix, right, posts up against Ohio State’s Amir Williams during the first half Sunday in Columbus. forgotten how close they came to losing the first meeting. Since it’s only been 14 days since the Buckeyes were bedeviled and beguiled by the Wildcats’ version of the Princeton offense, it remains fresh in their memory. “Guys remember that offense,” said Thompson, a Chicago native who has a large group of friends and family coming to the game. “We were able to really get good perspective in film of what the coaches were talking about just because we had played them so recently. That’ll definitely help us.” Ohio State still has a major goal of grabbing one of the four first-round byes in the Big Ten tournament. It also wants to burnish its NCAA resume.

players available for the close loss at Ohio State. One thing that wily coach Bill Carmody has in his corner is his version of the Princeton offense, a precision attack that forces opposing teams to play defense until the shot clock is winding down. A typical set might entail a dozen passes around the perimeter as the Wildcats probe the opposition to see if they can spring a player free with a pick for an easy backdoor layup. If they can’t get the closest of shots, they’ll settle for the longest — pumping up 3s to turn the game into a long-range shooting exhibition. It’s something that Big Ten opponents aren’t accustomed to seeing — an amazingly patient team content to wait for the

right shot. Adding to the problems of playing against such an offense is that just about everybody else in the conference likes to race up and down the floor and score in transition, then hurry back and play a few seconds of defense against a team trying to do the same thing. No one likes to be vigilant on defense for 35 seconds at a time, hoping to not get embarrassed by a wideopen Wildcat dunking behind them. Barring a shocking series of upsets in the Big Ten tournament, Northwestern (13-15, 4-11) will extend its unwanted distinction of being the Division I team that has waited the longest to play its first NCAA tournament game. The Buckeyes have not

going to be blind, put the uniform on, let’s play.” Many players are torn between playing for their country or playing for the club that signs their paycheck — especially those who might be on the bubble of making the roster or earning a starting job. Gonzalez said the Venezuelans feel tremendous pressure to take part in the Classic, yet he understands why Seattle ace Felix Hernandez has passed after signing a $175 million, seven-year contract earlier this month that made him the highest-paid pitcher in baseball.

Japan's Ryoji Aikawa, left, is welcomed by manager Koji Yamamoto, right, and coach Osamu Higashio, second from right, after hitting a come-from-behind threerun homer against Australia in the eighth inning of their exhibition game Saturday at Kyocera Dome in Osaka, western Japan. The team to beat in the third World Baseball Classic is two-time winner Japan.

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Classic ■ CONTINUED FROM 15 “It’s such a dedicated group of players. I go back to going over to Japan as a member of the Mets back in ‘74 and just noticing and at that time I didn’t think necessarily that the Japanese could play at our level, maybe stature-wise,” Torre recalled. “Even though their game was clean and disciplined, it just didn’t look like they were as good as we were. That’s certainly has changed.” Rockies slugger Carlos Gonzalez will play alongside Sandoval for Venezuela. The World Series champion Giants

have had to plan carefully this spring to get through the Cactus League with much of their roster headed to the WBC — Marco Scutaro on Venezuela, Angel Pagan and Andres Torres on Puerto Rico, Vogelsong and reliever Jeremy Affeldt on the U.S. team, closer Sergio Romo pitching for Mexico. “It’s my first time representing and I’m really looking forward to doing it,” Pagan said. “The first two Classics I couldn’t do it because I was either trying to make a team or I was trying to be the everyday player. It fills my heart to go out

there and play in front of my countrymen and in front of my family. I did it when I played in New York and Puerto Rico but it’s not the same when you’re wearing the P.R. jersey. It’s going to be a little different, and I’m ready.” And CarGo sure is confident in Venezuela’s chances. “I don’t think we need practice — Venezuela doesn’t need practice,” he said. “Japan, they train together for a long time and get prepared for that. We don’t really get prepared for that, we all focus on our teams. ‘OK, you’ve got to go play for your country.’ We’re all

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BASEBALL Spring Training Glance All Times EST AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct 5 0 1.000 Baltimore Chicago 3 0 1.000 5 0 1.000 Kansas City 5 1 .833 Seattle 5 1 .833 Tampa Bay 5 2 .714 Cleveland Houston 3 2 .600 3 2 .600 Minnesota Detroit 2 3 .400 2 3 .400 Oakland Boston 2 4 .333 2 4 .333 Toronto 1 4 .200 New York Los Angeles 0 4 .000 0 5 .000 Texas NATIONAL LEAGUE L Pct W Miami 3 1 .750 2 1 .667 Los Angeles Chicago 3 2 .600 3 2 .600 Colorado 3 2 .600 St. Louis Atlanta 3 3 .500 2 2 .500 Pittsburgh San Francisco 1 1 .500 3 4 .429 San Diego Arizona 2 3 .400 2 4 .333 Cincinnati New York 1 3 .250 1 3 .250 Philadelphia 1 3 .250 Washington Milwaukee 1 5 .167 NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not. Tuesday's Games Miami 7, N.Y. Mets 5 Atlanta 9, Washington 5 Baltimore vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., ccd., Rain Minnesota 8, Toronto 4 Houston (ss) 9, Detroit 4 Philadelphia 4, N.Y.Yankees 3 Tampa Bay 7, Houston (ss) 2, 6 innings St. Louis 15, Boston 4 L.A. Dodgers 8, San Francisco 8, tie Chicago Cubs 4, Colorado 2 Seattle 6, Milwaukee 5 Chicago White Sox 14, Texas 8 Kansas City 4, Cleveland 1 San Diego 7, Cincinnati 5 L.A. Angels 7, Arizona (ss) 7, tie Arizona (ss) 9, Oakland 4 Wednesday's Games Houston 10, Toronto 1 Minnesota 12, Philadelphia 5 Miami 5, Washington 1 Tampa Bay 8, Pittsburgh 2 Atlanta 5, Detroit 3 Baltimore (ss) 10, N.Y.Yankees 7 St. Louis 12, N.Y. Mets 4 Kansas City 3, Milwaukee 2 Chicago White Sox 8, Texas 4 L.A. Dodgers 11, Chicago Cubs 7 L.A. Angels 8, San Francisco 8, tie Oakland 11, San Diego (ss) 6 Seattle 5, Cleveland 1 Colorado 6, San Diego (ss) 3 Cincinnati 14, Arizona 6 Baltimore (ss) 5, Boston 3 Thursday's Games Miami vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Toronto vs. N.Y. Yankees (ss) at Tampa, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Detroit vs. Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Atlanta vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Boston vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 1:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (ss) vs. Houston at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Baltimore vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Arizona vs. Cincinnati (ss) at Goodyear, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. Cleveland vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. L.A. Angels vs. L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. Kansas City vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. Oakland vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, 3:05 p.m. Seattle vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. Cincinnati (ss) vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 3:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets vs. Washington at Viera, Fla., 6:05 p.m.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New York 34 20 .630 — Brooklyn 34 24 .586 2 Boston 30 27 .526 5½ Philadelphia 22 33 .400 12½ Toronto 23 35 .397 13 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 41 14 .745 — Atlanta 33 23 .589 8½ Washington 18 38 .321 23½ Orlando 16 42 .276 26½ Charlotte 13 44 .228 29 Central Division W L Pct GB Indiana 36 21 .632 — Chicago 32 25 .561 4 Milwaukee 28 28 .500 7½ Detroit 23 37 .383 14½ Cleveland 20 38 .345 16½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 45 14 .763 — Memphis 38 18 .679 5½ Houston 31 28 .525 14 Dallas 25 32 .439 19 New Orleans 20 39 .339 25 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 42 15 .737 — Denver 36 22 .621 6½ Utah 31 27 .534 11½ Portland 26 30 .464 15½ Minnesota 20 34 .370 20½ Pacific Division W L Pct GB L.A. Clippers 41 18 .695 — Golden State 33 25 .569 7½ L.A. Lakers 28 30 .483 12½ Phoenix 20 39 .339 21 Sacramento 20 39 .339 21 Tuesday's Games Orlando 98, Philadelphia 84 Indiana 108, Golden State 97 Miami 141, Sacramento 129,2OT Cleveland 101, Chicago 98 Brooklyn 101, New Orleans 97 Milwaukee 95, Dallas 90 Phoenix 84, Minnesota 83, OT L.A. Clippers 106, Charlotte 84 Wednesday's Games Cleveland 103, Toronto 92 Sacramento 125, Orlando 101 Detroit 96, Washington 95

