Championships

Conference Championships SUNDAY AFC: Baltimore at New England, 3 (CBS3) NFC: N.Y. Giants at San Francisco, 6:30 (Fox29) Super Bowl SUNDAY, FEB. 5 In Indianapolis Teams TBD, 6:30 (NBC10)

The Flyers have signed 2011 fourth-round draft pick Marcel Noebels to an entry-level contract. Noebels, a left wing, is 6-3, 200 pounds. He was ranked as the 49th-best North American skater entering the draft by the NHL's Central Scouting. The Flyers drafted him 118th overall. He had 28 goals and 26 assists in 66 games with Seattle, of the Western Hockey League. The 19-year-old was born in Toenisvorst, Germany. He represented Germany at the 2011 world junior championships and at the 2009 world Under-18 championships.

Bishop Shanahan's Ryan McCloskey, who was teamed with Andy Parsons, hits a return against Radnor's Adam Levitt and Ted Lord. The Radnor pair won, 6-1, 6-2, helping the Red Raiders defeat visiting Shanahan, 5-2, yesterday in the first round of the District 1 Class AA team championships.

ROBBINSVILLE, N.J. - NJSIAA executive director Steve Timko knows that Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City is a popular venue for the state wrestling championships. But Timko said Thursday that the NJSIAA would consider moving the event to another site, starting in March 2013. The organization is planning to issue a "Request for Proposals" by the end of the school year to see if another facility in the state might make for a more profitable site, Timko said. "We can't keep losing money on wrestling," Timko said.

ROBBINSVILLE, N.J. - NJSIAA executive director Steve Timko knows that Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City is a popular venue for the state wrestling championships. But Timko said on Thursday that the NJSIAA will consider moving the event to another site, starting in March 2013. The organization is planning to issue a "Request for Proposals" by the end of the school year to see if another facility in the state might make for a more profitable site, Timko said. "We can't keep losing money on wrestling," Timko said.

In 2006, Dan Fowler was a senior goalie for the Lenape boys' lacrosse team. He knows what "long-term" goals used to mean for most South Jersey boys' lacrosse programs. A division title. A conference title. Then try not to make it look so obvious when your team is fed to the North Jersey wolves in the state playoffs. "A lot of teams from this area were going to the playoffs and opening with teams who were years and years ahead of them as a program," Fowler said. Before the NJSIAA's decision to establish sectional championships in boys' lacrosse before this season, there essentially was no postseason for most of the top programs in South Jersey boys' lacrosse.

Clearing the Record Anthony Piscopo of La Salle recorded a decision to win the 182-pound weight class in Saturday's PIAA District 12 Class AAA wrestling championships. His school was listed incorrectly in Sunday's Sports section. The Explorers had six first-place finishers. Owen Barnes of Bishop McDevitt won the 120-pound final in the Districts 1/12 Class AA wrestling tournament. The wrong winner was listed in the results Sunday.

Lincoln's Matthew Huckabee (Timber Creek) was selected to compete at the NCAA Division II indoor track and field championships March 7-9 at the Birmingham CrossPlex in Birmingham, Ala. Huckabee, a freshman who ranks 16th in Division II in the shot put, won the CIAA Conference championship, setting a school record with a throw of 16.66 meters. He also qualified for the ECAC/IC4A championships this weekend at the Armory in New York City. Ursinus' Chris Rountree (Haddon Heights)

Wissahickon's Jalen Griffin shot a par 71 on Monday afternoon to finish tied for first after the first day of the PIAA individual championships at Heritage Hills Golf Resort in York. The junior birdied twice on the front nine to get off to a strong start. Holy Ghost Prep's Steve Cerbara and Reilly Erhardt each shot a 74 to tie for eighth place. Soccer Ryan Murdoch scored off a free kick from Shane Holmes to lift MaST Charter at Faith Christian, 2-1, in overtime. Holmes tied the game in the second half.

MIKE MODANO, one of the greatest American hockey players, announced yesterday that he is retiring after 21 seasons in the NHL. Modano, 41, from Livonia, Mich., spent 20 seasons with the Minnesota North Stars and Dallas Stars, then one with the Detroit Red Wings. He was the top overall pick in 1988. He won a Stanley Cup championship with Dallas in 1999 and scored 561 goals and 1,374 points, both records for U.S.-born players. "It's just time," he said in a phone interview from Dallas.