TV SportsWatch
Monday, Sept. 17
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
7 p.m.,SPORTSOUTH — Atlanta at Miami
7 p.m., MLB — Regional coverage, Boston at Tampa Bay or Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets (8 p.m. start)
NFL FOOTBALL
8:30 p.m., ESPN — Denver at Atlanta
SOCCER
2:55 p.m., ESPN2 — Premier League, Newcastle at Everton
ON TAP
Monday, Sept. 17
FOOTBALL
Walker Valley at Cleveland (JV), 6
GOLF
Sequoyah, Silverdale at Polk County (at Chatata Valley), 4:30
SOCCER
Cleveland Middle at Ocoee Middle, 4:30
VOLLEYBALL
Polk County at McMinn County, 6 (JV 5)
Tuesday, Sept. 18
SOCCER
Athens Middle at Ocoee Middle, 4:30
McMinn Central at Polk County, 5:30
McMinn County at Bradley Central, 6
Soddy-Daisy at Walker Valley, 6
Ooltewah at Cleveland, 7 (JV 5)
SOFTBALL
Athens Middle at Ocoee Middle, 5
TENNIS
Ocoee Middle at Lake Forest (at CSCC), 4:30
VOLLEYBALL
Polk County at Sequoyah, 6 (JV 5)
Walker Valley at Ooltewah, 6:15 (JV 5:15, 9th 4:15)
Cleveland at Soddy-Daisy, 6:30 (JV 5:30, 9th 4:30)
Truett-McConnell at Lee, 7
Wednesday, Sept. 19
VOLLEYBALL
Walker Valley, East Ridge at GPS, 5:30
Thursday, Sept. 20
CROSS COUNTRY
Ocoee Middle at Athens Middle, 4:30
FOOTBALL
Baylor at Cleveland Middle, 6:30 (7th 5)
Ocoee Middle at Lake Forest, 7 (7th 5)
GOLF
Polk County at McMinn Central (at Ridgewood), 4
SOCCER
Ocoee Middle at CCS, 5
Rhea County at Bradley Central, 6
Cleveland at Notre Dame, 7
SOFTBALL
Ocoee Middle at Lake Forest, 5
VOLLEYBALL
Polk County at Tellico Plains, 6 (JV 5)
Bradley Central at Walker Valley, 6:15 (JV 5:15, 9th 4:15)
Rhea County at Cleveland, 6:30 (JV 5:30, 9th 4:30)
Friday, Sept. 21
FOOTBALL
Blackman at Bradley Central, 7:30
Red Bank at Cleveland, 7:30
Polk County at Walker Valley, 7:30
Chattanooga Central at Soddy-Daisy, 7:30
Ooltewah at East Ridge, 7:30
Rhea County at Knox Fulton, 7:30
Bledsoe County at McMinn Central, 7:30
Sweetwater at Loudon, 7:30
McMinn County, Meigs County, Sequoyah have byes
SOCCER
Spring Hill College at Lee (M), 5
Spring Hill College at Lee (W), 7:30
VOLLEYBALL
Lee at Southern Weselyan, 7
Saturday, Sept. 22
CROSS COUNTRY
Ocoee Middle at Chickamauga Dam Race, TBA
FOOTBALL
Ocoee Middle at Lake Forest (6th), 10 a.m.
SOCCER
U of Mobile at Lee (W), 5
U of Mobile at Lee (M), 7:30
VOLLEYBALL
Lee at Emmanuel, 1
BASEBALL
National League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Washington 89 57 .610 —
Atlanta 84 63 .571 5½
Philadelphia 73 74 .497 16½
New York 66 80 .452 23
Miami 65 82 .442 24½
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Cincinnati 88 59 .599 —
St. Louis 77 70 .524 11
Milwaukee 74 72 .507 13½
Pittsburgh 73 72 .503 14
Chicago 58 88 .397 29½
Houston 48 99 .327 40
West Division
W L Pct GB
San Francisco 83 63 .568 —
Los Angeles 76 71 .517 7½
Arizona 72 74 .493 11
San Diego 71 76 .483 12½
Colorado 58 87 .400 24½
Saturday’s Games
Pittsburgh 7, Chicago Cubs 6
Atlanta 5, Washington 4
Houston 5, Philadelphia 0
Miami 6, Cincinnati 4
Milwaukee 9, N.Y. Mets 6
San Francisco 3, Arizona 2
San Diego 4, Colorado 3
L.A. Dodgers 4, St. Louis 3
Sunday’s Games
Cincinnati 5, Miami 4, 11 innings
Houston 7, Philadelphia 6
Milwaukee 3, N.Y. Mets 0
Chicago Cubs 13, Pittsburgh 9
San Diego 12, Colorado 11
Arizona 10, San Francisco 2
St. Louis 5, L.A. Dodgers 2, 12 innings
Atlanta 5, Washington 1
Monday’s Games
Atlanta (T.Hudson 14-6) at Miami (LeBlanc 2-4), 7:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (Cl.Lee 5-7) at N.Y. Mets (Dickey 18-5), 7:10
Pittsburgh (Correia 10-9) at Chicago Cubs (T.Wood 6-11), 8:05 p.m.