Milwaukee 110, Houston 107 Memphis 90, Dallas 84 Oklahoma City 119, New Orleans 74 New York 109, Golden State 105 Phoenix 105, San Antonio 101, OT Atlanta 102, Utah 91 Denver at Portland, 10:30 p.m. Thursday's Games L.A. Clippers at Indiana, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Chicago, 8 p.m. Minnesota at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m. Friday's Games Indiana at Toronto, 7 p.m. Houston at Orlando, 7 p.m. New York at Washington, 7 p.m. Golden State at Boston, 7:30 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. Detroit at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Dallas at Brooklyn, 8 p.m. Memphis at Miami, 8 p.m. Sacramento at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. Charlotte at Utah, 9 p.m. Atlanta at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Oklahoma City at Denver, 10:30 p.m. Wednesday's College Basketball Scores EAST Army 69, Holy Cross 62 Baylor 65, West Virginia 62 Bucknell 66, American U. 47 California (Pa.) 82, Clarion 58 Castleton St. 80, Wentworth Tech 79 Delaware 57, Hofstra 56 Dowling 66, Queens (NY) 57 Edinboro 71, Mercyhurst 59 Gannon 75, Slippery Rock 63 Georgetown 79, UConn 78, 2OT Indiana (Pa.) 93, Lock Haven 66 Lafayette 80, Colgate 67 Lehigh 72, Navy 43 Mansfield 90, Kutztown 55 Millersville 83, Shippensburg 69 Penn St. 84, Michigan 78 Pittsburgh 64, South Florida 44 MIDWEST Akron 88, Ohio 81, OT Ball St. 95, Cent. Michigan 90 Bowling Green 52, Miami (Ohio) 44 Creighton 80, Bradley 62 Drake 67, Indiana St. 56 E. Michigan 53, N. Illinois 41 Evansville 59, Wichita St. 56 Illinois St. 86, Missouri St. 50 Iowa 58, Purdue 48 Kent St. 83, Buffalo 81, OT Louisville 79, DePaul 58 Ohio Dominican 88, Notre Dame (Ohio) 77 S. Illinois 63, N. Iowa 57 Saint Louis 70, Saint Joseph's 53 W. Michigan 65, Toledo 62 Walsh 81, Wayne (Mich.) 78 SOUTH Belmont 73, SIU-Edwardsville 43 Catawba 60, Carson-Newman 58 Coastal Carolina 73, Winthrop 54 Davidson 69, Elon 63 Dayton 88, Charlotte 67 Gardner-Webb 67, Charleston Southern 62, OT Georgia Southern 66, UNC Greensboro 60 Georgia Tech 78, Maryland 68 Kentucky 85, Mississippi St. 55 LSU 65, Arkansas 60 Lenoir-Rhyne 82, Mars Hill 68 Longwood 79, Campbell 66 Miami 76, Virginia Tech 58 Mississippi 82, Texas A&M 73 Morgan St. 86, Coppin St. 68 NC State 82, Boston College 64 Newberry 93, Tusculum 71 Northeastern 90, Georgia St. 84, OT Radford 63, High Point 58 Richmond 73, George Washington 64 SC-Aiken 56, Augusta St. 50 UAB 76, Tulane 71 UNC Asheville 74, Presbyterian 62 Vanderbilt 63, Georgia 62 William & Mary 73, UNC Wilmington 72 SOUTHWEST Abilene Christian 82, Incarnate Word 68 Oklahoma St. 64, TCU 47 SMU 67, Rice 55 St. Gregory's 56, Wayland Baptist 53 UTEP 63, Houston 53 FAR WEST Boise St. 73, Nevada 47 Colorado St. 74, Fresno St. 67 TOURNAMENT Ecac Metro D-iii Quarterfinals NJ City 74, NYU 66 Old Westbury 88, Baruch 72 NSIC Conference Tournament First Round Augustana (SD) 89, Minn. Duluth 81 Bemidji St. 71, Wayne (Neb.) 54 Minn. St.-Mankato 86, Minn.Crookston 60 Minn. St.-Moorhead 87, SW Minnesota St. 78 Northern St. (SD) 63, Sioux Falls 60 St. Cloud St. 95, Concordia (St.P.) 90 Upper Iowa 86, Minot St. 72 Winona St. 77, Mary 64 Wednesday's Scores Boys Basketball Division I Bedford 79, Aurora 45 Berea 97, Parma Hts. Valley Forge 56 Cin. Elder 51, Cin. Winton Woods 46 Cin. La Salle 56, Fairfield 34 Cin. Moeller 48, Cin. Mt. Healthy 25 Cin. Turpin 65, Cin. Princeton 63 Clayton Northmont 58, Kettering Fairmont 43 Cle. E. Tech 77, Cle. Glenville 73 Cle. John Adams 89, Euclid 75 Cols. Northland 104, Grove City Cent. Crossing 50 Cols. Walnut Ridge 46, Westerville S. 39 Dublin Coffman 48, Grove City 42 Findlay 51, Oregon Clay 35 Galloway Westland 77, Westerville Cent. 62 Huber Hts. Wayne 87, Day. Belmont 33 Lyndhurst Brush 87, Eastlake N. 82, OT Medina Highland 52, Medina 44 Newark 64, Cols. St. Charles 37 Parma 55, Cle. Rhodes 33 Perrysburg 55, Lima Sr. 42 Pickerington Cent. 59, Dublin Scioto 57 Powell Olentangy Liberty 49, Dresden Tri-Valley 47 Reynoldsburg 43, Worthington Kilbourne 37 Springboro 70, Riverside Stebbins 45 Stow-Munroe Falls 57, Akr. Firestone 37 W. Carrollton 71, Xenia 61 Westerville N. 91, Cols. West 46 Division II Alliance 55, Akr. Coventry 50 Alliance Marlington 61, Akr. Springfield 54, OT Bellville Clear Fork 68, Tiffin Columbian 56 Bowling Green 59, Bryan 54 Cambridge 77, Warsaw River View 33 Celina 62, Wapakoneta 40 Cin. Taft 70, Cin. McNicholas 60 Cle. Benedictine 68, Fairview 40 Clyde 54, Oak Harbor 51

