Beavers stop Springfield

CALCUTTA — Beaver Local remained undefeated with a 149-159 win over Springfield on Tuesday at Beaver Creek Meadows.

Owen Hill led all golfers with a round of 35 to earn medalist honors. Mikey Druschel, Andre Wiegand and Nick McKenzie each carded 38s to round out the scoring for the Beavers.

Britton Hickman added a 39 and Braxton Hickman shot 43.

Beaver Local improves to 3-0.

Beavers third at Howland Invite

WARREN — Beaver Local placed third out of 13 teams at the Howland Invitational on Tuesday at Old Avalon, finishing with a team score of 327.

Canfield won the event with a 299, while host Howland took second with a 312.

Britton Hickman led the Beavers with a 79. Andre Wiegand followed with an 80, Mikey Druschel shot 83 and Owen Hill added an 85 to round out the team scoring. Braxton Hickman carded an 87.

Potters compete at Yankee Run

BROOKFIELD — Columbiana and East Liverpool competed in the Brookfield Invitational on Wednesday at Yankee Run.

Columbiana took third overall.

TEAM STANDINGS: 1. Poland Seminary 297; 2. Canfield 305; 3. John F. Kennedy 306; 4. Ursuline 315; 5. Brookfield 319; 6. Mooney 320; 7. Howland 326; 8. Poland Seminary B 328; 9. South Range 332; 10. LaBrae 333; 11. Columbiana 342; 12. Hubbard 343; 13. Southeast 345; 14. Badger 366; 15. Canfield B 373; 16. Lakeview 375; 17. East Liverpool 395; 18. Western Reserve 400; 19. Girard 408.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: 1. Matthew Morrone (Poland Seminary) 69; 19. Trenton Hall (Columbiana) 80, 40. David Masters (Columbiana) 85, 50. Luke Struharik (Columbiana) 88, 53. Nick Klindworth (Columbiana) 89, 63. Cooper Klein (East Liverpool) 93, 71. Donovan Shallcross (East Liverpool) 95; 78. Garrett Cooper (East Liverpool) 99, 90. Kamdeyn Engle (East Liverpool) 108, 95. Carstin Suznevich (East Liverpool) 122.

High school record setter

EUGENE, Oregon — Cooper Lutkenhaus is running somewhere fast.

The 16-year-old Lutkenaus set the Under-18 world record in the 800 meters at the USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships Sunday at Hayward Field. His time of 1minute, 42.27 seconds smashed his own national high school record of 1:45.45.

The incoming junior at Northwest High School in Justin, Texas, posted the fifth fastest time in American history regardless of age. Lutkenhaus also qualified the for the World Championships in Tokyo on Sept. 18.

His first lap of 50.66 seconds Sunday put him in seventh place before sprinting to a second-place finish.

Donavan Brazier had a winning time of 1:42.16, beating his previous best by more than four seconds. Brazier has been able to run for less than a month since 2022 after three Achilles surgeries.

American record holder Bryce Hoppel finished third in 1:42.29.

Washington and Jeff favored

LATROBE, Pa. — After winning a share of a 27th Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) championship a season ago, Washington & Jefferson College was selected as the preseason favorite during the PAC Football Media Day on Wednesday.

Washington & Jefferson College — led by 23rd-year head coach Mike Sirianni, the older brother of Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni — secured 17 first-place votes from coaches and 431 total points in the poll.

Grove City College, one of three teams to tie for the PAC title a season ago, was selected second with 13 first-place votes and 413 points. Westminster College, which capped an 8-3 campaign with a victory in the Opendorse Bowl Series Extra Points Bowl, was picked third with 12 first-place votes and 400 points.

Ranking fourth was Case Western Reserve University (347 points), followed by Geneva College (267), Waynesburg University (260), Thiel College (167), Allegheny College (158), Saint Vincent College (152), Bethany College (117) and Hiram College (60).

Bednar gets first Yankee save

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — David Bednar got his first save for the New York Yankees after going a little longer than expected, and ended their five-game losing streak before going home. Bednar got the final five outs, all on strikeouts, in their 3-2 win at Texas on Wednesday. The game-ending one came with two runners on base after manager Aaron Boone had gone to the mound with the intention of pulling the right-hander that New York acquired from Pittsburgh at the trade deadline last Thursday.

“I said, ‘I’m going to take you here.’ And he gave me a look like, no you’re not,” Boone said. “He absolutely wanted the ball and, you know, felt like his stuff was still there. … What a great, gutsy effort.”

Bednar’s 18th save overall this season came in his third appearance for the Yankees (61-54), who remained ahead of Texas for the American League’s third and final wild-card spot. They have a day off before opening a three-game series against AL West-leading Houston at home on Friday night after Bednar’s first two series with New York were on the road.

Bednar had two strikeouts to end the eighth and two more to open the ninth before Corey Seager walked on six pitches and Marcus Semien grounded a 3-1 pitch through the right side of the infield for a single. Bednar, already at a season-high 36 pitches and with cleanup hitter Adolis García headed to the plate, initially didn’t see his new manager walking toward him.

“I was just kind of getting my mind right to face García,” Bednar said. “I told (Boone) I wanted him and, you know, he agreed. And I just wanted to bear down and get that last one.”

Bednar struck out García, finishing with a season-high 42 pitches for his most since 43 in an eight-out save for the Pirates at St. Louis on June 15, 2022. It was the third time this season Bednar recorded five outs, and the second in his week with the Yankees.

“That was awesome, especially that last one,” said Paul Goldschmidt, whose pinch-hit solo homer in the seventh broke a 2-2 tie. “To go out out there and make those pitches was huge.”

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