Colorado (Chacin 2-5) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 14-10), 10:15 p.m.
Tuesday’s Games
L.A. Dodgers (Harang 9-9) at Washington (Zimmermann 10-8), 7:05 p.m.
Milwaukee (Gallardo 15-8) at Pittsburgh (A.J.Burnett 15-7), 7:05 p.m.
Atlanta (Maholm 12-10) at Miami (Eovaldi 4-12), 7:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (Cloyd 1-1) at N.Y. Mets (Harvey 3-5), 7:10
Cincinnati (H.Bailey 11-9) at Chicago Cubs (Germano 2-7), 8:05 p.m.
Houston (Abad 0-4) at St. Louis (Lohse 14-3), 8:15 p.m.
San Diego (Stults 6-2) at Arizona (I.Kennedy 13-11), 9:40
Colorado (Francis 5-5) at San Francisco (Lincecum 9-14), 10:15 p.m.
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
New York 83 63 .568 —
Baltimore 82 64 .562 1
Tampa Bay 78 68 .534 5
Toronto 66 79 .455 16½
Boston 66 81 .449 17½
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Chicago 79 66 .545 —
Detroit 77 68 .531 2
Kansas City 66 80 .452 13½
Cleveland 61 86 .415 19
Minnesota 60 87 .408 20
West Division
W L Pct GB
Texas 87 59 .596 —
Oakland 84 62 .575 3
Los Angeles 80 67 .544 7½
Seattle 70 77 .476 17½
Saturday’s Games
Boston 3, Toronto 2
Chicago White Sox 5, Minnesota 3
Detroit 5, Cleveland 3
N.Y. Yankees 5, Tampa Bay 3
Kansas City 3, L.A. Angels 2
Seattle 8, Texas 6
Oakland 5, Baltimore 2
Sunday’s Games
N.Y. Yankees 6, Tampa Bay 4
Toronto 5, Boston 0
Chicago White Sox 9, Minnesota 2
L.A. Angels 4, Kansas City 3
Cleveland 7, Detroit 6
Texas 2, Seattle 1
Baltimore 9, Oakland 5
Monday’s Games
Detroit (Fister 9-8) at Chicago White Sox (Quintana 6-4), 2:10 p.m.
Boston (A.Cook 3-10) at Tampa Bay (Cobb 9-8), 7:10 p.m.
Baltimore (Tillman 7-2) at Seattle (Noesi 2-11), 10:10 p.m.
Tuesday’s Games
Minnesota (Walters 2-4) at Cleveland (D.Huff 1-0), 7:05 p.m.
Oakland (Griffin 6-0) at Detroit (Scherzer 16-6), 7:05 p.m.
Toronto (R.Romero 8-14) at N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 3-3), 7:05
Boston (Doubront 10-9) at Tampa Bay (Hellickson 8-10), 7:10 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Floyd 9-10) at Kansas City (Hochevar 8-13), 8:10 p.m.
Texas (Dempster 6-1) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 17-4), 10:05
Baltimore (W.Chen 12-9) at Seattle (Er.Ramirez 1-2), 10:10
BASKETBALL
WNBA Glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
x-Connecticut 23 9 .719 —
x-Indiana 20 10 .667 2
x-Atlanta 18 14 .563 5
New York 14 17 .452 8½
Chicago 13 18 .419 9½
Washington 5 27 .156 18
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
z-Minnesota 25 5 .833 —
x-Los Angeles 22 10 .688 4
x-San Antonio 19 12 .613 6½
x-Seattle 13 18 .419 12½
Tulsa 8 23 .258 17½
Phoenix 7 24 .226 18½
x-clinched playoff spot
z-clinched conference
Saturday’s Games
No games scheduled
Sunday’s Games
Tulsa 80, San Antonio 70
New York 75, Washington 68
Chicago 86, Phoenix 55
Connecticut 60, Seattle 58
Monday’s Games
Indiana at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Tuesday’s Games
New York at San Antonio, 8 p.m.