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Thursday, February 28, 2013

Scores AND SCHEDULES

SPORTS ON TV TODAY GOLF 9 a.m. TGC — European PGA Tour, Tshwane Open, first round, at Centurion, South Africa (same-day tape) 12:30 p.m. TGC — LPGA, HSBC Women's Champions, first round, at Singapore (same-day tape) 3 p.m. TGC — PGA Tour, The Honda Classic, first round, at Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 7 p.m. ESPN — North Carolina at Clemson ESPN2 — Ohio State at Northwestern NBCSN — Drexel at Old Dominion 9 p.m. ESPN — Duke at Virginia ESPN2 — Missouri at South Carolina 11 p.m. ESPN2 — Gonzaga at BYU NBA BASKETBALL 8 p.m. TNT — Philadelphia at Chicago 10:30 p.m. TNT — Minnesota at L.A. Lakers Cols. DeSales 36, Granville 34 Elida 65, Van Wert 64 Mentor Lake Cath. 77, Jefferson Area 49 Napoleon 63, Rossford 46 New Philadelphia 68, Gnadenhutten Indian Valley 53 Poland Seminary 69, Mantua Crestwood 38 Spring. Shawnee 75, Spring. Greenon 43 St. Clairsville 84, Richmond Edison 50 Steubenville 77, Minerva 52 Tol. Scott 85, Tol. Woodward 46 Urbana 58, Tipp City Tippecanoe 39 Vermilion 67, Oberlin Firelands 62 Warrensville Hts. 84, Ashtabula Edgewood 49 Willard 70, Galion 44 Wilmington 70, Cin. Indian Hill 53 Youngs. Mooney 66, Beloit W. Branch 26 Division III Bloom-Carroll 82, Baltimore Liberty Union 18 Cin. Clark Montessori 52, Cin. Finneytown 46 Cin. Madeira 72, Cin. N. College Hill 43 Coldwater 55, Bluffton 52 Cols. Ready 45, Cols. Grandview Hts. 42 Creston Norwayne 49, Loudonville 36 Doylestown Chippewa 48, Lorain Clearview 39 Fredericktown 40, AmandaClearcreek 33 Gahanna Cols. Academy 60, Cardington-Lincoln 34 Leavittsburg LaBrae 67, Campbell Memorial 39 London Madison Plains 52, Milford Center Fairbanks 50 Louisville Aquinas 104, Hanoverton United 43 Marion Pleasant 65, JohnstownMonroe 59 New Middletown Spring. 42, Canfield S. Range 41 Newton Falls 54, Girard 45 Richwood N. Union 69, Sugar Grove Berne Union 40 Rocky River Lutheran W. 60, Cle. MLK 47 Spencerville 72, Rockford Parkway 44 Worthington Christian 41, W. Jefferson 40 Division IV Antwerp 37, Miller City 33 Barnesville 57, New Matamoras Frontier 55 Bascom Hopewell-Loudon 67, Fostoria St. Wendelin 55 Beaver Eastern 77, Crown City S. Gallia 44 Cin. Seven Hills 64, Cin. Country Day 40 Cols. Africentric 85, Cols. International 40 Cory-Rawson 51, Arcadia 29 Danville 69, Tree of Life 49 Delphos St. John's 56, Ft. Jennings 32 Fairfield Christian 91, Morral Ridgedale 30 Fairport Harbor Harding 51, Dalton 49 Fayetteville-Perry 61, Cin. Oyler 57 Fremont St. Joseph 61, Gibsonburg 50 Gahanna Christian 62, Shekinah Christian 44 Grove City Christian 57, Cols. Wellington 49 Holgate 50, Continental 18 Houston 49, Sidney Lehman 47 Jackson Center 47, Union City Mississinawa Valley 21 Lancaster Fisher Cath. 66, Northside Christian 47 Leipsic 107, N. Baltimore 39 Malvern 72, Toronto 37 McDonald 77, Southington Chalker 53 McGuffey Upper Scioto Valley 78, Dola Hardin Northern 27 New Knoxville 73, Minster 62 New Madison Tri-Village 66, Newton Local 39 New Riegel 90, Bettsville 21 Newark Cath. 69, Marion Cath. 24 Pettisville 58, Edon 31 Pitsburg Franklin-Monroe 43, S. Charleston SE 37 Portsmouth Notre Dame 64, Portsmouth Clay 44 Richmond Hts. 81, Cle. Hts. Lutheran E. 66 S.Webster 72, New Boston Glenwood 17 Shadyside 59, Beallsville 39 St. Henry 85, Waynesfield-Goshen 53 Steubenville Cath. Cent. 59, Strasburg-Franklin 40 Stryker 54, W. Unity Hilltop 50 Tol. Ottawa Hills 62, Northwood 37 Van Wert Lincolnview 50, Lima Temple Christian 43 Vanlue 58, Mt. Blanchard Riverdale 54 Warren JFK 52, Kinsman Badger 46 Waterford 57, Willow Wood Symmes Valley 40 Wednesday's Scores Girls Basketball Division I Elyria 45, Amherst Steele 32 Mentor 57, Madison 43 Notre Dame Academy 49, Sylvania Southview 43 Rocky River Magnificat 58, Avon 29 Division II Caledonia River Valley 53, Cols. Brookhaven 48 Cols. DeSales 57, Utica 36 Cols. Eastmoor 48, Sunbury Big Walnut 44

