CHESTER TOPS UNITED

NEW MANCHESTER, W.Va. — The Chester Old-Timers improved to 7-0 by downing United, 12-3, Sunday at Oak Glen High School.

Joe Krause led the way with a triple, double and single. Doug Comm had a double and two singles. Eric Sampson and Mike Homer each had two singles.

Kevin Ferell picked up the win on the mound and Dave Smith closed out the last three innings.

Chester plays Warren at Warren JFK High School at 2 p.m. Sunday.

LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL

BOARDMAN — Canfield and Austintown will play in a pair of district championship games tonight in the Little League Ohio District 2 Softball Tournament at the Field of Dreams.

Austintown advanced in the 8-10 age division Saturday with a 5-4 win over South Range as Issabella Mackenzie hit a walk-off two-run inside-the-park homer in the bottom of the seventh inning.

In the 10-12 age division, Canfield beat Austintown, 6-0, in the semifinals Thursday.

Both games today will be televised live on MyYTV beginning with the 10U at 6 p.m., followed by the 12U game at approximately 8 p.m.

MONDAY PLAYOFF

CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler made an 8-foot par putt on the 18th hole Sunday and pumped his fist with more emotion than he showed all day, just for the right to return Monday at the rain-delayed Travelers Championship to face a sudden-death playoff against Viktor Hovland.

The final round was stopped for 90 minutes as storms moved over the TPC River Highland, and officials deemed there was not enough daylight for them to play another hole.

Scheffler and Hovland each had birdie chances at the end. Scheffler rammed his 30-foot putt 8 feet by the hole. Hovland’s 25-foot attempt missed by inches and he tapped in for a 69. Scheffler made his third big par putt for a 68 to match Hovland at 21-under 259.

That was one shot ahead of Collin Morikawa, who closed with a 61 and was briefly tied for the lead, though it never looked as though it would be enough.

The playoff will be held at 9 a.m. Monday and will be shown on Peacock, NBCSN and Golf Channel.

RYU RECOVERS

CHASKA, Minn. (AP) — Haeran Ryu ended Nelly Korda’s hopes for a Grand Slam when she recovered from a shaky start and won the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship for her first major, beating Ina Yoon by two shots at Hazeltine.

Ryu closed with a 2-under 70 to finish at 13-under 275 and become the sixth South Korean to win the event in the last 12 years. Ryu, the 2023 LPGA rookie of the year, also was the first major champion in at least 60 years to win when trailing by at least 10 shots after the first round.

Korda, trying to become only the third player in LPGA history to win the first three majors of the season, got within three shots early on the back nine but could not get any closer. A late double bogey led to a 73 and she tied for eighth, seven shots behind.

Brooke Henderson and Dewi Weber tied for third at 10 under.

WORLD CUP HEATS UP

(AP) — The World Cup’s knockout stage is already providing some premier matchups in the round of 32.

It’s part of a bracket that features an easier road for some teams than others.

There are three games on Monday, starting with Brazil vs. Japan in Houston. The Brazilians — who won Group C — are five-time World Cup champions but face a tough opponent in Japan, which is ranked No. 17 in the world. The Japanese finished second in Group F with one win and two draws.

Group E winner Germany faces Paraguay in the day’s second game. Germany scored 10 goals in the group stage, which was tied for the most of any team. Paraguay bounced back from a 4-1 loss to the United States by beating Turkey and fighting to a draw with Australia to narrowly qualify for the knockout stage after finishing third in Group D.

The nightcap is a matchup of top-10 teams when the Netherlands faces Morocco. The Dutch are often considered the best country to never win a World Cup, while Morocco has jumped into soccer’s elite over the past few years after a surprise run to the 2022 World Cup semifinals in Qatar.

Today’s games include:

• Brazil vs. Japan, 1 p.m. EDT in Houston (Fox/Telemundo/Peacock)

• Germany vs. Paraguay, 4:30 p.m. EDT in Foxborough, Massachusetts (Fox/Telemundo/Peacock)

• Netherlands vs. Morocco, 9 p.m. EDT in Monterrey, Mexico (Fox/Telemundo/Peacock)