Scoreboard

HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL

Brainerd at Willmar 7:30 p.m.

St. Cloud Tech at Little Falls

Hinckley-Finlayson at Aitkin

Detroit Lakes at Crosby-Ironton

Pequot Lakes at Menahga

Kimball at Pierz

Pillager at Sebeka

Verndale at Pine River-Backus

GIRLS TENNIS

Brainerd at St. Cloud Tech 4:30 p.m.

Perham at Pequot Lakes

Pierz at Long Prairie-Grey Eagle

Staples-Motley vs. Minnewaska at Glenwood

BOYS SOCCER

Brainerd at St. Cloud Apollo 5 p.m.

Willmar at Little Falls

GIRLS SOCCER

St. Cloud Apollo vs. Brainerd at Baxter 5 p.m.

Little Falls at Willmar

SWIMMING AND DIVING

Little Falls at Brainerd 6 p.m.

CROSS COUNTRY RUNNING

Little Falls at Fergus Falls Invitational

Pequot Lakes, Pine River-Backus at McGregor Invitational

Pierz at St. John's Invitational

Friday

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

Willmar at Brainerd 7 p.m.

Alexandria at Little Falls 7 p.m.

East Central at Aitkin 7:30 p.m.

Two Harbors at Crosby-Ironton 7 p.m.

Barnesville at Pequot Lakes 7 p.m.

Kimball at Pierz 7 p.m.

Parkers Prairie at Pillager 7:30 p.m.

Pine River-Backus at Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 7 p.m.

East Grand Forks at Staples-Motley 7 p.m.

Verndale at Clinton-Graceville 4 p.m.

Melrose at Wadena-Deer Creek 7 p.m.

GIRLS TENNIS

Wadena-Deer Creek at New York Mills

CROSS COUNTRY RUNNING

Staples-Motley at Bloomington Jefferson Invitational

COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL

Central Lakes vs. Vermilion at Ely 6:30 p.m.

Radio-TV

Radio guide -- WYRQ-FM (92.1), KFML-FM (94.1), KKIN-FM (94.3), KBKK-FM (95.9), KTCF-FM (101.5), KTIG-FM (102.7), WCCO-AM (830), KWAD-AM (920), KKIN-AM (930), KTLF-AM (960), 3WI-AM (1270), KVBR-AM (1340), KLIZ-AM (1380), KLLZ-AM (1600)

Thursday

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

6:30 p.m.

ESPN -- Miami at Pittsburgh

3 p.m.

ESPN -- PGA, Texas Open, first round

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

1:05 p.m.

WYRQ/KNSP/KWAD -- Twins at Chicago

7 p.m.

FOXFAM -- Houston at Chicago Cubs

PREP VOLLEYBALL

7:30 p.m.

KKIN-AM -- Aitkin vs. Hinckley-Finlayson

Friday

PREP FOOTBALL

7 p.m.

KKIN-AM -- Aitkin vs. East Central

KKIN-FM -- Crosby-Ironton vs. Two Harbors

KLTF -- Little Falls vs. Alexandria

KFML -- Pierz vs. Kimball

7:30 p.m.

KBKK -- Pillager vs. Ottertail Central

Football

MCCC football

NORTHERN DIVISION

Div. All Pts.

Vermilion 0-0 3-1 3

Mesabi Range 0-0 3-1 3

Rainy River 0-0 3-1 3

Itasca 0-0 1-3 1

Hibbing 0-0 1-3 1

Northland 0-0 1-3 1

SOUTHERN DIVISION

Div. All Pts.

Rochester 0-0 5-0 5

Ridgewater 0-0 3-2 3

Central Lakes 0-0 2-3 2

Fergus Falls 0-0 2-3 2

Minnesota West 0-0 1-4 1

Sept. 22 Results

Central Lakes 12, Hibbing 7

Minnesota West 30, Itasca 15

Fergus Falls 54, Northland 12

Ridgewater 31, Rainy River 28

Rochester 17, NDSCS 7

Thursday's Games

Hibbing at Itasca 7:30 p.m.

Mesabi Range at Northland 7:30 p.m.

Saturday's Games

Rochester at Central Lakes 1:30 p.m.

Rainy River at Vermilion 1:30 p.m.

Ridgewater at Fergus Falls 1:30 p.m.

MCCC Rankings

1-Rochester, 2-Vermilion, 3-Mesabi Range

Transactions

Wednesday

BASEBALL

Major League Baseball

MLB--Cut the suspension of New York Yankees C Jorge Posada from six games to five and upheld the $3,500 fine imposed on Sept. 7.

American League

BOSTON RED SOX--Released RHP Carlos Castillo.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS--Agreed to terms with LHP Mark Mulder on a four-year contract. Signed RHP Jeff Bruksch.

National League

ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS--Purchased the contract of C Ken Huckaby from Tucson of the PCL. Recalled RHP Geraldo Guzman from Tucson and placed him on the 60-day disabled list.

FLORIDA MARLINS--Announced the retirement of RHP Alex Fernandez.

BASKETBALL

HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS--Signed C Sharavjamts Shark Tserenjanhor.

National Basketball Association

LOS ANGELES LAKERS--Signed F Dickey Simpkins.

UTAH JAZZ--Signed F Andrei Kirilenko.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

BUFFALO BILLS--Signed LB Junior Robinson to the practice squad. Waived WR Chris Taylor. Placed LB Sam Cowart on injured reserve.