Chicago at Seattle, 10 p.m.
Phoenix at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
N.Y. Jets 1 1 0 .500 58 55
New England 1 1 0 .500 52 33
Miami 1 1 0 .500 45 43
Buffalo 1 1 0 .500 63 65
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Houston 2 0 0 1.000 57 17
Indianapolis 1 1 0 .500 44 61
Tennessee 0 2 0 .000 23 72
Jacksonville 0 2 0 .000 30 53
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Baltimore 1 1 0 .500 67 37
Cincinnati 1 1 0 .500 47 71
Pittsburgh 1 1 0 .500 46 41
Cleveland 0 2 0 .000 43 51
West
W L T Pct PF PA
San Diego 2 0 0 1.000 60 24
Denver 1 0 0 1.000 31 19
Kansas City 0 2 0 .000 41 75
Oakland 0 2 0 .000 27 57
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
Philadelphia 2 0 0 1.000 41 39
Dallas 1 1 0 .500 31 44
Washington 1 1 0 .500 68 63
N.Y. Giants 1 1 0 .500 58 58
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Atlanta 1 0 0 1.000 40 24
Tampa Bay 1 1 0 .500 50 51
Carolina 1 1 0 .500 45 43
New Orleans 0 2 0 .000 59 75
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Green Bay 1 1 0 .500 45 40
Detroit 1 1 0 .500 46 50
Minnesota 1 1 0 .500 46 46
Chicago 1 1 0 .500 51 44
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Arizona 2 0 0 1.000 40 34
San Francisco 2 0 0 1.000 57 41
St. Louis 1 1 0 .500 54 55
Seattle 1 1 0 .500 43 27
Thursday’s Game
Green Bay 23, Chicago 10
Sunday’s Games
N.Y. Giants 41, Tampa Bay 34
Carolina 35, New Orleans 27
Arizona 20, New England 18
Indianapolis 23, Minnesota 20
Philadelphia 24, Baltimore 23
Buffalo 35, Kansas City 17
Cincinnati 34, Cleveland 27
Houston 27, Jacksonville 7
Miami 35, Oakland 13
Seattle 27, Dallas 7
St. Louis 31, Washington 28
San Diego 38, Tennessee 10
Pittsburgh 27, N.Y. Jets 10
San Francisco 27, Detroit 19
Monday’s Game
Denver at Atlanta, 8:30 p.m.
Thursday, Sep. 20
N.Y. Giants at Carolina, 8:20 p.m.
Sunday, Sep. 23
Tampa Bay at Dallas, 1 p.m.
St. Louis at Chicago, 1 p.m.
San Francisco at Minnesota, 1 p.m.
Detroit at Tennessee, 1 p.m.
Kansas City at New Orleans, 1 p.m.
Cincinnati at Washington, 1 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at Miami, 1 p.m.
Buffalo at Cleveland, 1 p.m.
Jacksonville at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.
Philadelphia at Arizona, 4:05 p.m.
Atlanta at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Oakland, 4:25 p.m.
Houston at Denver, 4:25 p.m.
New England at Baltimore, 8:20 p.m.
Monday, Sep. 24
Green Bay at Seattle, 8:30 p.m.
NCAA AP Top 25
The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 15, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
Record Pts Pv
1. Alabama (58) 3-0 1,498 1
2. LSU (2) 3-0 1,433 3
3. Oregon 3-0 1,356 4
4. Florida St. 3-0 1,275 5
5. Georgia 3-0 1,203 7
6. Oklahoma 2-0 1,181 5
7. South Carolina 3-0 1,081 8
8. West Virginia 2-0 1,051 9
9. Stanford 3-0 1,009 21
10. Clemson 3-0 899 11
11. Notre Dame 3-0 854 20
12. Texas 3-0 816 14
13. Southern Cal 2-1 776 2
14. Florida 3-0 743 18
15. Kansas St. 3-0 683 15
16. Ohio St. 3-0 680 12
17. TCU 2-0 535 16
18. Michigan 2-1 448 17
19. UCLA 3-0 429 22
20. Louisville 3-0 366 19
21. Michigan St. 2-1 318 10
22. Arizona 3-0 296 24
23. Mississippi St. 3-0 106 NR
24. Boise St. 1-1 95 NR
25. Nebraska 2-1 80 NR
Others receiving votes: Oregon St. 68, Baylor 55, Northwestern 41, Ohio 20, Oklahoma St. 19, Rutgers 19, Iowa St. 15, Virginia Tech 13, Cincinnati 9, Tennessee 6, Texas Tech 5, Wisconsin 5, Missouri 4, Texas A&M 4, Georgia Tech 3, Fresno St. 2, Utah 1.
SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE
East
Conference All Games
W L PF PA W L PF PA
Florida 2 0 57 37 3 0 84 51
Georgia 1 0 41 20 3 0 142 63
South Carolina 1 0 17 13 3 0 114 29
Kentucky 0 0 0 0 1 2 92 78
Missouri 0 1 20 41 2 1 106 71
Tennessee 0 1 20 37 2 1 106 71
Vanderbilt 0 1 13 17 1 2 84 40
West
Conference All Games
W L PF PA W L PF PA
Alabama 1 0 52 0 3 0 128 14
Mississippi St 1 0 28 10 3 0 114 43
LSU 0 0 0 0 3 0 145 31
Mississippi 0 0 0 0 2 1 108 103
Texas A&M 0 1 17 20 1 1 65 23
Arkansas 0 1 0 52 1 2 80 110
Auburn 0 1 10 28 1 2 60 82
Saturday’s Games
Auburn 31, Louisiana-Monroe 28, OT
Vanderbilt 58, Presbyterian 0
Texas A&M 48, SMU 3
Alabama 52, Arkansas 0
Florida 37, Tennessee 20
W. Kentucky 32, Kentucky 31, OT
South Carolina 49, UAB 6
Mississippi St. 30, Troy 24
Missouri 24, Arizona St. 20
Georgia 56, FAU 20
LSU 63, Idaho 14
Texas 66, Mississippi 31
Saturday, Sept. 22
Mississippi at Tulane, Noon
Kentucky at Florida, 12:21 p.m.
Missouri at South Carolina, 3:30 p.m.
FAU at Alabama, 5 p.m.
LSU at Auburn, 7 p.m.
SC State at Texas A&M, 7 p.m.
Rutgers at Arkansas, 7 p.m.
South Alabama at Mississippi St., 7 p.m.
Akron at Tennessee, 7:30 p.m.
Vanderbilt at Georgia, 7:45 p.m.
NASCAR
NASCAR Sprint Cup
GEICO 400 Results
Sunday
At Chicagoland Speedway
Joliet, Ill.
Lap length: 1.5 miles
(Start position in parentheses)
1. (13) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 267 laps, 133.3 rating, 47 points, $303,195.
2. (1) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 267, 144, 44, $272,951.
3. (6) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 267, 121.2, 41, $179,565.
4. (21) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 267, 110.3, 40, $193,998.
5. (20) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 267, 95.3, 39, $168,348.
6. (29) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 267, 101.2, 39, $168,840.
7. (10) Joey Logano, Toyota, 267, 109.1, 37, $124,440.
8. (4) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 267, 91, 36, $116,440.
9. (18) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 267, 85, 35, $133,054.
10. (9) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 267, 98.9, 35, $131,754.
11. (16) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 267, 92.9, 0, $142,880.
12. (35) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 267, 77.3, 32, $145,591.
13. (22) Greg Biffle, Ford, 267, 81.1, 31, $106,955.
14. (15) Mark Martin, Toyota, 267, 89.7, 30, $97,630.
15. (11) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 267, 75.5, 29, $105,280.
16. (8) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 267, 91.9, 29, $138,496.
17. (2) Aric Almirola, Ford, 266, 80.5, 28, $132,366.
18. (3) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 266, 83.6, 27, $139,916.
19. (5) Carl Edwards, Ford, 266, 77.7, 25, $136,671.
20. (14) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 266, 63.7, 0, $94,705.
21. (12) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 266, 66.1, 24, $123,863.
22. (37) David Ragan, Ford, 266, 58.6, 23, $110,288.
23. (28) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 265, 54.6, 21, $121,396.
24. (32) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 265, 58, 20, $129,480.
25. (41) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 265, 49, 0, $90,630.
26. (23) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 264, 52.5, 18, $113,538.
27. (17) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 263, 57.7, 17, $116,588.
28. (40) David Gilliland, Ford, 263, 45.9, 16, $102,138.
29. (26) Landon Cassill, Toyota, 262, 53, 15, $114,125.
