Villanova earns Final Four trip with Southeast Region title
Villanova, coached by Rollie Massimino, upset North Carolina 56-44 to capture the Southeast Regional title and reach the national semifinals. Ed Pinckney, Dwayne McClain, and Gary McLain led the senior trio in a near perfect second half, advancing to face Memphis State in Lexington.
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St Johns reaches Final Four after NC State win
St John’s secured a 69 60 West Regional final victory over NC State to reach its first Final Four since 1952. Lou Carnesecca praised the milestone while seniors Chris Mullin and Bill Wennington starred, with Ron Stewart contributing a significant cameo as St John’s edged past a defensive NC State plan built around 5 7 Spud Webb.
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Spud” Webb
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Lorain Catholic chase state tourney in 62 year history
Lorain Catholic meets Youngstown Raven at St John Arena in the Ohio high school boys basketball state tournament opening round. If victorious, the Spartans advance to the Class AA title game Saturday. The piece places Lorain’s history among area schools in the OHSAA tournament lineage dating to 1923 and notes past champions and regional results.
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Bellevue
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Jim Barnes
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Force colors playoffs with third straight win over Strikers
In front of 12 482 at the Coliseum the Cleveland Force edged the Minnesota Strikers 5 4 to move into third place in the MISL standings. Jan Goossen scored early for the Force as Kai Haaskivi and Peter Ward added key goals, while Dennis Mepham and Craig Allen helped fuel the comeback. Leiten made 11 saves for the Strikers and Vaccaro stopped eight for Cleveland as the Force extended their winning streak and prepared for a five of nine stretch against Baltimore and Chicago.
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