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Friday, March 19, 2010
Poll
Which NFL free agent signee or trade will make the biggest impact?
 Julius Peppers to Chicago
 Anquan Boldin traded to Baltimore
 Karlos Dansby to Miami
 Antrel Rolle to New York Giants

Golf
Live Report: Transitions Championship, second round (PGATOUR.com)
Live Report: Transitions Championship, second round
NASCAR
F1 to select extra team as standby next 2 seasons (PA SportsTicker)
An extra team will be selected as a standby for the next two Formula One championships in case there is an unexpected vacancy on the grid at the start of the season.
NBA
Nets' Harris, Yi expected back Saturday (AP)
The New Jersey Nets are getting reinforcements in their bid to avoid the worst record in NBA history. Point guard Devin Harris and power forward Yi Jianlian practiced Friday and both said they will play for the Nets (7-61) on Saturday against the Toronto Raptors at the Izod Center. Harris has missed the last two games with an upper respiratory infection.
NHL
Canucks sign Kesler to 6-year, $30M deal (AP)
Canucks center Ryan Kesler signed a six-year, $30 million contract extension on Friday that will keep him in Vancouver through the 2015-16 season. In his sixth season with the Canucks, the 25-year-old Kesler has already set a new career high with 66 points in 71 games, exceeding the 59 points he recorded last season, when he was a Selke Trophy finalist as the NHL's top defensive forward.
MLB Schedule

Tuesday's Games
Minnesota 3, Detroit 2, 10 innings, 1st game
Detroit 6, Minnesota 5, 2nd game
N.Y. Yankees 4, Kansas City 3
Chicago White Sox at Cleveland, ppd., Rain
Tampa Bay 3, Baltimore 1
Toronto 8, Boston 7
L.A. Angels 5, Texas 2
Seattle 6, Oakland 4

Wednesday's Games
Cleveland 5, Chicago White Sox 1, 1st game
Chicago White Sox 1, Cleveland 0, 2nd game
Detroit 7, Minnesota 2
Kansas City 4, N.Y. Yankees 3
Tampa Bay 5, Baltimore 3
Toronto 12, Boston 0
Texas at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m.
Oakland at Seattle, 9:10 p.m.

Thursday's Games
Minnesota at Detroit, 12:05 p.m.
Texas at L.A. Angels, 5:05 p.m.
Baltimore at Tampa Bay, 6:08 p.m.
Cleveland at Boston, 6:10 p.m.
Oakland at Seattle, 9:10 p.m.

Friday's Games
Chicago White Sox at Detroit, 6:05 p.m.
Toronto at Baltimore, 6:05 p.m.
Cleveland at Boston, 6:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, 6:38 p.m.
Kansas City at Minnesota, 7:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels at Oakland, 9:05 p.m.
Texas at Seattle, 9:10 p.m.

