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Ester League Hamden Hall 73, Cheshire Academy 71 Preps Hopkins 73, St. Luke 72 Scc [Derived Headline]

Monday's results BOYS' BASKETBALL Fairchester League

Girls' Basketball

From staff reports Mike Sweeney scored 19 points to lead the Foran-Milford boys' basketball team to a 61-44 Southern Connecticut Conference interdivision win over North Haven on Monday in Milford. Nate Firn added 16 for the Lions (6-9). Brian Salzillo was the leading scorer for North Haven (4-12) with nine points.

Charles, Vaughn Can Renew Acquaintances As Rutgers Hosts Uconn

By Jim Fuller Register Staff STORRS -- Eight years have passed since Tina Charles and Kia Vaughn found themselves staring each other down, ready to go after the opening tip for the very first time.

No. 1 Connecticut at No. 7 Rutgers

Women's basketball gameday NO. 1 CONNECTICUT AT NO. 7 RUTGERS WHEN: Today, 7 p.m.

Basketball

ON THE AIR Basketball 7 p.m. College women, UConn at Rutgers, CSTV, WICC-600, WTIC- 1080

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Today's schedule All games begin at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted BOYS' BASKETBALL: CSC: O'Brien Tech at Goodwin Tech, 6 p.m.; SCC interdivision: Hamden at Hillhouse (New Haven Atletic Center), 6 p.m.; Shelton at Wilbur Cross; Sheehan at Guilford; Xavier at Amity; East Haven at Hand; Career Magnet at Lyman Hall; Law at Fairfield Prep; Branford at West Haven; SWC: Stratford at Newtown; Bunnell at Weston; NVL: Crosby at Seymour; Ansonia at Wolcott; Shoreline: Cromwell at Old Saybrook; Hyde Lead...

Vermeil: Players Win Games

Continued from C1 Hampton takes Williams' spot on the AFC roster, his third-consecutive trip to Hawaii and fourth overall. The Patriots have not said why either of the Patriots stars' opted out.

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Continued from C1 "I wanted to watch the game again." Specifically, he wanted to see The Play. His third-and-5 throw to David Tyree for 32 yards that both NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and Manning's celebrated brother, Peyton, called one of the greatest plays in Super Bowl history.

Hey Nineteen

By David Borges Register Staff ROCKVILLE -- University of Connecticut men's basketball player Doug Wiggins pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of alcohol as a minor and paid a $90 fine Monday morning at Rockville Superior Court.

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Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Not one of Roger Clemens' flat- out denials about using steroids or human growth hormone was delivered while he spoke under oath. Now he gets that chance. Clemens, the seven-time Cy Young Award winner, is scheduled to give a deposition to lawyers from a congressional committee behind closed doors today, one day after his former New York Yankees teammate and workout partner Andy Pettitte delivered sworn testimony for about 2 1/2 hours.

Hey Nineteen

Continued from C1 On Jan. 24 at 11:51 p.m. in a parking lot off King Hill Road in Mansfield, two undercover campus police witnessed Wiggins and Dyson pull into the lot in Wiggins' 1997 Honda Civic. After about 15-20 minutes, the officers approached the vehicle and found a bottle of vodka and a bottle of cognac inside the car. Wiggins was also cited for operating on a suspended license. His license had been suspended after he failed to respond to a seat belt violation citation in early January...

Duncan Ready After Treatment

Register News Services Outfielder Curtis Granderson and the Detroit Tigers agreed Monday to a $30.25 million, five-year contract that includes a club option for 2013 that could make the deal worth up to $43.25 million. Granderson had a breakout season last year, hitting .302 with 23 homers and 74 RBIs along with 38 doubles, 23 triples and 26 stolen bases.

65, St. Francis 58 (at Hamden) Visitor (6-15) Shawna Scott 1 1-2 4, Samantha Leach 3 [Derived Headline]

Area results Women's basketball quinnipiac 65, st. francis 58 (At Hamden)

U.S. Defeats Germany in Fed Cup

Move over, Lindsay Davenport, and make room for another star on the U.S. Fed Cup team. Shaking off nerves, Fed Cup rookie Ashley Harkleroad, 22, rallied from a 4-1 deficit in the second set to beat Germany's Sabine Lisicki 6-4, 7-5 on a picture-perfect Southern California day to clinch the quarterfinal match on Monday at San Diego. Harkleroad's victory followed Davenport's 6-1, 6-2 win over 19- year-old Julia Goerges in reverse singles, sending the United States into a World Group road semifi...

Marketing Madness

A sampling of special events and giveaways left on Quinnipiac's schedule: Thursday

Scoring Leaders Rich Marsh O'brien Tech 11 326 29.6 [Derived Headline]

SCORING LEADERS Rich Marsh O'Brien Tech 11 326 29.6 Greg Mangano Notre Dame-WH 15 395 26.3

3-Point Leaders Mark Palmieri West Haven 48 Dave [Derived Headline]

3-POINT LEADERS Mark Palmieri West Haven 48 Dave O'Brien Hopkins 45 Richie Spader Seymour 34 Sam Greenberg Guilford 34 Matt Thurston Sheehan 33 Tyler Mizenko Hamden Hall 31 Jordan Green Hyde 29 Mark Hales East Haven 29 Sean Bertanza Seymour 28 Kyle Wiggins Law 28 Nick Lauretti Shelton 28 Kyle Walker St. Joseph 27 Rob Harrigan St. Joseph 27 Jerome Washington Seymour 27 Mitch DeMazza Morgan 27 Jeff Petrillo East Haven 26 Steve Galgano Notre Dame-W...

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THROUGH SATURDAY SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT CONFERENCE Hammonasset Division

Junior Samantha Scavo Scored 16 Points, Including [Derived Headline]

Junior Samantha Scavo scored 16 points, including the 1,000th of her career to lead the North Branford girls' basketball team to a 63- 33 Shoreline Conference win over Hale-Ray on Monday. Scavo is the first to reach the milestone at North Branford as a junior.

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By Brett Orzechowski Register Staff HAMDEN -- The TD Banknorth Sports Center sits atop a hill, away from Whitney Avenue, amid the construction of student dorms. School officials consider the multi-purpose building an on-campus facility, but the students are still shuttled in and fans drive up the hill for games. Much like Quinnipiac athletics, which made the leap to Division I almost a decade ago, the land has yet to establish a complete identity.