DETROIT LIONS--Signed WR Latef Grim to the practice squad.

GREEN BAY PACKERS--Released DB Hurley Tarver from the practice squad. Signed WR-KR J.J. Moses to the practice squad.

NEW YORK JETS--Released G Tupe Peko. Signed P Daniel Pope and OL Josh Rawlings.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS--Signed T Dave Costa. Signed T Dan Goodspeed to the practice squad.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS--Signed G Shane Grice. Waived OL Leon Hires.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS--Released QB Jeff George. Signed QB Kent Graham and DT Tyronne Williams. Placed CB Donovan Greer on injured reserve. Activated CB Central McClellion from the practice squad.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

NHL--Suspended New York Rangers D Dale Purinton four preseason games and fined him $1,000 for attempting to injure New York Islanders G Garth Snow during a Sept. 22 game.

ATLANTA THRASHERS--Assigned D Mike Weaver, F Bryan Adams, F Ben Simon, F Dan Snyder, F J.P. Vigier, G Scott Fankhouser and D Jeff Dessner to Chicago of the AHL.

CALGARY FLAMES--Assigned G Levente Szuper, D Steve Montador, D Micki Dupont and F Dwayne Hay to Saint John of the AHL, and D Dallas Eakins to Chicago of the AHL.

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS--Assigned LW Martin Spanhel, D Darrel Scoville, D Derrick Walser and D Jeff Ware to Syracuse of the AHL. Released RW Daniel Marois.

DALLAS STARS--Assigned G Chad Alban, D Greg Hawgood, D Dan Jancevski, F Steve Gainey, F Jim Montgomery and F Gavin Morgan to Utah of the AHL.

NEW JERSEY DEVILS--Assigned G Ari Ahonen, G Jean-Francois Damphousse, G Scott Clemmensen, G Frederic Henry, D Josef Boumedienne, D Mike Commodore, F Christian Berglund, F Max Birbraer, F Brian Gionta, F Stanislav Gron, F Mike Jefferson and F Michael Rupp to Albany of the AHL.

OTTAWA SENATORS--Agreed to terms with F Marian Hossa on a three-year contract.

SAN JOSE SHARKS--Assigned G Vesa Toskala to Cleveland of the AHL.

VANCOUVER CANUCKS--Assigned RW Steve Kariya, F Artem Chubarov, F Brad Leeb and D Zenith Komarniski to Manitoba of the AHL.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS--Agreed to terms with C Jeff Halpern on a two-year contract. Reassigned D Nolan Yonkman to Portland of the AHL.

Baseball

American League

East Division

W L Pct GB

x-New York 90 61 .596 --

Boston 76 74 .507 13 1/2

Toronto 74 77 .490 16

Baltimore 60 91 .397 30

Tampa Bay 54 97 .358 36

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Cleveland 87 65 .572 --

Minnesota 80 72 .526 7

Chicago 79 73 .520 8

Detroit 62 90 .408 25

Kansas City 59 93 .388 28

West Division

W L Pct GB

x-Seattle 109 44 .712 --

y-Oakland 94 58 .618 14 1/2

Anaheim 74 78 .487 34 1/2

Texas 70 83 .458 39

Wednesday's Games

Toronto at Cleveland, ppd., rain

Seattle 7, Texas 5

Boston 9, Baltimore 6

N.Y. Yankees 5, Tampa Bay 1

Kansas City 8, Detroit 6

Chicago White Sox 6, Minnesota 3

Oakland 3, Anaheim 1

Thursday's Games

Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, 12:05 p.m.

Anaheim at Oakland, 2:35 p.m.

Baltimore at Boston, 6:05 p.m.

Toronto at Tampa Bay, 6:15 p.m.

Detroit at Kansas City, 7:05 p.m.

National League

East Division

W L Pct GB

Atlanta 82 70 .539 --

Philadelphia 81 71 .533 1

New York 78 74 .513 4

Florida 70 82 .461 12

Montreal 64 88 .421 18

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Houston 90 62 .592 --

St. Louis 87 66 .569 3 1/2

Chicago 82 70 .539 8

Milwaukee 65 87 .428 25

Cincinnati 62 90 .408 28

Pittsburgh 58 95 .379 32 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Arizona 85 67 .559 --

San Francisco 84 69 .549 1 1/2

Los Angeles 81 72 .529 4 1/2

San Diego 76 76 .500 9

Colorado 67 85 .441 18

Wednesday's Games

N.Y. Mets 5, Montreal 2

Atlanta 4, Florida 1

Chicago Cubs 8, Pittsburgh 4

Philadelphia 8, Cincinnati 0

St. Louis 5, Houston 1

San Diego 3, Colorado 1

Arizona 15, Milwaukee 9

San Francisco 6, Los Angeles 4

Thursday's Games

San Diego at Colorado, 2:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Montreal, 4:35 p.m.

Cincinnati at Philadelphia, 6:05 p.m.

Houston at Chicago Cubs, 7:05 p.m.

Milwaukee at Arizona, 8:35 p.m.

Atlanta at Florida, 8:05 p.m.

Wild Card Glance - National League

W L Pct GB

St. Louis 87 66 .569 --

San Francisco 84 69 .546 3

Chicago 82 70 .539 4 1/2

Philadelphia 81 71 .533 5 1/2

Los Angeles 81 72 .533 6