Cols. Hartley 47, Granville 31 Division IV Lisbon David Anderson 52, Columbiana 40 Lowellville 57, Columbiana Crestview 38

AUTO RACING NASCAR Sprint Cup Top 12 in Points 1. J.Johnson ...................................47 2. D.Earnhardt Jr.............................42 3. M.Martin......................................41 4. Bra.Keselowski ...........................41 5. R.Newman..................................40 6. G.Biffle ........................................38 7. D.Patrick......................................37 8. M.McDowell ................................35 9. J.Yeley.........................................34 10. C.Bowyer ..................................34 11. R.Stenhouse Jr.........................32 12. A.Almirola .................................31

HOCKEY National Hockey League All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 20 13 7 0 26 69 54 New Jersey 19 10 5 4 24 48 49 Philadelphia 22 10 11 1 21 64 67 N.Y. Rangers 18 8 8 2 18 44 48 N.Y. Islanders20 8 11 1 17 57 68 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA 20 13 4 3 29 58 43 Montreal 16 12 2 2 26 49 35 Boston Ottawa 20 12 6 2 26 48 37 21 12 9 0 24 59 51 Toronto 20 7 12 1 15 50 64 Buffalo Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA 18 9 8 1 19 50 54 Carolina Tampa Bay 19 9 9 1 19 70 60 19 9 9 1 19 52 60 Winnipeg Florida 19 6 9 4 16 48 69 Washington 19 7 11 1 15 52 59 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA 19 16 0 3 35 61 37 Chicago 20 9 6 5 23 44 47 Nashville St. Louis 18 10 6 2 22 55 52 19 9 7 3 21 57 54 Detroit Columbus 20 5 12 3 13 44 61 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vancouver 19 10 5 4 24 54 52 Minnesota 18 9 7 2 20 39 43 Calgary 18 7 7 4 18 49 61 Edmonton 18 7 7 4 18 42 49 18 7 8 3 17 44 54 Colorado Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA 17 13 3 1 27 59 47 Anaheim 20 10 8 2 22 56 57 Dallas Phoenix 19 9 7 3 21 54 51 San Jose 18 9 6 3 21 44 41 Los Angeles 17 9 6 2 20 45 41 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Tuesday's Games Dallas 5, Columbus 4, OT Washington 3, Carolina 0 Winnipeg 4, N.Y. Rangers 3 Florida 6, Pittsburgh 4 Buffalo 2, Tampa Bay 1 Boston 4, N.Y. Islanders 1 Calgary at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Minnesota 2, Calgary 1, OT Phoenix 4, Vancouver 2 San Jose 3, Colorado 2, SO Wednesday's Games Philadelphia 4, Washington 1 Montreal 5, Toronto 2 Detroit at Los Angeles, 10 p.m. Nashville at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Thursday's Games Pittsburgh at Carolina, 7 p.m. Tampa Bay at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Toronto at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Ottawa at Boston, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at St. Louis, 8 p.m. New Jersey at Winnipeg, 8 p.m. Edmonton at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Minnesota at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Calgary at Colorado, 9 p.m. Detroit at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Friday's Games Edmonton at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Columbus at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Minnesota at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

GOLF World Golf Ranking Through Feb. 24 1. Rory McIlroy ................NIr 2. Tiger Woods..............USA 3. Luke Donald...............Eng 4. Brandt Snedeker.......USA 5. Louis Oosthuizen........SAf 6. Justin Rose ................Eng 7. Adam Scott.................Aus 8. Matt Kuchar...............USA 9. Lee Westwood ...........Eng 10. Ian Poulter................Eng 11. Bubba Watson ........USA 12. Phil Mickelson.........USA 13. Steve Stricker..........USA 14. Charl Schwartzel......SAf 15. Jason Dufner ..........USA 16. Webb Simpson........USA 17. Sergio Garcia...........Esp 18. Keegan Bradley ......USA 19. Graeme McDowell.....NIr 20. Dustin Johnson.......USA 21. Hunter Mahan.........USA

11.66 8.83 7.25 6.74 6.35 6.32 5.58 5.45 5.37 5.23 5.18 5.15 5.02 4.97 4.93 4.81 4.77 4.75 4.58 4.56 4.52

22. Peter Hanson ..........Swe 23. Nick Watney ............USA 24. Ernie Els ...................SAf 25. Bo Van Pelt .............USA 26. Zach Johnson .........USA 27. Jim Furyk ................USA 28. Martin Kaymer..........Ger 29. Bill Haas..................USA 30. Branden Grace.........SAf 31. Jamie Donaldson .....Wal 32. Fernandez-Castano .Esp 33. Paul Lawrie ..............Sco 34. Carl Pettersson........Swe 35. Jason Day ................Aus 36. Robert Garrigus......USA 37. Rickie Fowler ..........USA 38. Scott Piercy.............USA 39. Francesco Molinari.....Ita 40. Nicolas Colsaerts......Bel 41. Thorbjorn Olesen.....Den 42. George Coetzee.......SAf 43. Ryan Moore ............USA 44. Matteo Manassero .....Ita 45. John Senden............Aus 46. Hiroyuki Fujita...........Jpn 47. Fredrik Jacobson.....Swe 48. Tim Clark ..................SAf 49. Alexander Noren .....Swe 50. Padraig Harrington ......Irl 51. Marcus Fraser ..........Aus 52. Richard Sterne .........SAf 53. Russell Henley........USA 54. Thomas Bjorn ..........Den 55. Henrik Stenson .......Swe 56. David Toms .............USA 57. David Lynn ...............Eng 58. Thongchai Jaidee.....Tha 59. Rafael Cabrera BelloEsp 60. Stephen Gallacher...Sco 61. Chris Wood ..............Eng 62. Shane Lowry ...............Irl 63. Richie Ramsay.........Sco 64. Charles Howell III ...USA 65. K.J. Choi....................Kor 66. Marcel Siem .............Ger 67. Charlie Beljan .........USA 68. Greg Chalmers.........Aus 69. Bernd Wiesberger.....Aut 70. Scott Jamieson ........Sco 71. Anders Hansen........Den 72. Miguel Angel JimenezEsp 73. John Merrick ...........USA 74. Bae Sang-moon........Kor 75. Jimmy Walker..........USA

