HIGH SCHOOLS

Windham’s Gribbin chosen as Gatorade player of year

Meghan Gribbin, a standout senior guard from Windham High, was named the Gatorade Maine player of the year Thursday.

The 5-foot-5 Gribbin led the SMAA in scoring (20.4 points) and assists (4.1) while earning the league’s player of the year honors. She also averaged 5.3 rebounds and 2.5 steals.

Gribbin, a member of the National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society, led the Eagles to the Western Class A semifinals, where they lost to eventual state champ McAuley.

“Meghan Gribbin was the catalyst for all of her team’s success,” said Gorham Coach Laughn Berthiaume in a press release. “She was able to control the game’s tempo and she knew how to score in multiple ways.”

GOLF

WGC: Adam Scott dealt with the wind by keeping the ball in play and shot a 6-under 66 to tie for the lead with Jason Dufner in the Cadillac Championship at Doral, Fla.

Rory McIlroy, in his first tournament at No. 1, opened with a 73 in the World Golf Championship event. Tiger Woods made a tap-in eagle on his opening hole, but struggled the rest of the way for a 72.

The trick on a windy day at Doral was not to drop too many shots. Sergio Garcia was one shot out of the lead through 12 holes but played the last six holes in 8 over, hitting two balls in the water for a triple bogey on the 18th.

• Matt Jones and George McNeill topped the leaderboard at 6-under 66 in the Puerto Rico Open at Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.

Ben Curtis was a stroke back in the PGA Tour event. Jeff Overton, Todd Hamilton, Kevin Kisner and Daniel Summerhays shot 68.

SOCCER

EUROPA LEAGUE: Manchester United and Manchester City were upset in the first legs of their third-round matches, and American forward Jozy Altidore helped set up both goals for Dutch club AZ Alkmaar in a 2-0 win over Italy’s Udinese.

Wayne Rooney scored twice, but Manchester United lost 3-2 at home to Spanish club Athletic Bilbao.

City lost 1-0 at Portugal’s Sporting Lisbon.

PREMIER LEAGUE: U.S. goalkeeper Tim Howard has extended his contract at Everton, tying him to the club until 2016.

Howard, 33, has played for Everton since 2006.

TRACK AND FIELD

HALL OF FAME: Jesse Owens, Carl Lewis and Jackie Joyner-Kersee will be among the inaugural members of international track and field’s hall of fame.

Abebe Bikila, Paavo Nurmi, Emil Zatopek, Al Oerter, Adhemar da Silva, Edwin Moses, Fanny Blankers-Koen, Betty Cuthbert and Wang Junxia also were selected.

Another 12 athletes will be added to the inaugural class, with those names announced throughout the year. The official induction ceremony will take place Nov. 24 in Barcelona.

TENNIS

HALL OF FAME: Three-time French Open champion Gustavo Kuerten and 1975 U.S. Open champion Manuel Orantes were elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

BNP PARIBAS OPEN: Americans Sam Querrey and Robby Ginepri advanced to the second round at Indian Wells, Calif.

Ginepri beat Paoli Lorenzi of Italy, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, and Querrey defeated fellow American Tim Smyczek, 7-6 (1), 6-4.

DOG SLED RACING

IDITAROD: Jim Lanier, 71, moved into the lead but had not yet taken a mandatory 24-hour break.

Many of the front-runners stayed at the checkpoint in Takotna while others moved through, choosing to rest their teams elsewhere along the trail.

Trent Herbst, who also hasn’t taken his 24-hour break, was in second place. The 2004 champion, Mitch Seavey, was in third place but had completed his 24-hour break.

— From staff and news services