30. (39) T.J. Bell, Ford, 261, 37.6, 0, $96,530.
31. (38) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, 259, 37.1, 13, $103,988.
32. (30) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 245, 59.4, 12, $101,677.
33. (42) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, engine, 199, 43.8, 11, $83,930.
34. (7) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, engine, 197, 65.4, 10, $91,730.
35. (19) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, accident, 190, 88.9, 9, $131,441.
36. (27) Casey Mears, Ford, accident, 146, 48.8, 8, $83,305.
37. (36) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet, fuel pressure, 70, 31.2, 0, $91,080.
38. (43) Josh Wise, Ford, vibration, 66, 28.4, 6, $84,357.
39. (31) David Stremme, Toyota, transmission, 60, 31.5, 5, $79,325.
40. (33) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, vibration, 52, 29.8, 0, $79,080.
41. (25) Scott Speed, Ford, suspension, 49, 36.6, 3, $78,805.
42. (34) Mike Bliss, Toyota, brakes, 41, 28.5, 0, $78,635.
43. (24) Michael McDowell, Ford, rear gear, 38, 30.4, 1, $78,907.
Race Statistics
Average Speed of Race Winner: 143.363 mph.
Time of Race: 2 hours, 47 minutes, 37 seconds.
Margin of Victory: 3.171 seconds.
Caution Flags: 4 for 23 laps.
Lead Changes: 16 among 9 drivers.
Lap Leaders: A.Almirola 1-3; J.Johnson 4-45; B.Keselowski 46; M.Kenseth 47-48; J.Johnson 49-102; B.Keselowski 103-150; J.Johnson 151-189; D.Ragan 190-191; J.Johnson 192-228; B.Keselowski 229; D.Hamlin 230; T.Stewart 231-233; C.Bowyer 234-239; J.McMurray 240; D.Ragan 241; B.Keselowski 242-267.
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): J.Johnson, 4 times for 172 laps; B.Keselowski, 4 times for 76 laps; C.Bowyer, 1 time for 6 laps; T.Stewart, 1 time for 3 laps; A.Almirola, 1 time for 3 laps; D.Ragan, 2 times for 3 laps; M.Kenseth, 1 time for 2 laps; D.Hamlin, 1 time for 1 lap; J.McMurray, 1 time for 1 lap.
Top 12 in Points: 1. B.Keselowski, 2,056; 2. J.Johnson, 2,053; 3. T.Stewart, 2,048; 4. D.Hamlin, 2,041; 5. K.Kahne, 2,041; 6. C.Bowyer, 2,041; 7. D.Earnhardt Jr., 2,039; 8. G.Biffle, 2,037; 9. M.Truex Jr., 2,035; 10. K.Harvick, 2,032; 11. M.Kenseth, 2,030; 12. J.Gordon, 2,009.
S.A.S Grant Adcox Memorial Results
1. Billy Ogle Jr.
2. Ray Cook
3. Derek Ellis
4. Riley Hickman
5. Skip Arp
6. Greg Martin
7. Mike Weeks
8. Randy Weaver
9. Mark Douglas
10. Shane Tankersley
11. Craig Burrows
12. Josh Henry
13. Shan Smith
14. Skip Freeman
15. Jackson Hale
16. David Gamble
17. Kayne Hickman
18. Brett Miller
19. Lamar Scoggins
20. Brian Hickman
21. Jason Welshan
22. Kurt English
LLM/Crate
1. Riley Hickman
2. Rex Richey
3. Jason Welshan
4. Bobby Mayse
5. Booger Brooks
6. Jimmy Elliott
7. John Ownbey
8. Lamar Scoggins
9. Shane Tankersley
10. Jarrett Choatte
11. Tyler Adams
12. Scottie Hogan
13. Don VanWinkle
14. Michael Arp
15. Seth Wimpey
16. Lee Goodman
17. Russell Rogers
A-Hobby
1. Jody Hixson
2. Matt Morr
3. Steve Tate
5. Mitch Brady Jr.
6. Richard Dixon
7. Robby Hixson
8. Brianna Kyle
Hobby
1. Lee Harbin
2. Jason Brown
3. Corey Sanders
4. Steve King
5. Adrian Williams
6. James McMurray
7. Adam Earwood
8. Ronnie Kerr
9. Roy Oxford
10. Eric Hughes
Pony
1. Jamie Cross
2. Nick Perry
3. Nathan Hair
4. Danny Burnette,
5. Colt Deverell,
6. Shaun Tenpenney