4.31 4.25 4.10 4.02 3.67 3.59 3.55 3.40 3.40 3.37 3.37 3.26 3.21 3.19 3.19 3.18 3.11 3.10 2.96 2.87 2.74 2.71 2.58 2.52 2.44 2.40 2.27 2.25 2.24 2.22 2.21 2.20 2.20 2.19 2.19 2.17 2.16 2.13 2.11 2.09 2.08 2.04 2.03 2.02 1.99 1.98 1.92 1.91 1.88 1.87 1.87 1.86 1.86 1.84

PGA Tour FedExCup Leaders Through Feb. 24 ...............................PointsYTD Money 1. Brandt Snedeker .1,282 $2,859,920 2. Matt Kuchar............811 $1,987,000 3. Phil Mickelson ........604 $1,232,760 4. Hunter Mahan ........600 $1,412,965 5. Brian Gay ...............582 $1,089,181 6. John Merrick...........565 $1,296,014 7. Russell Henley .......562 $1,129,080 8. Charles Howell III...554 $1,087,944 9. Dustin Johnson ......539 $1,200,125 10. Tiger Woods .........523 $1,144,000 11. Chris Kirk .............480 $990,013 12. Jimmy Walker.......426 $812,620 13. Tim Clark..............412 $782,529 14. Josh Teater...........411 $870,934 15. Steve Stricker .......401 $940,000 16. Jason Day ............380 $1,009,164 17. Scott Piercy..........376 $789,592 18. Bill Haas ...............374 $816,300 19. Webb Simpson.....357 $771,042 20. Robert Garrigus ...355 $759,310 21. Charlie Beljan.......347 $785,800 22. James Hahn.........329 $704,788 23. Freddie Jacobson.301 $696,825 24. David Lingmerth...283 $526,008 25. Kevin Stadler........275 $533,888 26. Keegan Bradley....262 $510,793 27. Nick Watney .........251 $504,681 28. Bubba Watson......247 $559,600 29. Ryan Moore .........242 $452,470 30. Brian Stuard .........230 $389,748 31. John Rollins..........221 $304,203 32. Ian Poulter............218 $675,000 33. Billy Horschel .......215 $345,492 34. Ted Potter, Jr.........211 $374,223 35. Ryan Palmer ........210 $454,248 36. Rickie Fowler........209 $462,850 37. Brendon de Jonge204 $347,564 38. Bryce Molder........204 $336,358 39. Charlie Wi.............200 $258,048 40. Aaron Baddeley ...196 $384,661 41. Cameron Tringale.191 $214,761 42. Carl Pettersson ....186 $332,040 43. Luke Guthrie ........179 $213,753 44. Scott Stallings ......179 $366,800 45. Kevin Streelman...177 $236,143 46. Scott Langley .......169 $338,515 46. Nicholas Thompson169 $274,668 48. Brendan Steele ....168 $279,907 49. Charl Schwartzel..168 $389,200 50. K.J. Choi...............158 $255,984 51. Sang-Moon Bae...156 $271,822 52. Pat Perez..............154 $237,228 53. Justin Hicks ..........144 $255,215 54. George McNeill ....144 $152,960 55. Jim Furyk .............141 $259,805 56. Bo Van Pelt...........138 $226,812 57. Matt Jones ...........137 $177,325 58. Jeff Overton .........133 $234,659 59. Brad Fritsch..........132 $208,900 60. Richard H. Lee .....131 $268,964 61. Bob Estes.............130 $160,635 62. Justin Leonard .....128 $119,338 63. Tommy Gainey .....128 $238,876 64. Marc Leishman ....127 $232,592 65. Kevin Chappell .....126 $215,973 66. Matt Every............124 $236,130 67. Vijay Singh ...........123 $132,775 68. Greg Chalmers.....122 $207,007 69. Zach Johnson ......120 $185,120 70. Graham DeLaet ...118 $223,824 71. Patrick Reed.........118 $234,635 72. John Senden........110 $140,344 73. Harris English.......106 $197,822 74. Stewart Cink.........105 $170,003 75. Roberto Castro ....105 $124,569 76. Sergio Garcia .......104 $223,600 77. James Driscoll......103 $203,389 78. Johnson Wagner ..103 $158,244 79. Casey Wittenberg.103 $137,938 80. William McGirt......102 $142,565 81. Graeme McDowell101 $275,000 82. Charley Hoffman..101 $168,941 83. Ricky Barnes........101 $139,227 84. Padraig Harrington100 $219,600 85. Luke Donald.........100 $195,000 86. J.J. Henry ...............98 $185,115 87. John Huh................97 $133,801 88. Seung-Yul Noh .......96 $153,545 89. Brian Harman.........95 $84,514 90. Greg Owen.............95 $106,168 91. Doug LaBelle II ......94 $85,419 91. Lee Westwood........94 $130,428 93. Jerry Kelly ..............93 $84,582 93. Adam Scott ............93 $211,000 93. Gary Woodland ......93 $125,645 96. Nicolas Colsaerts...92 $162,004 97. Erik Compton .........92 $127,758 98. Ross Fisher............91 $102,472 99. David Hearn ...........90 $117,373 100. Jonas Blixt............86 $119,076 101. Jeff Maggert.........84 $74,152 102. Jason Kokrak........84 $190,988 103. David Lynn ...........81 $95,771 104. Ernie Els...............80 $173,600 105. Kevin Na...............80 $92,944 106. Ben Curtis ............79 $116,377 107. Stephen Ames .....78 $83,067 107. Dicky Pride...........78 $158,558 109. Retief Goosen......76 $188,172 110. Jeff Klauk .............76 $102,169 111. Mark Wilson .........75 $168,992 112. Jason Dufner........74 $133,600 113. Bud Cauley...........73 $70,373 114. Scott Gardiner......71 $116,374

