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Colucci's 3 goalsspark victory
BOARDMAN -- Eric Smith scored the game-winning goal with 18 seconds left as the Cardinal Mooney-Ursuline high school club ice hockey team edged Boardman 5-4 in a Northeast Ohio Hockey League game Saturday at the Ice Zone.
Phil Colucci had three goals to lead the winners while Jake Secich had one goal and one assist.
Mooney-Ursuline goalies Anthony Sabatka and Joe Carothers combined to stop 28 of 32 shots.
Jim Pipoly scored two goals for Boardman while Bobby Walla and Marc Esposito each had one goal.
Goalies Chris Collins and John Yehanik combined for 28 saves on 33 shots for the Spartans.
Poland icerswin twice
CANTON -- Robbie Wyand, Drew Souder and Matt Kominak scored goals Saturday as the Poland High club ice hockey team defeated Massillon Jackson, 3-1.
Friday, Poland defeated Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph, 4-2, at the Ice Zone. Brett Pitzulo scored two goals for the Bulldogs (11-2-3) while Wyand and Jack Crish each had one.
J-M's Hambrick wins crown
RICHMOND HEIGHTS -- Jackson-Milton sophomore Jake Hambrick pinned his way to the 112-pound championship at Saturday's Division III Classic at Richmond Heights High School.
Hambrick pinned Chris Weiksner (Cleveland Central Catholic) in 28 seconds to win the final. He needed just 3:30 to win his four matches.
Jackson-Milton's Kyle Kemble (103) and Angelo Catone (heavyweight) finished as runners-up. The Bluejays placed third out of 28 teams.
Joe Martini (189) finished third to lead Girard, which finished 20th. Jake Howley finished sixth for the Indians.
For Brookfield, Mike Miller took fourth (171), Justin Miller was fifth (103) and Dave Dillon (135) and Joe McFarland (140) each took sixth.
PENNSYLVANIA
Baby Penguinsdefeat Pirates
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. -- Mike Wilson scored the game-winning goal in the third period as the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins defeated the Portland Pirates 2-1 in the American Hockey League.
Wilson's goal came on the power play with 10:05 left in the game. Shane Endicott took a shot from the right wing and Wilson drove to the net and slid the rebound past goalie Maxime Ouellet.
Matt Hussey also scored for the Penguins, snapping a wrist shot over Ouellet's glove on a 2-on-1 break in the first period.
The Pirates tied the score 1-1 early in the third period when Mark Murphy picked the puck out of a goal-mouth scramble and lifted it past Penguins goalie Sebastien Caron.
Ouellet stopped 39-of-41 shots for Portland (12-12-3-4). He made 42 saves in his previous start, Friday at Hamilton, but did not win that game either, as the Pirates and Bulldogs tied 1-1.
Caron turned aside 34-of-35 shots for the Penguins (13-14-2-2).
NATION
Rose opinionsbeing sought
NEW YORK -- The Hall of Fame already has started contacting its 58 living members, hoping to set up a meeting for them with commissioner Bud Selig next month to discuss Pete Rose's possible reinstatement.
The target date for the meeting is Jan. 17 in Los Angeles, provided most of the Hall of Famers can make it.
Rose and Selig are negotiating a possible end to the permanent ban the career hits leader agreed to in 1989 after an investigation of his gambling. Because he's banned, Rose cannot appear on the Hall ballot.
Rangers inkcloser Urbina
ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Texas Rangers signed closer Ugueth Urbina to a one-year, $4 million contract with another $500,000 deferred.
Urbina, a two-time All-Star whose 40 saves for Boston last season tied for third-best in the American League, went 1-6 with a 3.00 ERA last season. He had 19 straight saves from April 12-July 3, and blew only six chances all season.
Perez signswith Giants
SAN FRANCISCO -- Former Gold Glove infielder Neifi Perez signed a two-year contract with the San Francisco Giants.
The Giants claimed Perez off waivers from the Kansas City Royals last month.
Perez hit .236 with 37 RBIs in 2002. Kansas City acquired Perez, the 2000 NL Gold Glove winner at shortstop for Colorado, during the 2001 season in a three-team trade.
Warriors' Millssuspended
NEW YORK -- Golden State forward Chris Mills was suspended for three games without pay by the NBA for fighting with Portland's Bonzi Wells after a game, going after him in the locker room and even blocking the Trail Blazers' bus.
Wells was suspended two games on Saturday by the league for throwing a punch at Mills after Friday night's game, which the Blazers won 113-111 on Rasheed Wallace's last-second jumper.
The altercation started a brawl involving players from both sides.
Staff/wire reports