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Developmental hockey
BOARDMAN -- The Canfield Developmental Hockey Cardinals defeated Mentor Bantam 5-3 Sunday at the Ice Zone in Boardman.
Riley Emery led the Cards with three goals (two shorthanded) and two assists. Ben Jensen also had a strong game with two goals and an assist, while Greg Firestone assisted on Emery's two shorthanded goals. Jared Taylor, Mike Haurin, and Stephen Ferko chipped in with assists for the Cardinals (5-5-1). Brennan Allen got the victory in the net.
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AUSTINTOWN -- Girard's Mike Nitzsky won his 160-pound match against Alliance's Rich Andrews at Saturday's Hephner Tournament at Austintown Fitch High School. Nitzsky placed seventh overall. Also, at 112 pounds, Fitch sophomore Brian Remias took sixth place in the Hephner Tournament to raise his record to 13-5.
REGION
Kent State rolls
KENT -- Kevin Warzynski scored 19 points lead Kent State to a 70-52 win over Buffalo on Sunday. Kent (14-6, 8-1 Mid-American Conference) put the game away early, going on a 29-10 run in the first half.
Jay Youngblood scored 14 points and Omni Smith added 10 for Kent, which shot 46.8 percent for the game (29-of-62) and was coming off its first conference loss of the season, a 79-74 defeat Thursday against Bowling Green.
Yassin Idbihi led Buffalo (15-5, 5-4) with 16 points. Calvin Cage added 11. The loss snapped a two-game winning streak. Buffalo shot 34 percent (17-of-50).
Akron wins in OT
BOWLING GREEN -- Nick Dials made two free throws and Rob Preston hit a layup in overtime to lead Akron to a 77-72 victory over Bowling Green on Sunday.
After the Falcons' Steven Wright forced the overtime with a 3-pointer with 8 seconds left in regulation, the Zips (15-4, 8-1 Mid-American Conference) built a five-point lead on Dials' two free throws with 1:16 left and a layup by Preston with 21 seconds remaining.
Wright, who scored 21 points for Bowling Green (8-11, 4-5) hit a 3-pointer to cut the lead to 74-72 before Cedrick Middleton made two foul shots and Dru Joyce hit one in the final 7 seconds.
Reserve Darryl Peterson led the Zips with 18 points, with Romeo Travis adding 16, Dials 13 and Middleton 11.
Martin Samarco scored 26 points and Matt Lefeld had 12 for the Falcons. Akron hit 22-of-32 free throws to Bowling Green's 17-of-26.
NATION
Buick Invitational
SAN DIEGO -- A new decade for Tiger Woods looks a lot like the last one -- making clutch putts, letting his opponents break down and hoisting the trophy at a golf course that feels as if it's home.
Woods holed an 8-foot birdie on the 18th hole Sunday to get into a three-way playoff, then won the Buick Invitational with simple pars as Australian rookie Nathan Green and two-time Masters champion Jose Maria Olazabal made crucial mistakes.
Olazabal played a splendid bunker shot on the par-3 16th on the second extra hole at Torrey Pines, then missed a 4-foot par putt to hand Woods a victory that was only easy at the end.
"It's not how you want to win," Woods said. "I had a chance to make birdie on 18 in the playoff and end it right there. You don't ever take joy out of seeing friends do that."
For Woods, it was the fourth time in 10 years that he won in his first PGA Tour event of the year, and he became the first four-time winner at the Buick Invitational on a course he played regularly as a kid.
The finish was reminiscent of the American Express Championship last October at Harding Park, where John Daly lost on the second extra hole by missing a 3-foot putt to give Woods the victory.
Just like then, Woods bowed his head and slowly walked over to shake hands.
It was a somber way to end a dynamic afternoon along the bluffs of the Pacific Ocean, where 12 players had a share of the lead at one point and there was an eight-way tie with six holes to play.
Woods, who three-putted three times in his final round of even-par 72, finally made the one that mattered on the final hole of regulation en route to his 47th tour victory.
"Of all the things that happened today, I said, 'At least you have a chance.' I shouldn't have had that opportunity," Woods said of his birdie on the 72nd hole. "I flipped it around, turned it into a positive situation. It felt good coming off the putter and found its way to the bottom."
Woods turned 30 at the end of the year and is starting his 10th full season on tour, and this was an ideal place for him to get going. This is the fourth tournament he has won at least four times, the others coming at Augusta National, Firestone and Bay Hill.
Qatar Masters
DOHA, Qatar -- Sweden's Henrik Stenson birdied three of the last four holes for a 4-under 68 and a three-stroke victory in the Qatar Masters.
Stenson finished the tournament at 15-under 273. England's Paul Broadhurst shot a 70 to finish second. South Africa's Darren Fichardt (68) was third at 11 under.
Stenson, who started the day with a one-stroke lead, had two birdies on the front nine at the Doha Golf Club. He bogeyed the 14th hole, then made his final surge en route to his third career PGA European Tour title.
Ernie Els, the 2005 winner, shot a 72 to finish 10 strokes back.
Vindicator staff/wire reports