Sligo Weekender Titles

1. Wretched afternoon for Sligo Ladies in Donegal - Donegal 6-19 Sligo 1-08
   IN the early stages of this Bord Gáis Ladies National Football League Division Two clash at Páirc Tír Conaill, Donegal Town, last Sunday, Sligo looked as if they were in for a saunter in the spring sunshine.
2. Effort shows that Rovers must be taken seriously - AT times it wasn’t pretty. At times it wasn’t cohesive. And yet there was enough class on display on Saturday night last to make you believe Sligo Rovers have what it takes to be biting at the heels of the top three when the Airtricity League reaches a conclusion next Autumn.
3. Grammar are within reach of the year’s big prize - SLIGO Grammar School gave further evidence of their power and ability when they scored a resounding 45-13 Connacht Schools Senior Cup semi-final victory over Gallen Community School in Ferbane on Tuesday last.
4. Defeat for Ursuline College in Connacht Senior ‘C’ final - SLIGO’S Ursuline College were left down and out in last Friday’s Connacht Ladies Football Post Primary Schools Senior ‘C’ Championship final.
5. Saint Attracta’s earn All-Ireland final place in schools basketball - SAINT Attracta’s Community School, Tubbercurry, qualified for the Basketball Ireland All-Ireland Schools League Girls U-16 ‘C’ final following their 15-points defeat of Presentation College, Wexford, 43-28, last Thursday at the National Basketball Arena.
6. Summerhill aiming to further ‘A’ rebirth - HAVING taken the scalp of St Jarlath’s College, a Galway secondary school synonymous with success in Colleges GAA, not just provincially but nationally, and having emerged from a tightrope semi-final against St Muredach’s College (a thrilling tie that went to extra-time), Summerhill College’s Senior Gaelic footballers must feel that this could be their year.
7. What will ‘B’ will ‘B’ for Tubber outfit St Attracta’s - EVEN if St Attracta’s Community School have been down this road before, there is nothing matter-of-fact about manager Anthony Brennan’s outlook ahead of Saturday’s Connacht Colleges Senior ‘B’ Championship decider in Charlestown.
8. Oscar Traynor exit for the Sligo-Leitrim League - THERE was penalty shoot-out heartbreak for the Sligo-Leitrim & District Junior Soccer League representative side in their Oscar Traynor Inter-League Cup quarter-final at MacSharry Park last Sunday afternoon.
9. Mullen injury adds another worry to the campaign - SLIGO’S efforts to rebound from last Sunday’s off-colour showing against Wexford has been dealt a fresh blow with the loss of midfielder Eugene Mullen to a collarbone injury.
10. Sligo caught cold in Wexford - SLIGO turned in one of their poorest displays for some time when they suffered a seven-points defeat to Wexford, 3-07 to 1-06, in a mediocre Allianz GAA National Football League Division Three tie at Wexford Park on Sunday.

Associated Press News

1. Obama takes health care overhaul push to Missouri - WASHINGTON (AP) -- The nation's top health official challenged insurers on Wednesday to join President Barack Obama's push to overhaul the medical system, arguing that if the effort fails it will hurt them as well as other Americans....
2. Biden: Palestinians deserve 'viable' state - RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden's displeasure over an Israeli plan to enlarge an east Jerusalem settlement was on display Wednesday as he warned against actions that "inflame tensions" and reassured his Palestinian hosts that they deserve a sustainable, independent state....
3. 'Lost Boys' actor Corey Haim dead in Calif. at 38 - LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Corey Haim, a 1980s teen heartthrob whose career was blighted by drug abuse, has died. He was 38. Haim died early Wednesday at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, Los Angeles County coroner's Lt. Cheryl MacWillie said....
4. Female WWII aviators honored with gold medal - WASHINGTON (AP) -- They flew planes during World War II but weren't considered "real" military pilots. No flags were draped over their coffins when they died on duty. And when their service ended, they had to pay their own bus fare home....
5. Church abuse scandal reaches pope's brother - VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Church abuse scandals in Germany have reached the older brother of Pope Benedict XVI and are creeping ever closer to the pontiff himself....
6. Boyfriend: 'Jihad Jane' suspect wasn't religious - PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The self-dubbed "Jihad Jane" who thought her blond, all-American profile would help mask her plan to kill a Swedish cartoonist is a rare case of a U.S. woman inciting foreign terrorism and shows the latest evolution of the global threat, authorities say....
7. Senate passes jobless aid, business tax breaks - WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate voted Wednesday to extend a host of soon-to-expire elements of last year's economic stimulus measure, including help for the jobless and money to help financially strapped states pay for health care for the poor....
8. Swedish artist has no regrets over prophet drawing - STOCKHOLM (AP) -- The point of a caricature depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a dog was to show that artistic freedom allows mockery of all religions, including the most sacred symbols of Islam, the Swedish artist who created it said Wednesday....
9. Midnight knitter pulls the wool over NJ shore town - WEST CAPE MAY, N.J. (AP) -- Someone is spinning quite a yarn over one New Jersey shore town. An unknown person dubbed The Midnight Knitter by West Cape May residents is covering tree branches and lamp poles with little sweaters under cover of darkness....
10. Garciaparra rejoins Red Sox for day, then retires - FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) -- Nomar Garciaparra rejoined the Red Sox for one day and then retired, ending a 14-year career in which he won two batting titles with Boston and became a beloved player in the city....