In Brief

high schools

Williams-Goss, Kabongo lead Findlay Prep to easy victory

Nigel Williams-Goss and Myck Kabongo scored 14 points each to lead the Findlay Prep basketball team to a 77-40 win over West Orange (Fla.) in the quarterfinals of the Montverde (Fla.) Academy Invitational Tournament on Thursday.

Williams-Goss, a sophomore guard who has committed to UNLV, added four assists and four rebounds for the Pilots (22-2).

Amir Garrett, a senior forward who has signed with St. John's, had eight points, nine rebounds and five assists for Findlay Prep, and teammate Winston Shepard had nine points and four steals.

Dewayne Gallimore led West Orange (17-6) with 14 points.

The Pilots, who are ranked No. 8 in the nation by USA Today, advanced to meet Orlando (Fla.) Christian Prep (17-3) in the semifinals at 3:20 p.m. today. The title game is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Saturday.

Also: The father of a Nevada high school wrestler who was a hazing victim said he's going public with the details because his 15-year-old son was humiliated and wants to put the matter to rest.

Dee Gregory said he was "sickened" by accounts of the Dec. 3 incident in Las Vegas in which four Churchill County High School teammates were accused of stripping and urinating on his son.

Gregory, an assistant wrestling coach at Churchill High, told a Reno TV station that his son thought his teammates let him down and now just wishes the matter "would go away."

Gregory said he was at another tournament when the team was in Las Vegas for the Green Valley Duals on Dec. 3 and 4.

"I was proud of them for being honest, but it also just sickened my stomach with some of the things they had done," Gregory said. "I honestly was floored when I found out who three of these four people were. I absolutely was floored. I trusted them."

The four wrestlers are accused of taping the victim's mouth and arms, pulling off his pants, taping him to a coffee table, spanking him and locking him outside his motel room. After the victim returned to the room, they allegedly spanked him again and urinated on him in the shower.

GOLF

Angry Daly tells Hope Classic, event in Phoenix to take hike

John Daly criticized two tournaments for not giving him sponsor exemptions, saying he never would play the Bob Hope Classic and Phoenix Open again.

Daly, a two-time major champion, has not won in seven years and has not had full PGA Tour status since 2006. He has been relying on sponsor exemptions or his status as a past champion. He already received exemptions this year to the Sony Open and the Farmers Insurance Open, where he opened with a 67 on Thursday in San Diego.

Daly was talking about his schedule, and, without prompting, he went after two tournaments that didn't invite him.

"I'll tell you this -- I'll never go back to the Hope, and I'll never go back to Phoenix, no matter what happens," Daly said. "I won't even send letters anymore."

Daly was upset because he said the tournaments owed him for his past support.

miscellaneous

Extra qualifying lap pays off for Bergmeister at Daytona

Jorg Bergmeister was just about to end his qualifying run in Daytona Beach, Fla., when crew members told him to stay out for one more lap.

It turned out to be a great call.

Bergmeister's final lap was his fastest, earning him the pole in the Rolex 24 at Daytona. He'll lead the field to the green flag in the grueling and prestigious 24-hour race Saturday.

He covered the 3.56-mile road course at Daytona International Speedway in 1 minute, 40.099 seconds and edged Max Angelelli in the DP class. Angelelli will start second, followed by Scott Pruett, Ryan Dalziel and Scott Dixon.

The 18-car field includes several other NASCAR drivers, including five-time defending Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson.

Also: University of Iowa leaders promised to investigate what caused 13 football players to be hospitalized with an unusual muscle disorder after offseason workouts.

Board of Regents president David Miles and Iowa president Sally Mason called the incident "a cause for grave concern."

The university will have 90 days to complete an investigation of events leading up to the hospitalizations, and the results will be presented to the board.

Darryl Strawberry will run to the top of the Empire State Building in New York to raise money for cancer research.

The former baseball slugger will race up 1,576 steps and 86 floors to the observatory Tuesday with about 100 other participants as part of the Empire State Building Run-Up. They're raising money for the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation.

A former New York Mets and Yankees player, Strawberry was drawn to the foundation after he suffered from colon cancer.

Tickets for the May 7 WBO world welterweight title fight between Manny Pacquiao and Shane Mosley at the MGM Grand Garden will go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday at all Ticketmaster outlets and at ticketmaster.com and mgmgrand.com.

Prices are $1,000, $750, $500, $300 and $150. There is a two-ticket limit per person for the $150 category and a 10-ticket limit for all other price ranges.

Anaheim Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf has been cleared to skate with the team nearly one month after getting hit in the face with a puck.

The team said that the star center will be back on the ice with the Ducks on Monday after the All-Star break.

Alexander Semin signed a one-year, $6.7 million contract extension with the Washington Capitals.

The 26-year-old Russian right wing scored a career-high 40 goals last season. This year, he has 18 goals and 17 assists but hasn't scored since Nov. 28 against Carolina. He hasn't played since Jan. 8 because of a thigh injury.

The International Olympic Committee will meet with governments and other interested organizations in March to discuss illegal betting in sports.

IOC president Jacques Rogge, speaking in Lausanne, Switzerland, said illegal betting is a threat that needs to be met with the same "seriousness and unity" as doping.

Mirai Nagasu narrowly won the short program at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Greensboro, N.C.

Nagasu, the second-youngest winner when she claimed the title in 2008, was slightly ahead of 2009 winner Alissa Czisny and defending champion Rachael Flatt.