Local Sports Headlines
Tigers dash to titles in season debut (03/19/10)
The Mountain Home girls literally ran away from Kuna in their season opener dual meet at Kuna last Friday. The boys were a close second. Mountain Home had 12 first and 11 second-place efforts, racking up 95 points to Kuna's 47 in the girls' events...
Lady Tigers sweep pre-season conference title (03/18/10)
The Mountain Home Lady Tigers battled the weather as well as SIC conference foes in winning the Pre-Season SIC Softball Tournament at Skyview over the weekend, downing Columbia, Emmett and Kuna to claim the title. Mountain Home 11, Columbia 1 The Lady Tigers opened the tourney Friday afternoon against Columbia and scored in every inning on their way to an 11-1 win in five innings...
Lady Tigers prep for softball season debut at Skyview (03/12/10)
The Mountain Home Lady Tigers open their 2010 softball season this weekend at the Pre-Season SIC Tournament at Skyview. Mountain Home softball coach Chris Asbury was pleased with this year's turnout for softball. "We had about 30 girls turn out. Unfortunately, we can't keep them all, so we did have to make a few cuts, but it was a real positive turnout. ...
Tigers open season with doubleheader at Burley (03/11/10)
The Mountain Home Tigers open their 2010 baseball season this Saturday at Burley with a doubleheader against Blackfoot. The Tigers are coming off a 13-18 season that saw them win the District III championship and go to state, where they went out in two straight losses...
Tigers' all-star pitcher signs to play with Coyotes (03/06/10)
Nearly a year after the Mountain Home Tigers softball squad earned its first state title, one of the team's all stars has earned a chance to play in the college ranks. During a ceremony Friday afternoon, Nickayla Skinner signed a letter of intent to play with the College of Idaho in Caldwell on a combination scholarship...
Tigers' matmen thwarted at state finals (03/05/10)
The four Mountain Home Tiger wrestlers that competed at the State 4A Wrestling Tournament in Pocatello all found the going tough, falling out after the first day of competition. Of the four, Tim Hazelbaker went the farthest, winning two matches. Had he won at least one more, he would have finished in the top six...
Slam dunk ends Tigers' state hopes with loss to Kuna (03/04/10)
Chris Smith's slam-dunk with 13 seconds left proved to be the exclamation point to the end of the Mountain Home Tigers' basketball season last Tuesday night, as the Tigers lost the lead in the final two minutes and fell 53-48 to the Kuna Kavemen at the District III 4A Boys Basketball Tournament at Bishop Kelly High School...
Mountain Home ATV club joins new state organization (03/01/10)
The Mountain Home ATV Club, Inc., is one of the 16 such clubs that have organized to form the new Idaho State ATV Association, Inc. The Mountain Home ATV Club, Inc., is recognized by the state of Idaho as a non-profit organization. The club was founded in August 2005 and its current membership is more than 200 members "and continually growing on a monthly basis," according to Rusty Faircloth, president of the local club...
Four wrestlers heading to state (02/28/10)
Four Mountain Home High School wrestlers are heading to Pocatello for the State Wrestling Tournament this Friday and Saturday at Idaho State University's Holt Arena. They qualified at the District Wrestling Tournament at Bishop Kelly High School last week...
Tigers rebound from Middleton loss to crush Nampa (02/26/10)
The Mountain Home Tigers bounced back from an opening district tourney loss to Middleton with an impressive win over Nampa. Middleton 67, Mountain Home 57 A 23-point fourth quarter for Middleton helped the Vikings dash Mountain Home's hopes of an upset, as the Vikings won 67-57 in the opening round of the District III 4A Boys Basketball Tournament at Middleton...
State fish and game hosts open house for 2010 season (02/23/10)
Though months away, the 2010 big game hunting season is the subject of an open house scheduled in Mountain Home and hosted by Idaho Fish and Game. The event will be held Friday, Feb. 26, from 4-8 p.m. in the city police office meeting room, 277 E. 8th North St...
Local football star begins fourth year on Czech squad (02/22/10)
Jake Shrum headed back to Prague, Czechoslovakia, Feb. 15 to begin his fourth season playing football with the Prague Panthers. The 1999 Mountain Home High School graduate played college football at Montana-Western in Dillon, Mont., and spent two more years there as a graduate assistant in football. Over four years ago, Shrum got a call from former Mountain Home Tiger football coach John Srholec asking him if he would like to play for him in Czechoslovakia...
Loss ends Lady Tigers' quest for state championship (02/19/10)
After their loss to Bishop Kelly in the semi-finals of the District III 4A Girls Basketball Tournament on Feb. 6 put them in the consolation bracket, the Mountain Home Lady Tigers quest to return to state meant winning three straight. They accomplished the first two, including taking third at the district tourney, but they came up short in their state play-in game Saturday at Burley against Rigby...
Tigers end regular season with win at home, road loss (02/18/10)
The Mountain Home Tigers headed into this week's District III 4A Boys Basketball Tournament with confidence after closing out their regular season schedule with a win over Columbia and a near-win at Skyview. Tigers 59, Wildcats 50 The Mountain Home Tigers came ready to play Friday night for Senior Night, beating the Columbia Wildcats 59-50 in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium in Mountain Home...
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