115. Alistair Presnell ....70 116. Martin Flores........70 117. Martin Kaymer......68 118. Angel Cabrera......68 119. Peter Tomasulo.....67 120. Lucas Glover ........66 121. Tag Ridings...........66 122. Ben Crane............63 123. Steve Marino ........63 124. John Mallinger......57 125. Tim Herron ...........55 126. Chez Reavie.........54 127. Robert Streb ........53 128. Sean O'Hair..........53 129. Troy Matteson.......52 130.Y.E.Yang ...............50 131. Lee Williams.........50 132. Peter Hanson .......47 133. Tom Gillis..............47 134. Louis Oosthuizen .47 134. Justin Rose ..........47 136. Boo Weekley ........46 137. Kyle Stanley .........44 138. Russell Knox ........43 139. Ken Duke..............42 140. Fabian Gomez......42 141. Brian Davis...........42 141. Hank Kuehne .......42 143. Daniel Summerhays41 144. Geoff Ogilvy .........40 LPGA Money Leaders Through Feb. 24 ....................................Trn 1. Inbee Park..................1 2. Jiyai Shin ....................2 3.Yani Tseng ..................2 4. Beatriz Recari ............2 5. Stacy Lewis ................2 6. So Yeon Ryu...............2 7. Moriya Jutanugarn .....2 8. Catriona Matthew.......2 9. Carlota Ciganda .........1 10. Na Yeon Choi............1 11. Gerina Piller .............2 12. Lizette Salas.............2 13. Shanshan Feng........1 14. Jessica Korda...........2 15. Katherine Hull-Kirk...2 16. Lexi Thompson.........2 17. I.K. Kim .....................1 18. Thidapa Suwannapura $28,632 18. Mariajo Uribe............1 20. Anna Nordqvist ........2 21. Amy Yang..................1 22. Angela Stanford .......2 23. Brittany Lincicome....2 24. Danielle Kang...........2 25. Nicole Castrale.........1

17 $73,389 $63,535 $144,000 $63,584 $52,256 $53,332 $106,982 $136,400 $106,646 $75,169 $56,092 $74,715 $89,424 $94,250 $84,165 $85,759 $36,221 $108,144 $48,721 $96,000 $96,000 $56,106 $84,216 $47,125 $35,065 $47,040 $45,870 $34,006 $47,928 $35,728

Money $225,000 $201,739 $183,458 $144,391 $91,364 $77,473 $70,456 $50,371 $44,972 $43,401 $43,096 $42,540 $36,104 $34,877 $33,625 $32,476 $29,958 1 $28,632 $26,191 $26,040 $24,112 $23,400 $23,143 $21,739

TRANSACTIONS Wednesday's Sports Transactions BASEBALL National League FRANCISCO SAN GIANTS_Promoted Dick Tidrow to vice president and assistant general manager, player personnel; Bobby Evans to vice president and assistant general manager; John Barr to vice president and assistant general manager, scouting and international operations; and Jeremy Shelley to vice president, pro scouting and player evaluation. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA_Suspended Indiana's Roy Hibbert and Golden State's David Lee each one game for instigating an altercation during a Feb. 26 game. Fined Golden State's Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson and Indiana's Lance Stephenson $35,000 apiece for escalating the altercation. FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS_Announced the retirement of DE Chris Kelsay. J A C K S O N V I L L E JAGUARS_Released OT Guy Whimper, QB John Parker Wilson and DB Brandon King. NEW YORK GIANTS_Re-signed OT Will Beatty to a five-year contract. HOCKEY National Hockey League COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS_Placed D James Wisniewski on injured reserve, retroactive to Feb. 24. DALLAS STARS_Activated G Kari Lehtonen from the injured list. Sent G Cristopher Nilstorp to Texas (AHL). FLORIDA PANTHERS_Assigned F Scott Timmins to San Antonio (AHL). N A S H V I L L E PREDATORS_Announced F Brian McGrattan cleared waivers and was assigned to Milwaukee (AHL). NEW YORK RANGERS_Assigned F Brandon Mashinter to Connecticut (AHL). TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING_Recalled F Pierre-Cedric Labrie and D Brendan Mikkelson from Syracuse (AHL). WASHINGTON CAPITALS_Recalled G Philipp Grubauer from Hershey (AHL). WINNIPEG JETS_Recalled D Derek Meech from St. John's (AHL). Reassigned D Julian Melchiori and G Eddie Pasquale to St. John's. SOCCER Major League Soccer CHIVAS USA_Signed M Josue Soto and M Emilio Orozco. COLUMBUS CREW_Signed MF Konrad Warzycha, MF Shawn Sloan and D Kyle Hyland. D.C. UNITED_Announced F Hamdi Salihi and MF Lance Rozeboomwill not return this season. NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION_Signed MF Donnie Smith and G Luis Soffner. PORTLAND TIMBERS_Waived MF Franck Songo'o and D Chris Taylor. TORONTO FC_Acquired a 2014 firstround supplemental draft pick from Chicago for F Quincy Amarikwa. COLLEGE ALABAMA_Dismissed LB D.J. Pettway, LB Tyler Hayes, S Eddie Williams and HB Brent Calloway. APPALACHIAN STATE_Named Chad Willis volleyball associate head coach and Anna Wagner volleyball assistant coach. CATAWBA_Named Ken Hassler men's soccer coach. DELAWARE_Named Rick Stumpf associate athletic director for compliance. DRAKE_Suspended senior F Matt Bowie and freshman G Kori Babineaux indefinitely from the basketball team for violating team rules. GEORGIA_Announced senior FB Alexander Ogletree is leaving the team for undisclosed medical reasons. HOBART_Named Nick Grange defensive coordinator. HOLY CROSS_Named Corrinne Archibald assistant volleyball coach. PENN STATE_Announced retirement of associate athletic director for football administration Fran Ganter. SPRING HILL_Announced men's basketball coach Robert Thompson will not be returning ext season.

