ScuttleBu(r)t Leftovers, April 7

Gary Darling, Larry Poncino’s umpiring buddy, worked home plate for the Dodgers-Padres season opener Thursday in San Diego. Darling, a Major League Baseball ump since 1988, has toured Dickinson County golf courses when vacationing here ...

Gladstone High School’s 17-0 freshmen boys basketball team was led by 6-foot-4 Andrew Olesak, who averaged 18 points and 8 rebounds per game. They’re talking possibly varsity next year for Olesak ...

From Madison Memorial’s 5-foot-4 Anthony Frederick, up against 6-foot-2 Germantown star Zac Showalter in the WIAA Division 1 boys basketball state semifinal: “Do you really have to guard me?” ...

From Brad Dickson, Omaha World Herald: “In Springfield, Mass., a middle school basketball coach bit off a piece of the rival coach's ear. Wow. A coach bit off a rival coach's ear. I'll bet we don't see anything like that again until Urban Meyer's first Big Ten game.” ...