WRESTLING: BLAIR ACADEMY WINS NATIONAL TOURNAMENTBlair Academy (Blairstown, N.J.) scored 300 points to win the National Prep Wrestling Championships in Bethlehem, Pa.
Wyoming Seminary College Prep (Kingston, Pa.) was a distant runner-up with 194 points.
Charlie Lynch of
Archbishop Spalding (Severn, Md.) won the 145-pound title and received the Gerald Leeman Outstanding Wrestler Award. He won five times to finish the year with a 62-0 record.
Matthew Miller of
John Carroll (Bel Air, Md.) captured the 171-pound crown. He had pinned every opponent throughout the season until settling for 6-2 and 5-3 victories during the semifinals and finals, respectively.
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Johnson Central (Paintsville, Ky.) junior J.J. Jude won the Kentucky state title at 171 pounds, going undefeated in 52 matches. Last fall he rushed for 3,023 yards - including a state-record 584 in one game – to establish himself as one of the premier two-sport athletes in the nation.
*Milestone coaching victory: Duane Watson of
Allendale (Mich.) notched his 400th dual meet victory.
BASEBALL: HERNANDEZ TIES TEXAS RECORDRockwall-Heath (Texas) junior third baseman Jovan Hernandez tied the state record by hitting safely in his 42nd consecutive game (dating back to last year) before going 0-for-4 during a 5-2 victory over Harker Heights (Killeen, Texas). The record was set in 1990 by Jeff Granger of Orangefield.
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Frank Duffin hit for the cycle and drove in seven runs as
Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood, Fla.) routed South Broward (Hollywood, Fla.), 13-3.
* Garner (N.C.) senior pitcher
Scotty McCreery has made the final 24 in Fox's popular American Idol television show. The talented singer has passed the judges' test; now it's up to the public voting.
*Former Cy Young Award winner Jack McDowell is in his first year as head baseball coach at
San Dieguito Academy (Encinitas, Calif.).