Thursday, February 28, 2013

SPORTS

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■ Boys Basketball

Devils

Cavs ■ CONTINUED FROM 15

Tippecanoe Ben Stucke goes up for a shot Wednesday against Urbana. ■ CONTINUED FROM 15 be disciplined on defense, and we weren’t able to do so. They got a lot of good shots, and we didn’t do a good job defending the paint or rebounding the basketball. “With those long possessions, someone was going to have to break — and more often than not, it was us.” Even with Tippecanoe (18-6) turning the ball over five times in the first quarter, Urbana still only held a 14-12 lead thanks to a four-point play by Nick Fischer. But Urbana held the Devils to only three points in the second quarter — all from Jared Ervin — and Tristan Singer hit a 3 and drew a foul late in the quarter. He missed the free throw, but Urbana got the offensive rebound and Nathan Mays scored to complete a five-point swing that put the Devils down 30-15 at the half. “We missed six or seven layups in the first half, and that takes a lot of steam out of kids,” Bixler said. “We’re usually good at protecting the basketball, too, but we had some uncharacteristic turnovers tonight.” Urbana could do no wrong in the third, either, using more success on the offensive glass to build a lead that reached 20 points and stood at 44-26 heading into the fourth. And that’s when Tippecanoe finally fought back. Michael Donahey converted a putback to cut the lead to 52-34, then a Ben Hughes putback forced an Urbana timeout. Tippecanoe forced a fivesecond violation on the inbounds play, though, and

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Tippecanoe’s Ben Hughes puts up a shot Wednesday night against Urbana at Springfield High School. Sean Ford drew a foul. He hit the first and missed the second but got his own rebound, and Fischer scored on a baseline drive to make it 52-39. The Devils had a couple chances at 3s to get the lead down to 10, but they rattled out of the rim — and Joe Wright zipped a backdoor pass to Singer for a layup to end the run. From there, the Hillclimbers reasserted themselves and closed out the game. Ford led the Devils with 11 points and Fischer added 10, but no other Devil scored more than four. Singer had a game-high 12 points for Urbana — one of four Hillclimbers in double figures. Mays,

Dillon Knueven and Bixler said. Tippecanoe — 39 Wright each had 10. Nick Fischer 2-5-10, Ben “They controlled the Hughes 2-0-4, Zack Blair 0-0-0, glass on both end of the Austin Hadden 1-0-3, Alex Hall floor, and it seemed like 0-0-0, Jared Ervin 1-1-3, Sean they won all of the 50-50 Ford 3-5-11, Ben Stucke 1-0-2, balls,” Bixler said. “Even Jake Prall 0-0-0, Cameron 0-0-0, Michael when we’d get a tip and go Johnson Landwehr 2-0-4, Nathan Shirley for a steal, we wouldn’t be 0-0-0, Michael Donahey 1-0-2, able to grab it. They scored Evan Freeh 0-0-0. Totals: 13-11more in the paint this time 39. Urbana — 58 (compared to the tripleTristan Singer 3-5-12, Sam overtime game) and got Niswonger 0-0-0, Britton the ball around the rim a McCreight 0-0-0, Eric Skelley 0lot. That was the differ- 0-0, Nathan Mays 4-2-10, Alex Niswonger 2-2-7, Connor Johns ence.” 2-0-4, Dillon Knueven 5-0-10, Joe It was the final game Wright 3-3-10, Justin LeVan 2-1for seniors Fischer, Austin 5, Jailin Logwood 0-0-0, Trevor Hadden (three points), Thomas 0-0-0. Totals: 21-12-58 Score By Quarters Ervin (three points) and Tipp....................12 15 26 39 Donahey (two points). Urbana...............14 30 44 58 “I just want to thank 3-point goals: Tippecanoe — my seniors for all of their Fischer, Hadden. Urbana — hard work this year and Singer, A. Niswonger, Wright. Records: Tippecanoe 18-6. throughout their careers. They are great kids,” Urbana 18-6.

■ National Basketball Association

Cavs win again without Irving CLEVELAND (AP) — Kyrie Irving isn’t the only Cavaliers guard with killer instinct on the court. When the game’s on the line, Dion Waiters wants the spotlight and the ball. “I live for that,” the rookie said. Waiters scored 23 points, his last two coming on a crucial jumper with 1:43 left, Shaun Livingston added 15 and Cleveland overcame a horrendous start to win its second straight game without an injured Irving, 103-92 over the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday night. The Cavs made only one of their first 15 shots, but recovered and finished February at 7-5, their first winning month since March 2010, when LeBron

James was still around. Tristan Thompson scored 14, Wayne Ellington added 13 and Luke Walton had seven rebounds and seven assists for Cleveland, which closed with a 10-2 run. Usually, Irving’s the one the Cavs turn to in the closing minutes, when every dribble and every possession are important. But with their All-Star guard slowed or sidelined with a hyperextended right knee, the Cavs have turned to Waiters, who scored 25 in Tuesday’s win at Chicago and has 71 points in his past three games. “As a kid, you see a lot of guys like Michael Jordan, Allen Iverson, who live for those moments,”

Waiters said. “You tell yourself you’re going to be in that position one day. I’m just blessed to be in that position.” DeMar DeRozan scored 34 and Rudy Gay had 24 for the Raptors. Toronto climbed back from an 11point deficit and pulled within three at 93-90 when Waiters calmly dropped a clutch 15-foot jumper the kind of shot Irving has made a habit of taking and making in his two seasons as a pro. Thompson, another of the young-and-improving Cavs, added eight rebounds and made all six free throws. After trailing by 11, the Raptors got within 73-71 on DeRozan’s jumper. But Thompson scored

six straight points inside and the Cavs reeled off seven consecutive to end the third. Cleveland made its first 20 free throws before Waiters split a pair with 1.7 seconds left, giving Cleveland an 80-71 lead entering the fourth. A 6-0 burst pushed Cleveland’s lead to 86-71, but the Raptors, fighting to stay in the playoff race, weren’t finished. Gay’s dunk made it 9390, but Waiters showed no fear in stepping up and dropping his big jumper. On Cleveland’s next possession, Livingston fired a no-look pass to Alonzo Gee for a dunk, and after DeRozan scored, the Cavs put the game away by making their free throws down the stretch.

