INDIANAPOLIS - The NCAA is recommending tougher penalties for players who throw elbows.
The decision was announced Wednesday, one day after the men's and women's Basketball Rules committees completed their spring meetings. The proposal must be approved by the Playing Rules Oversight Panel next month.
If the new elbow rule passes, referees would be required to call a flagrant or intentional foul for anything more than incidental elbow contact above the shoulders.
A flagrant foul would give the opponent two free throws and possession of the ball. A flagrant foul also would lead to the player's ejection. If approved, it would apply to both men's and women's basketball.
HIGH SCHOOLS
Bill could halt use of metal bats
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A California legislative committee advanced a bill Wednesday that would place a two-year moratorium on the use of metal bats in high school baseball, responding to safety concerns that were raised when a Marin County teenager was severely injured earlier this year.
The moratorium would allow time for the bodies that govern baseball at the high school and collegiate level to review the safety of aluminum and metal bats, which some say are more dangerous than their wooden counterparts.
The March incident left Gunnar Sandberg, a 16-year-old pitcher for Marin Catholic High School, in a coma for weeks and prompted the Marin County Athletic League to suspend the use of metal bats.
• Sahuarita High School has hired Chris Fee as its football coach. He was an assistant at the school last year.
TENNIS
Aztec reaches consolation final
Pima College's Lori Cinnamond won her semifinal Wednesday to advance to the No. 3 singles consolation final in the NJCAA women's tennis championships at Reffkin Tennis Center. Cinnamond will face Soizette Simmons of Institute ASA in today's final.
On Wednesday, Pima's Gabriela Rodriguez lost her No. 1 consolation semifinal, and the Aztecs' No. 2 doubles team of Cinnamond and Ana Gallardo was also eliminated in semifinal action.
• Top-ranked Serena Williams and older sister Venus each advanced to the quarterfinals at the Italian Open in Rome on Wednesday. Serena Williams, in her first tournament in three months, defeated Andrea Petkovic of Germany 6-2, 3-6, 6-0. Venus ousted Shahar Peer of Israel 6-3, 6-4. Both sisters are back from knee injuries and could meet in the semifinals.
Includes material from a news release
