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Posted on Mon. Jul. 23, 2012 - 12:01 am EDT

BRIEFS

Don Ayres squad wins District 10 title

The Don Ayres Time Corners Little League team won the 9-10 District 10 championship with a 16-9 victory over Auburn and will advance to the baseball state tournament next weekend in Dyer.

The Don Ayres team, led by Eli MacDonald’s four hits and four runs, scored 12 runs in the final two innings to pull away.

Team members are: Riley Dickey, Camden Rogers, Jack Yankosky, J.P. Lepper, Henry Starnes, Tanner Ealing, Gabe Marks, Carter Hamlin and Andrew Deeter.

AUTO RACING

Midweek event at Angola track

The Angola Motorsport Speedway will play host for the Stan Perry Memorial on Wednesday. A 110-lap super late model feature will be held, with $5,010 going to the winner. Additionally, a $1,010 first-place prize will go to the winner of the 50-lap open wheel modified feature. Gates open at 4:30 p.m., qualifying starts at 5:30, and the first race will begin at 7 p.m.

Feature winners from Saturday’s races were: Kyle Moonan, mini stocks; Rick Everage, ABC; Eric Schafer, modified; Troy Moyer, street stocks, and David Fisher, front wheel drive.

Familiar winner at Bandimere

Pro Stock racer Allen Johnson continued his mastery of Bandimere Speedway, racing to his fourth win at the track during the Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals in Morrison, Colo. Antron Brown (Top Fuel), Jack Beckman (Funny Car) and Eddie Krawiec (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also won at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series event.

Spaniard takes F1 win in Germany

In Hockenheim, Fernando Alonso led from the start to win the German Grand Prix in his Ferrari and extend his Formula One championship lead. The Spaniard never had a big lead but never looked in serious danger of losing it, successfully fending off two-time defending champion Sebastian Vettel and Jenson Button.

IndyCar to evaluate engine penalties

IndyCar CEO Randy Bernard said the series will consider during the offseason changing the penalty currently levied on teams for unapproved engine changes. An unapproved engine change currently costs a team 10 spots on the starting grid. Teams are not allowed to change engines before they’ve run 1,850 miles. .

FOOTBALL

Figure from Ohio State scandal dies

One of the supporting characters in Ohio State’s NCAA violations died. Jeannette, Pa., businessman Ted Sarniak III died at a Pittsburgh-area hospital, according to the funeral home handling the arrangements. Sarniak, 68, was a mentor to Terrelle Pryor. When coach Jim Tressel, who later resigned, discovered in April 2010 that Pryor and other players were involved in selling memorabilia to the subject of a federal drug probe, one of the first calls he made was to Sarniak.

Former college coach, 79, dies

Jim Carlen, who coached at West Virginia, Texas Tech and South Carolina, died. Dunbar Funeral Home said Carlen died in Columbia, S.C., at age 79.

Lions cornerback arrested again

Detroit cornerback Aaron Berry was arrested in Pennsylvania for the second time this offseason. Cpl. Kyle Gautsch of the Harrisburg Police Department says Berry was taken into custody morning on three charges of simple assault. Berry, who is from Harrisburg, was also arrested in that area June 23 on suspicion of DUI, failure to stop and render aid from an accident and other counts.

Eagles DT to miss training camp

Philadelphia ruled out defensive tackle Mike Patterson for its entire training camp and possibly more because the incision where he had brain surgery in January hasn’t fully healed. Patterson was diagnosed with a brain malformation last August after suffering a seizure during a training camp practice at Lehigh University.

GOLF

Classic winner sets tourney record

Scott Stallings shot a 4-under 68 in the final round to win the True South Classic at Annandale Golf Club in Madison, Miss. The 27-year-old won his second career tournament and his first in 2012, shooting a 24-under 264, which is a tournament record at Annandale. Jason Bohn shot a 5-under 67 to finish second, two strokes back.

TENNIS

Roddick picks up 32nd ATP title

Andy Roddick beat Gilles Muller of Luxembourg 1-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2 to win the Atlanta Open and earn his 32nd ATP World Tour title. Roddick, 29, ranks third among active players in career titles behind Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.

Around the courts

Dominique Cibulkova defeated Marion Bartoli 6-1, 7-5 in the Mercury Insurance Open finals in Carlsbad, Calif. … In Hamburg, Juan Monaco edged Tommy Haas 7-5, 6-4 in the final of the German Tennis Championships for his third clay-court title of the year. … Polona Hercog won her second consecutive Swedish Open title after recovering from a shaky start to beat Mathilde Johansson 0-6, 6-4, 7-5 in Bastad, Sweden. … Thomaz Bellucci beat Janko Tipsarevic 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-2 in the Swiss Open final in Gstaad, Switzerland.


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