the celtics and watching them win is enjoyable and happy birthday to sixers mascot franklin who had nba friends in town to celebrate and quite the party and okafor missed most of it sitting out with a sore knee and had nine healthy players after that had heart and down to 13 and a third and came back from dario saric on a third and scored double figures for 19 games and nick had a triple with 38 seconds to go and won 105-99 and the first win against the celtics since 2014. >> we beat them, i'm so happy because of that, i want to beat them, you know, so so so bad. >> it was a great win. that is you know the top team in the east and for us to ban together to get a win like that it means a lot. >> reporter: not sure how this happened but opening day two weeks from tomorrow and jeremy for the phils and last year

looked like he may get traded and he is looking much better in training and nine strike outs and six innings allowed four hits and allowed the home run to cory dickerson in the six and phils got two hits and did not have a base runner until the 8 and shut out by the rays 8-0. it was a downer to wake up this morning and realize villanova out of the ncaa tournament guess what the team everyone had the meeting in the final four is now out too, duke upset by south carolina minutes ago as for nova aside from winning it last year they are knocked out the first weekend in three of the past four years. >> to me there is no dishonor in losing in this tournament but i do know that and we lived through it you are judged by how you play in this tournament and that is the reality of it so you have to accept it. >> reporter: last night the wildcats up set by wisconsin

65-62 and a sweet 16 and should nova be put in the position to begin with and painter on wisconsin. >> they are not an 8th seat, i don't understand that and you don't understand basketball if you put wisconsin in the 8th seat and villavd villanova that crazy. >> temple head coach who will join me as a special cohost coming up, in minutes after this newscast and electric crowd of colonial faithfuls at the center this afternoon to watch them take on reading in the semi finals and cook scored the go ahead and 11-0 and beat them 76-1 and play archbishop and a celebration you have not seen and cory clark won the ncaa wrestling championship yesterday

he threw his coach. just in case you are worried about repercussions the coach terry brand told him to do that, that is one way to flip out on the sidelines, right walter. >> if i did that to my high school wrestling coach at the time i would not be here today. glad you didn't. >> thank you jamie. take a look at this members of the los angeles police and fire departments and members of the military ran today's la marathon in full gear some of those policemen and women were in full tactical gear for 26.2 miles and ran in honor of colleagues killed in the line of duty and raise money for local charities. several dozen kids got a chance to shine today in bucks county an organization called tiara's loving children held a pageant for special needs children and highlighted all of the kids and accomplished in the face of their physical and emotional challenges the nonprofit behind the pageant first started in new jersey but now beginning to open new branches nationwide. much more to come on action news

we will introduce you to two youngsters who spent their sunday with acts of kindness. now to a story of selflessness

involving two young boys from delaware and gave up their sunday to hand out lunch to homeless men and women in philadelphia and action news reporter trish introduces us to

these exceptional youngsters. >> reporter: as a homeless man sat in the sun on hit inhouse scare he was approached by two boys holding a brown paper bag. >> they are helping homeless people and walked up and asked if i wanted a lunch so i said sure. >> reporter: brady and bradley daniels ages four and six from delaware. >> my idea. >> and me. >> reporter: handing out lunches to the homeless in philadelphia with their parents. >> we made apples, we made peanut butter sandwiches and we made chocolate. >> you put it in the bag. >> reporter: after years of giving out bottles of water stopped at traffic lights the boys got the idea when they were given tickets to the circus for valentine's day. >> come on where is it at, i'm like it's in philadelphia and he was like can we take food to feed the homeless people. >> because they need to have food to make sure they don't die. >> reporter: they gave out

dozens of sandwiches last month and the reception was so positive they came back to do it again. >> makes me smile to see that people are aware of it, you know, i'm still somebody in the world. >> reporter: their careful preparation the boys even put little smiley faces on the sandwich bags and this little symbol met more to one man than they could have imagined. >> we gave him a back and on the way back he was rubbing the smiley face and smiling and that was so touching, you know, that put everything in perspective. >> reporter: then she said they saw the man fold up the bag and put it in his pocket to save it for another day trish hartman channel six action news. ♪ still to come on action news he saved her from the raging waters of hurricane katrina 12 years ago and now this pilot and that little girl have reunited and how that day set her life on a new course for the future when action news comes right back.

a girl rescued from hurricane katrina had a special guest at her banquet this weekend the hero who rescued her and joined the rotc event nearly 12 years he lifted the youngster from the flood waters and shared a hug and smile for the camera and in 2015 he set out to find her once again and reunited on a t.v. show he said that happy picture got him through some rough times. >> you rescued me more than i rescued you. >> reporter: the two have become true friends and lashay is planning on a career in the military and marone is helping her out. finally tonight a school teacher from canada who encourages acts of kindness in a small arctic community has won a one million prize, maggie mcdonald was this year's winner of the global teacher prize for the past years

she taught middle and high school in quebec only accessible for a plane and she was honored for her hands on projects aimed at the love of learning and plans to use the money to establish a stewardship program in the village she lives and works and action news sports sunday is next and we continue at 4:30 with david murphy and tamala ed warss and karen rogers and jamie app app and sarah bloomquist and melissa magee i'm walter perez have a great week and a week ahead. ♪

♪ tonight on sports sunday march madness turns to march sadness for villanova and what went wrong for the wildcats. >> we will learn from it and move on. >> the flyers try to keep their slim playoff hopes alive and a shot you have to see to believe. sports sunday starts right now. ♪ this is action news sports sunday sponsored by audi. ♪ hello and welcome to a march madness edition of action sports sunday i'm jamie apody honored by a special cohost with the coach and i have a cherry white and don't fit into