“You hate to be without timeouts in the final minute,” Houston coach John Willoughby said. “It was sidelines inbounds. We probably put the ball in the wrong guys hands.” It was physical war at the other end inside. After two missed shots, Michael Jacob was fouled with 34.7 seconds remaining, just Houston’s third foul of half — which would become key. After missing the first, Jacob appeared to miss the second free throw on purpose and got his own rebound. “That is twice he did that to us,” Willoughby said. Lehman coach Isaiah Williams said it wasn’t as strategic as it appeared. “He actually didn’t miss it on purpose,” Williams said. “He just knew it was going to miss and did a great job getting the rebound.” But there was no questioning Houston’s strategy from there. With three fouls to give (before Lehman would be in the bonus), the Wildcats used them to perfection. The first came with 8.4 seconds, just before Connor Richard could attempt a 3point shot‚ then with 6.7 second left. “We told them if somebody beat them or someone was dribbling away from them, to go ahead and foul,” Willoughby said. With 4.1 seconds, Phlipot deflected the pass off Lehman. After Houston missed the front end of a one-and-one with 3,1 seconds to go — the Wildcats picked up their sixth foul of the half with 1.4 seconds to go. Lehman still got a good look, but the 3-point shot to win the game bounced off the win. “I thought we still got a great look at the end,” Williams said. “But, that was the story of the game. We just couldn’t make shots. At the end, we couldn’t finish.” And a scrappy Houston team kept their season alive. “We talk to the kids about toughness,” Willoughby said. “I thought the kids showed a lot of toughness in key situations tonight.” Lehman seemed to have everything going their way in the first half — they were up 19-10 with 6:00 to go before break and Phlipot was on the bench with three fouls. “We were in great position,” Williams said. “We should have never let them back in the game.” Amazingly, Houston responded with the next nine points, including four by Jake Braun and the Wildcats went to the locker room trailing just 23-21. “I thought we played

some pretty good defense in that stretch,” Willoughby said. “And I thought Evan Winner did a great job handling their press, which led to some coast-to-coast stuff.” Houston was still in a tough situation, with Phlipot and T.J. Martin both having three fouls at the break. But, neither picked up a foul in the second half and Phlipot came back with abandon. He scored 15 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in the second half alone, while picking up just one more foul. “Jesse’s (Phlipot) a smart player,” Willoughby said. “He knows what to do in that situation.” Houston led 33-32 going to the fourth quarter, before Connor Richards scored seven points for Lehman. Back-to-back baskets by Richard and Spearman gave Lehman a 43-40 lead. “Connor (Richard) gave us a spark,” Williams said. “But, then we had the technical.” Phlipot took over the game at that point. He had a 3-point play to tie it after Spearman and Houston’s Austin Sarver were both cut in the face at the other end. Spearman bandaged his head and stayed in, while Sarver had to go to the locker room before returning. Phlipot had a second-consecutive “and-one” and Lehman was whistled for a technical as well. The Houston 6-5 post made two of the three free throws to give the Wildcats a 47-43 lead. “They weren’t doubling down on him a lot and I thought Jesse (Phlipot) took advantage of it,” Willoughby said. Baskets by Spearman and Nathan Hall tied it with 2:20 to go, leading to some of the most strategic basketball you would want to see. Phlpot had 17 points and 11 rebounds for Houston, while Spearman had 12 points and seven rebounds for Lehman. Jackson Frantz added 10 points and Hall grabbed seven rebounds. Lehman — 47 Connor Richard 3-0-7, John Husa 3-0-6, Jackson Frantz 3-410, Greg Spearman 5-1-12, Nathan Hall 2-1-5, Michael Jacob 0-3-3, Tharon Goins 0-0-0, Josh Smith 0-0-0, Drew Westerheide 12-4, Nick Rourke 0-0-0, James Rego 0-0-0. Totals: 17-11-47. Houston — 49 Jake Braun 2-4-8, Nate Ritchie 1-2-5, Evan Winner 4-0-9, T.J. Martin 1-0-2, Jesse Phlipot 65-17, Austin Sarver 4-0-8, Jamie Riffell 0-0-0, Zach Freytag 0-0-0. Totals: 18-11-49. Score By Quarters Lehman ................11 23 32 47 Houston ..................4 21 33 49 3-point goals: Lehman — Richard, Spearman. Houston — Ritchie, Winner. Records: Houston 10-13. Lehman 10-14.

■ College Basketball

Akron rolls on ATHENS (AP) — Demetrius Treadwell scored 21 points and Jake Kretzer came off the bench with a careerhigh 19 as Akron extended its winning streak to 19 games, the nation’s longest this season, by defeating Ohio 88-81 in overtime Wednesday night. The Zips (23-4, 13-0 M i d - A m e r i c a n Conference) overcame a 21-3 first-half Ohio run that put them in a 34-16 hole. Akron had a 15-0 run of its own for a 49-45

lead 6:05 into the second half, but the Bobcats (208, 11-2) didn’t fold. Jon Smith’s layup for Ohio in the final second of regulation sent it to overtime. Kretzer, who was 4 for 4 in the second half, all 3-pointers, and 6 of 6 overall, began overtime with two free throws and Akron never looked back. Zeke Marshall and Alex Abreu scored 16 each for Akron. D.J. Cooper scored 26 points for Ohio. Walter Offutt added 15 points and 10 rebounds.

■ National Football League

49ers trade Smith to Chiefs SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Alex Smith quietly stayed behind the scenes after losing his job and watched from the sideline as San Francisco returned to the Super Bowl for the first time in 18 years. Yet the No. 1 overall draft pick from 2005 did make one thing known: The veteran quarterback still considers himself a starter. And he hoped to get that chance again. Now, he appears to have it.

The Kansas City Chiefs have agreed to acquire Smith from the 49ers in the first major acquisition since Andy Reid took over as the team’s new coach in early January, a person with knowledge of the trade told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal cannot become official until March 12, when the NFL’s new business year

begins. Another person familiar with the swap said the 49ers will get a secondround pick in April’s draft, No. 34 overall, and a conditional pick in the 2014 draft. After spending his first eight up-and-down years with the 49ers, Smith will get a welcome new start. The Chiefs will get the proven play-caller they hope can help turn things around under a new coach much the way Smith did under Jim

Harbaugh in San Francisco. “You never know when your opportunity’s going to come,” Smith said late in the season. “The good ones are ready when they do come.” The Chiefs have gone this route before, acquiring Joe Montana from the 49ers nearly 20 years ago, in April 1993, after he won four Super Bowls but gave way to Steve Young San Francisco’s quarterback of the future.